Just Living Is Not Enough

I can't believe it is already Thursday!!  This week has flown past.  Sorry to have not posted very much but I have been sick and busy.  Two things that really don't go together well.  ha  I'm still not feeling that great but the show must go on...right? 

I spent the morning with my oldest daughter at the doctors office.  She has been having chronic hives and we have been struggling to find out what the problem is.  We were worried it might be something serious so took her to a specialist.  But good news...the specialist says she is fine.  The hives might be food related so we will work at it from that angle until we figure things out.  She has been having them less and less so I have my fingers crossed that they will stop altogether soon.

After the doctor I took her out for breakfast and then we had to stop by my Local Scrapbook store because they had called me to say that they had a Christmas present waiting for me at the store!!  They said they had called in December and left a message but I was out of town and missed hearing it. 

When I got there they gave me a wrapped box and I opened it and it was filled with candy AND a $50 gift card to the store!!!!!!!!!!  WOOT!!  Of course I immediately went shopping and spent it!! lol   Just think it had been sitting there for over a month!!! What a fun surprise.

Now I am waiting for my mother in law to come home with my oldest son.  He fell at school and hit his hand.  We are worried that he might have broken something and since I am sick she offered to take him to the Doc in the Box.  (urgent care facility)  I have my fingers crossed that it is just bruised.

I wanted to remind you to please go enter the February Something Sweet Challenge at Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog.  Remember how I am trying to grow the number of entries???!!  We are giving away a cool prize that you will probably really want to have so get busy already!!! LOL 

I made a card for the Crafter's Companion Informational blog using Sheena Douglass Paint Fusion - Fuchsia stamp set.  I stamped out the image and then painted it.  Next I fussy cut it out and layered it with Popdots for dimension. 

You can use a straight edge punch to create a border for a circular shape.   Here is what you do:

First you punch a length of paper with your edge punch. Cut off a strip of the paper leaving a small border 1cm or about .5 inch.

Snip at regular intervals, from the straight edge through to an aperture close to the patterned edge, leaving that edge intact

Slightly overlapping the sections, stick the strip behind the curved edge you wish to decorate.

Cool right??!! I found this idea on Pinterest and thought I should share it with you.

I went for a fairly clean and simple card to let the fuchsia flower stand out. I finished up by stamping out my sentiment which I thought was appropriate. Have a look and see if you don't agree.

Okay, my son has come home and his hand is not broken.  It is severely bruised and they have it in a splint.  They sent him home with some strong pain pills.  

More tomorrow...