Snorer Sufferers

As some of you know I was once at my wits end with my husband Chris snoring, I used to lie in bed praying for him to stop, I even got quite tearful, night after night, week after week, month after month and year after year, it was relentless. I would shout at him during the night, I would sometimes hop into bed with my daughter to try to grab a little sleep.

It was just as bad for him too as he was constantly tired too, the trouble was he didn't just snore but he also held his breath, my pains would flare and we were a right grumpy pair.

Eventually he agreed to get checked out at the sleep clinic and after a few checks it came to light that he had sleep apnea, his oxogyn levels were dangerously low during the night due to not breathing and holding his breath.

They decided he needed a CPap machine for sleeping. Basically a mask for when he sleeps that produces positive pressure to keep his airways open.

Guess what? It really works, he goes on a regular basis to have the machine serviced and we even take it on holiday with us, it's like his bible, he panics if we have a power cut.

This is the machine and mask, he has been using his for years now, this is a new one after his old one went in for a service and this one is totally silent, the old one just had a low hum but never kept me awake.

 

So if your partner snores so bad it keeps you awake and has you both totally shattered, get them along to the doctors and referred to the sleep clinic.

Sweet dreams.

 

Winter Jasmine–Clearly Besotted Stamps

I stumbled upon a new stamp company and I have to say they have some gorgeous stamps.

I’m using Winter Jasmine on my card today, Stephanie from Clearly Besotted Stamps has kindly given me the same stamp to do a blog candy with. I have to say that they stamp clean and crisp and are brilliant to work with.

 

Coloured with Copic markers and Prisma pencils and teamed with papers from a stack i got from Ribbon Carousel.

I also used some icicle stickles for fur and ice and a Martha Stewart Edge punch.

All you need to do to enter the blog Candy is pop over to the store here and subscribe to her news letter then leave me a comment below.

What a Whopper–Tall Cake

Laced with Vodka too, now that is some serious baking going on.

The Vodka Cake Recipe has been doing it’s rounds on Facebook so I thought it would be the perfect accompaniment for my image today.

My image Tall Cake is by Mo’s digital Pencil is simply dripping with ice frosting in pink blue and lemon and sparkled up with a bit of glitter.

I’m using this for an adult card so I thought the Vodka Cake recipe would be very apt, dotted papers in icing colours velvet lace and twine from Ribbon Carousel and a button from my stash and layered up in true cake fashion onto a Kraft base card.

Fall Spirit challenge–Ribbon Carousel Crew

Today the girls from Ribbon Carousel are doing a reminder Fall themed challenge and you could win a Ribbon Carousel of your own so be sure to join in here

For my Card I picked Kai from Mo’s Digital Pencil the Crushed ribbon and the Vintage seam binding ribbon from Ribbon Carousel

I coloured the image with Copic markers then framed it with punched out leaves and coloured them with Pan Pastels.

Now don’t be scared and hop over and see the rest of the Crews cards

Marker Giveaway–Letraset

Just a couple more days before I do the giveaway so don't miss out especially as it is coming up to Christmas.

These Markers will be perfect for your Christmas projects.

Shiney pretty colours

All in a bubble wrap

To enter go to my post from Friday here

After Eight Cottage

So this is After Eight Cottage purely because it’s full of them.

The After Eight Mint chocolates can be slipped out at the bottom of the door. The are perfect for this being individually wrapped.

I made a fence and a double gate from a Martha Stewart punch so there is entry to the chocolates.

I added the house on top of a board and covered it with a snow sheet and bought a tree ornament of a Christmas tree and wrapped it in fairy lights.

I’ve been a keen follower of Creations by AR for such a long time now and way way back made her Haute Tote Bags and thought this time I would give the Tea Cottage a twist to it’s tail.

Of course as there is lights we had to have a night scene picture and all the photos are courtesy of my wonderful husband Chris.

Honest I've only eaten one of the chocolates and that was purely because it fell in my mouth.

I think you’ll agree these design templates are amazing from Creations by AR 

~ All templates, cut files and digital images are downloadable products.

~ Your purchase includes the following formats: PDF, SVG, DXF (unless noted otherwise).

Brighten up your life this Autumn!

There is nothing worse than a dark, bleak winter to make you feel all gloomy. However, I have spotted a great competition from Flowers Direct that will brighten up your day.

The lovely people at Flowers Direct are giving away 4 x £50 Flowers Direct vouchers presenting you with the chance to win a gorgeous bunch of flowers that you can use to add colour to your living room or as a gift for a loved one (or someone you hope will become a loved one!)

For your chance to win all you need to do is head over to Flowers Direct on Google+ (link to: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117992362164567390250/117992362164567390250/) , pop them in your circle and +1 one of their posts. Easy peasy!

Good luck! Don’t forget, if you are lucky enough to win, remember to shout that you heard about the competition here www.jakheath.com

Making your images Pop with Letraset

I've always been a firm believer that you do not need to stick to one medium for your art work, mixing and matching can make your images pop off the page and add new dimension's to what would be a flat looking image.

At the moment Metallic Marks have 20% off so there couldn't be a better time to stock up on some of them.

here is how I used both ProMarker and Metallic Markers on the image. you can click on the image to enlarge it.

I think you'll agree the end result is gorgeous.

I'm giving away a set of the metallic Markers All you need to do is leave me a comment to enter and spread the word so tell all your friends.

Oh yes, if you also leave a comment on the  Letraset Blog you will have two chances of winning.