CURRENTS:
time: 8:21am
location: office/craft room
eating: nothing. having a spot of tea and wishing I had a nice blueberry scone to go with it. :/
drinking: see above
listening: the quiet house... love it
creating: still in the planning phases of making a new scrapbook layout, scouring awesome blogs for inspiration
wishing: for a tidal wave of said inspiration... and the momentum to keep it movin'
wanting: endless spending privileges at simonsaysstamp.com - dies to die for!
needing: to do some gardening this morning... all in due time ;)
thinking: that I am so happy in my life today, I mean, here I am crafting on a weekday morning! life is good....
doing: today? visiting with the soon-to-be mother in law and niece for swimming & lunch, tending to my new snapdragons in the backyard, picking up a finished piece of jewelry, digging up old photographs for a slideshow, (hopefully) getting going on a project, and doing a few loads of laundry. i have a mind to go and see "The Raven" tonight at Triangle Square :)
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Again.. been awhile.
I haven't made many cards in the last few months... it's been due to many things, but I hope that will change very soon. I remembered I HAD a blog yesterday, and so here I am. Let's get to it.
(The description to each card will appear underneath the photo)
This card was created for Tom's mom's friend/neighbor, who I found out later is a woman, not a man, named Billy. I tried to stay within the manly colors of blue, brown, red, etc... I guess it all worked out, because I put glitter on it, ha! I got into a bookmark making phase there for a minute, and now all the readers close to me have new ones. Oh well.
Here's a card I made using the Everyday Pop Up Cards cartridge. I like it, no mystery there, but I do have to say: the cartridge as a whole was sorta disappointing. I have NO idea how to actually USE the pop-up feature, and so I haven't yet. It's nice to have something new and challenging to work on, but this is sort of silly, it's so confusing. Anyway, I like this card. I have to admit, the simpler ones are ALWAYS my favorites. The scalloped circle was made from a Spellbinders Nestibilities die, and I definitely need more of those, so much fun. Plus, I get to use my Vagabond more... win-win. (Uh-oh, just realized I posted two cards in a row that I used the same polka dots paper for... well, it's a pattern I liked, sue me!)
Now, this card is another one that really made me smile... it's for Tom's sister-in-law, and since I haven't met her, and only know OF her, I had to guess as what she might like. You're thinking girl=flowers, right? No, not really how I meant it. I just found those jars (on a patterned paper) and was dying to use one... the dots were lonely all by themselves, and so... well, so what if we like flowers?! :) I am also realizing I need to utilize more of my Sew Easy stitching heads, and not just that boring one (above). Again, simple is best, I think.
Again with the Pop Up cartridge that I claimed not to have had any fun with... am I losing credibility here? I guess it's not so bad. :) I used colors on the text and the sewing machine that matched with the stitching that I had done FIRST. I think I stitched that little square about five months ago... so much has changed since then...
That's all I have today! I'm going to face my first day without a job and not much to do... YIKES! :/ I guess that means: expect more cards! :)
This card was created for Tom's mom's friend/neighbor, who I found out later is a woman, not a man, named Billy. I tried to stay within the manly colors of blue, brown, red, etc... I guess it all worked out, because I put glitter on it, ha! I got into a bookmark making phase there for a minute, and now all the readers close to me have new ones. Oh well.
Here's a card I made using the Everyday Pop Up Cards cartridge. I like it, no mystery there, but I do have to say: the cartridge as a whole was sorta disappointing. I have NO idea how to actually USE the pop-up feature, and so I haven't yet. It's nice to have something new and challenging to work on, but this is sort of silly, it's so confusing. Anyway, I like this card. I have to admit, the simpler ones are ALWAYS my favorites. The scalloped circle was made from a Spellbinders Nestibilities die, and I definitely need more of those, so much fun. Plus, I get to use my Vagabond more... win-win. (Uh-oh, just realized I posted two cards in a row that I used the same polka dots paper for... well, it's a pattern I liked, sue me!)
Now, this card is another one that really made me smile... it's for Tom's sister-in-law, and since I haven't met her, and only know OF her, I had to guess as what she might like. You're thinking girl=flowers, right? No, not really how I meant it. I just found those jars (on a patterned paper) and was dying to use one... the dots were lonely all by themselves, and so... well, so what if we like flowers?! :) I am also realizing I need to utilize more of my Sew Easy stitching heads, and not just that boring one (above). Again, simple is best, I think.
Again with the Pop Up cartridge that I claimed not to have had any fun with... am I losing credibility here? I guess it's not so bad. :) I used colors on the text and the sewing machine that matched with the stitching that I had done FIRST. I think I stitched that little square about five months ago... so much has changed since then...
That's all I have today! I'm going to face my first day without a job and not much to do... YIKES! :/ I guess that means: expect more cards! :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)