Remember me?

I wouldn’t blame you if my blog’s been crossed off your visiting list!  It’s been over a month since I last posted but I have had a lot of other things going on family wise so hope you will forgive me.

Creative Inkers Team Training Day

Last Saturday (18th) I attended the Creative Inkers’ Team Training Day.  A fabulous day with some great projects – see below.  Thanks to everyone who organised and demonstrated.

       
    Ann Wills art frame                                   Rhonda’s buckle card      
     Rhonda’s gift card holder                       Bron Heslop’s nautical card

Help – Do you recognise this card?

There are several scenarios, including the one where my memory loss is getting worse!

Was this an original design by me?

Did I make this at a class?

Did I case it from someone else?

Just can’t remember though I do remember making it but not where, when or how!!

 

Some more cards I have made

      

 

 

And my current favourite …………………

I love this French Foliage stamp set that is in the current Autumn/Winter mini catalogue.  Such a versatile set and can be combined with so many other stamp sets.

 

 

Rosie

This is our loving little dog Rosie who I am sorry to say has been recently diagnosed with a Mast Cell Tumour.  It is a high grade cancer and because the tumour is on the top of her right rear paw cannot be removed without amputating.  As she will be 12 y.o. this year the vet has recommended palliative treatment and just letting nature take its course.  Heartbreaking and we will have to make that final call as to when enough is enough and ensure she doesn’t suffer.  We are going to miss her so very much.

 

Well that’s about all for now.  I won’t go into all the boring bits about my ongoing cancer problems.  Have to go and see the thyroid surgeon next week and then the following day have an appointment at oncology.  When I know what it is they intend to do I’ll let you know.

Hope you are managing to get plenty of stamping and crafting done while the weather is so miserable.

Mother’s Day 2011

Had a lovely day.  Started off with a nice chatty phone call from my youngest daughter Kim who unfortunately had out of town visitors and couldn’t come up to Auckland.  However, I did go to my daughter Nicky’s where her lovely husband Paul made a yummy lunch for us.

They also gave me some iTune vouchers and a CD I wanted of Hayley Westenra’s new album, Paradiso.  This was accompanied by a lovely bunch of flowers and a gorgeous card that Nicky had made.  If only she wasn’t always so busy I would have her signed up as a demonstrator by now.  Anyway here’s the card and just look at the cute crocheted flower – which she made herself.  Thanks for a lovely day.

Hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day too.

Big 70 Birthday Card

Made this card for my husband’s cousin Bob.  We were unable to attend his party due to other commitments but hope he had an enjoyable time.

 

I really struggle with male cards.  Also for some reason I am not getting all the colours correctly photographed, i.e. the coloured squares the 7 and 0 are on are DSP in the same colouring as the green band but in the photo they look more like grey.  Oh well, gives you a good idea all the same.

Easter catch-up

I know I am a little bit behind with this post but just wanted to show you this little Easter basket I made as my swap for our team meeting.

Below is a card and a basket of easter eggs I took into the Oncology department to thank all the nurses and doctors for their care and kindnesses to me over the past (believe it or not!!) nearly 8 years that I have been fighting cancer.

We went down and spent a couple of days over Easter with my youngest daughter Kim, her hubby Murray and our grandson Michael (was graced with a fleeting -very fleeting- visit from Matthew the other grandson).  Nice to catch up.

A bad, bad, bad blogger!!!

No excuses (unless you insist) so will try and make up for lost time.  What have you been doing you might ask?  Well, have done a bit of creating but have mainly been getting cards ready for my new project “Cards for Cancer”.

     

Here is the basket ready to take into Auckland Hospital’s Oncology department (day care centre).  These cards are free to patients who are undergoing treatment for cancer and hopefully will give them some pleasure looking through them and picking out one each visit to give to either family, friends or a caregiver for their birthday or as a thank you for all their help.  I have already received some cards for the cause from Heather (thanks so much) and have offers from other demonstrators in both New Zealand and Australia for further contributions of Cards for Cancer.  I know I have asked everyone at a most awkward time – this Thursday the annual Australia/NZ Convention for Stampin’ Up! starts in Melbourne.  I’m not going, boo hoo!  Hopefully once they get home and back into action, there will be more arriving in my mailbox.

Will keep you all posted as to how this project is going and whether it was well received by the recipients.  If you have any spare cards you have made and would like to donate to a good cause, please email me and I will send my mailing address.  These would be gratefully received as I think I am going to be hard-pressed to keep up with the demand.

Will have more posts to put up this week to make up for lost time.