Throwback Caught in Crystal card

 

Good Morning Ladies,

I hope that today finds you well, gentle hugs to those of you on pain 🤗 

I am having serious regrets, having the Hysteroscopy & Polypectomy while on day 2 of a UTI was a huge mistake, the pain during and after the procedure was a lot worse than I anticipated, I think it was made worse because of the uti pain, the extra pressure on my bladder during the procedure was agony, they did offer gas & air but that makes me nauseous which is something I didn't need with full bladder.  I was surprised that we weren't shown to a recovery room straight after procedure,  I was handed a prescription and shown the door!  I imagine the recovery would be beneficial as the fluid etc that they inflated your bladder has to come out, which it did in the car on the way home! I don't think I have ever been as happy to see my own bed!! I spent the rest of the day laid on my bed due to pain, sadly I will be doing the same today as I woke at 1.15 am and again at 3am in a lot of pain.  

I will add description of today's card below

Today's card is my 'Sparkle and Shine' Challenge card, I have had the background hovering around my desk for quite some time, I love it but couldn't decide what to use it for/with, I tried some Christmas themed die cuts but it just didn't look right.  So I picked up my new Dragonfly Edger die and die cut that and layed it over the 'Caught in Crystal' background and loved it straight away.
As I had the background already made it was quite a quick and simple card to make, I think that is the great benefit of batch making backgrounds, have a proper 'messy crafting' day and make lots of different colours and styles of backgrounds ready to just pick up when you need a quick but effective card.
I couldn't decide which colour gemstones to add to the Dragonfly, as I was moving the background around the purple colours kept catching the light, so that is what I decided to go with.  The other thing I was undecided about was the sentiment, so I die cut a simple Thank you' just for the purpose of photographing for the blog, I can add a proper sentiment when I decide what to use the card for.
I used Creative Expressions Noble Double Stitched Rectangles (set B) for the frame around my card.
I hope you like it, I took a few different photos of various angles to try and capture the glitter in the background, it never looks as good in a photo though.  All I can say is, I definitely 'Sparkles and Shines'!

I hope that you all have a lovely day, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra XXX