Hi Everyone

Here is a jewellery set I made.  I belong to a wonderful ning site called A lil scrap of heaven.  over at ning.  It's a wonderful site and I love taking part in their swaps.  THis is the set I made for my partner of the jewellery set swap.  I had a lot of fun making this. 

I cant wait til she gets it.  I just hope she really likes it

The Game Design Team challenge post.

Hi everyone,

Today is a dreary day, so much rain and having to stay in because of the builders (we are having a new bathroom) is tiresome.  I am soooooooooo tired and I cant reach much of my crafting space to do projects on.  Grrrrr.  Still Its time for our design team challenge over on The Game blog.  Please do join us and perhaps join in on a challenge or two.  You can even win a prize if you are lucky.  This challenge was based on the game Hide and Seek.  We had to create an ATC with a hidden compartment.  I made mine slide open so you can write on the inside.  The back was also decorated. 

Hope you like it.  Meanwhile this weekend is bank holiday weekend.  I would be pleased but the weather is awful and the builders want to come bank holiday Monday.  Sigh well at least it will be worth it when its done.  That is what I keep telling myself.  It will too.  THe walk in shower will be wonderful, neither of us use the bath anymore.  I will post photos when its done.  HOpe you all have a great weekend

And the winner is...

Hi everyone,
Well its been over a week I got busy and I was hoping for a few more people to enter the giveaway.  Still I know that not everyone is into digital scrapbooking.Maria its my pleasure that you have won.  If you email me at saratwycross@yahoo.co.uk I will send you the promotion code for the software and if you let me have your address I would like to send you a little something too. 

We are having some nice weather here at long last, we went to the beach on Saturday and on Sunday we went to a vintage car show, it was a fantastic weekend.

My Memories Giveaway.

I am hosting a giveaway.  Yippee.

Whats the giveaway?  Good question.  It's to win a free download of
MY MEMORIES SUITE DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING SOFTWARE this prize is worth over $40.00.

This was my first creation.  I found the navigation easy to follow and it was easy to alter the embellishments on the scrapbook software programme. 

I  have been experimenting with this software and I am very impressed with their scrapbook software.  I have always shyed away from Digital software for scrapbooking in the past.  I have never been good at graphics programmes but once you get the hang of this package it is very easy to use and you can create some wonderful pages with the my memories software.  There is lots of additional help on the Mymemories website.  You can purchase some fabulous digital kits to create your pages with.  They also have free kits which are wonderful too.  They add new kits all the time, I love checking in to see what  they have.  You can also add music and video's to your pages.  Great for when you have family and friends around to show them treasured memories. 

Here is a few links to their blog and facebook page
http://blog.mymemories.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MyMemories/140359372717593

Here is a video tutorial on youtube to help you along a little

                              I do hope you join me in this giveaway.  You can do so much with this prize, you can print out your pages and make exploding boxes, cards, mini albums. 

Please Follow and visit
http://www.mymemories.com/
and choose your favourite digital paper pack.  Leave a comment in my comment section saying which one it is that you like.  You have a week to enter.  Good luck

My annual Tea Party

Hi everyone

Well last Friday the 15th June I had my second annual tea party.  It was such a wonderful day.  15 guests in all.  The day before and the morning of the tea party were frantic.  Mum helped, I dont think I couldnt have done it this year without her help due to some unpleasant going ons that I cant really go into right now.  Once it has calmed down I will tell all.  So we made all the cakes and sandwiches.  I made Scones, Egg custard with raspberries.  A victoria sponge with raspberries and blueberries and fairy cakes.  Mum made an Earl Grey tea loaf and did the sandwiches.  We kind of themed it Red White and Blue for the Jubilee celebrations a week before.  We couldnt have it outside as although it was sunny it was so windy.  Hope you enjoy the photos

I did a drawing for the teapot album I made video is abailable on youtube

ladysarauk (youtube channel)

Maureen won

I think she kind of liked it. 

So already looking forward to the next one.

chess anyone?

Hi everyone

This is my recent Design Team for the game challenge.  It is to create anything with a black and white theme only.  I love black and white so I decided to do a tag.  A Big tag with lace

Flat backed pearls, and beads.  I had such fun creating this, hop along to our blog to

join in the challenge, you may even win a prize. 

Hi Everyone.

Last weekend we went to Belfast, Ireland for a couple of days.  We went to see the new Titanic museum they had just opened earlier this year.  Belfast built the ship Titanic.  The history in Belfast is immense and you can feel it everywhere you go.  The Harland and Wolf  yellow cranes were unmissable even from the plane.   It was just so amazing to see just that for real arfter seeing videos and photos on the papers and internet. 
The museum was an awesome building from the outside.  It is supposed to represent the ships bow from one angle and the sea from another

Inside the museum covered 6 floors. Fortunately they are very disabled friendly and I looked after well with my stick. There was two eating areas and a huge gift shop, yes we brought things.

The Exhibition started off with the history of the workers in Belfast and covered its main trade which before the shipbuilding was linnen

the different types of linnen

the ships plans, intereactive floor display, great fun

A mock up of the flush and rich first class cabins.

Even second class was considered quite luxorrous.

The distress calls when disaster struck.  THere was an interactive board where you had to try and morse code what they were typing at the speed they were doing it.  I couldnt do it. 

The Dry dock where the Titanic would have stood. 

Me in the Metal Titanic sign outside the museum. 

Rob outside the metal Titanic sign.

A mock build up of the ships bow. 

The posts represent how tall the bow was.  THe actual size of the Titanic was two more of those posts on top.  Awe inspiring.  I still cant concieve the actual immensity of it.  There are more pictures, but I wont bore you with all of them.  The weather was fantiastic as was the people and the hotel we stayed in.  We will definately be going back.