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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Need Some Creative Motivation

Hello
I have not been a good poster lately.
School will be out tomorrow and after that I plan on setting 2 hours a day minimum to play and create. I have had a creative block for awhile. Hope to find some creative juices flowing to the top soon. I am still in pain, but the pain will stop this summer. I meet with the surgeon on June 4th and we will set up a date to remove the dreaded gallbladder. I will be teaching summer school the last two weeks of June, so I am hoping he can do the surgery the 2nd week and then I will have a wonderful summer. I will be posting new artwork this weekend I promise.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

How I found my happy place



This post is about Friday.
I have previously posted about not feeling well. On Friday I had an appointment to get my Gallbladder checked. At 11:30 that morning the doctor's office calls and lets me know that my health insurance doesn't want to pay for the test-- Do I still want to take the test. Well I am single and can't afford it if insurance won't pay for it, so the doctors office lets me know they will keep trying. My appointment is suppose to be at 1:00 and they call back at 12:40 to let me know that insurance will cover the test. I am at least 30 minutes away and the doctors office is going to call the testing center to let them know that I will be late.

I arrive only a few minutes late and discover that the doctors office has given me the wrong prep instructions. I also found out that the number they gave me for the testing center was not correct. I had been trying to get in touch with them to make sure the prep was correct and I thought they weren't answering the phone. Well I had to wait another hour.

This is were the Happy Place comes into the picture. We have a local stamp store and they were have a free make and take that day. So I left the testing center and headed for The Artful Hand. Dorothy the owner just happens to be in today. She is a wonderful lady. She is creative and very helpful.


I browsed for awhile and of course found stuff that I HAD to have and then she showed me the free make and take. It looked so cool I had to make one.

This card is made using what I call Fun Foam. You head it up with the Heat Embossing gun until the foam curls and then stamp into it. BE sure to press really hard. After that I used metallic rub on ink. The black and gold background paper is made using some sort of silk ink( it was already made) and the green paper behind the bear was made using wonder under heated until it curls, Airondack Colo Wash, and Lumin Arte Shimmering mist( Radiant Rain).

I left happy and had forgotten all of my troubles. That is what stamping is all about . To me it is relaxing and fun. Well my problems weren't over. I got to the testing center and they got me hooked up with IV and put some sort of dye in me. It should have taken between 20 and 40 minutes for the dye to enter my Gallbladder. After an hour the Gallbladder was still not showing up. So I was unhooked and waited another half hour and then went in and hooked up again. This time something showed up and the technician thought it was my gallbladder, but it was in the wrong place so she couldn't finish my test. By this time is is around 5 pm. I have been trying to get my test completed since 1:30. I went out to my car looked at my new Card and toys and found my happy place again. Then I went shopping. I got two new outfits and spend too much money.

Thanks for lending me your ear.



Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Cps #64

This card is created with Close To My Heart Products and the Cuttle Bug Embossing Folders. I used my paper trimmer and a stylus to create the grid on the left side of the card.

Today I visited Card Positioning System Blog and saw the sketch for this week. I liked it and decided to play. Hope you like it.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Hello Card

Well I finally got some artwork to show. I have been ill since Sunday afternoon. The doctor thinks it is my Galbladder. I will have tests ran and then we will see what comes next.

I used my Cuttlebug Embossing folder for the background. Everything else is Close To My Heart.


Sunday, May 4, 2008

My Birthday

Well today I turned 37. My Friends Karen and Erin took me shopping and out to lunch. It was fun and I spent money. I can't say I was happy to turn another year older, but another year is another year. Hope everyone has a great week.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Busy Busy Busy

Wow!!
The week has flown by. I have been busy every night and not had any free time to make any artwork. My birthday is this weekend and a few friends are taking me to
For Keeps Sake Scrapbook Super Store. I have never been and I hear it is Giant and has everything!!! Hope to have some new artwork by the end of the weekend. I just got a Cuttle Bug and I can't wait to use the embossing folders.

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