Put on your shades!

This is a bright one!! This is actually my 4th attempt at a card today. I don't love it, but I don't hate it.....it is what it is. Everything I touched today turned to garbage. I couldn't color right, I couldn't cut right, my sewing machine isn't working right....sigh....it all matches my mood. More about my mood later....




I was so happy to receive my Magnolia Spring Club Kit last week!! This is one of the images from that kit, isn't Tilda sweet? I wanted to play with SCS's sketch challenge from last week.....preferably before they posted the new one! I used DCWV's Citrus stack.....very bright!! But very springy, & since it is rainy & yucky here, & since it IS spring now, & since Tilda is holding flowers.....the Citrus stack it was. Colored with Prismas & gamsol.....punched all the flowers from various punches....& added some gold dots to the corners. I was so very frustrated & spent by the time I was done....I didn't have it in me to finish the inside.





So why am I crabby? Because we recently found out that my husband will probably be laid off from his job. I know....it's nothing thousands & thousands of others aren't going through as well. I thought we were prepared.....paying off CC's, watching our spending....but when it's "real"....when it's right there in front of you, you don't feel prepared at all. It's not definite, but they are shutting down the first week of April, & that Monday after many people are going to be shown the door. It wouldn't be so bad if I had a FT job. But as you know, I'm just a sub in the school district, very part time. I was hoping to keep it up so I could hopefully be hired eventually as a permanent employee. Now everything is up in the air....we just have to wait & see what happens....cross your fingers & toes & all your other crossable parts for us!!!

Despite my saying I wasn't going to list on Ebay anymore....I have listed a couple of cards. I'm also trying to add to my Etsy shop.....& I'm going to go through my stamps to see what I can sell. I have so many SU retired sets that I just had to have, but I have to face facts....I just don't use SU stamps. Sorry if that offends anyone...I love their paper....but I am up to my eyeballs in High Hopes stamps, that I just don't need other stamps. My love affair with Magnolia & Penny Black will never end.....but I do need to sell what I don't use. I will keep you posted on what I have, if I list it, or if I will just sell it through here. Thanks for listening to my pitiful rant!!

Have a great night!!