It goes like this........

Do you ever get that feeling of the calm before the storm?....
well that happened to me after a very crafty weekend........
we went to visit my inlaws Sunday afternoon.......................................
As soon as I rang the door bell I knew something was wrong..
It goes like this...................
0130 Sunday morning my mother in law felt unwell and instead of going to bathroom found herself in a pool of vomit in the kitchen with blood gushing from her head.......(note: she does not remember what happened)
We were not informed (note:as she does not like to bother us)
So it was not until 8 hours later ( when we found out)that I managed to coax her to have her head looked at.
The neurologist told us we were very lucky that she is still alive just from the head wound alone she could have hemorrhaged as she is on blood thinning medication for her heart condition.....
She is now under my watchful eye as we are on a 48hr
watch for signs of head trauma........
despite the head CT scan and numerous tests done by the doctors,
they want to play it safe so once again I am camped at my inlaws.
I sort of fell asleep on the floor (the couch was taken up by C3)
I am sleepless but I have a very straight back LOL!!!!
I think we have closed the circle of bad luck comes in threes!
my father in law, my husband and now my mother inlaw
I think it's enough don't you??
At least C3 is on holidays and I have him close to me.......

Catching up.......

with Shimelle's classes....
Prompt3......
the use of........
leftover cardstock....















prompt4
the use..........
of pleats with ribbon...














prompt 5.....
the use of...........
page protectors.....














prompt 6............
the use of...........
leftover stickers.....














prompt 7......
the use of.......
the huge stash......
of flowers we all have....















later...............

Studio 101 March 14th Challenge

Well it seems the only way..................................
I get any scrapping done is.................................
if I make something for a challenge..................
So it's not a bad thing after all.........................
At least I am making something.......................
This challenge for the Studio 101.........................
had you making a layout with stickers.............
Here is my take.................................














later................................

Me................

I made a quick mini for a challenge on the scrapper in Greece blog.........
we had to make a mini accordion album using masking/duct tape whatever you want to call it..............
I chose black of course.................................
and decided to use my favourite products...........
Hambly papers and overlays...................
Teresa Collins Document it papers..................
Graphic 45 paper which i used as decorative strips and embellies.......
This was fun and fast................................
the cover................













One side..........................................









the flip side.......................








close up of the flip side...........










my favourite pages.............................









the end..........................













later........................................

Who inspires me today...

I have been stalking this blog for a long time now.....
I don't remember how long..............
old age is creeping up on me...............................
I love reading this blog.............................
because the owner writes beautifully..................
I find her fashion sense........................
creative









stylish














dramatic














and she manages to make it always look effortless.....................















she makes killer





















and I mean killer costume jewelry.........
















Yes she handmade each piece.....
I introduce you to Kelly Framel........
the founder of The Glamourai
Go and have a drool.........................
Later.........................................

I was up to date.......

Then Monday came along.............
I joined Shimelles latest class......
and was up to date.......................
with the prompts then.............
Now it's Tuesday......................
and I am behind one prompt
crap!!!!!!!!!!..................................
This is the title page of the class
where we had to use all our old
metal embellishments...............
that we have forgotten...............
in a drawer somewhere.............
rusting away in our stash.......



















and this is the 2nd page
where we had to use pieces
of scrap paper.....................
No cutting into a brand new
piece of 12x12 pattern paper
So I punched and cut to my
hearts content to come up
with this..............................



















maybe I will be back with
Monday's prompt...........
later.......................................

Doing it Green........

huh???
I finally made a layout for a challenge/blog hop on Sassy Lil Sketches
You had to:

1. "Go Green:" Do a project that is predominantly green in color.

2. "Reduce:" Reduce your stash by creating a project where all the product used are at least one year old (no new stuff).

3. "Reuse:" Do a project with left overs from a previous project.

4. "Recycle:" Do a project with an item that was used for something else first.

based on this sketch:

here is my take on the challenge














light green Bazzill cardstock
Pattern paper so old I cannot remember the designer (oooops)
paper doilies...bought them years ago who would have thought they would be in fashion again!!
I also found some old green felt thickers and added those....
join in on the blog hop.....
later............................................

Sharing!

The internet is bursting at the seems with blogs created by talented people all over the world....
I thought I would take the time to share some of my....
favourites....
inspiring blogs............
some are scrapbooking related...
some are fashion............
some are food blogs.......
some are design.....
some are just voyeurism into another human beings world!

Here is a blog I have been stalking for a while now.......
This man (in my opinion)is the renaissance man.....
Check it out and you will see why.......
here is just a taste of what you will see


























































intrigued??
go and have a look
later.................

So where has the time gone????

Someone stole time!!!
where the #$%^!! did the time go???
Time ran away!!......
Do you have a favourite time saying?

A lot has happenend in a week!
I have fantastic family news but I have to get approval before I can let you in on the joy!!
I have been busy working and as a reward my boss is going to 'promote me' give me more challenging responsibilities and the prospect of teaching next year.....I am thrilled of course the teaching part is scary as I have the patience of a flea around 3 seconds!! just like C3's attention span.

I did find some time last week to craft...
I was inspired by this talented lady and went on to make my own version using ice cream sticks (cause that's what I had on hand )......




























They say "thank you'' because I am part of a birthday card exchange group and I am way behind in my responsibilities they are "thank you for your patience" gifts.....I am trying to catch up before I am kicked off!!












check out her blog, Vicky makes amazing cards and videos!!

talking of cards remember how I said I was gonna lick this card making deficiency well here is another attempt...I think there is a slight improvement! LOL.








maybe I should just give up all together...............
Later..........................................................................

blogger booper!!

We said our I do's on the 1st of march 2003...and I wrote the post yesterday so I do not I understand why blogger has dated it as Sunday 28th of February!!
very weird...
HUGE THANK YOU for all your well wishes for our anniversary...I should have added that I have Pharyngitis so I cannot talk just croak...as you can imagine C3 is in heaven asking me to repeat everything 100 times just so i can croak at him.

On a scrappier note last week I received my mini from Chryssothemi I was paired up with this sweet lady as part of a mini album swap/exchange organised by Lena on the scrapbookers in Greece ning
this is what Chryssothemi sent me.......













you can see the rest of the album on her blog

This is what I made for her...
The theme was friendship or filia (in Greek)
























































































I gessoed all my chip board pages then spritzed my little heart out with glimmer mist Pumpkin Pie and Indian corn,then started embelling (new word in the English language)LOL lots of bling, rubons, felt and crocheted flowers ,chipboard frames and my new scrap fettish butterflies!

back soon with more minis of my own
later.................................................

I do.....

we said it 7 years ago today.....
It was a very private affair......
we got married at noon.......
Our guests 9 of them........
drank champagne till 9pm
needless to say it was the perfect day...
even though I was 32 weeks pregnant....
later...................