I'm not a cardmaker.

You know how I complained last post that I took too long to make those cards? Suzanne said, "Well, you can't be too good at it, cos then you'll end up liking it." Suzanne is really a very funny person.

So... I did a "tell & show" to my husband that I made 12 Christmas cards at the crop. I told first ... he asked if I could make a dozen for him too so he can give them out to his colleagues. Then I showed him the cards. Then a dozen became two. Nothing like a bit of pressure before we leave for our holidays!

Problem is I don't have a set of nice Christmas stamps. I hunted down a set of Hero Arts one from eBay... and got the seller to send it Express to me.


Then I wanted this set, which Suzanne had at the crop and I used it and fell in love with it. She got them from Brimbank Lincraft (the store near me) months back. They are worth $4.00.


So naturally, I went to that store to look for it... and they didn't have it. I thought I wasn't careful enough and walked around the shelves like 6 times. I even took my son out of the store to the toilets because he had to go, and then came back in and loitered around the same shelves another 6 times. There was no miracle.

Then I got home and started ringing all the Lincraft stores I could possibly get to. None of them had it. I GOOGLED every possible way the stamp could be called, I eBay-searched every possible way the stamp could be listed. I rang interstate brick and mortar shops to find them. I rang the distributor. This was becoming Mission Impossible and it went on for 2-3 dedicated days. Then, Suzanne rang me one night and said she found the stamp for me... at friggin Brimbank Lincraft. I was gobsmacked. And she even drove to my house to drop the $4 stamp off for me. How gorgeous is she??????

So I spent a Saturday doing these...








So Ruey kept calling me a cardmaker now and I kept denying it. Don't get me wrong, I don't resent the "title". I just don't think I'm qualified. To me, cardmakers make cards for leisure and pleasure. They make cards for "standy-by" just in case they need them for an occasion. They make cards to use up their scrap stash. I have utmost respect for people who do that. I'm none of those. I make a birthday card when I have to go to a birthday party, or attend something birthday party-ish. I made my 1st dozen of Christmas cards because I started making them last year so I can't slip back into store-bought Christmas cards. The next 2 dozens are "ordered" by the man of the house who pays for most of my scrap stash .... so I actually kinda find it hard to say no. LOL...

So there you have it. I'm not a true cardmaker, just a short order adhoc cardmaker. bwahahahaha....