Oasis Bridlington Spa gig photos 20 August 2009

At last, well that is if it works. Here are some piccies from the Bridlington gig. Please excuse the picture quality on some of them. I took them with my camcorder. I was due to get a camera for my birthday Saturday just gone, but got Oasis tickets off Ebay :evil: instead and my MCFC season ticket....... come on :) Well worth it though. If this works I'll upload some more. Then see if I can upload some of the vids to You Tube, patience willing LOL

Long time, no blog :)

Good Morning everyone :) Long time, no blog, cheesy grin :)

Well I didn't think the sun that I awoke to yesterday would last too long, it's chucking it down here again,smirk. Typical, on a day when Pickles decides to lie in I have to get up and have breakfast. Probably in my head now but all I can think about is how thrirsty I am LOL and I know I can't do anything about it,sulks. Hopefully the other ops will be quickies ;-) and I won't have to wait until tea time for my turn. Wish I was crafting or sewing or doing mundane things today instead, can't stop worrying. Going to try and track my LGC crochet mag down to take with me, see if I can't finally get it! LOL. Hopefully there will be somebody in there waiting for an op that isn't as thick as me and can help me out LOL. Then I am off for a bath. Silly thing to do really thinking about it, mad thirsty and sitting in a huge container full of lovely H20, LOL. Ah well I have had my instructions to have one, so best had. I hope you are all well and the sun is shining where you are and you all have a lovely day and ((((hugs)))) to those who aren't or can't :)

Cheers ears :)

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Hair corsage fascinator sewing projects

Long time no blog. Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry, cheesy grin :) OK I have been up to so much since my last confession so I shall try and catch up with my blog posts and post some photo's of some makes over the next few days. I promise, you do believe me don't you LOL

OK, whilst looking for a book for Pinkpuppy earlier on in my disgrace of a craft room, which incidentally I have still yet to find, shifs about nervously. I came upon two large sweet tins full of ribbons and trims. So I decided that to get back into the swing of sewing again with a few small projects. Pickles has been very demanding during the day so I have decided to get back into the swing of things by making some corsages and then some brooches and other small accessories and then move back onto my beloved bags. I was getting all inspired by the utterly gorgeous creations I have been perusing on here the past month or so. I know, I know, I am rambling on again :red: So back to business :)

I have a very nice but very plain black trench coat. As I have almost lost a stone in the past month I am getting brave :lol: Not quite brave enough to go the whole hog and abandon by usual black attire, but trying to introduce a cheeky hint of colour. I went through my new found stash and have picked out various black, silver and hot pink ribbons, trims and threads etc and I am going to make a corsage for my beloved trenchie. Wish me luck, I have found my invisible thread and I am about to embark on my first sewing project in what must be a year I think. Whenever it was I posted Hunny Bunny on here. (long, boring story) I'll update this post with my progress :)







I am still struggling with uploading pics from my camcorder, so so sorry for the poor picture quality, blushes with shame.

Through the lack of sew in brooch pins and the lighting not being very good in here I decided it can have a dual purpose and try it as a hair corsage in the meantime. I have just spent the past three quarters of an hour running around the house trying to bribe Pickles into modelling it for me in his hair LOL I ended up scrambling around trying to find a what I thought would be my as new Girls World head, smirk. I bought it myself a few years back to practice French plaits in as my DD didn't have the patience to sit there,sulks. I can't have anything in this house, truly I can't. I carefully took her out of her perfectly kept box (even through house moves) and when I turned it around :bug: the little what not (I said a little more at the time as you can probably imagine LOL Her perfect blonde hair now had a bright pink fringe and bright pink speckled face, Kids arrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Arrggghhhh at long last I have managed to update this with photo’s of the actual corsage itself. The lighting isn’t very good though I am afraid. The hot pink is deeper in reality and the shimmery and hot pink ribbons glisten. Now I can actually get around to making some more.







'n' SOME MORE............

Please excuse Goldies hair, rolls eyes. I was horrified when I clapped eyes on her. I had kept the box and the head, I thought in perfect condition. I haven’t used it in years since in our last house. My DD was under no illusion at the time that it was mine (to practice French plaits on) and she WASN’T to touch it. Maybe I grounded her one day and she got annoyed with me ROFL Just you wait until she gets in from college. She has some explaing to do LOL. She will most probably deny all knowledge, huffs. Must have been those peskey house elves again, yeah right!







Heres another corsage a little larger than the last one, definately one for my trenchie rather than the hair this time :) From the same jar of ribbons and threads, but using different ones. This time incorpoating silver with the black and hot pink Please excuse the models hair it’s like straw to brush. Reminds me of my late guinea pigs. Sorry degressing there, cheesy grin.

This one is larger again modelled by the lovely Goldie due to the lack of brooch pins Sorry about the camera glare, on the camcorder again :( The middle bit that is glaring and not quite coming out right in the pics is handmade from individul black and silver sequins
gems and then surrounded by individual pink sequins in a circle. Tried to get a close up but it keeps on dazzling me. I will replace these photo's with better ones when I can get my little mitts on Kevinas digital camera :)








I'll be back...................................................Later :)

Cheers ears :)

Crafts Beautiful online Christmas party

I'd just like to remind everyone that the Crafts Beautiful online Christmas party
kicks off today. It will now be starting earlier at 5pm rather than midnight :) There are going to be tons of activities, prizes, giveaways, competitions, downloads and more. Be there or be square, wink, wink :)

Anyhoo ramble over for now. I hope you are all well and having a lovely day and (hugs) to those who aren’t or can’t :) I hope to see you over at CB, wink, wink, nudge, nudge :)

Ever wanted to ask Dawn Bibby a question?

If you pop over to CB now you can submit a question for her to answer when she joins the party online on Sunday :)

Cheers ears :)

It's been almost three months since my last confession :(

Tut, Tut, Tut, Tut, Tut, hangs head in complete and utter shame. It's been almost three longgggggggggggggg months since my last confession. I kept popping on with the best intention in the World to update my blog but as the seconds turned into minutes, the minutes turned into hours, the hours turned into days, the days turned into weeks, the weeks turned into months, I think you get my drift, wink wink, nudge nudge. Wow that was original, eh, not. Oh I am such a sarcastic cliché at times I must be back to my old self again hurrahhhhhhhhhh.

I was going to bore you with all I have done but to be quite Frank or Mary, whatever way your cookie crumbles. To be completely honest I can't bothered. Please don't be upset it's nothing personal. I am just slothful and so lackadaisical of late I simply can't muster the energy and thinking about it I can't have done anything of real interest anyway or I would have been on here bragging wouldn't I eh?

To simply condense the past three months so as not to bore myself or you to distraction I made some cards, baked lots of cakes, put on weight, joined Slimming World, lost weight, started cycling five miles a day and taking Pickles for three hour walks, was in a car crash, baked lots of cakes, put on weight, started Physio for crash injuries, went back to Slimming World, insurance company written Jacques off, my Renault Megane. Luckily Pickles wasn't in the car as OH had a day off and the entire back, roof and side where he would have been sat ended up caved in and wrapped around the back wheels :( , baked lots of cakes, put weight on, did some sewing, went back to Slimming World, decided to have a go at becoming a Vegetarian, baked lots of healthy food, lost weight, did some sewing, took some photographs, read a few books, went on public transport for the first time in about ten years due to having no car, cries out loud, attempted to drive OH's Mazda 6 - didn't get on, did some more sewing and eating, was dragged into being an extra in a short film through DD and thoroughly lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvved it, back on Slimming World plan, started writing and designing again, decided I am going to write a screenplay !

I have also become extremely addicted to making my own soup. Thick, creamy spicy carrot, parsnip and coriander being my absolute favourite. Both Vegan and Vegetarian friendly, no fat, low calorie, SW green day FREE and deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelicious, licks lips, in a lady like manner of course :)








You will find more photos and the recipes (when I can be bothered editing my posts on there also) on my Confessions of a Slimming World dieter blog :)



Ok, I have now bored myself to tears and probably you also so I am signing off for now. I shall hopefully be back on later though so I’ll hopefully see you all then. Oh and before I go I thought I’d let you know that I have now succumbed and got down with the kids n all that and bagged myself a Myspace account . Hopefully see you over there sometime :)

Just before I go I'd like to invite anybody that doesn't already know about it to the Crafts Beautiful online Christmas party.
on the 29th & 30th November. There are going to be tons of activities, prizes, giveaways, competitions, downloads and more. Be there or be square, wink, wink :)

Anyhoo ramble over for now. I hope you are all well and having a lovely day and (hugs) to those who aren’t or can’t :)

Cheers ears :)

Kevina does it again :)

Afternoon everyone :)

Sorry for being such a bad, bad blogger, hangs head in utter shame. I promise to do better in the future :)Been soooooooo busy. Kevina has done us proud again with one of her random cake baking jaunts. Details and piccies below :)

I hope you are all well I have been sooooooooooo lazy. I am still in my jammies at almost 4pm. Pickles must have known his Dad was off work and let us have a lie in. I still woke up b4 9 though, that darn body clock. Got my OH up at 9.30 to watch the cycling on the Olympics. Totally lazed and grazed all day. Can’t honestly remember the last time we did this. We don’t even get a lazy day at Christmas lol. Watched the TV and read and just devoured a gorgeous man sized portion of a sticky lemony toffe steamed pudding Kevina made. Pure torture as it had to boil for a couple of hours and it smelt gorgeous.





Guess I’d better go and get dressed. Not even done any housework yet. We were hoping to go out for the day today with my OH being off for a fortnight but the weather is really icky. Hopefully it will improve by tomorrow. Off to get dressed and go blackberry picking now. Catch you all later.

I hope that everybody is well and having a lovely day and (hugs) to those who aren't or can't :)

I shall be popping bakc on later to upload some cards :)

Cheers ears :)

Chuckle Monkey card :)

The slideshow above may take a minute to fully load and display :)

This was one of my first ever Chuckle Monkey cards. It took a while as all the images were handrawn (they are now available as stamps from Spiral Whisper, see posts below) They were then coloured using Derwent watercolour pencils and watercolour paints :)

With my OH getting back from working away at last and having a good nights sleep,oh and I sooooo needed it. I will be able to buckle down and make some more Chuckles n Giggles cards this evening. Including images you HAVEN'T SEEN YET, wink, wink, nudge,nudge. Off to supervise the watering of the chillies, tomatoes, cucumbers and some other strange things growing in the corner of the greenhouse now (cheesy grin) Not going any where near it until I can be sure that hugggggggggggge dinner plate sized spider has gone, filthy dirty crawling manky creature thing that it is. Urggggggggggggh.

