Meltdown!!

I think I'm in meltdown! I don't know whether I need to change my job or just get a cleaner. I really do like my job but working for an air conditioning company during the summer months is very stressful. We are so busy that I really don't know whether I'm on my head or my elbow. The days just pass in a blur. I know that I can't moan about it, in the economic climate we live in I should be very grateful to have a steady, reliable and certainly at the moment, a secure job. The downside is that I feel life is all work and bed and there's not much time left for anything else. I work all week, and rarely sit down at home before 9pm, then my weekends are spent catching up at home with the cleaning, washing, ironing, food shopping etc, like most women I suppose! But it leaves so little "me" time left. Am I being selfish?
I did manage to get 2 hours playtime last weekend, so I tried to make a card, but I was so darn tired and the card was horrendously awful that it went straight in the bin.
So I found an image I had coloured in months ago and made a really quick and simple card.

The image is a Bildmalarna stamp available from Bunny Zoes's Crafts ,DP is Cosmo Cricket Earth Love from the lovely Elaine at Quixotic Paperie, pearls and swirl from stash. The swirl is a lovely coppery colour and very shiny but my legendary photography skills have come in to play again!

Thanks for looking and for any comments you may leave.
Love Elaine xx

Less is more!

'Less is more' is a saying I should use more often! I started to assemble this card and it was all going well. So why oh why can I not just leave well alone? Why add 'just one more thing' to an over fussy card? I suppose it's the same as the last chocolate that makes you feel ill, nothing to do with the other 25 that I stuffed down beforehand eh? I did figure I could get away with it as it was for my nieces 6th birthday, and being a little Princess, the more sparkle, glitter, bling, flowers and pink the better.
So off hubby went with cards and gifts, and I asked him if she liked the card? And yes she did, but not as much as the other card I sent - a Kanban kit which took all of 5 minutes to pop the pieces out and glue together! Typical eh?
List of goodies:
Bildmalarna stamp from Bunny Zoes,
DP is Bella Blvd from The Hobby House as are the pearls,
flowers are Prima, and another of the gorgeous crystal heart pins from Elaine at Quixotic Paperie.
She's coloured with DI's as is usual.
Thank you for looking
Elaine x