February Christmas Cards

Ok, I KNOW it's now March but, I tried, really tried to get them done. Uh, Feb is a short month. I'd be right on time if there were 31 days in Feb. Ok, that's my story. These are a stamp-lift from Kristina's MACM 12/3. I thought this was the cutest idea and I decided my 10 cards this month would be this. How hard could it be? Well, parts were harder than I thought, other parts were easier: Tying 30 tiny bows w/sucky fiber (DMC Light Silver Thread --from my cross stitch days. As soon as you cut it, it separates into 4 thin fibers. UCK!) was enough to make me give up. But, I persevered. The easy thing was the Heat & Stick powder. I have had this stuff for YEARS and could never figure out how to use it. The glitter never stuck. And my sucky demo had no idea how to use it. Well, Kristina made it look so easy that I vowed to try it again (I also vowed to try the glue pad again & still haven't messed w/it; maybe tomorrow). I did it just as the video showed & it worked. Soooo cool!!

Happy Leap Day!!

Lookie here! 2 post, 2 days, 2 cards! Am I on a roll now?? Doubtful. LOL


These cards another "steal". I know I used to be able to "copy" a card but make it my own, know what I mean? Nowdays, I seem to just steal the whole thing & the only differnce may be a color change. I need to take "inspiration" from these cards instead of doing them exactly the same way. Oh well. It is a cute card & why mess w/perfection??? I'm going to give these cards to my co-workers today. I didn't get a chance to make them VD cards so, these ought to make up for it, don't you think??




I guess I can get partial credit for taking the idea and making these bag toppers?? I decided to give these to the kids & dh today. Dh was almost a Leap Day baby: he was born in 64 which was a Leap Year & his mom was getting VERY worried when the 27th rolled around & still no baby. Luckily, she had him that day instead of the 29th. The kids wish that he WAS born on Leap Day so they would be "older" than him.

Hmmm, these photos seem very washed out. I wonder why. I turned the flash off & they looked pretty good when I shrank them. Ok, I checked; you can click on the pics for more detail.

Happy Birthday Scott!

Yesterday was Scott's Birthday. Unfortunately, my dear hubby is out of town on business. He spent his birthday working & then had to go out to dinner, ALONE. And then go back to an empty hotel room. The kids thought I should have figured out where he was going to dinner and then call the resturant, describe him well enough that they could go over & sing Happy Birthday to him. I didn't. But, to make him not feel so bad, the kids and I went out & celelbrated his birthday without him. LOL.

Here is the card I'm going to give him tonite when I pick him up from the airport. I pretty much outrighted copied it from this video. The only thing I changed is the cardstock color (I'm in a HUGE Certainly Celery phase right now plus, I'm boycotting all In Colors!) and, since I didn't have the yummy Chocolate ribbon (although I do have some yummy chocolate!), I improvised. I think it made it a bit more "manly" anyway.

Why does the Choc Chip c/s look so purple??? ICK! It's cuter IRL, I promise!!! Ther ribbon, teh medallion & the cardstock all match. And the green is not quite so "sad" looking!

Fear Not

I have not forgotten my blog. I even have new pics to post but, my camera & my computer never seem to be in the same room. While you wait for me to get my act together, I will share my recent Archiver's purchases with you. Now, this purchase is in addition to the $200 worth of SU products I rec'd last week, the $70 worth of SU I ordered a week and 1/2 ago & the $60 worth of SU I orderd last Saturday. I think I'm unwell!

I received my SU order. WOOHOO

My SU order came on Monday. My wonderful demo brought it to me in a snow-shower!

I was determined to make some cards w/this bounty. I started w/the rubons (stinking COOL rubons!) I figured I'd use the black first. Ok, what color would look best with black. Not red, not white. Hey, I've got some In Colors left from last year & I'm going to get rid of them all! I have decided that In Colors are not a good thing (at least not for my weirdly wired mind). I bought 3 colors of ink & reinker 'cause I would not be able to get the ink again. Uh, what do you do w/the ink & inkers when the PAPER is gone??? I now have Cranberry Crisp & True Thyme ink & no paper to go with it. I hate that!!! But, I digress.

I picked out Vintage Violet 'cause I thought the black would look good against that color. Now, to find another color to go with it. All of the remaining In Colors look HORRID w/this color except Marigold Morning (the 3rd color of ink I bought. WHY??? I hate yellows!) This combo looks ok & I find a ribbon in my stash that goes pretty well.

I have to make something else to use my new stamps & Scallop punch. I look for a pattern paper to go w/dirty bruises (VV). Nothing! Finally, I find some scraps of an old Basic Grey. It actually matches (and the distressing matches the Marigold!) I'm not 100% crazy about this one.

So I try some more BG PP to see what else I come up with. These, I'm actually pretty happy with. I'm still not digging the VV. I went to a SU Color Matching site but, there wasn't much there I liked. I was going to try it with a rose or pink color when Shuggy posted that she LOVES this color. I'm sending the rest to her and not wasting any of my time on a really, really ugly color.

I LOVE my new SU Demo!

