under the weather...

I've had the flu since Saturday. So other than laying on the couch, or laying in bed and whining, I've not done much.

I've got a project to start later this week. Here's a hint: we're turning on the heat at our place!

Hope you're all keeping healthy, cause this being sick is No fun!

Greetings!

I've got a million projects on the go right now, But since I have project ADD, they're all stuck in some stage of production right now. So I figured I'd share something that is finished. This recent card workshop I designed for a 14 year old (she wanted bday cards, mine are mostly thank yous). (excuse the photos... blogger keeps turning them sideways....)

Citrus Slice Card

My current new fave card! And so simple!!

+Stamp citrus slice in orange, yellow and lime on white cardstock . Haphazardly stamp on your greeting.

+Attach to slightly larger black matte

+ Wrap black ribbon around double matted piece

+stick to card base

+stamp a citrus slice on scrap; cut out; use pop-up dot to attach to card, overlapping slightly

Primary Birthday Card

This is my attempt at a card for a 14 year old boy... I have very few "masculine" stamp sets... and prefer to do something a little more girly.... I struggle with these. But Rebecca really liked this, and made 2 of them! It was super easy.


+First off, I stamped the cake image onto a white scrap in blue, and then the "happy birthday" greeting in red. I used a marker to color in some detail on the cake (which I regret now...).

+Then, I used a sponge dipped in ink to add a little interest to the plain white cardstock.

+ Attach a yellow belly band to a blue card base; add two silver brads for interest.

+ Add a red scrap; offset the white stamped piece atop.

Paisley Happy Card

This card always gets a lot of compliments, and looks great in whatever colorways you choose. The photo doesn't even do it justice (especially sideways...)

+I use versamark to stamp a polka-dot background stamp on the orchid card base

+ three white rectangles get stamped with the paisley stamp in Staz-on

+color in the paisley with markers

+attach white to black matte; ensure to leave space between to ensure drama!

+ attach black to celery matte

+wrap triple thick matte white ribbon; purple on this card; add two little off-centre bows for detail
+ stick everything to card base!

Coming Soon!

I placed a stationery order yesterday!

Typically, all my paper goods are handmade, but I like to order pretty return address labels, since I don't have any graphics programs to design my own at home!

However, thanks to some special deals, I decided to design a bunch of custom stuff just for fun!

I have a custom coiled notebook, pretty notepad to match my labels, some gorgeous thank you cards and some invitations for our upcoming Christmas party.

Here's a very poor picture of a computer screen photo of the invite...

I'm excited to see how it all turns out!!

Shopping list : Craft Supplies

I've got a slew of crafty goodness projects coming to life in my mind.

In reality: I am short on a ton of supplies to get everything finished. Here's my (running) list of stuff I need to stock up on:

+double side adhesive snail (typically I use stampin' up!, but willing to try another good brand-)

+neutral card stock. I am low on white and black. (also typically use stampin' up!)

+embellishments for my Christmas wreath. I am tearing apart last year's attempt and starting from scratch. Not sure what to add... Simple pinecones, snowflakes and plastic balls might be nice and simple (dollar store and michael's)

+maybe a meter and a half of black fabric (probably ultrasuede) to replace the destroyed zebra ottoman base

+ tsp

+primer

+white paint and some good brushes. I have a few pieces of furniture on the way that need some freshening up!

+ebony interior wood stain

+blue flocking gun and product

+more black satin spray paint (krylon)

+tons of baseboard or moulding trim

+ a roll of thin cork

*see? I'm not lazy, nor am I short of fantastic ideas...i'm just short on supplies. And there's always something each month more pressing for me to spend my hard earned cash on sigh...

Warm my heart

Last night, I made good progress on cleaning/organizing the office.

Unfortunately for me, that means I often find old un-finished projects and get the sudden urge to start them up again.

Yeah, that's exactly what happened tonight. I was cleaning out the sewing bins, and spent the next 5 hours cutting fabric.......

So, progress on the "Boys Quilt" is now under way. I started laying out squares to get an idea of how the pattern will look. I like it so far!!

This was my inspiration fabric, and where I chose the colors of the project from.

** FUN FACT: I am making this for Cory to curl up on the couch with. It's made entirely out of his old shirts!!!**

Pitiful Pumpkin

So, sometimes I have really good ideas.... sometimes I don't.

Let me explain:

I thought it would be a fantastic idea to visit the Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch with Rebecca, who I am a "big sister" to, with Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Unfortunately, the day we went, was right after the first snow of the season, it was freezing. I was soooo cold, I thought I had frostbite, and we left before we could do the maze...

We did however, get a chance to buy our pumpkins! Here we are in one of the greenhouses:

Since we only get together every 2 weeks now, I let my pumpkin sit with the other pumpkin I had, in the front entrance, cause one was still ripening. They looked great in the entrance!

Last week, when Rebecca and I got together, we carved our Halloween pumpkins.

I got fancy templates, and a little carving kit and everything!!

They turned out great!

However, I forgot to get a picture of it illuminated right away!!

Unfortunately, within a day, my pumpkin was starting to wilt and look disgusting (it was inside, as it was cold at night). So I thought maybe it was too hot, and stuck the carved one outside, to keep it cool.

It snowed that night. The pumpkin looks worse, and you can't for the life of you, decipher what it is, that I carved.... :(

So, to spare you any urge to vomit... I am opting not to show you the picture of what is currently sitting on our front step....

Luckily, we do have a spare pumpkin, as Cory never got around to carving his! I might do it tomorrow afternoon. Or.... I might just leave it in it's natural state....

But it was a fun activity nonetheless!

change of plans

So apparently, tonight I will be headed out to Leduc to Cory's friend's house. He is getting rid of some old industrial metal garage shelving, and has offered it to us.

We're going to go and see if:
A.) it will fit
B.) if I even like it...

Here's hoping it will work for us, and end up saving us a ton of cash!