tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19068576331562452612024-02-18T23:40:01.650-08:00God is Good and I am BlessedSuzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-34942788413927701102018-01-16T12:33:00.000-08:002018-01-16T12:33:03.715-08:00Pushing myself for #DCWV, Inc. I have done very little crafting since back surgery over a year and a half ago. I know paper makes for the best therapy, but the pain has been over the top. Hopefully, I will be having a spinal stimulator put in soon which will replace the pain signals with "champagne bubbles" according to the patient rep from Boston Scientific! I wanna believe that, but when I saw the opportunity to win a DCWV cardstock stack I was motivated now!<br />
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I chose three prints from the Lemon Flower Matstack. I even had a set of stamps by American Crafts that needed inking. It couldn't come together better! <br />
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I'm sure back problems are behind the saying that "if you play, you pay." I'm paying today, but the satisfaction of doing something positive and creative, maybe even encouraging to someone else, makes it worthwhile. <br />
Thanks to my FiskaFriend Pam for giving me a heads up just in time to participate and to DCWV, Inc. for the fun of competing for a new cardstock stack! And to anyone else who happens to stop by, thank you, too! Hugz! SuziSuzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-46989689426237909482017-05-13T17:43:00.000-07:002017-05-13T17:43:25.767-07:00#sctmagazineinsd2017<img alt="SCTSP17_BonusSketch3" height="160" src="http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/.a/6a0105349d6b3d970c01bb099775dd970d-500wi" width="320" /><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the sketch for<a href="http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/scrapbook_cards_today_blo/2017/05/800-am-welcome-to-our-international-scrapbook-day-kickoff.html"> </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="http://scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/scrapbook_cards_today_blo/2017/05/800-am-welcome-to-our-international-scrapbook-day-kickoff.html">International Scrapbook Day at Scrapbook & Cards Today</a>. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I love the sketch, but, as always, I'm finishing up the last minute. I will also enter it at <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/">Papercrafter's Corner Maga</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/">zine Monday</a>. I couldn't find a link between the two challenges, except I did use a date on both. And they ARE both paper projects. I'm stretching here, I know, but I just couldn't do more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Our little boys will be moving with their mom to Seattle soon. It breaks my heart knowing we won't have these weekend visits. Sequoia will miss her little brothers, too. Now I better stop before I cry. . . . too late. . . .</span></span>Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-19400221811095074592017-04-09T16:02:00.000-07:002017-04-09T16:03:58.443-07:00PaperCrafter's Corner Magazine Monday #169 Anyone who knows my scrapbooking won't be at all surprised with my interpretation of <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-week-169/">PCC's </a>inspiration piece this week. It was a no-brainer, which is just about what I'm up for right now. It still took me a week to get it together. The pain from my March 2016 back surgery continues to rule my life. It gets me out of a lot of work 😊, but also interrupts my playtime. Sitting at the computer is not one of my strong points right now, either, so without further ado. . . .<br />
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You knew it would be a page for my granddaughter's scrapbook, didn't you? Of course! I hope it made you smile, too! Thanks for looking!<br />
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Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-30874616150239108562017-02-25T14:44:00.000-08:002017-04-09T15:34:57.922-07:00A Trick with DCWV Metallic Card Stock This month I've been working on the DCWV Stack-a-holic challenges, always fun. My background paper is from the beautiful Samantha Rose stack which has a lot of gold foil. I wanted my sentiment tags to have coordinating shine, so I printed them out with my little Epson printer on card stock from the Metallic stack.<br />
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Crisp, dark and clear! I've heard of other people embossing right out of the printer, but my ink always dried too fast. On this card stock, it didn't. I loved the result. I loved learning something new!</div>
Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-25262101020842004972017-02-25T14:27:00.000-08:002017-02-25T14:27:31.551-08:00DCWV February Stack-a-holic Challenges So excited to be able to play in these challenges and get creative. When I thought Sequoia was to be our last grandchild, I decided to do a page-a-month album for her. Her two little brothers get a lot of attention, just not on paper! I had hopes of getting current with Sequoia's album before I had back surgery almost a year ago. Then I fell way behind. So, yay! Another page! From October, 2015, but I WILL GET CAUGHT UP! Thank you, <a href="http://www.dcwv.com/blog/post/february-stack-a-holic-challenge-starts-now">DCWV</a>! You are awesome! I needed just the incentive I got from you!<br />
Here are both the scrapbook layout sketch and the card sketch. I had fun with both!<br />
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I like my scrap pages to tell a story, and this one tells a lot about our granddaughter. Can you say "STRONG-WILLED? The paper I used is mostly from the DCWV Kidlets Stack. The scissor blades are from the Card Stock Stack-Shimmer.<br />
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Some of my favorite cards are ones that give you a punch line inside. That's what I went for here. The background is paper from the beautiful Samantha Rose Stack. The sentiment is computer printed and embossed on the Card Stock Stack-Metallic. (I'm going to do a separate post on that.) The little girl is an svg from Apex Cuttable Designs, the leaves from Cheery Lynn Designs, and the cats from a Impressions Obsession die. <br />
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Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-24336456535816100012017-01-31T13:51:00.000-08:002017-01-31T13:51:35.381-08:00DCWV January Stack-a-holic Challenges Oh, yes, I am slow! But sure! I'm finally ready to post my <a href="http://www.dcwv.com/blog/post/january-2017-is-here">Stack-a-holic challenges</a>, both the card and scrapbook layout challenge. Yay! That's two things I got accomplished this month! <br />
I had to take two pictures of my card. It wasn't complete without the inside! The red bordering the pictures is just the table it was sitting on. Sorry. <br />
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Of course, it's too late to play along this month, unless you are really speedy, but do check out the DCWV challenges. Great fun! Thanks for checking me out!Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-30891433869538346562017-01-01T15:32:00.000-08:002017-01-01T15:32:25.398-08:00New Year's Eve at Our House December 31 is a special day at our house, Sequoia's birthday! Number 7 and counting! <br />
<a href="http://pccorner.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-166-Inspiration-Piece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Papercrafting Challenge: Magazine Mondays - Week 166 Inspiration Piece (image)" border="0" height="200" src="http://pccorner.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-166-Inspiration-Piece.jpg" width="142" /></a> I took ideas from <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-week-166/">PaperCrafter's Corner Magazine Monday 166</a> for an easel card I made for our girl. The jester in the inspiration piece was decked out in bright colors, just like my cat! Sequoia is definitely a cat lover. When she opened the card, she and her little cousin both said, "Awwww!" in unison. It was pretty cute! She was also pleased with the gift card to the local movie theater that was attached inside. 😊<br />
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But I did make a scrapbook page which I also entered in DCWV's December Scrap-a-holic Challenge of something that brings a lot of joy to my family Christmas morning.<br />
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Well, I've completely erased/deleted this post once. I'm going to quit while I'm ahead. Thanks for visiting!Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-78657055988160290652016-11-29T16:25:00.000-08:002016-11-29T16:25:40.767-08:00DCWV November Card Challenge<a href="http://cdn.sqhk.co/dcwv/2016/11/eIibghN/Myfavoritethings_prariepaperandink.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://cdn.sqhk.co/dcwv/2016/11/eIibghN/Myfavoritethings_prariepaperandink.png" width="158" /></a> I liked the DCWV card stack-a-holic challenge sketch so much that I used it for four cards, three different occasions. The Linen Closet Stack is full of wonderful patterns and colors, half of them glittered. I ended up taking the stack apart, so I could spread them out to mix and match all the beautiful combinations. I added a button and twine from my stash and a fussy-cut flower from a scrap of the same stack. The card shown uses a stamp by Technique Tuesday. You can be sure I will be back to play with these papers again soon.<br />
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Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-13447513180840189542016-11-29T14:47:00.000-08:002016-11-29T14:47:03.851-08:00Two November Challenges: PCC & DCWV<img height="200" src="http://papercrafterscorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-165-Inspiration-Piece.jpg" width="133" /><img height="200" src="http://cdn.sqhk.co/dcwv/2016/11/eyjhDhc/outdoorfun_sketch_eternallyinspiredmama.jpg" width="185" /><br />