Cheers ears :)

PS I'll pop back on later with my creations and to pop some of the workshop in progress photos on :) 'n' photos of my new yet to be named beloved, already dressmakers dummy I got yesterday :) I'm hoping to catch up on some sewing tonight as well as cardmaking. I have some lovely Laura Ashley fabric I have been dying to attack LOL

Hola :)

Hola everyone,

Yes I think I am going insane. Most probably through the lack of sleep. I am soooooo tired but I can't sleep. Totally drained as my OH is working away again and Pickles and Her Royal Highness have been running rings around me for days, scowl. I can't wait for my OH to get back tomorrow then it's nappies all weekend for him I'm afraid, oh and watering the greenhouse because I won't go in there because there is a huggggggge spider in there the size of a dinner plate. OK, OK I may be exaggerating there a little. But it's ruddy big and it scares me so I'm going no where near it. Oh and he has to help finish the workshop and mow the lawns (I usually love doing this but the hayfever is really bad at moment, achoo, see I told you, cheesy grin) I am sure I will also think of more things to add to that list b4 his return tomorrow. Oh I am wicked I know but I don't care, ha ha ha ha! I am going to try and have a rest.

Completely off subject but I am sooooooooooooooo excited off to pick my dressmaking dummy form and knitting machine up tomorrow and I am going to my first ever crop for a WHOLE day. Wow an entire day of crafting without being mithered or moaned at, pure bliss. Going to attempt my first ever scrapbook page. I've been collecting the stuff for years I get it out occasionally to stroke and then put it back again. It's too pretty to use LOL

Seven of my stamps are up for either sale or pre-sale release. In case you didn't already know (an even bigger cheesy grin) oh and did I also mention that if you scroll down you can take a peeksy at them. Oh and did I also tell you that you can buy them from here. . Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm don't think I did. Ok, I'll save your ickle fingers from scrolling down to check you will find them here. See how kind I am to you (hugggggggge spider dinner plate sized cheesy grin)

At the moment there are seven on;
Rock Star Chuckles,
Coming Ready Or Not (Chuckles n Giggles playing hide and seek),
Chuckles banana tree,
Tarquin the tree frog,
Chuckles Lazy Day,
Giggles,
Boozy Chuckles.

With more going on next week. Currently designing some Christmas stamps amongst others. Can't get used to Christmas in July at all. Had a couple of glasses of rose at the weekend to try and get myself into the Christmas spirit. It partially worked. A good excuse to have a few more this weekend, wink. There are piccies of all of the current designs below, a couple of post down. Can't remember whether I've mentioned it or not (innocent angelic look) n you can buy them here.

Better sign off now. Just noticed it's gone 2am. I just can't sleep when my OH is away. I have been up since six too.

Nighty night, don't let the bed bugs bite :) Oh and b4 I go please check out my stamps here. :)

The land of nod beckons.

Cheers ears :)

PS Think I may have 4gotten to mention that you can scroll down a couple of posts and take a peeksy at some of my stamps.

PPS Knew I'd 4gotten something. The link to Spiral Whisper, coincidentally where you can buy my stamps from is here. :)

PPPS Only kidding, of to bed. I hope I don't have any more freaky dreams again, nighty, night :)

My stamps

A few people have told me that they went onto the Spiral Whisper website to buy my stamps but there were only a couple on there under animals. They are there but most of them are just listed under my name.

At the moment there are seven on;
Rock Star Chuckles,
Coming Ready Or Not (Chuckles n Giggles playing hide and seek),
Chuckles banana tree,
Tarquin the tree frog,
Chuckles Lazy Day,
Giggles,
Boozy Chuckles.

There are pics of them all in my post below this one.

The full seven on the spiral whisper site are here.

There should be more going on very soon :)

Sorry to anybody that has been having trouble hopefully it will be sorted out soon. In the meantime if you just click on this link.
It will take you straight to them :)

I'd love to see anything you make with them BTW and pop them on my blog :)

Catch you all later

Cheers ears :)

More of my stamp sneeky peeks :)

Morning everyone :) Not feeling too good today, so just a quickie. Hopefully I'll be back on for another update later :)

Previews of three more stamps have just gone on the SW website for pre-sale release.

Firstly, there's 'Rock Star Chuckle Monkey'. Oh he does get silly when he's had a shandy or four LOL




Secondly, there's a new Chuckles and Giggles 'Coming Ready or Not' stamp. See if you can see where Chuckles is hiding. I think his huuuuuuuuuuge ears may give that one away (chuckle)


Last but not least there's a 'Tarquin the tree frog' stamp. Sorry for such a close up shot of him but he's a right poser and wouldn't pose any other way. Tree frogs, eh! You can't take them anywhere LOL



The other Chuckle and Giggle Monkey stamps are;

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh firstly where it all began. This first stamp is of Chuckle Monkey and Friends famous banana tree. It has been done as a stand alone stamp so that you can easily fit it into any other Chuckles and friends scene or just on it's own. Apologies for the missing bananas though (blush) Chhhuuuuuuuuucklessssssssssssssssss, ouch that hurt my throat. He's no where to be seen I think he must have slipped off for a sly smooch with Giggles (cheesy grin)




The stamp above below depicting a very typical lazy day for Chuckle Monkey. He is such a tinker. I am surprised that hammock hasn't collapsed with him in it. Look at all of those bananas he's filled his greedy face with LOL




Meet Giggle Monkey. Giggles is the ever doting girlfriend to Chuckles. You will be seeing lots more of her and them both together :) She can be adapted to cards, scrapbook layouts and other crafting projects. I’ll be making a card with her tonight and can't wait to get started.



Meet Boozy Chuckles. This Chuckle Monkey stamp would be great for a Birthday, Christmas or New Year celebration card/scrapbook layout and other projects. This pose was captured after a night out on the lash at his local watering hole. Oh the embarrassment (blush)



The new workshop has come to a stand still as my OH is back working away again. The frame and floor have been up since a week last Sunday so hopefully we can get to work on the roof when he's back. It's looking good though (wink) and measuring about four metres by three metres roughly, I think, scratches head. Oh I am so forgetful lately. Let’s just say it's big. Can't wait to get it finished and get all my power tools set up in there. I know I am very, very sad LOL and partition some of it off for a dark room and to put the kiln in. Toying with the fact of getting a potters wheel too. Going to take the kids to our local craft centre this week or next I think to throw a few pots. Will need to take my DD with me for directions though as I am hopeless without the sat nav and my OH has it. I need one, stamps feet.

Anyhoo, I have rambled on again when I said I wouldn’t so I'm off to wrestle with putting Pickles ball pit and tent up for him.

I hope that everybody is well and having a lovely day and (hugs) to those who aren't or can't :)


Cheers ears :)

Slideshow of some of my work

Sneeky peek of some of the stamps :)

You can buy your Chuckle Monkey and Friends over at Spiral Whisper here.

Apologies, having another blonde day again today (I am a natural blonde so I can say that b4 peeps think I is being blondist!)I have popped some of the stamp previews on for you below. I'll be popping into my craft room when my OH finishes work he's still holed up in a server room winging about being hungry! To make up some samples using these and other images that should be added to the Spiral Whisper website in the next few days. So please keep on checking back :) Ok here goes.........

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh firstly where it all began. This first stamp is of Chuckle Monkey and Friends famous banana tree. It has been done as a stand alone stamp so that you can easily fit it into any other Chuckles and friends scene or just on it's own. Apologies for the missing bananas though (blush) Chhhuuuuuuuuucklessssssssssssssssss, ouch that hurt my throat. He's no where to be seen I think he must have slipped off for a sly smooch with Giggles (cheesy grin)




This stamp is depicting a very typical lazy day for Chuckle Monkey. He is such a tinker. I am surprised that hammock hasn't collapsed with him in it. Look at all of those bananas he's filled his greedy face with LOL




Meet Giggle Monkey. Giggles is the ever doting girlfriend to Chuckles. You will be seeing lots more of her and them both together :) She can be adapted to cards, scrapbook layouts and other crafting projects. I’ll be making a card with her tonight and can't wait to get started.



Meet Boozy Chuckles. This Chuckle Monkey stamp would be great for a Birthday, Christmas or New Year celebration card/scrapbook layout and other projects. This pose was captured after a night out on the lash at his local watering hole. Oh the embarrassment (blush)



Hopefully I'll be back on later popping my samples on, catch you all later.

Cheers ears :)

Yay, pre-release of some of my stamps available from today :)

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, been run off my feet as usual and yesterday was Pickles birthday. He is now the grand ole age of two LOL. Ahhhhh where does the time go. It only seems like yesterday that our midwife was telling me I couldn't have an epidural as my baby was not ready to come out even though I was insisting it was and she carried on reading her magazine. Until another midwife happened to come in looked at me and said get her on her back now the baby’s heads coming, stupid woman!!!

Good news (cheesy grin) Just checked and some of my Chuckle Monkey and his doting girlfriend Giggle Monkey stamps have been added to the Spiral Whisper website you can check them out here. You can pre-order them now (another cheesy grin) There are many more to go on I'll keep you updated as to when they go on :)At the moment there is Chuckles banana tree, Boozy Chuckles, Chuckles Lazy Day and Giggle Monkey to choose from. Giggles is also to be featured with other Chuckle Monkey stamps soon :)

Lots of tidying to do from Pickles birthday party yesterday and more washing yawn. Then hopefully I'll be back on later to upload some of my stamp card examples :) So please call by again soon (an even bigger grin than b4)

I hope that everybody is well and has a lovely day and (hugs) to those who aren't or can't :)

Cheers ears :)

Panic, panic, panic Argggggghhhhhhhhhh

Morning everyone :)

Won't be on much today if at all. We are in a mad rush and panic here. It's my DD's prom today and she had a fake tan done at the beauty salon yesterday, that cost a pretty penny and she woke up this morning and it's all blotchy Argghhhhhhhhh. Because of the colour of the tan on her face we are now just about to make a mad dash to town to buy her some foundation and exfoliator etc. She has informed me that she needs a new handbag as now doesn't like the one she's got. She is in that much of a tizz I don't want to argue I'll just buy her another blinkin one, if we can find one she likes! She also needs nail varnish now and some green eyeshadow, a bracelet and earrings. The hairdresser now says she might not be able to start her hair at 2 but maybe later. She needs it trimming, curling and putting up with her tiara so not a quick job. It's on the other side of town about a 20 min drive away so when she gets back she has to get dressed and do her make up and then travel another 25 minutes to her friends house to meet up with all of her friends so we can take photos and the limo is picking them up from there at 4.45 for an hours drive around b4 going to the prom. On top of all of that Pickles is in a rascal mood and keeps on running off and hiding and it took 4eva to get him to eat his porridge this morning because he didn't want Thomas The Tank Engine on he wanted blinkin Bee Bops (he means those sickenly happy Doodlebops on the Disney channel)Arggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh panic, panic, panic. We were supposed to have left for town by now but Her Majesty is taking 4eva to get ready Arggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh once more.

