This is a pre-scheduled post
Thursday! :) One more day until I get to go home!
I never know if I'll have internet when I'm on a trip... I'm not a big fan of paying for internet (even when it's not my monies...) It's the principle! So I apologize for being super behind on commenting.
I love birds. I love silhouettes. I love music print. And so a card was born. :)
For the bird, I mirror stamped it. And then I realized it was too light for my taste. So I decided since I wanted the birds to be the same color, I went ahead and used glitter to cover it all up. Problem solved. I really love this cooper glitter -- and will have to remember to pull it out again.
I love using the Cheerio sentiment from Fancy Phrases. It's as if one bird is saying "Cheerio" to the other one. And the cheerio seems like something a bird would say... Well, at least in my mind they say things like Cheerio. ;-)
The base is just a little bit of vellum. I like playing with texture and I won't lie. I needed something to use on the bottom of the base because I scored a piece of cardstock before realizing it wasn't a full A2 card size. Whoops... So what do you do? You fix it by adding some fun paper on the base.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great rest of the week!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Birthday Star
I'm on the road this week (and next...) so this is a pre-scheduled post.
Happy Tuesday everyone! :) Hope everyone's having a grand week so far!
This past weekend I made a bunch of food for the hubs so that he wouldn't starve when I was out of town. Well, it's also to prevent him from eating a dinner of pizza rolls. As tasty as they might be, I'm pretty sure a whole week of them isn't great for you. I also tend to make things like egg rolls, dumplings and freeze them. I like having some pre-made food in the freezer for those lazy days I don't feel like cooking. And since my hubs isn't as into Asian food as his Asian wife, I also keep soup, lasagna, and sauce in the freezer for him. So much healthier than Stouffers...
I had a bunch of people ask me about the recipe for my sausage and kale soup. I kind of wing it depending on what I have in my pantry but here's my base recipe: In a large pot, heat some oil over medium. Add 1 diced onion and cook until soft, stirring, 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1-2 cloves of minced garlic and red-pepper flakes (this is omitted with my hubs); cook unti fragrant, 1 minute. Add about 5 waxy potatoes diced into 1/2 inch chunks and about 4 cups of broth (I make my own broth so I adjust depending on flavor); bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. I mash the taters in the pot a little to create some texture (or you can blend 1/2 of it). Add kale (1 bunch) and sausage (I use Italian Sausage but Polish Sausage or Smoked Sausages would be tasty as well).
**Note: To keep it healthy, I don't add that much sausage. And for my summer soup, I added a lot more broth and less taters.
This is a fun little birthday card I made for a friend. :) I just wanted to play with some patterns and scraps. I liked playing with the random yellow strip and the sentiment. Just a fun whimsical design touch. Not sure if it "worked" but it was fun.
Happy Tuesday everyone! :) Hope everyone's having a grand week so far!
This past weekend I made a bunch of food for the hubs so that he wouldn't starve when I was out of town. Well, it's also to prevent him from eating a dinner of pizza rolls. As tasty as they might be, I'm pretty sure a whole week of them isn't great for you. I also tend to make things like egg rolls, dumplings and freeze them. I like having some pre-made food in the freezer for those lazy days I don't feel like cooking. And since my hubs isn't as into Asian food as his Asian wife, I also keep soup, lasagna, and sauce in the freezer for him. So much healthier than Stouffers...
I had a bunch of people ask me about the recipe for my sausage and kale soup. I kind of wing it depending on what I have in my pantry but here's my base recipe: In a large pot, heat some oil over medium. Add 1 diced onion and cook until soft, stirring, 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1-2 cloves of minced garlic and red-pepper flakes (this is omitted with my hubs); cook unti fragrant, 1 minute. Add about 5 waxy potatoes diced into 1/2 inch chunks and about 4 cups of broth (I make my own broth so I adjust depending on flavor); bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. I mash the taters in the pot a little to create some texture (or you can blend 1/2 of it). Add kale (1 bunch) and sausage (I use Italian Sausage but Polish Sausage or Smoked Sausages would be tasty as well).
**Note: To keep it healthy, I don't add that much sausage. And for my summer soup, I added a lot more broth and less taters.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Create: Stamping Idea Book
This card was published in the Stamping Idea Book from Scrapbook Trends. (Thanks, Scrapbook Trends!)
Stamps are from Waltzingmouse Stamps (Very Vintage Labels No. 4 and Sweethearts).
Stamps are from Waltzingmouse Stamps (Very Vintage Labels No. 4 and Sweethearts).
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
WMS Customer Waltz
Welcome to another WMS Customer Blog Waltz!
Instead of the typical watermark search game, we decided to take it a little easier on your eyes. Be sure to find the special word on every participating DT member's blog-o to answer the following question: What is the subject of one of the new stamp sets to be released on September 1st?
