Jumping in on the fun....

I would have added this as my forum picture instead of my angel...

as people have gone pumpkin crazy.

I wanted a little something more devilish!

I am a little devil really!

I found My inner crafter again!

I thought I had lost my mojo for a while, but I think I just needed to take a break.

My Hubby came home with an order for me,

which has inspired me to get card making again.

Below is the requested card,

the only thing I was told is that he wanted his wifes name on it.

So I was free to create! I am really pleased with this finished card.

Having made the large card this morning I decided to carry on with my own personal Christmas cards, below are 4 I have completed today.
I have spent time today putting glitter onto all the images today so they are ready to be used.
I have really enjoyed making these today.
On the card above and below I have used some seed beads to decorate the greetings section of card.
The final card below for today anyway!
Not quite the last of my Christmas cards yet!

Why is it?

Why is it.... people come into our lives and make you change.

They also make offers to you that you hope they will keep.

Then for some reason or another they leave you high and dry.

I for one will have to forget pinning my hopes on people thinking they will help me.

Then they drop my hopes in the bin like a discarded piece of crumpled paper.

I have said it before, you would think I would learn by now

that people let you down without warning.

In the whole process I end up getting hurt and loose my trust in people again!

You do find out who your real friends are in life.

Made these today and finished off the cards

I made these earrings for an order I had,

the customer requested long pink pair and short green pair.

These hoop earrings were my first go at this style,

I think they look quite special.

They are shell tear drops.

These are the same cards as the last entry to my blog,

just that now they are finished with metal greetings.

'Happy Christmas' or 'Let it Snow'

I have also added some wooden shape embellishments that are covered in glitter.

I think they add to the final finished cards.

I am pleased with these final cards, I am sure my children will look forward to giving them to their Daddy.

Need a HUG

Been a tough weekend, but doing ok!

I have taken some time away from my crafting forum for a while, as I have not felt like chatting much. I have had a lot to think about this past weekend which has been quite emotional and it's kinda worn me out.

I will be back to my forum friends, but need the support of my people around me right now. Saying that though there are very few of them I can really talk to about what has been going on. Even then some of them will not understand whats happening around me.

Today is my long day at home without my OH, as he goes off to play snooker this evening. I enjoy my time don't get me wrong I just wish I could talk to people who need me right now!

So my card making has had to lift my spirits again and keep me going, I am so pleased I can loose myself in something I love.

Below are all the Christmas cards I have made for my close family members, plus two from the children to their daddy.

I love these fairy's, again from http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/LILIOFTHEVALLEY.CO/index.html

These cards have the advantage of having two fairies per card.

My other Christmas cards only have one per card.

I also love the polar bears, I have matched the two smaller cards to one big one, so my OH has a whole set of PB's for himself.
The one above and below will be for Daddy!

All of these cards need the finishing touches, of greetings and names. Again though I had a fight with my glitter pot and ended up looking very pretty. Not sure what I feel like doing today... not that there is much time left before I return to the school to get my son.

some more of my work....

This is my most recent work for another order.

My first ever red bracelet.

As these were going to sisters I decided to give them both the same tibetan silver charms.

Two butterflies for sisterhood and a princess crown from their mum!
And below are the gift tins for the girls.

The pink tin is to go with the pink bracelet, the mauve is to go with the red.I think they will like these.