Would just like to say a big thank you to all my buddies on the docraft site  (you know who you are)
for all the help and encouragement they have given me during the short time that I have been sharing my addiction with them.

This card is for a particular buddy Sarah Liz ( and her eight kitties) who has recently broken her foot ouch ! get well soon xx

I used Crafty Individuals backing paper and stamp with Ranger distress embossing powder ( as we both like them)

Ok I had fallen in love with the idea of card making but there was one major obstacle to overcome…….I live in Greece, ” obstacle ” I hear you say what could be wrong with that ? Well nothing if you want sun sea and sand but if you want to obtain  ” Your Stash ” plenty !. That’s another thing, on all of the card making sites I looked at everyone kept mentioning it and people were asking me about mine. Firstly I didn’t know what people were talking about and secondly I was too embarrassed to ask as everyone seemed to have one except me.

When I eventually found out what it meant I set about obtaining mine, which wasn’t and still isn’t easy I can tell you. Everytime I went to my local craft shop and requested the most basic of items I was met with a blank stare , ink pads choice of black or blue, wooden stamps no, embossing powder forget it ! I was in trouble how was I going to get a stash.

My credit card and I have become great friends of late its found it’s new place next to my Mac as opposed to my purse, I even know my account number off by heart some achievement for me.

I had to buy everything via The Internet without being able to touch it or sniff it !
My first purchase was The Silhouette die cutting machine I saw a demo on YouTube as you do and fell in love. So here I was with a fancy die cut machine and I hadn’t even made a card yet !
 I saw a pattern forming every day I discovered essential crafting items which of course I just had to have . Every few days a parcel would arrive, hubby started raising his eyebrows as another package from England was delivered. Oh the sweet anticipation of it all what would be my next delivery my glue dots  ( can’t even get them here ) or my fabulous stamps or ink pads. I was slowly but surely acquiring  ” a stash ”  I felt guilty and exhilarated at the same I had  ” a stash ” at long last I had arrived !

Yes it’s finally happened ! After months of soul-searching and moping about the house cupids little arrow has finally found it’s mark.

I wasn’t sure if I would ever feel this way again but I’m glad to announce that yes! I’m in love and it feels wonderful.

It all started a couple of months ago when I was watching a video on YouTube about card making techniques ( Don’t ask me how I got there, one minute was looking at holidays in France and the next thing I know I’m on The Two Peas in a Bucket site watching Jennifer Mcguire) The rest is history as they say.

It started as it always does with me a harmless flirt but before I knew it I was watching everything I could find on YouTube about the subject and there’s so much ! Countless sleepless nights later I was hooked I had found my new hobby, I was going to make cards and brilliant ones at that ! I had found my niche at long last hooray !

Let me just explain one thing about me I fall in love quite often. There have been so many romances in the past acting classes, aerobics,aqua aerobics, horse riding, cookery classes, pattern cutting, pottery classes, shoes ,yes shoes  (isn’t that a hobby ? ) the list goes on and on. Every time I think this is ” The One “, this is the keeper not just a passing fancy but after a few months I start to loose interest. It’s not my first thought in the morning or last one at night and it’s just a matter of time before I fall out of Love.

Of course I have bought all the equipment, got all the books, paid for all my lessons in advance and just as quickly as it came it’s gone !

So here I am three months down the line still in love, still spending my nights and weekends in front of YouTube bleary eyed ink stained fingers not to mention the mess ! Not only my little crafting space but the house.  Will it last ? That has to be seen but it has one main advantage over all my other loves or should I say infatuations……… SHOPPING ! There’s so much stuff to buy , its endless, I want eveything and I want it now !.

Got to go my ink pads are calling .

Tomorrow  Now I know why they call it A Stash.