Another day of preparations for the holidays...

It seems like the wheels are spinning. So much to do, so little time! I must get my ducks in a row.. I have the best intentions but sometimes that is just not enough. More later...

I am wanting to get some of my cards Posted...

Wow, here it is Monday evening and I still don't have card pics posted yet. I am going to work on that tonight a bit. Hopefully I will get some pics of some of my nicer cards and then post them on my blog here. I need to get to work here... I was a bit busy with my community interests today and that took up a fair bit of time. Later....

Seems clear enough today!

Phew! It seems like it will remain clear today and I am glad for it as I am going to a little gathering tonight about 20 miles away. Calling for more snow for tomorrow though. I am getting ready for christmas here - wrapping gifts and cleaning house in preparation for our children coming home. Cooking and baking and putting away food so that when the rush comes, we can enjoy our family and not be constantly in the kitchen cooking. I just want to have an easy going christmas with my boys and my husband and no pressures. With surgery coming after the New Year, I just want to have fun! Alot of my fun is making cards and scrappin' pages of my family but I have not had alot of time to do that this month. Last month I did a little more work on cards than anything else. I really like to stamp and I am just learning to color with copics and other markers. It does take a practiced hand to accomplish a beautiful and finished result. I have some great Just Rite stamps and I have to say that I love them. With the right cardstock and archival ink they stamp an amazing crisp image. Perfect for coloring! I have a great collection of Spellbinders and I have a good size collection of Cricut Cartridges - around 48 of them. I have both the Cricut Create and the Expression which I bring out to my crop clubs and card workshops. I have not had any problems with the Provocraft products-- they wear well and are used consistently by over 100 people. I have the cuttlebug and over 30 to 40 folders so I have some great product to work with. I am currently working on Wedding invites for my Nephew's wedding. I must have 175 invites completed for April 1st, 2010. All of the templates are made and now it is time for production as I am dividing the cards into about 5 different designs but keeping them all in the same paper collection. I will do a slew of them at my sister's while I am getting stronger in January after surgery as she is the mother of the groom and wants to be involved too. I have to take some pics some of my cards and find the pictures I have already taken. I will post them soon but Christmas prep and all the dates to keep leading up to Christmas comes first! More later, I promise.... k

Yikes! I posted yesterday but something happened to the computer and it did not publish. I am finally home after 4 days of blinding snow squalls and a harrowing trip to Barrie to congratulate my son on his graduation from Basic training at Borden. He looks fabulous and he did such a good job -- we are sooo proud of him. We had a great visit with Lee, Sharla and baby Jacob and took some fantastic pics that are just scrapbookable and very cardascious!! He is sporting his new santa hat and matching booties and very, I say very.. little... else! Well aside from his Pirate pics at Halloween, these pics take the Prize! Now it is time to find get back to the business of my blog here -- sort out the pics of some of my work and to take more pics of my work and post them here on the blog. Getting ready for Christmas and then in between I will continue to post!! Later....

Adding some more and learning as I go..

Good morning everyone
I am away visiting my favourite grandson and checking emails. I thought I would post something and learn a little more about creating a blog. I am reading up on various gadgets to add to make the page interesting and there is sooo much to learn. I will eventually learn to customize my page art but for now it is shaping up not too bad. I have added one of my favourite online stores and you will notice by the two blinkies I have added. If you click on them it will open up to the online store where you can see all new possibilities. Stamping and Scrapping is an amazing online store with great values and sales and the shipping is one of the fairest coming in from the US. But, let me say the customer service is the most amazing and I am sure one of the greatest reasons that she does a wonderful business! Cindy (Kev and the gang too) is and are the best online business crew that I know. They make your shopping experience very personal. Thanks for being who you are and bringing the small mom and pop shops back into the 21st century!
Anyways, I am having fun with this endeavor so far and intend to keep it going ... more to say real soon...

It's the 3rd day in...

Hello my Friends
As I posted yesterday, it will be a challenge for me to find various things to talk about on the blog but I want to concentrate on the world of crafting. Card making and Scrapbooking are my main focus and I have a new BabyLocke sewing and embroidery machine that I am cross using for quilting, embroidery and sewing on my cards and scrapbook pages. I love making cards, cards and more cards.. to me they are like mini scrapbook pages. There is no end to what can be created on a card. As I said, I need to put some pics of my cards on the blog to showcase. I love to design and create. I am in the process of creating a space that is very conducive to creating with my artistic eye. I am away from home today and will be for a few days but I have oh so much more to share. Thanks for visiting and any helpful tips and comments for the blog are very much appreciated. I'll be back tomorrow...

Good Day everyone... I don't know how much more building I will be doing on the blog today... this month is going to be crazy with all the kids coming home and all the preparations I have to do to get ready for everyone. I hope my brother can help me to get some kool gadgets up on my blog. This is a great discipline for me.. to post daily even if it is just this and that. Hope to have more later as I put on some more gadgets!! I want to post pics of some of my cards.... Tonight maybe, after I get some stuff done today that needs doing in time for Christmas!!