Merry Christmas

I wish all of you love and happiness this holiday season.

Be kind to one another.

They are mailed

I got ready to mail my cards Saturday morning. I gathered the cards, a squirter bottle of warm water to melt the ice, a towel to completely dry the mailbox door, pliers to curl the hook a bit more to keep the door closed, the key fob for my car to drive to the mailbox and foxy. (Foxy is my portable oxygen. Since she is always with me when I'm out I felt like I should name her so she is Foxy, for foxy oxy). It was quite an undertaking but I was ready for anything. I drove down, the mailbox door was closed, I opened it and put my cards in, closed the door and put the flag up just fine. Turns out my neighbor sent her son down to fix mine and open hers! It's wonderful to have such terrific people around you.

This card uses a new Unity Santa stamp and is matted by Simon Says Postage Stamp Edge Frames. I colored the image with Copics and the greeting is by Rubber Stampede, an old company set I've had for years.

I usually don't talk about the expensive trips I take...but I just got back from the grocery store.

Be kind to one another.

I got them loaded

I spent two hours day before yesterday trying to upload pictures again. Somehow I have been disconnected from something between my phone and computer. I've been to all the things I know to do with no results. I emailed pictures to myself, then didn't know what to do with them. It was a really bad day and I just couldn't function. This morning I emailed them and downloaded them. Then opened my downloads and dragged them into my picture folder. It takes forever but I did it. Then I went out to mail my cards, finally. Wednesday it was 45 degrees here, yesterday it was 54. Today it is 14 degrees and my mailbox was open with ice in the door so it wouldn't close. I came in and called my next door neighbor and asked if she would mind if I put my outgoing mail in her mailbox. She said no problem. I went back out and hers is frozen shut! I normally do not go out in this kind of cold. The wind is making a wind chill and I can't breathe in that air. Bottom line is I'm mailing them tomorrow. I'm sorry my cards are so late but I will tell you I really enjoyed making them even though they are quite simple. It made me so happy to be in the crafty mood again.

I bought the Simon Says kit last year at Christmas and I used the manger die for this card. The paper was in my stash. I stamped the sentiment and embossed it in gold along with the star.

Give me coffee to change the things I can and wine to accept the things I can't. 

Be kind to one another.

I actually sent this

This is the last card I was able to load from my phone to the computer. It is worse than it was last time I tried. I am making Christmas cards on most days. I have more energy on some days than others and I have to work with that.

I made this card for my daughter in law who had foot surgery last month. I swear to you I did not notice how crooked the greeting looks until after I'd sent it. When I posted the picture on the computer I was mortified I'd sent it to her. I know she was on pain killers the first week so maybe it looked good to her! 

Be careful on the roads out there today. My car just slid right into a craft store parking lot!

Be kind to one another.

Get well

All of a sudden I needed get well cards for several people. Two surgeries and one broken hip from a fall. The broken hip is bad because she is my age and will have to be in rehab for a good while. One is my daughter in law who had foot surgery and one is a great card maker friend. 

Since I still had my fall "stuff" out, I used the pattern paper to make a couple of cards with it. You know how I love my pattern paper! This Mintay autumn pad was a free gift with a purchase and it is wonderful. Beautiful papers with lots of images to fussy cut. I used a round die to cut the bouquet because everyone who has surgery should have flowers.

I may not be "wonder woman" but I can do things that really make you wonder.

I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving and I want you to know how thankful I am that you all come to visit and stay to comment even when I'm not making a lot of cards. 

Be kind to one another.

Got her done

I have googled and tried everything and cannot get the transfer of pictures to work. I ended up emailing them to myself from my phone, then saving them to my pictures on the computer. It isn't the quickest way but it works. 

I finally made an autumn card using a Divinity die and pattern paper. I like the way it came out and really love this Fractured Quilt Landscape die.  

I hired a handyman and gave him a to-do list. He only did items 1, 3 and 5. Turns out he only does odd jobs.

Be kind to one another.

Drama

The drama continues. . . I actually made several cards and when I went to post this morning I get a message that says "We could not reach your device". So I can't load new pictures and I'm very tech challenged so I don't know what to do. Any help would be so welcome.

Our snow flurries turned out to be winter jumping right in the middle of our fall. Only got 1.3 inches and that's not much compared to other places, but I was surprised. I'm just not ready for cold. suppose to be 70 tomorrow. I can't keep up!

Since I am so slow, when I get back to posting pictures I will post my latest pictures, then move on to Christmas. At the rate I'm going it will be spring by the time I get them done.

I was at the grocery store next to a lady looking at frozen turkeys. She asked the stock boy if these turkeys get any bigger. He replied with a straight face, "No mam, they're dead". 

Be kind to one another.