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Hi Becky, thanks for that. To be honest, some of that card WAS solid core and actually didn't need the edges colored. Some edges weren't white at all and obviously didn't need coloring but I didn't get into that, I only showed the ones that did. It came in a pack where not all the colours were solid core and I probably should have gone into that aspect. That was the first video I made after coming back to work after the trauma of my mum's sudden death 8 months earlier and I was still all over the place mentally - getting through the process of making that video was really hard because I had moved my work space back into the room that had been my mums. I was pretty much on auto-pilot but trying to get back into full-time working after two years of her round the clock care. It's coming up to a year now and I'm just about back into being of sound mind 🤪. Looking back, my mind was still off in cloud cuckoo land and I probably should have taken the whole year off to let the dust settle. Thanks for pointing this core anomaly out - I will mention it in another video but I am sure people will see your comment - actually, I'll pin it to the top. Many thanks for watching and taking time to reach out - it is much appreciated. 🙏❤️

Oh, sorry you’ve lost your mum too, it’s never easy, even when many year’s have passed. Thank you so much for your kind words. And thanks for taking time to watch - much appreciated. Warm wishes to you. 🙏❤️

I agree. It's an Americanism. You never have 'closure' it's a ridiculous saying.

Thank you Steph, yes, it’s a huge loss losing our mums - sorry you lost yours too, I can completely understand that even after 10 years you still miss her. Thanks for your support - it is much appreciated. 🙏❤️

@@RainbowLane You truly NEVER get over the loss.

Thank you Lilian, your prayers are very much appreciated. Thank you also for taking time to watch and comment.🙏❤️

Thank you Sophie - I really appreciate that. We literally just got back from a walk that we used to take mum on in her wheelchair. All the spring flowers are coming out and I could almost hear her voice saying how beautiful the colours are - she loved flowers and always commented on them as we walked. I was feeling sad thinking that Spring 2022 was her last one and we didn’t know - then we got back and I saw your lovely comment - it has reminded me how lucky I am to have those memories, even if they make me feel sad at the moment. So thank you for your timely words and thanks too for watching. 🙏❤️

Many thanks for your comment and for watching. Much appreciated. 🙏💕

Thank you Debbie, it’s lovely to see you here. I really appreciate your kind words of support, it means a lot. Thanks for watching and reaching out. 🙏❤️

Thank you Cindy, I really appreciate that. Sorry you lost your mum too, it doesn't matter how much time goes by, it still a huge loss to live with and so you will miss her every day. I'm working on ideas for my next video so hopefully I can get another one posted soon. I really appreciate all of you who take time to watch and reach out. Warmest wishes to you. 🙏💕

Thank you Rosalind for your support and your kind words, they are very much appreciated. And thanks also for watching and reaching out.🙏❤️

Hi Shelley, many thanks for reaching out and so sorry to hear of your two painful losses at christmas time. It must be really triggering to hear those songs as music is such a powerful memory trigger. Much love to you across the miles and a Happy New Year to you. Thanks for watching.🙏❤️💐

Hi Lucinda, yes, yours is a very similar situation so you know how it is. You must have lost your mum just as mine was moving in with us. It must have been so hard for our mothers to continue life without their husbands after so many years of marriage. My parents were 11 days short of their 70th anniversary and were completely devoted to each other. No matter how much us children cared for them, nothing could have stopped the emptiness they must have felt. Thank you so much for sharing your experience, it does help us all to support each other across the world when we know others have the same pain and are gradually getting some normality back. Sending you a big hug.🙏❤️

Hi April, thank you for watching and for your message. It’s brilliant that you are looking after your mum at home and yes, enjoy every single day while you can. Take care of yourselves and enjoy what you have - life is so short. 🙏❤️

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Thank you Pamela, your thoughtful words are very much appreciated. I am really sorry for your losses too and I can relate to you talking to your loved ones every day. I often speak to my mum and dad as I go about my day. And my Grandma who has been gone for 40 years now - still miss her. Many thanks too for watching and reaching out. 🙏❤️

Many thanks for your thoughtful comment Danadana, it is very much appreciated. It's been just over a year now and it has been difficult but I feel more peaceful about it as time goes on. My mum had a good long life and I am thankful for that. Many thanks for watching and caring. Hope all is well with you. 🙏💕

Thank you for your kind words and big hug. It’s very much appreciated. Thank you so much for watching - much appreciated. 🙏❤️

Thank you Bev, your words of support are very much appreciated and I’m glad you like the beads. Thank you for watching and reaching out.🙏❤️

That's so lovely of you Carol and very much appreciated. It's good to be back with you kind arty crafty people again. God bless you and thanks so much for watching and reaching out.🙏💕

Thank you, that means a lot to me. I really appreciate your support. Thanks too for watching and reaching out. 🙏❤️

