Wednesday 29 November 2017

Christmas is coming

Hello, so this week at Fab'n'Funky challenges we are preparing for christmas.

Our lovely sponsor this week is


For the following projects I have used the digistamp - Poinsetta candles
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I started with a nice traditional colour pallette

































Red, green and gold, those wonderful christmas staples. And of course a die-cut poinsetta.

But then I couldn't resist shaking it up a bit


































I decided on a 2 colour pallette with a hint of glitter-gel pen.
I used:
  Ink - creamy caramel and brocade blue.
  Pen - denim and tan
  Die - Peach sorbet rectanlges
and a bow punch

Waiting in for the builders to arrive was quite inspirational.

Please pop over to Fab'n'Funky blog and leave our lovely ladies some festive vibes.
We always love to hear your comments and to see your fabulous projects.

Hugs
Buffy xx

Thursday 23 November 2017

Weekend Turmoil

Our house got hit by a car in the early hours of Saturday morning. Yes I know that sounds a little incredible but it's true.

A huge bang, the house shook and I shot down the stairs to be greeted by this
 The green thing you can see under the car is a little conifer tree. This little tree saved our house from a much worse fate. The driver had run off by the time I got our front door open, he did appear a few minutes later to grab his keys out of the car before running of again.
A few of our neighbours were awoken by the bang and saw the young man run off, so we do have witnesses. The police found an open beer bottle in the front of the car.
 
And the living room looked like this
I am happy to say my family was unhurt, including our pet hamster who's cage is very close to this whole mess. The TV just clipped the corner of his cage when it fell. 

The police rang the emergency structural engineer whilst they took the car away. The engineer was super, he had a team of workmen at our house within hours. (I didn't know that the councils workforce came out to private properties)
They checked for gas and water leaks, unfortunately when the radiator fell it twisted a pipe that was still buried in the wall.This bit of pipe was seeping into the wall and was only discovered after the plumber had to rip out some more plaster.
The amusing part was when the plumber turned to us and apologised because he was going to have to knock out some plaster. My husband and I looked at each other then at the big hole in the wall, it was at this point the plumber said "yeah, you're probably not to worried about a tiny bit of plaster"
This helped lift the mood at that point.
He was unable to get our heating or hot water working again and handed us a small fan heater. It was the first of several good gestures we received that day.
You can see here how the drive damaged his sump as he mounted the kerb and ploughed across our front garden, emptying his sump as he went. The police said he must have been doing some speed to actually break the conifer and hit the house.

Our next door neighbours house was also damaged in the collision. 
It might be difficult to see but there are cracks heading toward their front window as well as the larger cracks that are hard to miss.

Anyway a few hours after this whole ordeal started we had a living room that looked like this thank to the emergency workmen.
Several neighbours who past by offered us hot drinks and for us to pop round to warm up if we needed to. 
It is things like this that remind us there is good in the world still.
 
I am now hoping Santa will bring me a new front wall for Christmas. I'm not worried about it looking pretty right now, just a proper wall.

I would like to say a huge thank you to Sally, who I work with, for making me laugh with her sarcastic wit on such a manic morning. Big hug at you xx

Always remember we're British, so chin up, kettle on and get on with it. 

Although getting on with it has been a little hap hazard...so sorry about the winners & top 3 post being late.

Smile and keep crafting
Hugs to all
Buffy xx

Wednesday 15 November 2017

Masculine touch



Good morning,
I am the hostess this week and I have our new challenge for you over at Fab'n'Funky challenges.


Our challenge this week is 

Masculine

(something for the man in your life - husband, son, dad, grandson, uncle.....We want to see good strong masculine colours and an appropriate image. Optional extra - charm/tag)
    
This week our lovely sponsor is


Now without further ado, here is my little bit of inspiration, I have used the digi stamp "Casual Boy" and a a digi Retro backing paper.


Faded jeans look is always a safe bet for any man no matter what his age. 

Our lovely design team always appreciate a visit so if you pop over to the Fab'n'Funky Blog  and leave a comment.

Back soon 
Hugs
Buffy xx

Wednesday 8 November 2017

Major Disaster with my Fashion


Major Disaster - this was my scheduled post for our lovely fashion challenge but once again it didn't go live.......aaaaaarrrggghhh!!!!
 I am very disappointed this did not go live when it was supposed to.
But I still want to share this lovely digi stamp with you........


So we have a great challenge for you this week over at

and Our Lovely Sponsor is
I have used Heart Sunglasses, and I decided on tones of blue for this gorgeous digi stamp.
 Dug out some of my die-cutters to add an extra dimension.

Please come along and visit our wonderful design ladies and leave them some good vibes

Back soon with more sharing
Hugs
Buffy xx

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