<a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/">PaperCrafter's Corner's</a> Magazine Monday and <a href="http://www.dcwv.com/blog/post/november-stack-a-holic-challenge">DCWV Stack-a-holic challenges</a> are my favorites. Both have wonderful inspiration. I saw the long thin photo mats on DCWV's sketch and long thin ladies on the Harper's Bazaar magazine cover. I have just the photos I've been waiting to scrap that fits "long thin!" But not the cute kids or party themes this time. . . before and after x-rays! <br />
Let me explain my title. I do believe in angels, but doubt they are tiny little things that can inhabit our bodies. Still, when I saw the before x-ray, it sure looked like a little angel holding my deformed spine together, right where I <strike>have</strike> had (They took it completely out!) the triangular shaped vertebra. Apparently it was very unstable. I know the Lord was looking out for me and kept it from slipping all these years, and He gave me a grin when I saw the picture, a probable artifact, I'm sure.<br />
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There was so much story I wanted to record, I decided to put it on paper strips rather than using designer paper. The words were cut on the Cricut. The paper is from DCWV's Confetti and Metallic stacks. I thought those stars were the perfect celestial backdrop for my "angel." Can you see it? :o) </div>
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Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-89222546861914561272016-10-30T16:31:00.000-07:002016-10-30T16:45:27.976-07:00PaperCrafter's Corner and DCWV Challenges Stranger things have happened. When I saw the inspiration piece for <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-week-164/">PaperCrafter's Corner Week Magazine Monday Week 164</a> challenge, the DCWV Confetti Stack was open on my desk. The bright colors in the stack were a match for the ones in the PCC inspiration piece! Yippee! Isn't picking the papers the hardest part of a challenge? Now I could combine two, Magazine Monday and the <a href="http://www.dcwv.com/blog/post/october-stack-a-holic-challenge">October Stack-a-Holic Challenge</a> (Scrapbook part)!<br />
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I love the paper I used here! I love this stack! And I'll tell you more about that in a minute. All the prints, including the striped vellum were from the Confetti stack. The solids were from the DCWV Christmas stack. Instead of stars as embellishments, I obviously went for teddy bears, including cutting teddy bear shaped holes in the one paper. I did that on the Cricut, as well as cutting the title. The only other thing I used was the little Sizzix teddy bear die and a piece of ribbon. Still on the mend, I'm all about "easy," and this was, yet I love it! Hope you do, too!<br />
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P.S. Just read that the PCC entry this week is supposed to include a winter holiday. Please note the sentiment on some of these cards say, "Cue the Confetti!" Now isn't that perfect for New Year's? New Year's Eve is also DGD's birthday, "Happy Day!" She's a holiday everyday!Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-90914753384361832562016-10-16T16:56:00.000-07:002016-10-16T16:56:34.091-07:00PaperCrafter's Corner Magazine Monday #163<a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-163-Inspiration-Piece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://papercrafterscorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-163-Inspiration-Piece.jpg" width="153" /></a> Everything came together nicely this week. I saw my first z-fold pop-up box card, and fell in love with the new fold. However, the one I saw was cut and folded mostly from one piece of cardstock, and I didn't feel up to that much measuring and cutting. I went looking, and with some help from a FiskaFriend, found a template by <a href="http://shop.loriwhitlock.com/">Lori Whitlock</a>. She has several, and because they were on sale, I bought several! Makes sense, right? She even had one with a pick-up truck. Perfect in so many ways! A Christmas card for my oldest grandson who restores old cars! And a pick-up for <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-week-163/">PCC's Magazine Monday</a> theme! <br />
With Granddaughter by my side pushing buttons and peeling cardstock off the mats, we cut it out on the Cricut. With a new lock on the <b>inside</b> of my craftroom and two toddler grandsons <b>outside</b> the door, it came together perfectly! :o) <br />
I didn't take many liberties with the template, and what I did doesn't show much in the photo. I cut a window for the pickup out of a scrap of acetate. Looks so cute! I used the write feature for the greeting rather than cutting it and inked it with a glittery red gel pen. Rather than cut snowflakes, I punched them out of glitter paper for more detail. I used Wink of Stella on the tree in the back of the truck, and embossed the other two. <br />
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This was a totally awesome card to make (maybe because of the help I had outside the craftroom and didn't have inside the craftroom!). Now that I can see the dimensions of it, I will easily replicate it in an A2 card, but first I will probably have fun just doing the other <a href="http://shop.loriwhitlock.com/">Lori Whitlock</a> ones I bought. Way fun!Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-60776596245810390522016-10-01T18:11:00.002-07:002016-10-01T18:16:45.965-07:00My Bobble-Head Munchkin!<br />
