Back to School

This is a fun, fun library card pocket card I made.  Tell me if you can spot the mistake.  Sort of a where's Waldo.  Got this cute idea from Mish Mash.  It's fun to re-create things on my computer PrintMaster program.  Some people have to buy embellishments.  I even designed the school background paper. I had found the date stamp in a clearance bin, duh... it only goes to 2009... not good for anything I make this year.

Went up to Wisconsin to visit the Grandparents for the last time before school starts.  Summer 2010.  We went down to Lake Michigan and had a photo shoot.

 I'm behind today.  Early morning PT appointment, then getting haircuts and running errands.  V-ball tryouts for Sissy tomorrow.  Cross your fingers for her!!!

Wish Fairy

Love the subtle colors and how I got the soft pinks to look old and mysterious.  Like an old fashioned post card.  Don't know who this design was from, but I'm still impressed with me, me ME....this blog is all about me you know?  I copied this picture straight from it's original image, first time, in proportion with a pen. I used to have to sketch in pencil, erase then line over it and then erase and ruin the paper!  My copying skills are getting better!  Is that a good thing? Very simple layered card, but I think what ever saying I put inside will make this card even more special!

Trying to  pick out paint colors for the master bathroom.  We are getting new shower doors soon and just need to freshen the look of the entire room.  Did you know we have an 8' x10' rug in the middle of the master bathroom?  It's huge!

Just a note

Card making has come a long way baby!!! We've got layers, it's brads, it's sewing on the card, it's using notebook paper and punches, embossed backgrounds, it's ribbon and it's computer words and it's coloring and shading.  Not just simple stamp in the middle of a card with a stamped word... that's old news!!!! My shading makes this look 2D and it does seem to be popping off the page. I have to admit I'm kinda proud of this one!

What a wonderful morning!  We have the windows open and it was low of  63 last night with no humidity.  Love that!  I have major clean up duty in my 'studio' today.  Too much creating fun and not putting anything away.  It's Friday!!! Yippee!!

Quack, quack!

A more involved card with 6 layers(?).  There are some designers out there having fun with all these layers and embellishments and doo dads and ribbons and scallops, and stitching!  I know!!! It's someone who works for the post office, because cards like this should be 'hand stamped' with EXTRA postage so as not to mess up their machines! the postal service has it in for the craft makers!!!!

 Baby boy colors for someone with a new arrival.  Not as pastel as some other baby cards, but a solid statement!

Although, and yay! the sun is shining, I'm feeling a little blue.  We have lived in Illinois for over 4 years now, and although I feel our house is a home, I have not felt connected to community, the neighborhood or the people.  It feels like a lonely place.  And some day (soon) I must find out a small purpose of my life.  You can only make so many cards you can't sell, you can only volunteer so many times before someone doesn't call you back. 

Oh, but what joy to have your little doggie laying on his back, spread eagle for you to rub his cute little belly!!! Dream.

Asian Orange aide

This isn't quite the simple three layer card that it looks.  I had to cut out a mask that I could stamp the grid image into.  And it was one of the those 4 x 6 stamps so I had to make sure I covered everything else I didn't want stamped.  Oh, by no means in the big scheme of life, this is a simple little task, just a bit more involved than the average stamp and go type of card!  Always these images with the one stem and the flowers splattered about, give me an Asian feel.  And always orange cards remind me of fall.   Roughed up the edge of the white paper to make it not so perfect. Little gems in the center of the flowers. What say you?

Interesting experiencing Sushi (Sushi (寿司, 鮨, or 鮓?) is a Japanese dish consisting of cooked vinegared rice which is commonly topped with other ingredients, such as fish or other seafood,[1) yesterday.  It was good, and I'm happy my kids like to try different  cuisines.

Got an email from the high school boosters club, 20 days and counting.  Yikes, but the thought of my oldest and his last year of high school. O  M  G!!!!  Our little fuzzy Pomeranian got a hair cut yesterday... we can't help but look at him, laugh, and think how adorable he is.  Gotta take a picture of my baby too!!!

Tray of Sweets

Almost looks good enough to eat! Yum! This is a 'doodle' I had in my doodle box.  Sometimes instead of making cards, I just look up images to draw and shade and color and embellish... then I put them in my doodle box until I feel the inspiration of a layout, or an advertisement or a blog post.  I think I doodle A doodle is a type of sketch, an unfocused drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes something every day.  If you didn't know I was a card maker that statement could be quite funny!  I put a glaze on the cherries and the strawberry tops just to give the images some dimension. Can't tell that from the picture, though.

Posting late today.  I had an early morning physical therapy session.  My lower back has been hurting me since May.  It kills me that I couldn't 'fix' this myself.  I was on the verge of having a bulging disc off my lower vertebrae.  It's a good thing I'm home... to take care of myself... but to find the purpose of it all!  Ugh. 

Last night we had homemade pizza one with buffalo chicken (hot sauce) and the other with veggies.  Going to take the kiddos out for our first Sushi experience.

Fabulous

Pretty shoe.  Won't be seeing me walk in anything like that.  It does look fabulous, however!!!  A simple image can conjure up so many ideas when you add words to the picture.
If the shoe fits...buy the matching purse!!

I feel like a heel for missing your birthday...hope it was fabulous!

Card idea from an Archivers add on line.

End of vacation week. Saturday was a great day for some outdoor volleyball.  Families against Sissy's club volleyball team.  We were talking trash.... the day after when I asked her how many games they won, she just rolled her eyes and said they weren't trying very hard.  (We won every game but two!!  pretty good for some old fart parents!!!!)

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.

Jim Fiebig