Promarker Day!!

Ooooohhhh have had a lovely day today spending this morning at a Promarker class at Stampeezee in Coventry.

Here are a couple of the images I coloured in: This is peachy Tilda - I have coloured the peaches in red though so that they look like apples.

This boy is my little Oliver - I am really pleased how I have managed to capture his beautiful red locks:

Am really pleased with the techniques learnt today so guess what I will be doing tonight! Thank goodness my workshop packs are all packed up and ready for tomorrows class!

Ok this is it!

This will now be my little space out there on the big world wide web - if you do want to see any of my old ramblings please go to:

http://nicolagrice.spaces.live.com/

Hello there

Its no good - have been using my website blog and my live spaces blogs for ages now but have never really got to grips with them so I am returning to good old blogspot. I so wanted to write some funky code and backgrounds to make my blog stand out from the crowd but lets face it I just dont have the time and energy so I am back on here for ease of use!

Lately I have been working on:

All photos taken by Morag - her photography skills are soooo much better than mine. The cards are all for a "Cards for Christmas" workshop I am running on Wednesday 30th Sept and Tuesday 6th October - for more details see http://www.whathousework.co.uk/

Cards are made using some lovely Stampin Up! stamps and papers.

Here is the flyer for the workshop (told you Morag was good didnt I!)

I have also just become addicted to Promarkers - its the new Hobbycrafts fault (you know, the one thats opened up just up the road from me - yes honestly! I can walk there if necessary!) anyway they were selling four packs of five pens for £4.50 so I thought I would try a pack - I got them home and immediately loved them so that I had to go back that same day and buy another two packs - I then left it a few days before I went back for the fourth pack - I didnt want to seem too keen did I! Anyway since then I have bought a few more online and on Tuesday I am going to a Promarker class at Stampeezee in Coventry! Am so excited - watch this space for what I create!!

Long time no blog as usual!

Lots going on over the past few weeks - have been busy enjoying spending time with my two boys before they both headed off to school fulltime last Monday. Have also been busy making a few things although they havent been photographed yet. Here is a layout I will be teaching at our next crop on 20th September 2009:

honestly I thought when both children went to school fulltime I would have time to catch up on all these little jobs however its now my fourth day and I still havent managed to put the duster around let alone do nice bloggy things! Lets hope that that changes soon.....

Lots going on!

As usual its been busy, busy, busy here - have finally managed to grab a few mins (well ok all of this morning!) to edit a few pictures I have taken. Here are my new creations during July:

So had to scrap this funny picture of B receiving his new Nintendo - he still cant say that word properly now and its been a year now!

Love this layout - still needs a bit more bling though if you ask me - might have to remedy that this week.

A layout with me on! see I really do exist!!

Fairly basic layout yet again - there seems to be theme with these last four layouts but still I have been concentrating more on cards and workshop classes lately and have had limited time to scrap - however there is still a lot to be said about quick and simple layouts isnt there - its very satisfying to get them completed quickly occasionally. Lets not talk about another layout I have been working on for a few days now......

Cant believe I have left it so long to add to this again!

well actually yes I can really. May was a busy month with lots of running around and a trip to California thrown in! yes really we went there again this year. Had a fabulous time but it did mean that my birthday was spent flying back so it entailed 12 hours on a flight, hanging around Heathrow (terminal 5 - very nice!) for an hour or so and then a 2 hour drive back home but all in all it was ok! Managed to get to our first evening crop on the Saturday too although I wasnt good for much and just sat there staring really!

June was a hectic month as we had the school summer fayre so lots of organisation and running around going on there - we had a fabulous day in the end and our Pirates and Princesses theme was well received - we managed to raise a whopping £1300 which considering how much we spent on new stalls etc. was amazing - thanks to everyone who came along and supported us.

And just dont ask me where July went - have no idea about that at all! Did manage to squeeze in some scrapping though and will upload the pictures later.

Solihull Craft Club

Had a lovely crop today – I spent hours completing just one layout but then managed to finish off 3 that were already half done and also teach the class for My Stars (piccy below) so all in all quite a productive day for me. It was also nice to hear the Villa score of 5-1 as I knew the mood at home would be a happy one too!

