My First Christmas Card...and an explanation

Well my intention was to be well organised with my Christmas cards this year, but unless I get a move on this will be the only one I have to send out :)  I have used a digital image from Pink Gem designs, coloured him with my Copic pens and added some glossy accents to his nose and glitter to the baubles.  I used some snowflake background paper (sorry not sure where I got this from) and added a Memory Box die cut border which I am totally in love with.  I used some glitter gems and a sentiment.

I am apologising for my absence lately and hope you will forgive my lack of comments on Blogs that I follow.  I have been very poorly lately spending 11 days in hospital  suffering from high temperatures and several infections which have completely drained me.  I seem to be on the road to recovery but still unsure what has caused this illness, even the doctors (of which I saw many!) have been baffled as to what has caused me to be so poorly.  I have to go back to the hospital in November to get some blood test results that were taken last week to make sure that I am fully recovered and no serious damage has been done.  I am feeling loads better this week and am taking it that I am over it all now so fingers crossed that the blood tests are all ok.