LOOK WHAT I HAVE BEEN MAKING!!!!

Hi everyone, so sorry about the absence but hopefully i am back with mojo intact!!!!

I have just had the best weekend at a wonderful "Card Feast" for two days. It was run at the local ESK store by the lovely Gaynor White & Ann Hide and we had 2 full days of creating & inspiration, meeting lots of lovely new people, a yummy meal and treats each day. Here are all of the things we made!!!!!

A CUTE LITTLE MEMO PAD & HOLDER

(DESIGN BY ANN HIDE)

THIS WOULD MAKE AN AWESOME TABLE SETTING!!!

(DESIGN BY GAYNOR WHITE)

SUGARED ALMONDS TO HIDE IN THE TEACUP 

 WE HANDMADE THESE GORGEOUS PETALS WITH SILVER WIRE & BEADS!!! 

 SUCH A LOVELY IDEA TO GIVE TO SOMEONE AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT. THEY ARE MADE OF CHIPBOARD & YOU CAN ADD PHOTOS!

 (DESIGN BY ANN HIDE)

 MY FAVOURITE STYLE! SCENERY STAMPED CARDS!!!!

 (DESIGN BY ANN HIDE)

 A SELECTION OF CARDS!!!

 (DESIGN BY GAYNOR WHITE)

  (DESIGN BY GAYNOR WHITE)

 (DESIGN BY GAYNOR WHITE)

 (DESIGN BY ANN HIDE)

(DESIGN BY ANN HIDE)

As you can see there was heaps of creations. We all really enjoyed the weekend and are looking forward to the next one being planned! thankyou Gaynor & Ann, MWAH xxx

Thankyou for stopping by. Will be back soon with more news and creations!

Lots of love Clare xxx

St.Wilfred's Fundraiser Saturday!!!!!

Wow what a great day it turned out to be!!!!! we were so thrilled with the turn out and for the whole 2 hour event i reckon we did fantastically!

It is Sunday morning and i am sitting here still in PJ's just chilling and reflecting about the manic week it has been! i am still amazed at the response to my beautiful friend KERYN'S blog appeal and the kindness that all fellow card makers have shown by sending parcels full of cards to donate.

Yesterday went so well and i do know that the cards alone made £70.00 in 2 hours!!! we should know in a week or so the total donations that were made so i will make an announcement as soon as those figures are in.

I would like to share some pics with you, in particular one's of a very special little boy who made the day happen. Here is Cameron!!!

  

HERE IS CAMERON TOGGED OUT IN HIS ST.WILFIES T-SHIRT!

IN CHARGE OF THE TREASURE HUNT & CRAFT TABLE!

ON THE BALL WITH THE TAKINGS!

HERE ARE PICS OF ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL CARDS EVERYONE HAS DONATED!

 ME, LOUISE (CAMERONS MUM), WENDY (CAMERONS NAN) AND CAMERON, BY THEN HE HAD DECIDED TO GET HIS FACE PAINTED!!!

Now that i have been part of a fundraising event it has inspired me to do one of my own so i am hoping to do one later in the year and make it Christmassy. Obviously i need to find out about it and run through more ideas but i would love to organise something with the help of my friends.

Cards that were left over from yesterday will be sold at future events and at the Wednesday care centre so every now and then i will be updating you guys on cards sale figures. Please also feel free to carry on sending any spare cards or crafty creations as each and every one of them will be sold and every single penny/cents will be donated to St.Wilfred's Hospice. 

Thankyou so so much everyone. You have all totally restored my faith in people's kindness. I was telling everyone yesterday who would listen about how everyone has been donating their cards, also from all around the globe!!! 

I would like to say a huge thankyou to all of these ladies so far;

KERYN, JODY D, BRENDA B, ANNIE J, SYLVIE, TERRY S, JODY P, JULIA D, CHRISSIE S,  CLAIRE, ENFYS C, SUE CARRINGTON, JO B, SUE COOPER, JODY, DEBBY Y, CRAFTY CHRIS & TASHA.

I am so hoping that i have remembered everyone! please thump me if i haven't ok. Any future cards that arrive i will still be thnking them personally & in blog posts. I know the girls at SCRAP THERAPY are planning cardmaking days to which the owners Lee-Anne & Danny are organising so watch this space!!!

I will be updating again very soon.

Godbless to everyone.

Love & hugs Clare xxx 

Wowsers More Coming in!!!!!

Howdy everyone, sorry im a little late tonight but had the girls over to help me sift through all of the beautiful cards which are still arriving each day. Apart from Dawny and Amanda pawing away in envy and "ooooh's and aaaahhh's" we did actually get all of the cards priced up which was such a big help.

Ok firstly, today not only did i get a visit from Mr.Postie but Mr.Royal Mail Van Driver!!!

Well to say me and the cats were excited is an understatement! i managed to distract Simone for 5 seconds with treats long enough to get this pic! so today i would like to say a very big thankyou to;

1. Crafty Chris

2. Claire

3. Debby

Please go take a look at their beautiful work over on their blogs. Thankyou so much girls you are so so generous.

