Just a Li'l Something

The Hand Hygiene Campaign in the hospital I work at is at full swing.. and heading the campaign for my unit, I was so proud when we reached 100% completion for the module. I got these little tokens of appreciation for the nurses in my unit. Inside is a nurse watch that I got from ebay. It was really affordable, anout CAD 2$ each.. I hope they like it. I will give it to them tomorrow. :)

There are 3 male nurses in my unit so I got them a pocket sized hand sanitizer instead. I don't think they nurse watch would have been too useful since the design is pretty girly. Anyway, here's how I packaged them. I really like how they turned out and am so glad I got to craft again. There has been a lot going on since the beginning of the year. I am going to a take on a different position temporarily until the fall and I am excited about that! It's gonna be a great learning opportunity. 

I used patterned papers from my scrap stash.. mostly My Mind's Eye I think. I cut the shape out using my Cricut Expression and the Elegant Edges Cartridge. I then used my Martha Stewart Scoring Board to score two lines so when I fold it it leaves enough space for the base. I also cut out scalloped circles using the same cartridge. I inked the edges using a sponge dauber from Stampin' Up and Grape Jelly ink from Memento. The stamp is from Popcorn the Bear deluxe set (the baby one). I felt like using the duck because it kinda reminds me of spring, I don't know why, really hehe. I coloured the duck using Copics. I only used two colours Y02 and YR16. I finished it off with yellow twine that I had from my cross stitching days. I'm excited to bring them to work tomorrow!

Love is patient, Love is kind

Hello again everyone! It has been a while.. and it feels great to be crafting again. A lot of things happened since Christmas. I was ill and then my sleep-wake cycle was messed up because of working too much over the holidays. Needless to say I was not my usual bubbly, happy, chirpy self.. and if it were not for my hubby's support and patience, I don't think I'd be back to doing the things I love like crafting, baking and yoga yet. Anyway... I made this card for him to show how much I appreciate his efforts :)

I made my first "window" card. I don't know the proper term for it, sorry guys. But I really love how it turned out. I used my Cricut and Elegant Edges cartridge for cutting out the frame and the oblong out of the card base. The image is suspended by dental floss that I just taped to the inside of the frame. The plain card stock and card base is Recollections, and the patterened paper is from My Mind's Eye Totally Girl paper pad. The image I used is one of my favourite ones- she is Bessie Lulu from Stamping Bella. I coloured her with Prismacolor pencils and odorless paint thinner. I really love the soft effect of the pencils with the detail of the image. The colours I used are as follows:

Skin: Beige, Peach
Hair: Burnt Ochre, Sienna Brown
Dress/ Shoes: Sand, Light Aqua
Flowers/ Stems: Imperial Violet, Lilac, Burnt Ochre
Shadow: French Grey 50%

I used glitter glue from Studio G all over the frame, the flowers and her shoes. For the inside of the card I used the same patterned paper, and plain purple cardstock. The sentiments are stamped with Memento ink onto plain white cardstock. They are from AmyR's Lovely sentiments. I thought it was very fitting for what I wanted to tell my hubby. I hope you guys like it!