It Snowed?!

It's Monday and the kids are home from school because it "snowed". Snow is in quotes because it's like just two inches on the ground. Yeah, there is some ice too but up north they only closed the school if it was -32 or colder. -31 and the kids were going to school. O.K., that may be an exaggeration. You get the point. It will take me a while to get used to things down here. O.K, I'll stop whining.

I created a handmade paper bow I saw on someone else's blog that I will put up tomorrow (and I'll link you to her blog for the exact directions). I love the fact that you can make a card then make a bow that matches it perfectly! But that is for tomorrow (mainly 'cause I need to make the card. But we aren't going to talk about that 'cause my day isn't going as planned anyway...).

O.K., without further ado, here is the second card I made for my aunt to send out as a thank you. This one is fairly simple but I really like how it came out. My aunt just received the package of cards and said she loves what I created - how awesome is that! She gave the first card away and the recipient loved it which makes me feel good!

I used Graphic 45 papers, Bazzil card stock, SU! "thank you" stamp and a little bit of bling to finish it off. I'm still working on lighting for my pictures - wish me luck in finding the right formula!

Thanks for stopping by and hope your day is a crafty one,

M.J.

Back Again

Yep, I'm back! I've manage to get the pictures onto my hard drive and it lead me to another goal for this year: don't let the number of pictures on the sd card exceed 50 or two "events". I had over 1,200 pictures to download and it took forever. Part of that was I had way too many things going on at once - 12 tabs open and 6 of them were all trying to load something or other. Yeah, I'm not always such a patient person.

Anywho, (yeah, I know it's not a word. I'll do that a lot here so play along with me), I will be attending the Mother/Son dance at my 7 year old's school this evening. He is actually excited. He is quite the dancer, he does say so himself. I am preparing to watch him bust a move and watch everyone else smile and laugh (in a good way). He is so outgoing sometimes I just sit and watch him inner act with other people and wish I could do that. The other two are outgoing as well. I'll save their stores for another day.

Here is the first of my creations I'll share. My aunt's 50th was at the end of last year and she was given a surprise party by her awesome husband and some of their friends. She decided that she wanted to give the main organizers a special thank you card and asked me to create some. This is the card I made for her husband since I know he loves cars. I think it turned out rather handsomely.

Now I'm still working on my photography issues, like getting the right lighting and focus, but you can get the gist of the card. Below is a close up of one of the cards and the "thank you".

Products used:

Paper: Graphic 45; Making Memories, Bazzil CS

Card Base: Canvas Home Basics

Brads: Making Memories

Stamps: SU Gentle Greetings; Inks:Color Box Chestnut Roan

Tools: We R Memories Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper "Stub"

Till the next time,

M.J.