A dirty great big trough of the old vino and a plate full of custard creams and choccy for me tonight, me thinks. Stressed, so stressed

Later :)

Arggghhh was supposed to be going strawberry picking

Firstly I have been awarded these three lovely awards by the fab Emma from Elf Creations. For being nutter of the week. Thanks Emma, ermmmmmmmmm I think LOL. I shall pop back on later to nominate three people to pass this award onto to and the ones I recieved the other day. As this is just a quickie post :)





Well Pickles started screaming about the curtain monster again! at 4 o'clock this morning and then 5.30 and then 6.30. I sandwiched my head between four pillows in an attempt for the noise not to wake me up. As I am one of those people that no matter how tired I am if I am awoken from slumber land I just can't can't back to sleep. My OH was working away last week, so I decided it was his turn and gave him a swift kick each and every time Pickles started yelling.

Just popped downstairs to make a cup of cha and ended up on here. My OH and the kids are watching the Disney channel in bed as we now have free weekends until September. Hurray as my DD's stage school classes have finished now for the summer. Argggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh though something always has to ruin things when I try to be organised. We were supposed to be going strawberry, raspberry, gooseberry, currant etc etc picking I think you get the picture. At our local fruit farm today. Not blinkin likely now it's chucking it down. I wish people would cut down on their blinkin carbon emissions so that this awful global warming that's taking place can have chance to recover somewhat. It was roasting beyond belief here yesterday and now look at the weather. Last week it chucked down one morning with bits of hailstone and then all of a sudden stopped and the next second it's was too hot to sit out in. Oh don't get me started on this subject I'll be here forever.

So I don't know what we'll be doing today now. We did load of tip runs yesterday getting rid of rubbish at the bottom end of the garden so that we can pull the old shed down and build a new workshop there and build a playhose for pickles birthday. It's such a disgrace down there. Luckily we can't see it from the house as the garden is spit into two halves. The bottom garden has the greenhouse, shed n veggie patch on it. Talking of the veggie patch I have been munching away on the most delicious mange tout now from there from over a week. With food prices being what they are I think I am going to grow much more next year. Regretting giving my allotment up now (sulks) At least it's had chance to grow as we haven't seen chicken pie and his hoppos for a while. There is a dirty great big spade waiting just in case we do though, only joking, only joking honest. Move away from the phone no need to call the RSPCA honest (blush, scampers off)

So what to do today then. Well I won't get away with sitting in my craft room all day I'll get moaned at (rolls eyes) So with it raining I think it'll probably have to be the Albert Dock in Liverpool or the Trafford Centre in Manchester then. As my DD still needs shoes, jewellery, bag etc for her prom. Picking her prom dress up today as it has been at the tailoresses being taken in. Then some cardmaking samples I think and some more drawing and hopefully some sewing tonight.

Oh know I have done it again and rambled on and on. Anyhoo a bowl of porridge and spenda beckons me now. So I'm offski, later :)

Cheers ears :)

I hate that dressing gown

Firstly, I'd like to thanks the lovely
Jennifer and Lauren for both sending me this lovely award.

I now have to nominate 7 people x 2 crikey. Well I do visit lots of fantastic blogs, just got to have a think. Will edit and add to this post later as I am in a bit of a tizz again today LOL.

I'm so, soooooooooooo tired with my OH away and Pickles not sleeping and Kevin the teenager’s twin sis to contend with. Pickles latest party trick is sneaking up behind me and biting my bum then smacking it whilst shouting "bum bum" at the top of his voice and running off in hysterics. Ouch, it really hurts you know, kids eh! It was very funny and cute the first few times. But not so funny and cute after about the 100th time in the middle of a crowded chemists!

Still drawing away here, more Chuckles, Tarquins and non animal. Was supposed to be starting on the samples tonight but my DD is singing in another show so it will depend on what time we make it back for. She has an eye infection and I had to beg the doc for an emergency appointment this morning for her. As when she woke up she looked all gozy eyed and they were all swollen and stuck together. I had to of course do my Mothers duty and tell her it looked fine. She didn't say a single word just paused and attempted to look at me through all of the weeping puss dripping from her eyes, then she spoke.” You really are ridiculous sometimes Mother (oh no she called me Mother, that means she's sussed me out, gulp) "how on earth is it supposed to be OK when I can't even open my eyes" and with that she turned on me giving me 'the look' narkily fastened her dressing gown, folded her arms and went of in a Kevin strop. Erm "ok, I'd better phone the doctors" was my reply as I made a hasty retreat LOL.

Talking of 'that' dressing down. I really, really am starting to despise it with a real passion. But it's only a dressing gown I hear you cry. Well let me just tell you about that blasted green monster of a dressing gown shall I. It haunts me, truly it does. Everywhere I go in the house it magically appears. Like it has sprung feet and follows me around sneaking up on me and taunting me. I just wish that it would walk into the utility room occasionally of its own accord and jump into the washing machine. As I become in mortal fear of my life daring to venture into my DD's bedroom. I keep thinking something is going to jump out and attack me. The clothes on the floor have grown clothes on top of clothes with the odd crisp bag and chocolate wrapper thrown on top. "Mum" I frequently hear being bellowed from the top of the landing, she sounds like she's swallowed a 100 watt amplifier at times "I've got nothing to wear, you need to buy me some new clothes"Arggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh "Well try tidying that S hole" is my reply. Door slams and then the entire same saga is replayed almost word for word as if I had entered the Twilight Zone a few days later. Huh, kids eh!!!

Anyhoo, got to get on, rambled on for long enough. Got to get organised for tonight. Thanks as usual for visitng and please drop by again soon :)

Cheers ears :)

Some sneeky peeks on Spiral Whisper now :)

Get your self over to Spiral Whisper and check out one my Chuckle Monkey and Tarquin The Tree Frogs stamps.The first batch of Chuckle designs are due to be released in Week 2 and Tarquin will follow in Week 3.

QUOTE FROM SPIRAL WHISPER BLOG; "Due to the current demand we are going to be offering Pre Orders on all designs 1 week before there release date - this is the proirity option, it ensures your order will be sent on release day and you won't have to wait should there be any delays or backlog :D "

So get yourself over to the Spiral Whisper blog now for more information and sneeky peeks. It would be great if you could leave a comment over there too (cheesy grin) and an even bigger one if you leave one on here :)

Bang.... back on Earth. Off to hang the washing out and put another load on. Oh the glamour.

Cheers ears :)

EDITED TO ADD; I've copied this over from the Spiral Whisper website, check it out :)

SW Social Group

Thanks to Alex, all you Spiral Whisper fans now have a dedicated place to chat over on UKScrappers - here
That is the new Social Group, where we can chat about everything to do with Spiral Whisper... sneaks peaks, challenges, competitions, giveaways, release dates and hopefully some creations soon too :D

So get on over there and join in our group :)

PS, Want to get your hands on some gorgeous blog candy? Well you can choose your own if you check out the lovely Emmas blog over at Elf-Creations She's celebrating 10.000 hits and the lovely Michelle from Poppicrafts has donated a voucher to use in her shop :)TELL HER I SENT YOU( WINK, WINK, NUDGE, NUDGE LOL )

PPS Even more blog candy. Go and take a look around at Jennifers blog at Phoenix Crafts she's got loads of gorgeous stamped images, charms and ribbons on offer. TELL HER I SENT YOU( WINK, WINK, NUDGE, NUDGE LOL )

3 more images to be made into stamps :)

EDITED TO SAY

Sorry I'm being very blonde again (I'm allowed to say that b4 anyone thinks I am being blondist, as I am one lol) I am soooooo tired I actually missed out the bit about the new stamps, duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. The whole reason for this post, caffeine I need caffeine.

Anyhoo. Three more images are to be made into stamps, hurray. Inc Chuckle Monkeys never seen b4 girlfriend, ooo er (cheesy grin )With more to come :)

Well just to catch up. It's been gorgeous and sunny and very hot here today, I almost fainted with surprise. Could this be summer finally putting in an appearance. Yesterday though was totally bizarre. We had torrential rain all morning here and we left to take my DD to a dance audition in Manchester around one. It was still bucketing it down when we got there. Yet when we came out three hours later, it was sweltering hot and sunny, mad, a bit like me LOL

Anyhoo usual off the subject ramble over. I've been mad busy designing. My daughters shows on Friday and Saturday, my DD's three hour dance audition, I kid you not!!! Running around after Pickles and other bits n bobs. As well as being my DD's taxi service. She was chosen to perform a drama piece at Manchester Uni and got back a little while ago. Phew I thought now I might actually get some rest. Until she informed me that her friend Harrison was coming down tomorrow for the day in hopes of persuading her to stay at her p/t performing arts school. Maybe I'll actually get a rest on Wednesday eh, what d'ya think? No you’re probably right, fat chance eh LOL

Anyhoo of to hit the drawing pad now. Thanks to everybody that has visited as usual and I hope to see you back again here soon.

Cheers ears :)

PS Hoping to get some free images on here by the end of the week to replace the ones I had to take off n hopefully some sneeky peeks of cards n projects using some of the images from the stamps. So please stop by again soon :)

PPS I so want Luke to win BB. He has me in stitches my kind of humour.

What a lovely evening :)

Just got back from my daughters show in Liverpool. It was fantastic. Poor Pickles or should I say poor Nana and Grandad are soooooooo tired. Pickles only fell asleep about an hour ago, tut tut.

Had a huge 12" mega topped halal pizza from a great cafe on Hardman Street for only £4.00 yes you read right £4.00 and with 5 toppings and we shared a bowl of the most delicious chips I have ever tasted. 4get Dominoes pizza and Pizza Hut, that was the best pizza I have ever had the pleasure to devour LOL. Intrigued and note to self "must try the Egyptian breakfast next time." If anyone is ever in Liverpool town centre you must try it. It's next to the gorgeous Philharmonic dining rooms, just across from the Philharmonic Hall. My OH goes to a Halal Indian in Manchester all of the time. They only pay £3.50 for rice and tree different dishes. He never needs dinner when he gets home. They give them that much. You must try a Halal sometime I am sure you won't be disappointed :) We even snook in a drink or two in the interval. Well very tired now so off to bed. Hopefully with Pickles having a late night he'll let us have a lie in (yeah right) because for once we don't have to be up and out at the crack of dawn taking my DD to stage school, hurray. She's got the day off as she has another performance there tomorrow.

