Evelyn

Hi My Friends.

 

6 years ago today 03-03-16 at 22.22pm our beautiful Evelyn was born sleeping. The past 3 days have been a challenge.

1st March was Evelyn's due date, overnight 1st-2nd Evelyn passed away and that was confirmed after a frantic drive to get Claire to the hospital. Evelyn was born sleeping on the 3rd March.

I've been in contact with Claire all week not only because of the dreaded 3 days but Claire also has Covid, even though she has been triple jabbed she is really poorly. I can't go over to see her as I'm not driving because of my knee and she won't let me in case I catch it and jeopardize a cancellation for an earlier op. So it's only phone hugs. 

I also found out today from Craig that he is also positive with Covid. It's the 1st day of him knowing he's positive and is feeling achy, a very sore throat and generally unwell and exhausted, he is also triple jabbed. So no visits from my family for a while 😢.

I made Evelyn this card today. I love the concept of the card but I was so disappointed with the fairy stamp. My 1st attempt was yesterday only to find out that my stamp had a fault. It has a fault by the arm and legs, it has a slight dent. So when I tried again today I had to ink the stamp on the plastic sheet it came on and press into the dent lightly with my fingers which erased most of the white line on her arm and leg and left white spaces that I had to colour in with black ink ink. After several attempts this was the best one. I've never done this kind of blending to create an atmospheric back ground but Thanks to Tracy at Lavinia stamps I am quite pleased with this finished card ( except for the faulty stamp. ) Anyway I hope you like it too, and I really must that new camera I keep talking about too.

XX Evelyn

Well that's all my very special cards made for February & March.

Take care of yourselves and try and stay Safe

Love & Big Hugs

Tina XX

My Daughter's 40th Birthday Card ❤

 Hi My Friends

 

I hope that you all have all managed to stay safe through the storm Eunice. The storm is meant to come back tonight with a vengeance. We have had some damage. Our beautiful Linen ( Handkerchief ) tree is leaning over our lawn, we have 2 pine trees hanging over my car, I went out to try and move the car but it was flat as I haven't been able to drive for months. A heavy wooden chair was lifted over to the pond and the weighted netting on the pond was blown away and my new bird feeder is a battered ground feeder now.. The garden furniture in the back garden was trying to escape across the path in front of the kitchen, and Paul's green house is destroyed. So I think we have got off lightly, but it's meant to be back again tonight, What can you do when mother nature decides to fight back, just gird your loins and fingers crossed.

Well this is my second to last card for February. I thoroughly enjoyed making this one for Claire as I could just make a really girly card. Then during the week I heard that my son's girlfriend had gone down with Covid and that she was really poorly, bless her. The last time I spoke to her we agreed that she was too poorly to make Claire's. With ideas from Dawn I decided that a chocolate cake was the way to go. 1st I made the sponge cake with Bourneville chocolate. The filling is morello cherry and chocolate cheese frosting. I've covered the cake with the frosting and piped 12 swirl's on the top, then dark chocolate will be sprinkled on top of the cake and then each swirl will have a ferrero rocher on top. I just hope it doesn't look too homemade, Time will tell. I have a Fabulous at 40 cake topper and pink sparklers to go on the cake too. I have also bought Claire a crown & sach to wear at the restaurant. She doesn't know that yet!  We're having a surprise lunch for Claire.

I felt so sorry for my sister today 18th Feb as it is her birthday today. I did make her a chocolate cup cake with a candle a card and a glass of wine and said we'd celebrate her birthday on Sunday with a prawn curry & extra's as I have been so occupied with Claire's 40th, not good I know but she had to work over night of her birthday anyway.

I have to say that I'm pleased my Feb birthday's are almost over and I know that a lot of you are still making quite a few more cards for this month, keep going you'll get there 😊. I'm on bed rest as from Monday! 👍

Take care everyone!

Here Goes!

 

 

 

 

Well that it folks for this time. I hope you like the card as much as I loved making it. See you soon.

Take Care & Stay Safe

Love And Hugs

Tina XX

2nd Card for February

 Hi My Friends

Well I just about came up with an idea for Paul's birthday card, cutting it really fine, and just finishing it and taking photos at 1.55am today. Later today Paul has asked for dinner, shepherds pie, apple fritters & a home made coffee cake with morello cherry filling with coffee cream cheese frosting. So a busy day tomorrow. IBM give their employees the day off on their birthday,. so the weather in Wiltshire is meant to be sunny, nippy but dry so Paul is planning a long walk. He'll be driving and parking the the car goodness knows where, catching a train to goodness knows where, then walking back to the car. Itinerary to be left for me tomorrow. I would have loved to do that with him but maybe post knee op I can next year. 

I have a busy week next week as it's Claire's 40th on the 16th Feb so another card to make, YAY! a girly one.

I hope you are all well and still staying safe.

Here Goes!

I curved the Happy Birthday die cuts.

Well that's Paul's card, I hope you like it.

Take Care & Stay Safe

Love & Hugs

Tina XX

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAIG. 1st card of February

Hi My Friends

 

Firstly, Happy Birthday to my amazing son. Happy Birthday Sonshine!! ( that's just my way of spelling sonshine. ). Craig has been amazing over the year's. Overcoming bullying and a serious eating disorder, or should I say managing it, and also Anxiety. He joined MIND, who helped him so much and has since become an ambassador for MIND. He does lectures about the problems he has had and encourages people with the same problems to TALK. Talk to Mum, Dad, family, friends, wives, husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends Just talk. He's been amazing and I don't know how he has had the strength to get up on a stage and be filmed and open up about his issues and have listened to other people going through what he has. He is just My amazing Wonderful Sonshine XX.

