Dollar Days

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Eliminate the R-Word

Dollhouse

My life has been a whirlwind or activities, one of which was moving so I haven't had time to craft. But in other news, the hubby wrote an article about the television show Dollhouse which airs Fridays on Fox at 9pm/8pm central. The star of the show, Eliza Dushku (from tv show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the movie True Lies which stars Arnold Shwarzenneger and Jamie Lee Curtis) has read it and called it the "best geek defense essay ever." I thought it would be fun to share with you so here's the link:

http://geekbuffet.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/dollhouse/

Happy Reading,

Stay in the car, Chuck!

Just a small plea...

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE help us save the NBC show Chuck. All you have to do is visit a Subway restaurant on Monday 4/27/2009. If you haven't seen an episode yet, you are really missing out - it is funny, witty, and action packed. Now, I do have a major crush on Chuck so that makes it even easier to watch but you can check out Hulu and watch any of several episodes from the current (second) season if you'd like to see what all the hype is about. And please spread the word. Thank you all in advance for your support.

L.A. Times article

Pictures of Zachary Levi aka Chuck Bartowski (isn't he the cutest?):

     

Vive Chuck! 

You Were So Sweet

Yay! I got to make something again today! Ü That makes me happy. And on top of it all, I had a borderline migraine so if I can be creative with a bad headache, then all is right in the world. Anyhoo, just thought I'd share. I can't take all the credit as I was inspired by this design that I came across on the Oh So Beautiful Paper blog (and that author apparently got the info from here: source author/creator)



and here's what I came up with:

designer credits

Can you tell what it is? I asked someone else what it looked like and they couldn't tell me right away and only knew what it was after I told them what it was supposed to be. Frustrating but good to know I should work on it more until I get it "right."

I'm heading to the beach tomorrow (technically today since it is after midnight) for my birthday. Yay! I couldn't ask for a better day - the sun, the beach, and warm weather. Perfect.

Have a good week all!

Heart Owl

Well, I FINALLY have been able to sit down and make a card AND I have a new camera to document any of my new creations. Yay! I have been working on this owl (creating him in Photoshop) for a while and making a kit around him (kit meaning coordinating papers and other elements that you could use for card making or scrapbooking or whatever else you can think of). I think he's ultra cute and that's why I want to share him with you all. I'm still working on the other papers and things for his kit so I guess we'll just call him a tease.

Here's a card I made with my owl:

The card was made using the striped paper from Lettering Delight's Gone Fishin' paper pack, I got the branch from a dingbat in their Woodsy collection, and the font is DB Kerri which can be found at Scrap N' Fonts until May 5th when it's gone for good. Oh, and of course the owl is from GreatHands Designs which is me! Ü I don't know if you can tell by the picture but the owl is adhered using pop dots (small circular adhesive 'pads' that help your item stick to your creation while lifting it up off the page slightly) to give it some dimension. The leaves are only adhered at the tips with glue and have been bent up and slightly folded in the middle also to give it some dimension. I also sponged the sides of all the leaves, tree branch, owl and sentiment banner. It felt really good to finally make a paper card. It had been too long but I'm pretty happy with it even if the picture doesn't do it justice.

Anyhoo...

Here's the guy you've all been waiting for:

You can right click on the image and save it to your computer (it's a .png image)
or here's the 4shared link for you, too.

Spinning Card

I haven't been able to post on here in a while because I have been cameralos for months. I have been reading, blogs, however and came across this really cute idea. Where DO people come up with these things?

Video for spinning card: http://monicas-passions.blogspot.com/2008/04/are-you-spinning.html

Jane's Birthday

This is the first card I've ever made consisting mostly of stickers. Stickers scare me because once they are down, they're down and I change my mind all the time. This card turned out okay for my first try, I think.

Recent News

We recently received some awesome news from my husband's childhood friend. Congratulations James & Katie!

{Adventure}

Only my husband knows the true, underlying meanings in this anniversary card I made for him for our 6th anniversary (while we were camping, mind you).

Make a Wish

Here is what I made for my sister-in-law's birthday this year.

Father's Day 2008

Here are the cards I made for my dad [tackle box] and father-in-law [monkeying around]. Not my best efforts but not too shabby since most of my stuff is packed away ready to be moved across the country! I got the sock monkey alphabet at LetteringDelights.com and you will find the interior font, Knuckle Type, at ScrapNFonts.com Two of my most favorite sites on the net! :)

Welcome Baby Mae!

I made this card for a new baby that came into this world only two short months ago.

Why do I love you?

Let me count the ways...

I made this accordion style card for my hubby for Valentine's Day this year. Behind each of the 10 interior hearts are 10 reasons why I love my husband. (For those of you who don't want to do the math, that's a total of 100 reasons.) :) It wasn't difficult to do and he *loved* it so it was totally worth it.

Valentine's Day 2008

This last one was for my six year old niece. It doesn't match at all which is why I think she will love it. :)

Miscellaneous

Live Your Dream

Find Beauty In All Things

Thinking of You

Thank You

Yes, these last two are different. I played with the letters being off center and centered on the blue circle background. I eventually went with the centered look.

Happy Birthday!

By Karen

Gotta give a shout out to my sister for making these. Thanks Karen! They turned out pretty cute. :)