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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Wednesday, 23 September 2009

More Christmas Cards

These are some more of the ones I made while the electricity was off last week. Luckily everything is back to normal again now. Our drive no longer has a huge hole in it and the pavement to the side of our house has had new tarmac put down today. Hooray!

The papers for both these cards is from Craftwork Cards.

The "Have a Fairy Merry Christmas" is by Lavinia Stamps. I used a Ticket corner punch by Stamping Up to make the corners on the sentiment.

The fairies and reindeer are all from Lili Of The Valley.

Sunday, 7 June 2009

Ellie's Birthday Cards

Well it's taken me a while but here are the cards I made for Ellie for her Birthday. Ellie loves this Fairy Bear Die and she wanted it on her card, who am I to argue?!

I used the DCWV Blossoms and Blooms papers, brads and rub-ons that I won on Trimcraft. The Happy 6th Birthday were done using Go Kreate Dies in my Cuttlebug. I used a little white gel pen to highlight the eyes and nose on the fairy bear. The Bear's dress, wings, tiara and want are all die cut from glitter card.

For the inside I continued with the Blossoms and Butterflies papers and 3D stickers and brads. I also added a "Have a Fairy Happy Birthday" stamped sentiment to the left side of the inside.

Stamps: Lavinia
Papers: Blossoms and Butterflies by DVWC
Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Go Kreate Dies Boo Bear, Fairy Outfit and Frame
Embellishments: Blossoms and Butterflies Brads, 3D stickers, Rub Ons ~ Butterfly Charm ~ Bling Name Letters ~ Flowers

I also made a card for Ellie from Max our baby dog. I used the Blossom and Butterflies Papers again but this time I used a Lili of the Valley Fairy instead of the Fairy Bear.

Josh made her a Digi Card which I will post in a minute or too. It's so good I think it needs a post of its own! :-)

Sunday, 17 May 2009

Cute Card Thursday

The Cute Card Thursday Challenge is Letters and Numbers and luckily for me Mia's card has both!

It was Mia's Birthday party yesterday and she had a "Sparkle Party" Ellie came back with her nails painted, a pink star on her cheek, pink eye make up and lots of glitter everywhere. Unfortunately I didn't think to take any photos which was a bit daft! She had a great time though.

This is the inside of Mia's card.

Stamp: "Have A Fairy Happy Birthday" by Lavinia Stamps

Papers: SEI ?

Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Go Kreate Dies ~ Quickutz Dies

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge this week is Glitter. Funnily enough I'd already made this card for my daughter's friend Tanya which has lots of glitter card on it and is therefore perfect for this challenge.

It was Tanya's actual birthday on Friday although her party is today. She was at school for her Birthday during the day and was supposed to be going to the school disco in the evening but she didn't turn up. Anyway later on that evening I got a text message from Tanya's Mum to say that poor Tanya has Chicken Pox. What a thing to get on your Birthday!

She is still having her party as she doesn't seem to be very poorly with them and most of the kids going have already had them which is lucky. There's only one little girl who won't be going as she's not had them and she and her family are flying to America on Monday, better not to take the risk!

This is Tanya's card. I just love my new Go Kreate Fairy Bear!

This is the inside of Tanya's card.

Stamp: "Have a Fairy Happy Birthday" by Lavinia Stamps

Papers: SEI ?

Equipment: Cuttlebug ~ Go Kreate Dies ~ Quickutz Dies

Embellishments: Adhesive Gems ~ Adhesive Pearls ~ Flowers

Saturday, 29 November 2008

Raspberry Ribbons Sketch Challenge Ten

It's an extra special Raspberry Ribbon challenge this week. As it is the tenth sketch challenge there is some blog candy up for grabs. So what are you waiting for? Get over there and join in with this weeks sketch and see if you can win yourself some lovely blog candy. I wish I could enter! Go on then off you pop!...

...are you still here? Lol!

Well if you haven't gone then I'll tell you that the fairy girl stamp is a Sugar Nellie, the paper is from a Forever Friends pack, the "Have a Fairy Merry Christmas" is by Lavinia Stamps and the ribbon is from John Lewis which I bought in the January sales at the beginning of this year.

Now go check out that blog candy! :-)

Thursday, 17 April 2008

Two Cards

My mum and I went to a craft fair in The Dome in Doncaster on Sunday. It was really pants! If you like decoupage and Dufex then you'd be in your element but for us hearty stamps lovers there wasn't a lot to inspire us. It was very small too, we'd gone round all the stalls in an hour! The only other craft fair I've been to is the Great Northern Papercraft Extravaganza in Harrogate and that's fab. We get there for 10am and they are having to shove us out of the doors at 4.30pm because they want to pack up but we're still trying to buy!

In the end we went to another shop in Doncaster that my mum knew of that sold all sorts of things including craft stuff. We bought quite a few bits there and then we called in at Pontefract on the way back to another craft shop and bought some fab stuff from there. One of which was the wording stamp on the card below.

This card I made for my friend Sarah. It's a little late as her birthday was on Saturday. Whoops!
The papers are by Dovecraft.
The lady stamp is by Art Impressions
and the wording stamp is byInkadinkado

The wedding card I did for my friend Meghan who is going to her friends wedding on the 10th May. I thought I'd go with a traditional look.

The paper is by Dovecraft.
The wedding words stamp and the bride stamp are by Lavinia.
The wording at the bottom I did on the computer.

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.