Thinking of you

It seems like forever but I have finally made it back into the card crafting world. So much seems to go on in my daily life and, unfortunately, it is always the cards that get ignored. Nevertheless, I apologize for my lengthy blog absence and hope to stay a little more current in the future.

I used some of my favourite K&Company paper for this card. The flower is Prima, the pearls from Making Memories and the lace and ribbon are bits and bobs I had laying about. I am having sewing machine issues again. For some reason, I can never quite get the right thickness of thread - it's always too thin or too thick. You'd think I would learn and, when I do find the perfect thread, keep the label so that I can simply buy the same one over and over. Anyway, it must have taken me 20 minutes to thread the needle last night with what was apparently a very thick thread. I'm either going to have to find a quick fix for needle threading or upgrade to a machine that does that for you. Needle threading is simply a cruel joke for those, like me, who have very little patience.

It's snowing

Well, it happened. The snow is here and it's only November. Luckily, I don't really have anywhere I need to be though it would have been a good opportunity to try out my new snow tires. No point pushing it.

Above is a pretty card I made with some Daisy D's and Two Busy Moms paper. This has always been some of my favourite paper but this is the last of it. I love the lace on the bottom - it was my first time actually sewing it onto the card. Unfortunately, I had to hand sew since I still don't have a machine and I am not the best with needle and thread.

Anyway, I'm off to do some Christmas wrapping - enjoy your evening!

Have I had a day off?

It seems lately that I have been working much more than I have been playing. I thought the adage was that the older we get, the more spare time we have. I'm not buying that.

I spent the day yesterday at the Creative Sewing Festival in Toronto (http://www.cnsf.com/) where, despite the name, there were lots of scrapbooking vendors selling their wares. Of course, I had to buy many of those wares, not because I needed them but because they were there. The show was packed and doing a good business.

This card was made with "imaginisce" papers which are very rich with an old-fashioned feeling. The papers are double-sided so you can get plenty of different looks from them. I hope to be back at the cardmaking later this week with some new posts to follow. Thanks for looking!

Now that the lights are back on.....

Now that we can all see again, I am back to my cards. This is a pretty "thinking of you" card that could be used for almost any occasion. I picked up some lace ribbon at the $1 store and added it to the bottom of this card. The $1 store has some amazing deals, particularly on ribbon which I find can be an outrageous price in some of the scrapbook stores. Hope you like!