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!!!

A blast from the past

Happy Friday!!! With birds chirping outside my kitchen window, I saw this card from my inventory of pics and thought it would be appropriate. Working this week has put me behind, I've not taken pictures of any of my new creations, I haven't cleaned out my old files, I haven't cleaned the dust bunnies behind the antique sewing machine. Like I said, this work stuff outside the home is kind of a bummer ( I have yet to put in my time card to receive a paycheck too!!) Well they did ask me back for another day.... so all of that stuff will be put on hold, again!!!

Cool thing: Bubba is on a field trip to downtown Chicago! His 2nd year Chinese class is going to Chinatown, exploring for a bit (they have to take 2 pictures to share) and then they are going to lunch and back home. I told Bubba to look for a cool Chinese Christmas ornament, we'll see if he meets the challenge!!!

Emptying the IN box

Weird, weird week for me... working a temp. job. It's really been cutting into my creative time and I'm sort of freaking out! These two cards are the last of my latest! I love drawing these blossoms and blooms. Nothing difficult here, and all is pretty much self explanatory, cute colors, nice layouts, a little ribbon, a doodle here and there.

The flowers on the 2nd card are from Stamps by Judith, a flower stub!

So here's what I've been doing at the temp job: taping together small boxes, unloading big boxes from a cart that hold 500 envelopes worth of Visa cards, separating envelopes into qtys of 200 to go in the smaller boxes, moving the boxes back and forth to the floor, then picking up boxes to reverse the order of the envelopes, waiting to have the boxes checked, putting packaging material into the box, taping shut, moving the box once again back onto the cart. 93 boxes the first day (million $ order) then after that, the days have all been a blur. Putting stickers on boxes, pulling stickers off of Subway gift cards, putting stickers on Best Buy cards, repeat......Last day today? Stretching as I type!