Very poorly

Evening everyone, no projects today, am feeling very poorly definitely man flu  lol, ache all over, throat is so sore can't eat ( good for the diet) am drinking plenty of ice child water, tongue is swollen and so is my head  or at least that's how it feels.

Have slept most of the day away but have managed to do some blog hopping took ages as my iPad was not showing my blogging lists every now and again do would have to reboot the page.

Bella is keeping me company and is looking at me with big eyes full of love.  Hope everybody is well and sending hugs to those who are not.

Love Alison xxx

Fantasy Stampers DT Challenge

Morning All

How are you today, the weather is a bit dismal here on Dartmoor today so glad the craft fair was yesterday and not today as the weather was cold but glorious here on Saturday.

As most of you know I have been invited to become part of the brand new Fantasy Stampers Design Team and until our launch in January the DT members are setting themselves sketch challenges and so here is our first sketch

 

and here is my take on it:

 

 

 

 

This card is commissioned by a friend whose son in law thinks he is lord of the manor and has everything he needs and thinks he is way above the rest of us mortals, he keeps a few sheep, horses, etc.: I thought this image very apt and the verse inside reads Antibiotics - Happy Birthday.  I do hope my friend Sheila likes it.

 

Alan is in the middle of putting up my new blinds in the bathroom and the kitchen it's going to be a pig of a job as they are very heavy as they are wooden, I also think they are slightly too large so he may have to cut them down a little width wise, oops my measurements were slightly out, and those who know me very well will know that I can't see a straight line and everything I cut or measure is always slightly out in some way lol.   Don't think I'll push it for getting the living room and bedroom one's done today that might be asking a bit too much. 

 

Am off to get a shower and dressed just now as we may need to go to B&Q for a new battery for Alan's drill.

 

Will be back later to do some blog hopping whilst keeping lots of tissues on hand for my dripping nose. 

 

Loads of love to all

 

Alison xx 





Good time was had by all

Evening Everybody

Well that was hard work but well worth it but I need to do a bit better.  My craft fair was a great success the only thing that went wrong was the fact that the only table I had big enough to take my stock was a wallpapering table lol, and it bowed in the middle so I need to buy a 6ft folding table.

I sold all my candles in boxes, quite a few soaps, and container candles and lots of charms and little angels, I even managed to sell a card or two.  My total profit for 8 hours selling was (drum roll please) £150.00 so much better than the last craft fair I did where I had a loss of £6.50.  I have one more craft fair but that is at our local Village Hall in aid of the Rookies (under 5's) and should get a good turn out, then that's it for this year.  Must make more soap and candles.  Sarah is going to take the Christmas Cards to work with her so should have some sales from that as everybody has been asking her to bring them in but I wanted to get this big Craft Fair out of the way first.

I am still suffering with sore throat and now the snuffles and aches and pains so am stuffing myself with lemsip and other bits and bobs to move things along.

I will resume normal blogging this week, have been catching up with my DT work this evening which needed doing urgently so now I have a couple of cards on order and need to get on making those. 

Hope you are all having a good weekend and I will certainly catch up with everybody next week.

Lots of love

 

Alison xxx

Feel awful

Afternoon All

On the day I most needed to be on form for this Craft Market that starts at 5.30pm tonight in Ivybridge I awoke with a really bad sore throat and as the day has proceeded I have begun to feel more and more like I am going down with the flu.  I have headache, aches in all my muscles and just want to close my eyes and go back to sleep, if it wasn't for the sore throat then I would say I was having a fibromyalgia flare up (could be a bit of both).  Alan is finishing early today bless so that he can help me load and unload the car as I am just not able to lift the crates of goodies that I have.  Just hope I have enough stock.

I will try later to blog hop but not sure if I will get to it or not today, but will try and catch up with everyone over the weekend if not.

Well I better get in the shower, it is now 14.25 and I am still not dressed been making Christmas Gift Tags and more Angels but have given up on the angels only so many holes you can prick without going cross eyed and the way I feel at the moment well you can imagine.

Will take a photo of my stall and post it tomorrow and let you know how I have done, lets hope its better than last Friday.

