New Challenge over at Crafting For All Seasons

Hi Everybody

Hope you are all keeping well, my back is still sore but I am waiting for an appointment at the Dr's have to ring up every day after 08.15 to see if he has any appointments think by the time I get sorted I will be dead and buried lol.

Enough moaning

Today we have a new challenge over at Crafting For All Seasons and our challenge this week is no designer papers.  for my card I used some oil pencils that I bought years ago an never used and combined them to make my backing papers.  The image is from the wonderful

                                                                         Kenny K  
                         

and the prize this week is 3 digi images 

How wonderful is that 

So without more ado here is my card hope you like it, kept it fairly simple as did not want to detract from my gorgeous handmade backing papers lol. 

Will be back later to do a bit of blog hopping

Love Alison 

New Challenge over at Oldie But A Goodie

Morning all

Firstly thank you for all your well wishes whilst my back has been so bad that I have been laid up.  I am finally on the mend thank goodness and although I have to take it easy can at least now start to do some crafting YIPEEEEEEE.

Well today is a new day over at Oldie But A Goodie and our challenge this fortnight was chosen by little old me and the theme is Bunting, don't forget your stash or whatever has to be at least six months old.  so without further ado here is my card

I even tried my hand at frantage got most of it over me of course but when we went out for the evening I looked lovely with all my sparkle in my hair, over my dress and on my face lol.

I had a lovely day over at Rachel's on Saturday afternoon started a couple of cards but not finished yet,  and then yesterday I supervised whilst Alan did the weeding in the garden will have to take some photo's whilst it's looking pretty.

I have quite a bit to do over the next few days, candles to price up and soap to box, inserts into cards, cards to make not only for my DT work but have been asked to do some evening wedding invitations around 10 -20 of them.  I also need to make three more batches of soap up as I was checking the one's out I had already made and a couple of them are not good enough to sell so I may do a draw and instead of craft stuff send out soap what do you think.

Why not pop along to OBAG and check out the rest of the team's work which is wonderful.  You never know you might just win a prize.

Love Alison 

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