CHRISTMAS MORNING

Just thought I would share this with you.... it makes me chuckle when I think about it
We had tears on xmas morning!!

Our youngest 5 yrs old...had a robotic doggy...he unwrapped it and quite liked it whilst in its box, He pressed the try me button and loved its walking a barking.
Once out of the box he decided it was (quote)"annoying!!!" and burst into tears!!!

Then it became clear what the problem was.... Whilst doing his list to Santa with his older brother, he had seen something he really wanted in the Argos catalogue..wait for it!
He wanted a 2 Seater Jeep... you know the sort, big 2 children can sit in it and it has an electronic engine!! The kind of toy that you need lots of room and quite a bit of cash!


But before this he unwrapped his foldaway garage and exclaimed and I quote; "eehh.. thats from Tescos!!"
So now the "cherub" thinks that Santa and his elves make toys for Tescos to keep them busy all year so that they don't get bored when its not Christmas!!

lots of lovely ribbons

To start the new year I am going to make good use of my new additions !!

These are my lovely ribbons


These are my lovely fibres

they loved them

Well I gave the Treasure box and card to my friend. She loved it!! Baby Aniya is gorgeous, I did get quite broody though which hasn't happened to me in a long time!!! Lol

Jody's Mum was also very pleased with her card...And Jody loved it.

Jody

A friend at work asked me to make her a card for her daughter, Jodys 15th birthday.
She wanted me to include a photo of Jody at 7 yrs old.
The papers are from the stash that lovely Tassy sent to me.. I love these colours and retro pattern.The printed words ie La diva, the clothes, bags and shoes are stamps that were designed by the lovely Tassy.purchased from Tanda stamps. (isn't she clever!!)I coloured them with watercolour pencils then gave them a Twinkling H2O wash. The blue lettering and little parcels are just silver peel offs coloured in with blue peeloff pens.

Yippee I have managed to do some crafting

Well at last I have been able to do some crafting.
I have been able to make three items over this weekend! Not alot I know, but more than I normally get a chance to do.
I made this Treasure Box for my friend at work who has just had her baby girl.( yes it is the same lady whom I made the maternity card for.)
The box was the box that dear Tassy sent that fantastic stash in!(Nothing gets wasted!!)
The papers are from a 12x12 scrapbook pack I purchased from Partners.
The large flower is also from dear Tassys Stash. I painted it with Twinkling H2Os to give it some bling!
The ribbons are ones that I have collected over the years and as I said in the post before this one I used them all up!!!so had to buy some more!!! lol
The baby embellishments are 3D stickers.
The gems are from my stash.
The small flowers are also from Tassy!
The pink lettering I had to draw by hand as I didn't have enough chipboard letters to do the job.I gave them a pink Twinkling H20 wash. I also drew out the creamy yellow background to the letters

The card is a mix of lovely pink papers & gorgeous organza ribbon, gems and flowers.
The dog cat and mouse stamp and baby stamp I borrowed fom my good friend Fe Fe. I 3D the dog cat and mouse stamp..and coloured using watercolour pencils.To soften the edges on the baby image I just tore them.

Something for me

As some of you may realise, I do most of my crafting on a shoestring!! But now and again I do treat myself.
I have been working on some altered art as a gift for a friend, To do this I used up all my lovely pinky ribbons. So I went onto the Blonde Moments website to have a looksee at their pink ribbons.... And OOOPS I ended up buying one of each of each colour in stock!!! woops.
Naughty I know but I got a real buzz!!!
I will show my new stash when it arrives!

My Boys Update... Alex

I am still trying to get the school to apply creams to Alex when he has an eczema flare up. I had a meeting with the head on the 7th September.. I had the head of Medications Administrations from Cheshire County Council with me.
This meeting was AWFUL! They were very defensive so they were quite aggressive and closed to the request! (this did not go unnoticed by the lady from the council!!)
It was agreed that they would get in touch with the school nurse in order to get Alex trained to put on his own cream!!!(He is 5!!!)They said that this would be in about 2weeks.
Well I had that meeting 10th DECEMBER 2007!!! only took 3 months!!!!
To add insult to injury the nurse was not aware of the issue and to him this was just a standard check!!(so he was not happy about this!)
Suffice to say he finds it bizarre that they are being so stubborn!! He is going to give Alex 3 sessions to "train him" but has said that he is only doing this to "tick that box" so we can then say we have met the school 1/2 way... they then have to proof why they cant do it (and staff shortage is not an excuse as the policies clearly state that they have exhaust every avenue in order to provide for the needs of the children in school!!! if they don't it then becomes a case for DISCRIMINATION.
So again ... watch this space!

My Boys Update... Tommy

Just thought I would give you an update on my boys and school!
If you don't already know the story .. have a look see at the earlier posts entitled "My Boys".
My eldest, Tommy, (After a meeting and a 5pg letter of complaint)Is doing much better, we have employed a Tutor for him to help him with his English. I have not had an apology or even an acknowledgement of the letter nor have they redone his year 5 report!!!
But... At the start of every school term we have a meet and greet parents evening that is supposed to be a 5 min meeting, ours for Tommy lasted 1/2 hour!!!
My hubby's reaction after the meeting was,"Well, I dont know what you have said to them, but they are jumping through hoops now!!! lol"
The teacher responsible cannot look either me or my hubby in the face!!This can only mean that the head has given him what for.. unfortunately they have closed ranks so I cant be certain of this!!!
But the fact is they are now helping Tommy... so I feel justified!!

Papercraft Junkies Challenge 18...moving Part 2

This card was made using card stock from craft work cards... I have used ribbons for curtains. The peel off lettering, edging and keys started life as ordinary silver, I used a black peel off pen to give me this lovely coppery effect. The climbing flowers are silver peel offs delicately coloured with water colour pencils. The door handle is a brad.


This is a closer look at the Key behind the door that opens!

9 months/ Papercraft Junkies Challenge 18

This is a card made for my friend at work who has left to have her baby... it is basically made from scraps of cards including the expectant mum..Finishing touches are peel offs for her name and some cord to trim.
The moving part would be the fact that she is moving onto another chapter in her life (also there is a swing tag inside.)