Chics Swap Card & Tag

 Hello & Happy Fri-YAY!

Today is the last day of Christmas in July! 

I am sharing with you the card I made for my swap with my Chics team mates!

I have been enjoying participating in their swaps and loved seeing all the great cards I get in return! This card was a Christmas in July Swap we did with a matching tag. I used the Pretty Poinsettia Bundle from the July Online Exclusives.

Card & Tag Details:

Stamps: Pretty Poinsettia (July Online Exclusives)

Ink: Barely Blush, Secret Sea

Cardstock: Secret Sea, Barely Blush, Basic White, Shimmering Stripes Specialty DSP (July Online Exclusives), A Stitched Season DSP (July Online Exclusives)

Accessories: Pretty Poinsettia Dies (July Online Exclusives), Stylish Shapes Dies, Round Tab Punch (retired), Silver Cord (retired), Barely Blush & Secret Sea In Color Dots, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I made 12 sets and mailed them out to my team mates and already signed up for another "holiday swap"! I have a card in mind that I will make...just hope I have enough supplies on hand to make them! 

****************************

My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by!

~Wendy

Life Update & Pretty Poinsettia Card

 Hello & Happy Friday, Friends!

I know it has been over a week since I last posted. Life has really thrown us a few curve balls lately. Wednesday the 15th Miss Bailee went back to the diarrhea, wasn't eating, shaking and was in pain. We rushed her to a local Emergency Vet. We waited 6 hours for the Vet to come talk to us because they had quite a few emergencies. Thankfully, in those 6 hours Bailee was in the ER hospital getting treated with IV fluids & pain meds. They thought she was having another pancreatitis flare. Suggested letting her in the hospital and doing an ultrasound the next day. That showed that she has Inflammatory Bowel Disease which 100% explains why she had diarrhea so much in the last year. They also suspected pancreatitis so they started her on an injectable medicine called Panoquelle. She needed 3 of those injections 24 hours apart. Friday morning she was discharged but we had to take her back that evening to get her last Panoquell injection. Her ultrasound also showed spots on her liver which may or may not be cancerous. They suggested a needle aspirate to do a biopsy but I said no. She will be 15 at the end of September and we just did not want to put her through anymore. She has been sleeping alot and so far we have had 2 episodes of diarrhea since she came home. They put her on prednisolone steroid to help get rid of the inflammation in her intestines which is causing this. She is strictly on her lowfat canned food and returns to see her Vet on Aug 15th. She really does not seem like herself since coming home. There are times we see improvements in her but nothing that has stayed. We've had that talk about putting her to sleep if things do not get any better and I truly hate to say that because she has been the most perfect dog ever but we don't want her to keep suffering with this. I have been a worrying, crying mess. Then I ended up having a medical emergency last week where I passed out while we were taking a walk. All the stress of this and not eating or drinking got the best of me. I fell in the street and Shawn had one heck of a time waking me up. I almost went for an ambulance ride but he managed to get me awake and get me home where I got so sick. I felt better in a few days but that was certainly a very scary thing! So that is where things stand at the moment.

Here is a card that I made a few weeks ago with the Pretty Poinsettia Bundle.

Card Details:

Stamps: Pretty Poinsettia (Online Exclusives)

Ink: Peaceful Pines, Real Red, Golden Glow

Cardstock: Peaceful Pines, Basic White, Real Red, Stitched Season DSP (Online Exclusives)

Accessories: Pretty Poinsettia Dies (Online Exclusives), Spotlight on Nature Dies, Real Red Stitched Ribbon (Online Exclusives), Golden Glow In Color Dots, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

************************************

My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by!

~Wendy

Pretty Poinsettia

Hello & Happy Wednesday!

I hope your all staying cool!

The heat & humidity is here and is it ever, well, BLAH!

I sat outside with the girls yesterday while they did their business and even they did not mess around!

They went potty and ran for the door!

Today I have another set of Christmas cards to share for my Christmas in July!

I'm trying to think cool even though it's 90 degrees out!

I'm also on a roll with using what I have this year because if I don't start sometime I am never going to use what is in my stash....and believe me....it's ALOT!

So my cards today uses a set called, Pretty Poinsettia.

This set was already out when I got into stamping in 2001 so i'm not sure when it came out.

I went thru all my DSP's until I found a pattern that went with it.

Anyone remember Ski Slope DSP from 2008?

This set took me forever to figure out a design and a way to use up scraps of what DSP was left and i'm happy they came together so nicely!

My card lady will love these as she always goes crazy over the poinsettia cards!

I left them blank inside just in case she wants then!

Card Details:

Stamps: Pretty Poinsettia (retired)

Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Crushed Curry

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Real Red, Whisper White, Ski Slope DSP (retired)

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Square Layering Framelits, Circle Layering Framelits, Stamp A Ma Jig (retired), Red Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I hope you've been enjoying my Christmas in July cards!

I'm working hard to get my stash used before I buy anymore even if that takes me years!

*****************************************************************

My thoughts today....

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy