Wednesday, November 4, 2009

sweet triangle box

Another class project, this one's sweet in more ways than one! It's filled with chocolate Hershey kisses! Easy peasy and oh, so cute! Thanx for the slick idea, Mary! Don't you like the snowflake presentation? Two of the same punch assembled in a peppermint twist fashion to match the cute DP. Me likey!

no deets - all supplies provided in class

Sunday, November 1, 2009

happy sunday moanin'!

I share jokes with my friends on a weekly basis, collected from what I've received over the past week ... and my fav brand of jokes are "moaners" ... you know the type? Like this video ...

Saturday, October 31, 2009

TP mummies

I was explaining to my budds this a.m. that I planned on stopping by one of our local craft stores to pick up some white crepe paper to make some toilet paper mummies ... and they needed a visual when I explained what I was up to. Well, here it 'tis, folkes ... and I have Cindy Lou to thank for this cutie! These have Halloween treats inside for my boys, 'natch, and are easy peasy and cute, don't you agree?!

stamps: n/a; paper: white crepe paper, "spent" toilet paper rolls; ink: n/a; accessories: "googly" eyes

happy halloween!

This morning I got together with a few buddies for breakfast and then headed to an every other week make -'n- take at one of my LSSs, Karen's Creative Stamping. We made a couple 6x6" scrapbook pages and a couple greeting cards there, all autumnal. This was my fav card and we used a new-to-me stamp company's clear polymer stamp set - Darcie's Flourish Pumpkin (tho' it includes flourish swirls and flourish leaves too). Relatively inexpensively priced at $14.95 / 10-pc set, you can see more sets at their Web site and blog.

On a side note, we had about 300 small ones visit tonight. Our sub gets pretty busy, with carloads of children carpooled in. It started quiet during the first half hour but the crowds grew as it got darker outside, and we eventually had to close early as we ran out of candy! Our community sets aside 6-8 p.m. for trick-or-treating. How 'bout you and yours?

stamps: Darcie's Flourish Pumpkin; paper: unknown striped dp, orange and ivory card stocks; ink: Distress ink's in unknown brown, green and orange; accessories: organza orange ribbon

Friday, October 30, 2009

the more the merrier

I went to my scrapping club this weekend and here's my fav project, where we substituted this cute stamped card stock in place of the usual and customary Trident White sugar-free gum packaging (mine was wintergreen - LOVE it!). Cute, eh?! It MAY be held aside for a Christmas stocking stuffer for my eldest. Lately he's taken to asking me for a stick of bubblegum on almost a daily basis.

deets best guesses - all supplied in class ... stamps: SU's The More The Merrier; ink: StazOn Jet Black, SU's Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red markers; paper: SU's Bashful Blue, Real Red, Whisper White card stocks; accessories: SU's Iridescent Ice

Sunday, October 25, 2009

happy b'day, Picasso

Not that it was intended, but this weekend I took my eldest to see the Toy Story / Toy Story 2 that was recently re-released in 3D ... and it was Picasso's birthday today (born on this day in 1881), so I HAD to share a picture from the film, right?! There were some parents with small children at our show who I imagine were seeing the show for the first time, based on their reactions from certain scenes. It was nice watching the movies on the large screens again.

The 3D effect was done really nicely and we were provided some pretty substantial 3D glasses before we entered the theater - sturdy plastic ones, not the flimsy cardboard types you usually get. Those Disney folkes know how to do it up right! We saved ours to use at home while watching other 3D movies we have ... and I wonder how many leave theirs behind in the collection boxes after the movie? I mean, the collection boxes said, "Please Recycle," and we ARE, actually, right?!

Hope you had a t'riffic weekend as well. I've been neglecting the card-making but will share some this week, to be sure!

Enjoy the little things,
for one day you may look back
and realize they were BIG.
- Robert Brault

ok, I'm addicted ...