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With her help, I made bobble-head easel cards of Sequoia in her munchkin costume. It was fun teaching my DGD to make the yellow brick road with an embossing folder and clouds with a scalloped circle die-cut. We added red flowers because she also played a poppy. I tried to include my video, but it wasn't playing in the post. Sorry, it was pretty darn cute! <br />
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Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-3140809116814842032016-09-18T16:45:00.000-07:002016-09-18T16:45:28.877-07:00PaperCrafter's Corner's Magazine Monday #161<br />
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The sentiment is an svg from <a href="http://apexembdesigns.com/cuttables/cuttables">Apex Cuttables</a>, a freebie that I love. I used the negative space after cutting it out on my Cricut. Please check out <a href="http://freedeariedollsdigistamps.blogspot.com/">Free Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps</a>, too, where you will find great fun (and free!) clip art. </div>
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Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-48663903176671300072016-09-11T17:37:00.000-07:002016-09-11T17:37:12.578-07:00PaperCrafter's Corner Magazine Monday #160<br />
"A World Away from the Everyday!" Isn't that where the Land of Oz is? I have several (many) themes to scrap, but this one instantly came to mind when I saw the <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-week-160/">PCC magazine cover</a>, and it's very current since the play runs a couple more weeks! I'm so pleased with the results. I hope you will like it, too! <br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"> A special shout out to Mary Ellen Smith. She is the talented and generous artist who offers her fun clipart at <a href="http://freedeariedollsdigistamps.blogspot.com/">Free Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps</a>. I'm still thinking I should have used those flying monkeys! Thank you, Mary Ellen!</span><div>
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And thank you, Steph, for keeping me busy, even when I'd rather go to bed! :o) Also, it's because of you that I have a Cricut to use on these projects. I didn't have to fussy cut the digi stamps. I did a print-and-cut which does a much better job than I can. The title took me all of about 10 minutes to layout and send to the Cricut. Love it!</div>
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Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-9443475388483728462016-09-04T16:50:00.000-07:002016-09-27T12:17:19.490-07:00A two-fer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week I got the idea for my subject from the inspiration at <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-week-159/">PaperCrafter's Corner Magazine Monday #159 </a>and the layout from the <a href="http://www.dcwv.com/blog/post/stack-a-holic-challenge-for-september">September Stack-a-holic Sketch Challenge at DCWV</a>.<img alt="Papercrafting Challenge: Magazine Mondays - Week 159 Inspiration Piece (image)" src="http://pccorner.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-159-Inspiration-Piece-1.jpg" height="200" width="147" /><img src="http://cdn.sqhk.co/dcwv/2016/9/Q9AAgcS/16912x12SketchSavvy.jpg" height="200" width="200" /><br />
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Instead of a little girl with a cat, I went with my little girl and her dog, Nigel. He lives at our house, but is technically her dog. They just don't have a place to keep him right now, and we are quite happy with that arrangement. Nigel is one of those dogs with a perfect temperament. He barks at every stranger who comes to the gate, but lets the grandbabies crawl all over him. Sequoia would literally ride him when she was tinier! She still dresses him up and wraps him in blankets, and he never complains. I need to do more layouts of Nigel.</div>
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All the paper, except for a few scraps, are from DCWV's Summer Dream Stack. I used a Sizzix alphabet to cut out the letters, and the stamp set is from Stampendous. </div>
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Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-46812668351990432532016-08-30T12:34:00.000-07:002016-08-30T12:34:08.574-07:00DCWV August 2016 Stack-a-holic Challenge<br />
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With granddaughter in first grade now, I have more time on my hands, and everyone knows that paper crafting is good therapy. Still in recovery, it takes me longer to finish anything, but with that additional time, I'm getting some fun things done. </div>
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Usually I try to avoid glare in my photos, but I wanted to show off the foil bling in this beautiful DCWV cardstock from the Fall & Halloween Combined Mat Stack. Surprisingly the best matching blue I found was in the Christmas Stack. Don't wait till holidays to look in those stacks! There is a lot of pretty paper that can be used year-round. I especially was yearning for plaids this go. Love this one! </div>
