A Quick Side-Track Project

Or should I say "A Very Quick Side-Track Project". O.K. I am one who gets side-tracked very easily. I can be in the middle of doing something and come across something totally different and I will drop what I am doing and completely start off in another direction. Never-mind I got a pile of the first project I was working on in the middle of the floor. Well that is what happened to me on Wednesday. As I was cleaning my craft room (which by way I should take some pictures of and post them-see told you I go off in different directions-I was just about to leave my computer and get my camera-LOL) O.K. back to the post, as I was cleaning my craft room I was putting some paper away in one of my magazine holders and a rub-on sheet was partially stuck to it. So instead of throwing out the whole image, I carefully cut around it and then did a quick scan of my craft room to see what I could do with this small piece of rub-on. Well on the floor in the "things that need to be put away" I found this picture frame and began rubbing. So for the next 2 minutes I designed...VOILA!!! ...a cute little frame to put a picture of me and my DH in. That is if I can find one. It's probably in the "things that need to be put away" file. Talk to you later...

Another Swap Card

Here is another card I did for a swap. I made the choice to stay simple. And since I was using SU-Pink Pirouette classic ink, you may not be able to see a lot of the stamping. This card was made using a DSP that I had bought months ago and SU-Bravo Burgundy & Very Vanilla CS and SU-Very Vanilla Ribbon. I also used the square scallop & corner rounder punches by SU.

Monthly Swap Card

I finally took a break from the "driving me crazy" blog and finished both January cards for the SCS monthly swap groups I am in. I believe I mentioned before that I am participating in three 6-month swaps where there are 6 participants and each person is the hostess for one of the months. The hostess sends out a card kit to each participant with enough materials to make 6 cards. You then send out a card to the other 5 participants. It's nice to see how different everyone uses the same materials. Sorry I am unable to give you specific info on the DSP because it comes from someone else.

This card was made using SU- Rose Red CS, SU-Vintage Brads, SU-Silver Chunky Glitter, SU-So Swirly Jumbo Wheel used with Versamark

Now I really liked the DSP that was sent for this card. This is one of my favorite color combos. I attempted to do a funky fold/opening with this one. Plus it is not a standard size card. I used SU- Pink Pirouette CS and some brown eyelets. The ribbon was supplied by the hostess also.

I'm so glad to be off the blog designing frenzy. I feel so freeeeeee!!!! Hope you enjoyed these two cards. Talk to you soon...

I'm Almost There

Whew...I have been working on this crazy blog most of Saturday night and a good part of this Sunday morning. At least I can see some progress, because I went to bed last night completely frustrated. I have to say that this screw-up has actually made me a little-and I do mean a LITTLE-more blog savvy. At least I know what I am doing, and now I just have to build upon it.

As you can see I have also added a little more color and spice. I purchased a blog kit from Shabby Miss Jenn . I found out about this website through reading many posts on SCS. And it didn't cost much at all. It was about $5.50 and there were several templates to choose from. You just download the files and start working. There is also a video tutorial on the website that I used while putting my blog back together again. The one thing that I hate about all this is that I lost soome valuable stamping time this weekend. Especially when I had a swap that was all designed, cut, and ready to be assembled. Well I still have the rest of the day. Talk to you guys later, and hopefully the next post will be card related!!!

YEP-I MESSED UP

As you can probably see, I have royally screwed up my blog. BIG TIME!!! Was trying my hand at adjusting my template some and lost all of my sidebars. I feel like I just came from getting my hair done and now I have green hair.

Be patient with me, I'm still reading "Blogging for Dummies"