to all my American relatives and friends! I hope you all have a wonderful day with family and friends.
I was hoping to share a birthday card today, but I haven’t made it yet! I did finish off a present and started working on another one that is very cool and I can’t wait to share it with you, but it will have to wait until Christmas, or until I make another one for Etsy. ;D
My mom and I had a great night of shopping on Tuesday and got some fabulous deals and a bunch of Christmas presents. I was exhausted by the end of it though!
I was hoping to go shopping today, but we got covered in a blanket of that white stuff. I don’t drive well in snow. But, my boys are outside enjoying the first real snowfall of the season and I’m nice and warm inside ;D
I’ve been busy working on Christmas cards and Christmas projects, all things I can’t share yet. Doh! I am also trying to get my advent calendar done. I chose this one which was at my local scrapbooking store. I also have a birthday card to make for tomorrow so, I’ll share that as soon as it’s done. Too many projects!! But I don’t have many shifts this week so I hope to get a bunch of stuff done. I am also going to a fundraiser shopping trip tomorrow evening which should be a lot of fun. It’s a great idea – we bought tickets for an exclusive evening of shopping at a local mall with special sales and door prizes and food tastings. It should be a lot of fun for my mom and I, and a good night for hubby to spend alone with the kids.
AND this weekend I am getting up extra early Saturday morning to stand in line to get my ticket for the Photo Express Crop which will be held in February next year!!! I can’t wait (and it’s a pajama party – the crop that is, not standing in line ;D). I’ll be going through my photos and planning layouts over the next two months, so I think I’ll do a series of posts on how I plan my layouts, kitting them, and then packing for a crop.
I have so many things going through my mind I really must start writing them down and/or creating sketches for my cards/layouts/mini albums. After all the holiday crafting is done I think I have to work on a sketchbook ;D I recently watched a video Kristina Werner created a while ago showing how she created a sketchbook here. And if you haven’t been watching her 25 days of Christmas card series (which I believe is on card 17 tomorrow), you have to see what she’s been doing. This week she’s using Basic Grey’s Jovial and I can’t wait to see what she does for the rest of the week. I love this line but (again) it’s so bold I’m struggling with it a bit. I have to think outside my box which is what I was hoping for when I bought it! I’m definitely hoping for some inspiration watching her videos this week…
Anyway, I should have a proper post for Thursday and some Christmas card inspiration of my own to share in the coming weeks.
Okay, so I loved a technique I used on this card and I decided to do a video on it to show you how I did it. It’s the first video I’ve done, and I plan to do a few more, so please let me know if you have any comments on it! I’d love to have some feedback ;D Here’s the card:
And here’s the video:
I forgot to mention my Tonic/Tim Holtz scissors and distressing tool, and the Ranger craft sheet (which I absolutely adore and wouldn’t craft without anymore). I originally bought the small one, and I ended up buying the large one recently since I wanted more room. I found that I would end up with a space about the size of my craft sheet that was clear for me to work on, and I figured if I got the larger one I might keep my desk just a tiny bit tidier ;D Plus, I’ll still use the smaller one when I travel or go to crops! Yay! The button was from a bag of buttons at Michael’s and the twine was from the craft aisle at Wal-Mart. The solid papers are from a paper pad I bought at Costco when I first started scrapbooking, which really wasn’t that long ago, but my tastes and style have changed so much since then ;D
Today, I am working (albeit at home ;D ) while my hubby is home for the Remembrance Day holiday. I am thankful for the soldiers who fought/are fighting for our country and those who fought in World War II and the Vietnam War and allowed my grandfather and father not to have to go to war. Thankfully those two wars were just slightly before each of their time in the military. My grandfather was in the Royal Canadian Air Force and my father was in the US Air Force (I may have mentioned before that he’s American). When the Gulf War broke out in 1991 I didn’t know my father yet. I was worried he would still be in the Air Force and be deployed and I would never get the chance to meet him. Lucky for me he wasn’t and we finally met in 1999. I will gratefully share a minute of silence to remember those who have been lost, those who have fought and come home, and those that, whether they have been deployed in war or not, honor their country by serving in the military to protect us. I don’t often share those feelings or, truthfully, think about them that often. But today I will. I miss my grandfather who passed away in 2006, and my father who is far away in Iowa and we don’t get to see often enough. Hug your loved ones close today…
I have had this idea in my head for a few weeks, and I was finally able to put it into action. I had this 5×7 blank canvas that I wanted to paint and then adhere a letter and various sizes of flowers to. Here is the finished product:
I hand painted the canvas with my acrylic paints, aiming for a green-ish background close to the green in the largest flower. I used several sheets of Basic Grey’s Cappella 6×6 paper pad, and several sizes of EK Success circle punches to make my flowers. I used my Silhouette to create the letter A (obviously for our household name ;D) and cut it out of a 6×6 sheet from one of the Basic Grey Basics paper pad. I plan to attach some ribbon to the back and hang it somewhere in our house. I love it! Here are some close-ups:
In the meantime I’ve been working on a video for a card I made recently which uses a cool inking technique. I was hoping to do the voice-over last night while I was working, but I was actually busy, so I couldn’t do it. Hopefully tonight I can get it finished and have it up for Thursday ;D I do need to find a better solution for placement of my camera for filming, but it did what I needed to do in a pinch!
I took the first ever Art of Digital Design class at JessicaSprague.com recently. I finished the course and passed with flying colors! I was so happy when I passed the exam and got an excellent critique from Carina Gardner as well ;D Yay! I received my certificate a few weeks ago ;D
I also decided that since I had to redo my logo for the Art of Digital Design class, I might as well redo my website as well. I think it reflects my new logo quite well, I like the softer colors and the cute little birds ;D The images are from Pixels and Ice Cream, they have some awesome stuff for free and premium files for purchase as well. You should check them out!
I am still working on my full Year In Review kit, but I do have my paper pack for sale on Etsy here. And my mini kit is available for FREE download here.
I’m also working on a new free template when I have some spare time too. So much going on!
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