Tuesday, August 24, 2010

It's A Girl!.... bunch of cards :)

Hi y'all!
You know how I have been home sick these last 6 days? Well I have been churning out some cards :) I always like to hear the feedback when someone looks through my card box e.g. You need more baby cards etc! So here are some girly baby cards I made last week after getting some card box feedback. This first one is using Forest Friends from Stampin Up and the saying is from SU too. I love the little "thumper" image! It reminds me of our rabbit Thumper we had when I was growing up. Though he was white, not pink like this little guy. But he did have pink eyes, which was pretty cool. Love that curly label punch from SU too, I use it soooooo much.
This second card is using the sweetest little Babushka stamp ever, that I got in Japan. I think it was from Tokyu Hands, my absolute favourite shop in Japan, every time I saw one I would drag Will in to have a look! Oh I got so much stuff there! I just stamped her over and over along the strip of white, always lining up the bottom of the wooden stamp block with the bottom of the cardstock. It means they are almost in line, just a little off, but I don't think you can tell. That label punch and the tiny scalloped border punch are from EK Success and I got them in Jo-Ann in America. I wish I had have bought every punch they had! But I had run out of baggage allowance by that stage and was just running on a hope and a prayer that I could fit all my purchases in my suitcase {giggles}. I did have to "borrow" some space in Will's too. What a good husband! The sentiment on this card is from Wordsworth.
The third card I made using the same colour scheme (obviously) cos you know, all the stuff is already out on my desk, I may as well ride that wave! The colours didn't turn out so good in this pic cos it was a tremendously sunny day {hooray, blowing on a party hooter} which is awesome cos it means Spring is on it's way!! I had a couple of the babushka's left already stamped out so I mounted them on pink, added the ribbons, scalloped punched piece, there's that EK success label punch again and added the sentiment from Hero Arts. Oh, and some bling of course. Sweet!
Update on my illness: I developed an Ear Ache yesterday- it started coming on before lunch, feeling like an immense pressure in my ear and that if I could just "pop" the air out it would be ok. I kept thinking it would get better, I tried tipping my head upside down, that hurt more, I tried holding a warm rag to the outside of my ear, thinking it might relieve some pressure- nope!, I tried tipping some warm water in there (I was getting desperate) and apparently that was the absolute no-no cos my ear started killing. I tried laying down on my opposite ear, then the sore ear, then I started crying. I'd like to think I'm not a wimp! But I lost it. I was in SO much pain. I had to call work cos I was due to start in an hour, I was blubbering so bad on the phone!! Then we rushed off to the Doctor. It's not an infection of the ear itself, it is a by-product of my tonsilitis which has caused immense pressure build up, but man I have never felt pain in my head like it before! The Doctor started me on pretty strong antibiotics (finally!) and some prescription ear drops. The pressure has released a bit, but I have ringing in the sore ear and everything is slightly out of tune. So when the theme song to a TV show comes on I can hear it perfectly out of my right ear, but my left ear can hear it slightly off key. Oh it is so annoying! But at least I'm not a pathetic blubbering mess on the lounge from the pain anymore! YAY!
:) C

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