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, 21 February 2010

Quirky Crafts Challenge 22

We have a new challenge over on the Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog. This fortnight we are doing Gez's Challenge which is... Cute.

As we're still being sponsored by The Cutting Cafe I used one of their Digi downloads to do the wording around the fox which says "Because nice matters and you're one of the nicest people I know." Isn't that such a lovely sentiment?!

The fox is one of my favourite cute stamps and is by Imaginisce. I paper pieced the stamp so that it would match the other papers I've used which are all by My Minds Eye. I added a couple of Rub Ons also by My Minds Eye just to add a bit of detail and finish it off.

I gave this card to my friend Denise who came to my rescue and took my daughter to school for a couple of days last week while my car was getting fixed after her exhaust fell off! She really is one of the nicest people I know! Thank you Denise!

If you would like to join in with out Cute challenge and be in with a chance of winning some Cutting Craft Digi Downloads then you can find out more about our challenge here.

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Quirky Crafts Challenge 21

We have a new Quirky Crafts Challenge for you only this time it's not on the forum. It's on our brand new challenge blog which you can find here!

This fortnights challenge has been set by the beautiful, talented and incredibly creative... little old me! Tee hee!

The challenge I have set is Valentine's/Foreign. You can find more details here.

For my DT examples of the challenge I have made a Valentine's Card. I like to keep it quite simple for my hubby as he doesn't do cute or fussy. I did have to use the Cherub stamp on it though as my 6 year old daughter gave it to me as a Birthday present in December and she'd be mortified if I didn't!

The heart stamp is by Crafty Individuals which I stamped onto white card and the cut round. The Cherub/Cupid is by Hobbycraft and the swirl stamp is a Rhonna Farrer, she does some beautiful swirl stamps! We are sponsored this month by The Cutting Cafe who provided us with some Valentine's downloads to use on our projects. The Valentine's sentiment is one of those downloads which I printed onto while card and then mounted onto black. The small heart is a paper punch. To finish I coloured in some of the swirly bits with a red Marvy Le Plume pen.

I also thought I'd make a Valentine's ATC which has the sentiment "Je t adore" which makes it qualify for the Valentine's and the Foreign part of my challenge.

The heart stamp is by Crafty individuals again and is a larger version of the one I used on my card. The lady and the sentiment are from a set by Limited Edition. I did paper piecing on the ladies dress so that the colour would match the backing.

If that has whetted your appetite and you'd like to join us for this fortnights Quirky Crafts Blog Challenge you can find all the details here.

I hope to see you there!

Sunday, 24 January 2010

Quirky Crafts Challenge 20

Hooray! It's the new Quirky Crafts Fortnightly Challenge!!! It's time for challenge 20 already and this fortnight it's Deanne's turn to set the challenge which is "Teddy Bear". You can't go wrong with teddy bears can you? A great challenge.

So I've made two DT cards for this one again. The first one being on a feminine theme where I've used Debbie's teddy bear images from The Crafty Pad Designs and I've used some Cuttlebug embossing borders in my Bug to make the beautiful flower border at the top of the card and the "with love" at the bottom.

For the second card I used a Forever Friends bear and went with a more masculine theme. I used papers by Hot Off The Press which I distressed using brown chalk ink. The Bear is coloured with Twinkling H2Os (of course, you know me so well!)

So if you would like to join in with our Teddy Bear challenge over on Quirky Crafts you can find more details here.

Hope to see you there!

Sunday, 17 January 2010

Quirky Crafts Challenge 19

I can't believe a week has gone by already and I still haven't put this on my blog. I actually panicked a bit this morning as I thought it was the new challenge Sunday and I haven't done mine yet but then I realised I still have another week. Phew!

So our first Quirky Crafts challenge of the New Year is "Yellow" and has been set by our lovely DT member Anne. We've got a sponsor for this month too - the very talented Debbie from The Crafty Pad Designs who very kindly let the DT use one her Digi images for the challenge and has offered up the great prize for the winner of this fortnights challenge. So if you'd like a chance to win then you can find more details here.

For my first card I used Debbie's digi image which is called Roshel with Brolly. I coloured the image with Twinkling H2Os in colours to match the papers which are all freebies from a magazine. I used nestabilies in my Cuttlebug for the matting and layering of the image and I added a little yellow wooden dragonfly (which I've had for years and years) to finish.

For my second card I used some patterned paper which I've also had for years and I've no idea who it's by. The image is Sarah Kay by Stampavie (as if you didn't know!) coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The flowers are mainly Primas and the sentiment is a sticker.

There is still another week left if you'd like to take part in our challenge. Please come and join us here!

Sunday, 25 October 2009

Quirky Crafts Challenge 15

This week Anne has set the Quirky Crafts Challenge. Anne chose to do a recipe challenge. You have to use:
1 Ribbon
2 shades of pink
3 Eyelets

I made two cards for this challenge. The first one I used lots of Cuttlebug embossing folders and lovely Sugar Nellie stamp.

The second one I used some duck paper that I've had since the earliest days of crafting and a gorgeous Penny Black image that someone sent me which I coloured with Twinkling H2Os.

I made the second card as I thought the first one turned out a bit plain but I think they are both ok.

If you would like to take part in this fortnights challenge you can find more details here.

Hope to see you there.

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.

Monday, 7 September 2009

Quirky Crafts Challenge

After having a lovely long break over the summer the Quirky Crafts challenge is now back on. We also have a prize up for grabs too which is this lovely set of goodies.

This week Cazzy has set the challenge which is "Rough and Smooth"

Here is my DT card example for the challenge.

Papers: My Minds Eye
Stamp: Sugar Nellie
Coloured with: Twinkling H2Os
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Nestabilities ~ Embossing Folders
Embellishments: Prima Flower ~ My Minds Eye Brad ~ Peel Off Stickers

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

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.