Confession, they say, is good for the soul. I've an addictive personality, and have long ago conceded that I'm addicted to the Internet. It's apparent, 'cuz I now tend to glance at posts (via Google Reader, 'natch!) and when spotting a card I love, find I'm thinking to myself, "looks like Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant; hey, I like that combo!" ... and yep, sure 'nuff, in viewing Mercy's deets earlier this a.m., those were the colors used!

I used to talk "floss" with my stitching buds ... I recall spotting pictures or projects, and saying, "oh, don't you just love the 500 series greens?!" ... or the 220 pinks ... or ... the list goes on ...

OK, I feel the need to make a green and purple card. Catch ya later!

Sunday, October 18, 2009

just 'cuz it's cool ...

blog candy alert

What's a lert, you ask?! grins ... Chrissy from Creating with Chrissy blog fame is celebrating 112K hits with blog candy - and pictured here is only SOME of the winnings! Stop by and share some love w Chrissy by Friday, October 23rd at midnight CST (SO glad she didn't say "by 12 a.m." ... I'm just sayin'!).

Saturday, October 17, 2009

a strange coincidence

Just last week during a program on (methinks) the History Channel, there was a snippet about old diners and my DH and I spotted the former "Uncle Bob's" diner that had been located in Flint MI (tho' by picture only, no audio noting it as such).

A bit of history is in order (for a more detailed history, check out Gordon Young's post at the Flint Expatriates blog): Artists Jerry Berta and Madeline Kaczmarczyk purchased the long-since closed Flint MI diner in 1986 for a reported $2K and had it moved to Rockford MI where they restored it (to the tune of $50K) and converted it into a studio and gallery, renaming it, appropriately, the DINER store. They've since purchased (and then sold) other diners that I believe still operate AS diners and run a diner-related putt-putt, at the same location.

And yet another coincidence? I was just checking Facebook updates and happened upon a messsage from the kind folkes at Great Lakes Art Fair, and guess what?! ... OK, you can quit guessing! Jerry Berta is displaying his wares in Novi this weekend (Oct 16-18) at the Rock Financial Showplace. Now, the big question is, can I talk my DH into stopping by on our way to visit my family tomorrow?! Hey, it's kinda sorta on our way, if we take a different route than normal ...

had a ruff day?

I purchased an SU retired stamp set with a similar theme, but this cutie is from today's project at one of my LSSs, CAM, that I frequent. My eldest son and I stopped to get crafty after his dentist appt today. He was in a hurry to get outta there, so we didn't do our usual shopping. I usually let him have his pick of stickers after we stop by, but today while at the dentist I happened to mention to him that, if he was good thru the appointment, that I had a surprise for him out in the trunk of our car. Well, if there was ever an example of somebody who had "ants in his pants," that would've been Geoff today, LOL! He wanted to finish that craft and get to the car but is planning on giving his card to Mr. Nick, his teacher, on Monday!

limited deets today - ink: Color Box dark brown chalk, PC-generated sentiment; tools: pup and paws are popped up using dimensionals, and kudus to (oops! I forgot her name! is it Susan? Karen? sigh ...) the dedicated individual who cut out all the dogs - they came from an unknown sheet of DP - awesome cute, eh?!

Have a t'riffic day, folkes, and thanx for stopping!

Friday, October 16, 2009

birthday hugs & wishes

Birthday (cyber) hugs & wishes, that is ... are winging their way to my niece, whose birthday is today! Lisa shares my love for all things Disney, so I used a fall-ish Goofy for her! I'm amazed at how closely Dusty Durango matched Goofy's sweater, and the yellow is a spot on match for some of those leaves! Hope your day's a t'riffic one, sweetie!

stamps: SU's Branch Out, Heard from the Heart (inside sentiment), Hugs & Wishes; paper: SU's Chocolate Chip, Dusty Durango, Summer Sun, Whisper White card stocks; ink: Ranger's walnut stain distress ink; accessories: ek success' Mickey and Goofy in the leaves sticker collage