A Day with Thomas

Yesterday we took Lewis to see Thomas the Tank at Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway which isn't far from where we live. We had intended taking him last year but the horrible weather put a stop to it. Anyway, I think it was probably a good thing that we didn't visit until yesterday as I think he would have been too young back then to appreciate it fully. He had a great time even though he was slightly unsure of Sir Topham Hat, as were we! I will need to use some of the photos to make some scrapbook pages - that'll be a job for my summer holidays I think as I don't think I'll get around to it by then as I am swamped with work at the moment. I should be writing my reports at the moment instead of this!!!!! Hey ho!

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My SBS sister Sammi tagged me last week with this fun circle of friends. I know have to choose four blogging friends to tag ..........what a difficult decision! I'm going to choose .............

Kath
Louise
Stacey
Zoe

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SBS SISTER EMMA

Emma has some blog candy up for grabs to celebrate both her birthday and 5000 hits on her blog. To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is visit Emma's blog here and leave her a comment as well as providing a link to her blog on your own blog. You have until tomorrow to enter so drop by now and say a belated Happy Birthday to her. She's such a lovely person.

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HEIDI'S HANGLAR BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY

Heidi is giving you the chance to win about 30 stamped Hanglar images as well as an actual stamp! Hanglar stamps are so gorgeous and it is so frustrating that us UK stampers can't get our mitts on them! To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic generous prize, pop over to Heidi's fabulous blog and leave her a comment as well as providing a link to her blog on yours. You can find Heidi's blog here. You have until 31st May.
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BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY



As I have been lucky enough to win some fab goodies as a result of PIF candy recently, I have decided to give away my own blog candy. Since it will be Father's Day fairly soon on Sunday 15th June, I would like you share your fabulous creations that you intend on giving your dad for Father's Day. It could be a card, scrapbook page, altered item, anything really as long as it has been made by your fair hands! I will post the candy you will receive if you are the winner very soon! You have until midnight Saturday 14th June to enter and all you have to do is leave me a message with a link to your creation. It is as easy as that. The winner will be selected randomly by my son Lewis on 15th June and the winner's name will be posted here. Good luck!

Here is some of the candy that I have been lucky enough to win recently!

From Stacey:



From Sharon:


From Richelle:

Well, I'd better go and get on with those reports!

Happy Birthday Lewis!

Today is my son Lewis' 2nd birthday, I can't believe where the two years have gone! Frightening! I have been so busy recently as we have been getting organised for his party yesterday and tonight we went for a birthday tea with his best friend Paul. His party went extremely well yesterday despite the horrible weather and Lewis had a great time which was the most important thing. He absolutely loved his birthday cake which had Roley and Scoop from Bob the Builder on it. He is a massive Bob fan and got lots of Bob the builder pressies which he'll have great fun with. A very lucky boy! Last night after tidying up the debris of the party, I finally got around to making his birthday card. I made another train like the one I made for his friend Paul's birthday but adapted it by making some animals to be the passengers of the train. Now I just need to busy myself making thank you cards for all of the presents which he got and I must try to make some scrapbook pages of the big event and the birthday boy!

Blog Hopping again!

I really must stop this! I am full of good intentions to get lots of crafting done, particularly as it is a bank holiday weekend and once again have gotten a bit carried away in visiting blogs! Is it just me??? I start by visiting my fellow stamping sisters to see what they have been getting up to first of all, then I see lots that I like and begin travelling all over the place and before I know it, I have spent a good hour doing no crafting! Anyway on my travels this evening, I have come across lots of fabulous blog candy and just have to tell you all about it.

First of all, my SBS 15 sistah Sammi @ stuffbysammi is giving away this fantastic candy in celebration of reaching 1000 hits on her blog. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to design a card or scrapbook page with a French theme or to post a link to her blog on yours. Go and check out her blog now!










Kitty @ Kitty's Krafty Blog is giving away another lot of fab candy to celebrate 20,000 hits on her blog. All you need to do is to visit her blog and post a comment that links her blog to yours and to post her giveawy on your blog. You have until the 7th May to enter.

Mother Ila @ Artfully Ila and daughter Trina @ Timeless Treasures are giving away brilliant candy to celebrate Ila's birthday on the 6th May. To enter you need to visit Ila's blog and either tell her what your favourite stamp is and leave a link to it or spread the word about her blog candy on your own blog. Then you need to visit Trina's blog and tell her what your favourite card verse or sentiment is or to post a link to her candy on your blog.

Susie @ White Ribbon Cards has another great giveaway on her blog to celebrate her reaching 10,000 hits. You have until midnight on Sunday 4th May to enter and this is what you need to do. First of all add Susie's blog to your blog roll, secondly write a post about her candy on your blog and thirdly leave her a message so that she can see that you have done both of these things. You only have until tomorrow night so get cracking!

I'm going to stop hopping now and go and attempt to make a birthday card for Lewis' 2nd birthday which is next Monday. The earlier I start the better as I know that my week will run away and his birthday will be here before I know it! Enjoy your weekend.