Thank You

Thank you everyone who left messages, emails and cards. Alistair's Funeral was yesterday. It was quite amazing. Well over 220 people turned up at Christchurch Priory to say good bye. The service of remembrance was held by Fr Darryl Jordan. A Scottish Piper playing 'Flower of Scotland' lead the coffin, which was carried by Alistair's brothers and nephews and my John into the Priory. An Eulogy was given by Alistair's younger brother, John Roddy, Debra, his wife, our sister read the poem, Stop All The Clocks. Alistair's picture and a bottle of Glenfiddich was placed by the coffin, and we all wore Partick Thistle scarves. Later the coffin was lead from the priory by the Piper playing 'Amazing Grace', then continued its journey to Bournemouth Crematorium where Fr Darryl, once more lead a short but very touching service. The piper played Scotland the Brave. Afterwards everyone was invited back to Alistair's local for a 'wee dram.' Alistair will return to Scotland later in the year (on his Birthday, August 4th) where he can drink his Glenfiddich and fish in the loch near The Croft where he spend many happy childhood years.

Debs and Alistair in Stornaway last year

Stop All The Clocks...For Alistair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_a-eXIoyYA

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

Alistair, our brother in law, who was suddenly taken ill, with Legionnaires’ Disease on New Years Day, lost his fight early this morning. Alistair came from Stornoway, Scotland. This poem always touched him.

Don't Bug Me! This Wednesday's Digi: CLOSED

If anyone's noticed, there's a theme running here! Bugs! We've all got them so it seems only fair to draw one for this weeks Wednesday Digi!
I love to see anything you make using any of my digi's. It may even win you a digi of your choice from my didi digi store. Please leave a comment if you can! Thank you for stopping by.

First WOYWW of 2012

Hi Guys and fellow woywwers! Happy New Year! Sorry for not getting round too many of you last week but the start of 2012 so far has been a nightmare! Me still unwell, Mother in Law very ill, moved to a larger hospital but no longer seeing monkeys and after spending Christmas afternoon and Boxing Day with John's sister, her Hubby is now in a different hospital on Life Support! It's just so unreal.

So...there's not a lot of crafting going on at the moment...a lot of sleeping.
My chair in my craft room, (when he's not sitting on me or showing me the mouse he's just caught) is occupied by our visiting cat. We call him Jinksy. Look, first time in years my computer's off!
Because it's warmer in the living room I did start doing some thing with a few Bugaboo images and one of my digi's over the weekend... and that's as far as I got, sort of came to a grinding halt...
The table still looks the same, I think even those cups might still be there! Hopefully you are all having a fantastic start to the new year. Show us your crafty creativeness, pop over to Julia's Stamping Ground and join in!! Thank you for stopping by.

Eat Cake. ATC

Here's another of my Quirky Craft's DT makes (sponsored by BugaBoo this fortnight) The Challenge is, Food Glorious Food! This time I've made a little ATC, using Monkey with cake! I've done a bit of 3D-ing with him, coloured him with Promarkers and used balloons from another Bugaboo image... Looking at it here, I think it needs another layer, with just the cake, so the monkey is behind it. I was hoping to add a few more Bugaboo cards this week, but not being too well myself and now having Mother-in law moved to a larger hospital and brother-in law on 'life Support' in another hospital, it's all go here and we haven't had any spare time! I can't believe it's only the 3rd of January and all this has already happened! My own Dad is off to have an op in a few days time so if there's anything that will cheer any one up, it's a Monkey with a cake. Hoping for nicer things to happen very soon! Thanks for stopping by.

Quirky's Got The Bug! So Feed it!

Ok, is that cryptic or what?! It's time, the first day of the new year!!! Happy New Year!! For Quirky Craft's First challenge of 2012! And!!!! Drum roll please! Guess what!?! We have a fabulous new sponsor!! For this fortnight, we are sponsored by the one and only....

BUGABOO!!!

It's Diane's turn to set the theme for this very first challenge of the new year and it's none other than...

FOOD Glorious FOOD!

I mean, what could be better?? Bugaboo and Food, (bang goes my diet!) two of my most very favourite things!!

Bugaboo Stamps

have very kindly offered a prize of 7 digital stamps to the winner of this challenge! So, I'm going to secretly disguise myself as someone else (large floppy hat, jam jar glasses and a big black moustache) and enter their challenge and WIN!

And there's MORE!!! We are also sponsored this challenge by the lovely...

Crafty Ribbons!!!!

