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Hi everyone Well, I have no idea what day it is so I had to look it up 😂 To be fair I think it would be a great time to celebrate Christmas..We all moan we don't have enough time off at Christmas or we have to travel around family..so why not have a 3 week long Christmas? 😂 🌲🌲🌲 Anyway the sun is shining and long may it continue as it's definitely helping keep spirits up, people can exercise and life seems bearable. I haven't even started on box sets yet, too busy crafting , blogging and trying to keep my nhs and keyworker friends peckers up, I feel shit not being able to be there on the front line helping but I guess I can now help in other ways 😊 Ok so today I wanted to share with you the tags I've made using the 6 inch grey board tags from Tando Creative,  distress oxide inks, carabelle design stamps and a dylusions large stencil. I started by stamping the images onto 220gm white card using my stamping platform and versafine Clair in black. I coloure...

So here we are....self isolating or social distancing...Well we didn't see this coming did we!? 😔 So, time to dig deep and breathe, even enjoy just being ourselves in our own spaces. We can catch up on all the little jobs we never get around to ( nope, I'm still not ironing bedding! ), take up new hobbies,  send letters and cards again, get in the garden,  bake.....the list goes on! My biggest worry is feeling trapped from social interaction,  it's only 12 months since I tried to take my own life so I'm always incredibly aware of how quickly I can get low in mood. Each day I'm going to set myself a  little schedule including stretches, fresh air in our little yard, a couple of programmes on britbox then lots of time to craft. I recently got a sewing machine, I'm really rubbish but can only get better with practice,  I have so many new products to try so I thought why not share them with you via my blog and YouTube channel. I like to share ideas for new ...