bubbly scrumptious update...

...i hope you'll pop over to see my latest bubbly scrumptious projects...a love bird wall hanging and a rather unseasonal Christmas project!!

just click here! :)

and keep your suggestions for the caption competition coming...i am loving them!

ps...paula and ruth did both agree to me sharing this photo...i know...amazing!! lol

caption competition! :)

a little bit of fun for the week ahead...and a fun prize too :)

firstly a LO...this week i've been trying to finally scrap the photos from my hen~do...my lovely sister took it upon herself to organize a fun hippy themed fancy dress party for me which was a hoot...although i think i might have been the most enthusiastic about the dressing up part!! lol

i've used a sketch for this photo of me {a rarity in that i actually like this photo of me} and its from the fabulous Pencillines sketch site...check it out here. The sketch is actually for their design team search...and i haven't applied...but i liked the sketch so i've used it anyway!

with the hippy theme, it was important to include a serious amount of flower power on the page...and i really like to mix and match styles so...i've included printed flowers with brads for middles...

i also created my own hippy daisies by die cutting some orange leather i had from a sofa swatch and filling the middles with enamel accents and micro beads...and drawing on some simple stems with a white pen...

and i finished my trio of different floral embellishments with a layered flower created from a felt shape overlayed with a fabric on and a cordroy brad...i love how all the flowers work together...and i hope you do too!

now...on to the fun caption competition...one of the reasons i've struggled so much to scrap this event is because everytime i get the photos out...i get the giggles and get lost in the memories of this fun evening...there are so many funny/silly/amusing photos but i've chosen this one for you all to write an amusing caption to:

please leave your caption and your details in the comments to this post...and next week i will pick a winner who will get a prize {related to what is actually happening in this photo!}

so...i leave you to ponder and amuse yourselves with thinking of a caption that sums up what might be happening here?? you don't have to get the answer right...i'll pick the one that makes me and his Nibs giggle the most!

enjoy...but keep it clean please!! ;)

wowyww...and winners!

hi there Wednesday folk...thanks for dropping by to see what is indeed on my workdesk today...and the answer is this...we've been drawing the winners for the sketch i posted two weeks ago...so without further ado...the winners are:

becky!

christina!

terri~ann!

if you lovely ladies could leave me your addresses as a pm to agirlcalledbob over on UKScrappers...i'll have your page kits on the way to you in the morning!

thanks so much to everyone who had a go...i loved seeing all your LO's...and i really enjoyed having you play with me! :0)

as for what else has been going on here over the last few days...well you may have noticed i've totally fallen in love with the embossed metal patchwork i've been doing...and here is another one...this time a letter A for my craftroom:

clearly, i've done it in the colours i love, and it matches the decor i've got going on in here...and i have to say i really rather like this one!! ;0)

i've covered it all round, which took a little bit of fiddling, but was well worth it...and in case you can't see...here is a close~up to show you just how shiny and pearlescent the peacock coloured metal is:

if you haven't seen it yet...i've done a step~by~step tutorial to creating this look a couple of posts back...

right...off you go on your rounds of all the woyww'ers...and don't forget to stop by Julia and leave her some love for starting this whole thing off...i just might see you there! :0)

we have winners!!

can you tell what it is yet??? expertly modelled by his Nibs...aka Mr. Tidypants...it is indeed a lampshade...and i bet nobody is more suprized than Darcy who guessed correctly!!

its not quite finished yet...as i ran out of thread...and i'm not sure when i can get out to get some more...so i can only show you the back...

***hint***

when stitching freehand like this, i always start at the back/part least likey to be seen...as i find my stitches are a bit uneven to start with, but sort themselves out once i get going! ;0)

i'm loving having a part of my skirt preserved forever...and plan to make lots of things with the rest of it...

...so why did i cut it up??? actually nobody guessed quite correctly...but Tea bag was closest with her first guess...of a stain...the real truth is...i decided to give the bathroom loo a quick spruce up 5 mins before some guests arrived...and in my hurry i splashed bleach on it...and didn't notice!!!

and the moral of this story is:

********always get someone else to do the dirty jobs!!! ;0) **********

so if Darcy and Tea bag would both be so kind as to leave me their addresses in the comments below or as a PM to agirlcalledbob on UKS...your goodies will swifty wing their way to you!

thanks for playing along...and when its actually finished...i'll share the lampshade in situ, rather than on hubby's head! lol

ooooh fancy a bit of blog candy???

just a quick heads up to let you know that there is a fabulous Sharpie pen giveaway going on over at Craft Stamper...pop on over there for a chance to bag yourself some fabulous pens!

good luck!

are you following the blog hop?

well its me again...but this time over on the CTYD blog...check it out here!

and the winner is...

you!!!

Well done curlywhiskersandtwitchingnose!!! The Guv would def. go for Cosmo goodies and would def. overspend...in fact...she just did!!! lol *waggles finger at naughty Guv*

If you e-mail me your address...I'll pop the goodies in the post for you!

mail me at - adlestropali@hotmail.com

Thanks!

hmmmm...

...no word from the Guv yet as to the winner...and i'm off to bed now...so you have until the morning to enter!! lol

i hope the suspense doesn't keep you awake!! ;)

CTYD posting alert!

all the details are here!

thanks so much also for all your entries into the goody bag giveaway...be sure to check back later just in case you're the winner!

:)

*bag* yourself some goodies!!!

Here it is...today's 40 day blog hopping challenge...and prize-giveaway! :)

If you would like to win this bag {as designed by me} all you have to do is leave me a comment stating what you think the Guv would buy to fill this bag if she had 40 of our English *Birthday* pounds to spend...

the answer she thinks is most likely...will win the bag...and its contents!!

Good luck

{the winner will be announced at 10pm...so you'd better get your guesses in quick!}

If you are outside the UK you are still welcome to enter...

but I would ask that you pay for the P&P

:)

today is the day...

...that i'm setting the 40 days challenge giveaway!!!

It'll be up real soon...{as soon as I'm out of my pj's to be precise!}

Be sure to pop back in half an hour!!!