rubber resist take 3

I'm not a huge fan of this one, but I wanted to show you what an opps looks like. I used to do Pysanka, which is a specific method and style of creating wax resist Ukrainian Easter eggs. I haven't done any in years, and apparently I have forgotten all about layering colors over each other. For this card I made the base and embellishments first and then decided to create the background piece using rubber resist. Sadly for me I wasn't really thinking about colors mixing when I created this. I was going for yellow and blue, but what happens when you mix yellow and blue? you get green. opps. So this is a lesson in what not to do.


Stamps: Party Hearty
Inks: Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Real Red, Hoppy Memories DSP (retired)
Misc: 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Large Tag Punch, Extra Large Tag Punch, Top Note Die, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Brights Brad

Adding more butterflies....

I really like butterflies, and I decided that the 3 that I used on my clear block tin from the Decor Elements Flutter set, just were not enough. I had some Night of Navy Decor Elements sheets and I decided to run them through the Big Shot and I used the Beautiful Wings die as well as the Timeless Type Alphabet Junior Sizzlits and this is what I ended up with.


I really love what it looks like now, and cutting the sheets of Decor Elements with the dies was super easy! I think I am going to have to do some more for elsewhere in the house. My son has already asked me to add some to the old laptop that he gets to play with, so now I am trying to figure out what to put on there for him.

one messed up day

Today didn't start out very well, and while it took most of the day to get sorted out, it ended up fairly good, overall. I was up at 5:15 to get ready to do the online registration for Skating lessons. I had called friday to make sure that everything would do smoothly since the phone lines would not open til 8:30 and all of the spots would be full by then. I knew there was a date overlap for the last day of swimming lessons and the first day of skating lessons and I wanted to make sure I would still be able to register for skating.... I was told several times that yes I would be able to register still. Well.... 5:30 rolls around and what happens..... surprise surprise I can not register for skating lessons because of a date overlap! I tried adding a second kid to the list so I could register under that name, but you can not add a kid online, you have to do it on the phone, I tried canceling the swimming lessons but you have to do that on the phone too. Needless to say that by 8:30 I was getting a little miffed. Then I called in and was put on hold for over an hour waiting for someone to actually answer the phone since it was the first day of spring registrations. I finally got a person on the phone and was basically told that since the spots were all full there was nothing they could do. I asked to talk to someone in charge and was actually put through to the woman that schedules the lessons. She ended up looking at how many of us were waitlisted after only 6 hours and opened up 3 more sets of lessons, so I FINALLY got my baby registered for skating lessons. I had tried 2 other registration periods before this and never managed to get in, since these are basically the most popular lessons they offer. I am just happy we finally got in, I had wanted him to learn when he was 3, but I guess 4 is not too bad either. I never did get back on the computer earlier today while I was trying to get this all sorted out, so I still have not set up a weeks worth of posts, but I hope to get time each day to do so.

On to the card....this is one I had done way back in August for an Open House and I love it so much I re-did it again.




Stamps: Upsy Daisy:
Ink: In Color Markers
Paper: Whisper White, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede
Misc: 1/2" Polka Dot Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Top Note Die, Big Shot, Stampin Dimensionals

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'

I've been AWOL.....

Sorry about that. Things got quite hectic here getting ready for my sons birthday, and re-doing several rooms in the house as well. I have also been very busy making a birthday banner for his Transformer themed party, so I figured a break with the Valentines cards would probably be nice for all of you.

I made his party banner from the Bigz XL Pennant Die. It was sooooo easy to make with this. It cuts the pennant as well as the small scallop circles that are hanging, and all the score lines are pre-done, so you can't mess it up!

I let my son pick all the colors, and he picked 'Optimus Prime" Red and Blue and 'BumbleBee' Yellow and Gray for the main pennants as well as 'Skids' Green and 'Jazz' Light Blue for the letters/


The Transformer paper is wrapping paper we found at a Wal-Mart in Az after Christmas as well as a free image of Prime I found online and printed at home. They were cut out using the Scallop Circle #2 Bigz Die.

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'