Spring ...where? and missed deadlines

I am so fed up with life messing up my craft time and missing deadlines when I do manage to make a card for a challenge. It's mostly down to sending emails and making telephone calls for school work and organising how Andrew will be sitting his exams next week, him not able to go into school and all that. There seems to be no communication between ny of the teachers even in the same department. Don't get me wrong they are all helpful when I speak to them individually but I am getting so fed up of repeating myself , sending emails of explanation and then having to explain again. I thought teachers were suppose to have some common sense but which part of 'I don't know when Andrew will be back at school as I don't know when he can weight bear as that is up to his consultant and if enough bone has grown to support all the plates and screws he now has in his ankle. When I find out I will let you know'. I have decided I must be speaking a foreign language.

Please understand I'm not getting at teachers in general( sorry if you are one) and I understand it is probably out of concern for Andrew keeping up his studies but it is just getting a little frustrating now.

Enough ranting and apologies too as I am suppose to be posting a card aren't I.

Well this card I made is for my mum in law and had to be posted as she lives in Tenerife and the last card took 2 weeks to get there. Whilst making it I decided to incorporate a few challenges  some of which I know I have missed the deadline for but will mention anyway.

The first was last weeks Charisma challenge which I did the layout from their sketch, definitely one to use again,must find time to scibble it into my inspiration book.

The next was MAWTT, which had a theme of mum, the deadline I have also missed.

Crafty Ho a new challenge blog has a theme of spring, their deadline is today but not sure of the cut off time so I might just scrape in, we'll have to see.

Magical crafts fortnightly challenge also have a theme of for mum, so I might manage one mum challenge after all.

The cute little mouse is a Penny Black of course and their challenge was to use pink,yellow and green and I might be lucky enough to make their deadline as I think but am not 100% sure it's tomorrow.

Quirky cards have a challenge that I can enter this card for( doing better than I thought), it is simply cute so I think this card can count for that challenge.

Digital ink co, have an unusual challenge theme. They would like a card that has a PEACE theme, either your hope for world peace,what gives you peace or what peace means to you. Well I can think of nothing more peaceful than a warm lazy summers afternoon blowing dandilion clocks, preferably not in my garden as I really hate weeding and dandilions are so hard to get out! Hope this counts as I at the mo with all these challenges am begining to feel more positive about life, just got to stop waking up at 4am every morning for no reason.

Lexi's creations have a challenge I can enter too, anything goes, so I can certainly enter that. Lexi also has a treasure hunt on for a free digi, I would like to say thank you to Lexi for my free image and sorry for my dimness you must have felt like it was teeth pulling, but thank you for the image and I really will try and get a card made with it eventually.Why not pop over and play to reasure Lexi that not everyone is as thick as me.

Finally buty by no means least, I have just found another mother's day challenge over at Paperplay, so I will enter that one too.Hope you all have a good day and thankyou for allowing me to share.