Christmas greetings

I must apologize to any followers who have been disappointed with the lack of cards and postings this year. It has not been a good year for me health wise and my cards and blogs have been sadly neglected. I did make family cards during the year but only posted a few. I am hoping to turn over a new leaf in the New Year and do more.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, blessings, and health and happiness
for 2012

Update

It's been quite a while since I have been on my blog so apologies to everyone. I am still in a lot of pain with my hand and arm so not much cards being made. I am now waiting for an operation which hopefully will happen in the next few months. Meantime I have made a couple of cards - one for my grand-daughter's 18th and one RSVP for a wedding invite. Nothing fancy just added the usual glitter, ribbons and jewels.

In memory

A happy picture of my mum and dad holding lots of memories for me as this would have been my dad's 98th birthday on the 23rd and the anniversary of my mum's passing on the 21st April. Almost ten years since my dad died and eight years for my mum.
They had been married 67 years when my dad died and had very rarely been parted apart from the War years.
They are so much in my mind and so much missed especially when a birthday or mother/father's day comes around.
Very much missed by me and all my family. x

A few cards

At last after lots of hic-cups here are a couple of cards that I made last month. Nothing fancy I printed them off of my GCF programme and added some jewels to give them that finished look.
Best I can do just now as I am in so much pain with my right arm, shoulder and hand. It's a start!

Neglected

My poor neglected blog I have not posted anything since I came home late November from Canada. I can only say that I have been really unwell since coming home and the horrible winter that we have had in this part of Scotland has not helped matters much.
I have made a few cards this year but have not bothered to post them on my blog so I will have to get my fingers out when I am feeling a bit better and make some cards.
Apologies to any of my blog followers for the lack of imput but wishing you all well for the coming year and happy crafting!.

Just a little more!

Well my last posting for a while as we are off to Canada via Glasgow on Sunday!
I have been getting the most out of my Greetings Card deluxe programme and have made some more cards. I decorated most with some ribbon, pearls and some glamour dust to finish them off. I have not had the time to sit and make up something from scratch as have so much to do before Sunday, so I hope you like what I have come up with.




Bye for now and see you all again in December...........

Family cards

I finally got around to finishing off my cards for family birthdays before we go off on holiday in two weeks time. Here are a few and will post some more later.







Haste ye back...........

Steps Back in Amazement!

Amazing here I am after all these months of silence and posting! I feel really guilty and have no excuses for the absence - I just didn't feel like crafting or chatting.
Health wise the specialist finally put me onto insulin injections and although at first I was really disappointed and concerned about the weight problems it has turned out better than expected. My blood sugars are finally getting near normal, also my blood pressure and I have managed to keep the weight off that I lost so I am well pleased. Won't say it's been perfect as have had lots of problems with my arthritis and other things but I'm not complaining.
I have made a few cards in lieu of going of on holiday next month so I will be posting them over the next few weeks. Here are the first three so hope you like them as I have kept it simple with just a few embellishments.



Haste ye back..............

Weight Loss

Well it's been a while since I wrote about my diabetes. I had the clinic on Tuesday and I am glad to report that I lost another 2.3 kilos so all in all I have lost 2st 6lbs in weight which I am really pleased about. Unfortunately, my blood sugars are still not under control and am now taking the last step of upping my dosage of metaformin to 6 x 500mg a day on top of my injections and all the other pills I have to take. I really don't know what else to do as I have tried all the things the diabetic nurse has suggested and nothing seems to take the blood sugars down. This morning was one of the best readings at 13.2 which is still very high. If this doesn't work then when I see the specialist in June she might say I have to go onto insulin which is the very last thing I want. Anyway, will cross that bridge when it happens.

Meantime I have used one of my stash cards that I made last year added a few finishing touches and an insert for our cousins 87th birthday on Saturday. I hope it will cheer her up as she is now residing in a home down in Surrey.

60th Birthday

I wanted to make this a special card for a friend's 60th but when it came down to it I just didn't have the time or mojo to do it. I used a lovely thick leather like card stock and printed the picture of the pansies onto it. I then highlighted the black of the pansies with glossy accents and added some glamour dust to the wings of the bee and jewels for the eyes. Finished off with some ribbon for effect. I do hope she will like it.

