Two Weeks From Today!

We are moving right along towards our impending huge event!  2 weeks and counting until our wedding.  I don't mean "my wedding" of course....but I do own the boy getting married so I think it is appropriate to say "our wedding". :) Ok, I'm stretching it, I know.

2 weeks from now at this exact moment (7:20pm) the vows will have been said and we will be dining and imbibing at the reception.  My dress is at the tailor's and I will pick it up in a few days...thankfully, it only needed to have about an inch taken off the hem.  Lucky for me.  I have my table decorations mostly done except for adding fresh flowers which, of course, can't happen today.  I put labels that I created from a template found on the internet (thank you, Al Gore, for creating the internet!....I know, I know...he never said he invented it but he did and I quote say "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the internet".  I know he didn't mean he invented it but it has been great fun using that over the years!)   Anyway, I digress....I did find a template online...why reinvent the wheel and made these labels:

The nutrition label is just so fun!

We are giving those to out of town guests along with a little welcoming bag and will be using them as we prepare and beautify before the ceremony.  They were fun and fast to make.

I am only sharing these as I had already shown them to my future daughter in law.  Some of the other things are still a surprise for her and my son.

Here is a card I made to thank one of my friends who hosted the couples shower for them a few weeks back.

I used Amy Tangerine papers and a die from Simon Says Stamp called Circle on a Line.  It is a really great die!

The thank you sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp and was stamped on a scalloped punch piece.

Well, that's it for today.

Hope to see you again soon!

Happy Crafting!

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
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During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp#AxuiPGQmMKVRmSVf.99

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp#AxuiPGQmMKVRmSVf.99

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp#AxuiPGQmMKVRmSVf.99

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
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So Happy For You

I had a little crafting mojo going last week.  A mysterious thing is that crafting mojo...it ebbs and flows...waxes and wanes! ;)  If I just had someone I could hire to come in and clean up the mess I make when I create I'd probably have more waxing and flowing....it's the prospect of cleaning up the huge mess I've made that prompts the waning and ebbing!

Anyway, I made this card for my son and future daughter in law for their shower yesterday with elements from a Simon Says Stamp kit.  It was inspired by a card by Stephanie Klauck HERE.

 I actually heat embossed the background with a Hero Arts background stamp but the image was so subtle that I decided to run it through my Big Shot with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.
I used LifeStyle Craft dies to cut out the circles to frame that oh so cute house and heart metal clip.

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 The little heart was punched with a Martha Stewart punch and "Glossy Accented".
The inside was stamped with some Versafine black onyx ink and heat embossed with some clear embossing powder.  I love doing that....it looks silver here in spots but I think that is just the way the light was hitting it because in real life it was perfectly black and shiny! 

Such a fun card to make!

OK, Mojo...where are you???

Happy Crafting!

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Hexagons!

I have loved all the cards and scrapbook layouts I've seen with hexagons.  I love that trend!  But I've done very little with it.  The other day I saw where Fiskars had come out with hexagon punches.  Ohhh....how easy is that?!

So I got the little punch at Archiver's the other day with my 30% off coupon (yay, Archiver's).  I was in Joann's yesterday and saw the punches there as well and this week they are 40% off.  Go shopping!

Here is a very fast and very flat card I made with the cute little punch:

I used Amy Tangerine papers and a little We R Memory Makers baker's twine.
The "hello" stamp is from Paper Smooches stamped with Versafine ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder.

Here's another view of the card closed:

Such an easy and fun card to make!  I think it would be a great design for masculine cards which are always my challenge .... just need to use some more masculine papers!

Happy Crafting!

A Goodie!

I love bright and bold colors!  I can do pastels...but muted colors sometimes are difficult for me!  I was totally happy making this card.  Bright and bold.  So me.  That's my personality too...bright and bold.  HAHA!  Maybe not.  Probably a little too bold sometimes...but I don't know how bright! Heheh...

Have you all seen this wonderful video by Linda of her internet shopaholic ways?  My friend, Donna, shared it with a few of us addicted folks and it's also floating around on Facebook.  This is about a crafter named Linda who watches YouTube crafting videos and then has to go buy the stuff that was used in the video.

 It is hilarious....and I am so right there with her.

Case in point.  Inktense pencils.  Saw Jennifer McGuire using them...saw Darlene of Darlene Designs use them...saw others.  Had to have them.  Waited until I had a 50% off coupon at Michaels one day and went and bought them 'cuz I HAD TO HAVE.  Sat here in the case.  For. A. Long. Time. And. I. Mean. A. Loooong. Time...

Finally opened them to play with them and I LOVE THEM.  What in the world was I waiting for??? I love water color pencils but sometimes the color is PASTEL OR MUTED!!! These are so bright and intense.  Inktense is what they are called.  Water soluble.  And you can blend with them.  But since I still have not mastered the whole blending thing I just colored my flowers.

