Blessings

My dear friend S. called me yesterday to tell me that her daughter. who had cancer last year, had just gotten the good news that she was cancer free. This is her second check-up since she ended treatment. What wonderful news!

A friend and co-worker received a well deserved promotion so I made this card for her. It's a variation on one that I made for my mom, which is a variation of one I saw on the Papertrey Ink gallery. What is different in this card are the butterfly punches. I was very happy with how it turned out. I. thought it is the best card I've ever made and I agree! The recipient emailed me today to tell me she had received it and how much she liked it. What could be better than that?

Warm blessings,

Beautiful inspriation

My new-ish laptop and all the Web's bells and whistles have been distracting me from paper crafting recently. I love paper crafting, particularly card making, and it is my main creative outlet and I feel less myself when I don't devote time to making something. I am also a big fan of Steven Covey's Sharpen the Saw principle and saw it in action today.

I have procrastinated in making my Thanksgiving cards and now it's too late to send them so I have to deliver them on the day itself. I had time today and sat down to make them. The well of creativity was dry so I went to a primary source of my inspiration, The Papertrey Ink gallery, where I found this beautiful card and my muse for the afternoon. I used to visit the gallery regularly, like every day, and did a lot more card making. I joined the PTI RAK group and would make cards for random members. A good New Years resolution - to make time daily for some sort of paper crafting activity. Sharpening the saw.