It's Fall Y'all and some boxing

 

It's Fall Y'all: Autumn

This is my card for jlsd0218's "It's Fall Y'all" LTC swap.  My card is called, "Autumn."  For this tracker, you were supposed to use some sort of embellishment.  As you can see, I used eyelets.  I bought them a long time ago but I don't know if I ever used them.

THIS was the inspiration for my card.  I considered carving a tree blowing in the wind but couldn't find just the right image.  

For the background, I used my Geli Plate.  I have been having problems with my plate lately.  Can they dry out or go bad?  I bought new paint at the end of last year and thought it may be the problem.  So I got new paint and it worked better.  I'm very happy with how the cards turned out.

Haubstadt, Ind

I went letterboxing last Saturday and had a great time.  The weather was beautiful and I found all 7 boxes that I looked for.  

I started off in Haubstadt looking for a box that someone planted passing thru. I also explored a nearby park.  Next month is my 10 year letterbox anniversary and I have been thinking about planting a ten box series.   I checked out a park that used to have a few trails.  Now it is a disc golf course.  I think I will plant there anyway if I can get my butt in gear and carve the stamps. 

Owensboro, Ky

Then I went to Owensboro, Ky.  Big jump, I know.  There is a new boxer there and she has planted a bunch of boxes.  I went over back in July and got some of the boxes.  This time I got all of them but one that is inside a library.  

A while ago, I got a message that one of my boxes in Owensboro was missing.  The area had flooded and the box washed away.  We went on a field trip to an orchard just 2 miles away and I had to check while we were so close.  I found the box!  It was in a pile of flood debris.  It was in bad shape so I cleaned it up and rehid it in a better place last weekend.  

I was great to be out boxing again.   I love this weather and all the awesome stamps :)

Life Update & Some Boxing

Hi.  I'm still alive :)  I haven't made a blog post in a while.  I had a little bit of free

Western Ky Botanical Garden

time and decided to send out an update. 

So, I was a stay at home mom for 13 years.  Then I worked part time at a day care for 2.5 years.  When the corona virus hit, people stopped sending their kids to the day care.  I thought I would be off for 2 weeks.  But after 6 weeks of not working and hearing almost nothing from the day care, I started looking for a job at an essential business.   

I now work full time at Rural King, where I am on my feet for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.  During the first 2 weeks, I could barley walk when I got home in the evenings.  My husband cooked supper those first 2 weeks because I was so exhausted.  I have very little time or energy for letterboxing.  

Elmwood Cemetery

Any LTC swap that I didn't finish before I started working at "The King", I dropped from.  Some of them I was very excited about and had images on rubber, ready to carve.  I just didn't have the energy to do it.  My Etsy shop has been on and off  this whole time.  I get an order or 2 and I am ok.  But then I get a ton, overwhelmed, and behind and close it up for a bit.  

I am already off on weekends so I was off today for Independence Day.  And I spend most of the day letterboxing.  I got 4 boxes in Evansville, 9 in Owensboro, 1 cootie, and I planted one.  It was so nice to got out and box.  

Things should get better.  My husband has decided that we should home school our kids this fall.  So I will quit my job or drastically cut my hours and I'll be home with my kids.  I'll be able to carve stamps and make cards while the kids do school
work.  

That is it for now.  I know I'm behind on a few blog posts for cards.  Maybe I can type them up this evening.  Hope you are all doing well :)

PS-Blogger has changed the website and it may take me a while to figure it out.