Here is my card:

  
The flowers are from a Hero Arts set that comes with the Sizzix dies. Love that.  I used Archival Ink since it's water proof and then colored away with the pencils using my Aqua Painter.  Added a bit of Wink of Stella glitter pens to parts of the flowers and the bees wings.  The chevron background is so bold, isn't it?  It's from Amy Tangerine....as is the green dotted paper which I cut with Martha Stewart fringe scissors.

The little banner is from the Stampin' Up Itty Bitty Banners set which also has some awesome dies.

And that's it for today.

I do love the Inktense pencils and I think I am glad I have them in my collection now.

And today I saw Kristina Werner (another favorite blogger) talking about Memento Luxe inks.  They are really vibrant pigment inks.  Oh my....  I do have an ink addiction...and a pen addiction....and a paper addiction...  *yawn....

Happy Crafting!

Project Life: Week 21

Woohoooooo....getting back on track!  We spent the last week before this one on our favorite family vacation and it was great.  Came back...grandkids got sick, son got sick, I got sick....sure glad it didn't happen while we were at the beach! 

I was able to get my photos developed to get back on track with PL.  I have learned that I just need to stay current with this.  When I can't work on it and get behind it does get a bit overwhelming.  I can't imagine feeling like I am weeks and weeks behind.  I know me....I'd give up!

So here is week 21....all done with Simple Stories leftover stuff I had and some wood veneer pieces.  I did do some stamping with some Amy Tangerine and Hero Arts stamps....
but this was a pretty simple layout, I think.  Oh yeah, I did break out my Silhouette for the little card at the bottom....

Left side:

I bought these large wood flowers several years ago and still have quite a few left.  I needed SOMETHING for this card.  Does it have any significance or really GO WITH the them of this page?  Heck no.  I call this the eclectic thema! LOL!
I make up my rules as I go....LOL!

 I love the wood pieces and I love arrows.  Wooden arrows?  Perfection!

My week card was done with some (hide your eyes, Donna!) glittered Thickers.  (Note to readers....my good friend, Donna, hates glitter. I didn't know that and one year sent her several birthday cards full of glitter because I LOVE GLITTER!)

This is my Silhouette Cameo cut card with a design by Lori Whitlock.  The arrow was done with a Hero Arts stamp and cut out with the corresponding die.  No fussy cutting here!
I found this turqiose   turqoise blue label thingy in a stash and decided to use it.  And oh yeah....I am a great speller.  I know it's really turquoise.  :)

Slapping down these wood pieces is EASY, too!

And here is the right side:

Not much adorning there....

But isn't this cute little arrow the greatest?

Well, that's it for today!
Week 22 is going to be oh so easy as I have a ton of photos and will let my photos do the talking!

Happy Crafting!

Project Life: Week 16

I had the best time doing my layouts for Week 16.  I found a packet in my stash of some very bright and cheerful Doodlebug papers with a packet of coordinating buttons.  Don't remember buying it...don't remember having it...but now that I have my new paper organizing system that Debbie set up for me...well, I'm finding stuff!

I did quick layouts the last couple of weeks with pre-made journaling cards.  This week I decided to make my own things with the few sheets of paper I had.  I did some stamping , some die cutting with both my Silhouette and Cuttlebug and added a little of this and a little of that! :)

Here is the left side:

The top right is a template from the Lily Pad shop and can be seen HERE.  I love these collage templates and they print out beautifully!
The little filler card below was made with Stampin' Up Embosslits. So cute....they cut and emboss at the same time.  I used some wire I bought a looooooong time ago to wind around the bodies and make little antennas.

I found some letter stickers from Paper Pizazz which are who knows how old but I loved using for my "Week 16".  They look like the label tapes that were so popular a while back.  Again...I used stuff in my stash.  Love that!  I added some Stickles to the butterfly and then put some big rickrack on the bottom of the card.  That was also from my vast stash of ribbons and trims!

The card below was cut with my Silhouette from a design by Michelle Currie that I purchased in the Silhouette Online Store.  Isn't that cut out chevron adorable? 

And I used some of those cute buttons from the Doodlebug pack I had and added a little embroidery floss.  Can't do naked buttons, of course!

Here is the right side layout:

Again, the bottom right photo is from a template from the Lily Pad store.

I stamped the camera with an Amy Tangerine stamp from the set "Aspire" and added some Glossy Accents.

And this little journaling card was cut out with  my Cameo, too, and is a design by Lori Whitlock.
The arrow stamp came from the same Amy Tangerine set.

It was all so much fun for me....I just had the best time and it was so satisfying to find things that I had that worked well for me.

I also did an insert page which I will post tomorrow...and then on to Week 17!

Happy Crafting!