Hi, I am off craft duty at present as I have tennis elbow and have just had a cortisone injection into my elbow ouch!  Here is a selection of cards I made recently pre-injection hope it works and I am soon back to crafting not computing  Hugs Anne xx  The grey and white card with the yellow butterflies is made with fabric I used to make a dress for my engagement xx years ago, I have been married now for 32 years!!

These two cards were made with a LOTV stamp borrowed from a friend and I have also used two of my new insert dies which I like

I have been trying to make some cards that included stitching, I used a docraft stitching template and embroidery threads and I quite enjoyed making them

These two cards were commissioned by my Marie Curie Nurse and she was very pleased with the results

Hi, carrying on my cup cake theme I have made a couple of cards with cupcake umbrellas

Dolly Molly Cake Case Cards


While sorting out my cupboards the other day I found some colourful cake cases and tried to think outside the cake tin, look what I made and there are no calories in them!

I used one of my favourite stamps - Molly's Blooms which are fabulous to use and come in lots of variation and style.

And yet more cards - I think I have a serious addiction to crafting but my therapy is crafting - help!  These are some cards I have made at the beginning of this year hope you like them.  Anne xx

Hubby and I


So that my long suffering husband does not feel left out of my blog here is a picture of John and myself taken last year, he puts up with all my craft chatter and is expected to be impressed with my card making skills - and of course he says he is or else!!!

Here is a picture of my two beautiful boys

Jamesxx

Thomas xx

As you know I have a disabled younger son who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.  As anyone reading this who has someone with a disability will understand trying to arrange a holiday can be a nightmare.  We need to holiday in the UK as we are unable to go abroad with my son now as we need to take half the house with us when we travel.  My sister Sue and her soon to be other half Al were fed up of joining in or hearing about holidays that were not what they said on the tin!!  With this in mind with the the help of my son they have successfully set up a holiday home to include disabled people fully.  They opened last year and have had excellent feedback from all who visit and many have booked for this year.  My son is severely physically disabled and requires a lot of specialised equipment including a ceiling track hoist and electric profiling bed to name but a few.  Cloud Nine Escapes in Ironbridge has everything we need and my son thoroughly enjoys his visit and I feel totally relaxed which is a first for me.  As we like making cards my son and I collaborated in making the card below just for fun to thank them for all their hard work, hope you like it.  If anyone is interested in this type of holiday or simply somewhere to relax they can be found at www.cloud-nine-escapes.co.uk.  Please mention my blog when you make an enquiry as the will be very pleased that I am promoting them on my blog so take a look and see for yourself!

As well as card making I like to knit and made these two cuties for my niece and nephew for Christmas

I own a beautiful cat called Ella, she is a Norwegian Forest cat and is very gentle and elegant and loves human attention and lots of it, she loves being brushed and sitting on my son Thomas' knee in his wheelchair and riding around with him like the Queen of Sheba!!

My craft workshop is situated in my garden, it is a large shed that is insulated, has electricity and lots of windows and space.  It is my creative sanctuary and gives me my needed time out from my caring role it is my therapy and helps me to totally switch off.  I am addicted to card making and it is not bad for your health like some addictions just bad for your bank balance!!

Happy Easter everyone - I have just been having a look down memory lane at some of my favourite cards that I really enjoyed making last year - feel free to take a peek at them all below