Where have I been!!!

 Hi thanks for all of you have stuck with me  and I hope that you are all healthy and well.  I have been having a really busy time this last couple of years, which is why I have been absent.

My husband and I have fostered children for over 20 years but a couple of years ago we decided that we were going to wind down.  I had a full time teaching job and having troubled teens was getting harder as we were getting older.  We decided that we would do the last few years fostering younger children so we took a three sibling placement two girls aged 6 and 2 and a baby boy aged 10 months.  The social services had no option than to go for a full care order in the end and were worried that if they couldn't find adoptive parents for the group or the would split them up once one of the girls turned 7.  

I had looked after these kids for 10 months at this point and I was devastated at this news.  Anyway to cut a long story short and a lot of soul searching we took all three of them on and we are now their official special guardians until they reach adulthood with court given parental responsibility for their care and any decisions regarding their future, they are effectively our children now and call us mummy and daddy.

There are some days when I think I must have mad as a hatter to do this given that we are both the wrong side of our mid 50s but I really could not imagine life without them now.

I will be having hip replacement surgery soon (I hope) an I worry about how my husband will cope but I know we will mange some how.

They have been with us for over two years now, and we love them all so much and our 31 year old son finally has the siblings that he longed for, obviously we involved him in our decision even though he has a family of his own (we have grandchildren older than our trio).

    

I still craft when time allows and I do hope that I will get back to making crafting videos sometime in the future.  I have been getting to grips with vinyl and sublimation crafts as I have got to grips with my Cricut Maker.  I still use my scan n cut but mainly for cutting out stamped images these day.  I got fed up with price of the new mats and you can't get economically viable dupes for the cricut.

These are my most recent makes 

I have taken early retirement from teaching so I can concentrate on raising these three children with my husband.  I thought I would miss my job because I loved teaching, but to be honest Ive never been happier (well if I could get rid of the arthritic hip pain).

Please post below the crafts etc that you might like me to do if I get the chance and I will see what I can do.  Take care and keep crafting!

Its been a while

 I haven't been creating much recently, but I am hoping to ease back into it slowly.  

I just felt that it was all getting a bit much, working full time a as teacher and with covid 19.

I decided that after recovering from covid and then viral meningitis, I needed to take things a bit easier and cut down my workload.

Whilst I know that many of you understand that I only produce videos and files for fun and to service my fellow crafters not to make any monetary gains.  I was a bit put out that some where leaving negative comments, which I found astounding.

Anyway enough of that I have a thick skin usually and don't let things get to me.

I have produced a file (no video), to make a card for a family member and posted on FB and some of you were interested, so here it is ready for you to download. SVG

Enjoy with my compliments, please do not distribute, copy or sell my files.

Thanks Beverleigh 10

teddy elf placeholders

 As promised here are my teddy elf placeholders.  Too late for this year but could be used next year or change the colours up and you could make them into another theme.

Link to cutting file and the SVG file.

Please don't sell my files.

Thanks 

Beverleigh 10

New Burnley Fan

As many of you are aware my son lives in The Newcastle area 

We recently celebrated the birth of our second grandson Theo Allie.

We are nailing his colours to the mast early here’s a photo of him with our Jack. 

Inlaid rose butterfly design

This is a pretty design that can be cut in an array os sizes to suit any of your projects.
This is how the file came out:

If you wish to use the same butterfly and rose as me you can find them by clicking the link and downloading, butterfly here and rose here.

If you want to learn how to create the file then please visit my You Tube channel here:

where I have a video that's walks you through the process step by step.

If you don't have the time or the inclination to create your own file then feel free to download and use it from here.  Please do not sell my files or claim them as your own, I would appreciate it if you credit me with their creation, as I am trying to build my blog and You Tube channel and just pooping along to the link and liking the the video by giving a thumbs up.

It's disheartening when people do not recognise how much work goes into to making these files.

Thanks in advance you can download the file in FCM format here and SVG format here.

Happy crafting love Beverleigh 10

Geometric backdrop for projects

This one is a lot of fun ad you could adapt to use different shapes.  If you want to learn how to do it then watch the video on my You Tube Channel here: 

This is what the file looks like:

and here are two projects that I have made using the file:

If you would like the file for free then you can download, then you can download the file here in SVG  and FCM here.

Hope that you will have fun with these.

As always please do not sell any of my files but feel free to download and make and sell your own projects.  I would just caution that some of the fonts and images that I use are free for personal use only, so you might want to double check before selling.

