Goodnight sweet Bella

Bella - happy in the sun 

I don't normally mention personal stuff on here but I am just heartbroken at the loss of our sweet little pet.

 On Sunday evening we noticed Bella had some swelling on her front leg and paw -

 on Monday morning I arrived at the vets without an appointment and was happy to wait until they could see her. She had a high temp and lots of fluid on her leg - tablets and medicine for 5 days to be given with food - sadly Bella didn't want any food or water -I syringe feed her with both so that I could medicate her.

Things didn't get any better on Tuesday and she almost staggered about , her back legs wobbly. I tried again with the syringe feeding and on Wednesday morning she was unresponsive- her eyes almost closed and no strength in her back legs. So back to the vet who was very concerned- bloods tests showed concern on every level - kidneys- liver - low temp- blood count very bad - everything listed was very bad - Bella just laid there, she made no attempt to move or do anything as she was checked over- the vet tried to stand her up and she just collapsed in a heap on the floor. She was put to sleep as there was nothing the vet could do .I am devastated she has gone

Animals are very good at being quiet and not showing signs of illness- We were at the vets in April to get yearly vaccinations done - was she ill then or this something that has happened very quickly. There will be no pets for us ever again , I can not go through this heartbreak and sadness - the house seemed empty today, no little patter of feet coming into the bathroom with me and no hot water bottle to keep me snug at night.

birthday butterflies

 I used pretty papers from My Minds Eye 'meadow collection' which I picked up from the local op shop.

I don't know where the butterfly stamps came from - I have had them  a few years.

Let's Craft and Create challenge 224 - things with wings.

A little bird

 

I have been pulling my hair out with this one. I used a die cut for the banner at the top and was then interrupted by my cat who I tried to ignore - turns out she was hungry. When I went back to craft table said die was missing ( where do these things go). change of plan and I add the triangle - maybe 5 minutes later I found the die but it was too late , because of the embossed background I had stuck it down really well.

the bird stamp is really old from Inkadinkadoo and the last time I used it was 2018 so I am guessing it will be a least 10 years since I bought it.

Freshly made sketches challenge 706. Not quite what I had in mind and I'm not sure if it's  CAS enough

I made a second card using the bird stamp but instead of black I used green and blue  - does it work or should solid stamps always be black ?