Love to all

 

Alison xxx

Evening all

Hi Everybody

Whilst my head is buzzing with ideas for this two day craft fair event that I am attending tomorrow night (starts 5.30pm - 10.pm and Saturday 9.30 - 2.30pm, I have been making candles in boxes, Angels, Phone Tags and other bits and bobs, I thought I best catch up with where I am at as my head has been all over the place and I have news to share with everybody

I am now a DT member for 4 teams wow how did that happen so excited.

•  The first is of course is www.Fridaysketchchallenge.blogspot.co.uk and we have new challenges every fortnight we are coming up to half way point on the current challenge so why not pop along and join in you never know you might just win a fabulous prize of $20.00 gift certificate from our current sponsor Flonz Craft.  Look forward to seeing you.

•  The second is Crafting for all Seasons  and again new challenges every fortnight on a Wednesday so this one which is Birthdays and is sponsored by the fantastic   Bugaboo Stamps and the fantastic prize of 7 digital stamps how magic is that so pop along and join in if you love Bugaboo Stamps as much as I do.

•  My third is Open Minded Crafting Fun and although we are not up and running with challenges until 4th January why not pop along and become a member so that you can enter our very first challenge, again I look forward to seeing you.

• My fourth and last DT Spot is with Fantasy Stampers BlogSpot and again we are not completely up and running until the 4th January so why not take a browse and become a member (stalker) and join in with the wonderful challenges ahead.

I do not have a card to show you today but do have this beautiful candle I made for my granddaughter and her boyfriend as part of their Christmas Box.

 

The image on the candle is of my Granddaughter Nicole and her boyfriend, this turned out quite well considering that the tissue paper kept getting ink marks all over it so printed just onto some plain A4 paper and then blended into the candle as I know they won't burn it so it was ok for me to use the paper.

 

Well that's it tonight for me am off to bed had a full on day today with lunch at Boringdon Hall as part of our Village Hall Committee Christmas Lunch only two more to go and then it will be the real deal, OMG I am so not ready.

 

Lots of love to all

 

Alison xxx

      

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge

Evening All

God I forgot to post this card at 09.00 hrs don't know where my brain is at the moment, we have a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and our sponsor is

Bugaboo

and the fabulous prize is 7 Digital Stamps

How fantastic is that.

 

For my card I just had to use this image so funny, I have lots of bugaboo stamps as they fit most occasions

 

I coloured this in with promarkers and used Glossy Accents on the balloons and the question mark, papers are from a stash that I bought at LOTV ages ago and when I sorted out I found them again.

 

Hope you come and join in the fun and you never know you just may win those digital stamps.

 

Love Alison xxx

Dithering

Morning All

Hope everybody is well and keeping warm, my its been a bit chilly.  Can you see another Design Team badge have gone from 1 design team to 4 now, and that is my limit I think, don't want to get too bogged down.

Well I have made a big decision I will not be making cards everyday as I am overloaded with them so am going to do other bits and bobs that will sell, so I will only now be making cards when ordered and for my design teams at least until half of the cards I have at the moment have sold.

So what have I been doing for the past couple of days, dithering, I am half way through a couple of things and just can't seem to get my act together, I bought the tonic studio star die and have been trying to put it together think I am stupid or completely brain dead as this is defeating me just can't seem to make it work and that's even after watching a tutorial on YouTube.   I have also sat looking at candles waiting for me to put images on them and need to make boxes as I have a two day craft fair to attend this weekend so need to sort myself out.

Lots to do today, Coffee Stop this morning, need to go and buy a new top to go with my outfit for tomorrow, going out for lunch, also go and buy some spray paint as I am making a tree to hang my angels off and my mobile phone tags that I have made.

Waiting for some craft stuff to arrive from The Glitterpot, and from The Ribbon Girl so I can sort a few other bits out to sell. 

Photo today is my mobile phone charms that I will be selling on my stall.  I was going to try using shrink plastic but need a few more goes first to get it right.

 

I will do my best to do some blog hopping tonight as I feel awful not posting comments to everybody.

 

Lots of love Alison xxx