LOOK, LOOK, LOOK!!!!! blog candy !!!!

LOOK, LOOK, LOOK!!!!! blog candy !!!!

Hi !!!

YES, we are finally posting the 600 followers blog candy. But, LOOK at that prize!!

over £200 of crafting goodies !! 

What kind of goodies? well, I'm not going to list everything (we need to keep it a bit of a surprise...), but there are products such as Tim Holtz, Sizzix, Cuttlebug, Impression Obsession, Cosmic Shimmer, Dreamweaver DVD, some wooden goodies to alter, gilding flakes, tissue tape, embossing folders, dies, inks, paints, embellishments etc. etc. etc..... 

Wanna see?       

OMG how amazing is this blog candy, come on everyone pop on over and show them some love, you know you want to, with a prize this good you would be mad not to, I know I have xx

Cross stitch Freebie

I'll have a go at posting this but my fingers are still a bit out of tempo with the old brain, so sorry for any errors. I should probably have posted this yesterday as it is a breast cancer freebie for October.

Two Brain Ops

Welll what a couple of weeks, infection cleared. But ended up with two brain ops in 3 days. So sorry not been around, may be a few days/week till I am back on line properly, waiting on the brain healing a little bit. Please if you stop by, keep coming back as I truely do hope to start Christmas crafting this week, may also post some kids christmas activities too,, that I did for Girls Brigade recenty. Focus not to good so I hope not to many typos. Chat soon x

Prayer Request

If you happen to stop by my little bit of cyber craft space this week, please leave me a little prayer, a little bit of good luck. This week I face the biggest challenge of my life, my cancer has spread to my brain and on Monday or Tuesday of this week the surgeon will be operating to remove it. Please pray for me, my family and friends that we have the strength and faith to face whats ahead. Please pray for the surgeon and hospital staff that they sure and steady in my care.

I hope to be back here soon, God Bless x

TGI Friday

Well thank goodness it is Friday, its not been a good week here with littlle or no crafting getting done. I started daily radium this week, as well as my weekly chemo and boy am I exhausted and just for good measure I am now on anti biotics for a problem in my arm. Anyway enough of that, hopefully now its the weekend I will be able to do a few bits and pieces...fingers crossed.

More of the same

Im determined to use up these topper sheets, so here is another couple of charity cards.

Charity cards

Every year my Girls Brigade Company has a Christmas Concert and we always have a craft stall that my friend Laura and I provide the crafts for. Its now time to make a start on the various bits and pieces that I will be making, some things need to be done nearer the time, but due to my illness I really need to get organised as I dont know how things will be from one week to the next. Here are a couple of charity cards I made, I think they look quite good considering I used some topper sheets that I have had for ages.

Silver Tree

The challenge this week at Sentimental Sundays is to do a card that is out of your comfort zone, I was unsure what I was going to do until I saw the CRAFT challenge, which was to use parchment. So I decided to go for it and came up with this card.

I am entering this card for the following challenges: -
CRAFT ~ Parchment
Sentimental Sundays~ Out of your comfort zone and sentiment

Happy Birthday

Its difficult enough to make two cards for the one person, let alone making three. Anyway I managed so hopefully no one else will ask me to make one LOL. I was also asked to do a card for a one year old, thats all the cards I needed to do, so maybe tomorrow I will be able to start some challenge cards.

Oh Christmas Tree

The challenge over at Bah Humbug this week is flourishes and swirls. So I thought I would use my Cuttlebug Christmas tree embossing folder, I didnt want to leave it plain so I decided to add some deep red diamontes to it, really happy with how this turned out.

I would like to enter this for the Bah Humbug Challenge ~ Flourishes and Swirls

Bad Blogger, Bad News and Feeling Down

Cant believe I have done nothing since Friday, chemo was a bit harsh this week. I had a hospital appointment yesterday and I got some cr*p news from my Oncologist, it would seem that after 5 months of various chemotherapy treatments, there has been no change in two of the tumors and one has actually increased in size and is now worse than when I started, so I will now be going for daily radium for 4 weeks as well as the weekly chemo. So I am a bit numb today as you can imagine, I want to be crafting but cant seem to get my head in the right place.

OMGosh I won the Pixie Dust Card Challenge

OMGosh how happy am I this morning, I popped over to Pixie Dust Challenge and their was my baby girl card as a winner ..... I am totally cheesing here  LOL. Thanks so much ladies x

Oh Baby!

I finally got the binding off my arm today, my hand and arm are not great but better than they were. Its great to be able to do some crafting again. Thought I had better start with something simple, so I made a baby girl card using a gorgeous image from Pixie Dust Studio, this card is for their challenge.

I would like to enter this into the Pixie Dust Challenge - Is it a boy or Is it a girl.

No Crafting Here

Unfortunately there has been no crafting getting done here this weekend. I had to have my arm bound up to in an effort to reduce the swelling, it seems to be working so hopefully by the time its removed on Wednesday I should see a huge difference.

