Pretty Paper Party: Prompt 4

So far, Shimelle's class has been very inspiring, and seeing all of the other scrapping projects has been making me want to get papers out and create something more traditional.  I also ran across the Sketchy Thursdays blog, which was also making me want to make something.

Last night, I had dinner with my friend, Shannon, from The Giving Finch.  She gave me a wonderful birthday gift full of goodies, which included some scrapbook paper.  Yay!  Lucky for me, it was paper that had stripes and dots, which was perfect for today's class prompt... to use stripes and dots and see what you can come up with.

To me, it wasn't much of a challenge as far as combining the two, because I love to use all sorts of different patterns, but it was a challenge to get back to paper scrapping.  I decided to make a card because I really don't have a lot of embellishments or other things (besides paper) to really make the kind of layout I wanted, so I opted for a card version today, and I based it off of the sketch at Sketchy Thursdays.  I'm not really feeling the love for this card at the moment, but I tried.  LOL.  Now I am thinking that I should have used bigger chunks of paper and layered them.  But it is what it is.  Now I might just have to make a scrapbook layout as well.  :D

Papers from We R Memory Keepers; Stamps from Bo Bunny

Do you ever have a hard time going from one format to another (from scrapbook pages to cards or vice versa)?

Make a Card Monday

Kay Werner does a MACM each week on her blog.  I needed a birthday card for tomorrow, so I decided that I would take a page from her play book and create a card.  I got the idea for this card from Paper Crafts magazine, and just put my own spin on it.  I found the cute patterned paper in my stash, I used a couple of stamps, and then made the felt flower embellishment.  Inside, I stamped "Celebrate you" to finish it off.

Of course now that it is done, I would have done some things differently, but I will save that for next time.  I am inspired to start another creative project of some sort instead.  It is my "day off" (which is really never a full day off), so I need to make the most of the last few hours I have before Tim gets home and expects me to cook dinner or something.  ;) Tonight, the plan is to back up all of my photos and digital scrapbooking goodies onto the external hard drive so it is all safe and sound.  I'm also creating a separate CD with photos of little man  just in case I have a problem with the external hard drive (which has happened several times in the past).  I don't want to lose pictures of that special little one!

Here is a quick peek of him today.  He is so precious.  He looks a little goofy because he's teething and his gums are sore, so he's keeping his tongue moving across the bumpy terrain.  Poor baby!

What are you up to this week?

Out Sick

I missed work today.  All week, I’ve been feeling a little off, but I just couldn’t make it in today.  My stomach was not happy.  This morning, it was so nice to be able to sleep in and get rested.  I woke up a couple of times: when Tim got up and before he left.  But I couldn’t stay awake, so I slept until 9:30 when Jessica brought me a bagel that I didn’t eat and a Mt. Dew that I loved.  She also brought me an adorable get-well-soon card.  What a sweet girl. 

There is something so comforting about staying in PJs all day.  :)  We watched most of Dead Poet’s Society and sorted through some craft supplies.  This afternoon, I had a little lunch and felt a bit better.  Since I was bundled up in the office, I flipped through some Paper Crafts magazines I hadn’t had time to look through in the past few months.  I was inspired to make a card.  I was supposed to make a card for Shannon, but I didn’t have the energy to find the paper/stamp I was supposed to use, so I just stuck with what was handy.   

I’m not excited about how the bow turned out, but I’ll live with it.  When I’m feeling better, I’m going to head over to Michael’s or Borders to get the latest card magazine to be further inspired.  I should get some Christmas cards ready for this year since I haven’t done any in quite some time.

Jessica has been creating some fabulous cards lately.  I’m envying her creative spurt!  I guess I’ll have to kick it up a notch to try to keep up with her.