All good things must come to an end

It has been a long and fun journey! From classes at small crops, CKC Classes, teaching on cruises and in online classrooms for too many years to count. I loved every minute of this. My online classroom will be closing July 1st. As many of you know, we decided to simply our lives this year. We sold our house, downsized and have moved into my daughter's in-law apartment. Now coffee in the morning is also waffles and cuddles with our grandchildren! It couldn't be better.

The simple life also means it is time for me to craft and knit whenever I want. Morty the Shih Tzu is the best knitting buddy there is.

I can't thank you all enough for the joy of learning and teaching along with all of you. Cricut will always hold a special place in my heart and the memories of traveling and teaching will stay with me too.

Cheers to the Simple Life my friends! Hugs, Cara

Cricut Paper Crafter (hoarder)

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My new craft storage space! Yes downsizing was a huge decision! I had to make some choices but I am still a Cricut Paper Crafter, teacher and Scrapbook SVG designer. I wanted to take you along on this journey.

After my husband and I decided we were ready to slow down a bit and find an easier path, I had to figure out what my crafting would look like. Over the years I have focused on many different crafts from sewing folk art bunnies, designing and sewing my children's clothing, quilting.... lots of fabric! But I transitioned to paper crafts about 12 years ago. I added lots and lots of paper, stamps, ink and of course CRICUTS! I had 4 different ones in those white craft cabinets, two Makers, a Joy and the newest member, my Joy Xtra. As I looked at the fireplace cabinet that I planned to use as my craft center, I decided the Joy Xtra would fit perfectly. In fact, 8 1/2x11 was a good size for this cabinet. I had been dipping my toe in sticker making lately and this all seemed to make sense. JOY XTRA was going to become an "only child" aka Cricut.

I sorted lots of lots of stamps, inks, papers and more. I found great homes, donating much to our local schools and our Sunday school classroom. My Stampin' Up! supplies were packaged and sold on Mercari and I packed my scrapbooks into one tote that is in the new storage shed. The plan is to take photos of these layouts and upload to my icloud. (ok ok we shall see when I actually do that!)

But now my 12x12 Simple SVGs may not be as easy to cut on an 8 1/2 x 11! My stickers are perfect for this new Cricut Xtra. The past 3 months I have been designing Simple SVGs but I have been super busy packing, moving, staging our home to sell aaaaaand selling! We closed on our home last week and now its time to settle in and figure out what our new normal looks like. Stay tuned as I share my journey!

Time for an Update!

Bert and I decided it was time to relax and enjoy life! It was time to downsize. We have sold our home and moved into the sweet lil apartment next to our granddaughters.

Lots of giggles and morning coffee with the Disney Channel! We decided we needed peace of mind more than we needed extra space.

I thought my online classroom would continue but major price increases have told me it is time. My online classroom will close at the end of June. This has been a long journey and I thank all of you that joined me to learn Cricut-ing over the years.

I will still be designing simple SVGs and files for paper crafters and offering them in my online store here starting in June.

Time for Morty and time at the lake and time for family too.

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