This week at
it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Make Your Own Background!"
This is what I did....
I did some heat embossing and used some black snowflake stickers to make the background. Snowflake stamp is from Close to My Heart and the sentiment stamp is from
Stamplorations. This is one of those cards that I call, "But we got there in the end". You know what I mean, one of those cards where you might have had to backtrack, try something different because what you were thinking didn't work, change the size or the paper or....
....have to make it an extra layer because you put it together upside down. Let's just say some f words were uttered.
Speaking of things not exactly going as planned.....our hospital foundation's Gala was on Saturday. Without having to spend a whole bunch of time setting up what I want to explain....at one point of the evening I was sitting with my laptop on the stage that was set up with all the amps, mikes, instruments etc for the band that was going on later. Once I got the most important task done, I decided I really didn't need to be sitting on the stage, where I was probably blocking the projector screen from some attendees, and I could leave my laptop on the stage and do the remaining jobs standing on the floor. Of course, I was on the side of the stage that the staircase wasn't. I didn't want to have to weave my way back across the stage, especially since the projector screen stand was kinda flimsy, I didn't want to risk knocking it over (and I was definitely picturing myself tripping and taking out the entire drum set), so I just turned around with the intention of gracefully sliding/lowering myself off the stage to the floor. It was then I realized that, even though I'm 5'9", I wasn't going to reach the floor, there would be a drop. Just as I started to go for it my body said, "Hahahahahahaha, you thought you were still 20, didn't you? And you think you can do this in those shoes? Hahahahahaha!"
So, there I was, just kinda perched on the very edge of the stage. My intention was to get the attention of one of the members of the band who played the dinner music, since they were all fairly big guys, to give me a solid forearm, and that way I could use it to lower myself, but they had apparently packed up their last piece of equipment and went off in the other direction. That's when I realized there was absolutely no way I could abort this decentation plan as the only way to get off the edge of the stage would be to do some kind of rolling flop back onto the stage, get up on all fours, and then stand up from there. Yeah, no.
I sat there for a few minutes psychically staring at someone I was an acquainted with, hoping to get her attention so she could send her husband over. But, either I'm not very talented when it come to psychic staring, or she did in fact sense me, and decided I was on my own (which would be very on brand for her). I mentally hoped she had wanted one of the caterer's famous crème brûlées for dessert and they were all gone when she went to get it.
Just as I was trying to come up with another plan, the Recreation Facilities Lead came walking near so I desperately called her name. (Quick shout out to her for not only being my rescuer but also for being absolutely amazing all through Gala.) She came over right away and said, "Would you like some help?" I feel like at this point I might have nodded and said, "Uh huh" like I was a child rather than a 51 1/2 year old woman. Thing is, that although she's a solid person, she's not overly tall, so she had to offer her shoulders, not a hand or an arm. I thought, "It's now or be stuck here forever" and gently put my arm around her to facilitate my slide off. Only problem was between my pants and the carpet on the stage, there was no sliding, like none. Of course, she started moving slowly away from the stage, so she could help me onto the floor. I ended up having to throw my other arm around the front of her shoulders, and basically throw the rest of me at her in order to disembark. So, she pretty much carried me off the stage. And, because she's so wonderful, was completely unfazed. I spent the rest of the evening apologizing to her and asking if her back was okay. All in all, besides that and a couple of minor hiccups that none of the attendees would have realized, Gala was a success. The highlight of the night for me was the fact that the speakers at the side of the stage would have hid my stage debacle from most of the guests. Well, that and the fact that there was leftover cake to take home after cleanup on Sunday. (:
Why not give our challenge a go this week and join us? And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the
Girlfriends have made.
Neglected Stuff: use neglected stash - First time I've used those very old snowflake stickers.
