Claire's Birthday Card

Hi my Friends

Another birthday card, this time it's a girlie card YaY! Happy Birthday Claire for the 16th Feb XX

It wasn't until I had finished that I realised the colour scheme was the same as last year, so message to myself for next year ( new colour needed please ). This is her 1st lock down birthday and she text to say that the weather is going to be awful tomorrow too, so won't even be able to get out with Phoenix for a walk. So we've transferred money for her to have a takeaway, I hope she enjoys it.

Just one more card to make for this month and that's for my sister for the 18th Feb. My next card is for my little Angel Evelyn. I always make her a card for Claire to keep in Evelyn's memory box, can you believe she would have been 5yrs old on the 3rd March. It still hurts like hell.

Here goes for Claire's Card!

Well that's it folks, Hope you like it.

Stay Safe Everyone

Love & Big Hugs

Tina XX

 

Paul's Birthday Card

 Hi My friends

Is it me or is it more difficult year after year to make a man card.

I decided to pick three colours of card, one die cut sentiment and just one stamp for the sentiment inside. I also wrote my own verse inside too, which made him smile.

June I hope you are staying safe as you have been in the area with all this snow. We have only had a couple of coverings that soon melted away, not even enough to have taken some photo's. I have to say that it's one of my favourite of natures experiences and would have loved to have played with Phoenix in the snow as this is his first time of understanding about snow. How many other things we are missing with Phoenix doesn't bear thinking about. I said to Claire today on Alexa that by the time I get to have a cuddle with Phoenix he will be bending down to hug me. Claire bought us the Alexa box for Christmas, and I have to say it has been amazing.

Today when Claire called on the Alexa, Phoenix was really very lively and was very entertaining. He decided to sit at the little piano with a microphone that Craig had bought him for Christmas and he was banging away on the piano and singing Happy Birthday to his Grandad. What a superstar, move over Elton John! We were in stitches. It was so out of tune you'd have thought Les Dawson was playing.

I hope you are all keeping well and slowly getting your vaccinations. I had a scam invite on Tuesday which looked so authentic I had to ask Craig, but it was a scam he'd also had one the previous week. Please be careful of the lowlife scammers that are still trying to make our lives painful in the most difficult times we are all trying to get through.

Craig had his first jab today as he is an ambassador for Mind, and will have a lot more work to do with them along side his normal job. I just wish they would prioritise teachers if they are going to send the children back to school, although poor Claire has been working all through this pandemic. It's very worrying.

Here Goes!

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you all keep yourselves safe & warm

Love & Hugs

Tina XX

 

 

 

 

Craig's Birthday Card

Hi My Friends

Well, the busy Birthday month has come around yet again. My goodness, do the years seem to be whizzing by faster or is it just me.

I'm constantly looking for for dies or stamps for a man card. I watched a show, I think it was on Hochanda and thought that these might just come in handy.

I made this card for Craig, and it really only took a couple of hours after lots of faffing that is! 

When I left school I was trained as a window dresser, a job I really loved. When decorating the jewellery windows with watches they always had to displayed at 10 to 2. For Craig's card I thought I would put the time at Craig's age. No he's not 63 that would make me knocking on the doors of 90. He's going to be 36 on the 4th Feb and I still find that hard to believe, and like everyone that is sticking to the lock down rules I feel so sad that I can't celebrate it with him and just give him really big, massive hugs.

 I hope you are all coping with this 3rd lock down. I'm finding this one much much harder and I know missing the family is the hardest part, but the weather has a lot to do with it this time, so many grey day's and the rain has been relentless. I have to pull myself up and think of the people that not only have to tackle the lock down but also the flooding of their homes and businesses. So in the great scheme of things I should be grateful. My biggest worry is Claire as her school is still open looking after other key workers children and there is still no sign of teachers getting their jabs. Craig was offered the vaccination today as he is an Ambassador for Mind and is needed for mental health support support.

Next card will be Paul's for the 11th Feb. Thinking cap on again! 

