Thanks so much!

Hello friends

Yes 'Thanks So Much' is the sentiment on this card - can you see it...!?

It wasn't till I uploaded the photo I realised my felt Spiral Blossom Three 

was obscuring the stamping!

The stamp is from a set called 'It's All in The Words' - a real variety of sentiments.

This is a further card created with the bonus papers from Cardmaking and Papercraft

magazine this month.  Again a simple design and inspired by a fellow Spellbinders® designer

Michelle - you can visit her blog here - she makes beautiful cards.

I've used Classic Scalloped Circles LG and Standard Circles LG.

The elusive sentiment is stamped onto Fancy Framed Tags Two and the 

dotty background created with Graduated Dots M-Bossabilities™ folder. 

I will be back soon - hopefully with good news, we are turning a corner here...

that's what we keep telling ourselves :)

Take care friends.

Something new!

Hello friends

Yippee!! 

I have something new to share with you today.

In this month's edition of Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine I was asked

to create some cards using the bonus papers that come free with the magazine.

This month it is flowers and butterflies - lovely!

I put together this very simple card using A2 Scalloped Borders One for the 

base, it really adds interest to the design. 

The remainder of the card is patterned paper, ribbon, silk flowers and a stamped sentiment.

It has a fresh summery look about it.

As mentioned before, I always adhere the bonus papers to some cardstock to give them 

some 'body' and they die cut beautifully.

Thank you for all the comments regarding our medical dramas at home.

Elliott's diabetes is a rare disorder where the system used by the body to regulate its 

water levels becomes disrupted.  It means he is permanently thirsty and could quite

honestly drink by the bucketful! 

Truly hoping the medication works quickly for him.

Also I've got quite a few of you intrigued regarding Mitchell and his new job.... 

I will have more news on this at the beginning of the week :)

Thank you all again - your comments are always a great comfort to me.

Take care.

AWOL!

Hello friends

I think that might be the longest break I've had from blogging in ages!

Sorry about that...I hope to be back on track soon.

So what has been happening?

Firstly - do you think Summer has arrived?  Quite a few mornings in a row I've awoken to sunshine which is lovely although it does mean pets think they should be fed at a ridiculously early time.

I've even ventured to put a few bedding plants in my shed window box -

I'm hoping the snails and slugs keep away - they seem to love my garden. 

Secondly - Mitchell is up and about and returning to work soon.

I may have some news on Mitchell's new job ... this could be an 

interesting step forward with Hope and Chances...!

I will keep you posted.

Thirdly - Elliott.  As mentioned, we have had a bit of a setback, the surgery

has triggered off a form of diabetes, that is being treated although things are

not quite happening at the speed we would like them to.  

We know we have a long road ahead but at times we just wish there

were little short cuts!

This has been a lovely week for flowers in the VT.

Thank you Joanna.

 And thank you to my London firm for sending me flowers too.

Also thank you to the cards that continue to arrive for us all -

my fireplace has never looked so adorned, not even at Christmas!

Finally - the giveaway!

This employee has spent a lot of her time doing this lately....

Actually I am going to forgive her because she has joined the ranks of the sickly Embersons!

Not only did she have an ear infection but she hurt her leg this week too.

She is definitely on the mend but still likes the cuddles and sympathy!

So by the powers of random generator I can announce the winner of Mix'd Media Playtime

is.................

MADDIE, NOTTINGHAM 

Congratulations Maddie.

Please drop me an email christine.emberson@blueyonder.co.uk

and I will get them posted out to you.

I will be back!

Take care friends and have a lovely, hopefully sunshiney(?) weekend!

Still here!

Hello friends

I just wanted to stop by with a quick hello and a little update.

Mitchell is doing well - I know this because suddenly the fridge is empty!

Today, Elliott and I are returning to King's College Hospital -

a bit of a setback following surgery so more tests need to be done.

Elliott is incredibly upbeat, confident and positive - I'm so proud of him.

Bella is on the mend so she will be back 'working' and picking out a 

winner of the Friday Giveaway dies very soon.

Now how about something crafty....

not new but a favourite scrapbook page that I created for Scrapbook Magazine -

it features Elliott with lots of flowers! 

Daisy Flower Topper and Foliage are in abundance!
Don't forget die cuts can look wonderful cut from patterned paper too.

I will be back soon - take care friends.

Let's Make Up!

 Hello friends

Today's project complements yesterday's cosmetic bag - it is a make up brush holder.

Here is the inside.

I created these projects for Spellbinders®  and they have just appeared in the latest

edition of Crafts 'n Things in the USA.

Below is the full instructions from the magazine. The entire make up
brush case is made from felt and the dies I used are Grand Labels Eleven and
Jewel Flowers and Flourishes.  My little trusty sewing machine was used. 

The sickly ones here are doing okay, having some sunshine really helps.

Mitchell sends his love and thanks for cards and messages - 

he just didn't want to be left out did he!

Take care friends - I will be back soon.

Tea Towel Transformation!

Hello friends

Something a little different today... a tea towel transformed!

Admittedly it is a very pretty tea towel from Ikea.

The tea towels come in a pack of two from Ikea and are called EVALILL - the details are here.

(I love the Ikea names for things - Mitchell has a chair called JEFF!)

Anyway, I espied these tea towels on one of my shopping trips some months ago

and thought they were way too nice to wipe the dishes.  

I chose to make them into a cosmetic bag/iPad case.  

The little loop already in place works brilliantly to secure it shut with a button -

in fact I glued one button on top of another to make sure it was thick enough.

The pièce de résistance in my opinion, is the decoration including that butterfly.

I've used Spiral Blossoms Four and Les Papillions - all die cut from felt.

To create the pink and white flower just cut the flower twice and roll the colours together.

Stop by tomorrow - I should have the full printed instructions plus a further item I made that complements this one...

Big thanks for all your kind words yesterday and especially to Gemma who gave
some brilliant advice regarding Bella's ear medicine - really useful, thank you.

Take care friends.