bling and charms

I can finally post these photos as I've given this card to my friend Julie for her 'unretirement'.

I decided to do another shutter card as I'd had the idea for charms dangling in windows, and this seemed a good way to achieve the look I'd imagined.

I dipped into the stash of Kraft CS for the base and the PP is Basic Grey 'Two Scoops'. A little bit of stamping with some office-style date stamps and then I embellished and doodled to my hearts content!

The swirl of gems on the front were put on with one of my favourite toys - the Kandi-Kane aka around here as 'The Blinger' ! (It's a hot fix gem applicator, like the Bejeweller).

The 1 1/2" scallop circle apertures were punched out with an EK Success punch (not the larger Stampin Up punch).

The flowers are by Jolees and a selection of cute gems attached with jump rings and brads finished off my relax/kick back/ have fun message for the card.

I'm really pleased with it, it's come out as I'd wanted and (most importantly of all) Julie seemed to like it!

I'm off duty now for a few days after 4 gruelling night duties.

And now, I'm going to have a little rant about selfish people. Feel free to skip this if you wish!

Over the last few nights our unit has been even hotter and more humid than usual. In our office/reception area, the temperature was 90 degrees AARGH!!! and the rooms for the labouring women weren't much cooler.

At the start of the night I was in our hot operating theatre (gowned, gloved, visored and masked, sweat running freely ...you get the picture!)

Later on, I'm working in our hottest room which has the birthing pool (which adds to the humidity, making it feel somewhat sauna-like). There wasn't a fan in the room and the lady I was caring for actually got out of the pool as she felt too hot (she went on to have a very beautiful drug-free birth :))). And then...a few hours later.... I discovered that one of my colleagues actually had had TWO fans in her room all along...GRR!!

Rant over!

TTFN!

almost halfway

2 night shifts done, 3 to go and then I'm off duty!


So not much to tell, really. The lost diamond earring still hasn't turned up. :(


Julie and I made around 60 invitations for her retirement party - she's calling it the 'un-retirement party' , as she's returning to work part time later this year.

36 years served in the NHS - I suggested she call it 'an eternity in maternity'!! LOL

and the reverse:

I wanted to white emboss on the Kraft CS but the powder wouldn't stick, so we only did this one:

All were highlighted with diamond Stickles and gems.

Isn't this a gorgeous stamp set? It's by Stampin' Up, from the American Catalogue. When we visited earlier this year, I placed an order with a local SU demonstrator for quite a few things that aren't in the UK catalogue. I'm sure I'll do the same if we go again next year, unless SU massively improve what's on offer to us Brits!

I made a birthday card for my father-in -law, but I took the photo and didn't check the shot before we gave him the card. Apologies for the very blurry shot - dont' click for the close-up!

It's a shutter card, and I got the instructions from Dawn's blog, she is so generous with all the videos she makes!

Bo Bunny paper 'you bug me' and the hero arts owls again!

TTFN!