New Challenge over at Oldie But A Goodie

Morning everybody

Today we have a new challenge over at OBAG and this fortnight's theme is April Showers bring May Flowers and was chosen by the talented Sarah.

So this is my card 

Why not pop along and join in, you never know you may just be picked as a winner.

Catch you all later

Alison 

Morning All

Hi everybody, lovely and sunny here today, washing on the line, housework all done so what am I going to do with the rest of the day......

CRAFT, need to catch up on some DT work also I really must put inserts into my cards and seal them up ready for craft fairs.  Was thinking of making more soap but not able to as my delivery from the Soap Kitchen has not arrived boo hoo.

So making candles will be the craft of the day.

I am thinking about giving away some candy but it will not be card making stuff it will be soap and candles and possible bath bombs too which is what I made yesterday afternoon, I really need to get some new molds for these. I will try and sort something out regarding my candy giveaway if anyone is interested let me know.  Sorry it won't be card making stuff.

At the moment the only molds I have is a silicone heart shaped mold and whilst these are ok would like to make better and bigger one's, also before I can sell these I have to have the recipe safety assessed which costs around £140.00, but I can give them away which is fine for the moment as thinking of giving these free when people spend a certain amount either on my website or at craft fairs.

Will be by shortly to do some blog hopping but need to get my breakfast and dry my hair before it dries and I look like the wild woman of Borneo.

Alison 

Happy Mother's Day

Morning All

Hope you are all having a fantastic weekend, I had the most wonderful day yesterday, Sarah and I went to have some Holistic Healing Therapy and it was really relaxing, she also took me out for lunch.  Whilst we were out my eldest daughter Pauline and Granddaughter Jessica came to visit but as we were not home they left a lovely pot of flowers and a card on the doorstep.

We got home about 4pm ish and we had only been home about an hour and my new television turned up ordered a 32 inch for the bedroom as I could not see the 23 inch one so that has gone into the kitchen.  I then made another 20 boxes for my soap so all in all I boxed around 60 bars of soap over the past two days.

I decided I would like to make a card for my eldest sister who is feeling a bit down, she keeps getting chest infections and today when I spoke with her she could barely talk honestly don't think there is a healthy one between the 5 of us girls.

I have lots of little cut outs from my boxes and decided to colour them in and make a card with them and this is what I made

I also made some soap yesterday the perfume is Warm Amber and Frankincense and it smells absolutely divine picture of it below, it was supposed to be black and orange but that didn't quite turn out as you can see it is now grey and yellow lol x

Well am off now, hope yo all remembered to put your clocks forward and that you all have a lovely day today even if you're not a mum.

Will be back later to do a bit of blog hopping.

Love Alison xx 

Challenge #7 at Open-Minded Crafting Fun

Morning All

Firstly let me say Welcome to my new followers, thank you for joining me I hope I can give you some inspiration.

We have a new challenge over at Open-Minded Crafting Fun and the theme this fortnight is Animal Antics, we have four wonderful sponsors so why not pop over to the site and join in with the fun

Just some lines

The Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette

Scribbles Designs


My card is made with an image from  Sassy Studio Designs  and is called Cowardly Lion Sassy

I am not crafting today with Rachel as Sarah our youngest daughter is taking me out for lunch and then on for a massage for Mother's Day treat a day early I know but am really looking forward to it.  I have had a busy week this week so it will be nice to relax.  Yesterday I made some Warm Amber and Frankincense Soap it needs to go into the freezer for a couple of hours to enable me to get it out of the molds.  I also finished off wedding invitations for a commission, made 36 boxes for my soap to go into, managed to catch up on some blogging as well as DT work so all in all a productive day yesterday.

Well I must be off need to get ready for the off, will catch up with everyone later today when I get back so until then, why not pop over and see what the rest of the Design Team have been up to I can safely say their creations are much better than mine.

Loads of love

Alison 

Morning All

Excited bunny this morning, my new fragrance oils have arrived for my soap can't wait to try them out

These are the fragrances I have bought

Warm Amber & Frankincense
Banana
Freesia and Pear
Rice Flower
Lime Mandarin and Basil

I also bought colours to add to the soap, black, white, yellow, blue, green, violet and red.  I am thinking of making the Warm Amber and Frankincense first and adding black to one half of the mixture and making an orange with the yellow and green and adding that to the second half and then swirling them together in the soap ooooh sounds yummy but before I do any of that must get my boxes cut out for the soap I have already made as they are taking up too much room on my craft desk.

The wedding cards are nearly finished, I just need to add hearts to them and then I can get them off my desk, have also completed the mother's day card that was ordered, the buttons came from the Works they have huge bags of buttons on offer and I popped into town on Wednesday with Sarah and bought about 4 packets they really add an extra dimension to the card.

Will be off just now need to have a shower and get dressed so that I can deliver the wedding invitations so will catch up with everybody a bit later when sit down for the afternoon.

Love to all

Alison xx

Afternoon All

Welcome to my new followers, thank you for joining me, hope I give you some inspiration.

Housework day today, all done now though or the bits that I can do, Alan stripped and changed the bed this morning before going to work so bedding washed and now in the tumble dryer tried to put it on the line a couple of times but we keep getting showers so not worth it.

I have finished a card that I started making at Rachel's last weekend and have finally got around to finishing it again it is from the Joanna Sheen CD the Gruffies and Happy Hoppers it has such cute stuff on it I can see me using this a  lot.   I have a commission for a Mother's day card so really must get on and do that, but it's a lazy day for me today as I have been so busy since Monday that I am starting to feel yucky with tiredness.

I will be back again shortly to catch up with all your beautiful blogs 

Love to all

Alison x

Afternoon Everybody - Very Dangerous Drive Home

Dear all

Well Monday finally got into to see the doctor after trying for nearly two weeks, he changed some of medications and added more to the ever growing list that I have to take.  The new painkillers that he gave me have given me have been the bain of my life since Monday, took the first one Monday evening at bedtime and then spent all night with restless legs I could not stop my legs twitching and I was so tired yesterday.

Tuesday I drove to Stentwood, Dunkeswell in the heart of the Black Down Hills for a refresher course in soap making and also new tricks of the trade so as I had no sleep the previous night I was shattered and the course was full on 10 - 4 on the drive home I was so tired I nearly fell asleep at the wheel a couple of times, ended up in a lay by for an hour resting up before continuing home, thank goodness Alan had dinner ready and I fell into bed decided not to take my new tablets and slept like a baby until 9.30 this morning.

Here is the soap that I made, the fragrance oil in this soap is called Fig and Brown Sugar and boy does it smell gorgeous,

 the inside of the soap is coloured very pale pink and the outside of course is cream with swirls and heather on the top this soap is gorgeous and I know its going to be a good seller.

I also made a Extra bubbly Sugar Scrub in lime and used that today in the shower on my feet which are very sore and my face as an exfoliate and boy did it smell good and my feet are lovely and smooth and feel wonderful.

Update on the Bank Situation

It took until this morning for the bank to pay us the money back that should not have been taken out, I have cancelled my bank card and am now waiting for my new one to arrive so this should not happen again, and boy have I learnt a lesson on this.  We are now looking around at different banks and are going to move our account once we have done some research as I am not happy with the level of service from Lloyds.  Thank you all for your fantastic support over this and your wonderful messages.

I am off to do some DT work just now and Sarah needs to do some more work on her application form so I will be back a bit later to do some blog hopping and looking at all your wonderful creations.

Bye for now

Alison xx