Handyman Bear

In my last post I mentioned that July is a busy month for me as far as birthdays go...

Well, today is yet another friend's birthday. He is another guide at the Fort where I

volunteer. Last Monday, I posted a card for another fellow-guide, and you may

notice that I used almost virtually the same design, albeit with a different image 

and papers. Each did not see the other's card, and they don't look at my blog,

so I did not feel guilty about not designing a different sketch.

I was on duty at the Fort yesterday, so I needed to have the card finished by Saturday.

However, there was a slight "incident" on Friday, whereby I didn't start the card until

Saturday evening....Now don't any of you laugh, as most people have done, but after

a routine checkup with my doctor late on Friday morning, John and I decided to drive

to a nearby small beachside village to have lunch by the water. While I was enjoying

my lunch, 2 pelicans stood right in front of us, with the most soulful eyes. Being the

softie I am about animals, I went to give them a chip each. Before I could blink, one

snatched at my hand, engulfing it past my wrist. As I pulled my hand away, the razor-

sharp hook on its beak tore a deep gash in my thumb, and a smaller one on my hand.

 I went to the little ambulance station nearby, where they patched me up, and advised

me to go to our hospital's E.D. for a tetanus injection...I'm not sure which hurts 

more...the wounds, my injected arm, or my pride.

STOP LAUGHING!!!!!

The 'birthday boy', Carl, is a bit of a handyman at home, and at the Fort,

so I used one of my favourite 'male card' images, Mr. Fix-it, by Stampavie.

A closer look at Mr. Fix-it, coloured with Promarkers.

Inside the card.

(Sorry for the poor lighting on the photos-I took them very early before I left home

for the Fort yesterday morning).

Challenges

Brown Sugar #104 - 'For The Boys'

Crafter's Cafe #73 - 'Anything Goes'

Fab 'n' Funky #224 - 'Walk On The Wildside'

Milk Coffee - 'Birthdays'

Penny's Paper Crafty #187 - 'Anything Goes'

Pile It On #30 - 'Embossing'

Simon Says Stamp - 'Emboss It'

Image - Stampavie (Laurence Collection)  Mr. Fix-it 

Colouring - Promarkers

Paper - 3 Bugs In A Rug Tool Time

Embossing - Crafts Too Tools

Hammer Brad, plastic Drill and Nails, peel-off stickers from my junk stash.

I must go and start preparing dinner...any 'wet' tasks take longer because of my hand. 

John has music students until 9pm, otherwise he would have cooked. He had a lovely 

dinner waiting for me last evening, when I returned home from the Fort

(he cooks most Sunday nights).

Thank you for visiting,

Hugs, 

Jennifer. x