 

Secondly, you know how we all struggle with a man card. Well this is all I could come up with. Hope you approve. Paul's card I've decided to regress as he gets older and I'm going to make it pretty childish ( I think? ). Hey Ho! at this stage he'll be lucky to get one!

 

Here Goes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Well that's it for this week. Paul's card next Friday.

Take Care & Stay Safe.

Love & Hugs

Tina XX

A Special card for Paul's sister's Big Birthday

Hi My Friends

Hi everyone, I hope you are all keeping well?

 

Paul & I started the new year off with the flu type bug that is doing the rounds. New Years day evening after everyone had gone home after new years dinner, everything cleaned and packed away again we collapsed into our chairs saying what a wonderful Christmas & New Year we'd had. Paul had already been feeling unwell but not enough to put him off the celebrations or the food. About 11pm I said to Paul I had the pain at the back of the nose & throat, and he said you've got the lurgy! and that was it until mid week last week. The cough was horrendous, Thank god for Alway's dailies. Feeling so much better now.

Anyway onwards & upwards. 

I started Les's birthday card, and I wasn't really happy with it. while making the roses I wasn't that happy with them or the coloring either but just couldn't motivate myself to start again. I thought it was too much of an embossed silver layer and not enough dimension, but when I put it all together I was happy enough to give it to Les for her 75th birthday. It looks better in real life than the photo's. I didn't realise until I had finished that I had made 7 roses & 5 butterflies. I hope she liked it.

I have a very busy month coming up in February with Craig, Paul, Claire & my sister's birthdays, and Claire I can't believe it is going to be 40. How the hell did that happen that my daughter is going to be 40!. I lost my mum when I was 22 so I just relish in the birthdays I can spend with my two wonderful grown ups, (Children), They'll always be my little children. Claire has asked for a piece of jewelry so I've left her to find a piece that she loves and we'll purchase it. I'd love to go jewelry shopping with her but can't walk that far, not a good memory for her to have but hope the piece she finds will hold a different special memory.

Soo, Two man cards to make, Hmm! Cog's turning but nothing happening yet. 1st one due for the 4th Feb so better get cracking, 2nd card for the11th, 40th card for the 16th and sisters card for the 18th, so really need to get into card making gear. 

See you Soon! XX

 Here Goes!

 

 

 

 

 

Well that's it until my next one!

Take Care & Stay Safe

Love & Hugs

Tina XX

 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hi My Friends

  

I wish you all Health & Happiness too!

I'd like to say a Big Thank You to all my regular blog friends that leave me lovely messages and for your loyalty to my blog, and also thank you to those who just pop in to have a look.

Lets hope 2022 is the year that we get this blessed covid under control and have a chance of meeting family and friends again to get our long awaited hugs & kisses without passing or catching this awful virus, or having to meet with windows & doors wide open while wearing masks. Although I for one  will be wearing my mask for a long time until I personally feel safe to go out without one.

What ever you are doing tonight to see the new year in ENJOY!! 🎉🎈🎉

  Just a quick message about my knee. I have received my new date and is now not until 26th May 2022. I did ring my surgeons secretary and she said that she would leave a message with the bookings dept when they come back after the Christmas break to see if they can help, so I'm not holding my breath to get my op any sooner.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Hi My Friends

 

 

 

WOW! what another year of covid restrictions and trying so so hard to get back to some kind of normality, only to find ourselves back into the worry factor about what to do for Christmas, but everyone that is coming over has had their booster jabs. I  know its not the miracle cure jab we all hoped for, but I really need to have a Family Christmas. We feel we have done everything we can and  have been asked to do to secure a family Christmas. Besides I can't keep the decorations up for another year that's just silly, but I will if I have to.

I for one took it so cautiously leading up yo my knee operation. I isolated took and the PCR test. I went to hospital on the day to have my knee replacement. I was sat waiting in my op gown ready to go to theatre. Then the surgeon walked in and said " I've not seen you before have I" I replied no. He then said I can't do your operation today as I've never met you," and have only spoken on the phone and until I meet you and assess your knee I won't do the operation today". I was so upset at this point as I'd worked myself up so much to have this operation. It turned out to be a clerical fault. I have since met my surgeon, signed the consent form and I am now on the waiting list again. The problem that I have is that when he examined my knee he manipulated it so much that I shouted in pain,  my knee is now giving me so much more pain to the point I think it is going to give way. He showed me my X-ray and told me I am on bone to bone and have severe Arthritis. I have been in contact with the surgeons secretary and she said she would get me booked in again and a letter will follow, I've not heard anything since the 9th December. Any way I am healthy in every other way so I should not complain, as I know my dear friend is dealing with a lot more than I am. I know she has had some wonderful news and is looking forward to a special Christmas and a most positive 2022.

I received a letter today with my new date for my operation and it's not until the 26th May. I don't think my knee will last that long.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all, Please have a very Happy Christmas & a Happy New Year. 2022 has to be the year of  Love & Hugs without masks. Well maybe later in the year as things don't look gook right now, but just think we can can Kick this virus in the arse once and for all when we've all had our jabs and get back to a hug when greeting family & Friends without the worry of passing on a pandemic.

Love & Hugs to you all & a Happy & Healthy 2022 and a big Thank you for returning to my blog whether you just pop in and have a look, but especially to you who stay to leave a message. It means a lot, so Thank you again.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Tina XX