Anyhoo for those who are night owls like myself. Night night and don't let the bed bugs bite :) n morning n get the porridge on I'll have spenda in mine please :) for those of you that are just waking up to this message :)

Cheers ears :)

Fantastic news :)

Fantastic news :) news. Two more never seen before Chuckle Monkeys have winged their way over to Spiral Whisper to be made into stamps. I've also been asked to do some more and some new Tarquin The Tree Frogs too stamps too, hurray

Well I couldn't post with out a ramble on could I now? Just got back from the dress shop in the village for my DD's prom dress. I am not even thinking about how much it cost (almost faints) but she does look absolutely gorgeous in it. All she needs now she has informed me is some diamante high heels, swarovski crystal earrings, necklace and bracelet, new make-up, a spray tan, a facial, false nails and a new hair do! Kids eh LOL

Hope to see you all back again very soon, bye for now (cheesy grin)

Cheers ears :)

Sneeky peek samples

Just popped on to thank everyone who has been visiting my blog and big (hugs) to those who have left such lovely comments :)

Just on my way out now to go to the dress shop in the village for a prom dress for my DD's prom. When we get back hopefully Pickles can 4get about the curtain monster for long enough to nap today so I can get on with my drawing. Also hoping to actually get down to making some sample cards etc over the next few days or so of my stamp images. Hoping to pop some new free images on my blog again very soon too :)So please keep on checking back :)

Got behind with my digital art stamp site because I have been so busy so I need to get back into that too. So I can hopefully launch it in the next few weeks. My OH is working from home today, so Pickles will probably not take advantage as much and I can get on. Got tons of washing and housework to do too and gardening. There just aren’t enough hours in the day.Anyhoo......... I'll hopefully be nipping back on here later, so see you then :)

I hope that everybody is well and has a lovely day and (hugs) to those who aren’t or can’t :)

Cheers ears :)

Check out where you can buy my stamps :)

You can check out where to buy my new stamps and stamps from other designers over at Spiral Whisper. They are a new stamp company that’s launching on the 21st of July. You can pre order them prior to release but I don’t have the details yet. I'll let you know when I do :)


It was finally settled at the weekend which I was quite relieved at as another two companies had approached me over the past month to turn my images into rubber stamps which was amazing in itself. But so nice now to know that it’s going to happen. Don’t just be expecting my animals though there are a few non animal related themes as well, which I am really excited about.
Thanks again to everybody that has left messages for me on the forums and on my blog, it’s much appreciated :)


Cheers ears :)

Tarquin n others exciting news :)

Apologies but the Tarquin The Tree Frog images as well as the Chuckle Monkey images have now been removed :(

The good news is they are going to be released as rubber stamps :), along with him in many,many more poses and some never seen before images that are to be released very soon. Hurray (grins immensely)

So very soon you will be able to stamp Chuckle Monkey and other images directly onto your projects :)

Don't worry though he will be being replaced very soon with more free images :)

Sorry but I’ll have to love n leave you for now as I am off out for the day. Please check back soon and often for more updates :)

Cheers ears

Rubber stamps to be released very soon

Apologies but the Chuckle Monkey images have been removed :( The good news is they are going to be released as rubber stamps :), along with him in many,many more poses and some never seen before images that are to be released very soon. Hurray (grins immensely)

So very soon you will be able to stamp Chuckle Monkey and other images directly onto your projects :)

Don't worry though he will be being replaced very soon with more free images :)

Sorry but I’ll have to love n leave you for now as I am off out for the day. Please check back soon and often for more updates :)

Cheers ears

New digital art stamp website to launch very soon

Oooooops knew I 4got to mention something. As some people may already know I have been thinking about setting up my own website selling digital art stamps, digital scrapbooking and card kits, 3D decoupage, templates and CD ROMS etc for quite a while now.

Don't worry I will still be providing free images too :)

Well the kogs have well and truly been put into motion and it is almost ready to launch. Which I am utterly ecstatic about. I will be releasing some more details regarding it and some sneeky peeks when I am a little more compus mentus over the next week or so LOL.

If there is anything in particular that you would like to see us provide to suit your digital crafting needs then please drop us an Email


Now I really AM going to bed.

Night, night all, don't let the bed bugs bite :)

Overwhelmed, thank you :)

Just off to bed now. Had a couple of glasses of red wine and a relax for a change. My OH is back now so if the curtain monster rears it's ugly mush again in the early hours he can blinkin do the honours LOL. I am so tired now so I am going to retire to the land of nod.

As I said I have had a glass or three of the old vino so you must excuse my poor grammar and spelling mistakes as I am sure I have made some. Oh know I am my own worse enemy I am rambling on again LOL

Back to the reason for this post. I would just like to say a big thenk you again to all who have visited and download Tarquin The Tree Frog and Chuckle Monkey today, I have been overwhelmed by the response. I checked back into crafty blogs just b4 midnight to see how many unique hits I have had today and to my sheer astonishment it was 196 and I've already had a further 9 visitors since midnight. So thank you all once again and please bookmark me and check back again very soon as another member of the gang will be introducing themselves to you very soon. With another poll as with Tarquin to choose his/her name. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I haven't had that many, almost though. Very nearly gave it away then LOL

Tata 4 now.

Cheers ears :)

Wow 132 unique hits already today, thanks :)

Wow, I couldn't believe my eyes just when I logged onto Crafty Blogs and discovered that I have had 132 unique hits already today (beaming from ear to ear) thank you so much. So thanks to everyone on here that has visited me today (throws lovey kisses out at ya in bucket loads)

If you’d care to leave a ickle comment on my blog if you download the images then that would be much appreciated :) I'd love to know who has visited me :)

If you are here looking for the new free Tarquin The Tree Frog digital art stamp images then please scroll down a couple of posts.

FREE ARTWORK AND DOWNLOADS

You can download free Chuckle Monkey art images here
and here

Click on your browsers back button or the main Ickle Pickle Pumpkin Pie image to return to the home page.

Thank you very, very much for visiting. Please leave a comment b4 you leave and please check back soon as another member of the gang is going to be intoduced to you all very, very soon. I'll also be adding some other very exciting digital downloads, templates and tutorials too very, very soon. Keep checking back often or bookmark to see exactly what I have up my sleeve (wink, wink)

Anyhoo, thanks again for visiting I hope that you all have a lovely day and (hugs) to those that can't :)

Cheers ears :)

Blog Candy :)

Go over and check out the lovely Emmas blog here She's giving away some yummy blog candy, fab blog too :)

Cheers ears :)

Free Tarquin The Tree Frog art images uploaded

EDITED TO ADD

Apologies but the Chuckle Monkey images have been removed :( The good news is they are going to be released as rubber stamps :), along with him in many,many more poses and some never seen before images that are to be released very soon. Hurray (grins immensely)

So very soon you will be able to stamp Chuckle Monkey and other images directly onto your projects :)

Don't worry though he will be being replaced very soon with more free images :)

Sorry but I’ll have to love n leave you for now as I am off out for the day. Please check back soon and often for more updates :)

Cheers ears

Ok just a quickie (ooo er) I am in the middle of watching Question Time. Yes as mad as it may seem to some I love the programme. I want to get back to it as Jerry Springer of all people is one of this weeks quests. Saying that he was a Governer in the US many moons ago if I remember rightly. For those from overseas QT is a UK political discussion/dedate show. I know, I now I am supposed to be in a hurry and I am rambling on aa=gain LOL, rant over :)


I have a folder full of art images to go through and sort out and scan in, I have been so lazy of late, sorry for taking so long to upload some more. You will find below a couple of free for personal use (see terms below)art images below of Chuckle Monkeys partner in crime, as you named him,Tarquin The Tree Frog. I'd love to see any projects you make with him. Please get in touch if you do as I would love to feaure them here on my blog :) I’m signing off for now. I hope you and everybody has a lovely evening and please check back soon for more free digital art stamp images very soon :)

I would love to see what you make with Tarquin The Tree Frog as I am sure so would he :) So as I said upt there above please feel free to print him off for PERSONAL USES ONLY and re-size him and add him to your projects. Be they cards, scrapbook pages, card swaps RAKS etc etc I think you get the jist :) Then please email me here and hopefully I will receive enough to pop them all on here in a Chuckle Monkey 'n' Friends gallery bonanza. He's chuckling away here in anticipation, bless him :)

Anyhoo as always I hope to see you back here again soon. Please add me to your bookmarks and check back soon. Looking forward to seeing your Tarquin The Tree Frog and indeed Chuckle Monkey creations.

Please feel free to link back to this page and the Tarquin The Tree Frog and Chuckle Monkey images. But... sorry the boring bit... DO NOT POST Tarquin The Tree Frog or Chuckle Monkey for download or re-sale on your own blog/website etc etc as this image is © Ickle Pickle Pumpkin Pie for personal use only.

Cheers ears :)

Tarquin it is :) Free art downloads on the way :)

Sorry I have been in such of a tizz of late I thought that I'd already posted about Tarquin the tree frog. Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Oh I really must get my act together.

Anyhoo back to the subject in hand. Thank you very much indeed to everybody that helped out in naming Chuckle Monkeys partner in crime, Tarquin the tree frog (hugs) (kisses) n more (hugs)

I am being beckoned again so I just nipped on to say that I will be uploading a couple of free Tarquin art downloads for personnal use later on. I need to wait until my OH gets back from Gloucester and get my scanner down from where the giraffes live, again! Will he ever learn that we are not all 6' 6" LOL

Hope you pop by later.

Cheers ears :)

PS Get yourself over to Max's blog she is giving away free blog candy to celebrate 2000 hits here :)

Worzel Gummidge has nothing on me LOL

Afternoon everyone :)

Finally after an hour battle (scowl,) Pickles has given in and gone down for a nap. Had an awful night again last night with him he finally went to sleep at 1.30am but was up at exactly the same time as yesterday 5.40. I wasn't going to give in this time and get him up. I went in several times and in the end gave him a bottle of milk to drink in his cot and then went back to bed and literally sandwiched my head between four huge pillows. I couldn't sleep but at least there was silence for a while LOL.

I can't remember the last time I made anything I have been so dog tired with my OH away all of the time and Pickles refusing to sleep and a stroppy teenager to contend with arrrrrgggghhhhhh I needed that, I feel a bit better now :)

Just had some good news my OH is heading back from Gloucester at 4pm so he should hopefully be home for bed time, traffic willing. I am going to go to sandwich my head between four pillows again in bed when he gets in and he can sort them out LOL

Just off to the greenhouse to water my tomatoes, chillies, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers and melons and water the hanging baskets. When I came back earlier from dropping little miss temperamental of at her friends I happened to glance at the front garden. When on earth did all of that grow! I have been that busy and tired and it's been chucking it down the past couple of days I hadn't even noticed LOL. The air was filled with an overwhelming yummy smell of old roses pure unadulterated heaven arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

That was until of course my nose started to twitch and my brain came to the realisation that I hadn't taken any hayfever tablets today.It then past the message quicker than lightening down to my nostrils achoooooooooo. I haven't stopped sneezing since; I look like blinkin Rudolph for Pete’s sake. I caught a glance at myself in the bay window and frightened myself half to death. I had a scruffy t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms on my grey skin and hollow drawn eyes streaming and nose twitching from the hayfever and my heeeeeeeeeeeeeeed. Well Worzel Gummidge has got nothing on me today I look like I have been dragged through a hedge backwards. A dirty great big one at that, Leylandi sized with no word of a lie. I live in an area of the‘ladies what lunches', all perfect and ST Tropet’ed to within an inch of their lives and I looked like a vagrant trying to break in. I have to get myself and Pickles sleeping sorted this is ridiculous.

I've told my OH I am booking myself in for a major rehaul in a couple of weeks time, facial, massage, eyebrow shape, manicure, pedicure, haircut the entire shebang and I demanded new clothes too. I think he recognised I was a slowly going deranged woman on the edge and smiled and simply said "yes, do it, you deserve it" ehhhhhhhhhhh ????????

