Chaos & Happiness

 I am not so great at managing my time lately.  I went to Canada for a week to see my best friend.  Her Birthday was on the 18th and I am usually there that time of the month, minus lockdown and Covid restrictions.  I hadn't traveled on a plane in three years prior to seeing her.  It was quite nerve racking and scary to me since I am not a fan of flying in the first place, but it wasn't as bad as I expected it to be.  Thank goodness!!!  If things go well this winter, I will go back in February 2023 and I CAN NOT WAIT!  I have quite a few cards completed and have watched a ton of courses online, but have failed in getting them photographed properly.  So I'll post some not so proper photos of some of the ones I have done for friends and family.    I'm going to get some photos and content for the Altenew courses done tomorrow.  Besides Friday, it's one of my only days free this week.

I'm not sure I have one, but I haven't blogged in about 10 years or more.  I used to post on a regular basis back when I was knee deep in 3 kids, 4 dogs, 3 hamsters, a gecko, carpooling, crafting, design teams and magazine publications. Fast forward to today...  I am officially a grandma to 2 beautiful little girls.  My children are all grown and having their own babies.  Life is good.   My husband and I are retired now and have slowed the pace a bit.   I still love paper crafting and photography.  I don't think that will ever change. I am taking courses with Altenew Academy and this is my first post for the All About Layering 1 course.  I had never been much into stamps because it seemed so difficult to get the images to come to life.  I did a ton of one color stamping and a ton of embossing.  That was years ago before the layered stamps came out and the Misti was invented.  I am in love with making cards with stamps now!  The stamps and die cuts, the papers, the inks, the