Butterflies

Suddenly felt crafty, so made two cards today. One for a Facebook challenge which I will post separately and this Butterfly card which I have done for butterflyspot challenge blog

I have used 3 colours - Apple Green, Nero Blue and Apricot,  a Happy Anniversary sentiment and of course, butterflies.

The sentiment was actually silver, so I used a green promarker to colourise it.

Amanda x

Lets eat Cake!

Crafting is sporadic due to health issues, Pernicious Anaemia flare ups have been really bad over the last couple of months, coupled with the fact that a doctor I have never met, or spoke too (dr surgery merged) has decided because as my B12 level is 2000 I am not deficient, never mind its a false high as I get injected with it every eighth week (for 20 years) and it shouldn't even be re tested for that reason. 

Quoted 'NICE' guidelines to the receptionist who duly sent a note to the Dr, Dr now is insisting I am not B12 deficient and never have been.....never mind the fact that she missed my iron and folate levels are actually showing  as deficient as well from the same blood test... off to the doctors I go, armed with 'NICE' guidelines.... my illness, my life.

Anyhoo, back to crafting.

Over on Facebook, Gecko Galz asked for  "invitaion/celebration of afternoon tea or birthday party".

So I went with the traditional 'Let them eat Cake' theme.

Thanks for reading!

       Amanda 

Black and White

 Well this happened today.

Created for Gecko Galz Papercrafting Challenge Group over on Facebook. The theme was Black and White with a pop of colour. 

Recipe - Love Potion Craft Kit

Paper sheet number 4, turned black then copied and placed to so the music fills the right hand side.

Paper sheet number 2 turned black, cropped, edges roughened

image number 3, cropped, flipped to look right, copied and turned black.

Heart from copy of image cut out and placed over original image.

You know you've reached

a certain age when you see a nice tunic top in a colour you love AND its a sale item AND (this is the best bit) it's got pockets!

Yep, realisation hit hard this afternoon. I had to go have a sit down and extra shot cappuccino.

Still, I can hold my head up high - my childhood friend turns 50 tomorrow, where as I am still 49 and 3/4s. 

Got home and decided to bake, and make some feng shui Chinese coins for work, to celebrate Chinese New Year.

(Also when you think you posted this comment on Monday 24th January and realise today, a week and 1 day later - you hadn't!!)

Timed Out

It was either the naughty step or time out, so I opted for time out.

At the time I didn't know how long I would be out for - my work/home life decided to collide spectacularly. 

Yeah, you try typing that with out spell check. 

New fangled laptop 0 Me 1.

Anyway, I didn't know whether I was coming, or going, I lost my grip on my Depression, sneaky little shit kept throwing its dummy out.

And my crafting (amongst other things) turned into a chore and a beating stick.

Something had to give before I ended up back there, in 2006 trapped in my office, not being able to just open the door and walk through. Severe Depressive Episode it was called in the new fashioned way, the old fashioned way? A nervous breakdown. 

Nah, nadda, nope.

Been there, got the tee shirt.

So I took a time out.

Tentatively typing I'm back.

Fingers crossed.

 

Featured Day @ Gecko Galz

 Today is my day to feature my Design Team project for the month of August over at Gecko Galz. 

I can't believe the year has gone so fast! Sticking with the theme of mermaids, the images are so pretty. I made three blank 5x7 cards.

I made the images ATC size and used a paint effect on the backgrounds in light blue, when I printed them, the light blue had turned into a murky grey so I grabbed a blue crayon and coloured over it, pressing lightly. Matched each mermaid with a square of mulberry paper and then added a piece of bling.

I hope you'll join our Merry Mermaid challenge where the winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop. The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product, which can be something you purchased from the shop or a freebie. 

If you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month and get first claim on the weekly Super Sunday Deals! 

Why don't you pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see all the fabulous designs by the very talented Design Team, don't forget to grab the free digi stamp on each post! 

We also have a Facebook Group where there are more monthly challenges for you to play in, each with a Design Sheet to win. 

 Amanda xx

Merry Mermaids

A new month means a new Customer Challenge at the Gecko Galz and the theme for the month of AUGUST is 'Merry Mermaid'. So why not play along - join the challenge with the chance to win $25 at the Gecko Galz shop! 

I used the Mermaid Dreams Junk Journal Kit for my digital page, with vintage pictures and embellishments, this kit is really versatile.

The backing ground is actually the two matching triangle corners merged together and the main pihcture placed on top, I just played around with the transparency on both items till I liked the result. I turned the mermaids into Sirens.

"In Greek mythology, The Sirens lived on a rocky island in the middle of the sea, possibly near Italy. They sang melodies so beautiful that sailors passing by couldn't resist getting closer to them. Following the sound of music, the sailors would steer their boats towards them or jump in the water to get closer. Either way, it always ended in disaster on the rocks."

 I hope you'll join in the 'Merry Mermaid' Challenge, where the Winner gets a $25 shopping spree to spend at the Gecko Galz shop. (The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product... this can be one of the freebies, or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy shop). 

If you sign up for the Gecko Galz monthly newsletter, you'll be kept up to date with new releases, Super Sunday weekly deals and be able to claim a free digital collage sheet. 

If you pop over to the Gecko Galz blog, you will see all the fabulous designs by the Design Team - and maybe grab a freebie or two. 

If you haven't a blog/and or/ on Facebook, head over to the Gecko Galz Papercrafting Group where there are more monthly challenges, with the chance to win a digital collage sheet. 

 Amanda xx