When my friend comes over each day to help me roll over, her hubby cuts up carrots into fancy strips and sends them with her to give to me. I made this thank you card for him. This carrot is from the Cricut Create a Critter cartridge. I am feeling so much better since I have had a little break from the chemo pills, It is so nice to feel almost normal!

With Heartfelt Thanks

Another La La Land stamp. I have a sentiment stamp from Papertrey that sais, With heartfelt thanks and I thought it worked for this image since she is holding a string of hearts and the background paper has heart shaped flowers. The scallop edge is a large Martha Stewart border punch. I can't believe I made a card with no ribbon, no brads, no flowers....nothing! I really need to brush up on my Copic coloring, I kept messing around with the hair and just made it worse!           I am getting a break from the chemo pills since they caused so many side effects, I only have to do the IV chemo for now. It is a very nice break, those side effects are not fun!

thanks

I made a card last week and forgot to take a pic of it. I took a pic of this one as soon as I finished it. This is a La La Land stamp. The trim is from Hobby Lobby and the bling is from my stash. The thanks is a rub on from Hobby Lobby. It is quite a process to get all the supplies out to the family room and I always think of items that I wish I had to add to the card, but, it is fun just to be able to create. It makes me feel a bit normal.....although I'm not sure I have ever been normal hahahha.

This box is made with a Sizzix box die. You cut it out twice, so, it comes out bigger than I thought it would. The flower and brown leaves are from I Am Roses, the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch, and sprayed with Lindys Stamp Gang Moonshadow Mist. A little bling on the butterfly, some pearls and a Recollections small brown flower. The belly band edges were punched with a Martha Stewart border punch. The hello stamp is from a Stampin Up stamp set with a matching tag punch. My poor hubby had to make a million trips into my stamp room to bring all of the supplies out to me. He is getting a crash course on the names of craft products! Thanks for stopping by. I hope to get more creating done.

CT scan results

I saw the oncologist this week for my IV chemo treatment and received the results of my CT scan. There is slight improvement in my liver and lungs, but more cancer showed up in my hip and shoulder bones. I didn't even know I had it in my shoulder. I will add another two hours to my regular IV chemo treatment and recieve a bone strenghener. I will receive that every three weeks for one or two years. I am working on a little box project. Hoping to get it done and posted soon. Have a wonderful day everyone, and use up those supplies!

Keeping it Simple

The other night my dh wheeled me into my craft room, I gathered some supplies into a basket to make a card. It is amazing how many products that I could think of to use that I hadn't gathered. I had to use what I had. I had to keep it simple. tfl....d

Finally.....a card!

My hubby wheeled me into my stamp room, I loaded up a basket of supplies, and brought them back to the hospital bed. I had a chance to play and it felt so good. I made hubby this card for Valentines day. He was surprised to see a handmade card after all this time. Yay............ I have to thank my friend, grammat for sending me this Cricut cut and the ticket. The circle sentiment is from the Cutting Cafe', isn't it cute? Thanks grammat!

The dilema and the Joy of Crafting

As crafters, I think we have all had this thought..........I do not need to buy one more crafting supply! I have enough paper, embelishments, and tools, to last a lifetime. Then, a diagnosis of stage 4 cancer, and how long is a lifetime? I decided that it would not be fair to my husband to buy one more thing. After all, what is he going to do with my entire craft room, I certainly do not need to add more to it. So, for the past several months I haven't purchased anything, deleted all of the craft site emails, stayed away from Michaels, and stopped watching YouTube videos on card making. But then, Hobby Lobby came to California, and opened up a new store right in my city! Then, CHA came to town and I dared to watch videos of the new products being released. I found joy! You crafters understand, right? Who ever said that crafting isn't a wonderful form of therapy? I started watching card making videos, a few days ago, and dare I admit, I just went to ebay and ordered a stamp! It felt good! Last night I could not sleep because I was planning on how to get craft supplies from my craft room, out to the hospital bed I stay in. I found a new hope and a new enthusiasm. Tomorrow,dh has a day off and for once I do not have a doctor appointment. I think there is a Michaels coupon in the paper............hmmm......dare I go? Maybe, just maybe :)

moving forward

A little progress today. I was able to move my right foot for the first time since surgery. My home health nurse put me in the lift and was able to get me out of the hospital bed and into the wheelchair. I had her wheel me into my craft room and just sat there for a few minutes enjoying the sights and smells of rubber stamps, and cardstock and ribbon! Small steps forward, but, they mean a lot to me. After all, progress is progress, right? Yay!

Radiation

I started radiation yesterday. So far so good. Once radiation is over, it is back to chemo. I go everyday for 5 days, which is way better than last time when I went 25 times. Moving forward.............