uploading pics to blogger

hi,

im having trouble uploading pics to blogger in that they take forever, i have followed the steps for uploading and everythign seems to be fine sometimes they upload fine but then there are times it will take forever and i get a message saying the pics are being uploaded and then it comes up with an error message.

our broadband wouldnt be the quickest but it uploads pics to other sites fine. dont suppose anybody has any suggestions as to how i can get round this.

karina

Hump of the Week...

Grab some candy....

Deirdre over on colour and ink blog is giving away some yummy Honey & Hugs stamps and other bits all you have to do is just go to her blog and leave a comment and follow her blog if not already doing so.

here is the link.

colourandink.blogspot.com

karina

autumn themed swap card

i made this autumn themed swap card for a challenge on Celtic Crafers forum that i am a member of, the brief was to emboss, emboss, emboss, with cuttlebug embossing folders. This is what i came up with, i used brown and burnt orange coredinations card which was embossed with the script folder and raised dots foler. Also used my fave little gruffies stamp and coloured him in with my fave twinkling h2o's.

Im going to enter this card into SFTW challenge theme which is "Autumn". Its my first challenge to enter so hopefully luck will be on my side...

if you would like a go at the challenge its on here:

stampingfortheweekend.blogspot.com

here is the pic of my card.

Christmas Mojo ......

Is in full swing. Due to our baby arriving mid December I decided last month to make a start on my christmas cards, unfortunately im not an organised person usually and I have totally surprised and surpassed myself cos I actually have 7 Christmas cards done, A5 cards!!! Im really enjoying doing them though when normally each year it feels like a chore, but the xmas mojo is in full swing and im flying through them.

Of course I have over 40 to make! lol! but ill get there and plan to have them all done by the end of October. Ive started a littel production line and its working so I shoudl reach my goal. Also plan to have all the christmas presents bought by then too. :) I will take photos of the cards i have already made and try and post them up, think i have the hang of it now.

I also made a September swap card today for a forum im part of the theme was to use as many cuttlebug folders as you could. Unfortunately i dont have many folders (but plan on changing that ;)) so i worked with what i had and was thrilled with the results. Will also take a pic and post it up later.

Off now to enjoy my sunday dinner.

k
x

some cards from me

The joys of pregnancy......

you know pregnancy is great, it really is. once you get over the initial sickness and tiredness and the fact that your body is expanding whether you like it or not :). well something new happened me yesterday....something my friend told me when she was on her 1st pregnancy and i nearly died laughing...oh yes thought it was hilarious i did. Until ......it happened me yesterday!

I was out doing the grocery shopping standing in one of the aisles and sneezed, panic ensued cos i nearly wet meself! so i guess its time to root out the tenas! ;) lol. Had to text my friend to tell her and she nearly died laughing herself as did my OH when i told him. Thankfully i was in the aisle on my own so nobody could see the horror on my face! lol. Have also been told that from here on in its constant trips to the loo.....the joy! lol. Anyway enough of that potty talk. Weather is miserable, it doesnt know what it wants to do, sat here watching the sun shining and then an unmerciful rain shower followed.

Im trying to figure out how to upload pics on here, its so long since i blogged i cant remember and i want to post up some pics of cards i have been doing while i was missing. Hopefully i will get my head around it.

K
x

Its been awhile.....

so much for making more time for blog hopping, lots has happened since my last post. little did i know that when i posted that life was gonna change. Im now 29 weeks pregnant lol! so there hasnt been much time for blogging, but im still fitting in the me time and the craftin so 2 out of 3 aint bad!

our little bundle of joy is due on 10th december. I'm hoping he/she is gonna be punctual and arrive about then, id like to be home for xmas and settled. The pregnancy is going well and sometimes i think its an irish dancer i have inside me, it never stops...but thats a good sign! :). I have started my xmas cards and set up a little production line for myself, so i have stamped images in 1 bag, paper in another, card in another and embellies in another, im still adding to it as i have loads of cards to do and i plan on having them all done by the end of october. My xmas shopping has started too and that should be done by end of october aswell...I know i have never been so organised, pregnancy is great. well the fact that i am due 2 weeks before xmas doesnt give me much time for shopping and i aint traipsing about the busy streets with a big bump on me so im getting it all done now.

