Am right smack in the middle of moving house. The movers started work on Tuesday and we've all been soooooo busy and tired. I've also sworn to stop the clutter after seeing the unbelievable amount of stuff - and a lot of it junk - that the movers unearthed when packing!
Okay, after I post this, I'll be disconnecting my desktop for the movers to pack. And the broadband connection in the new house will be only be operational some time tomorrow. So, I'll be unplugged for a while. Anyway, looking at the massive amount of unpacking that's needed, I probably won't set up the mac till Saturday, maybe even Sunday!
So, till I plug back in, have a good rest-of-the-week/weekend which I hope will not be as stressful as mine, LOL!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
... just had to create something...
Last night I just felt I had to create something, anything.... and since it was already late and I wasn't about to go through my stash in the midst of all the packing, I used loose scraps at hand to make 2 ATCs. Quick and easy, but enough to satisfy the crafty urge to keep me happy! And even though they're very simple designs, I quite like the way they turned out. :)
I stamped this with Hero Arts "Art, Life & Beauty" wood-mounted rubber stamp in my favourite grey ink (Anna Griffin pigment ink from All Night Media), distressed the edges with ink on a wet sponge(I used Ranger's distress ink in weathered wood), then trimmed a scrap butterfly diecut (sizzix sizzlit) negative to stick over. In deference to the stamp I used, I titled this ATC "Art, Life & a Butterfly"...okay, okay, not very original but at hey, at 11pm at night, I was happy with it!
This Scenic Route PP with the arrows is just so fun and funky, I just HAD to do this ATC! One of the quickest and easiest ever - just a rectangular scrap of the PP, light blue flower blings (from Kuretake), "this side up" handwritten around the PP and edges inked with my favourite Colorbox charcoal chalk ink! Titled it "this side up" and had a good laugh at how corny it was! But I was happy, so there!
Oh, and I finally took out my recently acquired Cat's Life Press unmounted rubber stamp to use on the back of my ATCs. So of course I have to show a sample! :)
Have a fab Saturday evening and Sunday, y'all!
I stamped this with Hero Arts "Art, Life & Beauty" wood-mounted rubber stamp in my favourite grey ink (Anna Griffin pigment ink from All Night Media), distressed the edges with ink on a wet sponge(I used Ranger's distress ink in weathered wood), then trimmed a scrap butterfly diecut (sizzix sizzlit) negative to stick over. In deference to the stamp I used, I titled this ATC "Art, Life & a Butterfly"...okay, okay, not very original but at hey, at 11pm at night, I was happy with it!
This Scenic Route PP with the arrows is just so fun and funky, I just HAD to do this ATC! One of the quickest and easiest ever - just a rectangular scrap of the PP, light blue flower blings (from Kuretake), "this side up" handwritten around the PP and edges inked with my favourite Colorbox charcoal chalk ink! Titled it "this side up" and had a good laugh at how corny it was! But I was happy, so there!
Oh, and I finally took out my recently acquired Cat's Life Press unmounted rubber stamp to use on the back of my ATCs. So of course I have to show a sample! :)
Have a fab Saturday evening and Sunday, y'all!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
2 weeks to go....
...before we move house. The rep from the moving company came this morning to do the assessment and it seems we'll need 5 days to complete the move!!!! Ok, so we have a lot of stuff... But what do you expect - we've lived in our apartment for 10 years, have a kid (read "toys everywhere") and I am an avid scrapper/paper crafter (read "stash hoarder", LOL!)....
On a different subject, N started at her new preschool yesterday. She seems happy and has already made friends. The only hiccup was her not wanting to eat her lunch. As I've arranged for her to be there full days for the next few weeks until we move house, she was quite pooped (happy sort of tired) and hungry when she got home that it was pretty easy to get her to have dinner and go to bed early. :)
Anyway, decided to take a break from clearing to post some pictures of some stuff I've made but never got around to posting.
This is the tag I made for ScrappinKidsCare A Tag! Charity project.
As I was still in the mood to quill, I made the tag above for my scrapping friend Angeline's daughter's first birthday.
Haha, this tag was made last year in November! It's a bag tag for a dear scrapping friend, the talented and creative Lia, for her birthday. Designed it so that the 2 sides looked different so you could choose which side to flip facing out depending on your mood or bag colour.
Hmmm... was going to post more photos but it's taking a bit too long and I've got to go back to my house move prep viz. sort, clear, purge, label... oh well, 2 weeks more...!
On a different subject, N started at her new preschool yesterday. She seems happy and has already made friends. The only hiccup was her not wanting to eat her lunch. As I've arranged for her to be there full days for the next few weeks until we move house, she was quite pooped (happy sort of tired) and hungry when she got home that it was pretty easy to get her to have dinner and go to bed early. :)
Anyway, decided to take a break from clearing to post some pictures of some stuff I've made but never got around to posting.
This is the tag I made for ScrappinKidsCare A Tag! Charity project.
As I was still in the mood to quill, I made the tag above for my scrapping friend Angeline's daughter's first birthday.
Haha, this tag was made last year in November! It's a bag tag for a dear scrapping friend, the talented and creative Lia, for her birthday. Designed it so that the 2 sides looked different so you could choose which side to flip facing out depending on your mood or bag colour.
Hmmm... was going to post more photos but it's taking a bit too long and I've got to go back to my house move prep viz. sort, clear, purge, label... oh well, 2 weeks more...!
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