Shout Out To SheetLoad

So, no card from me today but I do have an AWESOME site to share.

Sheetload of Cards publishes a monthly e-zine with a sketch and cutting diagrams to maximize getting a bunch of cards from just a few sheets of paper. How cool is that?

Personally, I think it is AWESOME since I have resolved to A) use up some of my paper stash B) give tons of cards away to people just because C) make 10 christmas cards per month for the first 11 months of the year.

The reason I found this awesome site is because of The Greeting Farm - they are featured in this month's e-zine!

I hope it is okay that I am including the front page of their e-zine here. If not, please someone from the site let me know and I will edit the post.






Anyhow, don't take my word for it, check out the current issue . On the site there is also a link on the left sidebar where you can find their previous issues! Awesome goodness!

Practically Perfect - Welcome Baby

That's not me being immodest - it is the name of the stamp set used for this card. I was one of the lucky winners of one of the March Release Stamps sets from Verve Stamps. When the opportunity presented itself, I jumped at the chance to use the cute little bunny. A dear friend was looking for a Welcome Baby card at the card stores and could not find one....so I volunteered.
This cute little number only took about 20 minutes to make and mostly assemble. The bunny I finished this morning - maybe another 5 minutes. I think I will have to make a few more of these - boy, girl and generic just to stash or toss into the sets of cards I like to give away.



The card is 5 x 6.5 inches. The round panels are nestabilities die cuts and the bunny was coloured with watercolour pencils (twice) with the second image cut out and popped up. Good to finally start using some of my stash of papers.

Lily's so nice - I used her twice!

Isn't she cute? Lily the fairy is from Pink Cat Studio (link on the left side of the page). I know two little girls who have birthdays in early April so these will be their birthday cards. The paper is CTMH and just goes wonderfully with all stamps Lily! So.....since I have three other Lily stamps - expect to see this paper and Lily to be combined again in the future.

I should mention that the card layout is CASEd from a card in the Pink Cat Studio Gallery on their site. It was perfect for this stamp!

Lily's panels were cut with my nestabilities but the left half-circles were done with my Cricut...AND yes, I used my CDS software to do it. How lazy can you get? When a compass and a pair of scissors would have sufficed, I had to hook up the cricut to the laptop just so the machine could do the cutting for me. I have no shame.

I am also tickled today because I got my Doodlefactory stamps today. Yippee....now I'll have to stop at Heather's Stamping Haven courtesy of Jenn and Brooks (and Buck and Niko) for some EZ-mount to get them ready for using! ..... and probably a few new stamps while I'm at it. Since I'll be there and all. So convenient that the store is on my way home....tee hee hee.

No new photos -- yet

Well, I haven't had a chance to photograph the two cards I made over the course of three nights. But I should get to it tomorrow night -- maybe. They are, if I do say so myself, uber-cute.

I spent Friday night stamping with my neighbour - time flies when you are having fun and I filled up four sheets in my water colour pad with images! Just waiting to be coloured and transformed into cards. Then, no doubt due to my late night, I felt like $%$$ on Saturday so no crafting.

I was saving my energy for an AWESOME day at a Jenn workshop in Rideau Ferry! We made three GORGEOUS cards, a really neat origami box and the cutest gable tote! Makes me want to start making chocolates again so I can make cute little boxes and bags to put them in!

Thanks to Christine for hosting the event and Jenn for doing an awesome job of creating fun projects for us!

It's been a long time...

well, over a week, since I last posted. Still no card but so many new goodies - I got a package today from Verve with my new stamps and the set I won during their release party. While I was away last week, my March CTMH order came in....more goodies. And I still haven't had a chance to play with my goodies from Heather's Stamping Heaven or Pink Cat Studio.

BSG is calling tonight - so probably no tidying or playing in the craft room tonight. But with American Idol on Tuesday night...I might just venture into the craft room for some less than intellectual tv viewing and craft room tidying....

Happy Pi Day

Darn it...have not made a card for Pi day today - it is just too close to cake day (Doug's birthday was yesterday and yes we had yummy cake)!

Had to go to Heather's Stamping Haven today (link in the left side-bar) because Jenn was over last night and introduced me to an awesome item she got at Heather`s store - the perfect sheets for storing my EZ-Mounted rubbah stamps on! Of course, I could not stop there and also got myself a couple of sets of celtic knot stamps - designed by Heather herself. How cool is that?

Funny thing is - when I got in the car after making my purchase I realized that St. Patty's day is just around the corner. There must be some Irish in me guiding my purchase today!

One More Birthday Card

So the big day has arrived. Doug can peek now! Can you guess how old he is today? The sketch is from Mojo Monday Week 77 here .

The sentiment was totally suggested by one of my sci-fi nerd-boy co-workers. That is not an insult by the way - ours is a total nerd house. I usually have the SPACE network tuned in when I am in my craft room.

Papers are all CTMH. I think these are rapidly becoming my favourites to use on guy cards. Yes - you have seen them many times before already!

Happy birthday my Doug!