I have made loads of cards over the past few months, lots of wedding cards that i will try and upload here, if i can remember how to. lol. right thats about it for now.

talk soon.

k
x

Easter Saturday

Hi,

Its ages since I have posted on my blog, so much has been happening, life seems to be passing me by lately, so i have made an executive decision to make more time in my life for the important things.

Blogs, crafting, me time, more crafting, stash buying :)

think that just about covers it! lol!

anyway just thought i would pop in and then do a bit of hopping and see whats what!

Karina
x

Sunny Saturday.......

ooo its such a lovely day today. The sun is high in a lovely blue sky but its cold enough out. thankfully we dont have snow. I hope we have seen the last of that. I had a lovely morning I was awake bright and early and decided to visit my Mam, lol my father asked me was the bed on fire cos I was in so early but it was a shame to stay lying in bed on a sunny morning.
I got my brekkie in my mams a nice fry up.

Now im sitting beside the fire watching create and craft, what better way to pass a saturday afternoon. not much else to say really so gonna go do some hopping!

catch ya later.

Blog Candy!!!

I've got into the addiction of blog hopping and came across Jak Heath's blog its sooooo inspirational. She is an amazing and creative lady. She is also giving away blog candy. She is giving away the full range of her flippin men stamps as well as the next range of flippin men she has designed in total she is giving away 16 stamps!!!! its an oppurtunity not to be missed all you have to do is follow this link and add your name to the list and also add a comment stating what type of medium you use for colouring your stamped images. EASY~~

www.jakheath.com

Best of Luck!

Timeout Tuesday

Well I have ALL this week off and I'm going to enjoy every minute of it. Ive planned a few visits to friends house for nattering and crafting so I'm looking forward to that. Today though I have to do the boring DG's but I'm also gonna fit in crafting too...think the craftin will come before the DGs. lol!

I'm gonna put up some pics of cards that i have made recently just to show that I am ACTUALLY doing something. Today is really nice out, the sky is blue and the birds are singing so me thinks ill have to take a cycle later.

Ok off to put up my pics now!

K

Tis been a while.......BUT......

I'm BACK!!!!

its been soooo long since i blogged i had actually forgotten my password I had to reset it! lol! not good! anyway wanted to get back into it cos find blogging cleansing of the soul at times, just to type and blather that way my OH's ears get spared! :)

Alot has happened in my life since my last post but I wont bore you with the details. Most importantly we have moved into our new house!!! Have been here now since July 09 and it feels like we always lived here. I cant explain how great it is to have our own space again, it was great that OH;s mam and dad put us up but everyone needs their time and space together and thankfully ours started in July. Moving in was hectic as we still had bits to do. But its great living in the country, you walk and cycle without meeting 1 car and you have pure silence except for the singing of the birds its brilliant!

I have of course been crafting in between and FINALLY have my own craft room!!!! ITS GREAT!!! its my little haven, i can lock myself in and distress and DE -stress :) and just enjoy my bit of time on my own in my own little crafy world, covered in squares from 3d pads and double sided tape, Cos its my world! lol!

I will post up my creations over the past few months. Right off to bloghop for a bit!

