Hiatus

I could not believe, when I looked at my blog tonight, how long it has been since I last posted.  I had a hectic but fabulous Christmas, and was able to celebrate with my three children, my son-in-law, and their three kids.  With one of the girls living in China, it's a rare treat to have them all here at the same time, and to make it even sweeter, my 88 year old mother made the trip from Kentucky!  After they left, I celebrated my birthday before going back to work.  Getting back into the work routine seemed harder than usual after this vacation, and now that I have two weeks back at work under my belt, it is (way past) time to get back to some arts and crafts.  To be honest, I did spend quite a bit of time making a couple of small accordion- folded photobooks as gifts after the holidays, and have been busy putting together some photo collages, so I haven't exactly been craft-free :-)

Here is my entry for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge, which was simply to make a card that was longer and/or narrower than the usual A2 size.  I decided to stamp a simple card, as stamping is the thing that  I feel least confident about when it comes to cardmaking.  I used a leaf stamp from A Stamp In The Hand Co., with pigment inks from Color Box (Chianti) stamped over Tsukineko Brilliance (Galaxy Gold).

I thought it would make the perfect "thinking of you" card to send to a friend, with a lemon verbena teabag inside!

I also plan to make some cards with the photos I took on my birthday trip to the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (an Audubon Society preserve).  I thought they might make nice gifts in sets of four.  Greg gave my a new, longer lens for my camera after that trip, so now I am anxious to go back and see what I can "catch".

I was a magical place.  Right now, however, my bed is sounding like a pretty good place to go.  Until next time, I hope you have fun with your creativity.  Thanks for stopping by!

Addendum:  Next day, I made another card, this one which meets the long card criteria, and also qualifies for The Friday Mashup http://www.fridaymashup.com/ where the call is for a birthday card with brads, .

Happy cardmaking!