So, I had a SU party on 2/2. One of the two attendees said she's book a party from mine. Of course, I HAD to go to hers (and spend another $50 for ANOTHER SAB set!) These are the cards we made that night. I just LOVE her projects. They are so much fun & have so much "pop"! I had another stinky demo before.

Unfortunately, my StL friends have not yet met my new demo so they are still using stinky demo. One of them is having a party Saturday with SD. We'll see what ideas she has.

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Repurpose? I bought Becca a skirt for school & it came with this belt. She said she would NEVER wear it but I left it in the laundry room for the last 5 months. Today, I got a wild hair to clean up some junk left in there. I had it in my hand to throw away but then decided it could be reused for something.

It's been a LONG time since I've done macrame let alone UN-macrame but, I took the whole thing apart. I now have beads and fibers. Can't say I'll ever use them but, you never know.

Happy Valentine's Day

I'm am not 100% crazy about these cards. I wanted to use my Cuttlebug because I have yet to use it for ANYTHING except playing. I don't know if the first card (for dd) is missing something or if I just hate it 'cause it's purple & I don't really like purple. The 2nd one (for ds) is better but, I'm not sure about the frog. I debossed it 'cause I thought it looked better. Then, when I attached it to the card, it seemed to get lost so I went over the grooves w/pen. It's not doing alot for me.


This afternoon, dh made me a Valentine's card. He's going to be out of town on VD and asked what I wanted. I told him he didn't have to get me anything ('cause I'm going to a SU party on the 15th!!). He said he'd buy me a card. I told him to MAKE me a card. So, he did. I'll post it when I get it.

Dahlia Fold

I saw this 100 places last week but never bothered to save it. Then, Vicki at the Shack posted a blog w/instructions. Too much fun. I need ALOT more practice (and skinnier fingers wouldn't hurt!) but it is a sensational look. Both these cards were for friends w/birthdays on Saturday. Both were very impressed w/the technique

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BTW, the thing I love most about this technique is that you can use some less than groovy looking paper & it still turns out cool. The brown card is some butt-ugly SU DSP (outlaw) that I bought on a whim (liked one of the striped papers) and pretty much HATED!!! Love the way it looks all folded up!!

Uh, duh.

Saw this test on the Amuse blog. I found some of the questions really hard. Guess I'm not so smart. I had to have help from my kids on the prime numbers.

Your IQ Is 115

Your Logical Intelligence is Above Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Exceptional Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Above Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

Ode to Joy!

Over at the Stamp Shack, Sherri issued a challenge to make 10 Chrsitmas Cards a month so when the holidays roll around, we won't be overwhelmed. I tried it last year & petered out after February. Hopefully, I'll do better this year but it did take me until 2/1 to get my January card done.

I believe this card came from a yahoo group that I am on. Unfortunatly, I didn't save the girls name along w/the card so now I can't give her credit. I dig go thru all the posts before and after the date I saved it & I still can not find her. So, on the off chance that you are the creator of this card & you happen to read my blog, Tell me who you are so I can credit you w/this idea!

Look, a Moose

I love this card. I found the striped paper before I even knew what I was going to do w/the ATCs. I fell in love w/it & decided it must be used!! Unfortunately, not much of it gets seen. Oh well. Happy Moose day!

Sorry for being a bad blogger, again!

I have no excuse.

Here are my snowman ATCs. What do y'all think? I LOVED them after I finished them. I brought them home & dh & dd neither one liked them. The girls I work with thought they were cute but, what if THEY were lying? They are VERY glittery!!

I also made a card. One of my Saturday Stampin' Sistah's dad died. I don't think I've ever made a sympathy card before. I've NEEDED to make one but I think I've put it off everytime. I love this set! It's another one that's good for lots of things.

Went to a crop last night

My first in like 2 years?!?! I didn't scrap (too afraid to get the pics out & then be totally uninspired. Then what would I do?) Had a blast!! Worked on my Snowman ATC & they turned out darn cute. The moose ATCs are also done but my camera battery died so I have to recharge it before I can take pics. I'll post them later today.

Nothing new to post

It's been a trying couple of days. It started last week w/the burning not once but TWICE of desserts at work. It continued thru Monday when two attempts to produce healthy & tasty meals for the kids deteriorated into the Taco Bell drive thru and culminated yesterday when I managed to lock myself out of my house (I thought the fact that the house key & car keys were on the same ring went w/o saying but, I was wrong) for an hour or so. Of the 3 people who live near me that actually have keys, no one was home!!! Finally, my friend who lives 20 minutes away was located & she came to rescue me. (Will AAA break into your house for you??) Scott, btw, is in KC MO this week.

I did get Thanh's terribly cute CJ done. It's on it's way to Erin. In my efforts to get it in the mail on time (for once!), I forgot to take pics. My Moose ATCs are almost done & STINKIN CUTE if I do say so myself. I will try to post them tomorrow.

For now, I'm off to watch some TIVOed Martha & to hopefully have a better day tomorrow. It's supposed to be a balmy 6 degrees in the morning. Hopefully, the school district will think that's too cold for the little darlings who wait for the bus & cancel school. I'm afraid if they do, I'll still have to go in & bake brownies for tomorrow's special event. Wonder if I can incinerate them too?