Creative Indecision

Today, it looks like Fall from my front porch. The rain has been pleasant and "fall feeling," and I have enjoyed it. I am torn between Fall and Christmas creations right now, as you can see. I love the little pumpkins on the fall card, the bow and the iris folding on the Christmas cards. Take note of the green leaves on the fall card. I found those in the Wal-mart sewing section today and had to have them. Look everywhere for embellishments, not just in the scrapbooking section. I picked up a couple of Christmas surprises today for my two favorite craft buddies, (you know who you are :) Keep scrappin!

Terrific Tuesday

I had a lovely morning with my Dad and my sister! Sometimes the best blessings are the simplest. Here is a new "puppy pic," this is the runt and I love that he sleeps on his back like a baby. (If I hadn't mentioned it, I rescued their mother after someone threw her away. AARGH!!!) On to the cards, I tried the iris folding technique recommended by my sister. Much to my surprise, it is very easy to do. Although the pattern called for 3 different patterns of paper, I wanted my apple to look like an apple, so I only used one pattern. I enjoyed it! The God Bless card was simple and cute. I did the die cuts from my cricut (Which I love!) I also made a bookmark to match the apple card which I think that I will put inside the card when I mail it. Maybe it will be an added touch for the recipient.

Challenge to Me

On this beautiful Monday morning, I issued a design challenge to myself. My goal was to make as many projects out of 2 12x12 sheets of cardstock; 2 types of ribbon; 1 sheet of stickers and embossing powder. These 4 projects are what I ended up with and I was very pleased! (I did throw in a few buttons.) My favorite was the Thinking of You card with the elaborate bow. It was my first creation in this challenge. The Get Well Soon card came second, (the apple is significant for 'an apple a day', just in case you didn't get it :) The third was the bookmarker which made me think of many ladies in my church group that would enjoy getting one of these; and the fourth was the Happy Birthday card. I find that if I use the materials which I already have out, I have less waste and it takes less time to create. Perhaps you will want to try this as well. I will be looking at your blogs to see if you joined me. Have a great day!

Happy World Card Making Day!

Okay, here is a picture of one of the puppies with its eyes open! (He is the only brown one of the litter, the other three are white with brown and black markings. ) This is my favorite, but don't tell the others :)

I made three cards today in honor of World Card Making Day. The yellow one was on my mind when I woke up this morning. I was thinking "yellow", perhaps due to the bright, beautiful sunshine we've had today. I love the "bee and sunflower papers," and really liked how it came together. The middle "felt card" was soooo easy. I am finding felt to be versatile and cheap to use. And again, I hand stitched on the leaf ;) Perhaps I no longer have an aversion to sewing?!? The third card was made from a simple Harvest Pagemaker Set from Walmart. Everything matches perfectly in ready made sets and sometimes I like to use them for their simplicity. I have noticed that since I post, I do pay more attention to which products I am using. I would post them, but I haven't figured out how to add them at the end of the post. Any information on how I can do that? Remember, I am still new to this blogging thing. Thanks to those of you who take time out of your busy days to view my page and comment. I look forward to reading them everyday.

Thankful Thursday

I awoke feeling very thankful today! The sun is shining, the air is chilly and my puppies eyes are opening today! (I shouldn't call them "my puppies" since I am finding homes for them, but I must confess, I have become attached. I might even post a photo of them later :) Here is a picture of the clock. It would have been much better if I could have taken the face cover off and attached the embellishments to the actual face, but this clock was molded in one piece, so I could not do that. I love it anyway. Also pictured, a few cards I made late last night. The green "M" is monogramed for my son's girlfriend. She is away at college and hasn't received any mail yet, so my goal is a card a week for her, just to encourage her along. The other cards are premade and dressed up. They inspire me by their colors to choose embellishments to match and they are a quick project. I am anxious to try a felt card again. It was really alot of fun to do, and, oh so easy.

Getting Creative

Whew! I finally got my scraproom put back together, and I love it! I now have 2 work surfaces where I can create more stuff!!! (Thanks hubby :) I hadn't crafted all day until a couple of hours ago, and then I had a burst of ideas. The first two cards were premade, I simply added the jute, flowers and phrasing; the third was a completely new idea for me. I made my first attempt at using felt. I didn't think that I would like it, but surprise!!! I really did, and yes Ber, those are hand stitched petals. I also thought that I would never sew on a card,(because I hate to sew), but my niece incorporates it into her creations and I decided to give it a try, and I liked it!I pulled out the alphabet punches and added the wording. It was so simple and enjoyable to make. In redoing my craft space, I also decorated the "paint can" to the left of the felt card to hold all of my chipboard and paper flowers. Actually, I have decorated all kinds of containers and jars to hold my tools. My favorite today, a cheap clock which I painted, wrapped with jute, added flowers and jewels to the face and made a cute tag that says "SCRAP TIME". Because for me right now, anytime is scraptime. What a blessing!

A Quarter of a Century

Today is my 25th anniversary; I have been married a quarter of a century, and I have been blessed! I tried a couple of teal and brown/green and brown cards and liked both of them. I'm trying to branch out on my color choices. I also mentioned a Christmas card....well, here it is. As I am not a real Christmas-y person, this may be the only one you see from me :) I have been straightening and rearranging my scraproom today and I may never find what I'm looking for again!