I'll not be around

Hi to all my friends. Minutes after my last post on Saturday I found my mother having just had a stroke. We got her to hospital but unfortunately she had another one there. She is 87 so not as young as she used to be. She is now home from hospital needing constant care and the support of a "stroke team". I want to help as much as possible and stay with her as much as I possibly can so I'm only having a short spells at home while someone else takes over and thought I'd grab a minute or two of normality.
Please pray for her as we know God hears and answers..
Thanks so much .
See you some time, Ruth x

Mother's Day

This is one of the Mother's Day cards I made with a little matching box. I've used "2 roses" from my own digi collection which you can see at A Passion For Stamps. The little box is almost identical to one I made a few weeks ago as it gave me the idea for a little extra something for Mother's Day.
I've followed the sketch from Friday Sketchers and used Papermania Blueberry Hill papers with lots of punches and die cuts!
I hope you all have a great weekend and Mother's Day. I plan to take it easy and hope my husband and sons do the cooking!!
I've still another card to make so I may be back later.
Ruth

Don't forget...
SALE of unmounted clear stamps
I'm having a sale of my polymer clear unmounted stamps to coincide with the launch of my new digi images.
The clear stamps are all HALF PRICE and the sale prices are marked beside them in the sidebar.

Please do have a peek at the slideshow HERE to see the cards made by my DT with these digi images, Ruth

Pippa posing!

I'm glad to be able to show you a card which I made featuring my new character,"Pippa". This image is called "Pippa posing" and is available to buy from A Passion for Stamps. This is the first of many Pippa digi images! I hope you like Pip and Pippa as there will be many more digis featured in the next few months.
I've used the sketch from Papertake Weekly as it suited the shape of the nestie I used and the card also is suitable for the following challenges...
Stamp Something....girly
One Stop Craft...sew simple
Crazy 4 Challenges...piercing
Stamp with Fun...spring (tulips)
Cupcake....Flower Power
Crafty Creations...make your own flowers
CRAFT ...citrus colours

Thanks for looking and I hope to be back with more soon!

Don't forget...
SALE of unmounted clear stamps
I'm having a sale of my polymer clear unmounted stamps to coincide with the launch of my new digi images.
The clear stamps are all HALF PRICE and the sale prices are marked beside them in the sidebar.

Please do have a peek at the slideshow HERE to see the cards made by my DT with these digi images, Ruth

Pip Skateboarding

Good morning! This is "Pip skateboarding" , one of my new Pip images available now from A Passion for Stamps.
I reckoned the orange and black suited the little guy well..?
If you check out my other blog you'll see the other Pip and Pippa images and there will be more following soon.
I have followed the sketch by Friday Sketchers and am entering the following challenges too:
Allsorts....just for men
Sweet Stampin...for a child
A Spoonful of Sugar...recycling ( buttons)
My time to Craft....kidz kardz
Stampavie and more...add orange

Thanks to all who have sent emails etc about my mother. Thankfully she has improved quite a bit. She is still weak and resting plenty so hopefully she is now on the mend. I really appreciate all your good wishes,thanks!

Don't forget...
SALE of unmounted clear stamps
I'm having a sale of my polymer clear unmounted stamps to coincide with the launch of my new digi images.
The clear stamps are all HALF PRICE and the sale prices are marked beside them in the sidebar.

Please do have a peek at the slideshow HERE to see the cards made by my DT with these digi images, Ruth

New digi images available

Pippa posing..........

Pip skateboarding.........

Pip hangin' out....

This is the first digi image of Pippa and a couple more of Pip but there will be more following in the near future.
They are available now to buy from A Passion for Stamps
Hope you like them!

Coming up roses, Crafty Calendar Challenges DT card

Good morning!
Can you actually believe it's the first Friday of March already? Well, that means it's time for another Crafty Calendar challenge and this month's theme is Flower Power with the optional extra of pastel shades.So here, is my DT card..
I've used one of my new rose digi images available from A Passion for Stamps and coloured it with Promarkers to match the lovely embroidery thread I've used for stitching.
The card also fits the following challenges
Passion for Promarkers....Back to nature
Creative Inspirations....lace,pins and pearls
CRAFT challenges...Mother/flowers
Totally Papercrafts...Mother/Special lady
My Time to Craft...Just for Mum
I feel I must apologize to everyone whose emails,messages and comments I have not answered in the last couple of weeks. My mother has been ill for a couple of weeks and things got a lot worse at the beginning of this week. It has been very stressful and,of course, time consuming, but she is my priority for the time being and hopefully things will improve soon.
I also have new digi images on hold ready to release when I can get my head cleared. If I am not around or do not answer for a while please understand that I don't mean to cause offence, but time and energy for crafting is severly limited!Thanks for understanding.
Ruth

Dont' forget...
SALE of unmounted clear stamps
I'm having a sale of my polymer clear unmounted stamps to coincide with the launch of my new digi images.
The clear stamps are all HALF PRICE and the sale prices are marked beside them in the sidebar.