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Thanksgiving 2012
This year  I was very thankful - Firstly for the opportunity to spend some time with my 3 lovely boys in Kansas secondly that my mum was a good cook and passed on her cooking skills :) (with only one...
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Sunset at Clinton Lake
I finally managed ( after several failed attempts) to get some sunset photos. Nick drove me to the dam at Clinton Lake where I managed to get a few shots of the setting sun over the lake.Then we drove...
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Dinner at The American Restaurant
Wow was I lucky girl! On 21 November Will and Taryn treated me to dinner at the American Restaurant in Kansas City.James and Nick came too. James and Will modelled their new shirts from Turkey!! The...
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UKS Weekly challenge
My friend and teamie on UKS is setting a solo weekly challenge for the coming week. She is challenging us to do a layout using a Shakespeare quote, something green and more than 2 pearls!! Here is my...
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UKS weekly challenge Feb wk 3
I have finally got round to uploading the page I did for last week's challenge set by the Rik Rak Ravers The challenge was to 1) use this sketch 2) to scrap about someone, something or somewhere you...
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Happy Birthday Will
Today is No 2 son's 23rd birthday - really you have a 23 year old??? - I know amazing isn't it. Anyway ~ here is the card I made (and sent on time !!!!) and this is the little fella with his girlfriend...
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WOYWW 196
Hello, I don't usually take part in this blog hop due to time constraints but I have followed a few friends posts and as 2 of them are blogging next to me while we are "retreating" I thought I would...
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A little Retreat - with wine, chocolate and friends
I have just returned from a fabulous week away in Buckinghamshire with my loveliest of lovely friends, the Bijoux Belles from UK Scrappers. We stayed in our usual house ~quirky is an understatement !!...
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Happy Mother's Day One and All
Well I have wished myself a Happy Mother's Day !! Sadly, because my sons live in the States I do not tend to get a Mother's Day message unless I send it to myself!! Their Mother's Day is different over...
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Scrap 365 sketch challenge
Today I have finished my page for the Scrap 365 sketch challenge. This is the sketch and here is my interpretation The boys took me to 'martini night' at The Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence, Kansas. This...
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WOYWW 198 - A bit late !!
Wow these Wednesdays come round quickly!! Sorry I did not post yesterday - I took the lappie to work with the intention of dashing off a quick post...then I left the memory card in the camera and then...
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Creative Craft World Scrap Map Challenge
Today I am posting my layout completed for the Creative Craft World scrap map challenge for March. I did the page while I was on our recent Bijoux Belles retreat - did I mention that I had been...
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WOYWW #199
Hello and it's 'What's on your workdesk Wednesday' again. This week my desk (aka the kitchen table!) has another scrapbook page. This time it is from the kit from my Scrap Angels crop night. On Monday...
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Happy Easter and UKS March wk 4
A very happy Easter One and All I found this pic on FB this morning - I can't believe someone tied all those eggs to a tree - a real labour of love if ever I saw one - so who ever took this pic - I...
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New Layouts
Oooo! it's been a few weeks since I posted :( So anyway, here are a couple of layouts I would like to share :- This one is the finished page I started at a Scrap Angels crop last Saturday. I actually...
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(Inter)National Scrapbooking day - May the fourth be with you!!!
I just thought I would share a few pics and layouts of the fab day we had at ScrapAngels on Saturday. I took the 'on the day' photos on my phone and have only just worked out how to transfer them onto...
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Creative Scrappers May sketch challenge
It's been a while since I did a layout for the Creative Scrappers monthly challenge so when I saw this month's sketch I thought it was just up my street :) And so... this is what I came up with Last...
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WOYWW # 207
or 'What's on your workdesk Wednesday' for anyone wondering what on earth that title is all about! :)Â Pop on over to Julia's blog here to find lots more lovely WOYWWs Well, today on my workdesk is...
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WOYWW #209
Good morning from a lovely sunny corner of Cornwall. I have a very quick 'What's on your workdesk Wednesday' for you this week as I have just done a 12 hour night shift and I am heading to bed for some...
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UKS weekly challenge
Hello ~ This week it is my UKScrappers team (The Bijoux Belles)'s turn to set the weekly challenge. It is our tradition to honour each of our team mates in our challenges and this time we are honouring...
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Me and Mine sketch challenge
My friend and UKS teamie set a sketch challenge this month. This was her sketch And here is my page I flipped the sketch but otherwise did not change very much. The inspiration for the sequins came...
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WOYWW #221
Good morning ! Well, it's morning here in Kansas (mid-afternoon at home in Cornwall!) A bit overcast this morning but a pleasant 74 degrees - that's 23 for those of you on the celsius scale :) Can't...
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Proud Mummy Moment !
Not really scrap related and a few days late but hey! ho! ... When I arrived in Kansas last Tuesday a very proud Will announced that he had won 'The Best of Lawrence's' Best Server Award. He has been...
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Surprise win at the village show (and a disappointment too)
It was the local village show on Saturday. I've not entered anything for a couple of years so I thought it would be fun to have a go. It's only a small show but I like to support it as best I can as...
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Perranporth sunset and a model train ride
Last week I met some of my friends from Inner Wheel for a look around a private garden a couple of miles from Perranporth. The owner has created over an acre of beautiful garden from just a field. As a...
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