{Caardvarks} 5 Star Challenge

Boy. Life is throwing us some major curveballs this summer. And it keeps getting in my way of stamping. Not fair. I need my stamping to reduce stress levels and it's getting harder and harder to fit it in each day.

First curveball this summer was Muriel's double bypass surgery. Second curveball has been her slow recovery. Third curveball was thrown this past weekend when they were getting ready to send her home. The day they were going to release her they discovered more fluid in her lungs. No going home. The next day they attempted a blood transfusion (her hemaglobin is half what it should be) and she had an allergic reaction to the antibodies in the blood being transfused. She's not coming home anytime soon. It's been one month since surgery day. She will be moved to a nursing home until her lungs get better (which requires her to breath in the little spirometer thingy), and her hemaglobin levels increase (which requires her to EAT).

Fourth curveball was thrown yesterday when it was announced at work that my hubby's boss, THE TOP DOG, had been fired. Now, I don't know what you know about the radio industry, but it's especially fickle. This gentleman has been with this group of radio stations for over 25 years, is my guess. He's been my hubby's boss for about 12. NO ONE had a clue this was coming. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers these coming months.

Fifth curveball ws thrown later yesterday afternoon and is another freelance project for me (good, but bad). I was already working on trying to finish another project and now a new one has come down. This one is a tv buy that starts TODAY. Needless to say, I won't be getting much stamping done this week.

So, all this stuff going on was really just a way to explain for you WHY it's getting so hard for me to keep up with the {Caardvark} 10 Day-10K Challenge! I didn't get a chance yesterday to make my 5-Star card till early in the evening! I'm hoping I can squeeze today's challenge (Day 6, make a 6x6 in card) inbetween my two freelance projects and my business lunch.

Because this post has gone on too long, I'm not going to go into details on my 5-Star card submission. There isn't any stamping on it {insert sad face}, but I don't have any stamps that go with this funky paper from Love Elsie! So, I used my Thickers Stickers (by American Craft) instead to get my message across! Wouldn't this card be perfect for a teenage girl? I love this paper! I've made up a bunch of fun girl cards with it lately, but can't post them because I'm going to submit the cards to some pubs!