The 500 follower announcement!

Hello friends

I'm back today with lovely stuff!

How about these goodies for a prize...??

2013 Heirloom Ornaments

Persian Splendor 3D M-Bossabilities folder

My Mind's Eye 6x6 Christmas paper stack

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L very useful sticky things....

Crafty Foam Tape

and a set of 3 E-Z Dots Mini Permanent tape runners.

I think that might be a good starting pack for creating so what else do we need..?

Oh yes - a winner! 

Elliott did his whizzy generator thingybob and the winner is.....

Carolyn H

who said .....

"Hope this comment helps you on your way to 500 Christine, your blog is THE BEST - 

Hope all goes well for Elliott too. Love to all Carolyn x."

Congratulations Carolyn, just drop me an email with your address and

I will send out your goodies to you.

I wish I could make everyone a winner but I can promise there are more 

giveaways coming up.  

Just a little something else..if you are on Facebook have a little look on the Spellbinders page - 

they have just updated their cover photo and it features one of my cards!

I always get a lovely buzz when I see things like this. 

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Take care friends.

Lots of Links!

Hello friends

Yesterday's post was long, today's is shorter, full of photos, links

and unashamedly selling! (All in aid of charity of course). 

In answer to Sheila's question yesterday regarding Charity Kit availability I thought 

it would be helpful to put them all in one post with links.

All kits are still available to purchase, 

the numbers are reducing but grab them while you can! :)

The original Tag Book Kit - details are here.

 

Recipe/Notebook Kit - detail are here.

September's Add-On Kit - details are here.

October's Add-On Kit - details are here.

November's Add-On Kit - details are here.

Dog for sale...details are here... (only joking!)

Despite her super glue abilities yesterday (not leaving my side during fireworks)

I don't think I could part with her at any price! 

More news coming up soon - keep your eyes peeled for the 500 follower winner...

Take care friends.

A bit of an update....

Hello friends

I'm still doing a happy dance for reaching more than 500 followers!!

I've been putting together a lovely goodie box for the winner
who will be announced very soon.

Congratulations to Lynn who is the lucky number winner from October's
Charity Kit.  6 Waltzing Mouse stamp sets are now on their way to her.
November Charity Add-On Kit details are here - just in case you missed it.. :)

Thank you for all your emails, comments and questions, I think I'm a little behind in

answering a few so a bit of Q and A today...

Christine, what has happened to your new website?

Yes, where is it indeed??
It is finished and it is ready to go but there is a hold up with
the e-commerce side of it all, the site has to be checked out by the debit/credit
card people and they are slower than a herd of snails travelling through peanut butter!
My web designer man is on to it this week so fingers crossed.

Christine, what has happened to Mitchell lately?

This one is easy to answer - he has been struck down with that incurable affliction
called....LOVE!  He is attending college but spends a great deal of his time
with his girlfriend Beith and looking happy!
He isn't very productive in the helping department but I'm obviously very pleased for him ;)
Here they are - just to clarify Beith is wearing a blue wig!
They both dressed up for a comic expo in London.

Christine, will you be teaching any classes this year?

Yes - I really want to!  I am hoping to do one class -
a Christmas class and this is a sneak peek of the project.

It involves over 14 sheets of 12 x 12 My Mind's Eye - Vintage Christmas paper

and a whole bottle of Cosmic Shimmer glue! 

At the moment, with the help of my family, it looks like I can do the class on Sunday 8 December.
All the details will be on the new website but just in case there is a further delay I will
be posting them here on the blog within the next week or so.

Next year there will be lots and lots of classes, both online, kits and in the studio...
so many plans for next year that I've gone into two notebooks!

Christine, will your studio/shop be open on a regular basis?

Yes!  From the beginning of next year there will be certain days each week
when the studio/shop will be open.  'Coffee and Create' is going to be a weekly fixture
Tea is also available but 'Tea and Create' didn't quite have the same ring to it!
There will of course be cake, goes without saying really!

I am still going to have to keep my City job two days a week, I blame the boys you know -

they are costly to keep and of course, that dog demands the best!

So hopefully that has wrapped up a few things today.
As always, I'm happy to answer any questions - always feel free to email.

And before I go, just a reminder to keep furry babies safe this evening with
bonfires, fireworks etc.
I recommend just staying in and eating the yummy food....!

We've had so many fireworks the last few nights that Bella
has needed badger to cuddle!


Take care friends.

A Dotcomgiftshop Festive Offering....

Hello friends

I hope you all had a good weekend, your comments yesterday were
so lovely - thank you.  As I'm preparing this blog post the total followers
stands at 497...so nearly there!  Again, big thanks to you all.  

STOP PRESS!!! 500 followers!
If you haven't done so already, please leave a comment on yesterday's post and
I will ask Elliott to pick out a winner for the Christmas goodies!

A little while ago I mentioned that my blog had been picked

out by Dotcomgiftshop as one of their favourite blogs.

