Um... not really....
My oldest son was just not himself on Friday. He actually had asked not to go to school but when I reminded him it was his Winter Carnaval, he quickly changed his mind. We went out for McDonald's lunch and he had no desire to play with the other kids and when he actually decided not to eat a single thing, I knew I was in trouble.... Friday night turned into a night of really high temperatures and my son was just not himself.
Saturday morning I thought I would take him in to the medi-centre as I figured the temperature was probably an indicator of an ear infection. The no-nonsense doctor quickly diagnosed strep throat, 2 ear infections, and......a rash.......
A rash?! I had no idea!! Bad mom moment..... The doctor then informs me that it is Scarlet Fever :0 My mind instantly flashes back to the scene in Little Women when the sister dies of that....panic moment!!!! I have so much going on this week - lots of dayhome stuff and trying to plan for Spring Break coming up......... ackkkkkkkkkkkk! The doctor was so amazing though - in her no- nonsense manner, she explained to me that it was just a rash caused by the high fever of the strep... nothing to panic over but definitely contagious. Crap......
I think she saw the look on my face because she suggested going back and grabbing my other kids so she could swab their throats and have them tested so we didn't have to come back in - brilliant! So, I head out of the extremely crowded waiting room, run home and grab the other two. My youngest decides to play along for fun when I tell her I am taking her to the doctor, she grabs her tummy and starts repeating "ohhhhh, I sik!" Seriously, no prompting at all!
Back into the medicentre where the friendly nurse takes us straight into a room and no-nonsense doctor comes back in and inspects all ears and throats available. Turns out daughter also has infected ears so I get another prescription to add to the collection. I think I have discovered that the trick to getting out of that long wait at the medicentre is to merely look panicked!
So it has been a weekend of lots of Tylenol, cuddles, naps and movies. Not a lot of food and a timer going off to remind us all to wash our hands every hour. I am normally not a germophobe but I am determined to get rid of this bug without everyone else catching it!
So I now sit here wondering if it is nerdy to make that no-nonsense doctor a thank you card? Do I make it funny, flowery, plain.... I need some sort of idea to stike me in my sleep.... Gimme some ideas please?!
SO HANDSOME
GRAYSON
Next up, when I went away last week, I took wallet photos of my kids but had nothing to put them in. I was sure that I could create something so I took my son's spiderman wallet apart and measured it and created this!
Inside of the wallet (closed) - embossed
Inside the Wallet (open) - printed on the computer
Blank Card - Cuttlebug on C'oredinations and a bit of tearing and ink.
Scraps Card - a wee bit of scraps!
Kissin' - a layout of my daughter tackling my son for a smooch! This ribbon technique is so fast and easy and really makes an impact on a page!
Best - a layout of my best friend Tanis and my daughter. Tanis was in the delivery room when Danika was born and has been there through everything - an amazing friend whom I cherish. This layout was done based on a challenge by a DT member Jerusha who left the sketch as a challenge for the girls on our forums who couldn't make it to the retreat. This is one of Beggahuna's sketches.
Dogpile - from the Sketch of the Week March 9 - 15. The gears are from Riff Raff...LOVE me some Riff Raff!
Ready 2 b 3 - My son just before his 3rd birthday. This wasn't supposed to be a grungy page but I touched somewhere with ink on my hands (or arms...cause I'm a very messy scrapper!) and went with it!
When I was done, I discovered that the Glitter Fairy had exploded in my house but I was pretty happy with the results! Sooooo...here is my technique for Masking With Glitter!
2. Using double sided tape, cover white cardstock with it. Try not to touch the tape as it will lose its stickiness and the glitter will not stick where you have touched it. You may need to push firmly on the tape to make sure it is stuck - you can do this by putting a piece of wax paper over the whole thing and pushing on it.
3. Place your wax paper shapes randomly over the sticky tape. Use tweezers if you need to so you keep your greasy paws off the tape! Once you have them all down, pour your "basecoat glitter" over it. Shake off the excess.
4. Peel off a few of the wax paper shapes and pour your next colour of glitter over the cardstock. Tap off the excess. Remove more shapes and pour your next colour over cardstock. You can use as many colours as you want but I did remember after doing this one very important lesson.... When I first started stamping, my instructor Tanya (hey, I wonder if she has a blog?!) always told us to START with the darkest colours first..... Definitely good to do when you are using this technique. The second card is not as clear as I would like because I forgot this rule!
5. Once you are done, give your cardstock a good flick (on the back!!) and get rid of the excess glitter. Starting at the darkest colour, rub your finger in a circular motion to "set" the glitter. Make sure you clean off between colours :)
And since we're on the topic of Staz-On, that little plastic thingy inside drives me crazy....You aren't supposed to throw it away but it is a pain to have to take it off all the time and then try to find it in my scrappy mess to put it away. Throw a popdot on the ridge across the top of it and smoosh (very technical term) your lid back on and easy peasy, lid is never lost again!
And that is my new masking technique! You could also do this with flock (if you didn't hoard it like I do) or even micro beads!!! I stamped the THANK YOU on the second card with my glue pad and used the same glitter as the flowers .... cause I'm a matchy-matchy kinda gal! I would love to see any creations you come up with! Have yourself a fantabulous week!
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that answer won a lot of brownie points!
