craftymom101
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Post by craftymom101 on Apr 11, 2019 18:54:03 GMT
My youngest son is home sick from school (and is currently napping) so I'm in my office, working on a layout. I purchased the Dear Lizzy Stay Colorful collection from Peachy Cheap a few months ago and I'm trying to make it work with my photos. It's a cute collection but very feminine! I think it was an impulse purchase when the kit went live at midnight! I did find a photo of my sister and nephew that is really cute and matches the colors of the collection; I'm trying to make it work!
Anyone else crafting today?
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Post by mrsshampoo on Apr 11, 2019 18:55:44 GMT
My kiddos are napping, so I am going to head into my room in a few. I am still chugging away at December Daily.
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julie5
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Post by julie5 on Apr 11, 2019 18:57:33 GMT
My cocoa daisy stuff arrived yesterday so today I started a new travelers notebook with my new goodies!
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Post by Linda on Apr 11, 2019 19:10:13 GMT
I've gotten two layouts done (only one posted so far) but I'm feeling sleepy
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 19:31:50 GMT
Yes! We are having a massive ice/snow storm in MN and my work closed and so did DS school. He is working on homework lol and I am working on a layout of our Portland, OR trip. I really want that wolf pack paper for this, lol. But the book for this trip is almost done, so another time!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 19:39:33 GMT
Oh and this morning I did that "if you love it chop it" thing with all my patterened scraps to make them into card bases. Whew! That was a lot! Close to 20 yrs of scraps lol. I don't even want to look at my cutter right now.
(edited to add that I have been working on this for weeks, so did not do 20 yrs in one morning, lol. Just finished this am)
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Post by dasmith2 on Apr 11, 2019 21:31:28 GMT
I got to mat some photos for a 2 pager and that’s about it before getting supper ready. It should come together easily since I was already playing around with placement... I hope anyway.
I’m hoping to get another done after supper or at least get it started. I’ve done a lot of organizing this month and have quite a few page kits ready.
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amom23
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Post by amom23 on Apr 11, 2019 21:56:51 GMT
I spent some time this morning uploading and organizing photos. What a pain!
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Post by mom on Apr 11, 2019 22:09:06 GMT
I've got to up stairs and make a card for my college son but otherwise today has been all about rounding up my tax paperwork.
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Post by joblackford on Apr 11, 2019 22:21:07 GMT
I should be making cards for my shop but I have been messing around with other things on my craft desk - making color swatch labels for my markers, coloring in some digital stamps (that I bought because of a thread here) with said markers, chopping up the 7 cent clearance papers I bought at Joann's the other day, sticking some of them down to card bases. I have a big stack of upcycled/re-made Xmas cards that I want to put away in my donation bin but I'd like to take care of the inside sentiments before I put them away so I don't have to do them all at once at Xmas-time. But I already have such a stack that I don't want to do them! ugh. And I have a massive stack of cards to finish off for Cards for Hospitalized Kids - I might need to get some friends to come over and help me out with those. I get into a mindset of wanting to finish all my half-done projects before I jump into my real work, but all the half-done projects are soooo much work... why do I always do this to myself?! lol. My digi/scrappy projects are very low on the priority list right now  I guess if I stopped coming here to whine all the time I'd have more time to craft! lol. whatever. I like talking to you guys when I need a break! |
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Post by joblackford on Apr 11, 2019 22:21:36 GMT
ps hope your little one is feeling better soon!
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Post by teacherlisa on Apr 11, 2019 23:06:47 GMT
I want to be scrapping, but alas I am not. I am pretending to be excited about spending quality time with my BF watching stupid TV.  tomorrow, I will scrap  |
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msliz
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Post by msliz on Apr 11, 2019 23:30:10 GMT
Nope. Shopping today. I had to drive an hour to go to a wake (brother's wife's father) and I decided to stop at a JoAnn's to see if I might pick up some more of the new stuff. I was disappointed at first when I got to the parking lot and checked to see what the coupons were worth, but then I discovered they had 40 percent off all scrapbook, and they still had *lots* of the new stuff left. It's a good thing I picked up the Sparkle City pad last week because they were gone, but I grabbed up a bunch more of the new releases and a handful of clearance 6x6 pads too. I'll be set for awhile now!
