Weekend Crafting

Just trying to use up this paper before the season passes by. I did do two birthday cards (my brother Bob and sister-in-law Colleen) and each was themed to the wrapping paper that I used to wrap their gifts. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of the two cards, but I did do this card and that's all I have to show for the weekend.

Sweets for the Sweet

So my purging is to your benefit. I was getting a sticker for a gift I was wrapping (yes, I use stickers to close the tissue paper inside the box) and came across these stickers. They are just not my style and came in a package that had stickers that I do want to keep, so I kept those (selfish?, yeah I guess) and I am giving these away.

So, here's the catch, if you like these stickers or if you don't like them but want them (the hoarding reflex, I understand) then leave a comment about something for which you are THANKFUL (a bit of a "thanksgiving" theme). I will pick a winner next Wednesday.

The item to the left is not a sticker sheet but is a series of punch out photo frames and an image in the center.

Autumn

I made this first card over the weekend (forgot to bring the cord to download the pic out of my camera and into the computer until this morning). The second card I made last night while watching tv.

SU cardstock "very vanilla", patterned paper: Reminisce "autumn day" shimmer 2 sided paper, "autumn breeze" shimmer 2 sided paper, "autumn plaid" shimmer 2 sided paper, "shades of autumn" self adhesive diecut stickers, SU "photo corners" punch and Making Memories mini brad value pack "Halloween".

SU cardstock "pumpkin pie" and "chocolate", patterned paper: Reminisce "autumn plaid" shimmer 2 sided paper, "shades of autumn" self adhesive diecut stickers, SU "photo corners" punch, brads are from the Target $1.00 spot.

The Winner

Drum roll please......bbbbrrrrrruuuuummmmmmm or should it be rum pa pa rum (Little Drummer Boy reference).

"And the winner for the blog candy is: JODENE"

Jodene, cmon' down. Oops, this isn't the Price Is Right, and you can't come through cyber space to get your prize. I will mail it to you. Please send me an e-mail with your snail mail address and I will put the package in the mail tomorrow (no mail today because of Veteran's Day).

My e-mail is: konnie1960@yahoo.com

Drop me a line and I will get that package out to you tomorrow.

I would like to thank you all for playing and stay tuned for more blog candy. I'm thinking that the next candy "bag" will be patterned paper.

Have a great Monday.

P.S. I had a card to show but I forgot to bring the cord to get the pic from my camera to my computer here at work. So it will have to wait until tomorrow.

Tuesday's Cards

I am in a craft fair this Saturday. I do this fair each year. It's at the high school that I attended and it's the one that I always do. So, as I was going through the "left-overs" from last year I came across these stamped and colored images. Apparently I thought in my "free" time at last year's fair that I would be able to whip up some extra cards. LOL!!! I amuse myself in my thinking at times. So last night I used these images and made these cards. The cardstock is from a package that I bought at the local stamp store (Stampology), the brads are from my stash, the image (not sure on the mfg.) was stamped in waterproof black ink and colored with colored pencils and is raised up on pop dots. Ribbon is from Michael's.

P.S. Don't forget to enter for blog candy in yesterday's post. (11/6).

Unexpectedly Masque'd

I have to share a dork wad moment that I had last night. I try to keep dry skin at bay, and as each year passes the task becomes not just a winter activity but a year long pursuit to avoid the signs of aging. The thermometer here has taken a plunge in the last day or two and I can feel that my skin is reacting and not in a good healthy way but in a I don't want to look like an alligator this winter way. So, last night while watching TV in the dark I felt some dry skin on my elbows. I have a small basket on my "hope-less" chest next to my bed in which I keep the "heavy duty" winter moisturizers. So I grabbed one and applied lotion to my elbows, arms and hands. I felt that it didn't feel right, not like my every day scented moisturizer, it wasn't absorbing the way that I thought it would and the palms of my hands felt sticky. Realizing the shape of the bottle, I thought that I had grabbed the lotion for my feet. No wonder I thought, this is for my feet that's why it doesn't feel the same on my hands and laid down to sleep figuring that the lotion would absorb eventually. When I woke up this morning, the palms of my hands felt chalky. How odd I thought and went into the bathroom to wash my hands. I proceeded to do my normal routine, let the dog out, get my clothes for work... When I went to make the bed (navy blue sheets) I could feel the look of horror come across my face when I saw flakes of white all over my sheets. WHAT????? I picked up the "lotion" bottle that I used last night to find out that I wasn't lathering rich emollients all over my arms and hands but I was slathering on a facial masque. YUP, I pulled a true wanker-doodle last night. Not only are my elbows still dry but I had to strip the sheets off my bed this morning. The scary question is: What was a facial masque doing in my anti-alligator basket??? So much for my organizational skills!! LOL!!!