I am so excited about Saturday now with having so many gorgeous cards to temp everyone with!!!

So tonight the girls were over and we decided to take some random pics of the cards and us generally pratting around!!!

I know, not the most flattering pics of us but it was late, hot and we were tired!!!!

Right off to bed so will be back tomorrow. Thankyou once again all of you very lovely and kind cardmakers out there.

Godbless

Love Clare xxx

Toot Toot.......More Cards!!!!!!

Wow more cards today delivered by Mr.Postie!!! Just had a tally up and we now have 125 gorgeous cards towards Cameron's St.Wilfie's coffee morning!!!!!

Today i had a big parcel through from the very beautiful Teresa Sherman (Teri) with loads of yummy cards. Please go pop by Teri's great blog and also go visit her wonderful digi shop Delicious Doodles. Teri is such a very talented lady and draws all of her own fabulous digi images. Thankyou so much Teri, MWAH!!!!!

So here is todays pics for you just to show you the volume of cards coming in;

Teri's contribution today!!!

Wow Look at all of these gorgeous cards!!!!!

Here's my baby girl giving the paws up on the parcels!!!!

You will all be glad to know that Bert & Simone have to inspect all of the parcels on a daily basis, they are like sniffer dogs!!!

Well only another 2 days tomorrow before the big event so i am still creating. Will bring you some pics tomorrow of what i have been making. Just to reassure you all that any cards left on Saturday, well if there are any! will be sold at later events and/or when i pop in to the Wednesday day centre or the hospice itself. Please keep sending them in guys as i am also hoping to maybe have my own coffee morning, perhaps nearer to Christmas permitting.

Thankyou once again everyone, if i could i would wrap my arms around you all!!! will be back tomorrow.

Big big enormous squidgy kisses.

Clare xxx

Whoopie found it!!!!

Ok so i was a little hasty suspecting Bert & Simone of kidnapping the camera! it actually took Martin to find it tonight after he too turned the bungalow upside down. In the process of searching under wardrobes, chests of drawers etc he found half of the kitties toys so they are extremely happy tonight!!! all i seem to do is buy them ping pong balls, squeaky toys and foam balls because they go missing, now i know where, i thought they were eating them!!! It was found on the kitties radiator bed which i use for piling paperwork onto as they never go on it!

Anyway back to business and here is a picture to show all of the wonderful parcels that have arrived so far;

Today i received another two yummy packages, and one was all the way from America!!!!

So i would like to thank Brenda Butler all the way from Michigan and Julia Dunnit for all of their beautiful cards. Please pop over to their gorgeous blogs  by clicking onto their names. Thankyou so so much girls you are so kind!!!

I am currently working on a few altered creations now. I have made a few cards but i reckon that we are going to be well covered!!! so thought it would be a good idea to make some notebooks, decorate some trinket boxes etc. I will take some pics tomorrow along with pictures each day of all of the beautiful cards everyone is sending.

Thankyou once again (i do not think i can say it enough!!!) and also for all of your wonderful messages that you are sending on my blog and by email.

Love to you all, back tomorrow!!!

Aaaaaggghhh Lost my Camera!!!!

I am so sorry i am so late to post but have been searching high & low for my camera!!!! Every day this week i want to do a post on the progress of the St.Wilfies charity event happening this Saturday along with all of the wonderful card filled parcels that have started to arrive.

All evening i have been ripping the bungalow apart searching for the blinking camera. Two little pussycats are giving me "those eyes" everytime i look at them as if they are saying "it wasn't me!" the verdict is out on that one until i find it as i know they have been caught playing with it as they love the string thingy attatched to the case, Bert in particular is fond of it as it resembles the ribbon box!

Ok so no photies tonight but i have some very special ladies to thank today. Mr.Postman came with his reinforced postbag on wheels this morning with not one but six parcels!!!!!! me and the furbabies were so excites as they tumbled onto the bed ready to be opened.

Simone showed her approved by playing with bits of ribbon and string attatched to certain cards and the pair of them were "sniffing" on overdrive and rubbing & smooching against cards & parcels claiming them for theirselves!

So today the very special ladies i need to thank, in no particular order are;

1. Jo B

2. Jody P

3. Sue C

4. Chrissie S

5. Enyf's C

6. Sue C

Out of respect i will not include these ladies surnames but i have linked all of their names direct to their blogs so please, please go pop over to see their beautiful work.

THANKYOU, THANKYOU, THANKYOU BEAUTIFUL LADIES!!!!!!!!! 

These lovely ladies cards are so yummy i might have to keep them all!!! no, seriously i believe we are going to be able to raise a lot of money for Cameron's coffee morning. I feel totally humbled by the response of Keryn's plea over on her blog last week. We have both received so many emails with the offer to send cards, not only in the UK but USA, Australia and even Gibraltar!!!

Just remember everyone that this plea is not only for Saturday but will be an ongoing fundraising pledge.

