New Challenge over at Open-Minded Crafting Fun

Hi all

Sorry not been around very much over the last two weeks I have been really bad with my back unable to stand, walk or sit so been on my back managed to finally get up on Tuesday but could not do anything again the same really for the rest of the week.  I am now off the Morphine capsules and Oramorph medication and just on plain old Tramadol and Diazepam which are like taking sweeties really they don't touch the pain anymore as I have been on them for so long now, hospital asked for my meds to be tweaked but GP said no what I was taking was fine.

Good news I won a prize from Zo , Keagan shouted my number out so wow I'm a winner.

Today we have a new challenge over at Open Minded Crafting Fun, at the theme is Use Some Buttons I have used a

called sunbonnet, used my Martha Stewart button punch and Marilyn dies, image was coloured in using my gorgeous Prismacolor pencils

Our other sponsors for this fortnight are as follows:

Gerdas Doodles

Oak Pond Creations

QKR Stampede

I am hoping to go to my Crafty Friend Rachel's today to have a play, she had some fantastic news this week, she has been chosen as one of the Crafters Companion Design Team Members she is so excited and who can blame her wow what a compliment, mind she does some fantastic makes, I often go over and spend time just watching her craft she is fantastic.  

Why not pop over to Open-Minded Crafting Fun and join in with the challenge some fantastic prizes to be given away.

Well am off now as have to get ready  and sort myself out to go to Rachel's.  I promise to be back soon doing some blog hopping.  But for now

Love to all

Alison 

Double dutch

Hi everybody

Just wanted to apologise for any mistakes and nonsense I may of written due to the amount of morphine I am taking to help with the pain in my back

Love Alison

Morning All

Good Morning everybody, hope you are all well.  I bent over yesterday to pick something up and my back decided to go into major spasm mode, I am now in so much pain can hardly stand or sit for any length of time.

I was commissioned yesterday to make two birthday cards one for a 90 year old male and a card for a female who is going to be 100 in May, have managed to make the 90th card but the other one will have to wait until I can move around with a bit more ease.

I have decided I hate being like this always in pain and being told by the DWP that I am in the Work related activity group, how the hell they expect me to hold down a job when I don't know if I can stand from one day to the next and that is without the fibromyalgia flaring up.  What a laugh.

Anyway enough of the pity party am off to do a bit of blog hopping.

Love to all 

Alison xxxx

New Challenge over at Crafting for All Seasons

Morning all

Hope you are all well, if this goes as planned it should be scheduled.  We have a new challenge over at Crafting For All Seasons and the theme this fortnight is Spring into Spring and we were given some wonderful images to use by 

Stitchy Bear

                                        Prize 3 images from any of the showcased creators 

Sun-Bonnet and  Card Front Word Art by Floppe Latte

So why not pop along and check out the rest of the Design Team's wonderful creations and also join in the fun, you never know that winning card might be yours.

Love Alison xxx

Morning All

Hi Everybody

Well I don't know about you, but I had a wonderful weekend.  On Saturday I got to go to Rachel's for a crafty afternoon, ended up by buying a new sewing machine a Huskavana Emerald it arrived on Tuesday and on Sunday well it was my birthday so I got to have a lie in bed and then was brought breakfast, Alan and I then went to Endsleigh Garden Centre as I bought all Rachel's old spectrum noir pens off of her so needed more storage for them, but ended up ordering the storage from Crafter's Companion.  I was then whisked off to the Treby Restaurant which is a Michelin Star as Anton the Chef won Master Chef a couple of years ago, very expensive but what a treat.

Monday woke up early as I needed to sort myself out as I had an Occupational Therapist coming around to assess our kitchen to see if we can get a grant to enable me to use the cooker as at the moment I can't use the oven or grill as I can't bend down enough to put things in or take out so just awaiting a report on that but Jamie the Occ Health guy does not hold out much hope but he says he will give it his all to try and sort something out for us, but we will probably just end up going ahead with the kitchen anyway.

Tuesday I took delivery of my new sewing machine and as it didn't come until quite late in the day the only thing I did was oooh'd and haaa'd and stroked it, will be playing today at some point have a few projects on the go so will finish a couple of them and blog them over the next few days

The only thing I have made over the last few days is more candles I tried to make my cupcake candle in two different colours and this is what it looks like

I have been making a concentrated effort to catch up with everyone's blogs as I let things slip my birthday weekend and Monday sort of got away from me so please bear with me whilst I catch up.

Love Alison 

New Challenge over at Oldie But A Goodie

Morning all

We have a new challenge at Oldie But A Goodie and the theme this fortnight is Spring has Sprung and it took me ages to think how I wanted this card but thought mmm bluebells and here is what I came up with

papers are from stash, as is the wee ribbon, the image is from Just inklined and I have loads of images from them as I think they are great.  Why not pop along to OBAG and see what the rest of the team have created and join in the challenge, you never know you just might win.  

Love Alison xxx

New Challenge at Open Minded Crafting Fun

Morning All

Already we are on Challenge Number 5 over at Open-Minded Crafting Fun and this fortnight the theme is Something Green.

Our wonderful sponsors are:

Silly Dilly Beans

Flat Friends

            

Stamping Chef

whoopsiedaisy

As you can see there are some fabulous sponsors 

Here is my card 

Why not pop along and join in and with all the fabulous sponsors above you may just be our lucky winner.

Alison xxx