Vacation Time

I'm visiting my sisters in southern Indiana while Hubby stays home to work and watch the dog. One sister is doing a quilt retreat so the little sister is quilting too while I scrapbook. It is hot down here in Indiana but we are having fun. Little sister and I took our dad to lunch at local Mexican place. The little brother will meet the 3 of us sisters for lunch at the Irish place. Retreat for 18 quilters and 2 scrapbookers starts Sunday and runs through Tuesday. Another brother is suppose to meet us at the Retreat for lunch but he is presently not feeling well. School starts way too soon for me so I am packing lots of fun in the next 2 weeks and still finish my scrapbook room. It is about 1/2 done.

Wedding card

I don't make a wedding card very often but the Hubby needed one for a coworker. So, I found this glittery silver paper by Making Memories in the special papers cube and made a card. I matted the silver glitter on a soft gray then black. The wedding cake is a Jolee's that I matted on the soft gray paper. I added some pearls to the upper corners and silver thread at the top and lace with pearls across the bottom. I stamped the sentiment "May all your dreams come true" on the inside. I think Hubby liked it but he took it to work.

OWH sketch #79

Here's the new sketch. I have a bunch of strips of paper from another project.

 I wonder if they'll work here. Time to get out the adhesive and trimmer and create!

Last of the OWH Christmas in July box

I have the box shut!! That's it. No more can fit in the box. 

I got 357 cards plus 9 Any Hero cards in the box this time.

I found the stamp in Joann's $1.00 bin and embossed it with limey green embossed powder. I matted the embossed image on copper and then silver paper. Before mounting the image on the two papers, I punched out circles for the coins. The Big Bucks paper was in the clearance at Joann's. 

The cutie image is from Create with TLC, http://createwithtlc-createwithtlc.blogspot.com/ . The rose paper was doubled sided with the red lattice. I got one sheet of it at Archiver's but I don't remember the name of the paper. The sentiment I did on my computer.

Need Help with Blogger

I see cute badges on the side of other blogs. Does anyone know how to that on Blogger?? I was going to put the badge for OWH on the side but I can't find it in Blogger. I found gadgets but they don't seem to be the same as a badge. Thanks.

This is what I'm trying to put on a side bar. 

Yeah, Table 7 was all back at Archivers

              It was so wonderful to have everyone back together at Table 7 at Easton's Archiver's. There are 6 of us who get together just about every Friday night at Archiver's and Table 7 is our table. Throughout the summer, it has been 2 or 3 of us at a time. One night I had the whole table to myself!! But everyone was back last night from the beach, or Mom's house, or wherever. Lots of chatting and catching up going on last night. We even moved Table 8 right next to Table 7 and the 6 of us spread out over 8 spots. We had salad for dinner then enjoyed dark chocolate caramels from Trader Joe's and tootsie rolls and fruit the rest of the night.

               I worked on Christmas cards for OWH box and got 3 designs done. I thought I was ready to mail the Christmas in July box to OWH this week but it was not 1/2 holiday and 1/2 general cards yet. I used some paper from an old DCWV stack that was for a snow scrapbook and some of the paper came from a Christmas stack.

I used a snowflake punch (Oriental Trading Co. on the box) I bought at the Flower Factory, that is in central Columbus area. I also used a Martha Stewart snowman punch. I saw the sentiment online and typed it on my computer using Christmas Card font. I mounted it on a piece of shiny copper paper from Hollo's Paper Craft (http://www.hollospapercraft.net) but my scanner definitely didn't like that paper. My paper trimmer didn't like the copper paper either as it was marking the copper paper as I cut in smaller rectangles. I flipped the paper over and cut on the white backing and the copper was fine. I couldn't see on the trimmer to mark the copper. It was almost like a score line on the copper paper if I cut with the copper side up.

Hollo's Paper Craft is the place I get my envelopes and some paper. They have a room filled with lots of colors and sizes of envelopes and paper. I can't go there very often as I bring home so much paper in all sizes. I get 3x5 pieces a lot and also business cards size paper for sentiments and images. They sell 12x12 and 8x11 paper in lots of colors and textures by the pound. They have a room of wedding invitations and other paper needs. However, it is a 2 hour trip up there so I don't go very often. 

Striped paper from Christmas stack, sentiment from free digi, gold ribbon, and red pearls. I printed the sentiment bigger than I wanted so it was the only thing to fit on the card.

I Cuttlebugged the white paper using a snowflake embossing folder, and then used a Sizzix die cut for the Joy. Paper from the Christmas stash. I used more of the copper paper too.

Here's one card I did a week or so ago but I hadn't put them on the card base yet. I Cuttlebugged the purple Dotted Swiss embossing folder, used a Martha Stewart border punch on the white paper and stamped the sentiment in purple chalk ink. The shiny green and purple design was a find at the clearance bin at Michael's. Of course, I could only find one set of the colorful designs.

Update on my scrapbook room. 

I got the walls painted twice. Hubby now thinks the ceiling needs painted. Hmmm. The debate is under review at the moment. But I need him to fix a shelf unit before I move stuff into the room and to get rid of another shelf unit (ugly gray metal). Plus I have move a table from the basement to the  room on the second floor.

A Few More for the OWH box

I found this coloring page online and printed it smaller on green paper. Then I printed the hat on white paper and colored the red part. I Cuttlebugged the red background paper and the green plaid.

Cinderella paper was on clearance at Cord Camera and the sentiment on clearance at Michael's. A bit of lace from the sewing stuff in the basement. I used the OWH sketch of the week (#78).

I found the die cut at Joann's. They are on pale yellow paper with embossed swirls but the scanner didn't like the yellow. A simple card using sketch #78 from OWH.

Changes Going On

I'm redoing one of my sons' bedroom for my scrapbook room. Hubby didn't like the idea of Cricut green walls. I got a pale green - Chilled Mint - to use instead. I saw a Cricut green rug at Meijer's and curtains too but I want to get the room done before I buy that stuff. I had to pack up a bunch of books and such to move the furniture around from the walls. The closet is now half full of his stuff but the room is empty now. I got the wallpaper borders off the walls and need to go back over it to get the tiny pieces off the walls. I have a few holes to fill but hopefully I can start painting tomorrow. I want to get everything done so I can move my supplies from all the other rooms of the house over the weekend.

I'll post a few cards soon as I have 2 or 3 designs almost done. Plus I need to finish stamping and tucking a box of cards to OWH.