It's broken, or is it??

A few months ago (2-3 months) my left wrist started to hurt me a lot, only when I did certain things...it wasn't just like a constant pain it was a ripping pain. The kind of pain where you have to grab it and hold onto it for a few minutes kind of pain, well it wasn't getting better and I finally had enough of it hurting. I have no memory of hurting it, or falling or anything...but either way I was going to the dr. My family doctor didn't have any appointments avialable, so I went to a duty doctor and she had just barely touched my hand and I jumped...so off for an x-ray I went. Lol, the hospital nearest me had their xray machine break down just before I got into the door...the other hospital near my mother's house, they had 3 out of their 4 xray machines break just as I arrived. You can see how one might just give up on having an xray with results like this :p! I went to one final hospital (last Friday), and their machines were all working..as they knocked on some wood...
I got a call yesterday saying that they had a requisition for me at the front desk at my doctor's office so that I could get the xray redone, plus the message said that if my hand was hurting alot to come in and see the dr. I was lucky, I got an appointment this morning at 10 a.m. and she told me they think I broke something in my wrist ( a bone that starts with a T) or it could be a calcium deposit...this is why they are redoing the xray. She sent me on my way with some Tylenol 3's, she told me that I might have to have surgery on my hand and a cast too...I don't have time for this I thought to myself. So I will keep you posted as to what is going on with the saga of my hand as I find out information...
Lol, this hand isn't stopping me from making cards or from going to Julie's house tomorrow night :p! In the meantime I was told to keep my wrist/hand brace on all the time...and ice ice ice.

Ebrace En Francais

I had to make a card today, my "Embrace Life" and the "En Francais" stamp sets were calling my name to come make a card with them. LOVE these two sets, if you don't have them already get them onto your wish lists...if you aren't sold on them, I highly recommend going onto the SCS (Splitcoast stampers) website and checking out what others have made with these sets. Will be making a few more cards today, because I have a few family members with Birthdays coming up and would like to get them done.



Here is what I used to make this card:

Cardstock:
~Avacado flat cardstock
~Brown weave cardstock
~SU Barely Banana
~Patterned paper from the Autumn Leaves slab

Ink:
~Brilliance Black ink pad

Stamp sets:
~SU Embrace Life
~SU En Francais

Other:
~SU Earth Elements watercolor crayons
~SU corner punch
~chrystal

Have a super day :)!

Changed my blog look again :p

This is the new look for my blog, I know I already said that earlier today didn't I :p! Well, that is before I recieved this NEW blog header from Amanda (a.k.a. Mandiannie), and I felt that the one she made was a lot better than what I had created this morning. A huge THANK YOU goes out to Amanda, for making my day and for making this wonderful blog header :)! Let me know what you think of the new look please...

*HUGS to you all*

What do you think of my new look??

The other day I decided that the blog template that I had was too much, by that I mean, it was hard to see pictures, it was dark, it was frustrating that the words would scroll but the picture didn't move. Anyways, to make a long story short I decided I would go with a classic blogger template and change the header to my blog...lol, not that I know how to change the header to my blog.
So I started the search of a good picture to use for my blog header, couldn't find one that I really really liked and so I decided what the heck I could make one myself ...easy right?? WRONG!!!! I decided to take mandiannies advice and do something with coffee grounds (I am soooo not the one to play around with this idea), but I thought how hard could it be....sigh, guess who was disappointed by that outcome. Yep, I was...I thought to myself *you are sooooo crazy to think you can get the look you want, ditch this idea before you get an eye twitch* I also thought I could make my blog title out of coffee grounds...yep, wasn't going to happen and no I didn't try to do it either...just a pipe dream.
Next...I went back to my idea of trying to find a picture suitable for my blog online, I found one but then I had the issue of not having photoshop or any sort of fancy shmancy photo editing program. Nor was I going to sit here all day with my dials up service waiting for one to download, so I was left with using "Paint" program that came with my computer. I got the picture onto my "paint" programs screen, next to add my blog's title easy enough....WRONG...so I call Julie in hopes she could help me, she recommended I wait for her dh to come home to help me.
I said this is silly...I CAN DO THIS!!! Lol, I went into the "paint" program and to my surprise I figured out how to get my blogs title on there without a big white box around it...and then I had to fool around with the font a bit. Here is what I was able to come up with...what do you think???
I want to thank all of you for sending me your thoughts, I do love flowers, but it has to be the right kind of flower...like cala lily's or water lily's. I was going to go for the Easter theme, but the template's I found weren't exactly my style...can't say I didn't try in all those categories. Thank you Mandiannie for your wonderful idea, it was a great idea too bad I am not a professional photographer I probably would have been able to get that perfect shot I was looking for.
I did mention something about blog candy didn't I, well...I would like to send out some blog candy to Mandiannie and so if you can send me your addy to c_levy@auracom.com that would be great. Thanks everyone...and have a great day :)!

"i{Heart}2stamp" blog card sketch challenge

I was going through Google reader again, trying to get my numbers down (not too sure if this will ever happen-lol) and I came across a card sketch on i{heart}2stamp's blog that I thought I would try.

Here is what I used to make this card:

Cardstock:

~SU Bravo Burgandy

~dark green weave cardstock from Carousel

~Blush cardstock from Carsousel

~patterned paper from the "Far East" DCWV pad of paper

~a small scrap piece of white flat cardstock

Other:

~Cuttlebug Flower folder

~SU corner punch

~Photo Glue stick

~Photo stickers

~SU 1 3/8 circle punch

I think it is time for a change...

Yep, it is one of those days that you just sit there looking at your blog thinking something has to change...the look, the name...oh you just don't know. That is the kind of day that I am having, I think it is time for a change...what do you think?? Change the name? Change the blog template?? If I do change the blog template what do you think I should have?? There just might be some blog candy up for grabs :D!

Have a great day :)!

On a card making kick

I started out using part of this card for Kim's color challenge, but then I put it aside to use for another card idea. This morning I finnshed this card, I felt that I couldn't let it sit there not completed...and so I tackled it. I took two pictures of this card because I thought it didn't give you a good view of what the card looked like, so I took another picture of it at a different angle :)! Oh how I love this patterned paper :D!Might alter a clear paintcan later, who knows...dunno if I feel that brave yet :p!

Have a super day :)!

Here's what you need to make this card:

Cardstock:

~Brown Weave cardstock from Carousel

~SU Bravo Burgandy

~ Whit flat cardstock from Carousel

~patterned paper from the Autumn Leaves Designer slab of paper

~piece of patterned paper from Michael's

Ink:

~Brilliance black

Stamps:

~Sentiment stamp from Hero Arts

~SU cupcake stamp from the set called "Short and Sweet"

~Hero Arts clear acrylic background stamp set

Other:

~SU Corner punch

~Copic Ciao markers

~Ribbon from Michael's