Mothers day with jic

My card was created using promarkers and anonymous stamps (free digis) I used stock embellys card and papers....

Well with all the drama and what not i have resigned my dt post for jic as i was only there to support sian... its less stress for me as my memory isnt the best... having aspergers and living in boxes is enough stress without the added worry of forgetting to do the cards and the blog here... not that any1 reads this lol

So many blips and sad parts recently

Well with life throwing me too many curves... I forgot to post my blog on here of my dt project... This week's sponsers were Ching-choi kuik, Meljens designs and di's digi design.
My project used Ching-choi's pale messenger for the flourish and bling theme this week...

I coloured her in with promarkers and used 3mm clear ab gems with star dust stickles to add bling and flourish...  Hope you like her x

doing a happy dance...

After a long time of a computer that goes as slow as a snail I finally have a laptop that works swift enough to start doing this sort of stuff better than I have previously its amazing how a slow computer makes life a whole less fun hahaha...

 

I finally noticed that the link to the kit & clowder page wasn't working so have fixed that and have now added the JIC blog link on the side... I have tried numerous ties to get into blogging but due to the aspergers and the slow computer, I cudnt grasp it... fingers crossed I can now investigate it a little more and maybe post a little more than just design team stuff...

for me this is similar to journaling its something I start with good intentions and then plain forget hahahaha...
i'm hoping being on the JIC design team will help me remember...
Due to the fact I am pretty much packed to start a new chapter of mine and monkey's life my crafting is on a VERY slow goooo. I haven't made much other than the DT stuff not purely by choice but ciz im living in a floor to ceiling with boxes flat... packing and stress mixed with autism and arthritis and severe asthma SOOOOO not good hahaha

I laugh at everything if you hadn't guessed... I have to or id cry. im finally actually doing things I had for a while but not done like learning to design webpage, as I sell my stuff and facebook is shocking at allowing ppl to see your posts I thought it may be helpful to makw my own page to see if I can get interest that way...
also with both computer AND hard drive dying last year I lost all my pictures of stock so have to retake the lot but shall do it with a better background than what I have done previously... so many plans but will I do it? we shall see...

tc

Well as time goes on we are still waiting for a date

So this week's challenge for team b at www.Justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com was hand-made flowers, mine didn't go as well as I had planned.  I used a digi (fairy and birdhouse) from digital paper crafts (https://www.etsy.com/shop/DigitalPaperCraft )to create a lovely framed card for my daughter...

I coloured it with my promarkers and sakura pens then I used paper from my stock. I went to paper chase to get the bling and uhu glue as mine are packed up and I got the cheapest frame I could from b&q (a hardware store)  hahaa...I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed colouring this digi and have seen a few more I may have to invest in later on when we have settled in.

New Challenge for team b yay

Well our challenge to inspire u all was to use sparkle YAY!  I have a 6yr old daughter so life is full of sparkles... 

I chose one of our sponser's digis sassy studio design's "latte momma sassy" http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.be/search/label/Moms?m=1 .. Why latte for a sparkles challenge? I hear u ask...  Well actually coffee helps me retain the sparkle of sanity bahahaha Plus my mate and I like our coffee hehehe

I chose to challenge myself with a different media this week so I chose my watercolour pencils and instead of my usual water brush I dampened the ends of cotton buds to smooth out the blend line but leave a definition...

Embellishments, card and papers were from my stock that I uncovered recently whilst packing them up :o hahaha... I used liquid pearls and irridescent stickles for the glitter/shimmers...

This was a fun digi to play with with a broad spectrum of opportunity to play with clothing colours and fun Hair colour...  Worth her price for versitality and the fact she fits most types of teen-adult style card...  My card if for my best mate who I drink lots of coffee with coz its a hi n thanx type card :D

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Sponsored by http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk

And https://www.etsy.com/shop/DigitalPaperCraft?ref=l2-shopheader-name

Butterick Pattern: B5882 Misses' Dress | Vintage | by Gertie — jaycotts.co.uk - Sewing Supplies

Butterick Pattern: B5882 Misses' Dress | Vintage | by Gertie — jaycotts.co.uk - Sewing Supplies

Loving this dress

Lacy sunshine's wix moonlighter

Unfortunately due to circumstances i was delayed in posting my challenge... just inspirational challenges gave the challenge of lace and window so this is my simplistic take on it... my thought was lacy net at a window spying wix through it... i couldn't find a larger circle aperture card in my stash and needed to post this asap...

