Guest DT spot for Joanna Sheen

Hi All

As you know I won a Guest DT spot for the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog and today I am airing a card that I made for the challenge and this weeks theme is "Food for thought" so any creation that features some kind of food/sweets/cakes etc.  I decided to go for a Housemouse image and sweets.

I decided to go with a red and green theme to match the sweets on the image, backing paper came from the Housemouse Triple CD,  used a memory box frosty border, snowflakes dies are ones I bought at Taunton and the bling I had in from lord knows when, found them when sorting my craft room out.   Hope you like it.

Why not pop along to see what the rest of the DT have been up to and enter the challenge. 

Love Alison xx

Anything Goes

Evening All

I had a lovely time over Rachel's today, I made a gable end box using sweet treats embossing board by Crafters Companion and some Christmas crackers using Tonic Studio dies and papers.   Thanks once again Rachel for all your help don't know what I would do without you there to help fix my little ahem (big) mistakes.  I have not quite completed these so will come back to you with a picture at a later date.

I also started on a couple of cards but these are also not quite complete yet so will showcase them tomorrow, I must make and schedule some cards for the rest of the week as I am not sure if I am going to be able to get to my craft room as we are having our bathroom turned into a wet room to make things easier for me.

My card tonight is for Crafty Sentiments blog - Anything Goes  and Challenge Number 4 at Scribble and Scrap I have used an image which is way out of my comfort zone as I am not very good at colouring but this turned out perfect me thinks, the image is from Scribble and Scrap and I coloured her in with a mixture of promarkers and fleximarkers, lace, ribbon, pearls and flowers from stash and the fern is a memory box die, backing papers were also from stash bought years ago and lovingly drooled over before cutting lol.

Am off to bed just now as my little eyes keep closing and I keep making spelling mistakes thank god for spell checker lol.  Will catch up with everybody tomorrow and try and finish my box and crackers to show you as well as the cards I started to make today.

Love Alison xx

Besti Birthday

Morning all

I was going to enter this card in a challenge but can't remember which one so full of drugs lol the old mind is going as well as the back. 

I am off to my Crafty Mate Rachel's this afternoon Sarah is driving me there and then picking me up afterward.  Not sure yet what we are going to make but it will be good to catch up it's been ages since we met up.

Nothing much to report so will get on with posting my card.  I used a Sherri Baldy Bestie image these are so cute.

 

Well am off to get ready to go to Rachel's need plenty of time as getting in and out of the shower which is over the bath is painful.  We are having a new bathroom fitted next week starting Tuesday I hope, we are having a wet room put in with a seat attached to the wall to make it easier for me which will be great, can't wait.

 

Will blog a little later on when I have more time but really must sort myself out and I have to take it slow.

 

Love to All

 

Alison xx

Commissioned Christmas Card

Morning everybody

Hope you are all well.  I am much better today, although still in pain it is more bearable think that may be the painkillers masking it though but never mind on the mend and that's what is important.

Today's card is a commissioned card for baby's first Christmas I have used a Mo Manning image which is so cute and coloured with promarkers.  The papers are from Silent Night can't remember who made them as the front cover has fell off, netting bought at Hobby Craft as were the bows, lace came from The Hobby House, Snowflake I bought at Taunton beads came from stash.

I would like to enter this card into the Wednesday Inspiration Challenge  using the bingo card which is the challenge this week I have used the top row, Snowflakes, Glitter and Distressed

 Glittered Snowflake/ edge of Christmas Stocking and also baby's socks, distressed all my papers using the Tim Holtz tool

Am off to try and have a shower now hanging onto rails for dear life as my legs still don't want to do what I want them too lol. 

I will be back later to do a bit of blog hopping just need to sort myself out and have some breakfast as I got carried away making my card and have nothing to eat yet, not good when taking painkillers no wonder I'm feeling a bit high.

Love to all

 

Alison

Afternoon all

Hi everybody

Not much is happening at the moment I am taking it very easy and not doing very much at all, Alan made me promise not to do anything in the house except make cards which is what I have been doing, can't sit for very long but I have managed to make a card for the Crafting for all Seasons challenge number 64 the challenge is using autumn colours and I have used a Kenny K image that I have had for a while now, coloured in using promarkers and fleximarkers papers are from stash as is ribbon and the bits of bling and flowers I have used. Hope you like it

Well am of to have a cuppa before the gang get home, Alan is going shopping on his way home from work as I am not able to drive just yet but at least I am home and can relax a lot better than in hospital it was so noisy the food was awful but I know I was in the best place as I could not stand or sit because of the pain.  On the mend though now thank goodness.

Will do a bit of blog hopping when I have had my cuppa using my ipad that way I can sit in comfort in the living room.

 

Love to all

 

Alison xxx

Thank you so much

Afternoon all

Firstly let me thank everybody for your well wishes I really appreciated them am now safely home and have made a card to show you today.  Lots of painkillers but at least I can now stand up and feel the lower half of my body thank goodness a bit scary to say the least.

Secondly I notice I have a new member so welcome Dawnyfox thank you for following my site. 

I have a card to show you today was going to enter this into a challenge but then forgot to distress my papers so am going to make a different one for the challenge and just keep this one to sell at my next craft fair. 

I used a pink gem snowman image they are so cute could not resist, the papers are from Bearly Mine, Snowflake is from one of the dies I bought at Taunton the little silver embellishment sitting on the bow was from the goodies I won from Natalie goodies giveaway, I created the sentiment on the computer.

 

well that's it for me for now can't sit on the computer chair for too long as it makes me hurt more that I already do

 

Will be back later to do a bit of blog hopping

 

Love to all

 

Alison xxx

Good News

Evening all

Had my MRI scan and whilst there is no further degeneration and nerves not being trapped I am to expect these flare ups and there is no treatment except painkillers in the form of Tramadol and Morphine.  I had no sooner had the results back, Alan had just left to come home when they said I could go home.  Told them my daughter would pick me up after she had finished work as it is a 30 mile round trip from our house to hospital and Sarah was closer but she didn't finish work until 5 or just after, they kept coming over to me every 10 mins asking when Sarah was coming in.

I was also sent home with no pain relief luckily I have tramadol and oramorph here at home which my GP prescribes for me for my arthritis.  Hopefully I will be back crafting shortly.

Bye for now.

Alison