Hi had a quet day today. My friend Pat phoned to see if I was going to craft class, but I had decided not to go as they were doing christmas cards this week.

I decided to stay in and finish some of Maddisons christmas presents. I have knitted a jumper and pants and a little cardigan for  her new Christmas baby boy doll. I also found a piece of fleece to match and blanket stitched around it. I also finished my cardigan and sewed buttons on it. I didn't have enough of one set of buttons so sewed alternate buttons on instead. It would have cost me £5 bus fare and about 80p a button to town so decided to save the money. I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out. It's Italian knitting wool and just cost me £6.oo. It feels lovely and soft to the touch.
The two cards were made using my first Kanban kit I have ever bought. I am trying to make lots of different cards for  a Christmas present for a friend and if I can make enough some for the hospital again. If I don't get enough made I will carry on after christmas  for breast cancer again and take them to hospital in the new year.
Thanks everyone for your kind comments they are much appreciated.
Happy crafting hugs x ChrisB

Hi, hope you have all had a great weekend. I have had a good time playing with Maddison  my grandaughter. Also went out with my friend Pat yesterday and a lovely die jumped into my basket, a frame with a swirl. Well a girl just as to treat herself now and again.

I have been busy this evening making some quick cards. I hope you like them, some of the pictures are a bit rubbish . As well as making these cards this week I have been doing a lot of knitting. I have bought Maddison a baby boy doll for christmas, so busy making it some outfits. I have just finished myself a cardigan just need some buttons for it. Maddison also wants me to knit her some leg warmers in pink with pockets. She likes to keep me busy.
I even managed to be good today and sort out both my wardrobes and chucked out all the rubbish that was taking up all the room. Most of it was old work stuff.
Hope to see you later in the week, so have a good one. Happy crafting, love and hugs x ChrisB

So far so good things seem to be working ok. I have still got this lousy cough I can't seem to shake off.  One day I'm not too bad and then today I've never stopped again. It's driving me mad.
I have managed to make some quick cards. On the first one the heart is loose and dangles by the ribbon. The flowers are made by punching a flower from some card and inking through it.

The next uses the same colour distress ink. 

Yesterday I went to the craftypatch craft shop again and made two cards with Shelaigh. I had a lovely afternoon getting inky.
I have made some more cards but will show you those later. Hope you are keeping well and having a good week. Hugs x ChrisB

Sorry  I have been missing again. The day after I got home from hols my computer broke. It had to be taken away to be fixed. Fingers crossed it's ok now.
I will have to take some photo's then I can show you some things I have been making.
You have all been busy making some lovely cards while I have been away. Hugs x ChrisB

Wow I had a fantastic time on holiday, I loved Italy and all the places we visited. I'm afraid I have no pictures to show you yet. I spent  aload of time taking pictures for the first two days especially of Venice. I was taking loads of shots of  building, masks , fish, arches and door knobs, and plaques etc. I had planned to have a go at scrapbooking.
Unfortunately I had a fall on the third day while at a market. I was ok, I'd banged my elbow and my leg. I was very lucky as I went down like a sack of spuds straight full length. I couldn't even remember falling I just knew my face and everything was on the floor. I t shook me up and I didn't realise I had lost my camera until I got back on the coach. I was upset that I'd lost all my great pictures. I am hoping to get some off my daughters camera . I haven't seen what she as taken as she spent some of the time off on her own exploring, due to the fact that I couldn't walk too far without a sit down.

I'm late posting as I have been home a week, but came back with a cough which seems to be getting a lot worse. I also switched my computer on and it broke so have had to have someone out to look and fix it.
I have made a few cards this week. The first two I made at Sheliaghs class at Crafty Patch in Chorley. The second two I made using a set of Hunkadory that  were  a birthday present from my best friend Pat.
I will try and catch up with your blogs soon. Happy crafting Love and hugs x ChrisB

Sorry I've not been around I have been so busy.  Last week was my 60th Birthday so I had my daughter home for a few days. We went out and had a nice meal.
I have done a bit of crafting but not taken any photo's and have been to a craft class today with my friend.
I am busy trying to pack and clean and tidy up. My daughter as treated us to a coach holiday to Italy for my birthday present.We go on Saturday at 6 o'clock in the morning, I've got my fingers crossed that  we get down the country ok with all this rain. We have not had a proper holiday for about twenty years and I've never been on a coach abroad. Infact I have only been abroad twice before. We are off to Lake Garda and will be visiting Venice, Verona and the Dolamites.
I will be missing my crafting so I'm taking some knitting to pass the time on the coach. I will show you some pictures hopefully when I get back. Happy crafting love and hugs x ChrisB

Hi had  a terrible day yesterday, sat waiting for a gas engineer to come and remove my electric meter. They had rung up two weeks ago and  said it had to be changed.  They came at 3oclock and said they couldn't touch the meter for health and safety reasons as ther e was a bare wire. So I then I had to wait again for the electric board to send an engineer to fix it. At six he turned up  and did his bit. I then had to inform the gas board that it was now ready to be removed. Two hours later they had not turned up so rang again on the numer I was given earlier in the day. I got a man who then preceeded to tell me that the gas board didn't remove electric meters. But he could send an engineer to look at my boiler. You can imagine what words I then had with him for about twenty minutes.  At ten o'clock I got a gas man at the door who said he had been sent to look at my faulty gas meter.   What faulty gas meter, it's working perfectly. I  was then told  that the other gas man had given me the wrong contact number.  I then had to ring again this morning to make another appointment. We are now having to wait until 17th October to go through it again.  The world as gone mad and these companys who are making way to much profits want to get their acts together.
 I have been to the dentist again today my checkup went well , thank goodness. Fingers crossed I'm ok for another six months.
That's enough of the waffling, I have two cards to show you.  We have to go to school in the morning and pick Maddison up from school. We are going to take her out for lunch as she starts school full time on Monday.
Sorry about the bad pictures.

Have a good weekend and I will be on hopefully early in the week. Take care Hugs x ChrisB