What’s all that about then? Agreeing with me (confused) "no, not another craft mag" he declared last week when I asked him to pick me the latest copy of Let's Knit for the Grande ole price of £4.99 from the supermarket.! Men, eh and they say we are hard to work out.

I am being hailed now by Master Pickles informing me at the greatest of decibels to rescue him from the curtain monster so I must go for now. I’ll hopefully be popping back on later to upload a few things when my OH gets back.

I hope everybody has a lovely day and ((hugs)) to those that can't :)

Cheers ears :)

I have been there And back again to see how far it is LOL

Apologies to everyone that has been visiting my blog only to discover I haven't updated it in a couple of weeks. I am a bad, bad blogger (hangs head in shame) I will do better, I promise :)

I've been there and back again to see how far it is LOL

Had a hectic couple of weeks. My daughter has her final Statistics GCSE today and Pickles has been unwell again and my OH has been and still is working away. So I seem to be constantly chasing my tail LOL

Chicken pie and one of his hoppos still keep on getting in somehow, they are driving me utterly insane. I am on a constant chicken watch.

I have tried excerise in a bid to loose more weight and have dusted the excercise bike off. Appears to be working as I dragged myself to Slimming World last night and I had lost a pound. I was hoping 4 more, still it's better off than on and hopefully I'll do better next week, fingers, feet eyes crossed etc,etc

With my OH being away I decided to go up and watch TV in bed after watching Big Brother. But could I find anything to watch! Utterly ridiculous, there are hundreds of channels on Sky and I must have flicked through all of them and not a single blinkin sausage worth watching. I don't know why we bother having it sometimes. I ended up on the Create and Craft channel watching the pick of the week. Until I discovered it was for Christmas vellum. Christmas it's only just June for heavens sake. There probably trying to get in early and entice everybody to spend now b4 the credit crunch really takes a hold. Another bug bearer of mine don't get me started on that. Why our greedy government can't reduce fuel prices I don't know. I think it's something daft like over three quarters of what we pay at the pump goes to them and not the oil companies and yet they are trying to say this global credit crunch is over the global cost of oil and the US housing market going down the pan and they can't do anything about it. That's fair enough a lot of it may be out of there hands but they do have the power to knock our petrol prices down somewhat though. Oh I could go on 4eve about this LOL

Pickles decided just over a week ago that he was scared of his curtains. We changed them four different times but to no avail. So there has been a screaming match for at least an hour every single time he is put down to bed. He won't sleep anywhere but his cot not even on the sofa. So up until yesterday he hasn't been having a day time nap at all, I am dog tired. He was a little better yesterday only cried for half an hour b4 (arggggghhhhhhhhhhh)But then I had to go up to him half a dozen times last night b4 he would give in and sleep. I awoke to the same "no like curtains blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" at 5.45 this morning. So I slowly slid out of bed bleary eyed and completely shattered. The poor little sausage was sat in the corner of his cot crying shouting for his Daddy shaking his head at his curtains. So I had to get him up. He had his milk in with me and he almost fooled me into thinking he was going to go back to sleep whilst having his milk. He lulled me into a false sense of security and I allowed my eyes to close and think of sleep them 'wham' as his huge elephant that's almost as big as him was slammed in my face and he then decided to jump on top shouting "Mickey Mummy, Mickey on". I then spent the next hour trying to keep him quiet as his sister slept as she had an exam. I was quite chuffed with myself in the end as we were all organised and ready to go half an hour b4 we needed to, a miracle 4 us LOL. Then as per usual something had to go wrong, grrrrrrrr. My DD chucked a huge spanner into the works by announcing very calming and Kevin the teenager like that she couldn't find her calculator. She only needed it for her blinkin Statistics GCSE. Kids, she wasn't panicking in the least. I called my OH just as she found it. It then occurred to me when Pickles came running into his sister’s room with the remote control that I could have put blinkin Mickey on in the bedroom for Pickles to watch this morning and have had a peaceful hour, arggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh. I am going to sleep for the entire weekend when my OH gets back.

I am being hailed by Master pickles now demanding toast and bee bops (he's referring to those silly always sickeningly cheerful Doodlebops on the Disney channel)so I'll have to sign off until later.

Once again thank you very much for visiting and I hope you all have a lovely day and ((hugs)) to those who can't.

Cheers ears :)

I hate chicken pie !

Afternoon everyone :)

Just managed to sit down at last and have a catch up and a coffee. Not 4 long though Pickles due to wake up soon. Been doing washing, washing and more washing and tidying today. At least it's still warm and I've not had to use the drier. The first lot went on the line at 9 this morning and it dried in no time. I went out to take it off and pop another lot on. All very very organised for me for a change. I nipped back in with the clean washing and to pop another wash on. I was so proud of myself being so organised, I should have known it wouldn't last for long. The peg bowl was empty, I was confused I even went back into the house to check if they were there, but they weren’t. Then I heard a certain very cheeky monkey shouting "away, away" So I ran out of the house he was no where in sight so I went through the arch into the back part of the garden and there was a very cheeky toddler throwing the last of my pegs into the huge rhododendron bush. It's about 25' high and 15 or more feet wide and very dense to the ground. I then spent the next three quarters of an hour tying to locate the blinkin things Huhhhh. I managed to put the washing out b4 having to take my DD to school for her GCSE English exam. My OH is in Gloucester and I might just get half an hour b4 Pickles wakes up and I have to start all over again and go and pick my DD up from school. Roll on the weekend.



Yesterday was a disaster too. Run off my feet all day and then when I finally got Pickles down for a nap I spent the next hour and half instead of relaxing chasing chicken pie from next door around the garden. It even got into the house and myself and my DD couldn't get it out. It pecked the hell out of my French doors. When Dr Doolittle from next door finally decided to put an appearance in he came around for it. I told him I'd chased it for an hour and a half and it had been in house. I politely told him to find out where they were getting in as it is now a daily occurrence. Our back garden is split into two and I can't see the back half from the house so by the time the mealy eyed thing saunters through to the part I can see it's usually eaten through loads of veggies, the fat cretin. The guy from next door just kept hugging chicken pie and kissing, YES I said kissing it, he wouldn't give me eye contact, every question or comment I came out with he ignored and just jabbered away in a silly voice to the damn chicken. He just kept hugging, cooing and talking and kissing chicken pie. Hasn't he heard of E-Coli!I felt like I had entered the twilight zone there for a while.He didn't apologise, just turned around and walked away. His OH is a lovely woman but he is just weird. His OH says he likes chicken pie and his hoppos to run wild. Well that's all well and good if they are running wild in their own blinkin garden but they aren't they are in mine feasting like theres no tomorrow because they have eaten everything in sight in their garden. Wheres that bird of prey when you need him eh? I can't believe he didn't even apologise, how ignorant I was speechless for once, YES I for once the mother of rambling on couldn't think of a thing to say I just stood there open mouthed. I really have had enough, truly.



Going to try and use this half an hour making a blinkin peg bag, I'm not going through all of that again LOL. I hope everybody’s having a lovely day and (hugs) to those who can't :)

PS Hoping to pop some more free images on later if I can track the printer/scanner lead down. I have a file stuffed full with them just have to decide which ones to put on. So please check back later.

PPS Thanks to those who has voted on chuckle monkeys tree frogs bud name in the poll. If you haven't voted all ready, please have a go :)

Cheers ears :)

New blog header and revamp

Apologies if you keep on logging on to see the layout constantly changing. I am in the middle of revamping my entire blog over the coming week. As I have been that slapdash it is totally disorganised, like me (turns red with embarrassment) I want to try and make it more user friendly, so it will be changing a lot over the next week why I am trying things out.

I have just added a new header and I am messing about with colours etc. So please bare with me :) As you can see from it Chuckle Monkey has a new friend the ? tree frog (see poll on the right hand side or post your own suggestions) and he will be joined by many more friends over the coming weeks and months. So please bookmark me and check back often.

Off to grab a cup of coffee to keep myself awake. I wont be partaking in having a accompanying custard cream with it though as they are all gone (blush) We are all such sugar rush gluttons they literally vanished within minutes of them coming out of the oven LOL. Bang goes the slimmer of the week award (oh the shame, blush, scammers off to find something else to dunk instead, blushes even more)

Tata 4 now.

Cheers ears :)

OMG, home made custard creams, warm from the oven

Feast your eyes on these ickle babies :) Aren't they just divine?



My DD has just made a batch of home made custard creams as most people know they are my vice. I utterly adore custard creams to distraction even though most of the time things out of a packet don't match up to home made.But I was addicted to them LOL. No more shop bought for me my DD has been given strict orders to make up another couple of batches. One to devour straight away and one batch to allow the custard to cool. We ate them straight from the oven. They were all warm and squidgy with just the right amount of sweetness. The warm custard cream oozing down the sides hugging itself in its own gorgeousness, pure unadulterated heaven.



I shall pop back on later and add the recipe and method for making them along with a slimmer version for those of us watching our waistlines substituting the sugar for granulated sweetener. But for now I am going to tease you with some more mouth watering photos.


A piccie of them in their full glory. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


A close up of said warm, squidgy custard creams, oh I can smell them for here. Divine

Until later.

Cheers ears :)

Anyone for chicken pie ?

Arggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Apologies in advance to any vegetarians out there. But I am sick to the back teeth of those blinkin chickens next door. The next time I catch one it is liable to end up in a chicken pie!

Don't get me wrong I do like birds our garden is home to robins, blackbirds, bluetits, two sets of doves, sparrows and loads of ickle brown feathery creatures (don't know what they are called) and some black scary looking birds with brown spots. We actively encourage them along with the hedgehogs. I even have blinkin rotten logs under the rhododendron to encourage the frogs, toads and bugs to build up the gardens own eco system so I don't have to use pesticides. But at the most all they eat are the slugs, bugs and the odd bluebell and sunflower seed head. They DON'T chomp away and feast on my blinkin radish, fennel and other veggies.

I wish I was one of those people that could physically connect with animals like those horse whisperers can. There is a bird of prey that frequently flies above us and rests in the silver birch tree. "Get the chickens, the chickens are evil, get the chickens, the chickens are evil" I'd say to it. I'd then have it whisk those blinkin chickens away and never come back. My OH chucked it back over the fence but like the terminator no doubt in my mind it 'will be back' just like last night.

If they know what’s good for them they had better start hatching a escape plan like in the film Chicken Run, because I am at the end of my tether. I haven’t spent months in the greenhouse raising seedlings to only put them out and have chicken pie and his evil henchmen eat them all. This is war.

