Has it really been a month!

Oh My Goodness - I cannot believe it has been a month since I blogged.
All those good intentions to blog straight out of the window then!

Anyway, just a quick check in to say I am still alive - just :)
Work has been really busy but good fun as always. I have actually done so much crafting for stuff for the store displays - but it is always dark when I finish and I take them into work the next day so no pics - silly Bex.
Of course I don't expect anyone to believe me - although you could pop into work and see I am telling the truth!

Right so not a lot else new in bex world I don't think.
I have a long list of cards and things to make and as I am sitting here in Brand new PJ's and dressing gown I may just stay in them all day and chill out.
In fact that sounds like a very good idea.

Hope you are all well and I will be report back whenever I can be bothered xxxxx

Love Bex

Just Bex Challenge Prizes

Well the Big Challenge week at the Just Bex Forum is now over and people are frantically sorting out the votes for their favourites.
So for those that took part these are the prizes ready to be dished out at the results evening .....
For those who didn't take part we will be holding another one very soon so why not pop along and join in the fun?
Making Memories SB Kit

Studio K Accordian Kit Amy Butler Chipboard AlphabetMaking Memories Blooms (I Lurve these!)Papermania Chipboard AlphabetPM Spring Brads 1Making Memories Sweets - B&W FlowersMaking Memories Sweets - Red HeartsK&Co Glitter AlphaK&Co - 6x6 Paper PadMaking Memories Pebble Brads (Love these too!)K&Co Bubble Dome stickersMaking memories Chipboard AlphabetPM Spring Brads 2 Imaginisce Bird StampRed Button CollectionOrange & Green Ribbons & Primas

MM Flower Brads

MM Antique Brads

Black Button Collection

And that is it for now! Winners and prized to be announced soon :)

Love Bex

HSMS - Confused!

OK so I thought I would put the brand new camera to use and actually start to try to improve from bad to poor!!
So I checked in on the HSMS site to see what the latest prompt is.
Today it is "Confused"!
Well, OK Jaws above is actually quite confused at the moment.
All his mates are chilling out in the cold weather and mostly at the bottom of the pond.
Jaws however is very much alive and wanting to feed and suck fingers ....... yeah I know it is gross but he is quite cute and I do tickle his nose every morning whilst having a fag!
So here is Jaws yet again confused as to why I am not hand feeding him loads of food.
Don't worry Jaws - it will soon be feeding time again x

And for anyone like me needing to get the camera out and learn how to use it - or even just use it ...... HSMS is a site to visit!

Love Bex

OMG another blog from Bex!

I am getting good at this blogging lark ........ in fact I think I might become a regular :)



So what have I been up to? Well today was work as usual - lets leave the work talk at that.
Now to PLAY time.
Got home to a nice King Prawn Stir Fry - YUM - Happy Bex.
So tonight I have been playing with one of the challenges over at Just Bex Forum (Great forum - we share the same name :))

So can we make a present for someone?
SURE I CAN. I love making presents.
So I chose someone VERY SPECIAL and thought I would make them a Photo Cube from the white box ^^^^^^ up there.





One more side still to do and apologies for the pics but tis dark here now.
Oh and on the last one I think the middle of the blue flower has fallen off - PMSL - I SO should leave things to dry before mauling them and taking pics. Anyway there was a rather nice MakingMemories "Adore" thingy in there - I will repair it before I wrap it up and give it to ......







ME ME ME ME ME

Like who else would want pics of the stinky Maisie by their bed????

As I said, I love presents i do xx
Love Bex

More Challenges!

Ooh I am having SUCH a nice lazy Sunday!
I have been playing with the challenges over at the Just Bex Forum
We have a big challenge weekend running and I still have about a billion to complete but I am working my way through them!
This one is to take inspiration from the following picture and incorporate it into a card or LO. I have gone for a card as (a) I have LOADS to make for the shops I supply and (b) LO's just take me ages and I am on a mission! So here is my take on it - and I have made 6 for the shop.

The next challenge I have tackled is this weeks DCM dare.

I may have slightly cheated but I am sure they will let me off!

The dare is actually to make a card for someone you love featuring love or friendship. Well I am not sure that I love anyone enough to make them a card :)

So I have opted for Friendship as I am in desperate need of some boys cards!

So yep I am a cheat - am I bovvered though? Nah!!!!!
Right must crack on - loads to do, not much time and all that xx

Love Bex

For Grace - A Maise Photoshoot!xx

Well I thought I would try a Maisie photoshoot as it is such a nice morning.
BAD IDEA - She is a naughty minx and clearly doesn't like the camera!
So here is Maisie totally ignoring the "come" command. Ah good she came. So hence the Sit command

Now OK Maisie I know you love Mummy but stop the squinty eyes ........ we want to see those big brown eyes!

