Crafting Life's Pieces

Thank you for your kind words on the loss of my parents. I'm missing them both terribly, but I am grateful to my husband and my two lovely children for helping me through this, and also the escape my crafting gives me. I think I've found my mojo again.

I'm entering this card into CLP challenge number 44. There is a lovely sketch to follow. This has to be one of my all time favourite hAnglar stamps, it took me quite a while to get my sticky mits on it, but I'm so glad I did.

I've coloured her with distress inks, and subtly added glamour dust. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the Ribbon Girl, and they've been stickled.

The papers are from Magnolia, as are the border die and the little doohickey that I've used as a hinge. The oval doily die is also one of my new 'feel better' purchases, its Marianne design CR1204 (thanks Sandra for the update).
Thanks for looking, please feel free to leave a comment as I love to read them.

Take care,

Thank You

I've been away from blogland for a while, here's the condensed story.

My Mam and Dad had both been a bit poorly for a while, on 12th December I made my Mam go to the doctors, this is when everything started to go downhill.

The morning of 14th December she had a phone call, she had had a chest x-ray and as they'd found something suspicious they'd made an appointment for her to see the lung specialist on 21st December. Meanwhile, that day my Dad looked terrible, I phoned his GP out who sent him straight to hospital. He needed an emergency transfusion and something to reverse his warfarin as his blood was dangerously thin. The next day he had a camera down and they found a growth. The following Wednesday, my Mam saw the lung specialist who arranged for her to have a camera down her nose on the 22nd December. We brought my Mam in for her bronchoscopy, and while we were there we visited my Dad. On this visit we were told my Dad has a quite large Oesophageal Cancer, we went downstairs to collect my Mam only to be told she has Small Cell Lung Cancer. Within an hour my brother and I were given this news. My Mam developed a chest infection and was admitted to hospital on December 28th. She passed away on Tuesday 3rd January, her funeral was on Friday 13th and when we went to visit my Dad afterwards he passed away while holding our hands. His funeral was on 20th January, they are both buried together just a stones throw away from the rugby ground were they met in 1972, at their graveside we could see the clubs flag at half mast for my Dad.

This is why I've been away from card making for the last few weeks, although I have been grateful for the escape that colouring has given me. I've also posted this on the Magnolia facebook page and have been hugely touched by everyones kind words.

I'm now turning my coloured images into Thank You cards, but I also want to say 'Thank You' to everyone that has helped me with their kind words.

I'm entering this into Just Magnolia and hAnglar and stAnglar where there is a sketch to follow.

I might not have been making cards, but I've still been buying goodies, there are loads of my new things on here.

I've coloured Tilda with distress inks, I'm now getting quite happy with my colouring, although I've still got some way to go.

Hope you all have a nice weekend.

Take care

Special Tilda

Hi everyone,

I've still got a few cards to make, but I have so much on I can't see me getting them all done. Here's my latest one.




Isn't she such a cutie? I'm entering this into MDUC where there is a colour combination of red, cream and gold. I'm also entering it into Simply magnolia where the theme there is a Christmas card-easily done, lol.
I've coloured Tilda with distress inks, and all of the edges have been distressed with walnut stain. The roses have been made using a mft die and then glittered. The papers are from pion. Anyway, I'd better dash, I've still got presents to buy :(

Take care,

Becky


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Anything But A Christmas Card

Hi,

Just a quick post from me today, I've just made this for a pirate mad little boy and it ties in with this weeks LOTV challenge, anything but a Christmas card.




The paper and dies are from magnolia, and he's been coloured with copics. Better dash, we've got a pirate birthday party to get ready for.
Take care,
Becky x

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New Tilda's

Hi,
I've just had to make a card today. My stamp club arrived yesterday and I was working until 9pm, I was so frustrated. Today I'm on nights and have had a lovely time making this.




I don't know her name yet, but it was a tough decision deciding which one to ink up first, lol. I'm entering it into Just Magnolia and hAnglar stAnglar anything goes with the option of sparkle.




I've coloured her with distress inks and added some glamour dust. There's liquid pearls around the flowers and I've stitched the edges. The flowers, which I've stickled, are from WOC as is the seam binding. The dies are doohickeys, and the paper is from Tim holtz.
Happy Friday everyone, hope you have a great weekend.

Becky

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Tilda with Candy Cone

Happy Thursday everyone, Friday tomorrow and then it's the weekend, yay.
First of all I want to thank everyone for their kind words both on here and the magnolia world Facebook page it really does mean a lot, thank you.
I was off yesterday with the kids due to the strike and I managed to get a few images coloured in, today they're at school and I don't start until 1 so plenty of time to make a card (or possibly 2).




This is the card I've finished today, and coloured in yesterday. I'm entering it into TOMIC vintage and lace and also into Ribbon Girls jingle all the way to christmas.
I've used pion papers which to me scream vintage, I just don't like having to cut them.




Tilda has been coloured with distress inks, I need more practice with her hair now. The doilie and roses have been cut from some gorgeous iridescent gold card which appears almost like Kraft, but has a lovely sheen-I just wish I knew where I got it from. The edges have all been distressed with vintage photo ink.
Take care,

Becky

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Tucked Tilda

I can't believe how many blog posts I'm getting done, although I'm not having to boot my laptop up in just getting away with quickies in my phone. Not ideal I know, but it's better than nothing.




I'm entering this cutie into Simply Magnolia's a sketch, where there is a lovely sketch to follow and a great excuse to get another card done.




Once again I've coloured Tilda in with distress inks. I can't believe I've had these inks since last September and I've just mastered the technique (I think) in the last couple of weeks.
The paper is from magnolia, I've distressed all if the edges with vintage photo. I've used a Martha Stewart punch and marianne snowflake dies. The sentiment is from lotv and the ribbon and brad are from wild orchid craft.
Short and sweet again, I've had the morning off to sort my cards, I've got an afternoon of work and I'm going to see the new twilight film with some of the girlies from work tonight.
Take care,
Becky x

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