P.S. Check out the blog candy post from yesterday for your chance to win some embellishments.

No Calories / No Cavities

As I promised in an earlier post, I began to purge my stash of embellishments. The bag in the back is foam hearts. The remainder consists of buttons, three dimensional wood and plastic, shaped brads, shaped eyelets and just ole' run of the mill mini eyelets. To get this candy just leave a comment on this post by 11/9/2007. I will put all of the names in a hat and have my brother pick a winner on Saturday. I will post the winner on Monday in the blog.

Brain Teaser

I saw this site on another blog.
I got 15 out of 33.
Try your hand at it.

http://intelligence-test.net/part1/

Don't Hate Me

Please don't hate me for what I am about to say. Moaning and groaning is fine but NO HATE!!!

I bought Christmas presents over the weekend!

Yup, went in for two birthday gifts and came out with them and numerous X-mas gifts. NO, they are not wrapped. NO, I don't have my cards done. Yes, I did buy a "gift" for myself, LOL!!!

Bright Birthdays Part II

These are the two cards that I made yesterday using the pre-packaged birthday embellishments and the same color scheme and patterned paper. The patterned paper is from Doodlebug, the cardstock from Archiver's and the embellishment from my stash (mfg. unknown).

Bright Birthday

I made these two cards last night while watching tv. I refer to them as buckle cards but I am not sure if that is the correct name. I found two packages of these four embellishments in my stash. I used one package on these two cards and will use the remaining package soon and post those creations.

The cardstock is from Archiver's, don't you just love those coupons for 5 free sheets of cardstock? The embellishments (the postage style) were from my stash. They came complete with a pop dot adhesive. The patterned paper was from my stash and I apologize for not looking on the back to see if there was a brand name listing.

This Morning's Creations

I made these cards this morning before leaving for work. I wanted to use these three dimensional pumpkins that I found in my stash and some of the scraps from previous cards.

Cardstock is SU, patterned paper scraps, three dimensional pumpkin, brads and "fall" rub-on from my craft stash. Ticket punch by SU.

I ran out of time and I know that this card needs "something" but it was my first attempt at a crossover pocket card. White cardstock (Michael's), patterned paper from a stack in my stash and the stamp is from SU "The Snowflake Spot".

The lesson that I learned from this card is that unless you have tons of the same patterned paper, do NOT chose a design that has a distinct pattern (ie: you need to be able to read the word joy). This wasted alot of paper since I was unable to use the same square of paper for both sides of the card.

Cardstock: SU, patterned paper: stack scraps, three dimensional pumpkin from my stash, circle leaves are stickers from my stash, ribbon from my stash, ticket corner punch from SU.

The 12 Step Program

I don't know if there is a twelve step program for crafters but sometimes I think that there should be.

For those of you who know me or have read the posts on this blog I have been purging my house. After 22 years and a bad case of hoarding it became a necessity to purge.

So, I confess, I am a hoarder of many things (shoes, wrapping paper, pins...) but for this post I'll stick to the crafting hoards. Well, just from the crafting side, I am a rubber stamp whore. I have two cabinets filled with the rubber goodness, many of which are virgins in that they have never been pushed into an ink pad and gotten applied to paper. When I became a SU demo it became worse (the discount and all). When I sorted my 12x12" paper by color group it became apparent that I am a paper whore. It's those darn coupons for Michael's and JoAnn Fabrics (oh, don't get me started on the hoards of fabric, LOL). I can't walk out of a craft store without making a purchase and paper just seems to fly off of the shelf into my hand then into my cart. Anywho, I digress, back to this morning. I "found" a medium sized padded mailing envelope filled with brads. Four different colored flower brads. Four different colored heart brads. (We're talking packages people, not four brads) Black Weber grill brads, chef hat brads, BBQ fork brads, and red apron brads. Shoe brads, purse brads and lipstick brads. From just ONE mailing envelope. So, being the newly organized person that I am trying to be I went to my embellishment storage and low and behold, no where to put these fine treasures without purging. So I will be sorting through my stash and coming up with some blog candy to share with other crafters. I will try to do it a.s.a.p. and will post the give aways. So, your job, come on back in the near future and participate in helping me find a cure to my addiction.

