HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year all, I would like to thank all the visitors to my blog who have made me want to keep blogging. My new friends who for whatever reason have become followers of my blog.  Thank you so very much. When I started this in October, I had no idea what I was getting into. I had only made a few cards  before and they were all something that someone else had picked the paper and the images for. The only thing I did was put one layer of color on them and glue them together. But, because I send a lot of cards every year for birthdays, Mother's day, Father's day Christmas and even when friends and family are ill or just needing some cheering up I really liked the idea of making my own cards. Lets face it a lot of times the cards that are available are either to expensive or they aren't quite right so why not make my own. I met a lady in Hobby Lobby one evening after work while I was there looking for the Score-pal. She cut into the conversation that I was having with the store employee and told me that they did not carry the Score-pal but she knew where I could get one. We started talking and she told me a little about herself and gave me her phone number and blog address and said that I should take a look. I did. And the more I looked the more I wanted to see. I could not believe all the cards. they were the most beautiful cards that I ever seen. I went from one blog to another, never getting enough. I kept thinking that I could do this. It took a while but finally I set up my blog and posted my first card That was in October.  I was so proud. Then I posted my second, it was a Magnolia Tilda. To make a long story short I became hooked. I keep doing more and trying more things. with my cards. I love entering the challenges. I fell in love with Magnolia stamps. Then I became aquainted with Mo's Digital Stamps and the love just began to spread. I start thinking that I need to get a second job to pay for this addiction. There are so many stamps that I see and want to try, but I can only buy a little at a time. anyway the purpose of all of this is that I would like to do a review of the cards that have been posted over the last 2 months. I think that my coloring and style has gotten better as time has gone along. Once again thank you all for encouraging me to continue.

This was my very first Tilda, can you tell?

Well this is just some of my work. One of my big goals for the year is to use more DP papers. I tend to stay with the solid card stock most of the time and I feel I need to branch out some more. I also want to become more involved in a couple of the groups that I have joined. I worry about not having enough time to finish a project and that is one of the reasons that I have not gotten involved over at the Magnolia-licious group. I am hoping to change that this year.

If you take the time to take a look. Please leave a comment I really love to hear from you.