I haven't been feeling all that great the last few days. Seems allergy season has started early for me -- actually, it never ended LAST allergy season -- seems all my allergy seasons are running together. The last week-end just about did me in -- a family reunion in Waco on Saturday, family things Sunday and Monday which included meet the teacher day, house hunting, lunch out and a movie. By the time I got home Monday evening I seriously thought I was going to die I was so exhausted and.....my feet hurt. So, yesterday was spent trying to recover after my 8 a.m. dental appointment. I hope I remember to NEVER make another 8 a.m. appointment -- this was my second in a month. I am not an early morning person anymore, it seems. Today, however, I was more or less back to my old self so I got some laundry done, managed to actually thaw something for dinner and cook it and I made a couple of cards.
So, without further adieu -- the cards
The first one was not good. It didn't have enough "stuff". So, I improved on it. I added the bat.
It still wasn't right so I just did it over again and here is that attempt --
This one was a great improvement so it will be the one to be mailed. There is a learning curve to this and I am having difficulty remember to pay attention to the small details. Up to this point I have been putting things together and not paying enough heed to the little things and then the end result is just a bit wonky and I have to think about it. When I think about it I can discern what is wrong and re-do but I am going to have to be more careful to do that BEFORE the thing is a finished product.
Anyway, that was today. After a bit of vacuuming tomorrow I will be back at it because for some reason I just can't get enough of this craft.
4 comments:
You are getting keen! Two and a half months to Hallowe'en and cards made already. And I like both.
I like to send the grands cards a lot so I figure this one is for my grandson who is 10. It is hard to find cards for that age group that aren't just gross or too babyish so I thought this silly mummy cat would be good for him. Now on to three girl cards and two birthday cards. I can't believe how much money I have spent on this but I am having fun. I am especially like the nesting dies that I bought, they work really well and now I am actually using the computer to print out the sentiments. I have never really used the computer for anything but surfing online so now I am finally learning how to actually do something with it. Who knew this old dog could learn some new tricks.
How fun (your cards!)
I know that sometimes I need a couple of days off in order to be Peppy Pom Pom. Too much in one day wears us out! Ha!
Take care, BB!
Hi, Pom Pom -- it is fun but I am wasting lots of paper and being a quilter I have always been about NOT wasting so it is sort of going against my natural tendencies. However, it is great fun and I am flexing the creative part of my brain!
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