A Thank you

I made this card for all you caring folk who supported Maz during her illness. She has a way to go but thanks to your prayers and well wishes she will be able to enjoy Christmas.
 Blessings from Doug (hubby of Maz)

This Tilda and Koala is a special one that can be purchased from Shopbron 
Doug has colored this Tilda with his Prismacolor pencils and odorless spirits. I think he did a super job.
I am entering this in the Maggie Lovers Challenge for Doug.

 

Close up view

                                                                Full view

Magnolia-Licious challenge

hi Ladies!
This is my entry for Magnolia-Licious Highlites blogspot I made this lantern from a pattern that Lena Katrine gave a tutorial for. Mine is no where near as good as hers but I did my best and that's what counts right?
I colored Tilda with Promarkers.
For those interested
I have quite a bit of pain today but am feeling much better in myself. Hopefully I am on the way to recovery.
I am not able to take strong painkillers because of having only one kidney so that is not so good. The doctors have said it will take about twelve to sixteen weeks to recover. I say 'give me another couple of weeks LOL.

Here is my Lantern....

      

 

Out of Hospital and Tilda with Koala

Hi my dear Followers!
Well as you can see by my heading I am out of hospital. I came home two days ago. I coped really well with the operation. I had a nerve block put in my back to ease the pain. It is something like an epedural. Apparently the pain can be very bad when they operate on your lung so I was very happy to have this. After four days they removed the drainage tube from my lung (not the best feeling but I braved the storm LOL). I don't have the results yet and am in no hurry to get them. It is a secondary cancer from the kidney cancer of last year so I have learnt to except what will be.

Yesterday I was quite ill but after getting medication from the doctor I am feeling much better today. Good enough to put a card on. I did color this one before I went in and don't tell anyone but it is just sitting on the card not stuck together. You wouldn't know though now would you?? I did make the flower some time ago. It is a native to Australia so thought it would be perfect for this card. It is called a Banksia. Very similar to a Bottlebrush..
The stamp is a special one that can be brought from Shopbron Tilda is so cute holding that Koala.
I colored it with Promarkers.

 

Banksia up close

 

Tilda and Koala up close.

 

Completed card.

Going into hospital

Just for the record..I go into hospital tomorrow to have a tumor removed from my left lung. I may not be able to put anything on here for a little while until I have recuperated. I am confident that all will go well.
Thank you all who have prayed for me. It has been so comforting and I have appreciated it very much. Thank you also for the wonderful encouring comments I always receive.
See you in a couple of weeks or sooner.

Update on my health

Hi Dear Followers!
Today I had to go to the hospital to see the Surgeon about the tumor on my lung. As a lot of you know I had a biopsy that had gone very wrong and it had caused my lung to collapse. My specialist told me I didn't have to have it again as the surgeon had agreed to do the operation without knowing whether the cancer I had was a lung cancer or a secondary cancer from the kidney cancer I had last year. (metastatic disease). He said he believed it to be metastatic disease. Not the best scenario as further down the line it will turn up somewhere else.
My faith has held me together. Without it I would not cope at all. He is going to do what is called a wedge resection where they will go in and cut the tumor out and surrounding tissue. I will be in hospital for about four days. He said it will take several weeks of pain afterwards. The hospital will ring me this week with a date that will be within the next two weeks. I came home exhausted and went straight to bed and slept like a baby. It has been a stressful time. My hubby Doug and I have had our share of cancer and were hoping to have a good year this year. Maybe next year will be a good one.

On a lighter note....here is a card I made with Tilda angel on it. The flower is a one I made myself. I colored Tilda with Promarkers. My little buddy Toby loves to help me craft.

 

The finished article. all in one piece.

Tilda with Hellebores Christmas card

Hi Friends!
The card I have made today is done with Distress inks on Water color paper. I have done faux stitching on it and distressed the edges with Antique Linen.
The Distress inks I used are Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, Walnut stain, Black soot, Pumice stone, Lipstick and Barn Door.
The Magnolia stamp is from the new Christmas collection. She is called Tilda with Hellebores. The corner frames are by Provocraft. The paper I used is fromThe Paper shelter and it is for the Happy ccouple collection I hope you like it as I had fun making it.

 

I am entering this one in the Just Magnolia Christmas challenge

and Simon Says Challenge 

I will also enter this in the Paper Shelter challenge where they have anything goes.

Pink for Breast cancer

This card I made for Breast cancer month. Three years ago I had a double mastectomy for breast cancer. I am one of the fortunate ones to have survived.
It has been a quite tiring week with lots of visits to the hospital for tests.I will soon be having an operation on my left lung to remove a cancerous tumor that has spread from the kidney cancer I had last year. Having a strong faith has helped me a lot so I know I am in the Lord's hands.
This card I have made is colored with Promarkers. I am entering this one in the Just Magnolia challenge. Just in time I hope.
I have been having a really hard time getting a good photo lately so these are the best of a bad lot.

Special Edition Tilda

My card today is a Special Edition Tilda from a shop in Holland. I saw her on someones blog and wanted her. It was hard to work out in Dutch but I finally did it. I have colored her with Promarkers. The doily is a Cheery Lynn one called 'English Tea party'. The frame is a Spellbinder frame. The corners are Bosskut dies. Flowers are from WOC.

 

A close up

Chess Tilda on mushroom

Today I have made a card using the mini Chess Tilda and the full size magnolia mushrooms. The papers are Stampin Up ones. (I don't know what they are called). I used Promarkers to color this card.

Sorry about the quality of my pictures. I can't seem to get them as good as I would like.

I will enter this one in the Just Magnolia and Hanglar & Stanglar challenge blog

Just for You

At last another card. I colored this one with Promarkers...still learning.
Ihe little crochet flowers were made by my friend Tina. I won them in her blog candy. Thanks Tina. she also made the hat pin so you might say this card is a joint effort LOL. The heart DooHickey from Magnolia was a present from my dear friend Patti Jo for my birthday. I am so lucky.

I seem to be liking purple lately.