Hi! This card was made for today's Inspiration Challenge: Tadenberg. I chose THIS CANDLE as inspiration for today's Wedding Card.
Friday was bad for us. Dad was called by the hospital and was told, "You need to get here. She's going, really soon." So, he called my sister and then me. Mark and I headed BACK to the hospital. (We had JUST LEFT!) Mother had been put on a Bi-PaP machine that is really quite loud...(And, her breathing was getting better.Now, don't get me wrong here, the woman was laboring to breathe.) I asked the doctor if this new developement was due to heart failure and not the fibroids in the lungs. He looked me in the eye and said that the x-rays showed masses, in the lungs, but that could be fibroids OR fluid from heart failure. I suggested he treat the masses as fluid, as she was responding to that treatment the day before. He looked at me and asked when I went to medical school. I looked right back and said, "Obviously not back in the stone age when you attended!" He laughed, patted me on the back and ordered the attending doctor to treat her for heart failure. Guess what? She is now improving, again. (Oh, and I had called my ex's cousin, a cancer research doctor, for info on how to speak to the doctors, since she had gotten worse. He's a WONDERFUL doctor, who took care of me, via consultations, and web conferences with the doctors here. He told me that my mother has little time left, but she could fool us all, as she has in the past.
I was informed, this evening at dinner, that my husband had RSVP'd for a WEDDING tomorrow. Goodness...I would have liked to have known that! (I need to visit my colorist, BIG TIME! He called and left a NOT so nice voice mail informing me that he had heard I had 1" roots, and better get myself to his chair this weekend, or he was going to cross me off his client list! LOL) And, I need a dress...And...I guess I have to buy a pair of decent pumps...even though I haven't worn anything except flipflops for 4 1/2 years....
The background was embossed with a Tim Holtz texture fades folder. The focal panel was stmped with a flourish from Frame and Flourishes. the flower/vine is from Ladybugs and Carnation.
Finished card size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Total time to complete: 17 minutes It took longer to tie the bow than anything else!
Registered: May 22, 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 7141
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 @ 3:06 PM
Faith, take this beautiful card and go to that wedding. Enjoy yourself with your hubby and have a good time. It's okay to take alittle break, ya know? Love ya and hang in there!
Registered: January 6, 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 20543
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 @ 3:56 PM
Oh Faith, how beautiful and elegant this is!
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Registered: April 19, 2006 Location: Waterford, WI Posts: 20540
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 @ 5:02 PM
Your card is beautiful and I hope life gets better real soon. I have been looking at your pretty avatar and trying to picture someone with 1" roots wearing flip flops. Very hard.