Poorly boy!

Poor Alex has yet another really bad cough.  He is coughing so much that it is making him retch and making him really tired. It is such a shame as he had a birthday party to go to today and when he tried to join in the games he just started coughing so he was rather sad. 

He perked up a bit towards the end (after having some food) and joined in with a few of the games,

including sleeping lions, but at the end of the party he was asking to go home to bed.  As a result when he woke from his nap we spent the afternoon sat in a heap watching cartoons on TV.  I hope he is better tomorrow.

I did manage to make some cards this weekend.  This first one is for the birthday boy who, like most boys his age, is really into Ben10. This card therefore fits with the Boyz to men challenge from Pollycraft, Punches and Die cuts from both Papertake weekly and Tuesday throwdown, and Anything goes from Sew Many cards.

This second card is my entry to Less is More's one layer card with embossing challenge.  I used a cuttlebug folder for the edge and then heat embossed the birds and flowers in clear embossing powder to give a little texture and shine (the flash has caught the embossing obscuring the birds slighty - it looks better in real life!).  I wasn't sure whether clear embossing would work over promarker coloured images, but by using my versamark pen to colour the areas I wished to emboss it worked OK.  I am also entering this for the Aud Sentiments 'no sentiment' challenge and stamp scrap and doodles 'old supplies' challenge as the versamark pen I used is at least 3 years old, the embossing powder 2 years old and the cuttlebug embossing folder about 18 months old!  That is all from me for now. Back to work tomorrow, unless I am nursing a poorly boy.  Have a good week everyone.
Love,
Caro
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