I HATE THOSE BLINKIN CHICKENS

Rant over,later :)

Cheers ears :)

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So, so busy

So, so busy. I had a date with some ducks, a loaf of bread and a impatient toddler yesterday. We finally got to nip out for a walk to the canal yesterday evening when my OH got back from working away. We had missed the sun but it was still very warm. We stopped off at the fish and chip shop on the way for a bag of squishy chips laddened in and salt and vinegar, yummmmmmmmm. No I haven't gone mad I just haven't had them in a while with being on a diet and oven chips just aren't the same :(



We didn't get to get see any swans as the canal bank was full of children having a fishing competition. But we did get to feed the ducks though. The mallards are Pickles favourite. They keep flying over to visit us in our back garden for a spot of bread.



We even got to see the baby ducklings. My oh my have they grown from last week.



With the fishing competition we didn't think that we'd get to see any canal barges, but luckily there was one :) I shall have to get some more pics when the canal bank isn't full of people fishing, they are utterly gorgeous and so colourful and the people on them are so friendly. They always wave and say hello to Pickles and I as they pass.



To Pickles utter amazement a hand glider flew over us too.



We were going to walk up to the cricket club and take a look at the moo moos (cows) but I was very tired and my feet were hurting from wearing silly shoes walking over the cobbled street. So as we passed the church we decided to stop off at the Inn next door as it was a nice evening had had a lovely cold pint of Shandy and a bag of ready salted (shhhh don't tell anybody)



Pickles has just gone down for a nap. My daughter is studying and my OH is working from home. So I am just nipping out now into the garden to do some more planting out and potting up. I can barely get into the greenhouse now it's that full and it has that gorgeous tomato plant smell as you go in, heaven. Probably due to the fact that there are over 100 tomato plants in there. I know I know, I got giddly as I did with the 200+ sunflower plants I grew. Going to have tomatoes coming out of our ears soon, plenty of pastas sauces though, yummy and so good to preserve or freeze.

Remember my cut and come again bistro lettuce ? We've feasted on it for weeks, marvellous stuff. You do literally cut it and it comes back again and it is sooooooo delicious.



Then if Pickles is still asleep when we've finished I'm going to start on my pincushions. Then hopefully some more hair bobbles and pins and some more cosmetic purses and just some sewing in general. I've still got some roman blinds and circle dolls to do.

As always thank you very much for visiting and please call back again soon. I'll hopefully be back on later to add another post :)

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Spent the morning crying :(

I've spent most of this morning in tears. It was my baby girls last day at school. She'll always be my baby even though she's now 16 and taller than me LOL. It was a really weird unexpected feeling, myself her Dad and Pickles all took her to her friend’s house so that they could walk to school together for the very last time :(

I was emotional and upset because I wanted to take her to the actual school with it being her last day. She got us all up stomping around the house at some god unearthly hour getting herself ready. I almost thought I was dreaming when she actually got ready and asked for some money (some things never change and I doubt it ever will LOL) to go to the shop HERSELF, shock horror to buy some tights as they were all getting dressed up.

They had to wear their uniforms but were able to customise them. Even though the headmistress has allowed this they have all been instructed to "sort themselves out" before the leavers assembly. What's the harm in letting them go into the assembly dressed up when they are allowing them to walk around school like that. They aren't even having any lessons today. The entire year was having breakfast together and then having a break and then the leaver’s assembly and finishing school at 12.30. Barmy!

On the way to school we past my DD's friend Richard sauntering along the road, very early for him as it was only just turned eight o'clock and yesterday I saw him doing a tortoise impression out of his driveway across from my parents at 9.30, he's always late. Probably thought he'd make an effort for the last day LOL. He had cut the legs off his trousers above his knee and had what appeared to be long black and white stripy tights on LOL with fluorescent pink socks over the top. I can't see how he is going to be able to "tidy himself up" b4 assembly LOL. They have been told that they have to wear their blazers for admission into the school, say what! And they have to take a spare shirt as they aren't allowed into the hall with signed shirts on, doubt very much that is going to happen. They can't exactly dish out a load of detentions when they are leaving at lunch time.

After dropping her off we nipped to the petrol station and I discovered she had left her mobile in the car. So we nipped to the supermarket and bought her a disposable camera for tonight and headed back to school. What a sight! The headmistress probably came near to passing out when she saw them. The girls skirts were just about covering their butts. DD's friend Charlotte actually had her entire butt on show she had abandoned her school skirt and was wearing a skimpy net ra ra skirt with literally all of her knicky knacky noo on show at the back. I bet her mother didn't know she went to school like that LOL. There were even lads in dresses LOL. We almost gave up when my OH spotted my DD walking over the zebra crossing with her friends beaming from ear to ear and he hailed her over to give hand her the mobile.

She then swaggered off again smiling like a Cheshire Cat and never looked back. Just like her very first day at school. I was crying and she was beaming away and took the reception teachers hand and walked into the classroom with her ickle rucksack and book bag and didn't even glance back. She is one of those rare breeds of children that has always adored school. She's gutted to be leaving and is really going to miss it.

So I was happy I had seen her walking into school for her very last day just like I did eleven years ago. Oh how time flies I can barely believe it. Dressed a little differently though admittedly. Her first day at infant school she wore a white blouse, navy blue pinafore, neat tie on a string of elastic, black tights and shiny black new shoes. Today she hoisted her skirt almost up to her crotch tied her shirt up into a belly top, plastered in make up and armed with a rook of permanent pens for shirt signing, open shirt buttons at the top with her tie to the side, ladies shimmery tights with black knee length socks over the top (which the school have banned, why I don't know) and black stilettos! Oh and I mustn't forget the St Tropez tan she conned her Dad into buying her earlier on in the week LOL. We passed her Primary School on the way back and after fighting back the tears until then they all started pouring down my face and I blarted all of the way home with my OH holding my hand and Pickles looking rather bemused in his car seat at the whole debacle.

She's not coming home after school, she's going back to her friends house and then they are party hopping. I am worried sick, she's never been to a party b4. Her friends Mum asked if it would be OK to let her have a couple of bottles of WKD, she said her daughter had asked her to make some cheeky Vimto, which is apparently WKD mixed with Port. I don't think so; the kid doesn't even like wine that she's been offered with a meal. She wanted to sleep at her friends but we have agreed to pick her up at 12.30 instead, she keeps trying to add more time as her friends are staying out until at least 2 she said, yeah of course they are my dear LOL

I am so proud of her, she has turned into a lovely young lady and to me she is still my little sugar mun :)

LOVE YOU LITTLE OLD, YOUR ONLY LITTLE :)

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I have turned a corner I no longer think I am going insane.....I think!

Good afternoon everyone I hope you are all well. Whey hey blogging for the third day in a row, I hope you are all proud of me LOL

Well, what a debacle yesterday was. I finally tracked down the camcorder lead and my PC started playing up. If it had gone any slower it would have stopped. After shutting it down several times I succeeded in getting it working, then it took forever to download the photos, only all of the ones I wanted to put on had disappeared argggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh. My OH said he is going to try and find them for me tonight. I am so flustered lately they are probably there somewhere completely obvious taunting me for being so blonde! For some totally bizarre reason though there were loads of piccies from when we went away for a couple of weeks with my brother and his family to Devon and Cornwall last year. But all the recent ones had disappeared. Some great snaps and some awesome ones of the fabulous Eden Project. I shall be sure to pop some on later for you to peruse or not LOL. Can’t do it now unfortunately because miraculously the camcorder download lead has mystically morphed itself into a damn IPOD lead AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out and relax, remember you are turning over a new leaf; you are a calm confident organised individual. Hey stop with the sniggering, it’s true!

Just put Pickles down for a nap, he's still ill and clingy and I am still having trouble with the antibiotics. Made a pact with myself earlier to get more organised and blitz the house and garden between now and the weekend. Maybe if I am more organised I will actually end up getting more done and won't get so flustered and down with OH being away all of the time. I am making some chore rosters, hopefully this afternoon and then when my OH gets back get him to get my laminator down from where the giraffes live and buy some whiteboard pens and get it up on the wall. Decided as my DD is now 16 she can get off her pampered batty and help out. I got a call from her on the way to school "Mum I've 4gotten my PE kit" arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Just after I had got my determined organised head on too, typical. So I turned into the local taxi service for her again and abandoned the washing up and went to my parent’s house. My Dad then took the kit to school as Pickles is too ill to be messed about in and out all of the time. He was really clingy, I wasn't allowed to have a cup of tea or read so I came home.

Stopped off at the shops on the way back and bought him his In The Night Garden comic to cheer him up, worked for about 2 minutes! Also treated myself, realised I haven't bought myself any ME magazines (apart from craft mags) in over a year I used to buy them all of the time. So I went a bit mad and bought two newspapers, the local newspaper, Your Home with free gardening mag, Cheshire Life, Chat, Take a Break and Best. The latter three full of the usual gob opening obscure almost unbelievable personal stories. Just finished the washing up so now I am off to have some ME reading time and a cuppa then get on with the spring clean. Going to read the one with Fern Britain in first I think and all about her diet. She's lost four stone and looking fantastic, I never knew she was 50! She’s looking amazing.

Going to enjoy myself and take them out into the garden as the weathers so nice, a good escape into a trashy story will do me the world of good. Only read craft mags, talked about crafts, done crafts and babbled onto a baby all day for well over a year. Hopefully it will perk me up you know what they say a change is as good as a rest. Hope the sun is shining for everyone and you all have a fantastic day and ((hugs)) to those who can't.

Cheers ears :)

Morning everyone :)

Morning everyone, still zonked but thought I'd pop on to say hi and thank Eve AKA Ultramum for my awards and for Chris AKA Cambiel thinking of me too :) You both really cheered me up :)








Pickles is getting some shut eye. Failed dismally at giving him his antibiotics this morning. I don't know what I am going to do any suggestions much appreciated. It's not yucky medicine in fact it smells and tastes of bananas but he's not having any of it LOL. Tried the meds spoon, refused to open his mouth and it went all over him. Then I tried a syringe, whey hey I am a pure genius I thought as it went straight in the mouth. Splat.... all over my face as he projectile spat it all back up again. How marvellous, not!

So then just b4 his nap I snook it into his bottle of milk. He took a couple of sucks pulled it out of his mouth and stared at his bottle for a few seconds and then had another couple of sucks then shouted "no no milk" and chucked his bottle across his bedroom floor eyes firmly fixed on me scowling all the way. Little monkey.

Going to try and make the most of him being asleep, although I am very tempted to join him LOL. Got lots of photos to download from the camcorder and sort my new images out and decide which ones to pop on my blog. I hope everybody has a lovely day. Please pop back again soon and hopefully I will have found the time to get organised and pop some more downloads on.

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Sorry, I have been a bad, bad blogger (hangs head in shame)

I’ve been ill, my OH has been away again and now Pickles has been ill since Saturday and we can’t even get him into the docs all he’s had apart from his milk is a few spoonfulls of porridge since Saturday. He’s just gone down for a nap I am hoping it’s a long one so he can try and sleep his bug off and I am drained. He’s been like a little weepy clinging monkey and won’t let me put him down, the poor sausage.