This month the theme was shabby/vintage.
I don't do either. I don't like inking. I don't like old.
Shabby always seemed to me a little soft (rather than STRONG) and a little aged (rather than fresh and new).
I spent a weekend on this... pondering...
So let's see what happened shall we?
Really, the question is what didn't I ink up? I inked the ribbon and the edges of all the cardstock. I stamped the purple cardstock with a flourish from Victorian Frippery. The bird cage comes from Asian Garden and the sentiment is from Fancy Phrases.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Ticket Birthday
Before I begin, let's take care of a few random announcements:
1. Have you played in the WMS Sketch Challenge this week? A stamp set will be awarded to a random participant!
2. There's another challenge as well on the WMS blog. And again, you could win a stamp set of your choice!
And you don't need WMS stamps to play in either challenge (but we love when you do use them)! Hope to see you playing along in one or both challenges!
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Well, I already ruined one birthday card by showing it early. Time to ruin another!
This is for a guy (in case its not immediately obvious). It's somewhat manly... I couldn't help it with the ribbon. I'm sorry! I tend to pass all masculine cards by the hubs first and as long as he doesn't go "blech", I consider it a "pass". That said, I think he's getting looser on his standards...
I used my new ticket die. OMG, how fun!!! I love ripping apart the tickets -- it gives me such joy! To personalize the card, I went ahead and used my white gel pen to add the name, the month and the year to the tickets as well. I had a small pen malfunction but it seems readable so I let it slide.
I stitched on the sides as well and inked it up with some of my distress inks but it's still not necessarily standing out that well. Oh wells. Live and learn.
I like to blame the fact that English is my "second" language for my language issues. For those of you who don't know, I didn't learn English until I entered Kindergarten for all intents and purposes. My mom felt I'd learn her bad accent so I went to school knowing "potty", "hurt" and "more". As a result, my first few days of school were spent in the corner as the kids taught me swear words... The rest of the school year was also spent in the corner because someone told me to stick my middle finger up... who knew?
Anyways, the point of this was to explain that I thought "It's Your Day, Best Wishes" was a birthday sentiment. That's what I had on this card... until my husband asked me if Oak's wife knew that he was getting married again. I think it's generic enough but just to be safe, I figured it was best to just re-stamp the ticket... So if you look carefully, there are 2 red tickets, one on top of the other. :-P
1. Have you played in the WMS Sketch Challenge this week? A stamp set will be awarded to a random participant!
2. There's another challenge as well on the WMS blog. And again, you could win a stamp set of your choice!
And you don't need WMS stamps to play in either challenge (but we love when you do use them)! Hope to see you playing along in one or both challenges!
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Well, I already ruined one birthday card by showing it early. Time to ruin another!
This is for a guy (in case its not immediately obvious). It's somewhat manly... I couldn't help it with the ribbon. I'm sorry! I tend to pass all masculine cards by the hubs first and as long as he doesn't go "blech", I consider it a "pass". That said, I think he's getting looser on his standards...
I used my new ticket die. OMG, how fun!!! I love ripping apart the tickets -- it gives me such joy! To personalize the card, I went ahead and used my white gel pen to add the name, the month and the year to the tickets as well. I had a small pen malfunction but it seems readable so I let it slide.
I stitched on the sides as well and inked it up with some of my distress inks but it's still not necessarily standing out that well. Oh wells. Live and learn.
I like to blame the fact that English is my "second" language for my language issues. For those of you who don't know, I didn't learn English until I entered Kindergarten for all intents and purposes. My mom felt I'd learn her bad accent so I went to school knowing "potty", "hurt" and "more". As a result, my first few days of school were spent in the corner as the kids taught me swear words... The rest of the school year was also spent in the corner because someone told me to stick my middle finger up... who knew?
Anyways, the point of this was to explain that I thought "It's Your Day, Best Wishes" was a birthday sentiment. That's what I had on this card... until my husband asked me if Oak's wife knew that he was getting married again. I think it's generic enough but just to be safe, I figured it was best to just re-stamp the ticket... So if you look carefully, there are 2 red tickets, one on top of the other. :-P
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Happy Birthday to a Crafty Chica
A super belated birthday to the crafty girl that taught me it was ok to use color. Heck, not only was it ok to use color, she told me to throw caution out the door and do crazy color combos. ;-)
So this card is for her. I didn't even try to use any of my normal go-to colors. We went with the brightest colors I own... I know, not as bright as life can be, but we're getting there!
Normally I don't show cards before people get them but... I needed blog fodder and I needed to throw in one small apology before this came your way Carrie (see footnote).
