Missing muse

Apparently my muse has

deserted me for warmer temperatures.

Shes probably lounging on some

beach in Hawaii.  Where did

El Nino go anyway?

So, since I have no muse

I just threw together a smiple

negative space card. 

Maybe she'll be back next week.

Church is in a little while and

if I didn't have a video to

return, I think I'd skip it.  

I rarely feel like I don't want

to go to church, but today is

one of those days.  I didn't go

last week because of the weather.

This week I just don't feel like

it.  I will probably feel more

like worshiping when I get 

there.  At least I hope so.

I don't like feeling like I don't

want to go worship God.  Now,

I realize that you don't have to go

to church to worship, but the

Bible does say that we should

meet with like-minded people.

It gives you a sense of belonging

and strength from others when

you aren't feeling too strong yourself.

So I'm trusting that God will bring

that peace today when I get there

and begin singing and listening

to the preacher.  He's really

a great preacher and brings the Word

to life.  I'm sure my gloomy

mood will improve.  I hope.

I'd rather be on the beach in Hawaii 

with my muse.

Guilded gate design

I had to go get another die

cutting machine because my

other one just refused

to cut out intricate dies.  

And since I have a lot of them.....

Anyway, I saw this card on,

guess where?  Pinterest!

I love how it turned out.  

It looks so dainty!

Heat wave!

Happy Thursday!  Today is

the first day of sign language class

for second level.  I'm looking

forward to it. 

It's 13 degrees
out today right now!  It
feels like a real heat wave.  Why
is it that 40 degrees in winter seems
warmer than 40 degrees in spring?
We are supposed to be getting rain
by tomorrow, so I'm hoping it
will get rid of all the white stuff.

Update on the snowblower:

apparently I flooded it.  I went

out yesterday to see if it would start

and I had no problem-once I

remembered about the choke.

In my defense I only use

it once a year and then

only a handful of times.

Of course, now it's not going

to snow again.  From my mouth

to God's ear!!

I had to go looking on

pinterest for some inspiration

for this card, but I'm pretty happy 

with how it turned out.  Hopefully

the person who ordered

it will be pleased as well!

My son, Andy, has been having 

migraines for a while now.  They are

doing an MRI. today.  I hope

all goes well.  I am

praying he will find God

through all of this and that

it won't take a serious problem

to wake him up.  God is waiting

for you, Andy.  Take His hand!!

Just cold!

No more snow!  However, since

my lawnmower didn't

work last summer, it shouldn't

be a surprise that my snowblower 

wouldn't start in the winter.  So I 

had to shovel.  I will

have to ask my brother in law

to see if he can figure out

why.  And, yes, I put gas in it!!

I saw something similar to this

on pinterest and decided to give it

a go.  Ordinarily I like fidly

little things, but this was kind

of a pain.  Not sure I  like what

it looks like, either, but it's something

different anyway.  I'm trying

to use up all my funky colors like this

purple and some weird blues.  I get

paper packs and there are certain

colours I use more than others.

Then I'm left with all the junk.  Or 

at least what I consider junk.  I wonder

if I can donate it to Good Will or

something.  There are certain colours

that I  just hate.  Orange being one

of those.  This purple isn't too

bad..but it's not super pretty either.

I just feel guilty throwing it out

even if I don't like it. 

If it's too good to be true.....

Unfortunately I don't think it's

over just yet.  We are supposed 

to get bands of lake effect

snow later today.  Which 

I don't quite understand since

we are not even near any

significant body of water,

but that's what the news says.

So I plan to hunker down

and stay warm.  If I were

an animal I would be

in hibernation right  now.  

I made this yesterday but

never got around to posting. 

I thought I had the pieces matched

up, but when I went to put

the pearls on, realized they

weren't even close!  I never

claimed to do things straight,

in fact, just the opposite.  So it is

what it is and I like it!  I'm

trying to use more ribbon

since I have a lot of it.  I think

maybe I should have used a different

colour  so it would show up better,

but that colour is OK, too. 

Guy card

I'm not great at making guy

cards, but I think this one turned out 

okay.  For a friend of my

daughter in law's who is going

through a rough time.

I knew it was too good to 

be true!  Getting snow today.  

That in and of itself isn't

so bad, (it's not good either)

but it rained yesterday so I 

don't know if there's ice underneath

the snow or not.  I hate missing 

church, but I think it's a good

idea just to hunker down and

stay off the roads.

Mica!

I've had these two pieces

of mica sitting around forever

and kept thinking I'd use

them eventually.  Today

is that day.  I LOVE how these 

cards came out!

I also found out that

if I mess up the stamp

which I did on the "this is

the day" card, goo-gone 

takes it off !  No smearing

when re-stamping.  You have
to use a permanent ink such as

staz-on on slippery

things like mica, glass,

etc. so I didn't think I'd get it

off, but thought I'd give it

a try anyway.  I'm glad

I did!!