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I embossed the tag with a Cuttlebug folder of tiny hearts, covering each one with Glossy Accents.</div>
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I used the Poppy Stamps Hello Word Balloon to die cut the hole and then used the coordinating brown cardstock to die cut again for the insert. </div>
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To add more bling I added a strip of Treveni Craft Diamanti colored with a Bic permanent marker. This is the DCWV challenge sketch. Fun! <img height="320" src="http://cdn.sqhk.co/dcwv/2016/8/iiyjdpD/Sketch146.jpg" width="248" /></div>
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Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-51527913134723798002016-08-27T17:12:00.000-07:002016-08-27T17:12:06.156-07:00PaperCrafter's Corner Magazine Monday #158 <br />
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I love clipart. For several years I belonged to Provocraft's HugClub, a monthly clipart club, so I've accumulated quite a bit. Because I still haven't learned to color, this is definitely another way to go. The focal point here is from "A Bird's Life 1." She's in an office which fits the bill for this week's PCC challenge! Besides patterned paper, I used #DCWV adhesive cork and a die-cut using one of my favorite Poppy Stamp dies. Once I decided what to do, I added to my stash:<br />
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Steph at PaperCrafter's Corner comes up with the best magazine covers for inspiration. Here's this week's:<img alt="Papercrafting Challenge: Magazine Mondays - Week 158 Inspiration Piece (image)" height="320" src="http://pccorner.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-158-Inspiration-Piece.jpg" width="254" /> </div>
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Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-79850745479796213702016-08-21T17:12:00.000-07:002016-08-25T17:23:21.922-07:00PaperCrafter's Corner Magazine Monday #157<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday I decided this wasn't going to get done. This morning I woke up with a simpler idea that just maybe I was up to completing. And I did!<br />
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My first thought from <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-week-157/">PaperCrafter's Corner</a>'s inspiration piece was the obvious: children going off to school. I only got this one picture of Sequoia's first day this year. . .and I think it's the same view I got last year, her standing by the chalk drawing of the school's puma mascot. The title piece and slide are svgs from the generous <a href="http://www.misskatecuttables.com/index.php">#misskatecuttables</a>. Where I got discouraged was putting them into Cricut Design Space and finding it was going to take about 20 mats. I'm physically not up to that this week, especially after taking a fall (in that messy family room I scrapped last week!). But this morning I came up with the idea of doing a "print and cut." That took all the work and worry out. <br />
The background paper, which looks like school paper, is from #DCWV Magnolia stack. To fill the page, I had to stay simple so I went with the stars in the title, punched a bunch and scattered them around. It looks better in person. It actually turned out pretty cute. :o) <br />
Edited: While I was working on the cut-and-print part of this, my 20-month-old grandson turned off my computer. I gave up for the day. The next day when I tried again, I somehow switched the cuttable from Miss Kate to the kindergarten one! This is first grade! It hit me hard the day after I posted. It all got fixed before it went into her scrapbook. :o)Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-31500568330063794932016-08-14T16:06:00.002-07:002016-08-14T16:06:32.848-07:00Two Challenges in One Amazingly, I was able to bring together <a href="http://www.dcwv.com/blog/post/august-stack-a-holic-challenge">DCWV's August Stack-a-holic challenge</a> and <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-week-156/">Papercrafter's Corner's Magazine Monday</a>. Without thinking! If I would have had to think about it, it wouldn't have happened. I just immediately knew what I wanted.<br />
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Steph, do you remember how excited I was that the Cricut allows me to cut any words and just the size I want them? That's what I did! The font I used for "Outside" is a freebie called Black Fat. I like that it doesn't have thin areas that might get messed up in the cutting.<br />
The sun was a free svg from the talented Juliana Michaels at <a href="http://www.17turtles.com/">17 Turtles</a>.<br />
With a quieter house once again, I was able to work on this for short periods each day. Very therapeutic and great fun! Writing this blog may have been the most difficult part! :o)</div>