I thought it'd be fun to use some new goodies (Thanks PTI for the Gallery Idol prizes!). I thought it'd be fun to have some balloons trailing out of the car (inspired by a wedding photo with someone holding balloons out of their car window but I can't find the photo for the life of me). I also knew this card was going to be in a package (what's a late bday card without some goodies?) so I could add all the weight I wanted with no worries.
No naked buttons here! They are all threaded and to add some visual interest, I did thread some of them differently. Not to say that went into mind during placement of the buttons... The "grass" is embossed with holographic embossing powder for the glittery look.
Note: It did occur to me as I showed my hubs the completed card that in the Midwest, green skies indicate an approaching tornado... So its almost as if this card is like "hahaha, you're driving into a dangerous storm -- have fun!" So I'm going to claim artistic vision here... By no means am I wishing anything but the best. :) Perhaps next time I'll stick with blue skies...
So this card is for her. I didn't even try to use any of my normal go-to colors. We went with the brightest colors I own... I know, not as bright as life can be, but we're getting there!
Normally I don't show cards before people get them but... I needed blog fodder and I needed to throw in one small apology before this came your way Carrie (see footnote).
I thought it'd be fun to use some new goodies (Thanks PTI for the Gallery Idol prizes!). I thought it'd be fun to have some balloons trailing out of the car (inspired by a wedding photo with someone holding balloons out of their car window but I can't find the photo for the life of me). I also knew this card was going to be in a package (what's a late bday card without some goodies?) so I could add all the weight I wanted with no worries.
No naked buttons here! They are all threaded and to add some visual interest, I did thread some of them differently. Not to say that went into mind during placement of the buttons... The "grass" is embossed with holographic embossing powder for the glittery look.
Note: It did occur to me as I showed my hubs the completed card that in the Midwest, green skies indicate an approaching tornado... So its almost as if this card is like "hahaha, you're driving into a dangerous storm -- have fun!" So I'm going to claim artistic vision here... By no means am I wishing anything but the best. :) Perhaps next time I'll stick with blue skies...
Friday, August 06, 2010
Birthday Wishes
Happy Friday everyone! :)
I just woke up from a very lovely nap -- I've been having a little bit of pain in one of my many moles and I think the stress of trying to get myself squeezed in for a checkup has tired me out a little. I get my moles/skin checked once a year, except with moving last year I actually let it lapse. Shame on me! So consider this a public service announcement -- make sure to go visit a dermatologist to get your skin checked out! It really is worth the extra preventative cost! Ok, I'm done with the scolding. Now that said, I wouldn't mind a few prayers my way -- I worry excessively, so I'm hoping maybe I just accidentally rubbed it in a funny way.
Ok onwards to happier things! I actually still haven't sat down to craft since I got back from vacation. We've been meeting up with friends and chilling a bit. Enjoying the small things in life: friends, food and wine. What more can a girl ask for?
I'm going to be sad soon as many people we know are leaving the area. :-( More of you need to move here and hang out with me -- because life totally revolves around me. Hah! No worries, I'm totally kidding.
This was a fun little card I made for a friend who needed a birthday card. I went with a pretty simple layout and love the look of using buttons as a side decoration -- although I know, I didn't thread the buttons. I'm not normally a "naked" button* person but honestly, I kind of like the look of the naked button in this case. Are you a "naked" button person? I think my laziness is trending me towards loving naked buttons.. There's something about it that works in a raw and natural way.
*Naked button - unthread and/or undecorated button
I just woke up from a very lovely nap -- I've been having a little bit of pain in one of my many moles and I think the stress of trying to get myself squeezed in for a checkup has tired me out a little. I get my moles/skin checked once a year, except with moving last year I actually let it lapse. Shame on me! So consider this a public service announcement -- make sure to go visit a dermatologist to get your skin checked out! It really is worth the extra preventative cost! Ok, I'm done with the scolding. Now that said, I wouldn't mind a few prayers my way -- I worry excessively, so I'm hoping maybe I just accidentally rubbed it in a funny way.
Ok onwards to happier things! I actually still haven't sat down to craft since I got back from vacation. We've been meeting up with friends and chilling a bit. Enjoying the small things in life: friends, food and wine. What more can a girl ask for?
I'm going to be sad soon as many people we know are leaving the area. :-( More of you need to move here and hang out with me -- because life totally revolves around me. Hah! No worries, I'm totally kidding.
This was a fun little card I made for a friend who needed a birthday card. I went with a pretty simple layout and love the look of using buttons as a side decoration -- although I know, I didn't thread the buttons. I'm not normally a "naked" button* person but honestly, I kind of like the look of the naked button in this case. Are you a "naked" button person? I think my laziness is trending me towards loving naked buttons.. There's something about it that works in a raw and natural way.
*Naked button - unthread and/or undecorated button
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