My life got sucked down a black hole!

I'm not quite sure what happened to me fully, for me to have been absent this long! I know that my life turned to, in the politest terms, Shit. My bi-polar daughter tried to take her own life twice, and has been unable to finish her education. My son whom I have suspected for a long time has Aspergers was confirmed with ADD and has been kicked out of his school. I am currently still fighting for a  diagnosis that the education system understands and accepts. Meanwhile my daughter has found herself a job. Yay for her and all her own hard work to get herself better. Even though she is nearly18 she will still need her mum for a long time to come. My son doesn't understand what it is he did that was so wrong and he needs his mum as well. Proberbly for a long time also. My husband is now finally divorcing me and has had no contact with my son for months.
 I don't want people to feel sorry for me; it's just that sometimes there is so much to do by myself that I would like to be sucked up by a black whole just for a rest.
 The one thing that keeps me sane, well almost, is my creativity. I stuck to my intentions and for most of the year I used up alot of stash and only bought glue. I did relent just before christmas and purchased a couple of new Molly Blooms stamps for my card making. I had some presents from my crafting friends of a couple of gorgeous paper pads and a bit of ink, but that is all.
 So I have every intention of getting my backside back on track in one way or another and posting my creations on this underused blog site. So till next time prayers Lizzy xx

U.I.U

I came across this site whilst looking for inspiration, and have to say it's a fab idea. I've signed up and will post my first creation in the next couple of days.

http://ladyoflosttimescrafts.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-uiu.html

The idea is to use up your craft stash and only buy essentials like glue. We all have tones of paper, stamps and inks. I know I haven't got any spare cash so will relish the challenge of using it up.

Prayers Lizzy xx

New Year, New Start.

A warm welcome to the start of a new year. My last post was full of promise and hope, but the very next day my life took a turn for the worst; and kept getting that way. There is very little that life can throw at me now that I haven't already experienced. My heart was heavy with sadness that the people I loved could treat me with so much contempt and disappointment. In fact my heart shut down and my creativity with it.
I have learnt much these last 6 months, which of my friends are always going to be my friends and stand by me. How loved by my parents and my children I am, ( even though they have caused their fair share of heartache ). Who has my best interests in mind, and that I need to give myself permission to fail on a regular basis. It's OK to not get things right.
So the past few days have been better, and my head is full of creativity; buzzing with images and ideas.
When I have something to show I will.
Prayers Lizzy xx

40 How Old!!!!!!!!

Well it's my 40th today and so I thought I would take some time to blog. Alot has happened since the beginning of June and most of it really pants. The 'computer expert', has made life very difficult for me and the kids. My daughter went missing over a weekend and my son went to find her. He did and then stayed with her, so I ended up reporting them missing, to be brought back at five in the morning. Three days later another call to the police because my son was smashing up my hallway. He was taken to his dad and that is where he has decided to stay. Go figure, he is very angry cause he wants to know who is to blame for his dad leaving. I refuse to 'bitch' about 'the computer expert' in front of them or blame him for his shortcomings, so i've lost out. I hope that soon he will see that the grass is not always greener and come to terms with his dad's inability to deal with real life, and come home.
 So after this last awful year, does life really begin at 40? I hope so, in fact I have a really good feeling about this next year. I still do not drive so that is going to be my first project. Second is to sort my house out and get a skip for all the useless tat that he left behind. Clear space, clear head and all that. Thirdly is to do a piece of craft every week and post it up on this blog.
 What do you think? Three things are enough to be getting along with for now.
Prayers Lizzy xx

Floating on canvas

Good afternoon all. Today's offering is a canvas that I have been working on for a few weeks now.

I bought a few stampotique stamps as I love them loads, especially Daniel Torrente's creations. I think that these evoke strong emotions in the stamping world and like Marmite you either ' love them or hate them '.

The background is a mixture of Dylusions ink and acrylics. I stamped the images and removed the ink by adding water to sections and soaking it up with paper towels. Then re-inked with a paint brush. There is some mica powders blended with water to highlight, and then Tim's crackle paint at the bottom.

I wanted to try to add some depth and create some interest with an old necklace of mine. Am still in two minds about this( daughter thinks i'm in two minds about most things, think that comes from her bi-polar).

Anyway, I hopped over to the Alter it Monthly blog and 'low and behold' this months challenge is 'canvas'. So here is my entry for this month. http://alteritmonthly.blogspot.com/

Prayers Lizzy xx



Seeing Red

Good morning peeps. I have a tag to show you today. Over on http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/2011/05/sunday-stamper-week-156-red-red-wine.html Hels is asking people to join her challenge and create something with Red. OOh did you see what I did there, how clever of me, well actually Blogger, but I'm going to take credit for finding it. Ha Ha.
 I used Tim's tiny stamps from a QVC TSV on a red cardstock. They were stamped with Walnut distress ink, and also on the diecut cog, which was stained with Barn door red, as was the Bliss ticket. A bit of ruffled Tissue Tape,  red ribbon and a few red bling stones to finish it off.
 Hels covers her tags and her placement is fab, I prefer a little less on mine, not so much to go wrong!
 Prayers Lizzy xx

Two wall hangings

Afternoon peeps, it's raining here and looking a little miserable; so I thought I would post two little wall hangings I recently did. This one using PaperArtsy stamps will be winging it's way to my brother-in-law's wife, as a thank you for taking the time to listen to my woes. It's only when life throws a 'curve ball' do you find out who your true friends are.
  Anyway, this was created by stamping the images and then using white crayons to create a resist. After that I spray inked Dylusions in Lime & Sky Blue. I just love the colours and coverage you get from them. Made a frame using an odd section of garden supports. Then stuck on a few stamped flowers from another stamping plate.

This next one uses a stamp from Crafty Individuals and a small canvas. As I am experimenting trying to find what I like most, I seem to have no particlar style at the moment. I like both of them, but the one above speaks to me the most.

Prayers Lizzy xxx