My family never look on my blog, so I think it will be safe to post it here early.

Here Goes!

Happy 2021

Hi My Friends

 

 

I just wanted to wish you all a much better 2021, as for all of us in varying degrees 2020 has not been a good one and one I really want to forget.

Fingers crossed the latest vaccine can bring us all a better quality of life and get all our really wanted/ needed hugs that we have all been deprived of. I for one will have my running shoes on to collect my hugs.

So at Midnight tonight I will raise a glass to you all and wish you all a very Happy New Year.

Love & Hugs to you all

Tina XX

MERRY CHRISTMAS

                                                                                       MERRY CHRISTMAS                                                                                             

 

Well My Friends

What an incredible year, one that will definitely go down in history, and one that lots of us will want to put behind us for all sorts of reasons. If nothing else this year has made me realise the amount of hugs I have missed out on from my Son Craig my Daughter Claire and of course my little man Phoenix and how much I have really missed just spending time with them, and I intend to make up for that ASAP.

I only hope that 2021 will also go down in history as the year we conquered the war called Covid19 and regain something more like normality.

I would like to take this time to Thank all of you that have popped in from time to time, and for my loyal ones that come in to leave a message a really big heartfelt Thank you.

I know on the last blog I said I would put a video of the outside decorations but Paul & I said the outside lights will stay up for when we have a big family get together in the new year, so I will share them with you as a garden Bar-b-q celebration for feeling safe enough to mingle again. 

I hope you have a very Merry Christmas however you spend your Christmas day, whether it's with family in your home or a Skype or WhatsApp Christmas.

Most of all I wish you a Healthy Christmas and one of great expectations for the New Year.

Love & Sanitized Hugs, Stay Safe

Tina XX

YET ANOTHER SCAM

Hi my friends

I've just been contacted by a scammer saying that she was from M&S and that I had won a washing machine and all I had to do is say if I wanted an Indesit or a Hotpoint. I laughed and said this is a scam, she tried to reassure me that she she wasn't going to ask for any card details and that I had won so just choose. She seemed a bit pushy so I cut her off. She then rang me back saying this was a genuine phone call and that I had won and just choose which make washing machine I wanted so that they could arrange delivery. I gave some excuse and asked her to call me back in five minutes, and SHE DID so it just goes to show the desperation. I did google this and there is a scam out there for M&S giveaway. So just a warning be very aware, there are such awful people out there trying to scam innocent people out of goodness knows what, As if we don't have enough to worry about.

Take care everyone, stay alert and stay safe most of all.

Love & Hugs

Tina XX

Christmas cards & door wreath

Hi My Friends

Thank you to everyone who looks in to see what I have been up to and an even bigger thank you when you leave me a message.

How has the latest lock down been for you. I have to say that I found this one a lot harder, weather doesn't help either. I know we're not as bad as a lot of people further up country so I really shouldn't complain, but it's hard not to.

Are you all ready for the big day, and are you even going to have one. I would rather put Christmas off until the new year as still experiencing side effects of covid, but Claire asked the other day if they could come over for Boxing day dinner. I immediately said yes but I'm seriously having second thoughts. I know I will feel so sad for Craig being on his own over the festive period if we don't do Boxing day, at least Claire has Phoenix & Toby,but I really don't want to be part of the spreading covid crew. The only thing I have up my sleeve is, if it's sunny and on dry Boxing day is to wrap up warm and Christen our new patio and have turkey sarnies cold meats and party food.

Hoping to get the dec's up over the weekend, outside at least, so will take a photo of the finished patio with Christmas lights to boot.

Anyway onto My Christmas cards for this year. You can see more 0f the 3d effect in real life or if under a light. See what you think?

Here Goes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dawn Bibby Wreath. I thoroughly enjoyed making this.
 

 

 

 

Well that's it Folks!

I hope you like what you see. I will put a picture of the new patio with outside dec's in a couple of days.

Stay Safe everyone

Lots of Love & Hugs

Tina XX