Birthday Card

Yippee, my first post in a long time! I actually made this card a few days before I was admitted to the hospital. The card is made from kraft paper and rub-on images. I wanted to pop-up the image of the bird but it was a rub-on. I first applied the image on white cs and then I cut the image out. Liquid Pearls White Opal is what was used for the bird's eye and the centers of the flowers'. I forget what it's called but the "conversation window" stamped image is from 7Gypsies and I stamped the word hello inside. The image is cut out and popped up with foam dots. Luckily for me I had the perfect ribbon that said "Happy Birthday". I then attached the ribbon to the card with a brown brad at the end to secure it. Ok that's it for now. I've been making cards and stuff here and there, now it's just up to me to upload them.

Update

Hi guys! No craft posting yet, but I wanted to give a full update of what has been going on. Since the beginning of April I've been getting these major headaches. I thought that by taking some aspirin/advil that they would go away. I procrastinated to the point where I couldn't get out of bed. So about 3 weeks into the headaches, I finally went to the ER one Saturday. They diagnosed me with "tension headaches", pumped me with IV fluids and some meds and sent me off with vicodin and motrin. I was fine for the night but the following day the headaches came back. I tried to grin and bear it but the pain was too much and I went back to the ER Thursday. My headache was a full blown 10. They gave me an MRI and took a spinal tap and the next thing I new I was being admitted to the hospital. They took soo many blood samples for tests and I was hooked up to an IV the whole time, found out that I was dehydrated. The MRI had shown that I had meningitis and that there was major swelling on the left side of my brain. I was glad that something was finally being done but it was hell. Soo many fluids and meds were being pumped into my system my body was having a hard time adjusting. A couple days later another MRI was taken and the swelling had gone down but some ademas were found, stroke like lesions on the back of my brain. Throughout all this they had put it in my mind that they might have to do a biospy if no diagnosis was to be found soon. I stayed in the hospital for 2 weeks to recover! I was to the point of cabin fever, so restless and bored, and the hospital food was ok at first but NO MORE JELLO! LOL. Finally I was released this past Wednesday. Unfortunately, I had a slight relapse into headache-ville the next day. I got sent home with meds and I will take them religiously so that I can get better. Right now all I can do is rest rest rest. Recovery is going to be a b@#ch! My body is weak from lying down for 2 weeks straight, my legs feel like rubber and I look like a skinny drug addict with my bruises from all the IV runs, hehehe, can you just imagine? Anyways this has been a very great ordeal and experience. My immune system was vulnerable and stress just attacked it. Well I have to learn how to take better care of myself, cross your fingers. I also wanted to thank everyone for your caring support and all the get well wishes, I appreciate it. I hope to get my scrap mojo back and back to posting scrappy stuff. XOXO TTYL!

Sorry...

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been posting. I've been sick with major headaches non-stop!! I'm hoping to post new stuff soon. 'Til then, thanks for hanging in there.

Celebrate Spring!

I made some cards earlier this week for Easter and I just had to get them finished so that my special peeps can get them on time. So I somewhat cheated. I went to Michael's and I just love their $1 bin. I found these great Laura Ashley cards and this is what I came up with:




Really simple, I hand wrote "celebrate" with my green glaze pen from Sakura on some white cardstock. I cut out a little flag and wrapped it around a toothpick. I stamped the word "spring!" on white cardstock again and I used my scallop punch for the background. I used the "apron lace" border punch on some green cardstock and cut a strip of yellow cardstock to layer over it. To finish the card I added a flower and a button. I didn't want to post this card earlier because I didn't want to spoil it for them before they even received it. If they do read my blog beforehand...oops, but it looks better in person. Happy Easter everyone!!

U R "Like No Udder"

I was playing around with this cute stamp from SU! today. I love their funny pun stamps. I stamped the cow with black stazon ink and I used a blender pen to color in the pink/black areas of the cow. I then used a glue pen and sprinkled some Dazzling Diamonds (love it!) from SU!. The letters are American Crafts Thickers. The pink polka dot paper is from Bo Bunny. I love the color combo of pink & black. Just a touch of ribbon and some faux stitching completes the cards. If you're interested in purchasing these cards, I will be posting a set of 3 each in my Etsy store soon. Thanks and hope you enjoy!

Quick Card Share

Just something to share, this is a lollipop stamp I got for $1 at Michael's. I used my blender pen and SU! ink pads to color the image in. I then used my glue pen and colored all over the lollipop image and sprinkled it with Dazzling Diamonds (SU! product). The pink sugar paper in the background was cut with my "Top Note" die from SU!. The smaller die cut is from my QK Revolution "Label" die.

Sitting Pretty

Here's a layout I completed using Basic Grey "Porcelain" Collection. I thought that this paper was funky enough for the 70's. This is a picture of my mom in 1973, I wasn't born yet...you can tell she still has a smile on her face, lol! If she only knew what was to come...just kidding, I'm a good girl. The photo is a little fuzzy, I scanned the original and printed it out. I love to create my own embellishments and I did that using the scraps I had leftover to make my flowers. I used my QK Silhouette to cut that vine design.