"Itty Bitty Piggy..."

So things have very quickly reverted back to their normal state of affairs - welcome to the blog where Sod's Law would be a welcome break! Not only have I had to put up with a throat infection that has literally felt like my throat has been slit from the inside but my mother has once again been admitted to hospital, this time after having had a rather nasty fall in her bedroom.
Mother is 83 and lives with my sister and you know that old saying about timing being everything, well her timing has been just perfection. My sister has booked a ten day holiday to Cyprus so that she can not only see her daughter and grandchildren but also get a long overdue and well earned rest. Mother fell on friday morning - my sister flew out yesterday (tuesday) morning! Jo and I were meant to be going over to my sister's house to look after my mother while she was away. We had organised a cat-sitter, I had booked time off work, everything way all set up and then this happens. So now, Jo and I are sat here waiting for my infection to clear up so that we can visit mum in hospital. I am also sat at home, not knowing how long she is going to be in hospital for (because God forbid, you should ever get a straight answer from anyone in the medical profession eh!) and until I know when she is coming out, there is very little Jo and I can do but sit tight and wait!
Of course it hasn't been all bad news. I received my Mimics Creations CD-Rom from Create and Craft this week and have been frantically colouring in ever since. Apparently, while the disc was being sold on-air, the presenters or the disc's creator weren't allowed to name any of the characters on the disc, even though it was glaringly obvious who they were meant to be! I don't know if that means I shouldn't say who they are here but as my followers fall well below the two hundred line I don't suppose I really need to fret too much about getting into trouble!!
I never buy craft CD's as I prefer stamping and Digi images, plus I have yet to find a paper I really like enough to want to home print on and use in a project! But this CD is soooo different, I just had to have it! It features a host of characatures from popular culture, both past and present. There's Lady Gaga, The Twilight gang, Cheryl Cole (we think!!), Rihanna and the Top Gear team all representing for today and there's the likes of Arnie as The Terminator, M.J. in his Thriller zombie outfit and Del Boy and Rodney from Only Fools and Horses representing the classics. It is jam packed with great backgrounds, word art, backing papers and envelopes, but the main draw for me was that all the characters were available as Digi stamps too. So far I have coloured M.J. and The Trotters, both images giving me a little challenge or two along the way; zombie skin and D.P. army wear! but I think I have coped with both problems rather well and hope to show you the finished products on this blog in the very near future.
On to this weeks card and the theme over at I ♥ ProMarkers is Flower Power. We are once again being sponsored by the wonderful Digi Doodle Shop and the little porker above is called "Sweet Smell". I love pigs (I even used to collect them at one time, that was until the house became over run!!) and I am really fond of this image, he has such a happy face and he was beyond easy to colour. I have basically used scraps of paper (designer though!) and card to make it with but I did manage to use my new Woodware Crafty Edger and my even newer Cheery Lynn fancy swirl die. The flower was a fairly recent pick-up too from The Range, so I assume it's from Papermania and I love how 3D it looks.
Anyhoo, that's enough from me, hope your week has been okay! See you again soon,
take care,
Andy
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