Another update about my son.

Well we went back to the hospital to see the doctor yesterday (Wednesday) and we threw loads of questions at her, which she happily answered. The one answer which we wasn't expecting was which type of epilepsy Josh as, we was hoping it was the same as what my daughter suffered from, which was childhood epilepsy and she outgrew it. The one Josh as is grand-mal, which in other words for those who don't know, it means he'll have it all his life and he'll be on medication for all his life too.  I can't begin to think about Christmas, I'm just too upset, I'm just thankful that I've got most of the presents already and a wonderful husband who is there giving me loads of love and hugs. And I'm thankful for the wonderful friend who's been there for me too, although she lives 200 miles away, so big hugs and thanks to Nicki (indicards).

Thanks for reading

Love

Sharon

Update on my son Joshua

Thought I'd give a update on my son Joshua, he had an appointment for an EEG on Monday (5th) and was told that it could be 2-3 weeks before I knew the results. Well on Wednesday (7th) while he was at school he was playing outside, and he had a massive seizure which lasted about 6 minutes. Which when he went down, his face took most of the impact and if you can bear to look at the photos below, you can see just how much damage he did. Thankfully no broken bones, but we won't know for sure until all the swelling as gone down. When we got to the hospital one of the doctor's was so angry about how long we would have to wait for the EEG results he went and chased them up. The results came back showing that Joshua had abnormal brain waves, hopefully we'll know more when we go back on Wednesday. They've started him on Sodium Valporate, 300mg twice a day, and next week this increases to 500mg twice a day, and then we'll see how we go from there. We're thankful that Joshua as been diagnosed with Epilepsy, just not happy that he had to sustain such a battered face to get the results.

Here are the photos of Joshua,

I'm sorry if they aren't very nice.

Thanks for looking

Sharon

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Another Bad Week

Well I've had another bad week with my 14yr old son Josh, as I said in my last post he had a seizure during the night and we spent the day in hospital. Well in the last fortnight Josh has had 2 more seizures, one during the night and one on Sunday while eating his tea, we got no warning that he was going to have one, only my other son screaming that Josh was sprawled across the table having a seizure.  This has to be the worst seizure I've seen him have so far, and it took him ages to start to come out of it. We was taken to hospital and we had to spend the night, which for anyone who's had to stay in hospital you spend more time awake then asleep. We've finally been given some medication that doesn't stop the seizures just makes him relax while he's having one. We were hoping that he would have had an EEG yesterday but because of colds, there was a staff shortage, so we have to wait for a letter then I can ring and make an appointment.  I hate all this waiting around never knowing if he's going to have another seizure and when, I'm not sleeping too well either as I keep getting up every couple of hours to check on him.

I'm hoping to make some Christmas cards in the next few days, so I'll post them if I get any made.

Thanks for reading and sorry for the long post.

Hugs

Sharon xxx

What A Week

Well I have to say I'm glad that this week is over. What started off as a good week went down hill really quickly. On Tuesday at 5.15am my youngest son Tommy came into my bedroom and told me that Joshua was making funny noises, I'm so glad the noise woke Tommy up. I rushed into their room and Josh was having a seizure, and with him being on his front he was smoothering himself, I tried to put him on his side with no luck, he's 14 and small for his age, he has global developmental delay and autism, and he was a dead weight. So my husband had managed to pull him over while I phoned for an ambulance, which I have to say they got here within 5 mins and where brilliant with Josh, by which time Josh was coming round from his seizure, but poor Josh didn't have a clue who we where or what was happening to him, which is heartbreaking. He's ok now and back to his old self and we're now waiting for an appointment for him to have an EEG which is not something we're looking forward to as he doesn't like his head being touched and he'll lash out.
The only let down was the aftercare we recieved at the hospital, Josh was given a examination when he went onto the childrens ward and afterwards was put into the play area and because having a seizure can leave you tired and all you want to do is sleep there was no bed or anything that he could lay down on. So when we got home we both went to bed totally exhausted. Sorry about the long post.

Here are my lovely sons Joshua, Tommy and me in Spain, I love this photo.

 

Thanks for reading

Sharon

Me and my family in Spain

Just wanted to share this photo of me and my family at the Aquapolis, La Pineda.

This is one of my favourite photo's and will be getting framed asap.

We had a brilliant day getting wet and tanned.

Love Sharon xxx

Hi All from a very hot Spain

Hi everyone
Thought I´d pop on here and say hi from Spain, and boy it´s hot, hot, hot. About 30 in the shade, and that´s where I am most of the time. Anyway will catch up with all my blogging friends when I get back.
So bye for now
Love Sharon

Another Bookatrix

This is an order for another sister-in-law for her daughter who is 30 on Saturday. She gave me a list of things that she didn't want on it, which didn't leave me much to work with. She did say she was interested in going shopping, which is what most women love doing. But I thought it has to be a bit more special and I generally do the shopaholic cards on every day cards.

So this is the end result

A close up of the topper

Close up of the verse, which I personalised.

 Everyting is from my stash box.