Thank you for you words of support, much appreciated. We are into the second year now and the pain is less but will always be there. When I hear stories like yours, I know I was very lucky to have my mum for so long. Sending love and hugs back to you. Take care of yourself and thanks you for reaching out. 🙏❤️

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Thank you for your thoughtful words. I really appreciate them. And I pray that you have been healed too from your own experience. Thank you for reaching out. 🙏💕

Thank you for your kind comment Monique, it is much appreciated. Thanks too for watching 🙏❤️

You are very welcome and thank you for your kind words. It will be two years in August so the pain is not raw anymore. I just miss her now. But lucky to have had her for so long. Thanks for watching and reaching out. 🙏❤️

Hello there and many thanks for watching and reaching out. Two years is not very long - I hope you are doing ok in the grieving process. You must miss your mum so much and I’m sorry you have lost her. Thank you again for reaching out, it is very much appreciated. 🙏❤️

Hello Janice, yes they really are and we were lucky to have them - sorry you lost you mum at a relatively young age. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comments, they are much appreciated. Blessings to you.🙏💕

Hi Shaz, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and your experience with losing your dear mum. So many of us out here going through the same experience at different times. So sorry for your loss but so pleased you were with her to give her comfort. Thanks for watching and for reaching out - much appreciated.🙏❤️

Thank you so much 🙏I really appreciate you taking time to watch and reach out.❤️

Thank you Sharon- I’m sorry to hear you have been through it too. It will be two years in August so the really raw pain has settled down now. It’s just that dull ache of missing her now and having lots of little things remind me of her. Thank you for your kind words. 🙏💕

Thank you Marilyn, your kind words thoughts are really appreciated. 🙏❤️

Thank you Marian, I really appreciate your words. I think the crafting community is made up of many really lovely people - thanks for being one of them. 🙏❤️

Thank you Christina - I appreciate your comment. And thank you for watching. 🙏💕

Thank you so much for your very thoughtful words of support - they a much appreciated. Thanks too for watching and reaching out, I hope you make some lovely beads and enjoy the process. 🙏❤️

@@RainbowLane 🤗

Thank you for your support - I’m very sorry to hear you’ve been through it too. There are very many of us unfortunately. Thanks too for watching and reaching out. I appreciate that. 🙏💕

Hi Margarita, thanks so much for that. It is much appreciated. And thank you too for watching.🙏❤️

Thank you, I really appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching and sharing. 🙏💕

Hi Sherene, thank you. I do have more in the pipeline so keep a watch out for more coming soon. Thank you for your support and interest. 🙏💕

And thank you for your kind words about my mum - much appreciated. 🙏❤️

Many thanks for that - much appreciated. Glad you like them. Yes the nail stickers are great aren’t they! Thanks for watching and taking time to comment. 🙏❤️

Thank you Paula - I really appreciate that. And thanks so much for watching, hope all is well with you. 🙏💕

Thank you Sarah, much appreciated. I know how much you miss your mum too. As someone else said on here, it’s a terrible club to join. But life goes on and we remember the good times. Thanks again. 🙏❤️

Thank you - I really appreciate your comment. And thanks so much for watching. 🙏💕

Thank you for your kind words. Thanks for watching. 🙏💕

Thank you Micheline - I really appreciate your words. And thanks so much for watching. 🙏❤️

Thank you Catherine and welcome. I really appreciate your kind words - yes it was a huge shock despite her age but of course, it’s happening to people all the time. It was my mum’s turn to go that day and my turn to lose my mum. Thank you so much for watching and taking time to reach out. Much love to you. 🙏❤️

Thank you so much Bonnie, your words are very much appreciated. Glad you like the video and thank you for watching and reaching out. 🙏💕

Thanks Yvonne, your words of support are very much appreciated. Yes, it was wonderful to have those years looking after my mum and I’m very thankful that we had the time and space to do it. It must be awful for people who have no choice because of still being in employment or still having children at home with no spare room. We have much to be grateful for that mum lived long enough for us not to have those issues get in the way of looking after her. Thanks so much for watching and reaching out.🙏❤️

You’re welcome Beatrice. And thanks so much for your kind words, they are truly appreciated. Thanks too, for watching. 🙏❤️

Thank you 🙏 I appreciate your kind comments . Thank you for watching. 💕🙏

Thank you Susie - your support is very much appreciated. And thank you for watching. 🙏❤️

Thank you - glad you like them and thank you so much for watching. 🙏💕

Many thanks for your kind words - very much appreciated. And thanks for subbing - I really appreciate that too. 🙏❤️

Glad you like it! Enjoy making the beads and thanks for watching. 🙏❤️

Thank you - that’s very kind of you. It’s been almost two years now - the pain has settled into just missing her all the time. Time does heal but we never stop missing them do we? Thanks again. 🙏❤️

