Glitter Me Silly

Your Spoonful of Sugar challenge this week, should you choose to accept it, is to create a card (or something else) based on DT member Lim’s fabby sketch. This is a brilliant sketch from Lim and I’m really pleased with how my card turned out. All the elements on the card were from a kit I won as a prize over on the UKScrappers monthly card challenge back in December.

All the teams cards this week are stunning so go and check them out and have a go at the challenge. We have a great prize this week from Denise of some lovely Whimsy stamps too. We are also very lucky to have the hugley talented Debby as a GDT, she’s amazing.

Hugs,

Caryn xxx

Well I am sitting here quite literally with tears rolling down my cheeks and a lump in my throat the size of a watermelon! I have been transfixed by a blog that is so unbelievably amazing that I had to come and share it with you all. Dawny P mentioned this lady to me at her card club a few weeks ago and her name popped in to my head tonight so I thought I’d check her out. Her name is Summer Driggs and she has a blog called Summertime Designs. She is the most amazing digital artist and creates truly exceptional digi scrapbook kits which she gives away for free (yes, you heard me right) on her blog. That on it’s own is seriously impressive but what has me blown away is the personal story of both her and her friend and the agony of each having a beautiful little baby girl with serious medical problems. Summer’s little girl, Claire was diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis disease and had a brain tumour removed last August. Since then she has been doing really well and has not long passed her 1st birthday. Her friend Kari had a baby girl, Bree one week after Summer and at 7 months was diagnosed with cancer! It is a hard read but one that makes you stop and check yourself. Was it really all that important that the kids didn’t tidy up their bedrooms when they were told? Or that you haven’t finished your heap of ironing that has been sitting piling up all week? When you read about people like these two amazing women and their precious little babies struggling to live it makes you realise that sometimes, you do take your health, wealth and happiness a little for granted. I have had my own taste of what this is like when my 4th baby, Sophie was born. A few minutes after she was delivered she started to have breathing difficulty and was rushed down to intensive care. The following day she was taken to Alder Hey hospital and diagnosed with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. This is basically a hole in the diaphragm and meant that the bowel, liver and kidney had travelled through to the chest cavity instead of developing in the abdominal cavity. At two days old she had surgery to repair it all and we were told she had a 20% chance of survival. She remained in hospital for nearly three weeks then was allowed to come home. Sophie is amazing and has rarley suffered more than a cold ever since. She will be 5 in June!!

I hope some of you do go and check out Summer’s blog for yourselves and take a wee bit of time to learn about her life and about her friend – get a box of tissues first though!

Morning all – don’t anyone make a loud noise, my head is a little, erm fuzzy this morning!! We had a great night last night with our gorgeous friends but a lot of wine was drunk and the good old AbbA Singstar came out again. At 2 am you could still hear our lyrical renditions of Dancing Queen and Fernando at the other end of the Wirral!! Good job our house is detached! lol

I made this quick little card yesterday for the challenge over at Cupcake Craft Challenges which is a toughie this week – MONSTERS! I scoured my stash and couldn’t find a thing that would do but then came across a card on Joanne’s blog which features this gorgeous FREE downloaded dragon digistamp by Dustin Pike. He very generously shares his images on his blog for free so go and check him out – he’s FAB!

I had a bit of lovliness yesterday too in the form of some very lucious blog candy. I was lucky enough to win Sandy’s Cupcake stamps giveaway to celebrate her blogaversary AND her position on the Cupcake Craft Challenge DT. Thanks so much Sandy, I am thrilled. You should all go over and look at her blog – especially if you’re like me and love cupcakes! Sandy has some gorgeous things on there.

Off to have another coffee – my head is throbbing a wee bit now. Must’ve been the chocolate puddings!! ;o)