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

Missing you all

Hi all as you probably know if you follow me on You Tube, prior to Christmas I had a nasty virus that kept affecting my voice.
When I was well enough I was so behind with my Christmas prep that I just didn’t get the time.
I was then really busy over the festive season.
When I got back to school in the new year, I was shattered for the first couple of weeks and I was just feeling more like returning, then I go and have a nasty fall and injure my already dodgy hip (I’m currently waiting for replacement surgery)
So I was struggling all week to stay at work and not let the kids or my school down.
Please be sure that I will be back ASAP, hopefully with some valentine and Mother’s Day projects in the near future.
Love to you all and please stick with me
Love
Beverleigh10 xx

6th day of Christmas wisemen still seek Him

This is my religious offering for this years series, if this isn't your thing then please feel for to skip this one.
I think this could be elegant dependent on which colours you choose.

This is how the file turned out:

You can either watch the video on how to create the file on my You Tube Channel here:

or as always you can download it for free here in FCM format and here in SVG format.  I hope that you will give the video a try as you may learn a technique anyway.

As always please do not sell my files as individuals or bundled together, but feel free to download them ands them to create your own projects and also please tell your friends where they can find it.

Happy Crafting Love Beverleigh 10 xx

5th Day of Christmas hearts and trees...

Love this one and the colours that I chose, in my opinion make a really classy looking but contemporary card.
Obviously the papers and colours that you choose are totally interchangeable so it could be cute or traditional too.

This is how the card turned out:

I use the font baby Lexi that I downloaded from dafont, and although its not officially a single line font at the size that it is drawn at, it comes out as single line. font available here: just bear in mind that it is a free for personal use font only and therefore should not be used in projects that are intended for sale.  There are plenty of completely copyright free fonts on that site that you could swap out for if you intend to sell your cards.

You can find the instructional video here on how to create the file

You can also download the file for free in FCM format here and SVG format here 

As always please do not sell my cutting file as an individual file or bundled but please tell your crafty friends where they can download these files for free.

Thanks for your continued support and I will see for the 6th day coming up soon, take care of yourselves and happy crafting love Beverleigh 10 xx

4 th day of Christmas - shake, rattle and roll

Hi guys I'm still struggling with this sore throat but decided to bring you the 4th day of Christmas anyway.
This makes  interactive shaker card, this always gives the wow factor and makes sure that your card will be displayed in a prominent place as part of the recipients decorations.
I had a lot of fun making this card and I'm sure that you will too and moreover its really easy to achieve.

This is how my version of the card came out:

I decide in this case I was going to stamp my greeting as I had a new stamp set that I was dying to try out, but the greeting included with the files would work out just as well.  I decided to go with quite traditional colours this time, I think this would look great in the "Frozen" colour palette too.

In the video I show you how to make a slightly different tree, so that you have options and have included both files in the download.

This is how the alternate tree looks - I haven't made an actual sample but it should work in exactly the same way.  I also decide to add a faux stitched detail too.

I hope that you will have a go at this for yourselves if you do want to give it a try you can watch the video over on my You Tube channel here:

Alternatively, if you would like to download and use the file in you projects you can find the file in FCM format here and SVG format here:

As always please do not sell my files individually or as a bundle but please feel free to download and use them in you projects.

Happy Sunday crafting and I look forward to blogging the 5th day soon, love from Beverleigh 10 xxx

3rd day of Christmas - Let it Snow

This has made a fun and elegant Christmas card that is great for batch making.  
I challenged myself this year that I would try to make two of each and then make tags out of the left over materials.  I created the elements in Canvas workspace and then created the cards on my scan n cut.  I utilised the drawing function for the sentiment and the snowflake and to me it looks like a hand stamped image.

This is how the card turned out:

If you would be interested in learning to create the file for yourselves then head over to my You Tube channel where I have a video showing you how.

Alternatively, if you would like to use the file then you can get the FCM file here and the SVG file here.

This year I am loving adding the bakers twin for a nice twist.

I hope that you will enjoy using the file and that you will continue to support Bothe my channel and my blog.

As always please do not sell my files individually or as a collection but feel free to make as many projects as you wish. 

Thanks to you all and happy Sunday crafting to you all,  love from Beverleigh 10 xxx

2nd Day of Christmas tag

This make a beautiful tag which could be used on a gift or as a topper on a card.
This is how the file turned out:

I think that the cut out looks really pretty and if you decide to follow the tutorial on my channel you will learn loads of skills in Canvas Workspace.
As alway the file can be downloaded free of charge in FCM format here and SVG format here.

If you would like to create the file yourself then here in the link to try for yourself on my  You Tube channel here.

As always please do not sell my files but please feel free to download them and use them in your projects.  I would appreciate it if you would consider following my blog and also telling your friends where to find me.

Happy crafting till we make the 3rd day of Christmas. xx