Sunday Craftiness Part III

Here are the last two cards that I made on Sunday with the "Ultimate Scrapbooking Stack" from Hobby Lobby.

The "LOVE" word is a sticker and though it had matching patterned paper it was actually lighter in color than the patterned paper. All of the paper was from the stack pack and I just used a circle punch to punch the little flowers out of the patterned paper. The small circles on the bottom and the Love rectangle are raised using pop dots.

The "happy" word and flowers are a sticker and the remaining papers are from the stack pack. I used a series of circle punches and my circle cutter to make this card. Pretty simple but I had fun using items from this pack. As you can see I have non SU patterned paper up the ying yang and need to begin using it or it will begin to take over the house, even more than it already does. I have a sickness that won't allow me to walk out of a craft store without a purchase. I have learned this lesson the hard way, buy it if you love it because it may not be there in the future. That has happened to me at the quilting store, the general fabric store, and numerous scrapbooking stores. So, if I have the means I buy it and figure I hopefully have a decade or two to use them up before I go to the big crafting room in the sky.

The Beauty of Autumn

Sunday was not the best day to take pictures outside. It wasn't one of those bright sunny days but I wanted to capture the tree out front of my house before it lost all of it's leaves. I also wanted to play with my camera and try and take some photos "free hand" without resting the camera on something. I found that the zoom really can't be used when you are already close to an item (see blurry photos). So, I was just playing and thought that I would share some of the nice fall colors that were outside of my house.

Canadian Goodness!!!

I received more goodies from Michelle from our Halloween swap this weekend. Michelle you are so nice and funny. You sent me these lovely gifts because you felt bad about the money I spent on postage for your goodies, but girl, you spent WAY TOO MUCH on postage for this package. I LOVE all the goodies and thank you VERY MUCH for your thoughtfulness!!!
All of the goodies are things that I can't get down here in the states so this makes the package super special!


Here is the wonderful thank you card that Michelle made and sent with the package.
Here is a not so great grouping shot of the goodies.

A wonderful scrapbooking magazine that I know that I will be stealing ideas from to use in cards and eventually some scrapbook pages.

This is the last time this package of chocolates was full. LOL!!! Delicious and worth every sinful calorie.

Last but not least, (I'm guessing because I'm a HUGE Mickey Mouse and Disney fan) a card made by Michelle for me to use in the future.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH MICHELLE!!!! YOU ARE TOO SWEET!!!!

More Sunday Crafting

Here is another card from the "Ultimate Scrapbook Stack" bought at Hobby Lobby. The word smile and the dots above and below it are a sticker. The remaining patterned paper and textured cardstock come from the stack. The brads are from my stash.

Sunday Crafting

I made this card from "the ultimate scrapbook stack" bought at Hobby Lobby.
The "love flowers" are a sticker, the textured cardstock and the patterned paper are all from the stack. The beige flowers were punched using my SU punch and the brads came from my stash. I don't really like this card but I did my best. I can't decide is something is missing or there is too much!

A Question????

I need some help, please!!!
I am in my annual craft fair on 11/10 and although I have been doing this for years, always have the hardest time pricing my stuff.
So, here is where you come in.
Please take a moment to leave me some feedback of how much would you pay for the item below?
It is one package of bath salts (one application) that I bought for $1.00. The remainder is stamping supply stuff (SU double sided paper, ribbon, cardstock and a stamped image).
Once I got the demo done it really wasn't hard to assemble.
So PLEASE........ How much would you pay for this?

Swap Delights IV

Here is the item that Michelle altered and in which all of the goodies from the previous posts were contained. Look how nicely the can looks hanging next to my dining room curtains LOL!

A closer look at all of Michelle's handiwork.

Look at all the individual bows of ribbon tied to the handle. All that measuring and tying, Yikers!

There is a tea light/votive candle holder on the side of the can.

A close up of the metal pumpkin that adorns the top.

A closer look at all the ribbons that were tied to the handle. The lid has the same blue patterned paper on it, I forgot to take a picture of it. Love this paper, the ribbons, the pumpkin...oh heck, I love it all, the container, the contents and all the hard work that was put into it. Thanks Michelle!

I truly love all the goodies that you took the time to make for me Michelle and the many things that you bought. I will be using the supplies and you will see them in future posts. The hard part will be deciding what to start with first. I guess I'll just have to sit down, ponder that dilemma and eat some of my candy! I am very grateful for all of your hard work Michelle.