Life on Hold

Hi, how are you, I cant believe its been since June that i have been on my blog. Sickness took hold of me in the worst way, and i have been knocked for six, i wont go in to detail, but I am now at recovery stage and feeling like i can function like a human being instead of an immobile vegetable that i have been stuck on pain killers watching life go by, and not being able to participate.

My mind is now again my own, and i am completely rebooted like a computer and i can start re-learning to do all the things that i forgot how to do, like browsing the internet, and listening to music and coloring, using the materials that have been neglected in my craft room.

Walking in there, in to my craft room was like looking at it with fresh eyes, its been three months, and i had forgot what i had in there, I have decided it needs a clear out but to do that i must be ruthless and think of the things that i love playing with, and those things that i have not touched in a while.
I had gathered a lot of products with projects in mind, and i hope to start some in the next couple of days and i would like to journal the projects, so that i have a diary of everything i do failures as well.

I have looked back on past posts and realized that i could use my blog for so much more than craft, i have so many other passions my job being one of them and i have missed it, but  i can keep up to date with the new release of Autumn winter clothing at Simply Be I love the staff at Meadow-hall and the atmosphere of the shop its large and stunning and fresh and we have Jacomo upstairs, SHOPPING FOR GUYS IS SO MUCH EASIER THAN SHOPPING FOR WOMEN, why because they dont shop often enough so they dont get a chance to get bored of what they see and they are always surprised at how they can achieve a cool and trendy look. I love to see their faces light up, and that also goes for women who dont shop regular enough, they lack the confidence to rock what ever they like, if you like it wear it, tha'ts,  that.

Altenew to me any way!!

Hi hope you are well today, I have been inspired once again by a stamp collection from Altenew, and wow I love these so much their style is elegant and unique, and although I love quirky and cute these are, simplistic, and fresh and i love them.

I have already been to the website and found an array of stamp and die sets that i really, really like.
on this card I have used the build a rose stamp and die set and teamed it with some distress ink splats and a few clear droplets to make it look like rain drops and also a few sequins to embellish.

And as usual a close up

  I added tome embossing to the greeting, which is also from the set and a wink of stella to the rose just because, he he I hope you can see improvements to my photography as well I have been practicing.

Till next time thanks for stopping by

Laundry

What a great two days we have had so far, if only i had the time all the curtains would be down and in the washing machine. Which is what inspired my card today is Lawn Fawns Loads of fun stamp and die set, I absolutely adore this set its so fun and quirky and teamed with the plaid papers, makes the most adorable cards and labels. Ill keep this post short and sweet and get on with my washing Lol. Hope you have a great day.

 

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Mail

Hello hope you are having a good afternoon on this a dreary day, but i hope my next post brightens it up a little for you as i am totally excited about Lawn Fawn stamps at the moment, and i am also playing with Altenew as well which are totally genius for clean and simple fun cards.

This card is from the set Happy mail, correct me if im wrong and it also includes scripty sentiments. In the background i have used Argyle back drops which im loving as it goes well in any color. For a change im giving you the close up first.

 

Hope you love this card as much as i do thanks for stopping by

 

Mama Elephant

Well thankfully my friends very rarely get sick its usually me, lol, so I never get the chance to send a get well card, but this one was really cute, I cased this from My sweet petunia and i loved how simple and effective it is. I changed the color to a sickly green which makes it all the more a get well because those emotions dont look well at all, but it still has a fun element to it, I took the advise of sweet petunia and double stamped first in memento ink to color then over stamped with Versafine, and then stamped again in Versamark, I then embossed to give it a more raised look.

And as usual here's a close up, I added some gems as i couldn't resist

Hope you enjoy this post see you soon

Organisation and inspiration

I think organisation clears the mind, tidy work space tidy mind. I have always liked solutions that make my crafting easier and quicker, and this one from Connie Stewart has to be the best one that i have found for ink refills

And on that note, I was also organizing my wardrobe and came across a dress that i had not worn for at least ten years, it is from a big department store on sale and i have never worn red before but I loved it, I had also purchased a small gold handbag, so that inspired me to create this card that i really liked once id finished it with the patchwork perfection dies from Tonic studios, red and gold card and a small sentiment from my stash.

 

Hope you like it see you soon.

Wedding floral

Well after a long day at work, and after putting Holly to bed i decided to have a play with the First Dance die exclusive to  Crafty Devils Papercraft

I love it its so versatile and im not done playing either so you may see more of this one(sorry to bore) but im sure you'll like what i come up with

And heres a close up

I shall update you with the details later peeps but for now good night and thanks for stopping by

A lovely couple

And here is  me thinking that my crafty, time was going to be limited, well as you all may know by now the shop is closing and my last day there is Saturday. I have enjoyed every moment i have spent there.
So on to my make for this evening keeping it short as i have a number of things i have to do before i go to bed.

This card uses Tonic Studios First Dance die which is available  exclusively from Crafty Devils Papercrafts, I started out with a 7x7 card blank, then matted this with Bazzil basics cardstock measuring 6 3/4x6 3/4, then another layer at 6 1/2.

I also used the lovely Tonic studios patchwork perfections paper pad its really nice and a good weight for die cutting available from Crafty devils papercraft. I then finished this off with a wink of stella and some black ribbon from my stash.

Supplies

First Dance Tonic Studios die 

Patchwork perfection paper pad 1090e

Bazzil basics card stock

white card blanks 7x7

A wink of stella

 Till next time thanks for stopping by

Catch up and related topics

Hi all, I hope you are all doing well this is the first time on my day off that i have decided to Blog. Im sad that i have left it so long. I do enjoy it, but when work takes over and you put your all i to it things get left behind, i hate when that happens and at the moment Im  starting to weigh up whats most important to me.
I do love my work so i want to make sure that the transition in to redundancy is as smooth as possible and that looking for alternative employment is as easy as i can make it.
Looking for work is not hard there is a lot out there, it depends on if you are going to change what it is you need to be earning to break even at the end of the month.

So i figured if i get a chance to make and create i should share it with you and be thankful that i have crafting to stop me from going in to meltdown as i feel that at my age i shouldn't have to be looking for work i should be settled, crafting is the only consistent thing in my life besides family, and i dont take it for granted, I had a lot of Pictures that i took on my phone and i dont know whether i have blogged them already so i have had to go through all my posts to see what i had done.


The walk to work on Sunday was particularly nice, as it gives me chance to think about what my plans are and how i am going to pick myself up and dust myself off once again, so please excuse me if there is a long delay before i blog again as repairs to my life are taking longer to heal than when i was younger.