Sundae of Seasons - New Polkadoodles CD

There's a brand new Polkadoodles CD just come out, it's got images and papers representing the four seasons, and is simply fabulous.

This card is one of the samples I sent to Nikky, the owner and designer of Polkadoodles CD's, and was taken from the Spring collection

every single element on the card is taken from the CD apart from the raffia the giant buttons were printed onto cardstock, punched out, and threaded with raffia

I am probably going to destroy any credibility I may have as an intelligent, computer savvy person by telling you the hassle I had when I came back here to the USA on monday, but hey, who cares about reputations?
We have a broadband connection here, which we are able to 'switch off' when we are back in the UK, which saves a few dollars. I had carted my laptop over from the UK, plugged everything in.............nothing, no internet connection. I called our service provider, they talked me through all sorts of complicated stuff. Still nothing. So they arranged for a service call the next day.
Later that day, as I pondered about the complexity of life in this day and age, a thought struck me - shouldn't there be a little lead from the box to the computer? Of course there should, and there it was, hiding on the floor. I plugged it in, instant access, and just in time to cancel the service call.
So next I switched on the TV, no picture, just a big blue screen with the words 'this cable box is not functional. Call
for assistance'. I always do as I am told, so I called for assistance, and got a very nice woman, who, once we had got past the pleasantries (I LOVE your accent, it's so cute.....) did all sorts of stuff at her end. 'Do you have a picture now?' 'No'........ more fiddling around, still no picture. This went on, and on, and on. She was perplexed, she was bemused, then she had a sudden thought. 'Is there a green light on the box?' 'No'
She was very nice, and tried really hard to sound truthful when she promised that she wouldn't tell everyone about the idiot woman from the UK who called for technical support without switching on the box. Of course she will, I would be the first one to publish it for all the world to see