Karina
xxx

has it really.....

been a month since i blogged!! im in shock, kinda worried cos normally i have something to say or spout nonsense of some sort. just think real life has got in the way in the past month. I am currently working in the after schools and filling in hours in the mornings in the creche too so i think thats why my blogging went out the window! TBH think it was also that i didnt have much to talk about. BUT NOW!!! yerp you guessed it i do! lol!

first things first so!! Our beautiful house is coming along, we now have internal doors, ok no handles on them yet but they are on the way! My delightful OH (have to put that in just in case he is reading this..lol) has started tiling the downstairs loo, floor only mind but im sure he will get it finished (fingers crossed). the builders are up there today putting the stone on our sitting room wall and fireplace, im panicking that it will look hideous but OH assures me it wont! im praying it will turn out ok cos its not something you can just paint over! And speaking of painting we still have loads to do! jees when i see all this written down it seems we will never be in there. THINK POSITIVE KARINA!! easier said than done! ok ok im not going to be a dreary drawers planning on painting the kitchen ceiling over the weekend, and might tackle the kitchen walls too, havent a clue what colour paint we are putting on there but will have to decide pretty soon.

anway, house aside, crafty wise i have done feck all. i am heading to jackies workshop in june with jess so that will get me spurring on, plus i have promised some charity cards to claire and i promise claire i will get them finished and sent off to you. i have so many things swimming around inside my head at the moment i dont know whether im coming or going! this weather is diabolical i cant warm up, its impossible to know what clothes to actually wear, you look out and see a blue sky and say "ah shur i dont need a coat", your outside the door and there is a gale blowing. today has had to be the most miserable day, there are blue skies one minute then lashing rain the next! its crazy!!!

anyway thats enough crap to talk about today! nothing much interesting left to say (not that any of the above was interesting but it has helped me to make space in my brain for the other thousand things i have to think of) ;)

siging off!

my week of crafting.

Sunny Saturday......

But not feeling really sunny on the inside. Feeling quite pre menstrual actually.....my energy has dissapeared for the last 2 days and feeling bloated and fat! Why did got invent periods, jesus they are a pain in the proverbial, aswell as the back, stomach and anyway else the feckin cramps get ya. Hey ho, the joys of being a woman eh? Well im sure i will survive, always do, nothing about 10 paracetamol cant cure and a few vodlkas....kidding!

I havent blogged in a week I cant believe it, not like me to have nothing to say is it? Wouldnt mind but it hasnt been very busy, I just kinda filled in time faffing about a bit. Managed to make a few cards which i will post up in a bit so my mojo is still there (just about). I went and got my hair cut on Thursday to somebody i dont normally go to, had a cut and colour and she only charged me 40e i was in shock, i would normally pay 60-65e in kilkenny, so need i say more but she is my new hairdresser :). When i came home though i was sorry i didnt get it cut shorter, so after lots of looking in the mirror humming and hawing and consulting OH i decided feck it im going to. I rang the girl yesterday and im booked in for next friday, so the long locks are going....only to shoulder length, but thats a huge challenge for me considering my hair has been so long for ages! Time for a change, me thinks. I have taken a before pic fromt he other day and will post up the after pic next saturday, to give the full on "shock effect"......lol!

Right Im starting to talk crap now, cos really have nothing else to tell ye, other than our heating boiler arrived the other day for the house, (see interesting isnt it) lol! OH had to pull it apart to see how it worked....tut! Men! they get excited about the most mundane things! lol!
ok im off to try and upload these pics of the cards i made, enough blabbing from me!

Karina
xx

What a beautiful day!!!!!

I had a "crafty" visitor today...lol. Jess called up to me for a day of crafting and chatter. It was lovely,. even though my mojo wasnt in full swing I still managed to get 3 cards done, all with the same stamped image but cos I dont really do "simple" sytles of card i was trying to today....lol!
I think I achieved what I wanted...sort of. Jess had a few problems with her flaps again!!! DONT ASK! (she was trying to make a box). The weather was great this morning and I got loads of washing done which was hanging nicely dryin on the line, when I looked out and there is was spilling rain. But i rescued them and they are now drying on the radiator. The evening has turned wet, cold and miserable.

A big thank you to Jess for bringing up the yummy lemon cake, its gorgeous, FIL gave it the thumbs up too Jess!!! He thought it was lovely, MIL has competition with you around....lol! Right I think I will head down and do some cards, my OH has decided to abandon me and go up to the house to do some work so I will make the most of the peace and quiet.


