Hi everyone! Once again, thanks to all of you who left kind messages for me re my Mum. We got the good news this week that Mum's cancer has not spread past the bowel and that they managed to remove all of it during the surgery. The consultant told us that it had affected 9 out of 15 lymph nodes but were the ones immediate to where the tumour was, the ones nearer to the body were all clear. She will start chemo in September which she'll have for 6 months. She's also been given the option to go on a clinical trial which would see her have an additional drug (which is currently only given in advanced bowel cancer) to see if this has any additional benefits for earlier stage bowel cancer and this would be for an additional 6 months. Though the chemo will obviously be rough, we are very happy this week to learn that the cancer had not spread so we are very happy bunnies! Unfortunately my Mum has had an infection from the surgery which has been a bit unpleasant so my time has been spent driving back to take her to the hospital every day to have her wound dressed- hence no craft time again!
However, I did grab the chance yesterday to make this card for one of my oldest friend's who's just had a little baby girl. The image is an Elzybells stamp (as is the sentiment). I was so sad to hear of Elizabeth closing down Elzybells as I think she is a tremendous talent. Obviously I went mad and bought a load of her stamps in her half price sale. Anyway, I coloured this image in with watercolour pencils and highlighted her with a copic pen. I paper pieced her nappy to match the pink gingham paper I had. All papers are Making Memories.The ribbon and button are from Poppicrafts. Punch is Martha Stewart.
I've entered this card into:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge- sketch
Papertake Weekly- Cute!
My Time to Craft- Check pattern
Here is a close up of my little beary friend!
Now all I've got to do is find the time to actually use all these new stamps I've bought recently- Papertrey Ink, Riley and now Elzybells....!!!
Crafty stash used: Stamps (Elzybells); Watercolour pencils; Copics; Nesties; Paper (Making Memories); Ribbon (Poppicrafts); Button (Poppicrafts)
However, I did grab the chance yesterday to make this card for one of my oldest friend's who's just had a little baby girl. The image is an Elzybells stamp (as is the sentiment). I was so sad to hear of Elizabeth closing down Elzybells as I think she is a tremendous talent. Obviously I went mad and bought a load of her stamps in her half price sale. Anyway, I coloured this image in with watercolour pencils and highlighted her with a copic pen. I paper pieced her nappy to match the pink gingham paper I had. All papers are Making Memories.The ribbon and button are from Poppicrafts. Punch is Martha Stewart.
