Need to have my heart re-booted!!!

Well at least that is what my son calls it. Certainly a lot easier to explain to the grand children instead of saying I need an cardiac arterial version.

I have been missing in action now for about a month, a week of that was spent in the cardiac unit at one of our larger hospitals. I don't usually feel down in the dumps, but the medication to slow my fast, irregular heartbeats as left me without much energy, not even for stamping.

Today brought me a much needed surprise.The arrival of a complimentary copy of the Just Cards Steam punk magazine pointed to the fact that I probably had one of my designs published.

 "Steam punk" was never going to be an easy call especially as I wanted to use one of the images from the company I design for, namely Sparklensprinkle

However I decided to do a "Tongue in cheek" creation with a nod towards a fun and cartoon character using  Dare Devil 1515-308G  a like able Sparklensprinkle image.
They must have liked it because there it was for all to see.!

If you have not got your own issue of Just Steam punk, here is the card I made.The  graphic image is kind courtsey of the fabulous Graphic Fairy, the link can be found on the right hand side coloumn.

You might well be even asking WHAT IS STEAMPUNK. Here is a sort of explaination LOL
I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Think of items and images  that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.


A more "normal" type of card used with the same image was this!

 A fun masuline birthday card. From the same set you will also find  vintage fun stamps of a car,a train and a ship and a few cute sayings to go with them.