I will be thanking everyone personally but i will also add them to my blog posts as soon as they arrive as i know that Keryn has received some too which are being sent on.

Ok so i am going to hunt a bit more for this flipping camera and will be adding pics as soon as i can. Failing that i will be asking people to send me cameras also, NO IM ONLY JOKING!!! sure i can borrow one!

Thankyou again for all of your efforts & kindness everyone. I will be back tomorrow after stalking the postie. Best go get on creating in my craft room.

Warm hugs, Clare xxx

P.S Feeling a lot more human this week, steroids kicking in  atlast and not needed Morphine, just normal meds. Will be keeping Morphine in the bathroom cabinet only for really bad pain & parties!!!

When Your Friends Come Together...

I can never get used to the sheer kindness of people who i am proud to call friends. During my time of being out of action i have had a big worry on my mind, i promised a little boy by the name of Cameron, who is only 7 years old by the way, that i would attend the coffee morning he has arranged at his house on 17th July to raise money for St.Wilfred's Hospice. He asked me to make lots of cards for him and anything else crafty to help make more money towards his coffee morning. He is a totally outstanding little boy and is where his Nan Wendy works as a carer. Many of you also know that the hospice is totally close to my heart as they looked after my dear Mum and is where she spent her last days on earth. Wendy is also my neighbour and also looked after Mum. 

The big worry comes from me because i have been out of action and unable to make any cards of late. I have a few to contribute but really wanted to go that extra mile for this little boy who has even sold some of his toys to help raise money.

So this morning i heard from my beautiful friend KERYN who has made an announcement on her BLOG appealing to all of her friends to donate cards for this wonderful cause. Not only has keryn had response from her blog followers but also from challenge blogs she enters. So thankyou so far to Claire, Chris, Tasha, Sue, Annie, Enfys, Sue C, Chrissie and Jody who have all so kindly agreed to send a card or cards. I am so overwhelmed at everyone's generosity and has made me really teary, but in a good way!!! So if there is anyone else out there who is interested please feel free to email me on earlygirl1@hotmail.co.uk and if you can just pop up in the message box "For St.Wilf's Card Donations" just so i know i am not being spammed!!! If you are sending cards please make sure that you put your name on the card so that you, the designer can get the credit, feel free to add a contact number/email/blog too so that people can see your future work too.

This will be an ongoing cause in my heart as when i am well enough i am going to go to the St.Wilfred's day centre when i can. It is open every Wednesday in Uckfield and is open for the local patients in surrounding villages and is somewhere they can get together to take their minds off their illness, get them out in the community, advice on treatments, have a nice cooked meal and have a good old chin wag. St.Wilf's are looking for volunteers, especially in the craft areas to go in and make cards, get the patients involved and have a bit of fun as well as being there to talk and share experiences etc. It is a very laid back day for all to chill out and have a bit of pampering, as well as meeting some amazing people. So i will be constantly making & selling cards and every penny will be going to the hospice.

I will be thanking everyone personally and am also going to be taking pics and will announce the funds that are raised on Cameron's special day.

You have all made me feel so happy in my heart tonight, thankyou beautiful ladies xxx

P.S Keryn you are my guardian angel, and i have now stopped blubbing!

  

An Update!

Hello beautiful friends, just an update to let you know what is happening. Monday i spent the morning on the phone to GP to hospital, back to GP, back to hospital & then back to GP. It took me to end up in tears on the phone to actually get something done and my doctor rang me at 1pm after being in consultations all morning. He did not seem too thrilled that i had been buggered around all morning 
and still not having the letter from the hospital he did a prescription of his own. So the past couple of days i have been in an almost comatosed state of Morphine and steroids and complete bed rest. Not that i could have done anything else, boy is that morphine good and helped no end but you just cannot function!!! My doctor is going to prescribe the new painkiller when he finally gets the letter but he wants me to keep the morphine as a breakthrough drug incase i ever get that bad again.

So this morning i have felt a lot better and hopefully the steroids are kicking in. I have not needed the morphine today and got by with my regular pain meds. It says that your body gets over the side effects when you take it regularly but i do not want to get used to it. That strictly stays in the med cupboard if nothing else helps. Like i say it is a an exeptional drug for pain relief but could not handle being in a zombi like state 24/7!!!

Thankyou again my friends for all of your well wishes. Hopefully i will be back to creating real soon xxxx

Thankyou xxx

Would just like to say a big big thankyou to all of my beautiful friends for your wonderful well wishes. Can only keep this brief as unfortunately my Rheumatoid is now affecting my right hand (yep thanks for that you bastard disease!). I have had a really bad week, hence no creating. Tomorrow i will be chasing my GP again as still no word on my new treatment which is now 2 weeks since i saw my specialist, it is so bloody frustrating!!!

Your lovely messages, emails, phonecalls and gifts (thanks Keryn!) mean absolutely everything to me and give me a real boost and keep me going. You are all just the best!!! xxxx