My Soccer Mad Son

What a fab day we all had today – Big One was invited, along with his football club, to the Aston Villa Training Ground to play a match against their Year 2 teams and have some coaching. He played very well and I was so proud when his coach came over to tell him so after the game! He also had some coaching by the Aston Villa coaches themselves – something I don’t think you can really put a price on!

Well not much is happening today - Big one has gone out with Daddy to look at some cars so I am watching Little One whilst cooking the dinner and uploading all of my latest layouts to my website. I am still not sure how to do slideshows on here without sending all of my personal information here there and everywhere so these few will have to suffice for now. Blast Off needs finishing - need to put a date on it somewhere on the top rhs but not quite sure what to do yet - if you have any ideas please let me know! My Stars is for a class I am running at my crop next Sunday.

I've been spotted!

I was on the telly again today! whoo hooo how exciting! Me and the big one got picked out of a long line of people queuing up for tickets on the Severn Valley Railway - I hadnt got the heart to tell them that I had actually won my tickets in a raffle and was just queuing up to verify them! Anyway it was all very exciting and we were on Central News - Oliver however was most put out and is going to be very cross if any of his friends saw him! I however was most excited so please let me know if you saw us!! Will try and get it on YouTube soon!

Well today I was hoping to take myself off to a crop - havent been to one since September last year but instead had to spend the morning in casualty with the little one. Apparently him and big one had a ding dong yesterday morning - according to one he was kicked and according to the other he accidently trod on the other one - your guess is as good as mine! anyway all is well - little one still cant walk very well and is limping along and falling over quite often but there are no fratures and his hips are fine which is good. Why when everyone tells you that parenting is hard you never understand till you are in the thick of it?? Anyway big one has bought little one a nice little train to say "sorry" and all is well. Till tomorrow.

Well today my baby started school! bless him he looked so cute and grown up in his little school jumper and went running into his new classroom without a tear in his eye or a backward glance at me! I was relieved too - he needs more interaction and I got a coffee morning!!

Hopefully I will now get more time to fill up my blog - oh and scrap of course! you never know I might start working again too! - the world is my oyster - at least for the next four weeks!

Oh my god I cant believe its almost a year since I last posted on here - good job I kept the site name in a document as I would have forgotten it completely!

Anyway my new year's resolution (yes I know, late as usual!) is going to be to try and post on here at least once a week - after all I should get time shouldnt I - only have two small children (three if you count OH too) and a house to look after!

Its the first week of the school holidays here which has been fab this week. OH had two days off so we pottered about on trains, trams and buses (DS2 chose that!) and then DS1 has been at Grandma and Grandads since Wednesday, it was my Nans 85th Birthday yesterday so that was a lovely meal out and today I have the whole day to myself - yippee as children are been looked after elsewhere. How exciting! now what to do with myself?? I have housework, some tv to watch and obviously scrapping - wonder which one I will do??

Where did three months go?

I cant believe its been three months since my last post..... well actually I can as I completely forgot about this and then forgot my name on here and allsorts of things (those of you who know me will understand!). Anyway since June we have been to Disneyland Paris and had a fab time, survived the six weeks school holidays and are now just getting back into our routine. This means I am still not doing any housework or scrapping but hey I am getting there. I am actually typing this whilst downstairs I have had two parcels delivered full of scrapping goodies - am off now to open them and hopefully be inspired!

Wet Thursday

Hmm more ponderings this morning whilst I have some spare time. Its not even 9am yet and I have managed to do a double cj layout, watch a Thomas the Tank Engine video and a Bob the Builder video and read through a new cj I have all because my OH had to go into work early! honestly some people are so inconsiderate arent they! Anyway today is a free day, my eldest child is at his grandparents until tomorrow afternoon and my smallest is in his cot although I can hear him talking to himself so he might not have his morning nap just yet - despite the fact that he has been up since 5am!!

So what shall I do I wonder? obviously there is all the housework that I can get on with but who wants to do that? Think I will start my next cj - its all about the Discworld and is already fabulous despite it only being on its third pass - all very exciting. Ooh must have some breakfast too - will go and do that now. Honest.

Hello from me!

Have decided to join the blog gang - have no idea why as I dont have time to tie up my shoelaces properly some days but hey ho it will probably keep me amused for a while!!

Off to organise my life and ponder what to type - will post back soon!