Thursday 22 November 2012

A Birthday Card & a Tattoo

I've had a busy few days, managed to get some crafting in on Saturday, which I really enjoyed as up until recently I worked on a Sat and since changing my days nearly every Saturday we've been out & about (my daughter goes to Uni next year, so we've had quite a few Uni visits to do) and so this weekend, nothing was planned and I had a free day to craft, which was great - I really enjoyed it.  I now work on a Sunday, Monday & Tuesday & yesterday was sort of laid up with a sore foot (due to tattoo - read on for more details!!) so I'm glad I did get all that crafting in as it had to last me quite a few days!

I had an order from a friend for some of my polymer clay earrings so I finished off her order and made some quick & easy boxes to put them in, using an SU die, which I stamped (SU stamps & ink):



I then made a birthday card for a (male) friend as I was seeing him that evening, I belong to an Amateur Dramatic Group & we had a get together at Jenko's Mongolian BBQ, which is very yummy and a good night out was had by all.  I always find male cards hard to do, even though I do fairly clean & simple cards, and am not one for lots of embellishments I still find cards for men challenging, so dug out one of my favourite SU punches, the owl punch and made a card with him:


Once I'd done the owl, the rest came together quite easily (all SU except the papers - the name of which escapes me at the moment, but was some scraps I had left) and I added a couple of googly eyes. I'm entering this card into the challenge over at Addicted to Stamps & More, which is a Clean & Simple challenge.

So yesterday was tattoo day, I've been wanting another tattoo for ages, had one done on my hip about 8 years ago and have always said I'd get another but never seemed to get around to it.  I started on a weight loss journey in August and am a firm believer in rewards for effort (of course LOL) so had promised myself that for my second stone lost I'd get a tattoo done on my foot, and here's a pic taken yesterday evening:


My foot is still a bit swollen in the pic so please do ignore the puffyness, but I'm really pleased with the result.  I have to say though it hurt so, so much, I'd forgotten how much it hurt having a tattoo and I'm sure this was worse than the small one on my hip.  It took longer, well over an hour and was really painful! I drove home, put my foot up, took some painkillers and pretty much stayed put for the rest of the day.  It's still sore today, and I suspect will be for another day or two but it's not as bad as yesterday, thank gawd! I had to go out this morning to take the dog to the vet and it does hurt more when I'm wearing shoes, so I just hope it's a lot better by Sunday as I'm working and will be in shoes all day - ouch!  But I am pleased I had it done - good job really as it's now a permanent part of me lol.



Thanks for popping in

Jan x

8 comments:

  1. Hi Janjay, I'm glad you had a free day to craft and hope your foot feels better soon. I like your little owl, sweet card! Thank you for joining us at ATSAM. Sue x

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  2. Hi there - I love the owl punch - its one of my favorites to use due to the versatility and all the other things you can make with it - but here its just plain darling as you've done it! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Addicted to Stamps and More!

    P.S. I LOVE your gorgeous tatoo - can't imagine it felt too good though while you were getting it - ouch.

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  3. Thank you so much for your kind words! It is so exciting to have a new visitor..especially one who leaves such sweet comments and who wants to follow my blog :)

    Isn't this blog world amazing? Ah, how technology can shrink our world! I took an enjoyable stroll through your blog. Love your clean and simple style. Great jewellery too!

    I am looking forward to many more visits! I have signed up to follow your blog)

    By the way, the Memory Box frosty snowflake die is NOW ON MY LIST of must have things - awesome cards!

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  4. Sweet treat boxes and a great guy card!

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  5. Love everything Jan! I have the same trouble with masculine cards! Love your new tattoo. I have a rose on my back that I got about 15 years ago and while in Hawaii in January, i got my sons name on my wrist. Hurt like hell!! It was worth it though lol. Thanks so much for playing along at ATSM!! xx

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  6. Cute owl card, Jan! He looks funny with his googly eyes. :) I like the brown color scheme of the card, suits well for a guy. Congrats on your new tattoo!! Really cool. I don't have the courage myself. :) Thank you for joining us at ATSM Challenge this week!

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  7. Cute owl card! I love the little googly eyes. I never thought to put those on him! Thanks for playing at ATS&M this week.

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  8. Great masculine birthday card ... just love that owl!! Great mix of papers and colors. Thanks for joining us at ATS&M.

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