@@RainbowLane No, you never stop missing them. Hugs

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You are welcome - Glad you like them - yes it must be very tempting to pick the stickers off nails - I would probably be the same! Thanks so much for watching.🙏❤️

Hi Rhonda, I’m really sorry to hear of your loss too, but glad you had the privilege of being with your mum at the end. Hard as it is to witness, having been there at the end does seem to help cope with the grief doesn’t it? Thank you so much for your kind words of support, they a really appreciated and God bless you too.🙏❤️

It was so sweet of you to respond to my comment. It was an unexpected and pleasant surprise. I just wanted to also mention how much I love your videos. I love your work, and learn something new every time. I hope you and your family are doing well 💗

Gilly, I'm glad you are back. You needed the time to mourn your mum. But you'll mourn her till you join her in heaven. ❤

Hi Alli, thanks for that tip. Yes I have done that before but can’t remember if I have blogged on it (because I haven’t memorised my whole blog either😂). I know lots of people do have success with that, particularly with gold metallic paint. But it’s not something I really do now because my dips aren’t that clean and neat, they were quite splotchey. Also, it only works with tube beads. Most of my beads are completely tapered or slightly tapered so even if I dip the ends I’d still need to have coloured the edge that winds in a spiral as the strip tapers into the middle of the bead. Leaving that edge white isn’t too bad if the paper is very thin, but I often use heavier weight paper which gives a more pronounced edge. Tedious as it is, I am a bit of a fanatic about colouring my bead strip edges, as you may have noticed! 😍 However, many people will love that tip and will love the look of it if they are neater with it than me. I had trouble getting my paint puddle to exactly the right depth to get a more subtle look. I do suffer from over thinking things though!!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing that Alli - hope you and Yummy are well . xxx

Thank you Artie and I am so sorry for your loss too - someone said it’s a painful club we are all in and that is very true. Thanks for watching and reaching out, it is very much appreciated. 🙏💕

Thank you for your message. I am so sorry you lost your husband and dad in such a short space of time - I cannot imagine how awful that must be to go through. Maybe we learn to live with these heartaches but I don’t think we ever get over them no matter how much time passes. Much love to you and thank you for reaching out. 🙏❤️

Thank you so much. I really appreciate your caring words. Thanks too for watching.🙏❤️

Hi Diane, you are welcome and thank you, I appreciate that. Thank you watching. 🙏💕

Thank you Elaine - much appreciated. Thank you for watching. 🙏💕

Thank you Katie, time is a great healer. It’s been just over a year now and although I miss my mum a lot, it isn’t so raw now. Thanks so much for watching and reaching out. 🙏💕

Hola y gracias por tus amables palabras. Lamento tu pérdida también. 🙏 Gracias por contactarme y también por ver mis videos. Te deseo mucha paz y felicidad.🙏❤️

Hi Diana, oh goodness I am so sorry to hear of you losses. It is bad enough losing parents but to lose a child must be unbearable. And it is still early days as it was only two years ago. My heart goes out to you. Thanks for watching and reaching out - much love to you from England.🙏❤️💐

Thank you Linda - much appreciated. Thanks for watching 🙏💕

Thank you so much Marianne, that’s very kind. Hug warmly received ❤️And thank you for watching.🙏

Hi Marie, many thanks for reaching out and sharing this. Please don’t think of yourself as rambling, you are very welcome to share your thoughts and feelings here, just as I did in my video. So please don’t worry. In a way, you lost your mum and your grandma all at once because you were so tiny when she started caring for you. What a lovely person to look after you all those years. Of course you miss her and feel upset, even after 6 years - its not that long in the grand scheme of things. I completely understand that it is painful for you because you didn’t have the chance to say goodbye. But I’m sure your gran would want you to forgive yourself because she wouldn’t want you living with that pain. So try to think of her telling you not to feel bad.💕 You did your very best for her by the sound of it and it’s very easy to blame ourselves for not doing it all perfectly. But no one gets it 100% perfect. We just do our best. Be happy - that is the best tribute you could give to your gran’s memory and that’s what she would want for you, the dear grandaughter she loved so much she looked after you from three days old. Thank you so much for reaching out. God bless you too.🙏❤️

Yes it is - and God bless you too. Many thanks for watching and reaching out. 🙏💕

Thank you Bonni, your words are much appreciated. And thanks too for watching and reaching out.🙏❤️

Thank you! Hope you have lots of fun making them. Thanks for watching.🙏💕

That is so true - and I don’t think we can ever really prepare ourselves for the loss. I suppose that’s the price we pay for having people to love. Re your beads, they probably aren’t boring to other people but I do know what you mean when you say you find them boring. I feel like that about some of mine. But it’s not a bad thing that we feel like that because it makes us try harder. Thank you so much for your support and for your lovely comment. 🙏❤️

