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Still alive, still a tad mad & still vegetarian woo hoo ☺ Will be overhauling this blog over the next few weeks to coincide with my impending nervous breakdown & escapades in setting my business up. On orders to do some 'woman duties' grrrrrrrrrr by OH as we are changing mortgage provider and our Architect mate Chris is coming over @ the weekend to draw us up some free plans, thanks Chris ;-)

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Wow, where has the time gone been such a long, long time since my last confession, blushes profusely :) Made sooooooooooo much since my last post in August so I will be uploading those over the next week or so too :) Inc child friendly, healthy, fat free vitamin boosting Ben 10 soup and my new obsesion crochet and tons of sewing and papercrafting makes. Beware, theres LOTS LOL Got some

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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

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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

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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 LOLOK, whilst looking for a book for Pinkpuppy earlier on in my disgrace of a craft room, which incidentally I have still yet to find,

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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 LOLSecondly, there's a new Chuckles and Giggles 'Coming Ready or Not' stamp. See if you can see

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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EDITED TO SAYSorry 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

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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.

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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, hurrayWell 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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

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EDITED TO ADDApologies 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

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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

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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

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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 LOLHad 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 LOLWell, 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.Cheers ears :)Hi

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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

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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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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.Cheers ears :)

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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.Cheers

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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 :)Cheers ears :)

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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 Cheers ears :)

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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.Cheers ears :)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Still playing around with my blog. Tried a few things out that haven't quite worked. Your eyes are not deceiving you and you are not going mad. Things will be appearing and disappearing as I try new things out.Ah OK here I go again.....................

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Hello and welcome to my blog. I am new to blogging so please bare with me whilst I find my way around. Thank you for visiting and please come back soon when hopefully there will be more for you to peruse.

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