Hello stranger...

I spent yesterday cleaning and tidying before I picked my dad up from the airport (more on that at the end). I had about an hour before I had to leave so in true crafter style made a card lol. A friend of mine (hi Suzy Q!) recently ordered Winestool Nikki and as I was packing it up realised I hadn't inked her (Nikki not Suzy Q lolololol) up in a long time so that's exactly what I did. My cards lately have taken me well over an hour (think shaker card lol) so I tried to make this one in under an hour. I just about managed...I had to abandon it at the glitter and crystal stage {shock horror} but this is what I came up with...

Not a typical me card as it's not square but I did manage to get some sewing, glitter and crystals on it. I love this Bo Bunny paper I got from Hayley

As I was colouring her up I remembered why I loved Winestool Nikki so much...her dress! I just love to glitter it up :-D

It wasn't till after I took the pictures and downloaded them that I noticed Nikki's dress had a few glitter bald patches {more shock more horror!!} but I was doing it sans glasses (never again!) and at midnight so I hope you'll let me off this time lol. I am quite pleased with it and will try and make this size card more often.

Like I said...I picked my dad up at the airport. It was great to see him though my mom is usually marching through ahead of him and he's left to steer the trolly lol. It was wierd seeing him on his own and he did admit my mom was worred about him travelling on his own. I think she's forgotten that he did a lot of travelling around the world on his own until he was 40 and met her lol. I guess she thinks it's different now he's 77! We went straight to the hospital and met dad's niece Dot (his other sister's daughter) and her daughter who I'd never met before. Dad and I went in to see Jean in ICU and it was quite a shock to see her all wired up with the machines beeping. She's on a ventilator so couldn't talk but she had been trying to take the tube out. They've been slowly reducing the sedatives and it was the first time she's been conscious since Monday. She's still very ill and hopefully will recover but I'm sure she thought she was going to die when she saw her brother standing in front of her...her eyes almost popped out of her head when she saw him lol. I spoke to Dot this morning and she said Jean tried to take out her tubes again last night so they're going to take them out today. I'm praying it's not the sad trip my dad was expecting and that when he goes home in two weeks time Jean will be well on her way to a full recovery.

The dogs are desperate for a walk so I'll go get my waterproofs on and put the Ark on standby lol. Don't forget the blog hop starts on Monday...I'm so excited and nervous...I've got my card almost completed...just a few more tweaks! Grab the badge and put it on your blog if you can. Thanks to all of you have left comments to say you have already done so :-D

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Catch ya later x