Starry Welcome Birth Announcement
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
2010 Christmas Card
Here's what I came up with for our card this year. I love it, and it was so simple to put together.
Sweet Holly Story Christmas 5x7 folded card
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
On Christmas Cards...
I love paper crafting. If you've spent half a second checking out this blog, that fact in incredibly apparent. While I try to do mostly scrapbooking, I actually think I prefer card-making... the project are smaller, which makes them faster and easier. And there are not pesky pictures to try to coordinate your papers with. So much easier.
But I have a confession: the idea of making my own Christmas cards to send out completely petrifies me. I'm not really scard of making one... I'm scared of making 50. I'm petrified by the idea of that kind of time commitment to a single project this time of year, when I have SO many projects that I want to be doing and finishing.
But, luckily, theres another option. Shutterfly's unquie holiday cards get me off the hook of making my without boxing me into the ho-hum selection of cards available at the grocery store.
I absolutely love the designs available. You can see them for yourself here. Did you see the one with the timeline inside of it! I LOVE IT! Its like getting the card, a shortened version of the annual "what we've been up to" letter AND a picture all in one unique product! And I'm not limited to justone picture with them either. There are lots of choices that use several photos on the card. I think those are great options becuase I'm not sure I could pick just one picture... there are so many cute ones!
Shutterfly is also great for photo gifts this time of year. Photo gifts are always something I consider giving to grandparents (pretend to be surprised if you get these!). Check out the desk calendars here (a great gift for anyone with a desk at work, I think), or how about the canvas gallery prints here? Those look gorgeous, and ready to hang. I can see doing some of our pictures from Europe in canvas.
I can't wait to get started on creating my cards. Are you interested in some free cards from Shutterfly? Bloggers can get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly. Find out more here: http://bit.ly/sfly2010
But I have a confession: the idea of making my own Christmas cards to send out completely petrifies me. I'm not really scard of making one... I'm scared of making 50. I'm petrified by the idea of that kind of time commitment to a single project this time of year, when I have SO many projects that I want to be doing and finishing.
But, luckily, theres another option. Shutterfly's unquie holiday cards get me off the hook of making my without boxing me into the ho-hum selection of cards available at the grocery store.
I absolutely love the designs available. You can see them for yourself here. Did you see the one with the timeline inside of it! I LOVE IT! Its like getting the card, a shortened version of the annual "what we've been up to" letter AND a picture all in one unique product! And I'm not limited to justone picture with them either. There are lots of choices that use several photos on the card. I think those are great options becuase I'm not sure I could pick just one picture... there are so many cute ones!
Shutterfly is also great for photo gifts this time of year. Photo gifts are always something I consider giving to grandparents (pretend to be surprised if you get these!). Check out the desk calendars here (a great gift for anyone with a desk at work, I think), or how about the canvas gallery prints here? Those look gorgeous, and ready to hang. I can see doing some of our pictures from Europe in canvas.
I can't wait to get started on creating my cards. Are you interested in some free cards from Shutterfly? Bloggers can get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly. Find out more here: http://bit.ly/sfly2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Two more layouts
These are actually layouts that I worked on a few weeks ago, but hadn't yet titled, journaled or embellished. And now they are done. For your viewing pleasure...
100% Cute, 100% Boy. I'm in in love with where I had to place the "100%" on the B, but I didn't trust my first placement, and by the time I realized my mistake I had too much VersaMark on the thing to put it where I wanted it and I ran out of patience after 15 hours of drying time and the heat gun. Oh well. I still like this page. Paper pack is "Rough and Tumble" (retired) and the layout comes from Reflections (the left hand page is a "Title Topper" and the right is a "Side Bar", I think). I used a faux stitching technique around the edges of my Outdoor Denim cardstock. I love how it turned out. Totally done, including journaling. I didn't have much to say about these photos... I just like them becuase he looked so darned cute, so the journaling (little tags on the right hand page) jsut has his name, the month the photos were taken (I'm not organized enough to know the day) and his age at the time. Works for me!
Welcome Sweet Baby. I've had these baby themed vellum stickers for a long time, and this layout seemed as good a project as any to use them on. I was otherwise stuck for how to title this, so I was happy to come across these stickers again. The paper is from last year's National Stamping Month "Everyday Celebrations" card kit and the layout is Cherish "Gallery Collection". Just a little bit of stamped journaling with his name, date of birth and birth weight and its done. I like how it turned out, overall. Most of all, I'm glad its done and neither the photos nor the partly finished layout will be hanging out on my desk any longer.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
A Creative Moment!
I finally found one! After moving 2700 miles to Syracuse, NY, living in a too-small rental, buying a house, moving again and getting settled, I finally found a creative moment or two. Helps that my husband is awesome and not only let me sleep in this morning and cleaned the kitchen floor, but took the kids out so I could have quiet creative time, and then didn't complain when my creative time spilled into the rest of the day too.
But, I have much to show for it: a whole completed layout. Honest-to-goodness complete, with a title and journaling and embellishments and EVERYTHING! I don't think I can remember the last time I had a layout that complete that I didn't have to come back to later for one reason or another.
So, here it is!