Thats all for now!! Will post up the pics of the cards I made in a bit.

xxxx

Wonderful Wednesday

Right i needed to let off some nervous energy!!! so what bette rway the to blog it out of me!
The weather today is sooo much better than yesterday, I managed to fit my walk in, did a mile! thats pretty good! My mojo was swinging yesterday and made some cards lots more to do for challenges and easter etc...i know leaving it a bit late for the easter cards!

Today I decided to get into the Easter mood and make some chocolate bunnies, melting chocolate is about as far as my baking skills go...I was half thinking of making queen cakes...and thought better not, would be doubtful as to how they would turn out! lol! so i made the easter bunnies and they are cooling off in the fridge as i speak. i plan to put them in an easter card i made for Clive's 2 nephews in England, the easter card they are going into is one of the beautiful ones that i made in jackies workshop (that i still need to put a pic up of! )

i will post up a pic of the little bunnies when they are done, also have chocolate robots too! I dont really know what to do with myself today, I want to make cards but my mojo is slipping...I need to make cards, have loads of easter cards to get out to friends, im leaving it late i know! right off to see if i can do something with the rest of this nervous energy, hopefully it will form in the shape of some nice handmade cards.

will post what i make later!

toodles!

xx

what a great day!

i spent today at jackies workshop in dublin again and it was great! i really enjoyed it! got to meet babs and lynda again and met pam and mandy for the first time, both are on the CS forum..

we had a good laugh today, although we were much quieter than we were the last day, lynda reckons its the atmospherics! i put that down to being disorganised and everything going wrong on me craft wise, aswell as having a few blonde moments this morning at the train station, such as nearly getting on the train to kerry and not having change for the parking so a really decent passer by lent me 2euro, she will be rewarded for this act of kindness i hope in some way!

babs very kindly picked me up from heuston, in her stylish coupe and dropped me back, hinting to make sure i get on the right train! tut! cheeky! lol! it was such a stress free way to travel and i sat back and relaxed the countryside whiz by on the way home, wow there are some amazing big houses in kildare on the way down!

came home and OH had my tea on for me (least he could do i reckon...lol). was supposed to be watching sex and the city film but it didnt happen something wrong with it. thats my exciting day, will post again soon.

karina
xx

4 seasons in 1 day....

jees what a day it was today, we had sun, rain, hailstones and cold winds. it was horrible. now the sky is such a blue colour its amazing. I had decided to walk up to the post office today but by the time i had my coat and scarf on their was a massive hail shower so it was easier to jump in the car.

got some DG duties done today so im happy, had planned to go to KK today tile hunting but decided to leave it till tomorrow instead. My poor puddy cat needs to visit the vet tonite cos her eyes are looking funny and when i researched it on the net it said it may be an eye infection, then thanks to mandy on CCS she said it more than likely was so its off to the vet tonite with her. They are like kids, the problem is this eye infection can be contagious so lets hope Roger (other cat) doenst get it or we will be off to the vet with him too.

I havent blogged in ages, mainly cos i hadnt anything interesting to say as my life has been pretyt uneventful of late. The house is getting closer to completion, well thats what im telling myself in the hope that i will believe it..lol. we have started to paint the ceilings (well i should really say that clive has started i have helped out last nite, which i feel bad about) but i hate painting ceilings i get a pain in my neck. i would prefer to pain walls anyday, so im sure when the wall painting starts it will allow me to make up for not doing too much ceiling painting. Is coming up to 2 years livin with the inlaws and it hasnt been THAT bad (she says as she thinks of all the times she has had to bite her tongue at some of her MIL's comments) ...no but really it hasnt! ;)
ill just keep telling myself it will be all worth it in the end, when im sitting in that jacuzzi bath with a voddy and coke! oh i cant wait to use that new jacuzzi bath, went up to look at the bathroom suite last nite as its all in and it looks great, taps and all. the bath can fit 2...*cough*...hmm! lol!

right think thats enough blabbering for one day, OH will be home soon and then its off to the vets. will let you know what happens.