Nope Maisie you still don't have it right - I know you love me and are giving me love blinkies but OPEN YOUR EYES!

OK out comes the tongue - such a rude girl :)

AH Here she is!!!! My gorgeous little girl x

Think I will get the camera out again when she is asleep - SO much easier!

Right back to crafting - will be back again later x

Love Bex (And Maisie) xxx

Sunny Saturday!

Wow it is such a nice day here - blue sky, sun out and nice and crispy cold!

I LOVE days like this - I have taken the dog to the park and had a good play with all the mucky stinky little (and big) dogs that we met.

I have started far too many craft projects - so now my room is a total pigsty with half finished cards, canvases and LO's all over the place ........... ah well there is always the Guest Bedroom to sleep in!

So what have I achieved ....... well not much really. I have stopped starting new challenges and tonight will focus on finishing the ones I have started!

I have made about 20 Mothers Day cards for the shops I supply - though quite why I did them without fitting them to challenges I don't know!

Anyhow here is one that fits one of the challenges over at the Just Bex Forum.

Set by the fabby Sue the challenge is to incorporate a ribbon, 2 blooms and 3 patterned papers into a card.

Hey Presto - not a cheat in sight :)

I will be back either later tonight or in the morning with more x

Love n Hugs to all

Bex xxxxxxx

Is Bex Back?

Hmm I might be - I have decided i am going to TRY to take this blogging lark seriously ........ so please do check back for the next week or so and see if I manage to keep this darned thing updated!

So in Bex world what has happened?
Well I have mostly been on a First Aid course all week.
Lots of bandages, lots of fake nasty role plays where you feel like a total plank. (I HATE role plays)
Lots of information to absorb ........
Lots of lying on the floor being pulled into the recovery position as I was the tiniest!
Lots of food - I knew it would be dull so did a HUGE junk food shop and went on a mission to eat my way through the week. I have put on 4 pounds in a week - FAB.
And then today I had the nasty assessment day. Normally I am fine with stuff like this, exams and such like ........... but when it comes to first aid it brings back memories of college.
I had to do a 26 week First Aid intensive course and it was HORRID.
On exam day out of 20 of us only 8 passed (Luckily I did) and the rest had to redo the entire 26 week course again.
So yep - me and First Aid courses have a history that instills fear in me.

So this week i have been confident, fine in fact.......... I already knew the info - hell 26 weeks of it is enough not to forget the basics to see me through a 4 day course.
But OMG did I shake going into the exam!
Nasty nasty stuff and luckily I passed and can return to work as a qualified first aider (DO NOT injure yourself in my store as my skills are pretty shite, my "bedside" manner is worse!)

So now I am relaxing and getting ready for a weekend of challenges over at Just Bex Forum.
Tis fab - there are loads of challenges and I have done no work towards it so can play with them all like the rest of the gang :)

Right will head off now and finish my well deserved glass of wine x
I WILL be back tomorrow - pwomise x
Love Bex xxxxxxx

Quite Simply Knackered

Is what I am
So I am sort of sorry for lack of blog updating.

Some things have to come first though and at the minute I have multiple things demanding my time and energy - which is seriously lacking!

So yep I am OK, Busy at work, busy with family demands, busy with most things tbh.

So I am around, I plan to be around more as always - but for now I will just check in and say a big Hi to anybody who happens to stop by expecting an update xxx

Love N Hugs
Bex

Sunday .................

Well I have spent most of the weekend pushing paper around and getting nowhere slowly!
So I thought I would give up on the Layouts for a while and make some simple cards for the shop
I came across the Papertake Challenge Blog and thought I would play!
A nice challenge to use red on a card - so I have made a batch of the above - and just in time as they have a new challenge up tomorrow.

Right - Back to the clipboard that I am trying to do for someone at work.

Oh - and as for the eggs .......... I will try to remember to take my camera into work tomorrow so that you can see them in all their glory ......... PMSL

Love Bex

Template Challenge

Crikey - I have actually completed a challenge for the Just Bex Forum!
Sue set one of her fabulous template challenges so I thought I would use it to make up a set of Valentines cards for the shops - only about another 94 to do .........
AND If I hadb't been such a lazy cow today I may have achieved a bit more.
I didn't wake up till 10.30 which is not like me .......... and then by 2 o clock I was back in bed till 6! What a lazy moo, but I guess I needed to catch up on some sleep. Just hope I sleep tonight now as I am wide awake now!
Right - off to watch TV and make some more cards x
Love n Hugs
Bex

I am a serious crafter ............

