New Beginnings and NBUS Bumble Bees

Good morning to you all, it's time for our new challenge at Allsorts and Tracy has chosen the theme of 'New Beginnings'. Our sponsor is Digistamp Boutique.

Thanks to all of you for bearing with me and putting up with rather short or c&p comments, I find that way I can at least keep up with what you are all up to without stressing my body too much. I am back at hospital this coming week, not that I imagine for a moment they have discovered a miracle cure for MS and think more likely it will just be another juggle with my meds.

It's funny when I look back to when I was first diagnosed almost 30 years ago, when I asked why I got so much pain they said it was nothing to do with MS, how their thinking has changed because now it's an accepted and probably expected part of the condition. And over the course of time new drugs have become available that do go some way to alleviating the excruciating muscle spasms.

But what never seems to change is that each time I have a relapse, although symptoms improve in time, I never get quite back to where I was before a relapse and there has to be an acceptance of a slow deterioration................that acceptance is the hardest bit. But I count myself fortunate as there are so many far worse off than me.

Anyhow, onto my card which is a new baby one I made a few weeks back, it's not a theme I am ever comfortable with but I did rather like how this one turned out despite it having no stamping. I cut squares of coordinating Trimcraft DP's, fixed them to a white backing and machine stitched around the edges before matting onto the base card with some more of the DP on the bottom section and a strip of lace. A TL sentiment, some pearls and a bow. I am popping over to Miss DI's Snippets Playground with this one.

My teamies have some lovely inspiration to share as always so I hope you will pop over to take a look and of course join us this week.

And I also have a card to enter into Darnell's NBUS challenge - Never-Before-Used-Schtuff, I've had lots of nudges from some of you guys out there........yes, you know who you are ! I came across this cute little Tattered Lace Bumble Bee the other day, all nicely packaged from when I apparently forgot to use him for one of the TV releases earlier in the year.

So a very simple card........still has to be that way until I can get crafting properly again, I sponged a honeycomb background using DI's and a Timmy stencil, stamped an Inkylicious sentiment and cut our and coloured three bees. Finito, I did say simple.