A new start

Hello Followers, Friends and Family

I am happy to say "I'm back!". The last 4 months have been nothing short of a living nightmare. My husband of 17 years walked out on me and the kids and I truly believed life as I knew it was over. Very recently, I got off my butt and started to live again. My aunt made me realize something very important...I really do enjoy card-making. So....I unpacked all my stuff and started (started over to be precise). Let me eleborate. You know the saying "icing on the cake". Well I thought that when my husband left, nothing could get worse...well it did. A few weeks before Christmas, my van was broken into and all my handmade cards (about 50-60 total) and my bracelet business was stolen. Wow - what a demotivator that was to get back into card-making. Anyways...here I am card-making!!!!

Challenge of the Day - January 18th

The challenge over at CPS this week is to choose any challenge from previous weeks. I used CPS sketch #29. For this card I used "Just buzzin' by!" from Penny Black. I have a new love for purple so this was my goal of this card...lots of purple! The embossed purple cardstock is from a paper pack and the bling cardstock is from Bazzill. The skittles are from M. I also used liquid glass on the bee, hedgie's eye and the leaves at the bottom left. I glittered the centre of the flowers...yes even the little one in the bottom right!

Challenge of the Day - January 17th

This card was inspired by the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. For this specific chalenge all you needed was any penny black stamp and dots of some kind. I have 7 layers of cardstock/patterned paper on this card! All paper is from costco and M. The buttons are also from M. No cricut or cuttlebug on this card :( The stamp is from Penny Black "hook, line and sinker". The words "I was fishing for love...and caught you" are computer generated using Microsoft Publisher. I really like the color combo in this card.