at last some good news for us
hubby had to go in hospital on wednesday for an anigiogram and they managed to unblock the artery they could not do last time in august.
he came home the next morning and has been painfree since :)
been taking it easy and resting though i had to tell him off for trying to run before he can walk lol,
fingers crossed he continues to be ok

tilda calendar

here are the photos mentioned in the previous post.

this is the post which Jude put on the group, pleased she likes it.....

"Wow! A beautiful calendar all made by Ev, it is incredible, I will have to take pictures and show everyone."

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Not done much cardmaking since mid august as hubby has been at home since his heart attack.
My days are spent with him. We are waiting for his next angiogram/angoplasty.
This is now set for begining of January after his December appointment was cancelled due to no beds as they are being used for emergencies.

He has been getting worse over the past weeks and is able to do less and less, just going to the bathroom can knock him out and bring on angina pains.
The mood of our home over the last few months has been quite low and hard for us to live with but there have been brighter times such as getting a puppy Alfie who has been hard work (but getting there with him) and the birth of our first grandchild Daisy on the 14th of December who we are looking forward to meeting hopefully in the New Year (they live down south and we live in the north). Hubby being ill has stopped us traveling for now, our daughter is aiming for a visit in January all being well.

I have made something for a '12 days of christmas' gift swap on one of the groups I am in. I took some photos but the camera was playing up and I was mailing out to a deadline. when I saw the photos later I was dissapointed as they were rather dark, anyway will add them after xmas day when my partner will have opened her gift.

The cards below were in my spares box but I hadn't scanned them, so here they are.
I am only 5 off the pile I stitched so long ago. I do seem to go in phases of using them then not bothering with them for a while.
I would like to 'throw' the last 5 together before the New Year then I can start with a clean slate.











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here is the card for the swap i had forgotten i signed up for. quite simple and quick to make which suited me fine as i wasn't in the mood to craft

i do like black & white cards as they are clean & elegant looking

i managed to dig out another card for the other swap 'sweet treats' which is suitable. its on my blog elsewhere but added link

its been over a month since i was last here, havn't done any crafting in that time

well, i got a card in the post for a swap i'd forgotten i signed up for. also added myself to a swap after looking through my spares folder on pc. after signing up off i went to get the card i had chosen. it wasn't there! i had not moved it out of the spares folder when i used it for a swap.

vintage hedgehog

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challenges ...

allsorts - paper piecing

pennyblack@allsorts - glitter & glitz

unscripted sketches - sketch

creative card crew - sparkle & shine

my time to craft - glitter & glitz



like the vintage feel to this card with the papers/muted tones
copics/stickles/clear gloss/wild orchid flowers

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challenges this card is for

sketch & stash - sketch

pollycraft - stitching

scrappy frog - stitching

totally tilda - stitching




chose a clean simple sketch for this card as the paper & stitching busy it up enough, really like the sketch less is more

copics, couldnt get a good pink match with the paper but the threads have a pink/red so used a red instead of pink
added stickles to wings
all papers from stash
used this card for a swap

Post Pals

here are the cards i have sent to post pals.
also sent 2dz xmas cards to support our troops (which are already on my blog from previous posts)



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