Let's bee friends

Hello, crafting friends!

If anyone is feeling a little blue today, I have a card that is sure to cheer you up!

I found this gorgeous yellow textured card stock at the bottom of a drawer the other day and decided it would be perfect to bring a little sunshine into someone's life! I topped it with a piece of white card that I'd added a strip of striped washi tape to and scalloped the edges with a nesting die.

I used a floral stamp from So Much by Uniko, stamped, coloured with coloured pencils, fussy cut and popped up with dimensional pads. The card was finished with the sweet sentiment from Sugar Pea Designs' Beautiful Books and I added two friendly little bees from Missing You by Inkydoodles.

CHALLENGES

I am linking this card up with The Flower Challenge where the theme is stripes and/or dots; also The Paper Players where LeAnne is hosting a CAS challenge which must feature a bee; I'm joining in at the Uniko challenge where the theme is Flowers with optional twist of Slimline; and Allsorts, where the theme is Feminine/For A Lady.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

My little Eva has not been very well for the last couple of days. At first I thought it was the heat but then she had an upset tummy, waking me up at 5am in distress because she needed to go out. She didn't want her breakfast and then she threw up spectacularly later on. The following day she was a bit better but still not very energetic and still off her food. Today, you'll be glad to know, she has thrown off whatever it was and demanded her breakfast with the face of a golden retriever who promises to be the goodest girl if only her owners will give her a few meaty chunks!

Sending hugs,

I just miss you

Hello, crafting friends!

What sort of cards have you mostly made this year? I seem to have made a lot of notecards, Hello cards, Thinking of You cards and Miss You cards.

This card gave me the perfect excuse to use a new-to-me stamp set called Missing You by Inky Doodles that I couldn't resist because of the adorable pup.

I started by die-cutting some clouds in shades of grey using one of the Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud border dies. They were arranged ombré style and I added a sentiment from WPlus9's Hello and Thanks.

Next I stamped the pup, coloured him with alcohol markers and fussy cut him. I masked off the corner of a card base and sponged an area for my pup to sit and gaze up at the sentiment in the clouds. If this were my pup, he'd never be alone, not even ever!

CHALLENGES

I'm linking this card up with The Rainbow Card Challenge where they're looking for shades of Smokey Slate this month; also Watercooler Wednesday where it's Tristan's tuyrn to host All About Occasions; I felt this was an appropriate card for the males of the species so I'm playing along with the Clean and Simple challenge at Cards 4 Guyz; and since it was my first time inking up the Missing You schtamp schet, I'm joining in at NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff)!

AND IN OTHER NEWS

I haven't been around lately as Eva has developed an ear infection which has caused a hematoma (swelling of the ear flap.) I'm devastated. She's always been a water baby so I've always made sure I've looked after her ears and this is the first time she's ever had an infection. I took her to the vet and found that vet we knew and trusted has left. The new vet was frankly appalling. He had no idea how to handle a nervy dog and was unable to outline any treatment options except drugs. Eva was absolutely traumatised by the whole experience and I was shocked. 

Neither of us slept the night after the visit but as you can see, Eva has now moved on and is smiling again. We really don't deserve dogs.

Sending hugs,