Scraps of my Life

Friday, January 28, 2011

LOSS, LOVE, CELEBRATION...

I Just lost my precious 17 year old cat, Scruff, the day before yesterday and miss him terribly!

He was my beautiful and perfect son for 15 years. The pain in the ass that was my pleasure to have.
He was so smart and lately one of my jobs as his mom was to open yet ''another'' can of food... “”'cause I don't really like this one Mom"" or ""you KNOW I don't like fish""... Those were the looks he always gave me.
He wasn't all that healthy on and off for the last two years, and I really spoiled him during that time. As of most cat parents out there, I'd complain about his demands, and then I would do them one by one.

He passed so peacefully last Tuesday morning, in the vet's office. And I whispered hundreds of "I love yous" and "thank yous" and "no more pain" and "mommy love's you forever" and sang a silly little song I made for him years ago.

For the last 2 ou 3 years he demanded to be held. Before then, he was very independent, but lately he wanted to be held constantly. And none of this surfing-the-net-while-holding me-bullshit. If I kept clicking the mouse he would give me dirty looks, jump off my arms and then once on the floor he would look at me like he was saying: ""What the hell happened? Why am I on the floor?"" And then he would jump up again, nestle his head on my left shoulder and sleep for as long as I was able to sit still. And then he would start it all over again.

My arms miss him!

I don't feel guilty for having put him to sleep, as it was my responsibility to keep him from suffering... but I feel guilty when I see... when I remember the doctor taking him away after he passed. His eyes were open and I did stay with him for a while after he passed, but maybe not long enough... but how long is long enough? I just know it feels very weird seeing someone else taking him, even if he was dead.

It was no one's fault. It was time. He had a beautiful life. I am not blaming anyone and I don't even know if I speak from a place of gilt.

I just miss him. I am just sad for not having him anymore to kiss, to love, to spoil, to hold .

This is a celebration of him!

Thanks for reading!

SCRUFFFY SURFING THE NET

Thursday, February 25, 2010

BIRTHDAY CARD FOR MY NIECE ADRIENE

TODAY IS MY NIECE'S ADRIENE'S 27th BIRTHDAY, AND I MADE HER THIS CARD.

WE SPENT THE DAY YESTERDAY TOGETHER AND IT WAS LOADS OF FUN.

SHE LOVED HER CARD!

ENJOY IT!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

THE RED ROOM...

AWWW... HOW CUTE IS THIS??? I JUST GOT THIS ADORABLE MESSAGE IN MY E-MAIL FROM MY SWEET FRIEND MARCUS...

THANKS BABY!

If you wake up in a red room with no windows and doors,
DON'T panic... you're just in my
heart!!!

Friday, January 15, 2010

My Version Of The White Thang...

IT SEEMS THAT THIS DESIGN HAS BECOME A CLASSIC.

THE ALL WHITE, WITH A BIG SNOW FLAKE.

HERE IS MY VERSION OF IT.

HOPE YOU'LL LIKE IT!

FOR THE WORD 'PEACE' I USED ONE OF QUIKCUTZ EMBOSSING FOLDERS,

AND JUST CUT AROUND THE WORD "PEACE"

INSIDE OF CARD

ENJOY!

2009 Christmas Cards

So this (2009) was the year that I was going to make ''hundreds" (haha...) of christmas cards... and I was going to start early since it was just after Halloween (which I bought at least a couple of hundred 12x12 pages + punches + embelishments and ribbons.... and made """ZERO""" Halloweeen cards).

I was hopefull that this Christmas I would make lots of cards to give and to sell... anyway... these are my cards...

(I will finish editing the rest of the cards when I am a little more awake...)

This was the first card I made:

Jingle-Balls

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

A PEEK OF THE INSIDE...

JUST LOVE THESE PAPERS.

THIS CARD CAME OUT REALLY BEAUTIFUL... THE PICTURE SUCKS!

INSIDE OF CARD...

THIS IS THE UGLIEST CARD I'VE EVER MADE

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THANKS FOR LOOKING!

50 Years Wedding Anniversary...

A friend of mine asked me to make her a 50 year wedding anniversary card for some friends of her's.

The little wheels in my creative mind immediately started thinking of some traditional ideas, until she said:

"I don't want none of those black and white and gold depressing colors, I want a colorful, happy card!"

Well, this is what I came up with.

I actually mixed black and white with some colors. As I thought that maybe she didn't know how to ask exactly what she wanted.

Well, she loved it, and so did the couple.

Aren't they just gorgeous? This picture was taken 50 years ago.

Hope you'll enjoy it!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Neighborly Love...

So here is yet ANOTHER flower card... though I can't promise my next card won't have any flowers in it, I have a very good reason to have flowers on this one...

The other day while on my occasional walk around the block, I passed in front of a house that had 'millions' of Zinnias in on both sides of the house all the way to the front door. Now I adore zinnias and can't keep my mouth shut, so I said: "Oh my God, that is the most beautiful garden!!!" The couple, owners of the house, and their dog, were right there and immediately offered me a bouquet to take home. So I just had to make this card to thank them.

I used WIMG for the vase and sentiment, CB 'Thank You' folder and a cute butterfly ribbon

I was going to make the flowers too, but I found these flowers ready made and they had a strong resemblance to the real flowers. So I decided to take a short cut and use them.