Mum - update ...

... after my "senior moment" this morning I rang this afternoon to have a chat.  Mum is staying with her brother and sister-in-law following the op!  Which is good, as when I spoke to my Aunt she told me that they'd spent the afternoon in A&E!!!  I didn't panic!  Honest.

The operation was done under local anaesthetic and only took an hour or so, and Mum was sent home following a successful op.  However, she developed a crushing headache and had severe pain in her eye.  So they headed back to the hospital to have it checked out.  All is well, but Mum has had a small bleed at the back of her eye - she's being seen by the consultant again in the morning.  Since getting back home Mum has slept and is feeling somewhat better - but she's not keen on having the other eye done! 

I'll talk to her again tomorrow - please keep her in your thoughts and send positive vibes!!  Thanks.

That's all for this evening - catch you tomorrow for the Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz!!

I've done it ....

...  the one layer card for Susan Raihala's challenge on her blog - Simplicity.  This week Susan wanted us to make a card with the theme of gratitude to a mother figure - could be your mum, or someone who's acted like a mum to you.  It's been so hard thinking what to do for the card.  I had lots of ideas, but they were not clean and simple, and certainly had more than one layer!!  As I said, one layer cards do not come naturally to me.  Then just after dinner this evening - it came to me in a flash.  I'm going to post the card to my mum tomorrow - because I love her and the card should go to a good home.  This is it:

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse Stamps - Roses in Bloom
Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black; Distress Inks - Barndoor, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint
Card: 5" x 5" pearl white (from QVC)

I did think about colouring in the roses, but decided that the clean lines of the image worked just fine as it is.

Claire Brennan of Waltzingmouse Stamps is launching her new range of stamps on Thursday 7th October, and I've spent the last couple of days checking out the blogs of her and her design team.  Claire's stamps are beautiful and the team have created some really beautiful and varied cards.  All the blogs are well worth a visit - happy viewing.  I think I'm going to be shopping on Thursday evening.

Finally, it's been another lovely day here - I can't believe that October is still so warm.  But we've been making the most of it. 

And that's all for this evening.  I'll be back again tomorrow.