A New Day

I had an appointment with a specialist at the hospital this morning. For some years I have had issues with certain foods I eat. Basically, they were making me rather ill.

The diagnosis today came as a shock as I wasn't expecting it.  It seems I have Coeliac Disease and need to eat gluten free food from now on.  I've been suspicious of gluten in my food for some time.

So now I have to clean out my refrigerator and cupboards and get rid of anything with gluten in it and replace it with gluten free.

I'd rather be stamping!

I am still coming to terms with the diagnosis and will need to see a dietitian at the hospital to make sure I understand what's involved.

Coeliac is in my family but I never thought I would have it!  I love my cakes and do lot's of home baking!  Oh well, I have found a gluten free chocolate chip recipe...I smell (Gluten free) biscuits being baked!

Okay, just wanted to get that off my chest..now I can get on with stamping!

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Okay, since posting the above, I become very unwell and was rushed to hospital with a suspected heart attack.  Thank heavens it turned out not to be that, but just a very bad reaction to eating something that was not gluten free:-(  Thursday night after dinner I suddenly got really bad chest pains and had to call an ambulance.  They rushed me off to hospital where I underwent a lot of various test.  The end result was it was not my heart, although my ECG was not normal, and they think the pain was because I had unknowingly eaten something with gluten in it.  Believe me, by body does not like gluten at all!

I need to keep a check on things as my ECG was not normal but apart from that I am ok and back into crafting again!  Very happy to be home again!  I was treated so well at the hospital, they were just so nice and nothing was too much trouble for them.  A huge thank you to the Waitakere hospital and all the ambulance crew, you guys are amazing!

I have brain freeze right now as it is SO cold here today.  And very foggy too!  Once the brain thaws out I am sure you will find me sitting here stamping...

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What's On My Blackboard Today?!

Some time ago I painted this piece of board with blackboard paint.  I like to write things on it that make me think or are relevant to me at the time.

This is what's on there at the moment...

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A Nutty Squirrel Card and Others!

The nutty squirrel stamp is from a company called Montarga.  They have a lot of really cool stamps.  I stamped him twice and cut out his body and stuck it to the card with sponge tape.  His tail and some of his body are covered with my clear gel pen - hard to see on here, but he is very sparkly! 

I punched out a whole bunch of hearts in various shades of green paper, and one red one, arranged them in a tree shape.  After sticking them onto a piece of white card which I run through my Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder, I added a gold star at the top of the tree.  I was going to stamp a Christmas greeting but run out of room!  Oh well, it will go inside the card I guess!

The bottom two cards are the same card, just photographed with the flash off in the first one and the flash on in the bottom photo.  In the bottom one you can see the clear gel men I have used on the little tree's.  I punched the tree's out using my SU Christmas tree punch.  I first punched out a tree then I re-punched it holding the punch further down the tree, thus giving me a smaller tree the same shape as the larger one.  Gotta get the most out of my punches!

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Last Weeks Cards

 The pig card at the top is a pin I made for SENZ which was just over a eek ago now.  For those who don't know, SENZ is our big paper craft show.  I made one of these for the pin contest as well as five others to give to friends at SENZ.   The stamp and die pig is from a company called "The Stamps Of Life".  I just love the stamps and matching dies!  This pink pink pig is the pin I wore at SENZ.

I made the second card yesterday.  The sentiment is from a Stampin' Up set I bought some time ago.  I use this set often!

I also made the next card yesterday - I had a fruitful day didn't I?!  I used the SU Christmas Tree punch and have coloured it with my clear gel pen.  Sadly it does not photograph well:-(  I stamped the tree's with a big Stampendous block stamp that has four different designs on it.  An oldie but a goodie!  A well used goodie!

The last card I made using some dies I got at SENZ.  And yes, another SU sentiment stamped on it!  I used a patterned vellum paper I had for the 2 panels and added a paper flower.  Oh yes, and I die cut some green leaves - another new die.  What!  No clear gel pen on it?  Well no, there wasn't anywhere to use it!

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Recent Cards

Happy Sunday!  I've recently had some health and computer problems so i have not blogged for awhile but I am back now!  In the top cat card I have used a Memory Box die of paw prints.  The cats head is mounted on sponge tape to give it a lift.  The card is actually white and the card under the paw prints is pink but the white card looks pink in this pic!  Arrggh!  Just one of those things that drives me nuts!  (I'll survive!)

The second card is a stamp I gt at SENZ recently.  The lady's dress had butterflies and flowers stamped all over it so I found some flowers that fit and stuck them all over her dress.  What you can't see is that I have used a clear gel pen all over the flowers and butterflies, and in her hair.  IRL it looks so much prettier than in this photo. The third photo with the happy cat has clear plastic across the front.  This is a Rubbadubbadoo stamp.  This card also has lot's of clear gel pen on it.  I wish you could SEE it!

The candle card is a die, also from Memory Box.  So much fun to use!  Since taking this photo I added two glittery gold stars, one on either side of the candle at different heights.  This was also a lot of fun to make:-)

Okay that's me for now, see you soon!  Thanks for visiting, {HUGS} from me to YOU:-)

"Simple Cards"

Three simple cards.  It took me awhile to make them "simple" as I am not used to making such basic cards!  But I like the end results.

The cat card was "simple" because I used 3D stickers!  The "Thinking of You"  is a stand up die from Elizabeth Crafts.  So is the "Friend" word.  It actually say's "friends" but I chopped of the "s".   The rule book say's you can do this!:-)

Okay, that's it for now, I hope yu are all having a great weekend!

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Little Piggie's!

These little piggie's (stamps and matching dies) are from "The Stamps Of Life."  I recently discovered TSOLand fell in love with these pigs!  The die set has nine dies and the matching stamp set has 14 stamps. So cute!  I know I will be purchasing more from this company!

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