On the road but back in Blogger city!

This has been one busy summer for me! While the previous post has a date of June 23, that's the day I created it. What took me so long to post it? The site locked up on me that night and I lost the post - or so I thought.

So, in June Bill and I went to Florida. Early July we were in Aruba - took lots of cool pics to fill a vacation scrap book. Then this month I visited with family in SC and spent time with my mom in Chicago - more pics for another vacation book!

I have actually made about a dozen cards and completed several scrapbook pages in the last few months, but with all the traveling I kept coming up with the same excuse not to post... just not enough time.

Well, tonight is my third and last night (this week anyway) on the road for work. Staying in Poughkeepsie - woo hoo! (Imagine sarcasm here.) As usual, I packed up card making paraphernalia (sp?) and managed to piece together a couple of interesting designs. What a mess I've made!


Here I am showing you just one. The others are to be part of a set I hope to blog about later this week - crossing fingers.

The base of the card is - I believe - American Crafts. Fantastic double-sided paper perfect for a not-bland card. Love the rounded corners! The flower is pieced together from various QuicKutz die cuts. I used up the small square of vellum I had left over that I've used in other projects. I like the dimension it adds to the petals. The stem and leaves are a portion of a 12" Revolution border die I cut from a rich velvety green paper. It's like the whole page is flocked.

I sure do miss my Revolution on the road, though. I had to use my QK squeeze and cut each die cut image one at a time! Talk about hand cramp!


While I wasn't watching, several of my card listings on etsy expired. I plan to relist and post the new cards I've made in the last few weeks over the next few days.

Check back regularly as I unpack and blog my crafting adventures.