Well, I couldn't resist ordering some of their items and over the weekend I managed to

sit down and make something...the first bit of card crafting I have 

done in ages! 

This what I ordered.....all very modest purchases!
I've linked back to their website for each product.

Vintage Spot Wrapping Paper

 Heart Sewing Pin Wheel

Pack of 4 Scandi Chic Paper Washi Tapes

(these are in a handy dispenser box - you do not remove them,

just pull on whichever tape you need - very nifty!)

 

 Multicoloured Stripy Parcel String

and this is what I made...

 It will not surprise you that it is festive and it also features Layered Poinsettia!

I just added some extra pieces of paper, wood grain and green dotty and a piece of cream lace.

I am really impressed by the quality of their products and especially liked the washi tape,

so much so - I ran a strip across the bottom of the envelope to match the card
and dress up the plain white envelope.

What I also like about their website is that they have a 'deal of the day' -

every day a product from their website is drastically reduced! 

Their postage and packing is really reasonable too.  It is worth stopping by each day to 

see what the deal is - perfect for Christmas shopping.

Take care friends, 

I will be back very soon.

Winner and nearly 500!

Hello friends

Thank you so much for the wonderful response to the November Charity
Add-On Kit - they have been going out in batches and should be with you very soon.

Today announcing the lucky number winner from
October's Charity Add-On Kit.

The number is.....

Congratulations to the winner and now for the really fun bit -
if you have the lucky number dash over to Waltzing Mouse Stamps
and pick out 6 stamp sets (make sure they are in stock).
Put your choices on an email to me - christine.emberson@blueyonder.co.uk
together with your postal address.
The lovely Claire from Waltzing Mouse will then take over and
send your stamps direct to you.
How brilliant is that?!

Talking of brilliant....I have just noticed that my followers have nearly reached 500! 

Wow - little ol' me - quite incredible.
Those of you who write a blog can appreciate that it takes quite a bit of upkeep,
but these past months it has been a real help, talking about everything
that is happening in the Emberson household and sharing it with such lovely people.

If the counter reaches the big 500 I am planning a giveaway - I'm thinking a festive one -

how about Spellbinders®, some festive papers, embellishments and
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™  goodies?
Everything you need to get started on your Christmas cards!

All you need to do is make sure you are a follower and leave me a comment

on this post.
If the follower challenge is met, winner will be announced next week.

Take care friends.

November Charity Add-On Kit!

Hello friends

Today the reveal of the November Charity Add-On Kit in aid of Ronald McDonald House, 

Camberwell.  Very prompt this month although I cannot take credit,

it is all thanks to my family again - my mum is a die-cutting diamond!

What does the kit contain this month?

I have had some lovely button and string tie envelopes especially made.

These took some hunting down! Finally, a British lady living in Hong Kong, 

running a bespoke stationery website came to my rescue.

My idea is to have these with a little key charm - a place for your secret recipe.  

A little chalkboard sign too -

it complements the one from the last kit.

Also included - a little shopping notepad, essential to list all the ingredients you need
before you go shopping.

A butterfly!  How could I forget a butterfly? I thought it was about time 

each of you had one to adorn the front cover.

And, to keep your book completely organised, divider tabs, five assorted colours, 

you can colour-code your book and/or write on the edge of each tab.

Of course, the recipe card too - Date Crumble Cake this month,

delicious cold but warm with custard is also very yummy! 

As always, with each kit you will receive full instructions and a lucky number.

Amazingly again the winner will pick 6 stamp sets from Waltzing Mouse Stamps.

The price for this month's kit is £5.50 - this includes postage and packing.  

A PayPal button is below but if you prefer to pay by cheque then just

drop me an email - christine.emberson@blueyonder.co.uk 

If you wish to buy more than one kit I think I may have finally created the button
with the facility to do just that!
(It has only taken me a few months to crack it....!)

The lucky number draw for October's Kit will be within the next day or two -

Elliott will pick out the winner.

I will just talk a little bit about December's kit - this is going to be a SPECIAL one! 

Not just because it is Christmas but it will also be the final one for the Recipe/Notebook.

It will be larger than normal and also some additions will be made to the lucky number prize :)

Anyway, I must not get ahead of myself ....

In case any of you have missed any details regarding the Charity Kits,

please do not hesitate to get in touch.  There is still spare kits available from 

the very beginning - never too late to catch up :)

Huge thanks to you all for purchasing, these little kits are such a brilliant way to
raise money for a very special charity.

Yesterday was a hospital day and it was an amazing breakthrough,
Elliott was able to have a CT scan wearing his mask clipped down to the table!
I was allowed to be in the room to prepare him and then stepped into the monitoring room during the scan. It was my job to speak to Elliott through the microphone - it was just like the
ones you see at the supermarkets - press the button down to talk.
I had to resist the urge to say "hello shoppers, today's offer is...." or "clean up in aisle 9!"
Instead I remained composed and did a countdown of time and, with the help of the
radiotherapists, explain what was happening.
This means we are now back on schedule for the treatment to start very soon.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Take care friends.