Please tell your friends where to find me and thanks for your continued support.

Happy crafting love from Beverleigh 10 xxx

welcome baby card

Hi this is a card that was mostly created on the scan n cut.  I am offering this as a free download to my blog followers.

I think he is so cute:

I hope that you like it you can download the file in SVG format  and FCM format.

If you watch my video I show you some great pens that can be used on the scan and cut to draw with.

Please do not sell my files, but feel free to download and use them in your own projects.  I'd appreciate it if you followed my blog and subscribe to my You Tube channel too.

thanks for your support 

Enjoy and Happy Sunday crafting.

Love from Beverleigh 10 

You spin me right round .....

Hi all my crafty friends by popular request I have created a video on the record player file for you.  Video link to my video 
This is a collaboration video with Sandra over at Create in Spain.  You can find her video here:

This is how the record player file turned out:

and this is a picture of the cards that I have made using the file:

I had loads off fun with this file and I hope that you will too.

If you would like to learn how to create the file then you can watch my video here:

If you don't have the time then you can download your free copy of the file here in FCM format and here SVG format.

As I always ask please do not sell my files but direct your friends here where they can download them free of charge.

Have a lovely crafty day, love from Beverleigh 10 xx.

Strip sentiments

Hi here I have a free file for you to download sentiment strips for your cards.  This is how the file came out in canvas and what they look like cut out:

I think that they came out great delicate and they cut clean with bazzil Cardstock.

This is how the cards that I made using the files came out:

You can get your free downloads here in SVG and FCM.

Please don't sell my files but tell your friends where to find me.

Happy crafting have an amazing and productive day.

Love from Beverleigh 10

xx

PS only two days till the record player file is released. xx

I think some of you may be waiting ..

For the record player card :

well just to let you know the video and the file will be released on the 17th May as part of a collaboration - I hope to have your support.

see you all soon 

Beverleigh 10 xx

By popular demand ..

Hi guys, 
I had a great response for my floral border aperture card when I previewed it on Facebook with a view to creating a video how to make it in Canvas workspace software.  So here it is you can link to the video how to create it here.

This is what the completed file looks like and I give you a couple of options how to design you your project.

I think that this turned out to be a really pretty design and the you customise your verse if you decide to make your own file.

If you don't feel you want to however you can download the file in FCM here and SVG format here.

Please leave your comments below.

Please do not sell my files either as a bundle or as individual files, but please direct your friends where to find me.

Have an amazing and productive day, and stay safe.

Love Beverleigh 10 xxx

Updated Noahs Ark

Hi crafty friends, I have updated the ark to include a new style hull, giving two choices.
I wanted the ark to be appeared to be made from planks of wood, in my original design I drew these on by hand and although they looked ok, I knew that that they could be better.  So I updated the file when I figured the easy way to do it.

This is the file now and you can see the difference of the two hulls.

As you can see the ark now has an alternative hull.
If you would like to download the revised file you can find it in FCM format here and SVG format here.
Happy Sunday, goodnight love Beverleigh 10. xx

All aboard the ark

I have been working this week on a project intended for my new grandson Theo's nursery.
I made a Noahs ark card for my great nieces christening, using a stamp by woodwork that I purchased a the stamp show at Port Sunlight on the Wirral, close to Liverpool. 

This is the card:

at the time of posting the stamp is available here: Noahs ark stamp

You can watch how to create the file yourself over on my You tube channel here Naoh's Ark

I really like the concept and decided I would like to make a more three dimensional ark, that would fit in a shadow box frame that I purchased from Ikea, the frame here its 9"x 9" square and at £3 each, they very reasonably priced.  I purchased a few of them the last time I went to Ikea, as I also use them for my pebble art pictures, you can find the frame for sale here:  Ribba frame

I made this with my new Noahs ark file, in addition using my rainbow, clouds and unicorn file and my ocean wave file.  I also include a print and cut image file for you.

This is the finished product:

The files can be found here:

The print and cut image file looks like this:

and can be found to download here: ark pics print n cut

I found the images using google and to the best of my knowledge they were free to use.  However, some were for personal use only, so if you want to sell your makes perhaps look for alternatives.

The ark file looks like this:

and can be found in FCM format here and SVG format here.

The rainbow and clouds file look like this:

The file can found in FCM here and SVG here.

To create the waves I used this file which I have recently created look like this:

and can be found in FCM here and SVG here.

