A Little Bit Productive - Decenario (rosary)bracelets

Well all I can say is that a bad back is no fun at all, yesterday I was so taking gibberish due to the meds and today (Thursday) has been only what I can describe as a struggle I seem to be going backwards in relief. I'm hoping that tomorrow will be another story.

I havent been totally idle I have made some bows for the wedding card not many but it is a start, I did them in batches of around 5 then got up and moved to stop my back from seizing.

So in between standing up, laying down, rocking back and forth and sitting I made 4 virgencita or decenario (rosary)bracelets.

Apparently these will be the in thing for this year.

Roll up. Roll up

I've no card to show you due to my ongoing back pain but I wanted to share some exciting news with you.

Mo's digital Pencil and Make it Crafty have come together for a spectacular event, we will be hosting a fabulous blog hop together on the 21st April and believe me when I say you don't want to miss this one, so get out your diarys and mark the date, and I'll see you back here on the 21st.

There'll prizes to be won along the hop and a Grand Prize at the end of it.

Wedding Invitations

Tonight Lauren came to cut out all of the scrolls for her Wedding Invites, I daren't do this until my back is on the mend and as time is of the essence Lauren is helping get then underway.

I'm pretty high on the pain killers but still managing to yelp as I move.

The doctor has given me something to relieve the spasms and it seems to be working and I had a good nights sleep.

Thank you for all of the well wishes.

Embellishment Blog Candy Winner

Wow can you believe that there was One hundred and Ninety Two entrants for the blog candy? I added a further five packets of embelishments when we got over One hundred entrants so I added more ribbons when we got a further fifty to it has turned out quite a nice little prize.

Congratulations Susie Sugar who was the third entrant, I will need you address to get your prize to you.

Fancypants

What set out to be a normal Sunday turned out to be a very big challenge, I have had ongoing back problems for over a year now and Friday afternoon was the start of more than usual back pain, constant pain releavers and back rubs, I was hoping that I would awake fit and well Sunday morning but that wasn't to be.

Not only did I awake to worse pain but also my back kept going into spasms I went through the pain barrier in tears and scrambled my way round making a cup of tea. Normally Chris makes me a cuppa every morning whilst I pull myself together but he was on a training course with the Brigade.

By 11:30am I was back in bed, my Daughter got in about 3pm and madeher first Sunday roast all by herself (she did marvelous) Chris got in around 4.30pm and gave me another back rub with some Voltarol which helped.

So it is a miracle that I have a card to show you at all, luckely this is one I coloured on Saturday. I stood to make the card then Chris did the photography for me as he did with the previous 2 cards (thank you Chris x).

Todays image is Fancypants by A Day for Daisies, coloured with Copic Makers and Prisma Pencils, the big scallop border was made with the Tonic Studios Border System (fabulous bit of kit)

James at the Carnival

Such a sweet image today, just look at him go, you can imagine him running from one stall to the next at the carnival can't you?

James at the Carnival is a Mo Manning image and can be purchased here.

Coloured with Copic Markers and teamed with backing papers from my stash, ribbon and buttons.

Don't forget to enter for the embelishment prize on the post below this one.

Embellishment Blog Candy & Wedding card 3

The third Wedding card which is minus the Bride and Groom and a little more modern than the 2nd one.

So which one do you prefer now? This one is Lauren's choice.

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Now for a little giveaway.

Add Some Sparkle has kindly given me some goodies to give away on my blog If you haven yet paid them a visit I can tell you that they do an amazing pick an mix pot of gems, sparkles and pearls for just £2.

Below is what you could win. Names must be in by midnight on Sunday.

Ribbons, Bows, Butterflies, Blossoms, Hearts, Stamens, Petals and Leaves.

5 more packets added You do not need a Blog to enter just leave the URL blank (Mary Mac I have added your name)

Wedding card Round 2

Another test card, this time a little more to it.

Someone said thay wern't sure where leaves come into my thoughts for a wedding card so i'll try to explain my thoughts on it.

Leaves form part of most bouquets and supply the greenery, I could have choosen hearts but I figured that would not be unusual, the other thing that draws myself to leaves is that to me leaves and trees symbolise life. The other reason is purely design value if I'd chosen,swiss dots, damask, birds and swirls, or most other embossing folders the question would still apply.