Floral Card

I made this card using some Stampin' Up! flower dies.  The embossed background is a Darice embossing folder.  

The stamped words are also from a Stampin' Up! stamp set.  Lot's of fun to make!

And now for a COMPLAINT.  A few weeks ago I posted about how my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board sprung apart when I as round the corners on a piece of DSP.   Sadly I have not had a reply from them at all.  They have not bothered to even acknowledge my email.  It's really disappointing.  

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Don't Sneeze On Me!

 It was while I was making this card that my WRMKEPB broke:-(  (See previous post).  I was trying to round the corners on the sticking plaster!

This was another nice and easy card to make:-)  I lightly sponged the edges of the sticking plaster with a Mellow Moss stamp pad from SU.

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Can I Fix It # 1 and Two Cards

 Here's what happened a few minutes ago while using my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board to round some corners on some DSP...

 For some reason it just 'sprung' apart.  While I have all the pieces and can put it back together...

 ...it doesn't quite work:-(  The blue/green plastic bit should be flush with the punch board, and it isn't.  There appears to be two small slot things that the blue/green plastic should fit into, but mine doesn't:-(  I have no idea how to fix it.  I can still use it (I think?) but I won't be able to round any corners with it:-(  What do I do??

 Anyway, I have made two simple and quick cards, as you can see!  I used my banner dies from SU on the top card, and added some die cut SU flowers and leaves.

This card was super quick and easy!  I stamped the word "love" going up the card and then die cut a red heart and stuck it over the tiny stamped heart that was with the word 'love'.  I'm sorry if I am not explaining things very well, my mind is on ' how to fix my envelope board' right now!

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Can I Fix It? # 2

This is my guillotine that I like to cut my card with.  It's sharp and cuts cleanly.  No replacing blades etc.  So why don't I use it??

Because the "grid lines" are actually crooked.  And so is the bar at the top that say's, "Paper Trimmer No. 5S".  It is only a couple of millimeters out, and is very hard to tell by this photo, but it is crooked.  Can I fix it??  I can put a new piece of card with a new (straight) grid on it - or leave the grid off - but how do I fix the bar at the top??  It is stuck to the guillotine.  I bought it when I was overseas, so I can't return it:-(  I can't use it, unless I want crooked card, and I can do that by myself!  It took me awhile of using it before I began to realise that it was actually crooked.

I would love to be able to "fix" it and use it, if I can.  Anyone got any suggestions?!   Thanks for dropping by, {HUGS} from me to YOU:-)

Kaiser Craft Reindeer Card

 Oops!  The top photo is crooked, as well as being out of focus:-(  This is what happens when you are rushing things!  Anyway, the reindeer die is from Kaiser Craft, DD326.  I gothim last Christmas and this is the first time I have used him/her?!

I used the SU tree embossing folder and added the reindeer and then made a vellum flower.  I die cut the leaves and added a tiny bit of clear sparkly gel pen to the tips of each leaf.  IRL you can barely see it, however it shows up quite a bit on this photo!

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Then and Now

 Thirty days ago, this is what I looked like...

And here I am today, 30 days later!  Looking good!

Apology

These are photo's of my recent eye injury. This is how I look today, 1 -March - 2016. The scars have healed really well, and quickly.  The scar on my right eye lid is barely noticeable when my eyes are open. 

The scar above my left eyebrow is more visible, but I have been using Bio- Oil on the scars fro the last 10 days, and that stuff is AMAZING!  It helps fade scars really well.  I have used it in the past with incredible results.

I hate selfies taken from my mobile phone:-(  Please ignore the wrinkles and just know they mean I have had (and am having!) a fabulous life!

Some more good news is...I got an apology from St. John Ambulance today, and as assurance that this will not happen again. (Them failing to send an ambulance when one was needed)

Because of this incident with me, they are now changing their procedures and will question 111 callers more thoroughly.  I was told that had to Registered Nurse who took my 111 call, taken time to ask more questions, and listen to me when I said I am partially sighted and my sighted eye was injured to the extent where I could not see with it, then an ambulance would definitely been sent to me.  The challenge is, St.John Ambulance are under staffed and under paid.  The Government does not fund them enough and that is not good enough.  I have no issue with St.John Ambulance staff...just the RN's who take your emergency call.  It's sad that I have had to go through all this, however the outcome is good.  They are changing their procedures when you call now, and that is great!  I hope no-one else has to go through what I have been through..

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