Words

Hello again folks. I made my first A4 card today for my daughter in law's birthday. I stamped on the background swirl in a pale Brilliant moonlight white also along the curved edges. I added a corresponding border with a Martha Stewart large punch and then added a sentiment from Joanna Sheen's new Word CD including the insert and background papers. Finished off with some jewels and a few stickers to make it pop.

Anniversary

Hello folks sorry it has been so long since my last posting. What with my computer giving up the ghost and not feeling like making any cards with the horrible weather we have had, the weeks have flown by. I cannot believe that it is March already and a few brave crocus's are coming out to bud which is lovely to see in the last few sunny days we have had.
I have made some cards but forgot to take photo's as the computer was away getting fixed. Anyway today I finally sat down and made one for a forthcoming anniversary. Nothing too fancy so hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by and haste ye back.............

Welcome 2010

Well here we are in 2010 and I hope all my followers and crafting friends had a lovely Christmas and New Year. Myself and hubby had a lovely Christmas with the family then unfortunately my lovely no 1 son decided to share his cold with us so we were laid up from Boxing day until after the New Year. It was very, very quiet with the horrendous weather we are having and so treacherous on the pavements and roads that I have been stuck in the house. Today is the first day I have ventured out via hubby and the car and only downtown to get my new spectacles and a few messages then home again.
We did get forms to renew our passports and got some passport photos [ugh] the second stage in organising our holiday this year. The first stage was booking the fights which is in September to Canada for three months, we are so looking forward to it. Hubby retires then hence the long holiday to see family and friends over there.
No cards or crafting yet but hoping to get back to it soon. Take care and haste ye back...

Christmas Wishes

This is my last post for a while as the festive season gets closer and closer, and still got lots to do so........

To all friends and followers wishing you a lovely Christmas with your families and all the happiness and health in the world for 2010.


See you in the New Year.........

Anniversary

It's our wedding anniversary a few days after Christmas so while I was still in the mood I made this card for hubby. I used some beautiful 12 x 12 papers I had cut them to size [sacrilege I know but needs must]. I then used a couple of Penny Black stamps left them without adding colour, nestibilities and added ribbon and black pearls at each corner.



Here is the Christmas card I made for him too. Similar to the other ones but I was running out of ideas by the time I made it. I did add his initial in pearls and finished using glamour dust.

Noel II

I finally finished all my Christmas cards and got them all away in the post. Here are some of the last ones I made. Once again I used my NOEL Rubber Tapestry stamps and various background papers and my Cuttlebug embossing folder. Added glamour dust, ribbons and mirror card.





Hope you like them any comments welcome.

Festive Willow

Some more Christmas cards must be getting fed-up seeing them. I know I will be glad when I finally get them all finished. I have still so much to do, decorate the living room, get the tree up, wrap up presents, the list is endless. I am supposed to be resting but am exhausted sitting making cards until all hours. Oh well, wouldn't do it if I didn't love it.

This first one is using my Rubber Tapestry stamps again and adding some small pearls and glamour dust.

The second one is again using the Rubber Tapestry stamps, and adding background papers, mirror card and a small bow.


Finally this one is special won't say for who at the moment in case they see my blog. I mounted various papers and mirror card and then added my new Whiff of Joy stamps Willow and sentiment, used my new Promarker pens for the first time which was hard to get used too. I then cut her out and mounted her onto the card, added bows and flowers to finish it off. Here's hoping they will like it.

Haste ye back and please leave a comment, love to read your thoughts .........

Noel

My new stamps from Rubber Stamp Tapestry arrived on Saturday so have been having a play with them. I did quite a few cards but am only showing a couple so you get the idea of what I created with them. The first I stamped then mounted onto Nestabilities and then onto Christmas background papers. I added ribbon and some pearls and lastly glamour dust.


The second card I used the Noel set to enhance one of my Cuttlebug embossing folders, then used the corner snowflake from Martha Stewart to cut out the corners. I mounted onto another cuttlebug embossed background with I think makes the image 'pop' and finally my favourite - glamour dust.

Haste ye back...........