I have decided today is going to be another mad day of running around like an headless chicken. I Have been extremely busy this week trying to get my house in order so that all I will have to do when I leave the hospital is surface clean, until my legs are fully healed.
I have been busy at my step-dad's doing some d.i.y.
and at my mothers. I have been helping her sort the hoardes of things she has collected over the years. We are categorising items to sell in the car boot Sale.
I was extremely busy today. I had to go up and down the ladder many times,lifting down some heavy suitcases that were already full of things to sell in the car boot sale. After a while I had t0 stop as my legs were hurting and my ankle started to swell.
I decided to go home and rest while crafting. But my youngest son came to visit and asked me to make a card for his Nonna's 60th birthday. (Nonna is used in Italy to mean nanna )I had just finished putting my stash away. i felt like I was in a game of snakes and ladder and I had slid back to the first square . And need to start all over as my crafting materials are everywhere.
And because the sun poked his head out from behind the clouds, I also managed to cut my grass, and do a spot of weeding before the heavens opened
I am pleased with myself as I have had a productive week.. I had my pint of iron yesterday and I also did my good turn for the day by becoming a guinee pig for the student nurse who needed practice in taking blood and she also needed practice in adding a drip. All went well.
After all the physical achievements I have performed this week, I was looking forward to getting the operation over and done with.
But luck is not on my side because I got a phone call from the hospital informing me that my operation has been cancelled. My bed is needed for a more urgent case.I hope he or she has a successful operation. And I will go back on the waiting list to have the operation another day. So lets get back to Crafting!!! The only thing a girl can do once the chores are done. I am sure you will agree!
Here is a card I made for the Heart song inspiration challenge over at
http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/
The theme is shabby chic and/or pearls
I have made an Easel Card
using A Faerie Poppets stamp by Christine Haworth.
Paper - Cotton Candy Kisses - Nitwit collection
and Paper from my stash.
Swirl - Magnolia
Half pearls from stash
Sentiment - Whisers Words - Docrrafts.co.uk
Stickles - Candy cane
Various copics
Memento ink - Tuxedo black to stamp sentiment and image.
and small corner rose stamp.
Winsor & newton Iridescent Medium painted on dress to make it glisten.
Twinkles Diamond dust for the wings
Edge of card distressed with Tim Holtz distressing tool.
Glittery ribbon from stash
Friskar border punch.
This is one of the cards that I will be posting to try and help to raise money
for the lady who is looking for cards to sell.
I am also going to enter this card into the following challenges
http://amusestudiochallengeblog.blogspot.com/ the challenge is to use glitter. I am not sure if twinkle dust classes as glitter but it sure does glisten
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ Thing with wings. The fairy and the butterfly have wings
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ Glitter
http://designed2delight.com/blog/2011/08/2992/ anything goes
http://ccmonthlychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-15glitter-glitz.html glitter and glitz
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/ loads of sparkle
thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you all are having a good day
Hugs Julie
