My Muse obviously got tired of all the stinking snow and went to the Bahamas. All I have to show for today's efforts is a worktable covered in cut up pieces of paper!! Argh!!!!

Generations

Two years ago my dearest friend Lynn was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in the brain. By August she was gone, 4 months before her 57th birthday. Her daughter, Alicia, had just married a wonderful guy and there was talk of them starting a family. One of Lynn's few regrets was that she would not be here to crochet the baby's Layette if and when Alicia became pregnant. I promised her right then and there that I would fill in and crochet a complete layette - hat, sacque, booties and blanket. Alicia became pregnant, she and Tony will be welcoming their Baby Boy Flores by Mother's Day and I fulfilled my promise this week. The layette was delivered to Alicia and Tony on Monday. This is for you, Lynn. I hope I did you proud.

March Card Club Projects

While I'm thinking about it, these are 2 of the projects we made at card club in March. This first one is my favorite simply because I love purple and I very rarely use black so this is almost "out of the box" for me. I waited until I got home to assemble it so I could die cut the mat.

On this second one I should have done some inking on the scalloped edge to make it stand out more. It seems to just melt into the striped paper. What do you think?

What happened to March! Part 2

Now that March over, life is beginning to get back on track. Now if I can just stay away from Facebook I'll be able to get things done.

My Dad's birthday was in March and our Club Swap theme was Adult Male Birthday so I was able to kill several birds with one stone. I used the baby wipe ink pad technique and I used my Slice or rather my Slice used and abused me. The cutting blade is very fussy and it hates cutting SU cardstock. Hopefully the new calibration program that should be arriving in the next few weeks will fix the bugs.



I was also in the March One for One Swap on Technique Junkies and this is the card I sent my partner. I used the Background Smoosh Resist, Nestabilities and Prismacolor Markers. The stamp is from Lockhart Stamps and I just HAD to have it along with Buttermilk Hen because they look like my Jim Shore Roosters and Hen.

My partner, Nancy, had the same idea as I did - bright colors to chase away the winter blahs. Here is what she sent me.

Part 2 On Hold

Thought I'd have some cards posted but had to do more Visio for the Hub as well as check on son's cats and run a bunch of errands. Got some really good shopping in though! Slice accessories at 30% off, a Big Shot at 40% off, a Spellbinders Leaves die at 40% off, a bunch of Big Shot Accessories at 30% off, Inkadinkado stamps at 40% off and my entire order at Ellen Hutson's for 15% off. It's snowing today so maybe I can get some playtime in and get some cards scanned and uploaded.

What happened to March? Part 1

On March 1st I went to The Kura Door, which is a Holistic Japanese Spa in Salt Lake. I was finally collecting on my Christmas gift from the 2 Labradors I "Puppy Nanny" for. I had a full body massage and a pedicure and it's been downhill ever since! From then until now I have spent hours and hours in front of the computer doing work for my husband - Visio diagrams, Powerpoint Presentations, converting VHS to digital, etc. etc. I also spent days doing the taxes for his LLC so I could finally do our taxes and we owe everyone! Blagh!!

2 whole days were wasted fighting with my Slice!! Apparently it is very finicky and does NOT like StampinUp cardstock! I've spent too much money on this system to give up on it and the concept is perfect for the way I work so I do hope Making Memories fixes the bugs in this thing.

It hasn't been all work and no play. We've had dinners with our son Alex and his wife Emily. We went to the Mikado for Japanese. NOT the best I've ever eaten but watching Christopher eat with chopsticks was Very entertaining. Last Saturday we had Texas Roadhouse. Good food, good beer, those rolls are wonderful and a fantastic time followed by a fun time in the hottub.

Chef Chris (our oldest son, Christian) is getting ready for a competition so he has practiced on us twice so far this month. He's a really good cook and makes the MOST KILLER sauces in the world. The first time he came to practice his wife Kristina was out of town but she was able to join us Sunday. More good food, good wine, plenty of laughs followed by more hottubbing.

Stay tuned for Part 2 which actually includes some stamping I managed to squeeze in.