Happy Me! Petaloo Guest Designer!

This post is well overdue- I have been sick for the past 11 days- something sinus related- probably something I should have seen a Dr. for and picked up some antibiotics to get it knocked out, but sadly I did not and I so I fight it daily (and curse myself- lol). I am pretty sure Ashlyn and I picked it up at the same time, and since she was on antibiotics she kicked it much quicker. Oh well, such is life and I will be well soon enough, at least I can function so that's good.

GREAT news for Ashlyn- her calprotectin levels are down into the 70's, which is almost normal. (Calprotectin measures the amount of inflmmation in the GI tract- 6 weeks ago hers were extremely high at 1227.) This means that the medications are working for the inflammation. Unfortunately, she still has a lot of pain and some bleeding from the ulcers, so when we go back to Seattle on Thursday, we'll have to ask for something else to get her some relief. Once that pain is managed, it will be much easier to tackle the eating issue. She hasn't eaten solid food in months, and she associates food with pain/feeling bad, so we have to ease back into this. But, that's something we'll deal with in a week or so I am not going to worry about that today.

I was asked to be a Guest Designer for Petaloo this month, and lucky me- they just so happened to team up with Lily Bee this month as well. Double fun and such an honor! Here are the projects I created:

I dressed up this wooden birdhouse I picked up at Michael's a few months ago- the flowers and paper were the perfect inspiration to make something happy. The Petaloo Honeysuckle and Trumpet Vines really brought this to life along wih the bright colors from the Lily Bee papers; a perfect combination! 

Products used:

Canterbury Collection

Canterbury Roses x 6 (Lemon)

Canterbury Roses x 6 (Pink)

Mini Canterbury Asst. x 9 (Lemon)

Mini Canterbury Asst. x 9 (Teal)

Honeysuckle Vine (Yellow)

Trumpet Vine Spray (Teal)

Devon Collection

Petites Mini Rose Clusters (Fuschia)

Glitter Critters Butterflies Dragonflies (White/Pink)

  

I also have a quick and easy butterfly garland that only took minutes to create. I used some cork butterfly pieces from Michael's as the base, and then added a butterfly punch using the cheerful patterns from the Lily Bee Happily Lost collection, and then finished with the gorgeous flowers from the Canterbury Collection.

 Products used:

Canterbury Collection
Canterbury Roses x 6 (Lemon)
Canterbury Roses x 6 (Pink)
Canterbury Roses x 6 (Teal)

Lastly, I have a layout. I know I have scrapped this photo time and time again, but I just love it! I wanted to keep it light and airy and happy. The Lily Bee Papers and Petaloo flowers made it so easy to do so.

Products used:


Canterbury Collection
Canterbury Roses x 6 (Lemon)
Canterbury Roses x 6 (Pink)
Canterbury Roses x 6 (Teal)
Mini Canterbury Asst. x 9 (Lemon)
Mini Canterbury Asst. x 9 (Teal)

Devon Collection
Petites Mini Rose Clusters (Fuschia)


One more thing- My Scraps and More is having a Sketch Crop this weekend! You have until Wednesday, May 25th to get all your entries in, so there is still plenty of time to join in. Head on over and jump in on the fun! You could win an Echo Park 'Splash' collection pack.
Have a beautiful day!