SLOWLY COMING BACK

Hi Everyone

As you have probably guessed there haven't been many opportunities for me to escape into my little craft room recently .. .. .. a certain special someone has been keeping me very busy for quite a long time now .. .. .. and she still is bless her.  If I am not physically with her then it comes in the form of oodles of paperwork, combined with lots of worrying and phone calls .. .. .. and hoping I haven’t missed anything or let her down in some way.  My brain just never seems to shut off from all that is going on with her.

Mum has needed to be transferred to another nursing home which is thankfully closer to all three of us kids, so our travelling time has been greatly reduced which means we have more time to physically spend with Mum rather than driving.  It is a lovely home where nothing seems too much trouble and the staff are all super smiley and friendly .. .. .. .. despite the challenging occupants.  There must be a super special mould that is used to make amazing people like these because not just anyone could do what they do day after day, week after week.

I have certainly been missing my crafting big time though over these last few months as have my customers and stock box .. .. but hopefully now that most of the paperwork and changes of address have been done (yet again) .. .. a little crafting time is going to wheedle  its way slowly back into my life. Even if it is only the odd half hour or so here and there.  I love my little escape place where all the worries of my world get to disappear, for a little while.  

There are always a few crafty bits in my bag when visiting Mum .. .. .. so if it is one of her “hard on asleep and completely out of it” days (which most of them unfortunately are nowadays) I sit and do a bit of colouring, fussy cutting or die cutting with my tiny little Sizzix Sidekick.  But I like to think that she knows I am with her and that she has heard my voice .. .. .. even if she hasn’t responded. 

But this does mean I am building up quite a nice little collection of bits and pieces ready for turning into cards when time is being kind to me .. .. and my card today makes use of "just a few" of those little die  cuts. 

This used:

First Edition Craft "Cog Dies"  (very old now but still well loved)  -  still lots of diecuts left too
Slatted stencil and Pumice Stone Distress Ink
Sentiment:  A very old wooden Papermania favourite that doesn't have a name :-(
Corner Rounding Punch
Hot Fix Nailheads
My Trusty Sewing Machine

I am running over to the Snippets Playground (if I can remember the way after all of this time) as everything I have used made use of snippets, apart from the card base.  Even the backing paper started life as a huge 12 x 12 piece of design paper once upon a time.

So now I have made my comeback I will see if I can remember how to link up LOL!!!

I hope all is well with everyone and your lives are running more smoothly than mine.

Take care and have a good day.