Essence?

Hi Everyone-

Today I decided I wanted to learn how to blog.  That meant I had to figure out what I wanted to share about me.  I remembered that for most of my life people have been telling me to write a book about my life so it seems to me that blogging might be the vehicle for me to do just that.  You see, I am passionate about life.  I have many interests.  I am a musician.  I like to paint/draw.  I love to do card making and scrapbooking.  I am spiritual.  I have many stories to share.  So I think "Linda's Essence" will be about all those things depending what is happening in my life that day.   

Right now I'm not sure if I will get to writing more than a couple of times a week, altho I'm thinking I will grow into this creative outlet.  I am hoping to include a card how-to with each new post.  Am I being ambitious?  Well, if in this journey my essence inspires someone, then that will be great.

So let me start with today.  It was an ordinary day.  It's Saturday. 

The miracle is that I had energy and motivation on the same day.  I was out and about doing errands, ending up at the craft store where I bought more card-making supplies.   Does one ever have enough?    I had lots of fun picking out all the essential items as well as the just-for-fun items.  My mind was a whirlwind of ideas and by the time I got home I was exhausted from all the thinking!

Here is my first card on a blog!  The first pix is the outside and the second pix is the inside.  Well, my camera didn't take a very clear pix of the inside, but you can get the gist that it says Happy Birthday.  I wanted a masculine design and I really liked the papers.  The striped paper was from LA Creme matstack and the beige flowers are Martha Stewart's punch pad sheets.  The rest were scraps.  I cut "a simple wish" from Cricut's "A birthday bash" on page 23 at 2 1/2 inches.  The flourish was on Don Juan cartridge on page 44, shift.  


Wishing you lots of blessings this week.  Will post again on Thurs.


Linda :)