Yes, it's been quite some time since I last posted. Excuses? Yes there's a fair few. I've not been very well at all and so much has been going on here at Hampson's Hovel that it'd make your head spin! (no not covid, lupus and a severe skin infection and bit of mental health management too) Isn't it wonderful how good you can feel with a good haircut and decent glasses too! Not to mention shedding kilos, at least 8 so far, possibly 10, I'll weigh my self next Monday.
We've had covid lockdowns, covid restrictions, building work started then stopped, front & backyards dug up during and then left due to the lockdowns. But finally we are starting to see our little property come back to 'average' coz there ain't no such thing as 'normal' these days around here. I could share tons of photos. Maybe at the end of this. We had to document a lot of what was happening because quite a lot of our front & back yards were destroyed by the workmen and items from hubby's garden shed vanishing, like shovels, garden hose fittings and such. Not to mention them using his brand new wheel barrow and putting a ruddy great hole in it. This has not made Herbie (nor Wirgie) happy campers. We've got our front garden back and now have to be patient for the new trees to grow into hedges and sound barriers. We've gotten so use to the traffic noise, to a point. But I now sleep with earbuds in coz it is never ending 24/7!!!
Soooooooo in the Stamping' Up! Crafting world, there have been so many new products with more on their way. I did lose my creative mojo for a while there but it's back with a vengence and this last week or so has seen me make more cards than all of up to September this year included. Got to be happy with that! Tonight kicks off our next Onstage@Home event. My swag box arrived a few weeks ago and oh my goodness, this carry tote is one of the best ones I've ever received. Want to see some of them? Why not visit my Stampin' Up! site here:-
https://wirgie101.stampinup.net/
OR my Pinterest board here:-
https://www.pinterest.com.au/wirgie101/20212020-stampinup-by-wirgie-aka-virginia-hampson/
Here's a look at my Swag Box, courier delivered a few weeks ago no less, from Utah's head office in the USA!
REMEMBER: There is a great sale coming 16th to 18th November 2021 inclusive! Mark your diaries, put a reminder on your mobile phone. You don't want to miss out on some of the fabulous savings you could make!!
Till next time,
happy stamping, colouring and creating!
My 'Smile' sentiment was stamped in Terracotta Tile then I punched it out using the Everyday Label punch, trimming it down to the size it is. I added a strip of the Woven Threads trim along the bottom. Notice what I did? I pulled the thread from the bottom of this trim to make it look like tassels. I didn't throw out that bit of thread either. I used it to make the little bow underneath the sentiment. Waste not, want not! It's amazing trim, do get some!