My OH has been working away again and my DD started her GCSE’s last week so I am all in a mither over that and her revision. She had her maths higher this morning I hope it went ok. She ended up screaming at me this morning to stop mithering her to check she had enough pens and her math set, but she is so laid back I have to check these things I’m forever getting phone calls to take this that and the other to school as she’s forgotten it. I have so much I need to do too, typical that everything happens at once.

I can’t wait until my DD’s exams are over I am a nervous wreck, mithering her to revise all of the time. She’s so laid back all she could think about yesterday was trying to mither her Dad to buy her some StTropez fake tan and an expensive prom dress for her prom. Kids


Hope everyone is well and I haven't forgotten about adding some more free art downloads. Pickles permitting I'll pop some on later :)

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New download

Hi everyone and once again thank you very much for visiting my blog :)

I have been run off my feet again this week with my OH being away all week again and I have a terrible cold with hayfever on top and it's too hot!!! Phew moan over.

I am hoping to start on some roman blinds over the weekend and some bags, cosmetic purses and other bits and bobs. The greenhouse looks like a jungle, I have so much to plant out, so hoping to fit some gardening in too.

I will be adding a new download over the weekend too so please bookmark me and keep checking back often :)

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New Chuckle Monkey jungle scene card

Sorry been removed for use as a rubber stamp, to be released very soon. Hurray (grins immensely) Please check back often for more updates :) Take a sneaky peek at the fabulous Chrissys Chuckle Monkey jungle scene card. That she has made for her Nephew Will's 6th Birthday. She made it incorporating the free Chuckle Monkey image available here

You will also find an additional free Chuckle Monkey digital art stamp image here, sorry been removed for use as a rubber stamp, to be released very soon. Hurray (grins immensly) Please check back often for more updates :)
She has done a fab job. I love the layout and the rich colours she has used. You can check out Chrissys blog here


If you've made a card or any other project using any of the Chuckle Monkey downloads, then please let me know I'd love to see them.


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Click on Chrissys card or indeed any photo or image on this blog and it will enlarge it for a closer look. To return to the blog just hit the back button on your browser :)

New Chuckle Monkey Jungle Scene art download just released

Sorry been removed for use as a rubber stamp, to be released very soon. Hurray (grins immensely) Please check back often for more updates :)

Phew, got there in the end. Finally tracked the printer cable down. I've been run off my feet with the children with my OH being away on business and I am soooooo tired. So apologies for not uploading this image earlier :)

As with the first Chuckle Monkey art download (which can be found under the Meet Chuckle Monkey post) PLEASE refrain from rocking his hammock as he has been an incredibe glutton and is libel to spew everywhere if you do, you have been warned LOL. I have warned him that I will be dragging him to next weeks Slimming World class if he continues to be such a glutton. He even ate the last of my Cadburys chocolate buttons and custard creams you know, honestly, he did, he did, naughty Chuckle Monkey :)

Please feel free to print him off for PERSONAL USES ONLY and re-size him but PLEASE,PLEASE I implore you DO NOT under any circumstances whatsoever mess with his bananas as he is very temperamental and libel to bite. You have been warned therefore I take no responsibility whatsoever for any random Chuckle Monkey attacks. Treat him well and he will reward you with many a nice card or scrapbook page :)

I would love to see what you make with Chuckle Monkey as I am sure so would he as he is very vain LOL. So as I said upt there above please feel free to print him off for PERSONAL USES ONLY and re-size him and add him to your projects. Be they cards, scrapbook pages, card swaps RAKS etc etc I think you get the jist :) Then please email me here and hopefully I will receive enough to pop them all on here in a Chuckle Monkey gallery bonanza. He's chuckling away here in anticipation, bless him :)

Anyhoo as always I hope to see you back here again soon. Please add me to your bookmarks and check back soon. Looking forward to seeing your Chuckle Monkey creations.

Please feel free to link back to this page and the Chuckle Monkey image. But... sorry the boring bit... DO NOT POST Chuckle Monkey for download or re-sale on your own blog/website etc etc as this image is © Ickle Pickle Pumpkin Pie for personal use only.

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New Chuckle Monkey art download

I should have uploaded a new Chuckle Monkey digital art stamp image yesterday evening but I got sidetracked. I have just nipped in for a cup of cha as I have been gardening in the rain (yes I am a tad mad) still got tons more re-potting to do including over 200 sunflowers, I kid you not, in the greenhouse and plant out my spinach and broccoli. Just done the chillies and peppers. So I shall upload the new image this evening when I'm done in the garden. So please check back again later.

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Ok I am going to bore you to death with some gardeing pics now. Just harvested my first batch of cut n come again lettuce salad leaves. Sick to death of the price Sainsburys charge for their bistro salad, it is delishhhhhhhhhhh. They should be double the size in a weeks time.

Whey hey, I've been tagged!!!

By Jane (Draytonlady) Apparently this means that I have to tell you seven random things about myself. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ok then,

(1) I am very fickle and flit from one craft to another all of the time.

(2) It makes my blood boil when people don't indicate at round-a-bouts

(3) I am addicted to chocolate and custard creams

(4) I have a tendency to ramble on and on and on..........................

(5) I can't abide bad manners

(6) I am slightly insane at times

(7) I am really a butch hairy builder called Ken

There you go, now you know, my secrets out LOL. Now I just have to think of five people to tag too. See I’m getting there with the blogging lingo, getting down with the kids n all that LOL (skuttles off in embarrassment)

Anyhoo, later (cheesy grin)

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PS Only joking about being a hairy builder called Ken, I prefer to be called Sid. Only joking, only joking I don't want all of you lovely ladies to think I've been stalking you LOL, Only kidding again, honestly. Apologies had a glass of vino or two :)

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One of my Chuckle Monkey cards

Moning everyone :) Just a quickie (ooo er) another busy day ahead. So glad I took advantage of the glorious sunshine yesterday as it is dank, dark and miserable here today. I am hoping it will brighten up though as the air is warm. Off to mums n tots, back for lunch and a nap then off to stay and play. Hoping to finish Honey Bunny off tonight and some more circle dolls.

I know I know I have gone completely off the subject again. Jo must have had her card by now. So I am popping a few photo's on. There are four different sides to it
but I am on the laptop because my PC is being backed up and I only have a few pics on this machine.
Once again thanks for visiting and please pop back again soon :)

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Morning everyone :)

Morning everyone :) I hope you are all well. Well I finally found out what being tagged was by reading Jules's blog (blush) I really must try harder to get down with the kids so to speak and learn the lingo. My DD rolled her eyes at me this morning when I asked her what it was. I got an earful, not got the time to go into it now though, maybe later.

In and out all day, glorious sunshine here again so with my DD being back at school. We are going to go out and enjoy it before it disappears again when Pickles wakes up from his nap. Off to get some well needed excercise and go for a long walk. Starting off with going to see the ducks on the canal around the corner. Hopefully there will be no swans. They fly at you, they do, shudder, they scare me.

Hopefully we will see some barges though, Pickles loves those and the people on them are always so friendly and wave and say hello. Then we are off through the village and up to the farm to see the moo cows and drop off at the park on the way back. I hope the weathers nice for everybody else and you all have a nice day. Off to make a pack lunch for our adventure, catch you later.

Thanks for visiting, come back soon :)

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Confused!!!

Just popped onto CB and discovered that Jane (Draytonlady-Doodles Scraps n Me) has done me a tag. Ouch Jane that sounds really painful. Good grief woman I only went live with my blog last week, just read a mind boggling post from Nicola J asking people to add her to faceless and now you are sending me tags. You’ve lost me and it’s late I was only coming on for a sneaky peak before bed and I’ve got tummy ache and no Rennies, I pigged out and ate too much of my DD’s homemade Mrs Beetons shortbread. It’s all just too much I shall log back on tomorrow and try and suss it all out.

Anyhoo, thanks for visiting and listen to me blarting on again.

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Phew

Phew they have just got back they only got through the village and my OH had the sense to turn back, unlike last time!

I really do hope no one is seriously hurt all we had hear every couple of minutes for some reason is the ermergency services. All the motorway traffic has come off in our Town as the police have shut quite a few motorway junctions. Sounds like there may have been a few crashes around here too, no wonder really with all that traffic.

What a day !

Still blazing sunshine here, but unfortunately I haven’t been able to enjoy it. My DD miracously perked up around 10.30, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, continually winding Pickles up and getting him all giddy In a right mess here, water everywhere. I finally got him calm enough to have his milk and go down for a nap. Settled into my craft room on the PC after chucking a pile of books at my DD and telling her to revise as she had recovered so beautifully. Logged onto the PC, browing for a couple of minutes and then everthing went off, a power cut. The house alarm tripped over to emergency battery thinking we were being burgled and blinking didn’t stop until four hours later when the electricity finally came back on. In the meantime my now perked up daughter had got a headache from the alarm and couldn’t revise and it woke Pickles up. Luckily my OH came home from work early, so I not long ago got him to cut the lawns. He nipped out to the shop about half an hour ago with the kids for some butter so my DD could make some shortcake and they still arn’t back. My Dad has just rang and the motorway around here is closed becuase of a three car pile up, one of them being a horse box. I hope nobody was too seriously hurt in the crash, fingers crossed. So now I think they are stuck in traffic.I am having flash back s to a couple of months ago when the same thing happened. Our Town just isn’t equipped for all of this motorway traffic, it’s literally grinds to a stand still. Just looked out of my DD’s bedroom window and the traffic is at a standstill at the end of our Avenue, chocker blocker with arctics. I hope everybody else has had a better day and for those who haven’t (hugs)

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Morning everyone

Morning everyone :) Lovely here for a change I was hoping to get lots done today. Take Pickles to mums n tots, some gardening and then some crafting. Unfortunately though my DD is ill and so she is off school. So I'll just have to see what I can squeeze in later. Ho hum.

I hope everyone is well and like a stuck record, thanks again for visiting. Pop back later as I have some cards to upload, once I have found the lead that connects my camcorder to the PC that is. Nobody has seen it as usual but coincidently there is an iPod wire thrust into the very same socket the camcorder lead was in the other day. Strange that :)

Anyhoo, enjoy having a look around my blog and please bookmark me and check back again soon :)

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Meet Chuckle Monkey

Sorry been removed for use as a rubber stamp, to be released very soon. Hurray (grins immensely) Please check back often for more updates :) I have bumped this post back up to the top. As it had moved half way down the page and people have been asking me where the Chuckle Monkey image had gone. All of the original comments to this post are in the original Meet Chuckle Monkey post.

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Hi everyone well I have finally found a spare ten minutes to sit down and add a post to my blog. Once again many thanks for all of you that have visited and also a big thanks and squidge to everyone that has left lovely comments and added me to their blogs link list. You’re all fab :)

Ok, ok, drone over LOL. I'd like to introduce you all to Chuckle Monkey. Ickle Pickle Pumpkin Pie's very first digital art stamp download. He will be gracing the screens of this blog on a regular bases in a variety of poses and scenes that's if I can keep him still long enough ; he can be very mischievous you know. He gives another meaning entirely to Monkeying around LOL.

