Hiya, made it at last

 

 

 

Hi, well I have to say I was beginning to think this day was never going to get here. Sorry it has been so long since my last entry, but as you know I have not been very well and when I say not very well, I mean really poorly.

I had Shingles, which I hope none of you ever get as it is not nice at all. I was in bed for 5 days and don't know where they went, I was feeling really dizzy every time I moved and had a splitting headache for most of the time. When I finally gave in and went to the Doc's, she sent me to hospital as she was worried about my eyes (I forgot to say, you get spots, as Shingles is the adult version of Chicken Pox) which had spots on my eyelids and most of my forehead.

Still, all better now Yippee.

So onto the cards. The first one was made using a picture that Andy coloured and didn't know what to do with, so I had it. I used a mask and Distress inks to do the background and a doily which I also coloured using the inks, I then used a Nestie to mount the sentiment and finished off with some ribbon and candy.

The second one was done using the church window and cross Nesties. I used guilding flakes on the windows to give the stained glass look and the cross is done in Mirri. The sentiment is also used on a Nestie.

Finally for now, something different. I recently took out a subscription to a knitting magazine and the bag was one of the projects in it. It was knitted using the free wool that comes with each edition. According to the pattern, the bag should be a lot shorter but I wanted to use it to put my pills and such in when I finished, so I added another 10 or 12 rows to get it to the right length for my purposes. The little gas flame (from the tele adverts) was made using a pattern that the editor of the magazine found for me, as I saw one in the mag and when I emailed them to ask which edition it was in, she explained that a reader had sent it to her so she hunted the pattern down for me and forwarded it on.

Well that's it for now, hopefully it won't be so long next time,

talk to you soon,

take care

Jo

xxx

 

 

 

"And I'm Feeling Fine..."

 

Hello ladies, just a quick post to let you know that I am feeling a little better today, I have no idea what is wrong with me but I have been asleep for four days so far!!! Did manage a few hours up today and have finally eaten something so I must be on the mend.

 

I wanted to show you another card really as I started this blog and haven't posted anything new yet! I made the above card using one of the new Spellbinders Die D-Lites - Bonsai tree. It cuts out beautifully, I used a little bit of the inside of a cereal packet to get the paper out of the die easier but it didn't really need it. I also used the fancy labels die with a peel-off (I still go old-school now and then!) and some fancy fabric I got from Jo Channon's shop in Coningsby 'Let's Create' (my fave shop at the mo).

Anyway, going back to sleep, hope you like the card and I will be back again soon.

Take Care,

Lots of Love,

Jo

xx

Welcome To The Start Of Something Big...

 

 

 

hopefully!!

After being nagged at for months now, I have finally given in and let Andy persuade me to start my own blog. I am not very confident with technology and I usually leave the written word to my hubby as even though I know what it is that I want to say, I am not confident enough to know HOW to say it. So please be patient with me and don't expect a deluge of cards as our crafting time has to fit in around our various aches and pains.

 

I am starting my blog off with three cards I made recently and which Andy very kindly put on his blog but I do have some new cards finished, they just need photographing and then I can put them on here, hopefully before the end of this week.

 

As you can probably see, I have used a lot of Spellbinders dies (courtesy of my husband's insane need to own every one that comes out!!). I am very much influenced by the great Sue Wilson, an American lady who is one of Spellbinders creative team and she demonstrates on Create and Craft regularly. I can't even begin to say what it is that I love about her style but she makes cards that truly take my breath away and I would love to be able to do what she does. If you have any questions about what I have done then please feel free to leave a comment and I will try my hardest to get back to you. 

 

So thank you for taking the time to read this and I will (hopefully) see you again very soon,

take care,

Jo

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