In full swing :)

Good morning ,
yup- I really am back in full swing, Edna and Kyra, thanks for your very nice comments....lol, it amuses me that others can see how I am in my designs ;)
In the meantime I have just finished another kit ! I won't be showing the full preview yet, but here are 2 more QPs as teasers ....

...and I was busy with some altered art again. I had one of these cheap plastic clipboards from the £ shop. I have been debating to throw it out , but ended up giving the thing a new look.
This is how it was before-cheap yellow plastic

...and after a bit of modpodge and decorating I am happy to display it on my desk.
Tonight is the time for the first night shift again ,after that batch I will be off a few to recover again....so let's see what I will do then,lol.
Catch you all later ;)
Hugs Snowy

New freebie again :)

Hello,
hope you're all having a nice weekend :)
I have been working early shift today, but have taken a day off for tomorrow to have some more time for Reggie and of cause Football is on.
I have been designing more and also created some more layouts.Plus I've been doing some photo art.  There is a website which puts words onto a pic , but I thought I don't need this app to do this. So I did it myself ...still , if you are interested , here is the link to it http://www.youareyourwords.com/
This is my result without any help.

I used words which both of us used in messages at the beginning of the year.
It says : Snowy:I could not ask for a better man in my life and I know he feels the same. I am not someone who gives up easily , but sometimes its better just to let fate take over .... you never know who or what fate sends you.....sometimes by letting go you end up with something even better ~the perfect man for me ♥
Reggie:I'm just a man, the man I am is because of you,
you have shown me that love is real and really does know no bounds.
Yeah, we do have a romantic streak.
Then I made a layout put together of two pics on bits and bobs of the new kit I am working on.Hell, we do look nice together !

And new layouts..., Marianna aka Tutu commented on the FB page that she can see that my muse has returned -it sure has,lol.

I have never shown this before. This is the Valentine's Picture I got from Reggie on 14th February ,one of the reasons we are together now. Kind of ironic he send me this kind of pic considering he is allergic to bee stings and needs to carry and EpiPen... but you definitely get an impression of is kind of humour,lol. I thought it was about time to make a layout with it.

Anyway.... on to the freebie. Some of you ,who have been following me will remember this kit from layouts I was showing at the time. It was made for my autumn trip across to New England in 2010 which ended so horrible when Erik was assaulted and ended up in a coma. It's been on my external drive since and I didn't touch it . It's very personal for me , and connected with a lot of memories....good and bad. With Remembrance Day being tomorrow, I though some folks could use it. For me it's a different kind of remembering, but one which doesn't hurt anymore.Erik had his purpose in my life - he kind of "freed me" and for that I will always be grateful.But I have moved on and happier than ever, so it was time to dust it off and finally publish it. Here the first links...1&3 , so you have some backgrounds and elements
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?u0pdb10a66rc461

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9o44b6v85w3fodc
Enjoy, -this would look great for Remembrance Day layouts....and for those of you who cannot use the USA elements.... there are two British Poppy Day kits on the freebie page. The backgrounds and neutral elements from this kit can be combined with the pieces of the British kits.
Have a great weekend all - see ya :)
Snowy

Checking in again

Good morning,peeps :)
It's one of my days off work, so I thought I check in again.
I came off night shift yesterday morning and have been a busy bee since. First I went shopping to stock up the fridge again,when I came home and had all the stuff packed away I wasn't actually tired.So I carried on with the household chores to catch up and get things done which always have to wait while I'm on shift and don't have so much time.
After that a nice bubble bath to treat myself and relax , some mulled wine and a 2 hour nap before an evening with Reggie on Skype, and shooting some Mexicans in an old Mining town ...lol, no I'm not drunk , it's a game on line we played while chatting away :)
But that mulled wine I found is really a Goddess drink ...yummmm...

Hot and sweet , perfect to relax and warm up on a chilly evening !
I don't drink much alcohol, so a little bit is enough to get me into a rather good mood ...I'm such a light weight when it comes to drinks,lol.

I also got crafty again and made a new wreath for my door. Tinsel, a pearl garland from the Pound shop, bows I already had and half a pack of mini baubles from last year ...the total price £ 2.50 /approx $ 4.00 and a lot of fun

I got the last kits I was working on finished .....(just some more teasers)

...and started a new kit straight away with New year theme.
It's so nice to know I got all my work done yesterday, so today and the rest of my time off I can concentrate on more designs , crafting and whatever I feel like doing at the time.
Today I will be in my kitchen a lot , I am planning on doing some baking - I still have another pumpkin to kill and a Pumpkin Cheesecake sounds like just the thing to do.
Tonight Reggie is home (his Tuesday Dart season is finished for the time being) and he'll give me a call as son as he's home after work and voting. I'll be nosey to see who will win .... my guess is that Obama will do another term-just a feeling I have, so we'll see if my guess is right or not.
But I have more to show . I have actually been making a layout each day in November. We have a thing going on Facebook where we write each day one thing we are thankful for. I didn't just write, I made it into layouts, one I already showed in my last post. So here are a few more , I'm keeping the rest for next post,lol.These are made with kits which will be published either for sale once I'm starting again or as freebies to come.