Please feel free to print him off for PERSONAL USES ONLY and re-size him but PLEASE,PLEASE I implore you DO NOT under any circumstances whatsoever mess with his bananas as he is very temperamental and libel to bite. You have been warned therefore I take no responsibility whatsoever for any random Chuckle Monkey attacks. Treat him well and he will reward you with many a nice card or scrapbook page.

I have done a card using this Chuckle Monkey image but it has been sent out to the fab fellow CB'er Jo aka Boots The Monkey. It should be dropping on her doormat any day now so I'll pop a pic up once she has received it as I don't want to spoil the suprise.

I would love to see what you make with Chuckle Monkey as I am sure so would he as he is very vain LOL. So as I said upt there above please feel free to print him off for PERSONAL USES ONLY and re-size him and add him to your projects. Be they cards, scrapbook pages, card swaps RAKS etc etc I think you get the jist :) Then please email me here and hopefully I will receive enough to pop them all on here in a Chuckle Monkey gallery bonanza. He's chuckling away here in anticipation, bless him :)

Anyhoo as always I hope to see you back here again soon. Please add me to your bookmarks and check back soon. Looking forward to seeing your Chuckle Monkey creations.

Please feel free to link back to this page and the Chuckle Monkey image. But... sorry the boring bit... DO NOT POST Chuckle Monkey for download or re-sale on your own blog/website etc etc as this image is © Ickle Pickle Pumpkin Pie for personal use only.

Cheers ears :)

Nicola J's (Enjay) chuckle monkey card

I've been awake for over an hour. "Mummy, Daddy, Mummy, Daddy" repeating over and over woke me from a well needed sleep due to a busy week and a late night. My DD is sleeping out at her friends so my OH slid out of bed with one eye shut and gave Pickles a bottle of milk. "that should give us five minutes to wake up" he said. It zonked him out he went back to sleep but I couldn't! So I came downstairs whilst everybody else was sleeping. I know I'll bug my daughter and txt'd her, no reply! So I thought I'd log onto my blog for a peeksy. See I am getting to the point now, gone all around the houses to do it I know. But hey I'm bored and up all alone at this god unearthly time on a Sunday morning.

Back to the point in hand. I discovered a message from Nicola (Enjay) and she had made a chuckle monkey card so I went to check it out. Wow Nicola what a gorgeous card, its fab, love the caption and of course your beautiful water colouring painting you know I am a fan of that I love it all.

You can check out Enjays blog by clicking here

Anyhoo, I got there in the end :) Off to try and bug my DD with another txt. How dare they all be happy in slumberland and I am not!

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Carolines (cupcakedaft) chuckle monkey card

LOL, this had me in stitches when I saw it. No Caroline isn't as insane as me, mmmmmmmmmm at least I don't think she is LOL; I think the caption on her card my just be a sneaky dig at CB'er Freehartz, who mistakenly posted some fab monkey cards that in fact turned out to be frogs! You can check out Carolines fantastic card to the right :)

You can check out Carolines blog by clicking here


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Karens (Copse) chuckle monkey card

Brilliant card Karen, I adore your go bananas sentiment, it really made me chuckle (no pun intended, honestly) Check out Karens card to the right.

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Laurens (Lollies) chuckle monkey card

Wow thanks Lauren your chuckle monkey card is fab.Well worth the wait :) Poor Lauren has been having terrible trouble with her printer. You can check out her fab card to the right :)

I'm off to take baby Pickles to his swimming lesson now then hopefully I can actullay get around to some crafting myself. I'll post what I get up to on here later. Thanks for visiting and please check back soon.

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Wow, another great Chuckle Monkey card by the talented Louise (Pinkpuppy)

Well done Louise it is fantastic. It's great to see what other people are doing with him. Details and a pic added to the right :)

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Check out Silvercustards fab Chuckle Monkey card

Hi just a quickie lol.

I have just added a piccie of a card the very talented Silvercustard made with the Chuckle Monkey download. He is very impressed as am I. It would be a honour to see any other cards or projects made with Chuckles. If you email me a piccie and your details I'll be sure to add it to my blog :)

You can check out Silvercustards blog by clicking here

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Meet Chuckle Monkey

This post has been bumped back up to the top of my blog. As it had been pushed down and people were asking where the free chuckle monkey image was.

I have left all comments to this message in this post below.

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Cheers Ears :)

I know that I am starting to sound like a broken record, but I really would like to thank all of the people that have visited my blog since going live last night. I would also like to say a special thank you to Tiggertastic, Enjay, Katy, Tullavilla, Lazy-Trout and CindyBee for adding some really nice comments on my blog :)

Oh I have been ever so busy today and in a right tizzy. I promise I will be adding something creative on here tomorrow so please check back and I’ll also be updating my links section with all of the wonderful crafty blogs I love to visit.

Finally (honestly, I know I do have a tendency to drone on) I’d like to thank my ever patient better half for making a gorgeous dinner, yummy cantonese chicken and rice, I know I know I am digressing again LOL and sorting the kids out and supplying me with an endless supply of caffeine last night and this evening so I could attempt to get things sorted. The only grumble I do have was the distinct absence of chocolate and custard creams. Shhhhhhhhh though don’t tell him I don’t want to sound ungrateful :)

Well it’s that time again and the land of nod and my marshmallow bed are calling me. Yeah right I was trying to be uber cool a few years back and bought one of those silly Chinese style beds that you have to stoop down to to get in. The kind that when you get up to go to the loo at night you can’t see the ends of and end up A over T into the wardrobe. You may very well laugh all of you with squidgy divans (huh) I hope you all have nightmares. ONLY JOKING, LOL

Anyhoo, hope you come back and visit soon

Cheers ears :)

Free artwork, step by step tutorials and challenge

Wow, I've just logged on and see that I have had another 93 visitors from 18 different countries already today. Thanks for stopping by everyone :)

I really must get on and finish tidying my blog up and add some of my scrapbooking and cardmaking projects and layouts. Please keep on checking back and bookmark this blog as some free artwork and step by step tutorials will be being added over the next few days. Including scrapbooking, cardmaking, soft furnishings, softies, toys and dolls and some sweet quick and easy general sewing projects.

I also have a challenge in mind with some fab craft stash prizes to be won. To celebrate my site being set loose on blogland :) I will be launching it soon, so please check back often :)

Ok I really must get on now as I still have a house to clean and baby to look after then hopefully I can get my creative cap on when Pickles goes down for a nap.

Thanks again for stopping by, see you soon :)

Wow 91 visitors in 18 differnet countries already :) :) :)

Wow, I was just about to log off and get some shut eye and just thought I'd check my counter before I entered the land of nod. To my utter amazement I have had 91 visitors in 18 differnet countries already visit my blog and it was only let loose form private status into blogland a couple of hours ago.

I would just like to say a big hello to everybody that has stopped by and hopefully you'll bookmark me and visit again soon :)

Over the coming months I am hoping to include free step by step tutorial downloads and free art work for personal use and free templates and challenges. So please bookmark me and keep checking back :)

Cheers ears (wink) (wink)

Meet Honey Bunny :)

Apologies in advance for the poor picture quality. I would like to introduce you to Honey Bunny (honey bunny because of the colour of his fur, although you can’t really tell due to the camcorder piccies) His is in mid make, I made him a week last Saturday but I have been unable to finish him off as Pickles has claimed him and drags him around everywhere with him by his ears I managed to sneak him out of his cot whilst he was sleeping to take some photo’s of him. His face still needs stitching on or I may leave it rustic and blank, haven’t decided yet and I need to make him some ickle baby dungarees and I am going to make him a girlfriend too I have designed him myself from scratch no pattern and I’ll be doing the same with his clothes. He looks a bit like a body builder at this stage I know with all his muscles but I designed him that way so he can be posed and floppy and cuddly. I will hopefully get him finished this week if I can get hold of him again. I should have measured him for clothes when I sneaked him off.LOL

Here are some Hunny Bunny photos in mid make :)




Some more photos including Hunny Bunny striking a pose LOL :)



Last but not least a close up of his ears and a side on view. Hope you like him

Hairclip and bobble set :)

Appologies in advance, again (blush) These aren't great pics, still on the camcorder and the angle I took them at was all wrong.

This is from a set I started earlier, that Pickles wouldn’t let me finish as he wanted me to play with his Thomas train track with him. Still need to tidy them up and do another clip and card for them.

I am making them as well as Alice bands, scrunchies and cards to give to my local church at the moment so that they can sell them with all proceeds going towards the church tower fund. I hope they sell well :)

My very first ever necklace, bracelet and earrings set :)

Finally got around to having a go :)

Inspired by looking at so many gorgeous necklaces, bracelets etc on the net and something that’s been on my ‘to do list’ forever and a day. I finally got around to attempting jewellery making in February. I made my very first ever necklace and earrings set. I am really pleased with how they turned out. The same cannot be said unfortunately though for my photo’s. They turned out blurry and dull I had to take them on the camcorder as my cameras broken. That’s my next big thing to save up for.

I hope you like them :)






I finally got around to making the bracelet a few days later when the baby was asleep. I so need a new camera the camcorder is driving me insane.





Another pic of the bracelet and a couple more of the necklace as these were taken in daylight and they show off the colours in the beads better.

Getting ready to go live

I think that I am going to step out into blogland soon and release it from the private status it has had since I set it up. I Have been so slapdash and lazy with it. But I have just added a musicplayer and slideshow and I seem to be on a roll so heres hoping that I can get it into some sort of manageable order over the next few days and set it loose. LOL

New Year, new me !

Wow, I can't believe it's 2008.

Loose weight, overcome my chocolate obsession, be more organised, do more reading and writing, finish my CD's and kits, get my website up and running , update my blog on a more regular basis and stop being so slapdash and lazy in general, are top of my New Years Resolution hit list for this year. I know I know, so many, there are more but I have had a glass of port or three and I am slowly but surely slowing down for the night. I will update my list when I am in a little more a coherent a mood lol.

Not done very well so far today (oh the shame) I was sabotaged, honestly, well sort of, ish (blush) Whilst my better half was installing kitchen cupboards I ate so many custard creams I felt sick. Not my fault as it was near impossible for me to get in there until he was finished, okay okay I could have gone to the shop I suppose but it was New Years Day so who's to say it would have even been open.

I ate a Cadburys chocolate golden coin or four whilst also still waiting for access to the kitchen. Once again not entirely my fault as if my OH had hung them on the tree as instructed (erm sorry I mean requested) they would have been out of harms way and not continually calling out “eat me, eat me” every time I went into the utility room to make a cup of cha.

I had chips sausage and gravy from the chippy on the hill for my tea, OH's idea as time was getting on and we all were feeling sick with hunger. I was so weak I didn't have the strength to object.

I have just eaten half of a large bag of cashew nuts; I had a few scoops so I wasn't fully in control.

I WILL do better tomorrow though lol.