Oh So Big

Posted on | August 27, 2008 | 5 Comments

Ok, this Etsy thing that I mentioned earlier. Anybody sell on that thing? Does it work? Seems like there are A LOT of people selling there. How the heck do people find you? I really do have a lot of cards. I only send out a few. I just love making them. I do get attached to the cards that I make but it is getting a bit ridiculous and it’s only been nine months. I don’t want to temporarily quit making cards. Suggestions?

If you’re in the area, I’ll be teaching a card and a mini book class in Sept. Call the scrapbook store for the dates (I forgot). One’s a Wednesday and the other is a Thursday, both at 5:30 p.m. Yeah, MINI!!! I’ll be bringing in a few toys to create with. I think it’ll be fun.

Back to the layout… Here’s a funny picture that I love. Emma was just a little over a year old when this happened. Hubby’s so sweet, once in a blue moon, he’d buy us girls flowers. This was one of those days and this was also the first in M’s little life that she’s every seen such an arrangement. You can see from her expression that she was in awe. She signed “so big” after. It was just cute.

I didn’t use a lot of material for this. I used my goodies from Studio Calico: some SEI and Tinkering Ink stuff plus rub-ons (the golden itty bitty border) and a tag. The swirls and alphas came from my K-n-K. Love that machine! There is a downside. Instead of taking a few minutes to cut on a Cricut, it’ll take you 15 minutes because you can’t decide which font to use. Or, instead of using what’s in the CD, you just got to go make one of your own.

Ok, going to bed (1:30 a.m. almost)… have a great Wednesday!!!

It’s Merv Again, 5-Min-Card!

Posted on | July 28, 2008 | 5 Comments

This is a super quick card that I did and also taught at the lss last week. I printed Merv the bird in Word (yeah, no need for fancy Photoshop). I had four on a page and printed a few pages out for the session, trimmed and colored.

The background paper is Karen Foster and the stamp is PaperTrey. Using this card sample I wanted to demonstrate how one little piece of black cardstock can change the look of this card from blah to “yeah, this is good, this is good.” Ha!!! I used dimensionals too under the black cardstock to give the card more depth. Of course I can’t do a card without at least a little piece of ribbon {::SMILES}. To give it a softer curve, I used my corner rounder for the edges of the card.

I credit the using black or I think anything dark really to SCS. I think it was from one of the challenges. I can’t remember. Just sharing what I learned to others. I can do that, right?

Happy Monday! I am posting live before I head out to lunch… a five minute post {::SMILES}.

Tut: Tie a Ribbon and My First Card Class

Posted on | July 23, 2008 | 6 Comments

This card isn’t one we made. This was just a hybrid card that I did using Jovia Devoe’s kit. Put it together in Photoshop and print on white card stock. The Hi there is PTI’s.

My card class: I made it and it was really fun too. Unfortunately, I haven’t uploaded my pics yet, so that to come! Six people came to the class, three each – morning and afternoon. Coincidently I had a morning dr. appt. so before I went to it, I stopped at the lss to drop off the packets and hang around for a little bit. I met the three morning regulars. Two were senior citizens and they were the cutest thing. One loves to be online searching for card images on the Net. She hasn’t discovered SplitCoast yet! So I gave her the addy and uhm… her girl friends might have a harder time getting a hold of her (phone busy, dial-up) because she might just be on the online more now, ha! In the afternoon, I had a guest from work, a lady friend who’s been to my SU’s workshop, and a sweet little exchange student from France that my lady friend brought in with her.

They all said they had a great time and I’m so glad. I hope they come again the next time I have a class. Next week, is a scrapbooking class. It’ll just be basic scrapbooking and we’re going to try to use paint besides other techniques. I think that’s what the ladies liked the most yesterday, playing with new toys and trying out a new technique. Speaking of… I guess ribbon tying is not a simple thing to do. My lady friend, who’s seen enough YouTube videos on the topic, was good. She had it down pat, but for the others, it was still work. So, despite the already many how to tie a ribbon videos… I made one on how I do it at home:

–> You can watch it in high quality here <–

I am a tight wad… thus the title. Well the point is… no ribbons left unused, ha!! The ribbons are old… I found them at an antique store in town. Super cheap for 10-20 yards. I think $2-$3. You never know what you find at those stores. I found some vintage items too for my scrapbook!!

Bowling Day for Me

Posted on | July 10, 2008 | 5 Comments

We have this fund raising thing at work, Bowling for the Greens, that I’m participating in. I am not by all means a good bowler but it’ll be fun I think. I’m looking forward to that later this afternoon.

Here’s a little card that I did a few weeks ago that I did for my lss. I think the pattern paper is Basic Grey but not 100% sure. The birdie is the same set as the one I used for the Thinking of You card. Old set of either CTMH or TAC. I trimmed the birdie and used SU markers to color it. The “love” is my good ‘ol handwriting and an American Craft chipboard. This card is 4.25×4.25 and super easy and quick to make. I promise!! I think it took me about five minutes to think about and put together.

Hope you have a great day! I’ll let you know about the bowling event later and how horrible I scored… lets just say I do better on the Wii than in real life {::SMILES}.

I Am the New…

Posted on | July 2, 2008 | 4 Comments

Great Swap Girl! Wow!!! Over the weekend I received an invitation to join this swap group. I felt so honored and at the same time intimidated. I’m going to be swapping with some of the most awesome card markers from SplitCoast who are also Stampin’ Up! demos. I’ve seen other ladies being asked and see the cards when they’re posted on the individuals’ blogs but never thought I’d actually get an invite. So this is super, super exciting for me and I can’t wait to actually join in on one. I hope I can keep up and that the other girls will like my cards. I know it’ll be nerve wreaking the first time around.

Now I want to share a card…

This was another card that I made at my scrapbook store using their stuff. I think the stamp’s the Angel Company’s stamp but not sure. They’re old though, I know that for sure. I just love the sentiment and because I want to focus on the verse and nothing else, I just used this one stamp on this card. This is the first time I used big rhinestone brads for a card and I like. I’ll be using this more… well after I get some that is {::SMILES}.

Well, if you need more details, ask me and I’ll ask them. I should have paid more attention but I was just rummaging through their bins full of scrap this and that and just had to much fun playing than paying attention to brands. Don’t you love the ribbon though? I have no idea what it is called but I love it. It’s so au naturel if you know what I mean {::SMILES}. Now I want to go to fabric store and just buy random pretty fabric that won’t fray at the edges to make fun ribbons.

Besides cards, within the last few days I received two awards. Yeah! Thank you Mercy for the Kreativ Blogger award and also Kerry for the Arte y Pico Award. There are sooo many bloggers out there and I feel special each time somebody thinks of my little ‘ol blog. So here are the two awards below.

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