Wooooo. Last night was the first rough night we’ve had with Piper..lets just say all three of us didn’t get much sleep. But it turned out okay because I was lucky to have Craig home with me today. It was good because I didn’t feel like I was going it alone throughout the day, but it was also exhausting because we had made plans for the day, so it meant we were rather out of routine for the whole day.
It felt so wonderful to show her off to friends and work colleagues today. All the compliments and coos just fill us with pride, so much so that we positively glow with delight. However… although my sweet darling is sleeping at the moment, I have a horrible feeling deep in my gut that I may be awake all night again.
But isn’t this one of the delights of parenthood? I keep telling myself that there will be days like this, but for every sleepless night there will be a multitude of wonderful moments shared with the little one, so precious that it makes it all worth while.
Every day I try to set myself little goals. Just little ones. Yesterday my goal was to print a document, to have a shower and be able to blow dry my hair, and to hoover the corridor. I never got to hoover, but to be honest i think that was more due to laziness rather than time constraints. lol.
Tomorrow I want to do a little crafting. Not much, maybe just half an hour? Twenty minutes? I’ve even brought a few bits and pieces into the dining room so that I can seize the moment (should it arrive!).
But for now, this is one of the other Mums day cards that I managed to quickly put together for Granny Oman last week…from Piper of course!
enjoy.
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HI everyone,
Another Mothers’ day card to share…yes, I know Mothers’ day is over for another year, but cards like this can also be used for birthdays or just because.
Once again I dug out my scraps to make this funky card, and had lots of fun paper piecing the cute little owls which are a Hampton Arts Critter Stamp set. I really liked this stamp set, and thought it was funky that they came in a foot long strip…but its now one of those stamps that doesn’t quite fit into the storage box with my other stamps. In a way its a good thing because it jumps out at me, but its also a little frustrating that it doesn’t fit properly like the rest of my stamps. Grr!
Products Used
Hampton Arts Warm Fuzzies foot long clear stamps
Hero Arts Monogram alpha
Hero arts All occasion messages
Decorative edge scissors
Corner chomper
Black archival ink pad
Small heart punch
Pattern paper – mixed, from scraps
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Happy Mothers Day everyone!
I can’t believe its my first Mothers Day! wow, its so crazy! This morning I got treated to homemade oven scones by Craigy (on Piper’s behalf of course). They were delish! NOM! I also got a few crafty mags with freebie stamps to play with. 🙂 yeay!
Today’s card is actually for granny, or Mummy’s mummy – because if mummies are great then grannies must be super great!
Given the limited time on my hands, i only had a very limited craft stash in the house to play with, but im still happy with the finished card. The teddy bear stamp is from a set of clear stamps I bought in Prague on our honeymoon, but unfortunately have no idea what make it is. I thought this little bear holding a flower would be perfect for Granny Coalter.
I hope all you yummy mummies out there have a really wonderful mothers day. Enjoy being spoilt rotten!
Oh, and i must also shout out a BIG happy birthday to little Lewis, my youngest nephew who turns one today. I’ll get a piccy of his card up on the site in the next day or two. Happy birthday my little darling. xx
Products Used
bear stamps
Aquarelle stamps
Archival Ink Black
Watercolour brush pen
Tim holtz distresser tool
kaisercraft ‘thinking of you’ stamp set
Pattern Paper – Toga (french brand)
Pigment pen 0.5mm – (to hand write Granny)
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