It Has Been Awhile

I know I promised to try and keep this up..........and I still will. School is taking so much time. I am also trying to work some and keep up my workouts and keep my house halfway clean and that basically sucks just about every minute I have away. But it will all be for good in the end.

I also had some very sad things happen this past month. I lost my kitty to cancer - he stopped eating over Halloween weekend. I took him to the vet and they found a huge tumor in his abdomen. They took it out (it was completely blocking his intestine), but he didn't make it. The histopath pegged it as lymphoma and kitties cannot live long with a systemic illness like that. This guy was my best buddy. He was always by my side, wherever I was in the house. And he was my talker. It devastated me to lose him. It all just happened so fast. So, I haven't really been in the mood to stamp with all of this going on. This is Mr. Briscoe. So very sad for me.

I do have a card for you - YAY!! One card in 2 months!! I do want to get to stamp more - it really does relax me. I just need to force myself to go into my craft room and do it. Hopefully I

can get into a better rhythm. I am always just too busy. Anyway, here is the card of the fall for you!

I didn't use a Stampin' Up! stamp, so I can't say whose it is (but if you really want to know you can e-mail me)! I had to sign that darm contract to stay a demo. Don't know how much longer that will last anyway!!

But, I did use everything else Stampin' Up! - the designer paper is called Autumn Traditions. Very pretty, although the colors are a bit unusual (I love the deep purple though)!

I used Kraft cardstock and Elegant Eggplant cardstock and ribbon. This card sort of evolved. I started with one sketch and ended up with something totally different. I think I would not want to use white cardstock with the Kraft in the future, or at least sponge it. But it is, what it is. Hope you like it. I will try to make a couple of Christmas cards and post them before NEXT Christmas!! (I know I have a whole 2 followers so I am sure it is no big deal!!). I also want to do a little scrapbooking - I want to make a scrapbook of Briscoe. So I might show you some of that as well.

I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!