Thanks for looking

Sharon

Bookatrix Order

I've made this bookatrix for my sister-in-law for a wedding on Saturday. The funny thing is when she was looking through my photo album of ones I had made before, she picked the one that I had made for her and my brother.

Once again everything is from my stash box apart from the backing card that you can see in the background, which is from Hobbycraft, which was £1.99 for 10 different size/pattern sheets of cards, bargain. And the roses I had to order in because I didn't have the right size and they are from Wild Orchid Crafts, which when I started shopping things kept falling into my basket.

Here is a photo of the card that I made for my sister-n-laws wedding.

Sorry about the glare from the flash, I'm not to clever at taking photos.

I have to say out of all of the Glitter Girls boards the Bookatrix has to be my all time favourite, and in my opinion it's great for all those special occasion cards.

Thanks for looking

Sharon.

Birthday Card for Luke

This is a card for my stepson Luke who will be 26 while I'm away on my hols, so have been trying to get all the birthday cards for September done before I go.

The image is from kennykdownloads and is called Cheers Dude, which is another great one for the males. Have used promarkers and decoupage the image to give it something extra, the backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs, the letters are from a cuttlebug alphabet set and the sentiment is one that I made myself.

I'm entering this into the Kenny K's Krafty Girlz blog challenge using layers, I hope the decoupage applies as layers.

Thanks for looking

Sharon

First Christmas Card

This is my first christmas card, and I'm making quite a few of these for all the adult males in my family, and as I give them money, because men are so hard to buy for, I added a pocket to put the money in.

The images are from KennyKdownloads.com and are great for male cards, and coloured using promarkers. The backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs, the Happy Christmas is from Go Kreate and the corners are a cuttlebug corner die. The brad is from my stash box and the tassle I made myself.

I'm entering this into the following blog challenges:

 I ♥ ProMarkers - Christmas in July

Kenny K Krafty Girlz Blog - Pocket Cards

Thanks for looking

Sharon

50th Birthday Card

I made this card for my Auntie's husband who turned 50 this week, and he thought the image was brilliant.

I've used a KennyK image, which I think is great for male cards. I've coloured her with promarkers, the backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs and the champagne bottle is a thin cuts from Sizzix I think, I've had it that long I can't remember.

I'm entering this into the KennyK 1st Anniversary Blog Challenge, which you should check out because the prizes are awesome.

Thanks for looking

Sharon

Thankyou card for teacher

This is the card I made for my youngest Tommy who had his last day at Primary on Friday, to say thankyou to his favourite teacher. Can't believe how the years have flown by, it only seemed like yesterday that I brought him home from the hospital.

The stamp and sentiment are from LOTV, I used promarkers to colour her in, used an embossing folder from Sizzix, Martha Stewart doily lace punch and the flowers, gems and the brad in the middle of the flower are from my stash box.

And here is a photo of Tommy with his teacher, not a great photo but Tommy loves it.

Thanks for looking

Sharon



Engagement Card

This card was made for my nephew who got engaged recently. The backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs, the hearts are a cuttlebug embossing folder, the corners are also from cuttlebug. The image and the sentiment are both from LOTV, and the flowers and the leaves are from my stash box.

I've used promarkers to colour the image and used glimmer dust on the bubbles and water.

I'm entering this into the I ♥ Promarkers challenge.

Thanks for looking

Sharon

Son's Birthday Cards

These card's are for my youngest Tommy, who turned 11 last week. This is so like him, he is totally addicted to the wii. Anyway the image is from Mo's Digital Stamps, and the backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs. The sentiment is one I made myself.

This digital image is called Ethan Rockstar and is from Pollycraft digi stamps and more. The backing papers are once again from Bearly Mine Designs, the sentiment is from LOTV and the brother is from some alphabet folders called lindsey's diary and have had for ages and finally got round to using.

Thanks for looking

Sharon



Birthday cards for my niece

Here is a card for my niece Lily who turns one tomorrow, can't believe how quickly a year as gone by. She shares her birthday with my nephew so it's double the fun.

The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and think it's so cute, used promarkers to colour it in, the balloons I used 3d glaze on to give them a nice shine. The backing papers are once again from Bearly Mine Designs. Used Go Kreate diecut and used glitter glue round the edges, the sentiment is from LOTV, used some gems from my stash box, and a Martha Stewart doily lace trim punch.



This is a card for Lily from my 3. The backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs again, the stamped image is another Magnolia stamp, coloured using promarkers.The sentiment is from LOTV and have used curls and swirls from Provocraft, which I've had for ages and are now getting used alot more. The number one is something I downloaded ages ago and adapted to the right size, put peel offs around and added some gems from my stash box.

