Beyond grateful

Is it just me? just the photo angle? or does there seem to be a dorkey extension there on the bottom left side of the card in the creamy caramel color??? Yep, pretty much cased this card. Doodled my flowers, added a cuttlebugged bubble color strip.... don't recall the color, close to guava (but not) the combo with the green and cream really works. The sentiment is from TAC.

Oh, what to do. Tucker was super gentle and nice and sweet last night.... wanting everyone to pet him and play with him. He showed no signs of aggression. At work they asked if I could stay on til the end of the year! Yikes, how will I get my shopping in? They said they were going to change me out from all the box making and packing, to?????..... stay tuned!

Who wants to give Thanks?

This image was a little different for me. It does seem as though the original artist was 'child' like in the drawing or sketch of the owls, so I CASed it similarly. Kind of looks primative. Different & Unique. Added the dots with paint on the front using the tip of a stylus. Added some prima flowers.

Well, I have some sad news... we are probably going to have to get rid of our furry Pomeranian friend Tucker. Last night, completely un-provoked, Sissy got down to his level to pet him and he just pounced at her and bit her in the lip. It was very emotional. He had bit her the first week he was here in May. She was afraid of him. But we worked through things.... he has biten and nipped at me 3 times in the past two weeks. Trying to groom him I had to buy a muzzle. I swear it's like Kujo.... we treat him gentle, and totally out of somewhere he bears his teeth at us and tries to bite and nip. When I took him to the groomer once, she said he was so gentle and kind. It is too stressful.... so today we will call the vet and see what our options are. We probably couldn't imagine placing him in another home.... and may have to put him down. He is 18 months old.

Need something a little perky today!

I believe this layout was one of the challenges a few weeks ago on SCS. I don't necessarily follow the challenge, but when I see all the posts in the gallery that have a theme running through them, I have an AHA moment.

It seems this layout had the triangles coming in from the sides. Like I said a few days ago, I really like the pun cards. Some clever person out there in blog land, design land... coming up with all of this stuff. Hats off to you.... I give EVERYONE credit where credit is due!!!! Card makers, paper designers, challenge designers, bloggers.... you are ALL awesome. Thanks for the inspiration!!!

I'm starting to work on Holiday cards, just general Christmas cards.... I have an idea about my family card.... but this year I'm sending out fewer and making it way simple. I will also put my 'newsy' Christmas letter on my blog.... why waste a tree!!!! Stayed tuned for that!

Rainy day, that's okay. I'm off to work day 9. The physical part of lifting the boxes is getting tiring... can't wait to see the first paycheck..... I'm there at least until the end of this week. Can't see doing this job.... FOREVER.... but glad to dabble in shipping and boxing, labeling etc.....

Just can't stand it!

How too, too, too cute and talented people are. Over at SCS there are so many cute images using Christmas ornaments. OMG! How fun! SU! has stamps and a punch that makes the job easy.... but not me.... mine is a dollar stamp from M's and I cut out the ornament, oh well.... I get the same affect. I thought I had some sort of pine boughs.... but alas, no.... so I just used a ruler and green marker to get the branches to work.

Season Greetings!! from Creative Greetings!!! This is just the beginning!!

Part 2 - Little Significance

Okay, so not the best picture of a booklet I created in college. Squint one eye and close the other and if you look closely, you can see the side of a mountain, the left side are trees in the light area... hey, this was printed in 1983. Half typed,the other half hand lettering....
My favorite poem for this book...

Virginia Dare

There motionless, your lungs scream.
You fall prey and crave her,
you have no will.

You beg for her in torment,
yet she will not listen.

She is deceitful,
You are weak.
Her warmth,
Your ravenous hunger.
Her alluring presence will not come to you.

But she lies:
She is the executioner
and you are the condemened.
Toether,
you two have become one of the same evils.
Vital to live,
one must die.
In pain, your inner being entices you to stumble,
and with a rush she enters your veins,
and dances amongst your corpuscles,
and smothers
light
into
dark.

If I recall, (don't know the name of the type of poem) but she represents an alcohol... so it is the liquor that entices a person, and what it eventually does.

Little Significance

I remember in college I was in a Creative Writing class and a book binding class all during the same semester. Going to a liberal arts college I was able to combine two projects into one.... taking all the poems and short stories I and other classmates had written and with booklet and printing skills from and art class, I combined the projects and got graded in both classes. Living in the moment. The name of my booklet was "Little Significance"
A. Because this was such a tiny thing I created, but in a way it was so big to me.
B. I was always trying to be funny or try my hardest to come up with something creative, on my own... which was and still is, very hard to do.

I would take a picture of the cover and post it here today, but I was asked back to work.... so to try and find the book, take a picture, upload etc... not do-able....( will edit later) but the front was a photo of a side of a huge canyon that I had taken on a family vacation in the late 70s. So sad too.... no creative computer fonts, it is electric type written and hand drawn lettering.... (you have to remember the year I started college 1982 PC's were just at the end of their dream stage and cost thousands of $$)

Of no "Little Significance" is Claudia.... she shines!!!!! Everything she posts here at Highlowaha is fun, interesting, personal, yet something we should all do and be a part of. Go check out today's post. She is just amazing!!! Do it for me!!!

Hang in there!

Way to too to too cute!!! Can I say that my own cards are really cute??? Love this stuff! Love it cuz I can draw it, love it because it's clever, love it cuz I have the supplies and tools to re-create it!!! Used some jute to make the clothes line. Used markers to color in. Cuttlebugged the bubble background.

Seems like nothing ever changes, but then all of sudden you look at what you have and where you've been, and it seems like everything HAS changed!!!

It's supposed to be a beautiful fall day here in Illinois, finally a sunny day to enjoy! I'm so excited to get things done (can you believe I'm excited to say I can't wait to do housework).... because I worked this past week... clocked in 37.5 hours this week at the temp job.... that is a lot going from 0-37.... so many things to do, so much sunshine to enjoy. Hope y'all have a great day. Stay tuned for more cards and more family fun around our house!!!