A chilly and busy week....

Brrr....was it cold earlier this morning....only 24, which is already too cold  for me.  We had a very hard frost last night too and our deck was covered in ice this morning.  Not good!  Alex when out to start his Jeep and immediately feel...poor kid...,, poor kid.  But, then again, better him than me.  We'll need to get some of the de-icer out and have it ready again for these cold morning.  Our deck is always very slippery in the cold month!  YUK!

Today, I need to get organizing and working on some ongoing projects.  I did finish up three cards for the Two Peas - A Year In Cards challenge and here they are --

 And this is another "Tilda Card" I made over the weekend!

 

    I also found an online class that I am now taking to learn to Color and Blend a whole lot better with my Copic Markers.  The class is at a website called My Creative Classroom and I really LOVE it.  It's a sex segment class and I started a bit later, but since I have been using Copics for a while, I think I will be able to catch up.  The best part is that I can go to the "classroom" whenever I want and work at my own pace.  There are also tons of great handouts and I've already learned quiet a bit about blending and lots of other techniques you can do with the markers.  The instructor, Colleen Schaan is a Copic Certified Instructor and is awesome.  She also has a blog, called Distinctive Touches which is really nice.  I think I can learn a lot from her and I'm really excited to be trying this.  This is the first time I've ever tried an online class.   We have certain things to practice each week and then upload them to the student gallery.  There she will view them and help us discover how to fix our errors and gives us lots of inspiriting criticism.   Most of the classes with be winding down shortly for the Holidays, but will start again in February.

  It's really a great way to learn new craft ideas and techniques and I do plan to take other classes, down the road. This link will take you to a page that lists all the different classes that are offered and they are lots that I think I would like.  -Click Here-  to see the courses.   I think some of the Cricut Classes and  General Coloring classes would be really good.  I already have learned quite a bit from this class and I know it's will be well worth the price. 

  Now, I am off to try getting some things organized in my Craft Room, I bought some new Organizers from HSN and also a new printer, that arrived yesterday.  I've been so busy and tired, that I haven't even opened the boxes, but I do hope to get started today.  My Fibro has been acting up, so it's been hard to get much done, and that is frustrating, but it is also part of life for me.  

.....I just keep hoping for a CURE...