Ouches and dark days

Sorry it's been a while. Depression and fibro took their toll. The picture is the valentine card i did for my other half. It arrived safely via the royal mail and he was very happy. The design is from Craft Creations and scissors, patience and sticky fixers all went into making the card, and ribbon added the final extra. I had wanted to use heart ribbon, but it had gone walkabout. Oh well, spots worked just as well. Happily the bear is just right, he is so lovely to cuddle up too, and though sadly he couldn't be down, he was thought of often.

As of course was my dad, 14th Feb being the first anniversary of his death. It wasn't the easiest of days, but my son and i got through it, and spoke to him via the stars. We still miss him a great deal, and he is often in our thoughts, even after a year of being gone.

 The first card i've made for a while was a romantic/fairy scene. A swing with fairies playing near by. The design was off CraftsUPrint and the flowers were paper ones i'd brought on ebay. A few Candi centres and the effect is magical. This is one card i am keeping, i love it too much to part with it.
I guess sometimes we fall in love with our creations.

The scond card, pictured below, was for a friends husband. He love his F1 so this design was perfect, i hope!. The holographic card was brought in Home Bargains a little while a go, and the die cut car was purchased of ebay, in a bumper pack of transport.

The peel offs are from Craft Creations, and the final touch of Candis was the completed design. Sadly due to various problems, namely agrophobia and fibro it was posted late, for that i feel guilty and a little bit of a failure, but i hope the card made him smile.

In other crafting news, i have recently given up a box, which till a couple of days ago, held some of my papercraft bits. It now holds my son's crafting bits, for cardmaking. Yes, he has followed one of my hobbies and is turning into quite a little artist. It makes me proud when i see him thinking about what to create and who it is for. He certainly has a talent.

Time to sign off again, my son is wanting to look up Pokemon bits, something i don't mind, and of course i can use the time offline to stitch. I'm currently working on a small design by Donna Kooler.
Happy Crafting!