Swinging by...

I love this little guy, looking forward to using him on some other cards. Might not be anytime soon as I had to have my arm bound today to reduce the swelling, will have to see what I can manage.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Birthday Sundae - New Birthday card
CRAFT Challenge - Challenge 119 - Children

Merry Christmas

There is a lovel challenge over on Bah Humbug this week. Challenge 35 is to use a sentiment/text on your card. They also have a Christmas themed challenge over at Scrap Creations

I am entering this in the following challenges
Bah Humbug Challenge - Use Sentiment/Text
Scrap Creations - Winter Wishes

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow .....

I have been looking at challenge blogs for a long time now, lurking in the background just to see what was involved and looking at all the different styles and interpretations of the challenges, the one thing that is clear is the styles may vary  but there are a lot of talented ladies out there. Well I have decided to test the waters and enter a few, I may not be able to produce some of the amazing cards I have seen, but it I am looking forward to having some fun and increasing my card stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: -

CSAYL - Fancy Shmancy
DYSU -  # 35 - Friendly Critters

Birthday Easel Card

An easel card made for my friends sister. I am really enjoying using patterned papers, I always shied away from using a lot of paper, tending to just matt and layer.

Tri - Shutter Card

Finally got round to having a go at a Shutter Card. I will definitely do more, but might wait till I dont ache as much, then I might be able to put more effort into it.

Snooker Cards - Thank you card

I made these cards as thank you cards for the two men who ran the snooker group my kids attended at the caravan park. I love this waistcoat stamp by Personal Impressions, always a good fall back if stuck for a card for a man.

Cala Lily Cards

I love this stamp from the Close to my heart," Enjoy Every Moment" set. These are sympathy cards, but I am hoping to do some Notelets using this one.

Spellbinders Ruby Wedding Card

I needed a quick Ruby wedding card and I really wanted to use the spellbinders die again, so this is what I came up with.

Engagement Card

I made this for a friend to give to her granddaughter to celebrate her engagement. Once againg I used a 3d decoupage image, really need to get more confident in my colouring as I would love to be using Stamped or digi images.

Our Taz

Finished this little cross stitch project today, cant believe how long it has taken me to do. Well thats what happens when your hands dont work right, blasted chemo has a lot to answer for - oh well it could be worse at least I can still craft, even if it is slowly.

I could not resist this project, the little dog is the image of our Tara, although our Tara or Taz as we call her is an old lady of 15 and not as bright eyed as this anymore, I certainly remember when she was.

50th Birthday

I made this card for a friend to give to her neice for her 50th birthday. I enjoyed making this as it gave me a chance to practice my colouring and play with my cricut. The image is Dotties Birthday from Bugaboo Digital Stamps.

70th Birthday Decoupage Card

Its always difficult when asked to make two cards for the same person, especially when it is for a special birthday. So here is the second 70th Birthday card I was asked for. Once again I chose 3d decoupage, not that its noticeable in this pic.

Fight Like a Girl Charity Cards

Not feeling my best today, my arm is really swollen and making it difficult to hold anything. I prepared some 3d Decoupage images that I need for some cards I have been asked to make, then did a couple of Fight Like a Girl charity cards. I love this image from Whimsie Doodle .

70th Birthday Easel Card

I really enjoyed making this card, its for a friend to give to her sister for her 70th Birthday. Finally got round to trying to use my spellbinders in my cuttlebug, Ive had them for months, but have been wary about trying them - there will be no stopping me now. Now all I need to do is come up with an idea for another card as I have two to do for the same person!!

Leaving Card

Yesterday was a bit of a wasted day, I never actually managed to get anything finished as I had the hospital. Its a pain in the butt having to go each week for my treatment, especially as it means I go one day for line care and bloods and the next day for my chemo. Anyway, I was a bit out of sorts after the hospital so just played for a bit, I tried colouring using promarkers which I am still a novice at. I love this girl on a bike image from Whimsie Doodle, so today I decided to make it into a plain and simple little card.

Christmas Tea Light Cards

I saw a picture of these while browsing the web and just knew I had to give them a go. Not sure yet if I am making them to sell at the GB Christmas fundraiser, or if I am going to give them as gifts, with nice scented candles, to the women in my sewing group. Oh well plenty time to decide.

Spiritual Bracelets

Is it ever to early to start thinking of Christmas, not if you know you have a Christmas Fundraiser coming up and there is only you and one other person going to make the items for sale. I began yesterday with these Spiritual Bracelets (I got the idea from Jeanne Winters ) I love them, really happy with how they have turned out. Not sure yet how I am going to package these, maybe pillow boxes with the tag attached, will need to wait and see.

Gods Love

Black - My Sins

Red - The Blood of Christ

White - Forgiveness

Blue - Gift of the Holy Spirit

Green - Promise of Eternal Life

Gold - Heavens Riches