I coloured this image with my promarkers and flexmarkers... everything else was from my stash of which most of which seems to have disappeared... lol... a hunting i will go ;) next card will be better i promise :D

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Well the new year is here... welcome to 2015...

So did i make a new years resolution? Kinda with the leniency to have hiccups... my resolution is to focus on being POSITIVE... new yr new start... i am always a new me so doesnt need adding in ;)

Since my diagnosis of Aspergers it has resolved a few issues that have been whirling about since i was a kid... was i weird coz i liked quiet time with my mom instead of messing about with my mates... what was wrong with me as friends didnt stick around.... why couldnt i understand things others were grasping so easily...

Over the years different aspects popped up... i was diagnosed at 17 with depression after suffering with it since i was approx 14 then after dping fabulously NAFF at school and 1st yr of college i worked but cudnt hold a job...

I went back to college n on a 1-1 i flew thro english and maths with no revision... what on earth was going on! I worked on n off and studied... i even did car mechanics for 10 mths b4 being bullied out n giving up.

I paid to go to college and do an access course to uni i failed by 1% in sociolgy/psychology as u needed a min of 40% to pass (i wonder why!!!) But The University accepted me yay me i was on my way to being a learning disabilities nurse... i tried to do the assignments to the best of my ability but i wasnt understanding it and was failing dismally but i excelled in the practical side... i had set my sights on being an autism specialised nurse i was drawn to it (ohhhhh the irony!!!) After 2 attempts at yr 1 n failing most of yr 2 i was recommended to the student support ppl who twigged something wasnt right (you dont say!!!) I was tested for dyslexia and while i was under going the examination she said i had strong signs of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) fine, another label that explained my academic issues but still didnt explain the obvious vulnerabilities n the too much trust i had also a lot of other things going on.. I didn't have a clue how things wud pan out.   I met my ex (an emotional abuser who abused me and my gud nature wayyyyyy too much) i quit uni coz i was failing without the support i needed and i lost my interest.

I then had monkey (who is now 6.5yrs old) best thing ever but even with my ex i was pretty much a single mom sooo much stress and angst i was diagnosed with naturally occuring high levels of anxiety! Postnatal depression plus the abuse led to lots going on that shouldn't have...
I broke up with my ex when monkey was 2 and was still struggling to breakfree from his control (I STILL STRUGGLE WITH THE ANXIETY RELATED TO HIM) i was dragged through court and verbally abused and threatened by his family i had to endure nasty accusations and alsorts of dramas he inflicted on me but eventually had a viable excuse to cut him out of our lives last yr..  he still caused issues and stress but i left it to the police to deal with him so i cud reduce my stress levels...

Finally in 2014, a locum gp made a passing comment in relation to the anxiety about me sounding like i had autism... how odd i thought but it made sense having had so much to do with autism and cud relate to how they percieved things...
I had been seeing a member of the LIFT psycology dept and mentioned it to them... they asked how i felt about it and i explained i felt it fitted, they refered me and after several hours (5-6) of questions and questionnaires, in july 2014 i had a piece of paper saying yep i had it. On asking the lady who diagnosed me where i was on the scale i was the middle of the aspergers scale but wud have been more severe had it not been for my moms adaptive nature..  FANTABULOUS love my momsy!

It was the best explanation for my microfocus issues... i find myself sucked into a particular area to the point of exclusion of everything else including eating and drinking... mom keeps me grounded and is classed as my carer coz she helps with keeping me reminded of stuff and due to other health issues helps me maintain the house work etc...

Any way i thought id share a little of my journey to land me here. ..

Now back to My "resolution" of sorts... even though its the end part of the 2nd of january 2015 i have already had 2 positives occur...1st being i finally agreed to be on the design team for just inspirational challenges after my friend had mentioned me joining several times... and also confirmation kf a huge step forward to a new beginning for me YAY!!!

Im hoping i can remember to post here at least weekly to say any positives that occur... anyways....
HERE IS SOME OF MY LATEST COLOURINGS...

These 2 are faeryink digitalstamps i found them via facebook...

This one as you can see is an a4 piece i coloured... the artist's page is jadedragonne.deviantart.com i adore her work (sucha fun art mastery)