Making cards - Ideas for a card craft beginner (part 2)

RustyFlange

rainmac wrote: »

Quite a bit has been going on with you while I've been away!!! So pleased for you and your recent card creations are absolutely stunning by the way

I know ... I am a rollercoaster of emotions!!! but definately lovely to have you back have missed you!! Can't wait to see your pics xx

melissa75_2

Yeah - Rainmac's back!!!! Sounds like you had a fab time. The bump's fine - only five weeks to go now, I've been busy ordering bargain baby clothes from my catalogue, but I've still got to order my pram - oops!! I'll pop over and see who I'm swapping with.

Love2craft

Hiya everyone!
I've not posted on this thread before but do recognise some of your names from the nappy cake thread.
I have some Sizzix dies that I no longer use/need and I was wondering if anyone would like to either buy them or swap me for something else? If not, no bother I can put them up for sale on Ebay.

Love2craft

rainmac wrote: »

Been catching up on some of my emails while I've been away, there is a new issue of the Do Crafts mag available and it comes with a free super cute Daisy and Dandelion Xmas stamp. Magazine is £2.50.

QVC has a craft day on Tuesday!

I got mine in the post today. It's fab! Been playing with the stamp all afternoon. Can't wait for the other products to hit the shelves on July 1st. I will be spending a fortune. Easy come, easy go lol x

cgcockcroft

npsmama wrote: »

Thank you all for your support.

My mum doesn't live with us - she lives in France (both my parents are French but I am anything but!!) and comes to visit periodically. She's here until Monday. She broke our printer last night .
She's always been bipolar and growing up with that was very tough on us kids. My siblings refuse to have more than limited contact with her - I guess I fell I can't do that to her. Sometimes she is 'normal' but 80% of the time she's very unpredictable and can be dangerous - especially as I have toddlers. Small things like leaving the hot water on full blast could be disastrous if my 3 yo gets to it before I do.
In one way, the hardest thing is that she lies a lot - either deliberately or not - she swore she didn't leave the water on but I know she did bc I had the kids with me and there's no one else in the house! She'll do other things like offer to make a cup of coffee and then when you drink it you realise it's a mixture of tea and coffee _pale_. So I don't let her cook anything or even feed the kids bc I just don't know what she puts in things or gives the kids.
I know she's ill and I try my best to be patient and kind but it can be very trying.

DH is back late tonight. He'll be greeted like the meesiah I think!!

Sorry, this post has nothing to do with crafting and I'm sure you don't want to hear about it all.

i really feel for you FIL is bipolar and has previously driven off in the middle of the night and text his 3 children goodbye and good luck, all because he has had an arguement with his girlfriend. the texts the next day saying he is annoyed because he has to pay for the hotel he stopped in because the temp was perfect and last time he got it free coz it was too hot.
so sending you big hugs:grouphug:- although it looks like something else!

hels102

Louby your cards are fantastic!
Dawnteabag I love your pages!
I've been so busy creating pages to frame for fathers day they are finanlly finished so I'm just about to use my xcut impress to stick some wording in and frame them! Then I have to start on the Fathers Day cards!
Jailhousebabe Thanks so much for the link I've printed one card from there!
Melissa How exciting 5wks left, my friend had twins on Tuesday she didn't know what she was having and she had 2 boys!
Right I better make the most of the time I have whilst OH has taken DS out!
Rainmac lovely to see you back x

rainmac

melissa75 wrote: »

Yeah - Rainmac's back!!!! Sounds like you had a fab time. The bump's fine - only five weeks to go now, I've been busy ordering bargain baby clothes from my catalogue, but I've still got to order my pram - oops!! I'll pop over and see who I'm swapping with.

5 weeks :j Get that pram ordered lady

npsmama

Love2craft wrote: »

I got mine in the post today.

Welcome to our little community! :T

How do you go about getting the mag in the post? I'd love that!

npsmama

cgcockcroft wrote: »

i really feel for you FIL is bipolar and has previously driven off in the middle of the night and text his 3 children goodbye and good luck, all because he has had an arguement with his girlfriend. the texts the next day saying he is annoyed because he has to pay for the hotel he stopped in because the temp was perfect and last time he got it free coz it was too hot.
so sending you big hugs:grouphug:- although it looks like something else!

That's exactly the type of thing my mother would do in a depressive phase.
She's taken herself to hospital 3 times before now but refused treatment/to stay there at the last minute. She makes the poor staff run loads of tests etc and then she announces there's nothing wrong with her and that they are the ones with mental health problems and walks out.

dawnteabag

Love2craft wrote: »

Hiya everyone!
I've not posted on this thread before but do recognise some of your names from the nappy cake thread.
I have some Sizzix dies that I no longer use/need and I was wondering if anyone would like to either buy them or swap me for something else? If not, no bother I can put them up for sale on Ebay.

Hi

Theer's a swap shop over on the crafty place.

http://craftyplace.yuku.com/directory

You could post details there - I might be interested depedent on what they are.

And welcome!