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 12, 2019 3:53:11 GMT
I made a couple of bulletin boards at the school where I volunteer. It was kind of like crafting. One of the teachers had me make a basketball hoop with yarn and paper.
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 12, 2019 12:08:43 GMT
I made 4 Easter cards and finished up a layout. I took Thursday and Friday off work. I did not want to deal with the spring blizzard.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 13, 2019 3:25:41 GMT
Weather permitting, I'm going to a crop tomorrow. Have just one bag packed and my tool tote. This is unheard of for me, but I am just taking kits.
Supposed to be sleet and ice tomorrow and it is two hours away. Hopefully the forecast is wrong.
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 13, 2019 16:45:37 GMT
I made 4 Easter cards and finished up a layout. That's a great idea! I'm normally not a springy, pastel type of person, but I love it in Easter lines! I haven't scrapped much of that subject lately because of my kids being older and my youngest not being into the holiday at all. It will be fun to make for some people at my son's school. |
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 13, 2019 22:09:31 GMT
mikklynn I made 10 very simple cards!  I mostly used the Echo Park Happy Easter line and the strip on each 12x12 paper says the name of the line in two places! Ten instant ready made Happy Easter greetings to adhere to the cards.  I used my tiny scissors to cut out the name of the designer so it would work!
I challenged myself to use my often neglected alphabet stickers and "sign" my son's name with them on the cards. I tried to use colors that are usually hard for me to work with. I used quite a few orange, one pink, and a multi colored alpha. I didn't make a dent.  I forgot about a stack of white alpha stickers I bought at the SEI warehouse sale. It's crazy how many alphas one iris case will hold. Then there's the mini alpha stamps that can be used indefinitely.  |
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 13, 2019 23:20:05 GMT
My friend came over today to crop and I finished 8 pages. Woot!
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Post by joblackford on Apr 14, 2019 0:24:30 GMT
I'm excited because I FINALLY used the Brusho pigment powders I bought last year! Of course I just had to have them, I was totally obsessed about them for ages, but by the time I got them I was too busy with other things and then I didn't want to clean up and then make a big mess... So I kept putting off trying them... for about 6 months! I hate that. It makes me feel really bad about spending money on something if I don't use it right away. So I decided today should be the day I finally give them a whirl.
I got out a bunch of watercolor panels and started spritzing and sprinkling the powders, focusing on the black powder which I saw on a Kristie Marcotte 10 Halloween card video. It has turquoise and orange pigments in it that combine to make black, so it's really fun to use for galaxy backgrounds. I ended up trying about half of the colors I bought and made half a dozen backgrounds with constellations heat embossed on some of them. I tried to really just play around and not worry too much about the results. Now I need to figure out what to do with them to turn them into cards. But I'm so happy I finally tried them out and now I know exactly how messy they are (moderately) and how cool they are (very) and I have some ideas on how to use them in the future.
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 14, 2019 8:50:07 GMT
mikklynn I made 10 very simple cards! I mostly used the Echo Park Happy Easter line and the strip on each 12x12 paper says the name of the line in two places! Ten instant ready made Happy Easter greetings to adhere to the cards. I used my tiny scissors to cut out the name of the designer so it would work!
I challenged myself to use my often neglected alphabet stickers and "sign" my son's name with them on the cards. I tried to use colors that are usually hard for me to work with. I used quite a few orange, one pink, and a multi colored alpha. I didn't make a dent. I forgot about a stack of white alpha stickers I bought at the SEI warehouse sale. It's crazy how many alphas one iris case will hold. Then there's the mini alpha stamps that can be used indefinitely. Way to go! I love using stuff from my stash. |
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tomorrow, I will scrap 
I used my tiny scissors to cut out the name of the designer so it would work! 
I forgot about a stack of white alpha stickers I bought at the SEI warehouse sale. It's crazy how many alphas one iris case will hold. Then there's the mini alpha stamps that can be used indefinitely. 