More Christmas cards made today...

I made even more of these Christmas cards this afternoon, I have really enjoyed doing them too. Though I do wish I had left the glitter until tomorrow, as I knocked my pot of glitter over twice. I got covered both times! Then i squeezed my glue too hard and ended up with blobs in the wrong places.Considering the problems I had, these have turned out OK. Better than some of my Photos... I always seem to take better pictures during the day. During the darker evenings they come out all out of focus! Never mind you get the general idea of what they look like even when the are a little out of focus!
I love both the fairies and the polar bears this year. I am so pleased with the colour scheme.
I had totally different ideas for my cards until I went cyber shopping and found these winter fairies... then my mind was made up!

I am also pleased with the way some of my peel offs work with these, even though they were left over from last year.
These are the final ones today, as you can tell the picture is rubbish, but you get the idea.
I hope to get some more made of this size then I will work on making larger ones for close family members.

And Here They ARE.....

Here they are the six I worked on yesterday and the six I made this morning.

I am really pleased with these stunning images again from lili of the vally.

http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/LILIOFTHEVALLEY.CO/index.html

I wanted my theme to be blue this year as most of my cards last year were purple.
I think the fairies work really well on both the background papers.

I have included each fairies name on the cards, as I hope to pop the description of each one on the back of each card.
Below are the really cute Polar bears, I fell in love with these too and just had to use them this Christmas. I love adding glitter, just that I end up covered in it too!

I hope that everyone who has a card from us this year loves them as much as I do. Though my photos are a little shaky, not the best focus this time!

Finally....

Today I was busy making sure my house looked nice for my Mum coming to visit, it was important for me as I have started to feel more like myself. I wanted my Mum to see how much better I was feeling, and that the house was not being neglected anymore.

After having back surgery in June I was unable to do so much, both my Mum and OH did so much to keep our house running and family happy.

I wanted to let my Mum know how much I appreciated all she had done for us, so today I took care of her. She has not long gone home and called me to say she had a lovely day. Also adding how happy she was to see me back to normal.

Even after all the work I had done... I sat down this morning with time to spare.... Finally my christmas card making has started. I made 6 basic cards that look great already, they still need embellishments and greetings added which I will do tomorrow. Its great to say they are being made! ( I had said so often that I needed to start them)

Once again I have been unable to chat to my friends, but I am sure they know how much I care about them, and how much I miss talking to them. I know they will keep up to date with me some how.... I just have to be patient.

Time has taken the day.....

What has happened today?

Well i feel like old father time was working against me today.

People I wanted around me couldn't make the connection,

time always seems to work against us.

You would think I was trying so hard to talk to a friend in another country!

You would be wrong.

It just seemed that whenever I am free they are not, it makes me sad.

So the picture above says it all for tonight.

If you need a hug my arms are always open.

I hope my friends remember this.

I have even found that my crafting is suffering lack of time,

maybe its because I am spending so much time trying to chat!

Oh well tomorrow is another day.

Maybe then!

I feel much happier with this now!

Right, I had a play with this in the end and decided to add colour to the edge.

I am pleased with the finished effect now.

I also went around the inside edges too, it makes a great frame work for the finished ATC.

I have been creative...

On the crafting forum I belong to we have been running a 'train of thought' Atc swap.

Where we are sent an ATC from the person ahead of us and we have to take inspiration from it.

the one below was sent to me from Caro.

I took inspiration from the french words meaning air mail and the butterfly.

No surprise for people who know me well, butterflies are a favourite of mine, so I used the french word for butterfly 'papillon' and made the ATC below.

This is the front.

Looking at it now, I have noticed it needs some kind of colour added to the edges, so I think a little bit of inking is in order... just hope i dont mess it up now!

The butterflies on the front were heat embossed using a bright pink powder, I think it makes them stand out really well. I haven't done heat embossing for a while so it was nice to have a play while I had all the things out.

And then below is how it looks on the inside. I wanted to make this into something quite different so I have added an atc into the swap that opens up. I look forward to seeing how the next person takes inspiration from this.

This is the only crafting I have done today!Unusual for me though I know!

I have great news that I have a further order for another bracelet and gift box/tin. So I am very pleased to be doing another order.

Another quiet day

Its been a hard day today, my little girl has been very poorly after having two nights
of broken sleep. My Other half took her to the doctors, she has an ear infection.
I will not have much time for crafting on a large scale though I have been beading.
the only thing i can do on a tray for now!

Off to bed to catch some zzzz'ds