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............................................