Hopefully, this will give you something fun to get your teeth into, whilst we are limited to where we go, due to the coronavirus lockdown here in the UK and in many countries around the world.

I hope that you will enjoy making this project.  As always please do not sell my files as individuals or as bundles but direct your friends where to find them.

Thanks for your continued support love from Beverleigh 10 xx

PS I have included links for your assistance, I am not affiliated in anyway and receive no money or goods in lieu, for providing them.

Getting ready for Easter.

Hi crafty friends, I had a spare hour, so decided to share with you a card that I am planning to make for the young people in my life for Easter.

I intend to make the cards up so that they resemble baskets full of eggs, I will then include a couple of pounds and a cadburys cream egg or something similar, so as they don't end up with a load of Easter eggs.

I will use my basket weave embossing stencil to give the basket texture.  I will use a rainbow of colours for the eggs so that they are appealing to my younger audience.

I include the FCM file and SVG file here for your use.  I don't show how to make the stencil but I include here for you to download and use basket weave stencil.

I think they will come out super cute.

Please feel free to make as many projects as you want from my files but please do not sell the files as individuals or as a bundle.

I am into two weeks of lock down so I face up to another ten weeks of this.

I am feeling fine in. my self but still have a funny throat, though I'm not worried about it at this time, as this has been troubling me on and off since before Christmas.

I wish you all am amazing and productive day and I will see you all soon.

love from Beverleigh10 xx

Long time No see!!

Hi my crafty friends its so good to be back.  
I have been having a very difficult time these past few months - my own health wasn't great before Christmas as I got a very bad throat infection, which wiped me out and I just felt completely exhausted after Christmas so I decided to take a break.
Slowly but surely I felt able to take up where I left off and dis a poll on Facebook regarding a new project that I had been working on for the two new babies we were expecting in March.

It was a very exciting time for the family as we were looking forward to the birth of our grandson and our great nephew, having said that due to my beautiful sister being taken from us by breast cancer in 2002 my nephew is more than a nephew, if you know what I mean.

Both ladies went into labour on the same day and we welcomed our great nephew Billy Jaxon Slattery into the world on the 10th of March.

Unfortunately, he had severe breathing difficulties when he was born and had to go straight to NICU, he looked perfect and we were struggling with the fact that he was so poorly.

They gave him IV antibiotics immediately as they suspected sepsis, then they did a lumbar puncture to check for Neo-natal meningitis as he wasn't responding to the antibiotics.  

Thank goodness he started to respond and his lumbar puncture came back clear but he had to do a couple of days under the light, due to being a bit jaundiced.

Shortly, after that he was able to come home:

In the meantime 120 miles away in Newcastle our grandson Theo Alfie Haworth was born o the 11th March, weighing a whopping 9lb 2 oz.

Unfortunately his mam had a infection at birth so Theo was also given IV antibiotics as a precaution.

We went up to see him on the 14th March, he is lush:

His poor little face was grazed and bruised do to the forceps but other that that he is just perfect.

Rebecca wasn't doing to good though she had scans that show that her heart was enlarged and was suffering from moderate heart failure.

Fortunately, she rallied round sufficiently and they were able to be discharged later that week, though she will need to see a specialist to receive treatment at a later date.

Theo with our other grandson Jack.

very alert little man.

We came back the same day as it was Steves mums 80the birthday of the 15th March and she took us all out for a meal.

Family pictures at Sykeside Country Hotel.

(claim to fame, it used to be where William Roache (Ken Barlow used to live) when he resided in Rossendale)

I was back teaching on Monday 16th March and we were getting more and more concerned about CVID19 on Tuesday night early hours Wednesday Morning I was running a temperature and had a sore throat.  So I had to stay home and self isolate.  All the schools subsequently closed their doors on Friday and we have just had the first week of teaching the students online, which so far is going okay.  IOjust could not face going on the computer again after being online all day hence the delay making and uploading the video.  I am much better but my husband has been poorly, though he is on the mend.  We aren't sure whether its just a seasonal illness or CVID 19??

I will try my best to keep you occupied with my videos over the next few weeks though it might be more likely at the weekend rather than through the week.

I have made the file available for you here in FCM and SVG format, as always with my files please do not sell them as individual files or as a bundle but please direct your crafty friends where to find my You Tube Channel and my blog.

Thinking of you all and wishing you all good health.  Have an amazing and productive day love from Beverleigh 10 xx