Thinking of you cards

Well I had my oncology appointment on Wednesday – and saw a different oncology doctor this time.  Good news first – my scan the other week doesn’t show up any new lesions, just the ones on my thyroid and rib which they found previously so this means that they are isolated cancers but still not clear whether they are from the ovarian cancer or whether this is thyroid cancer.  Also my CA125 levels only went up very slightly this time so I’m glad that this has slowed down.  The downside is that yes, I definitely have to get the thyroid removed and the pathology results of this will determine which type of cancer it is and will then enable the doctors to know whether they need to remove the rib as well or whether that can be treated with radioactive-iodine therapy.   From what the doctor was saying, this op will probably happen fairly quickly (well as quick as it possibly can be in a public hospital).

Just have to be patient because, as he said, this is a complex case and they will just have to do one thing at a time because they can’t predict in advance what the next step will need to be.  So I am just going to have to go along with everything and be patient.

At least it wasn’t the worse case scenario that I was dreading.

But look at these two gorgeous cards I have received recently from two very sweet and caring SU demonstrators.  The one on the left is from Pauline and the one on the right is from Bron.
       

Thanks so much for these Pauline and Bron and for the lovely messages inside.

Receiving these prompted me to make a card for another lady who has been having an equally hard time lately so I sat down today and made this which I will post next time I’m out.  For this card I used Lee Conrey’s Crimped Diamond technique (check it out on the Splitcoaststampers site) although I slightly altered mine.  The cardstock and ink is in the new Cherry Cobbler colour (love it) and the stamp set is Vintage Vogue.

Thanks everyone not only for your love and support but also for letting me ramble on – it is nice though to be able to share my thoughts and feelings – much better than bottling them up!

Have a great weekend

Blown away!

Not only have I been blown away literally with the terrible winds we have been experiencing lately, but I am always blown away with the support and well wishes from not only my friends and family, but from those lovely ladies I have got to know through the Stampin’ Up network.  Thanks so much everyone for your understanding.

Now on to the latest cardmaking news.  I was lucky enough to go to Debbie’s on Friday night and make these gorgeous cards using the cracked glass technique.

        

Had so much fun making these and chuffed at the way they turned out.

Now believe it or not but it took me 3 days to complete the following card.  It’s for my son-in-law’s birthday – a fairly simple male card – but it just wouldn’t come together the way I wanted so I kept putting it to one side, then playing with it a bit more.  Oh well, this will have to do and I don’t think it looks too bad.

Hope you all have a good week.  I’m off to Oncology on Wednesday and am feeling very apprehensive about what they intend to do.  Apart from anything else, I have all these dates (stamping related of course!!) on my calendar so hope I don’t get to miss out on too many of them.

And the waiting goes on ….

and on, and on!!  In case you are all wondering ‘what on earth is she going on about’ I am talking about my life with cancer.  I haven’t mentioned it up here since I went to see the Thyroid clinic where I learned that I not only have the fallopian (ovarian) cancer but they now suspect I have thyroid cancer as well.  They are basing this on the results of the PET scan I had in Wellington a few weeks ago which showed lesions on both the thyroid and the rib.  I won’t go into all the details but I had another scan last week, I’ve got a blood test this week then an Oncology appointment next week.  In the meantime I am waiting for an appointment to see the thyroid surgeon.  This doesn’t solve the problem of where in the abdominal region the ovarian cancer has returned as my CA125 levels 3 weeks ago were nearly 200.

I cannot believe that I can be so unlucky as to have two different types of cancer at once.  Keep hoping it’s all one big mistake.

Anyway I am keeping busy making cards, reading books – in fact, anything that keeps my mind occupied and not thinking about “the other”.

 

First off is a card I made for my daughter to give friends of hers who have just had a wee little baby girl.  I have kept it very pink and feminine.

 

 

 

I made this using the round stamp from the Just Believe set.  The colours are Marina Mist and Cajun Craze – first time I have used these new colours but they go beautifully together.

Love my embossing folders too – you will be seeing a lot more of these in the future.

 

I just made this one today for one of my blogging sisters in England who sadly has just lost her father.

Don’t like making sympathy cards – I am never quite sure whether what I am making is appropriate and of course, would much rather be making for a happier occasion.

 

Hope this weather improves soon, it is so depressing!   Happy stamping all and take care.

Just believe

First time I’ve used this stamp set and I’m loving it!!!  Enough said – here’s the card.

Colours used for this are the lovely new Pear Pizazz – I think I will be using this a lot.  With it I have used Rich Razzleberry – don’t they go well together.

I am still using up some of my retired supplies as you will tell by the ribbon but feel these are too lovely to abandon just because they are not in the new catalogue.

I think this new stamp set is going to be a winner!

 

Weather forecast is not good for this weekend, so a good excuse to stay indoors and stamp the weekend away!  Have fun.

The good, the bad and the ugly!

I’ve been playing with some of my new goodies with mixed results.  Do you agree with my verdicts?  Please excuse the poor quality photos as these were taken under artificial light.

 

 

1)  THE GOOD:

I was very happy with the way this card turned out.  Love that stamp set – gorgeous!

 

 

 

2)  THE BAD

What can I say about this one except that I’m not too pleased with the way the colours went together – oh well, it’s all about trial and error!

 

3)  THE UGLY!

Tried to use my colour coach with these new in-colours.  This is one of their suggested colour combos but somehow it didn’t quite work for me. I don’t think it was the fault of the colour combo – just the way I put them together, so back to the drawing board!

 

Is this how you would rank them?