Its the first trip to a Cougar football game for Allison. Acutally, its not. I think we took her a few times as a infant. But its the first time she had any idea where she was and what was going on. I used papers from Game On and Stardust paper packs, plus some Bamboo textured cardstock (this came out of an old project kits). I really like how it turned out. Its not Cougar colors, which I would have liked, but I like this all the same.
Whaddya think? I have some more things to post soon... I've got layouts with pictures done, just not titles, journaling or embellishing. I'm workin' on it...
Supply List
(all products by Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated)
Game On Level 2 Paper Pack
Stardust Level 2 Paper Pack (retired)
Black Cardstock
Bamboo Textured Cardstock (retired)
Pewter My Accents (retired)
Rustic Alphabet Stamp Set
Atomic Caps Stamp Set (retired)
Atomic Lowercase Stamp Set (retired)
Stitching Rub-ons by DoodleBug
Black Stitch Ribbon, Target Dollar Spot
*You'll see me using a lot of retired things... why? I use what I like and a LOT of the papers that I really like are retired or retiring this year as CTMH prepare to switch to semi-annual catalogs with shorter availbility times on their scrapbook kits. Several of the kits retiring in December are already sold out and unavailable, so I'll just list them at retired, since they can no longer be ordered. I do love the new stuff, but I'm trying to use what I have (which is a LOT) before I buy more. :)
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Busy Life...
My life has been very busy and chaotic the last several months. In October my husband and I packed up our little apartment and 2 kids and moved from Utah to Seattle. Brian was finished with school, is graduate student contracted job with the university had ended and he hadn't been able to find a job yet, so we moved in with my parents. We were joined shortly thereafter by my brother and his little family. Chaos is the only word that describes a house holding 3 families (6 adults and 3 children under 30 months old). Lets just say that is a good thing my parents have a big house.
With life being in such upheaval, I have done very little creating. In fact, with the exception of an event calendar for my mom's Christmas gift, I belive I'd done exactly... none.
But, things change. Brian has secured a job and we are moving to Syracuse, New York in a few short weeks. Once there I hope that we'll be able to get settled and into a comfortable family routine quickly. And with that comfortable family routine I hope will come creative time for me.
Last year I hoped to complete a layout a week plus bunches of cards. Let me tell you... didn't happen. I did make a few layouts, but it was probably less than a dozen. And I did make some cards... but it still didn't feel like I got to spend my creative time how I wanted to (I think I was a little busy spending my time trying to figure out how to be a mom of 2).
So, this year I hope things will be different. Once we get settled and find our little groove in life I hope to be able to do the following:
*Participate in the weekly Mojo Monday card sketch challenge. I discovered Mojo Monday several months ago and have wanted to participate, but haven't really found the time.
*Complete one new layout every other week. Thats 26 layouts a year... if I can manage nothing more than my kids monthly first year layouts, that would be about 20 layouts (some of Allison's are already done)... I sincerely hope that I can find time for an additional 6!
*Find my joy for sewing again. I used to sew so much and I loved it. I have, however, found it more frustrating than enjoyable in the last 5 years as nothing ever fits the way it ought to (and I suppose it doesn't help that my body seems to be constantly changing... normal me, pregnant me, post-partum me, need-to-lose-the-last-five-baby-pounds me...). I think I'll focus on simple clothes for my children. It sounds less frustrating.
So... I guess we'll see how it goes. I do, however, reserve the right to give myself until mid-February to consider myself settled and comfortable in our new place in life.
With life being in such upheaval, I have done very little creating. In fact, with the exception of an event calendar for my mom's Christmas gift, I belive I'd done exactly... none.
But, things change. Brian has secured a job and we are moving to Syracuse, New York in a few short weeks. Once there I hope that we'll be able to get settled and into a comfortable family routine quickly. And with that comfortable family routine I hope will come creative time for me.
Last year I hoped to complete a layout a week plus bunches of cards. Let me tell you... didn't happen. I did make a few layouts, but it was probably less than a dozen. And I did make some cards... but it still didn't feel like I got to spend my creative time how I wanted to (I think I was a little busy spending my time trying to figure out how to be a mom of 2).
So, this year I hope things will be different. Once we get settled and find our little groove in life I hope to be able to do the following:
*Participate in the weekly Mojo Monday card sketch challenge. I discovered Mojo Monday several months ago and have wanted to participate, but haven't really found the time.
*Complete one new layout every other week. Thats 26 layouts a year... if I can manage nothing more than my kids monthly first year layouts, that would be about 20 layouts (some of Allison's are already done)... I sincerely hope that I can find time for an additional 6!
*Find my joy for sewing again. I used to sew so much and I loved it. I have, however, found it more frustrating than enjoyable in the last 5 years as nothing ever fits the way it ought to (and I suppose it doesn't help that my body seems to be constantly changing... normal me, pregnant me, post-partum me, need-to-lose-the-last-five-baby-pounds me...). I think I'll focus on simple clothes for my children. It sounds less frustrating.
So... I guess we'll see how it goes. I do, however, reserve the right to give myself until mid-February to consider myself settled and comfortable in our new place in life.
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