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It's been so long! I am making very slow recovery from a complicated back surgery that kept me in the hospital for 36 days. I have a hard time staying in one place very long. I can't get comfortable or stay comfortable, but. . . this was my son's first week back from commercial salmon fishing in Naknek, Alaska. He was home to watch the little ones. (He had the boys, 1 and 3, with him, too, besides 6 year-old Sequoia.) I had DH put a latch inside the craftroom, so know one else could get in, and I was able to craft a little bit each day or so. What fun! The result was a very simple card, but it met the criteria for <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/">PCC's Magazine Monday</a>, a starry background! The sentiment is from #<a href="http://apexembdesigns.com/cuttables/cuttables">Apex Cuttable Designs</a>. It was a free svg file, but I actually used the jpeg that came with it. I printed it out in gray scale.<br />
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My background was a sheet of paper I found in my stash. Perfect! It was all about simple, but I am so happy to have been able to craft a wee bit. Thanks for the inspiration, Steph!</div>
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It's been so long! I am making very slow recovery from a complicated back surgery that kept me in the hospital for 36 days. I have a hard time staying in one place very long. I can't get comfortable or stay comfortable, but. . . this was my son's first week back from commercial salmon fishing in Naknek, Alaska. He was home to watch the little ones. (He had the boys, 1 and 3, with him, too, besides 6 year-old Sequoia.) I had DH put a latch inside the craftroom, so know one else could get in, and I was able to craft a little bit each day or so. What fun! The result was a very simple card, but it met the criteria for <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/">PCC's Magazine Monday</a>, a starry background! The sentiment is from #<a href="http://apexembdesigns.com/cuttables/cuttables">Apex Cuttable Designs</a>. It was a free svg file, but I actually used the jpeg that came with it. I printed it out in gray scale.<br />
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My background was a sheet of paper I found in my stash. Perfect! It was all about simple, but I am so happy to have been able to craft a wee bit. Thanks for the inspiration, Steph!</div>
Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-25633382826550477502016-03-06T18:45:00.000-08:002016-03-06T18:45:05.453-08:00PaperCrafter's Corner, Magazine Monday #135<a href="http://pccorner.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-135-Inspiration-Piece-792x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Papercrafting Challenge: Magazine Mondays Week 135 Inspiration Piece (image)" border="0" class="wp-image-28951 " data-lazy-loaded="true" height="200" src="http://pccorner.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-135-Inspiration-Piece-792x1024.jpg" style="display: inline;" width="154" /></a> I got my exercise this weekend, stretching the limits of this challenge! But Steph at <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-135/">PaperCrafter's Corner </a>always says the only rules are that it must incorporate paper and it must be submitted by the deadline. This inspiration screamed scrapbook layout, but I was determined that I would make cards this weekend! The magazine cover showed "variety" and "happy." Those are what I took from it. :o) <br />
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This set of cards was made from My Scrap Chick cutting files. It turned out to be a lot of work. Maybe that's because Granddaughter arrived unexpectedly and thought I needed her help! (I didn't!) There are three different cards, a gift bag and gift tag, which I forgot to photograph. The cards are slightly smaller than the normal A2, so I made envelopes out of regular colored paper which happened to match surprisingly well. I usually don't start something this involved when I have a lot of "help." It was frustrating, but fun! <br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">are that your entry <strong><em>must be a</em> <em>papercraft</em> </strong>project –</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em>it must somehow incorporate paper –<br />
</em>and <em><strong>it must be submitted by the deadline</strong>.</em></span> - See more at: http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-135/#sthash.5WkDtGQZ.dpuf</div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The <strong>ONLY</strong> requirements for entering <em>this</em> week’s</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">are that your entry <strong><em>must be a</em> <em>papercraft</em> </strong>project –</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em>it must somehow incorporate paper –<br />
</em>and <em><strong>it must be submitted by the deadline</strong>.</em></span> - See more at: http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-135/#sthash.5WkDtGQZ.dpuf</div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The <strong>ONLY</strong> requirements for entering <em>this</em> week’s</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">are that your entry <strong><em>must be a</em> <em>papercraft</em> </strong>project –</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em>it must somehow incorporate paper –<br />
