Unity stamp from August Kit of the Month.  Witches hat colored with copics.  Small bats were cut on my Silhouette.  The little wooden star accents thanks to the suggestion by Julie Ebersole.

I think this is from day two of classes.  I must say I am a bit behind.  This was a background stamp that looks like a bandana.  I put four colors of distress ink on my craft sheet, sprayed water on my stamp and placed it on the ink.  Then I gave a little twist and this is what I got.  The background is a second generation stamping of the first.  Howdy came from my Silhouette and it was a first for me.  Not only did I type the text in and cut I also welded one HOWDY together.  Ahhh... what a good day.

It's not your computer messing with your eyes I am in fact using large font.  I have recently been diagnosed with Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.  No sense trying to explain other than to say it is rare and not all that treatable.  I find myself very bleary-eyed by end of day so I am going to make it easier for me to see my blog.  I hope that is ok with anyone who happens by.

I have been off my game so to speak, since moving in with my mother-in-law who needs constant care now as she is suffering from dementia/Alzheimer's. Needless to say these are stressful times but I have been taking some online classes;

Here: Online Classes with some of my favorite artists..Kristina Werner, Jennifer Maguire and many others.

and Here: Craftsy.com

Doing the classes has helped me to relax and also to find a little bit of my creativity.  Here is one of the cards I created using my Silhouette machine and the lessons learned in A Cut Above Online Classes