The Lord Will Guide You Always ... Card Pattern #138 & DP2 Challenge #106

I really don't want to jinx things by saying this week ain't been too bad up to now!  :) ... We've had a GP, District Nurse and a St Giles Nurse visit already and its only Wednesday!  We've got a cupboard full of "just in case" drugs awaiting the need for a syringe driver :| ... the good news is ... Dad isn't sick enough to be even considered for one of those yet :D 

I've got a much needed day off today. DS is at the oldies this morning cleaning and DN (niece) is off down there to play dominoes :-B  I've already been to the opticians for a sight test and also took DGN (darling great niece) for her's too.  We also did a spot of retail therapy and managed to bag a right bargain and a whole outfit for her to wear at the grandbabies Christening \:D/ ... which cost under £15 and consisted of a Wallis jumpsuit and all the accessories ... OK so it didn't include shoes and handbag, but it did include ... bracelet, belt, ring and headband thingy ... and i pushed the boat out and treated myself to some knickers from good old Primark! :">

Moving swiftly on to the fab sketch produced by Card Pattern's and sponsored by Catherine Pooler  I made a card for Rylee for his Christening.

The Challenge over at DP2 is ... "Any Holiday or Celebration" 

I used John drawn by the fantastic Mo Manning at Digital Pencil Too

and again on the inside of the card in just it raw form ...

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Shabby Princess ~ Plentiful

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC ~ Christening

Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Nesties, Cuttlebug

Cocoa and Snow = Happy Glow ..... DP2 Challenge #102 & Card Patterns Sketch #135

Managed to get the card below made yesterday in between making Sunday lunch, delivering "Meals on Wheels" and another night of favourite TV viewing!  :D

Right now I have a Banana & Toffee Loaf in the oven and another 2 ready to go in =P~ ... The toffee has been stolen from the oldies house this morning ;)  I made it for Dad for Father's Day and he's not really fancied eating it since his diagnosis ... he's not really fancied eating anything to be fair.  So I thought I may as well use it up and throw it in with the manky banana's that are festering away in the fruit bowl :-&!  We've (Mum, Sister, Niece and me) sat till 2:00pm waiting for the GP to come out to see him.  He has a nasty chest infection on his right side :( .... the side that isn't affected by the lung cancer!  Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing at the minute :-S  He's really not very well at all, although we did manage to have a giggle when he took his huge anti-biotic pill and I told him "he was a really good boy"   Once again he looks so frail, helpless and tiny lying in bed it breaks your heart =(( to see him like that. 

BTW, the Banana Creme Caramels where a disaster, far too sweet for one and never really set properly for another ...

This weeks DP2 Challenge is "Furry Friends" ... this is my second entry for this weeks challenge.

Card Patterns have a fab sketch below ...

 

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a close up of the image ...

... and again in B&W on the inside ...

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Summer Driggs ~ Winter Wonderland

Image ~ Mo's Digital Pencil ~ Dormouse

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Jingle Bells, Pearls, Ribbon & Wire ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Sizzix Snowflake Border Die, Cuttlebug, Diamond Stickles, Sansodor, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Glitter Snow