A long post with a cute card

Hello!  Happy Winter to you!  Hope all is well with everyone!  Life has been a lot of fun over here lately!  I haven't been crafting as much this week with well all my watching of the Olympics!  I am a Canadian so it's extra exciting!  We won our first gold on home soil, and than our second!  It can get a bit addicting to watch, but it's only for two weeks!  I love the stories behind the players and it's fun to watch the coverage since the announcers have such interesting things to say about each athlete!  And I am not usually a sports sort of girl, I go with my hubby to different sporting events to chat with the "girls" who come!

I did however make one card so far this week:

It's simular to my last card from my last post.  I again clear embossed on some stripey pp (I HEART stripey PP!)  and than colored in with some brown markers, this time I used two different colors of brown.  I actually did the embossing last week but than wanted to try sewing on the ruffle ribbon.  I don't have a sewing machine which is just sad considering my mom is a proffesional taylor!  I had my mom sew on the ruffle ribbon which sounds so much easier than it was!  She didn't seem to understand what I meant and it took her a few tries to get it!  In the end she said oh how many more should we do?  You should make a lot more cards like this!  So funny!  I told her I would like to do it and she reminded me that I can't even sew straight. Another thing to add to my list to learn from my mother.  This easter I am going to try to learn a few of the Croation danties, my mom is an amazing baker and bakes Croation baking, I really should learn this!  I can almost make perogies but they are quite time consuming!  Back to the card!  I mounted the card onto the base with foam squares, and I decided to go with a pink base to make the card have a spring feel, the paper is from a fall line but this is my favorite color combo!  Pink, orange and brown is my favorite!

Products used:  Bo Bunny PP, Hero Arts CG105, CL 272, clear embossing powder, SU scalloped punch, Bazill cardstock, ribbon, PTI button, SU chocolate chip ink.

I have a funny story to share, this morning I was giving my children a bath.  I had finished washing and dressing Carter and I sent him to play while I washed Ariel.  She asked me for a warm towel (one time I used a just out of the dryer towel and know she knows!)  And the dryer is across the hall from the bathroom so I went to quickly put it in.  I come back to find my son fully dressed sitting in the tub!  I guess someone was not ready to get out!  So funny!   My daughter was even funnier with her comments of "How did he get in here?" and "Carter is a big boy now, he can get into the tub himself!"  Life is so interesting with children, I love being a mom!

I also read this book.  It was pretty good but sad too!  I was asked if I am a speed reader.  Hmmm sorta?  I guess I do read fast, especailly if I am really enjoying a book but I enjoy reading.  I am a busy person who needs to unwind before bed, I find reading helps me to do that.  Not studying by reading books that teach (unless it's a craft magazine or book!) but fiction.  And if I need to unwind in the afternoon while Carter is sleeping and Ariel is having quiet time I will read.  I do try to craft during naps but sometimes I need to physically rest! 


Thank you for reading and your wonderful comments I appreciate all of you!