Hello to all those who visit my blog:

As many of you know, my husband has a very serious illness very much like ALS, which is called Supra Nuclear Palsy.  At this time I want to spend every moment I can with him.  For that to happen, I need to suspend the time I spend making cards.  If time permits, I will add a card or two from time to time; but my husband is my primary concern right now.  Thank you to all who have visited my blog.

This little girl is a digi stamp from CherylsDigiStamps.  She has several cute little girls and boy stamps.  I have had a need for a great many thank you cards, so this was one that went to a dear friend who would contact me each day to see if I needed help.  (That's a real friend!)

I used my copic markers and StampinUp paper, along with Spellbinders.  It has been difficult to get back into stamping after my surgery.  But hopefully I will be able to post something each week.

Fall always reminds me of leaves -- we have 19 oak trees on our property and the fall season is spent raking, so a card with leaves is very appropriate.  This stamp set of four leaves was the first stamp set I ever had from Stampin Up.  All of the colors used on this card are Stampin Up papers. 

Well, folks, I am on the road to recovery, but it has not been easy.  Anyone who has had knee replacement surgery can vouch for that.  If you can withstand the pain for about six weeks, you will survive.

I love this little girl and have used her quite often. It has been difficult to get back into the swing of things right away.  Hopefully I will be able to add a new picture about once a week.  Thanks for hanging in there with me.

To all my friends who have visited my website over the past year or so, I will not be posting anything for about two weeks.  I am having a knee replacement  surgery on Sept. 4th and will be out of commission for a week or two. 

I tried something a little different here.  I'm not a big fan of antiquing but thought I would try it with this one.

It is interesting that in photographing this card the center design was embossed in gold, but does not show up that way -- it looks like black ink.  It is much prettier in gold, hence the gold ribbon at the top.  After scoring the lines on the white paper, I antiqued the paper and sponged the edges to antique them.  I added tiny pearls at the crosshairs.  Lacy spellbinders were used on the blue paper.  I'm all for trying new things, but this isn't one of my favorite cards.

Here is another photographic card of a view of the historic town of Stockbridge, Vermont.  This is typical of an historic New England town.  New England is beautiful any time of the year.