Thank you Bethany. That’s much appreciated. 🙏❤️

Thank you Joyce, I really appreciate that and thank you also for watching. 🙏❤️

Thank you Joan - I really appreciate your kind words and support. It’s lovely to be back amongst the crafting community on here. Thanks so much too for watching. I hope all is well with you.🙏❤️

Thank you too!🙏💕

Thank you Stefanie for your wise words, they are very much appreciated. I am sorry you have had loss too - I suppose we just have to come to terms with the fact that this is the price we pay for the gift of having loving ones. We are lucky to have had all the people we miss aren’t we? Many thanks for watching and taking time to reach out. 🙏💕

Thank you, that’s very kind of you. It will be two years this summer so the pain isn’t so raw now - we just miss her, like everyone who has lost a loved one does. Thanks again for you thoughtful comment and thanks for watching. Enjoy using the printables, there are more on the way! 🙏💕

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment. I really appreciate your words. We had the first anniversary last month so it's not as raw as it was back then. Still miss my mum terribly though - as most of us do when it happens. And thanks so much for watching and taking time to reach out. 🙏💕

Thank you Debby - I really appreciate that. It’s been 15 months now and the pain isn’t so raw now. We all miss our mums if we were lucky enough to have one - that’s the price we pay. Thanks again and best wishes to you. 🙏❤️

Many thanks for your kind words - it's been 17 months now so we have had a bit of time to come to terms with the loss now. Time does make it easier to live with but of course we never stop missing our loved ones. Many thanks for subscribing, watching and reaching out - much appreciated.🙏❤️

Hi Alli, thank you so much. It’s lovely to hear from you and I really appreciate your wise words. Yes, I too used to shy away from thinking about when my parents would no longer be here, so I know what you mean. Hopefully your mum has got plenty of years ahead of her.🙏 Thanks so much for watching and reaching out. How is Yummy these days? Very well I hope. Love to you across the miles. 🙏❤️

Thank you Karen, glad you like it. Really sorry you lost your mum too - I totally understand the depression thing, I am struggling a bit a the moment as well. And like you, I find crafting does help ease the stress. Talking to loved ones who have passed and praying for them is a great comfort isn’t it. Hope you are ok - lots of love to you across the sea and thanks for reaching out. 🙏❤️

Most beautiful dyi-ing beads

Thank you Randy! Much appreciated. Thanks for watching and taking time to comment.🙏💕

Thank you Renita. I really appreciate that. 🙏❤️

Thank you so much - I appreciate your kind words. And thank you also for watching 🙏💕

Thank you Terrie-Marie, glad you liked it. And thanks so much for your kind words of support. You are so right, I can already feel the memories doing exactly that. Ive also been having some lovely dreams lately too, first just about my mum and then I saw my mum and dad together looking really happy. I like to think that’s a sign that all is well. Thank you for watching and reaching out, I appreciate your time. 🙏❤️

Hi Tess, thanks so much for your other message - much appreciated. Unfortunately my reply got bounced back as googlemail does that for some reason with my email address. Have you got another email address you can send from and I can try responding to that? Many thanks, Gilly. 🙏❤️

Thank you Paulajean! I really appreciate that ❤️And thank you for watching. 🙏

Thank you Valerie - your kind words are very much appreciated. Thanks so so much for watching and reaching out. 🙏❤️

Thanks again Caroline, much appreciated. 🙏💕

Thank you and thanks for watching. 🙏❤️

Thank you so much for sending this message - I really appreciate that. 🙏 Yes, RU-vid did give me the translation and I was able to read it. I hope you will be able to translate my message. I usually use Google translate to answer people in their own language but I’m not sure what language you speak. I know the writing is very beautiful though. Much peace and happiness to you. ❤️🙏

Thank you Nathalie - glad you like it. Thanks for watching. 🙏💕

Hi Alice, you are very welcome. Many thanks for watching. 🙏❤️

You are absolutely right - but there are so many of us in it. I guess it the price we have to pay for having people to love. Thank you so much for watching and taking time to reach out. 🙏❤️

@@RainbowLane Thank you for your inspiring channel! 😘💕

Gracias Nora, aprecio mucho tus palabras. Bendiciones para ti y tu mamá, no es fácil cuidar a nuestros padres pero al final es un consuelo. No olvides cuidarte a ti también. Dios te bendiga y gracias. ¡🙏❤️Espero que mi español esté bien con el traductor de Google!

Thank you Donna. And thanks for watching. 🙏💕

Thank you and you are most welcome. New video coming very soon. Thanks for watching🙏💕

Thank you so much for your prayers, I appreciate your words very much🙏I am glad to be back amongst such lovely crafters like you. Thanks so much for your kind support. 🙏❤️