Not!!!! I have a long list of LO's and cards I wamt to make.
I have a long list of fab challenges from various blogs and forums.
And instead I am about to tackle 8 of these disgusting eggs.
I HATE Styrofoam, I hate eggs, I hate cheap and tacky embellishments
But yes, this is my latest project for work to turn these 8 nasty eggs into something stunning to encourage people to buy them - I think we only have about 850 of them to sell!

I will report back later this afternoon with some very tacky eggs!

Love Bex (The serious crafter!)

Happy New Year to you all!

Firstly I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Year.
Thankyou for all you kind comments - I had a lovely Xmas at my sisters with the family.
Too much food, too much drink & loads of fun - it all went too quickly though!
New Year I worked through but am enjoying it still so that was fine by me - I have never been one to do much New Year.

So now we are in 2008 and I have a long list of things I want to achieve this year and I will let you know as and when I achieve them!
One of them is to actually be a better blogger and participate more in the forum.
I thought I would ease myself in gently with a new challenge called "Shape Shifters"!
I'll see how it goes on the forum and see if it is something we can do regularly to helps us all make the cards we need.
So basically a simple guide of what shapes have to appear on your card, and how many times ........... you can add any embellishments etc you like on top of the shapes.
So the shapes ..........

And my very simple effort - I am feeling simple x

If you would like to pop aling and join in you can find us at Just Bex Forum

So back to the housework and boring jobs and I will aim to be around returning comments a lot more in 2008 xx

Love n Hugs

Bex

December 7th - Forum Prize!

OK Elvin has set yet another challenge over at the Just Bex Forum and this is todays prize sponsored by Craft Obsessions.

There are daily prizes for doing very little! So come on over and join in the fun - all new members welcome :)

Love Bex

Goodie Giveaway over at Just Bex Forum

Sorry for lack of blog lately - life is beyond hectic!

I STUPIDLY employed an Elf from the North Pole to "Help" me run the Just Bex Forum throughout December and BOY am I paying a price - he is a rude little thing that is now threatening to take a vacation to Florida!

Do not fear though - I have him locked up in the mailroom and he will be posting prizes DAILY to forum members in exchange for some silly activities.

It is actually great fun over there right now so if you are not a member then sign up and come and join in the fun / abuse!

And if you need tempting further we are only on day 5 and so far have given away ........

2 lots of Black Tie Prima Flowers

Prima Flip Flop Fancies

Karen Foster Brads pack of 20

And doddlebug tokens and Sandy Lion Stickers.

AND a sneak preview of tomorrows prize ........... A FAB Making Memories Alphabet rub on set - you NEED these!!

So come along and say Hi and join in the madness that is JUST BEX
Love to all

Bex x

Another Photo and an update ramble!

Well here is another photo from the HUGE box I found the other day. This is my Grandma and I have to say that I think the photo is just beautiful! If anyone would like a copy to use in vintage cards etc then please email me and I will send you a high res version.

OK so time I think for an update on the life of Bex!
Life is pretty good to be honest. I am absolutely LOVING my new job - I am at the point where a day off seems boring as I have so much to do and want to be working!
Not sure if I mentioned it before but the new job is as a Sales Floor Manager for Hobbycraft in their Basildon store - so if you are passing pop in and say Hi!
I have a lovely team of staff who make me laugh all day - and the customers are pretty fantastic as well. I regularly spend over an hour with a customer chatting about paper and ribbons and teachniques etc and it is SO up my street. Did I mention I am loving it??

So not sure what else I have to update you all with really! There has been a serious lack of crafting this end due to working long hours and just getting used to a new job etc.
I have now sorted out a load of my craft stuff and my room is looking fairly tidy so the challenge now is to start playing more in my hours off! We will see how I do - but I better achieve it as I have SO MANY Chrimbo pressies to make.

Right time to get into PJ's and enjoy the nice glass of wine my Dad poured for me over an hour ago!

Love n Hugs to all
Bex

Kids these days!!

Over at the Just Bex Forum Est has started a conversation about the way kids dress these days - like something straight off an adult catwalk it seems!
So I thought I would share some pictures of how we were dressed when we were younger - Clothkits eat yer heart out!
Only thing that was a total bummer about all being dressed the same was that as the youngest I would have to grow out of 3 outfits!
So introducing the Clothkits girls ..........

Sarah Rachel

And Bex!

Pretty cute eh? I will have to do somthing with these photos I think - hmmm I spy a nice little canvass coming together I think!
Love n Hugs
Bex

Birthday Club B Cards

As promised here are the birthday cards I received from Birthday Club B at the Just Bex Forum.

They are seriously scrummy:)

KateT

Adele (Dingledel)

Lisa (FunkyFairy)

Est26

Sue

Paula C

Andrea (HoneysMum)

Andrea

Nicola (DollyDimple)

Suzy

Maura