Sea Life Card

While I was at Scrapfest this year I found this awesome stamping store called Your Next Stamp. As I was searching it online I found out it's from right here in Kitchener. Their stamps are absolutely adorable - check it out @ www.yournextstamp.com.
Here is a card I made with one of their stamps. It's the Fiona Mermaid stamp and she's just soooo cute.

Reading for Fun

So other than making cards I do enjoy reading a good book now and then.
I'm sure many of you also love reading. I feel like I've got a lot of catching up to do.
While I was blog hopping the other day I found a really cool site for book selection...it's called goodreads.com!! Check it out if you love to read...it's really cool! Everything is broken down into catagories and each book is rated.
There is even a section called "chick lit" which is similar to chick flicks.
Currently I'm reading "The Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs. As a crafter it's something I can really relate to and as a former single mom. The book I just finished is one I recommend to every woman. It's an awesome book by Elizabeth Gilbert called " Eat Pray Love". This is a wonderful chick lit book. It's all about her adventures in Italy, India and Bali. It's about getting over a guy that's stuck in your head. I think at some point all women have been there !!! It's a wonderful book and I hear it's being turned into a movie starring Julia Roberts - can't wait for that.
Well, that's all for now.. be sure to check out goodreads.com!

Karen

Another "New" Post

I don't know how I've been able to get so much done lately, but I'm on a roll!!

I wanted to share a few more cards and tags for today. I've been trying even more new techniques! Have a look and see what you think.

An actual "NEW" post

As much as I tried to stay away from this .....I couldn't....and I didn't really want to..

I was busy taking classes and re-evaluating my style. I always made cool tags but I wasn't

always happy with my cards. I thought they needed something more. So I worked and researched and experimented until I came up with a style I like. Apparently, I did okay because other people like it too!

So, after all this time I'm just going to post away and hopefully someone will enjoy what I'm doing.

I'm very excited about having one of my new cards featured on the Cards Blog. It's something I've been working on for a while and they featured another one!! Here it is along with some other new items!! Hope you enjoy!

I'd also like to share some other new items that I'll be listing in my Etsy shop very soon!

how not to blog!!!

yes, this is definitely "How not to blog" ....by neglecting your blog for the month of january ....but I have been busy coming up with new ideas for things to create. I've been trying new things and also, patiently waiting for my new Letterpress to arrive!! I've been experimenting and playing with it and can't wait to show off the new stuff!!

I promise I will blog more frequently now.... but it's wasn't one of my resolutions!! I guess that makes it easier to accomplish. It is something I enjoy!!

I also wanted to comment on this little notice from Photobucket!! I've noticed it on other blogs and sites as well. It's a nasty way to try to get people to sign up to the website. I've never used photobucket so I'm not sure what's up with that. I guess there are lots of different ways to try to get business to your site - that is one way that I'm not impressed with and I'm sure many other people aren't either. Calling them out might be the only way to stop them!!!

Anyway, on to more important things....pics to come soon to show you what I've been up to!!

Ciao for now!!!
k