Yet more bad news

OK, so in the last few months my beautiful Jasper (cat) died.

A couple of weeks later my Aunty died.

This week both my Husband and myself were made redundant because the company we both worked for has gone into liquidation. I'm wondering how much more bad luck is going to be coming our way.

Still on the bright side I will have time for crafting once again ... and maybe get chance to catch up with Carolyns forum .... and of course, there is my facebook addiction to take into consideration, so it's not all bad ... lol. And Hubby has managed to get temp xmas work at toys r us - a whole 20 hours a week (evenings) on minimum wage (better make sure we dont spend it all at once hadn't we - it won't even cover the mortgage payments, which of course we didn't take redundancy protection on - don't you lurve hindsight?)

anyway I will be posting next week I'm sure .... after our appointment at the jobcentre when we find out all we are entitled to (as a family of 3) is £70 a week (or thereabouts) hmmmm our outgoings are in the region of £1400 a month before food and petrol and clothes and entertainment stuff .... it's not looking good is it? still I can cancel sky and that will save us a whole £22.50 a month and give us 1 less thing to spend our oodles of time on. (I know, I know, sarcasm won't help us ... but I cannot help it)

LOTS!!!!

OK, Here's what I have made (cards mainly) since I last properly blogged.

First is a card I made for Paulas birthday. Image is a pink petticoat download.

This (below) is the front of the envelope.

Here is the gift box decorated with a lucky chinese coin and red ribbon.

and this (below) is the bracelet I made.

Below is Lindas birthday card - another Pink Petticoat download.

Next is Laras birthday card ... yes, another Pink Petticoat download and yes more sparkly and shiny stuff all over to accent the design.

Next is a card I made for a colleague who has now left to work elsewhere - you might be surprised to see its not Pink Petticoat this time :) I did use some more of the lovely lace I got much earlier this year though. Glossy accents have been added to the text on the tag.

Next is the card I made for my Grandmothers birthday - it's a pyramid card and I'm really pleased with how it turned out - the time it took to make was well worth it.

The butterflies and bird are stamped with stitchels and cut out.

Next is Gemmas birthday card. Image is a Holly and Maddison download.

Ovals were cut with my scalloped nestabilities.

Next is Emmas birthday card. The flowers were cut by hand and the stitching drawn on.

Quick to make but quite effective I think.

And below is Christines card ... same design but a different coloured card and flowers

Here is a necklace I made after finding out at the last minute that I needed a gift. Unfortunately I didnt have the findings for the leather so had to improvise with silver coloured wire which I put through a hole in the leather cord so it wouldn't slip off the ends.

Here is the gift box that I put the necklace in, with a lovely red bow that I tied myself :)

This is the card I made to go with the necklace. Holly and Maddison download with glossy accents and sparkly bits have been added.

And finally another Holly and Maddison download this time on Beckys birthday card.

I'm Back!!!! Happy Halloween

Sorry I haven't blogged for so long - it's been a bit hectic. Working full time is really taking it out of me, I'm sooooooooo tired and my mojo seems to have gone for a verrrry long walk :(

Still it was Halloween yesterday and Callam wanted to do the usual. So heres the pumpkin: first is the evil side (that I didn't take a proper picture with the lights on - I'm such a numpty at times) - the teeth were cut out properly - I did the pumpkin double sided adn its the bits on the other side of that can be seen.

Next (below) is the not so scary pumpkin face (done on the other side to the one above)

And below with the lights on is the 'friendly' pumpkin face.

And here is Count Dracula (scuse the grey body warmer but it gets cold outside at the end of October)

Goodbye Jasper

I love you Jasper.

RIP

xx

Last one for now

Wow, its like waiting for a bus ... you wait ages and then you get 5 all at once :)

Its a work friends birthday this weekend and heres the card I have made for her.

I have used a Holly and Maddison download from Charmed crafts (which I coloured in using the pc) - I have added glossy accents and I am not certain why but the black hair has gone a bluey colour, which I wasn't sure about but it looks quite nice now its dry.

I printed onto sparkly card and cut it to a tag shape and secured it onto a flower.

Below you can see the glossy bits on the hair, boots, eyes, lips and the ipod cable

The finished card - I am quite pleased with it (which is surprising as I am not always happy with my finished cards)

I'll be back soon - no more birthdays that I'm making cards for in the immediate future ... although I now have 2 baby cards to make (just need some time)

another corny card

It was also my Grandads birthday a couple of days ago, and using the same Pink Petticoat download (and the same glossy accents and sparky stuff) I made his card - very similar to my Nans but more masculine.

Corny birthday card

On Fathers Day it was also my Nans birthday. I normally cover / alter a notebook for part of her present (she uses notebooks like they are going out of fashion), but time was not on my side so this year there was not a notebook (or anything else altered)

I did make sure I made her a card though and here it is (and for once I didnt use my nesties .. but I did buy a new pink petticoat download - which I also used for the Fathers day cards)

Fathers day cards

Here are the cards I made for Fathers day this year ... not as many as last year because with working almost full time hours I haven't got enought time for any orders so I only made my own ..... maybe I'd better bear that in mind in the run up to Christmas (OMG!! I cannot believe I said the 'c' word in June!!!)

Images are Pink Petticoat and cut out with the nesties (how original am I?)