A Big Favour For Jack

A big hello to all of my blogging friends.

As you have probably noticed I have been absent for quite some time now. As you all know from my previous posts I have been working hard to secure the funding for a residential school for Jack.

You will be glad to hear that everything is now in place and Jack move into his new home on Monday....It will be an extremely hard time for both of us especially as Jack is not allowed a home visit for the first 4 weeks :(

So I wanted to ask all of my crafting buddies a really big favor... I thought that since Mum can't be there to give him a hug when he's feeling low...it would be lovely if we could send him a hug in a card...I am sure this would really help to cheer him up.

If you are interested in sending Jack a Hug...please email me at passionforcraft@aol.com and I will forward you his new address at school.

Many Thanks

Hugs

Some Saturday Sweetness :)

Hi everyone...I hope your all enjoying a relaxing weekend.

Just a quick Candy Post today.... This weeks Penny Black Candy is this cute 'Easy Rider' stamp from the newly released 'Sweet Things' stamp collection.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning the stamp is leave a link to your blog...If you don't have a blog you can still enter...just pop your name and use my blog address http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/ in to the URL box for Mr Linky below... only one entry per person please....and of course be sure to check back in a weeks time to see if you have won :) ....This candy will close at midnight on Saturday July 31st and I will announce the winner right here on Sunday August 1st.

Have a great weekend and good luck to you all!

Hugs

Fun in the Sun

Hi Everyone....can you believe it's Friday already!.... Jack finishes school today for the summer holidays. The payments are now in place for me to employ a helper for two days a week to support me with taking Jack out & about...so hopefully by keeping him occupied it will reduce the aggression...fingers crossed :)

Whilst Jack is around I am afraid my posts may not be as regular but I will try to post a few times a week and of course I will be back with my regular weekly candy :)

I am playing catch up this week...here is a DT card I have made for this months challenge over at Bunny Zoe's Crafts. This months 'Summer Days' Challenge was set by the lovely Mina.

I have used this adorable 'Goggles' Stamp by Belles & Whistles. I have coloured the image with Copics. The papers are from the 'Delovely' pad by Cosmo Cricket. The Sentiment, Sunshine. and scalloped border are all from the 'Sweet Summertime' collection by Echo Park. I used a really old Sizzix die to create the starfish embellie and some chipboard letters to spell out the 'Fun' sentiment.

I am off to visit my Mum today...she is still not too good and is suffering from really severe depression after her stroke last year....she was supposed to stay with me for a few months...but only manged to cope in my mad house for a few weeks...I do have to admit that being around Jack is not at all restful! LOL....anyhoo I am going to try and persuade her to go out for lunch today...she always makes 101 excuses not to go...but this time I not taking No for answer...she spends far to much time alone and I think that is half the problem...getting out & about may help her forget about her own problems for a while.

Thanks for visiting...I hope you all have a great day!

Hugs

Mid Week Magnolia Candy!

Hi everyone...I hope your week is going well...I have an appointment to view another school for Jack this morning...so I will hopefully I will get around to posting another card later today.

This weeks Magnolia Candy is the fab 'Mermaid Tilda' from the new Magnolia 'Bon Voyage' Collection.

All you have to do to win the candy is leave a link to your blog...If you don't have a blog you can still enter...just pop your name and use my blog address http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/ in to the URL box for Mr Linky below... only one entry per person please....and of course be sure to check back in a weeks time to see if you have won :) ....This candy will close at midnight on Wednesday July 28th and I will announce the winner right here on Thursday July 29th.

Have a great day and good luck to you all!

Hugs

Graffiti Girl

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well. I am slowly getting back into my crafting groove again...and it always helps when there is fabulous batch of new images to play with :)

I met a lovely young lady during my hols who inspired this card...she had bright purple hair...and was getting odd looks from everyone in the cafe including my guests...it was packed and nobody would offer the poor girl a seat.... it really annoys me so much when people are so judgemental... so as we had a spare seat at our table I invited her to join us...it turned out that she studies History at the same University as my daughter Chloe so we had lots to chat about...and she gave us a list of places to visit locally...she also gave me a great shopping tip.... I was admiring some chain she had attached to her clothing and she told me of a local shop that sold it by the metre in lots of fab colours...so after lunch I popped an got a few lengths...so a big thank you to Hanna for giving me a much needed boost of inspiration :)

I have used on of the gorgeous digi images 'Da Bomb' from Kenny K Downloads. I have coloured the image with Copic markers and sponged the background with 'Dusty Concord' & 'Black Soot' Distress Inks. The paper is from the Prima 'Pulse' collection...I have distressed the edges with the Tim Holtz 'Paper Distresser' Tool. I stamped some paint splodges around the image with a stamp from 'Urban' stamp set by Bo Bunny. I attached the chain to the card using some silver star brads from my stash. I thought a pretty flower would look out of place on this card so I used a Pink Paislee 'Doodle Flower' stamp on plain cardstock and coloured it with a Copic to match the image.

Here are the Copic Colours:
Skin: E000, E00, R00, R01.
Eyes: B000, B02 /C0.
Hair: RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09.
Vest: G0000, G000, G00.
Jeans: BV000, BV00, BV01, BV11.
Boots: C4, C5, C7, C9/RV00, RV02, RV06.
Can: C4, C7/YG00, FYG2.

Thanks for visiting have a lovely day!
Hugs

Poppy Love

Good Morning Everyone...I have really enjoyed my two week break but it's great to get back to my crafting again :)

Today I have a Sweet Pea card to share with you today.

I have used the beautiful 'Poppy Love' Stamp. I have coloured the image with Copic Markers. the paper is from a pack that I picked up from Calico Crafts from the 'Vintage Letters' collection. The heart shaped doily behind the image was sponged with Distress inks. To create the poppies I used the 'Floriano' & 'Starburst' punches by McGill and the medium 'Retro' flower punch by EK Success...the leaves were punched with the Leone Em 'Rock Fern' punch.

Here are the Copic Colours:
Skin: E000, E00, R11.
Hair: E50, E51, E53.
Eyes: B01.
Bodice: B39, B41, B91.
Tail: C1, C3, C5, C6, C7.
Poppies: R24, R39.

Thanks for visiting...have a great week all!
Hugs

Monday Morning Candy!

A very happy Monday morning to you all...I'm back with some Sweet Pea Candy to hopefully brighten your start to the week :)

This weeks Candy is the beautiful Sweet Pea 'Purple Comfort' Stamp.

All you have to do to enter is just leave a link to your blog...If you don't have a blog you can still enter...just pop your name and use my blog address http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/ in to the URL box for Mr Linky below... only one entry per person please....and of course be sure to check back in a weeks time to see if you have won :) ....This candy will close at midnight on Monday July 26th and I will announce the winner right here on Tuesday July 27th.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week!
Hugs

Winner of the 'Betsy Bluebell' Stamp Set

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all enjoying your weekend so far. I popped into the Craft Show at the Doncaster Racecourse today...I was very good and didn't spend much at all! LOL...it was lovely to see Bev and Net again and I was thrilled to finally meet Jacqui & Marcea :)

....so on to the winner of the Penny Black 'Betsy Bluebell' Stamp Set.

Here is the winning number picked at Random.Org.

Number 241....congratulations to Heike.... would you please email your address to me at passionforcraft@aol.com and I will pop your stamp in the post.

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!
Hugs