Thursday, April 25, 2024
Trips and Treats
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The100DayProject2024 at 60 Days
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Jingle Belles - Peace on Earth Day
I think I must say this every year, but this is one of my favorite Jingle Belles challenges. Goodness knows I have a plethora of items that I know most think I'm crazy for saving. But sometimes there are just such pretty or unusual wrappings or packaging that I feel need at least a second chance at life.
So when I ventured up to the stamp cave, I did have to settle for what was within arms reach, but I didn't come up empty handed. Instead, I found enough bits and bobs to put together three cards for this challenge.
This first one uses a tag (Rudolph) from a notepad that I had bought as a Christmas present for one of the grandsons. I layered it onto the red rectangle and that onto the printed rectangle that both came from a box of Christmas tea. (The print was actually in the inside of the box.) There were a couple of pieces of paper doily in the scrap box that fit on each end and I added a microbeaded wreath sticker. I chose the turquoise card base to pick up the color from the tag.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Earthquake!, Birthday, Eclipse, and Update
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Happy Easter 2024
My first foray into the stamp cave I decided to try to go simple and grab dies and paper. Some tools were nececessary to use upstairs like the Big Shot for the Lily of the Valley die and I think the wagon below, but the others were small enough for me to put my little die cutter into a basket along with the papers needed and dies for HWNSNBP to carry downstairs for me. The challenge was to find something for the machine to stick to as it uses a suction base and I left my glass work matt upstairs, but he came through with a piece of plexi-glass that did the job.
This card I made a few of with different colored backgrounds and that of the sentiment to match.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
100DayProject 2024 and 100 Days of Tangles Updates
I'm so glad that I took the time before my surgery to grid out the placement of all the stickers on the black poster board that HWNSNBP was so thoughtful to pick up for me because bending at the waist is not allowed during my recovery and it would have been a real chore to try to do it without the bending. As it is, there will be a lot of erasing to do after all the stickers are placed, but I'm pretty sure that it won't be that noticeable. Also, photographing such a wide piece of paper is a bit challenging while trying to stand up straight and not move so I apologize for the wobbliness of this video I did of the first 30 days worth of stickers.
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Happy 70th Birthday HWNSNBP
One of the things that I made sure to take care of before my surgery was to get this card done for HWNSNBP's big 70th. I tried to include some of the things that have brought him happiness over the years - the black and white striped paper refers to all the years that he spent as a basketball official, something he loved to do and only gave up after Covid hit. The basketball paper attributes to that also, but also to his love of playing the game, whether as a player, spectator, or as a coach. The fish refer to his love of fishing which continues each summer and hopefully he'll get back to some freshwater fishing this year. The woodgrain paper refers to his newfound love of woodworking on big projects. I could have included more of what he loves, but there's only so much you can fit in one space, as I try to remind him of what he tries to fit into his days, always wanting to get more done. Hopefully he'll stop hemming and hawing about retiring so he can get those other things into his daily schedule.