Thanks for looking

Sharon

Card for nephew

This is another card for my nephew who is 3 tomorrow, thought it was today, gosh am I silly or what. Have used the spellbinders labels ten diecuts for the first time and like them alot, have used a cuttlebug folder called spots and dots. The backing paper is once again from Bearly Mine Designs, used some ribbon and gems from my stash box. The sentiment is from LOTV and the image is a magnolia stamp and I've coloured him in using Promarkers.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie



Nephew's Birthday Card

This is for my nephew who will be 3 at the end of this month and is a little monster, so thought the image just suited him to the ground. The image is from Dustin Pike which does great digital images for boys. Used a Martha Stewart punch and the background is from Bearly Mine Designs.

I'm entering this into the I ♥ ProMarkers challenge, which involves having spots/dots on your card.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie

Picking Apples

Another card for the milkman, he says he'll get his cards from me in future because he likes how much care and attention I put into them. Plus he thinks shop bought ones are over priced, well that's the reason I started  making my own.

The stamp is called Picking Apples I think, I've had her for so long I can't remember, used promarkers on her. Used the large circle and scalloped circle nestibilities. Used a sizzix embossing folder which comes in a 2 pack called Dots and Flowers, the backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs. Then used the retro flower punch from EK success for the flowers and added some gems. The sentiment is one that I made myself.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie

It's A Girl

This is for the  I ♥ ProMarkers blog challenge, which the theme is babies. Got the image from Pink Gem Designs and used promarkers on the bubbles then thought I'd glitter them up. The backing papers and sentiment are from Bearly Mine Designs which do some amazing papers and I use them all the time. Put some paper flowers on which I coloured with promarkers, the stamens are from a Crealies cutting die and added some gems. The border is from Martha Stewart and the corners are from cuttlebug.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie

It's A Boy

I made this for the I ♥ ProMarkers blog challenge, but I'm not too happy with it. The image is from Cuddly Buddly and the backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs. The letters are Curls and Swirls from Provo Craft, which I've had for ages and never used, and added some gems.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie

Disco Diva

I've made this card for the KennyK Krafty Girls Blog challenge. I love the images and they're so easy to colour in, and I'm only just getting use to the promarkers. The backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs which I just love using. The things in the left-hand corner are suppose to be cds, but I'm not to sure about them, but they'll have to do. Added a sentiment because I thought the card looked a bit lost without it.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie

Birthday Card

Have made this card for 2 challenges, the KennyK's Krafty Girls and the I Love Promarkers. This is my first attempt at joining a challenge. The I love promarkers challenge was to use green and purple although mine looks blue, I put that down to my rubbish camera.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie



Baby Girl Card



This is another order for my milkman.

Have used an image from Cuddly Buddly, love digi stamps at the mo. Backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs, cuttlebug corners, used round nestibilities and coloured the image in using promarkers. The flowers are plain white and you colour them in using whatever pens, paint or glitter you like. The sentiment is another I made myself.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie

Valentine's Card for my hubby.



This is my first effort at making a twisted easel card and I was impressed on how it turned out. LOTV stamp which I think is so cute. Backing papers, gems, and ribbon from my stash. Coloured using promarkers and glittered for a bit of extra bling. The sentiment is one that I made myself.

Thanks for looking.

Mumfie

A card for my milkman

This is a card order for my milkman for a relative. All he could tell me is she likes pink, so not alot to go on. And he never realised I made cards, yet I have my craft stuff in my kitchen which he comes into every day.

The backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs, the image and the sentiment are from LOTV, used cuttlebug corners, spellbinders, and the flower and gems are from my stash box. Coloured her using promarkers and added some glitter to glam her up.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie

Cards for my sister

This is for my sister who is 31 today. The image is from KennyKdownloads, have you checked out the new releases they're fabulous. The papers are from Bearly Mine Designs and are gorgeous. Used Marianne creatables and cuttlebug corner dies, the flower and gem are from my stash box. And the sentiment is from LOTV. Coloured her with promarkers and glittered and glammed her up to add a bit of sparkle.

The image is from LOTV, I'm not a big fairy fan but these are gorgeous. The backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs, used Marianne creatables and nestabilities. The flower and gems are as before, from my stash box. Coloured her in with promarkers again and added some glitter to her wings and flowers on her dress.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie

Card for my niece

This is for my niece who has just turned 12, she loves it that  much she is going to frame it and put it on her bedroom wall.

 The stamp is from Lily of the Valley, the backing papers are from Papermania called Venetian Skies, the swirl is from the Marianne design, the butterflies are from a pop-up punch, but I cut them off and used them this way instead. The happy birthday stamps are from fourth dimension, then added a sentiment from digistampboutique, added flatback pearls from my stash box and then added glitter around the edges of the frames. I love how this has turned out, and have recieved a couple of orders already for something similar.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie

Cousins Card

This is for my niece from my 3. Have used an image from KennyKdownloads.com which I love, they are so many images, I want them all. The backing paper is another download but can't remember where from. Used a cuttlebug folder, added ribbon, some adhesive stones and a sentiment, which is from digistampboutique.

Thanks for looking

Mumfie

Another Xmas Card

Have made about 12 of these for family and friends. Stamped the image several times then decoupaged it to give it more depth. Used promarkers, which I've been a bit hit and miss with until I found the right card to use them on.