Silver & Gold? Together?

So for some reason, when I first sat down to attempt the current DYSU challenge of silver & gold, I realized that apparently there are some colours that I just don't seem able to combine. Metallic colours. Everything else is fair game. Trying to find a silver and a gold that worked together & didn't make my eyes hurt was haaaaard (nice whine, right?) BUT that is why these things are called challenges. I persevered & I actually like what I made:

Supplies: gold glitter paper from Colorbok; stamp from Inkadinkado; Versamark; Moonstone embossing powder from Stampendous; standard small & lacy oval Nesties; gold bells from Dollarama; crocheted mat by me 

This glitter paper is fabulous - I can't bring myself to hoard it even, because it is just too perfect for Christmas cards! The bells are sewn on by poking a single hole in the paper oval, threading the bells on, and then going back down through the same hole. This keeps them just loose enough to still ring - after all, why put bells on if you aren't going to let them jingle?? 

The silver & gold challenge is open until Tuesday at 5 PM

In personal news...I hurt my shoulder for the umpteenth time last week, and I can't figure out how I'm doing it. I'm fairly certain that I'm just old & creaky, but I have an x-ray booked for this morning to see what's what. I'm right-handed, but I use my left hand constantly while crafting, and I'd noticed that I keep fumbling or outright dropping small items. Last night I was filling a water glass from the cooler in the fridge, and my hand just suddenly decided to stop holding the glass. That was annoying and also kind of scary when I started thinking about it. Fumbling small items is one thing, but a full water glass? And how big of a puddle can one glass of water make? I don't know, but a dog and two cats were on it so fast my head spun, lol. I think they were disappointed to find out it was only water. 

Be right back with another post - I told you I was a busy girl last week!!

xoxo,

Jessi