</em>and <em><strong>it must be submitted by the deadline</strong>.</em></span> - See more at: http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-135/#sthash.5WkDtGQZ.dpuf</div>
Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-3532875423718373292016-02-28T15:59:00.000-08:002016-02-28T16:00:00.650-08:00PaperCrafter's Corner, Magazine Monday #134<br />
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Here's <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-134/">PCC's</a> inspiration photo: <img alt="Papercrafting Challenge: Magazine Mondays - Week 134 Inspiration Piece (image)" class="wp-image-28909 " data-lazy-loaded="true" src="http://pccorner.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-134-Inspiration-Piece-764x1024.jpg" height="320" style="display: inline;" width="238" />The background was the most striking to me, bunches of something relating to the subject. But my mind went here: </div>
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This is my son amid his salmon catch in Alaska last year. Wouldn't you like to have those in your freezer? Me, too! But the price dropped so low last year and the cannery wouldn't take all the catch, so much of it was given to charity, and my son and most others lost money. Anybody want to buy a salmon boat? :o)<br />
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Fortunately while I was looking for the salmon picture, I came across one of Sequoia surround by sequoia. One is my granddaughter; the other is a giant redwood tree. I decided to go that way. :o) I used my sequoia tree stamp to make up the background. I know that some are slanting. I think they were growing on a hill. :o) I let the Cricut do the writing. That's a super fun feature! After I got it all photographed, cropped, etc., I see I put 2015. It was 2014. That will be a quick fix before it goes in the album. Thanks for stopping by.<br />
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<br />Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-18933417175707668122016-02-21T17:47:00.001-08:002016-02-21T17:47:34.664-08:00PaperCrafter's Corner, Magazine Monday #133<a href="http://pccorner.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-133-Inspiration-Piece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Papercrafting Challenge: Magazine Mondays Week 133 Inspiration Piece (image)" border="0" class="wp-image-28877 " data-lazy-loaded="true" height="200" src="http://pccorner.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Papercrafting-Challenge-Magazine-Mondays-Week-133-Inspiration-Piece.jpg" style="display: inline;" width="150" /></a> So happy to find some time this weekend for crafting. I didn't think it was going to happen, but it sure feels good when it does.<br />
My son-in-law's birthday is coming up soon. I knew which card I wanted to make and decided to use the colors from <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-133/">PCC</a>'s inspiration piece to make it happen. The svg file is from <a href="https://www.myscrapchick.com/">My Scrap Chick</a>, definitely one of my favorite places for finding goodies. Great sales and a freebie every week!<br />
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I plan to gift him with a Costco bundle of steaks. He's definitely a meat-eater! Maybe he'll invite me to dinner! I'm sure I'm expected to make him his annual cheese cake, too.<br />
Thanks for coming by. :o)Suzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998971371170331992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906857633156245261.post-17290276936163299692016-02-17T17:51:00.000-08:002016-02-17T17:51:23.450-08:00Papercrafting For Others: A RAK Day Challenge! <a href="http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-for-others-a-rak-day-challenge/">PaperCrafter's Corner</a> is such a special place to play. Lots of inspiration and fun! Today Steph has challenged us to do a RAK, a "Random Act of Kindness." I usually don't even try to do any of my crafts during the week with my granddaughter here. We craft, but it's fun things for a 6-year-old. Today Sequoia gave me a RAK and stayed on her side of the desk. We both got things done!<br />
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Some of you may know that we raised our son Donnie from age four and kept him with us until he was 38 and got to be very difficult. It was a hard decision to move him to a group home, but he has loved it and done so very well there. That said, he called Valentine's Day to say he made a Valentine that said M-O-M and D-A-D! He's not far away, but we haven't seen him since Christmas Day. So we made cards for Donnie. He will be tickled to get one from Sequoia, too. <br />
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Thanks for spurring us on, PCC! Wish I could see his face when he opens this RAK!<br />
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