I'm back!

Hi guys! How you all doing? I'm back after my enforced crafty break. I've had my surgery. I actually had it less than a week after finding out there was something wrong!! I had keyhole surgery and, like when my Mum had it done, I'm amazed at how they flipping well do it!!!!! The cuts are SO small!!! How?????? Anyhow, the worry is over as there was a chance it was cancer (which would just be the icing on the cake for us right now) but it's not. I'm recovering well. Pain is loads better and I'm just exhausted really. But as soon as I could, I was sitting on the sofa colouring images on a tray!! I'm pottering about now though no housework or lifting so I'm a little limited in what I can do but of course that doesn't rule out crafting!! Yay!!

Mum went into hospital the day I came out. In typical fashion, there have been problems with her procedure and she was in terrible pain. She was supposed to be in there 3-4 days, it's now been 2 weeks. The drain from her liver is STILL flipping leaking but much reduced. The problem with this is that she is on a deadline for when she can have chemo for it to be effective. We are now fast approaching that deadline but they won't start the chemo til the drain is empty, out and the wound has healed. It's a very worrying time.

Anyway, enough of the personal stuff and onto the cardmaking...

So onto my first card. This is a card I've made for one of my dearest friends who's been in New Zealand for the past 18 months. I've missed her heaps but she is coming back to the UK permanently now so I'm very excited. The image is Huggabellas from Stamping Bella and the sentiment is an Elzybells one from their farmyard clear stamp sheet. I coloured the Bellas with watercolour pencils and did some paper piecing on their clothes to match the background papers. I outlined them with a warm grey copic. The papers are all by American Crafts.

I'd like to enter this into:

Crafty Pad- something girly

Secret Crafter- use 2 characters

Alphabet- ladies

Paperplay Challenges- layer it up

Here is a close up. I love their funky outfits!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella, Elzybells); Watercolour pencils; Copics; Papers (American Crafts); Ribbon (?); Bowmaker; Buttons (Walmart); Stickles

My other card for today is using another Stamping Bella stamp (one of my new Christmas ones) called Addy Tude loves her tinis. It's such a brilliant stamp and I love the sentiment that comes with it. Again I coloured using watercolour pencils and outlined in a warm copic to make her pop. The green paper is by Heidi Grace Designs and the pink is by Scrapworks.

I'd like to enter this into:

Sunday Sketch and Stamp

Cutie Sunday- anything goes

Pals Paper Arts- simple card and a bow

A close up! I'm quite pleased with the colouring on this if I do say so myself!!!!! There's a bit of glitter on the 'tinis and I've put Glossy Accents on her sunnies. She looks very glam!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Watercolour pencils; Copics; Papers (Heidi Grace, Scrapworks); Assorted cardstock; Corner rounder punch; Stickles; Glossy Accents; Ribbon (Poppicrafts); Button (Walmart); Sentiment (Craftwork Cards)

So that's all for now. I'm hoping to do some non-card projects fairly soon to show you. Also my craft room is very nearly finished so I will be teasing you with sneak peek photos!! Have a fun crafty week x