Fe-Fe's World Of Craft, Creations and Kids.

This blog was started mainly for my crafting, however I also find myself writing about my family life too and in particular about my son Josh. Josh is just Josh to us and we're used to his quirky behaviour. As I don't want to have to mention Josh's autism every time I post about him, I thought I'd mention it here. Hopefully you will bear this in mind as you read and it may give you a little insight into the wonderful world of the autisic child in a very gentle way!

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Sunday, 9 January 2011

ABC Christmas Challenge

I made these two cards before I went to look at the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog but then I saw their challenge was "Anything Christmas Goes" so I thought as they qualify I might as well put them up for it!

I have set myself the added challenge of using up some of those scraps of papers that I've been clinging onto for years. Yes we all have them don't we?!

The papers for this one are so old I can't remember who they are by I think it might be Basic Grey but please correct me if I'm wrong.

The topper is by Kanban and I bought them as a cheat because I was so ill on the run up to Christmas and I still had loads of cards to make after Ellie pinched all mine for her school friends.

For the second card the papers are by Blonde Moments and the topper is another Kanban but one my Mum got for me.

I just added some faux stitching around the edges of the squares of paper so that they matched the sentiment. I used up some more scraps on this one too!

Sunday, 10 January 2010

Just Magnolia Challenge

Don't you just love trying something new?! Well the Just Magnolia Challenge this week is paper pleating. I've never seen this technique before but it looks very effective so I thought I'd give it a go. If you'd like see the tutorial on how to do it you can find in on the Magnolia Challenge blog here.

For my card I used papers by Basic Grey. The two stamped images are both Magnolia's. The little girl I coloured in using distress ink and a small amount of Twinkling H2Os. I thought the distress ink would go better with the look of the papers.

Well so far so good on the weather front. Although we've been forecast more snow none has arrived yet. In fact I would even dare to whisper that what we have seems to be melting! Shhhhh don't tell anyone. It is still very cloudy but the optimist in me is hoping that it's just going to pass us by without shedding any of it's contents on us! Fingers crossed!

Sunday, 20 December 2009

Altered Art

Josh was asked to take part in a Secret Santa at school. He had to buy a gift for a boy called Tom for no more than £2 and bring it in wrapped up with Tom's name on it. We decided to buy a gift card and rather than just send it in in an envelope I thought I'd alter this empty Dove gift box and send it in in this instead.

It started off looking like this...

and ended up looking like this...

The papers are by Basic Grey, I love the distress look of them and are lovely to work with. The ribbon I think is by Dovecraft but I might be wrong. The "Happy Christmas" is a Go Kreate Die used in my Cuttlebug and the letters for "Tom" are Quickutz Moxie alphabet dies also used in my Cuttlebug. When we'd put the Gift card in it I tied some red foil ribbon around it to stop the lid coming off in transit to school. I hope Tom liked it!

Sunday, 20 September 2009

Quirky Crafts Challenge 12

This week's Quirky Crafts Challenge is set by Gez and is "Vintage"

I thought I'd use this Santa image that my mum gave me, along with papers by Basic Grey and my Magnolia round Christmas stamp to create this Vintage Style Christmas Card.

If you'd like to join in with our challenge you can find all the details here.

Wednesday, 16 September 2009

A Christmas Card!

Yes I have actually managed to make another Christmas card. I have used my Basic Grey Christmas papers and I have to say - I love 'em!

I'm not feeling too good at the moment though. I came down with a nasty cold bug at the weekend. I spent most of Sunday in bed shivering under two duvets! I feel much better now than I did at the weekend but if I could remove my head, I think I would. lol

Stamp: Fun Stamps
Papers: Basic Grey
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Go Kreate "Happy Christmas" Die

Sunday, 28 June 2009

Christmas Cards in June?!

There is a new challenge over at Quirky Crafts and this week the theme is Red and Green. I chose this as I really needed to make some more Christmas Cards and thought this would be a good incentive to make some!!

This is my DT card for the challenge and it's made using papers my mum gave me. The ribbon is by Dovecraft and the stamp is a Magnolia one.

I also made this one but then afterwards I wasn't sure if it was red and green enough as there is a lot of yellow on it too?! The papers on this one are by Basic Grey. The mouse stamp is a Penny Black and the Merry Christmas one is a Magnolia. I used some Stickles on the icy puddle and the snow to give it a bit of sparkle but you can't really see it on the photo.

There is definitely something not right about making Christmas Cards when the sun is blazing down though isn't there! LOL!

My brother and his Fiance and their little girl just popped round for a surprise visit, it was lovely to see them. Richie fell off his lorry earlier this week and has injured his hip so he's going to be out of action for a while. He showed me the bruise it's left him with and it does look very painful. This is the second time he's fallen off his lorry now. You'd think he'd learn wouldn't you?! :-)

They came to give Josh his birthday present which is an enormous Lightsaber that changes colours and makes different noises depending on the combinations of the handles?! Josh thinks its fab and all I can hear from upstairs right now is various Lightsaber sounds!! I'm just waiting for the smash! LOL!

Ode to Special Mums

Ode to Special Moms(by Erma Bombeck)

Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures and a couple by habit. This year, nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of handicapped children. Did you ever wonder how mothers of handicapped children are chosen?

Somehow I visualize God hovering over Earth selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he observes, he instructs his angels to make notes in a giant ledger.
"Armstrong, Beth, son, patron saint, Matthew.
Forrest, Marjorie, daughter, patron saint, Cecilia.
"Rudledge, Carrie, twins, patron saint, give her Gerard. He's used to profanity."
Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles, "Give her a handicapped child."

The angel is curious. "Why this one, God? She's so happy."

"Exactly," says God. "Could I give a handicapped child to a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel."

"But has she patience?" asks the angel.

"I don't want her to have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off, she'll handle it.
"I watched her today. She has that feeling of self and independence that is so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see, the child I'm going to give her has his own world. She has to make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy."

"But, Lord, I don't think she even believes in you."

God smiles. "No matter. I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness."

The angel gasps, "Selfishness? Is that a virtue?"

God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she'll never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a 'spoken word.' She will never consider a 'step' ordinary. When her child says 'Momma' for the first time, she will be present at a miracle and know it! When she describes a tree or a sunset to her child, she will see it as few people ever see my creations."I will permit her to see clearly the things I see...ignorance, cruelty, prejudice...and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life, because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side."

"And what about her patron saint?" asks the angel, pen poised midair.

God smiles. "A mirror will suffice."

"Welcome to Holland"

"Welcome to Holland" By Emily Perl Kingsley

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."

"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."

But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."
And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away...because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss. But...if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.