Hi – I am Karen and I have been crafting for about 22 years. First I did cross stitch and about 6 years ago I discovered card making – something that I have to blame on my husband as he did tell me to buy my first kit. I bet he regrets that now!
My first efforts at card making were average. Looking back at some of my old designs I think I have improved over the years – at least I hope I have. The people who have received my cards or bought them from me have all been very happy with them – or so they tell me.
This image is a card I made in 2007. I am very sentimental towards this card as it was the last card I ever made for my dad – he sadly passed away a few months later. I love this card because the picture I used is of me and my dad way back in 1969 – it reminds me that I was a typical Daddy’s Girl (and proud of it) and how much I loved my dad. Enough sad stuff……………….
Moving on 7 years after buying my first card making kit - I now own enough ‘craft stash’ to outfit a small shop and I still find things I just ‘must have’ to make the next card! The spare room has become my hide away where I stamp, colour, trim, paint, punch and generally make a mess in the creation of a new card. The mess only becomes a problem when we have people coming to stay and then I miraculously find a home for everything until the guest leaves and it is all over the place again! I wish I could be a tidy crafter and I do try – it just doesn’t happen – I blame it on being creative!
A little bit about me.
I am happily married. I have a teenage son, affectionately nicknamed ‘Kevin the Teenager’ from a popular 1980’s UK comedy show, but he is a great kid really even though we tease him. About 6 years ago (just before I discovered card making) we got a young dog from a rescue centre - we named him Nemo from the movie ‘Finding Nemo’ because we found him. I actually went to the rescue centre for a cat, I have no idea how a cat turned into a very large Lurcher!
I am from Yorkshire originally but moved to Belfast in 2002 after getting divorced. I have family and friends in Yorkshire and visit 2 or 3 times a year. It was on a visit home that my addiction to card making started…………………….
We had gone home to visit the family and had booked a few day away in Pocklington, near York at a pet friendly bed and breakfast place. McArthur Glen outlets were close to where we were staying and we had a habit of parking there and getting the bus into York for the day. We looked around the shops in the outlets one particular day and went into The Paper Mill Shop. A card making starter kit caught my eye and with hubby’s persuasion was duly purchased, and the addiction was started. So basically it was all his fault!
Card making had to take a back seat over the last few weeks as I was doing a painting of a different kind. It was time to update the decor in the hall! It may have taken a long time (about weeks) as 8 pine doors and door frames had to be primed, undercoated and finished with cream satinwood. New wallpaper hung and today pictures we bought in York probably about 6 years ago finally made it into frames and onto the walls. The last outstanding bit of work is a new carpet that will be fitted this week. This means that I can now get back to my addiction and get making some cards!
So this is me and how I started card making – I would have put a picture on of one of my first attempts but my old computer died and with it the images of the first cards I made – oh dear what a shame! I have since learned to back up my images files regularly!
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