There will be a new freebie again on the weekend , but I might pop back in before to show what I have been up to. Until then -hugs Snowy

Weekend Freebie parts again

Hey, I'm back.....and I survived the Fashion show !It was a successful chaos. 20 woman in a small overheated room with poor lighting , getting changed while the guys from the room next to us walk through to get on the cat walk. roflmao....some woman next to me standing there in bra and knickers screamed when one of guys walked through :) ... it was sweat breaking, stressful , absolute chaos ...but what a laugh ! One small mirror with 20 woman adjusting clothes and hair,Shaun almost tripped off the stage having to take off a sweater,Model Dave posing in the door in boxer shorts and a crowd of woman staring and cheering(we had models in their 60ies as well)-chaos in the back while everything went perfectly at the front. £330.00 were raised in a couple of hours (approx.$532.00) for Help for Heroes ....not sure how much was contributed to the bar , but Tracy even held on to her wine glass while getting changed and judging from Shaun's moan the next morning they must have had a good quantity of alcohol sales. The "Palmers dragons" trying to keep order ....a hilarious but successful night ,rofl :)
Sadly so far I have not come across any pics of myself yet. but I found Shaun and took some before and after the show.

 ughhh....I look like a bingo lady,lol

  Shaun however.... well, he scrubs up nice,lol.

In the next one he is talking to me...I'm just out of view.

But here are some  before and after show pics...

Full make-up, before the show....a rare picture ...and I was glad when I could wash it off again.

 Shaun is pointing at me ...."WATCH OUT-MOTHER WITH CAMERA !"
...soooo glad to be back in my own clothing !

Shaun and Dan at the bar

lol, Tracy had a bit to much wine ...but still not letting go of the glass :)
Anyway, enough photos !
I have been designing as well and almost got another kit ready ...here a little teaser. I don't know about you, but for me Winter and cold weather is the time to get cosy, hot baths, pampering , hot chocolate, chilling out on the couch or bed watching movies when the whether is bad. I meditate and relax more than I do in summer.So I wanted a kit which still goes well for Winter pics , but also shows a kind of tranquillity and peace.

And now the links for the freebie kit  and a layout I made this morning
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?b0sta98q07x9izd
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?d6bsuafeyj2ybr1

Regarding blog comments , here is one : eevee-lily said...
just wanted to say, I love your site : ) I am going to have a good look round and it is nice to see someone else in Uk !! I am in Cambridgeshire
love and light )0(
Lol, I'm only a little way away from you...the most easterly point -Lowestoft/Suffolk. But I have strong ties to the USA, which is why you will always see me incorporate their holidays as well. Oh, and I'm German....or rather a "Brit GerCan " as my best friend Deb in Florida calls me :)
Thanks for all your comments-so nice to see that my kit will find good use. And if you would like to show off your layouts made with any of my kits you can either send me a link or post on the Facebook page if you like. 
More freebies coming , have a nice weekend
Hugs Snowy

Halloween :)

Good morning,
Just a quick post before I get my ass into gear and start some work in here. The sink looks like a colour explosion has taken place last night after make-up sessions and washing it off when we came back.
I have a few pics from last night.
Step 1 -make up ...managed to make a layout this morning

 Step 2- dressed

 ...and then out to the Harbour Inn...on the way through the wind I thought my false eyelashes would blow off !

Looks as if we're cooking up something evil there :)

 Cheers :) ...that's Count Nick (or Uncle Nick- our Mayor , Shaun's boss and friend of the family)
Okay.... today is the Fashion Show ...that means bath, pretty myself up and then out again tonight ... the fitting ??? Hmmm.... it was a laugh ! Besides the fact I'm being put into clothing which are so NOT ME ! One outfit I have to wear is a glittery sequin top .Pat eat your heart out ! (Pat is one one of the characters in a series here in England,and well known for this style of tops) I look like a Bingo lady ,lol.
But I will show some pics in my next post -until then .... I need to get on with stuff and beautify myself :)
Hugs Snowy

It's official....I'm insane ...

...I must be ,lol! I agreed to be model and strut the Cat Walk at the Mayors Fashion Show . It's going to be a busy week ! On Monday Shaun and me have to go to Palmers to be measured up , Tuesday early shift , Wednesday Halloween party in the evening after early shift , Thursday fashion show ... I'm not sure if any other appointments will come up. Tone's Hair designs and Tranquillity Spa are sponsoring the show -most likely they will do the make-up and hair for the night. So at my old age I will be strutting my stuff up there ...bahahahaha...OMG ! Well, it should be a fun night.
So today I have t start to pretty myself up a bit ....my roots are showing, so I have to get a pack of hair dye and get that done , a bath and I can't have hairy legs,lol ...
Anyway, I was creative again and got busy on a hybrid project. I created a my own canvas with paper, stamping and embossing. It was a mess with all the powders and ink ,but I like the result.

 It's getting cold here ! And with Sandy on the way a lot of my friends are preparing for the arrival of that hurricane. Be safe , where ever you are !
My cats are also feeling the cold coming .... how can I tell? They spread out on the heater ...taking turns...

Apart from Sam ....his new favourite is to balance on top of the TV ... can't be comfortable!

But now the freebie... Happy Thanksgiving ...the first parts .1&3
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ezg7s1so5s22o0shttp://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qctp6emd0uvnp54

Last 2 parts next week again ... till then:) although I might do an update middle of the week again if I find the time.
Hugs Snowy