My Life and Cards

   Like I said in yesterday's post today's post was going to be late. This morning was bad everything that could go wrong did. Woke up at 6 to get ready for my eye doctor appointment to check my contact lenses. While I was getting my contacts in I heard my parents saying the less than three year old refrigerator broke. All of all frozen food was throwing (bone broth, berries, eggnog, coconut water, etc.) Luckily, we have another refrigerator so we saved as much as we could and put it the other one. After all that, we kept calling the eye doctor because the roads were bad and wanted to make sure they were open.  They finally opened at 30 minutes before the appointment but we got it moved to hour and half later. After that, I noticed lost my contact in my bad eye. Looked for a half hour couldn't find it canceled the appointment and ordered a new one. Half hour later I found the stupid contact lens got the appointment back. Went to it, found out I need a newer prescription and a better fitting lens. So next week I am getting a new set and will be back there in two weeks for another contact exam. $300 and one irritated dog later the refrigerator is fixed. 

  

   Now onto the promised cards.

   When I saw this sketch from Sketch~N~Scrap I knew I wanted to do it. It is such a simple design it was easy to translate it in layers. 

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Webster's Pages),  doily (Doodlebug), sequins (?), rub-on (Studio Calico came from their kit club), tag (Elle's Studio), diecut (American Crafts), and enamel dots (My Mind's Eye), punches (EK Success and We R Memory Keepers)

   I have been in the mode lately to finish off 

This card sketch is from Scrapping Everyday Miracles. 

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), patten paper (Crate Paper and Close to my Heart), doily (Doodlebug), tags (Elle's Studio), diecuts (My Mind's Eye), journaling card (Project Life), sequins (Hazel & Ruby) and staple.

   Thanks for stopping by and I hope I inspired you to try some of these challenge sites. 

3 More Layouts

The first sketch layout I am sharing is from Scrapping Everyday Miracles 

   This layout is of photos of my mom in 1955. 

Supplies: pattern paper (Echo Park, Crate Paper and Bo Bunny), stickers (Echo Park and American Crafts), doily (Doodlebug), chipboard (Crate Paper), mist (Heidi Swapp), ,ask (The Crafters Workshop), pen (Project Life), punch (We R Memory Keepers)

   Close-ups. 

This sketch is from Let's Get Sketchy 

   This page is of my mom in the 1960s. Yes, she is wearing skis on that little snow pile.

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Carta Bella and The Paper Studio), sequins (Fancy Pants Designs), stickers (Carta Bella), wood veneer (Studio Calico)

The final one is from Sketches in Thyme

   This page is documenting my eye health journey for this month. I am sure there will be more eye layouts in the future. The photos were taken of before  and after I got contacts.

Supplies: pattern paper (LilyBee Designs, Crate Paper, and Echo Park), doily (Doodlebug), stickers (Elle's Studio, Studio Calico and SRM Stickers), stitching template (American Crafts), embroidery floss, wood veneer (?) stamp (glitz Designs), ink (Stampabilities) flair (Studio G), marker (Faber-Castell), journaling card (Project Life), diecut (My Mind's Eye), sequins (Hazel & Ruby)

  I am a huge fan of hidden journaling. I love keep my personal feelings hidden on pages.

   I used vellum stickers for "vision"  because it blends in and it makes it hard to see. It seemed perfect since I am scrapping about eyes.

   Tomorrow, I will share some of the cards I made. However, I have an eye doctor appointment in the morning so it might be late posting. 

Two pages for Two Challenges

   Since the New Year, I have been on a scrapping kick for challenges. I was in a middle of a design team vacation due to holidays and I thought the perfect way to spend it was to play with a lot of different sketch challenge sites.  

   In this post I will just share two of the many layouts I have done. 

Sketches In Thyme #137 

   This page is of my mom and a friend before heading to their dance recital. 

 Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Studio Calico and Crate Paper), washi tape (Studio Calico, Echo Park and Doodlebug Design Inc.)stickers (American Crafts, Bo Bunny, Fancy Pants Designs, My Minds Eye, Carta Bella and Echo Park), diecuts (American Crafts), doily (Doodlebug Design Inc.), Stickles (Ranger), mist (Heidi Swapp and Tattered Angels)

   Stuck On Sketches Jan 1st sketch reveal 

   This page is of my mom during her modeling shoot when she was a little. 

 Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (My Mind's Eye, The Robins Nest and Crate Paper), diecuts (American Crafts and My Mind's Eye), ink (Prima), gelatos(Faber-Castell), dollies (The Paper Studio and Doodlebug Designs Inc.) wood veneer (Studio Calico) and cipboard (Crate Paper)

Thanks for stopping by and I am sure more projects will be posted super soon.

p.s. I am wearing the contacts now with little to no  irritated eyelids now. I am going to the eye doctor this week still for another eye check-up. I am have a funny feeling a lot of those are still in my future due to keratoconus is a progressive disease.
   Now, my family have to get use to seeing me with no glasses. Every time I am not they think I don't feel well.

Winter Hiatus

   Since the beginning of the New Year I have been on a blogging vacation. Even though, I haven't shared anything and it don't mean I have not been productive. I have created 3 cards, 1 altered item and 10+ layouts. I will be sharing everything within the next week.
   The reason why I took a break was due to eye health reasons. I have had my eyes checked at the start of the year and it was confirmed I did have keratoconus (coned cornea). I am currently trying out rigid contact lenses to correct the double vision (which helps 99%) but I hate them. My eyelids are so tender from wearing them that I am dreading the time of the day I need to put them in. Next week, I have a follow up appointment to see how they are working for me but at this point I am really want to ditch them and live with the double. I am also looking for alternatives and am considering a new treatment and getting these rings in my eye so I don't have to wear contacts.