Now then Quirky People, Cazzy has laid down the law, waved her big stick and pulled on her pointy boots, so PLEASE read the rules of the challenges on the top left hand side of Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog, or she'll magic your entry away!
Come on, Bugaboo gives you a freebie every Friday, the link has been on side bar forever! So get them out, colour them up, turn them into something Foody! and come and join in!
Gosh...my throat's sore now, all that shouting! Ok..here's my card..
I've used Berry Fairy CupCake!! (I love it...made some Christmasy cup cakes last weekend, well, John did, and they were lovely! they had brandy butter and golden balls and everything!) Anyway, where was I?? oh yes...I used, Berry Fairy CupCake. Printed her out four times, coloured her with Promarkers, cut them all out, one using my large scalloped Nestie circle, cutting the bottom off the cupcake. I then did a bit of 3D-ing to build it all up again. Easy! Here's a close up...
The Backing Paper's are called Bake and Be Merry and came from issue94 (November) Papercraft Inspirations Magazine. You can download them for free, HERE but they seem to only be doing their downloads in jPegs now...(you were given the choice of the PDF format before, which was much better! hint hint!) Anyway, they are freebies so we mustn't grumble!! Click the above link and go and find them! There's green and red stripes as well as these little cupcakes with candy canes and holly. Perfect for a late Christmas, New Year or a festive Birthday card! If you make a card using the paper's why not let them know, you might get published! (like what I did once!)
I've teamed the cupcake papers up with freebie red gingham papers, which you can find HERE
Both papers were matted onto red card and inked in Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. With red and gold spotty candi brady thingies on the corners and a few gems. Used my Memory Box Frosty Border die-cut again, (coz I love it!) I'm beginning to sound a bit like what's he name?? that gay guy with the squeaky voice, oh ...y'know... him, anyway...continue...
The flower stamens and gold bits were pulled from some old Christmas decorations.
Tip, any dec's that have seen their best, check them out before you throw them out, they might be recycled as Card embellishments!!
Freebie Fonts Out side, Straw Berry Sweet..(Your very sweet...I try my best) I've used a font called the Gingerbread House download it HERE
Inside (Don't count the candles....Eat The cake, Happy Birthday!) I've used KingsThings Christmas2. (Linked on Thursdays post) Wizards Magic and Thinking of You or you can just Google the names.
I went a bit wrong with the glitter, it was meant to be micro fine, but I accidentally used...embossing power (Oops) blew it off and then used Stickles Glitter. Once that was dry, found the micro glitter and just dusted it wherever... added a bit of ribbon...punched out some tiny holy using a tiny Woodware punch on the edge of some green peel offs.. so they were already sticky! and...oh yes, coloured white flowers with a Crimson Promarker to match the strawberries and the cake... that's it! Phew!! I have done an ATC too... but I'll show you that tomorrow. Time for a fairy cake! Catch you later!

Challenges!!

Catchthebugblog.blogspot-Photo Inspired... (I Love cupcakes!!) 
OMG! It is a WINNER!
Abc-challenges- G-for-green, use Green or recycle.
(Green in Strawberry tops and Flower segments
and gold branches were recycled from old Christmas decorations)
OSAAT- Use A Digi
PaperCraft Inspirations Challenge. (by email)
Simply Create Too-shape it up
Delicious Doodles-anything-goes: Winner!
I Love ProMarkers-anything goes
Everybody-Art Challenge - Anything Goes

Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Inspire me Friday - Anything Goes
Pile it on-anything goes
Little Miss Muffet-anything goes

Pollycraft Monday - Punch it (In side ovals and holy)

Citycrafter-Make The Cut
Catch the bug blog.
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First Quirky Peek in 2012

Hello!! Happy New Year!! I've been up all night, never went to bed. No, I wasn't partying. John's mum was taken into hospital, the one that I don't mind...because it's a nice hospital and then, in the night she was whisked off to a bigger hospital...the one that I don't like. (Ugh! yep, they drugged her up, so now she's seeing monkeys everywhere!!) Anyway, because of my 'bug' head cold, coffing, sniffing and splattering, stayed home while John and his family zoomed off up the motorway. so, here I am...typing this at silly o' clock, gone two in the morning, just me, the cat who calls in, and a glass of Baileys... a box of chocolates...and some mince pies, with cream, to show you my DT card (Just one of my makes so far) for the challenge, which starts later today over on the Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog. Diane set the theme... any clues??? There's a few here! I'll put this on timer and catch you later! Night night, don't let the bed bugs bite!

Linby Has Candy! CLOSED

Happy New Year to everyone! I finally got to bed around five this morning, nothing to do with partying...but there were monkeys involved! Well, imaginary ones! More on that in later posts!! Over on Crafty Linby's blog there's a chance to win some lovely candy, open to all her followers until 4th Feb!!