A Card Maker's Delight

So the time has come to start creating birthday cards again. Above are two of the three that I have left to make. Boy! September was a busy month, that is for sure! I have no doubte that next month will be worse yet and then *toots horn* Black Friday will decend down upon us and make us and do things we never thought possible. I already have orders rolling in for Christmas so if you want to put an order in, let me know. I'm collecting stuff and should be done once I finish this Halloween card. I do so love this holiday then again I've always been a fan of it.

Well I spent most of my weekend up and making cards, trying to keep the mind busy, you know? A good and a bad thing you know? I saw my most favorite doctor on Friday and she is just too good. I'm so glad I finally found her, I think, if I remember correctly that she was someone I picked out for some reason. I need more test and then we will create the most appropriate plan as soon as possible. But enough about there, I know you all are dieing to see what I made over the weekend, since sleep is hart to get.

Rest was on the agenda but didn't much of that, still don't have much to begin with.

So here are some cards that I have been working on.

One Year and counting

So Paige Olivia Edwards turned the big 1 on September 15th and a great birthday it must have been. With her Daddy home from Japan and her Mommy, Grandmother and sister there it must have been an excellent birthday. I made her a little something since I had to be reminded that she 1 not 11 or older. You tend to forget those sorts of things.

Well I had better continue getting ready for work.

A Hello Kitty Greeting

I thought I would send Madelyn a card to know that she is not forgotten on her sister's birthday,

Welcome Back

We welcome back a fellow employee back from materity leave, and looking good coming back for sure. Welcome Back Jennifer! Sorry I couldn't personally hand it over but know that I made it with plenty of hours of hemming and hawing before coming to this.

Again Welcome Back!

I made with card using both machines so I think it meshed well with things.

Boss' Birthday Greeting

So I thought I wasn't living up to my true potential, so instead of "Tweeting A Birthday Greeting" I made the boss lady another card. Being from the state of Michigan, I'm sure she can enjoy the humor of the Probverb. That Dutch, always a special group they are.

So here's to you boss lady, getting your 10 year dose of PA Duth life, which is almost like their real world up there. So no tweeting here, sorry.

Fairest of Them All Birthday Card

So my ex-boss who has decided that the group she worked with all ended with a Y, so she changed her name to best reflect that she may be no longer with us but she is very much thinking of us "little people" Thanks Shashay! ;)

In honor of that I had created this little bit of fun for her, I always go with the one that one item that strikes me as something that the person would like or is like. So here's my take.....Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? The reply is Shashay!

Tweeting A Birthday Greeting

So everyone is Tweeting this, and FB'ing that. I thought I would add my spin to that on this birthday card. The cage and bird are from my Silhouette, while the frame is from my Cricut Expression machine and the Fancy Frams cartridge. The words "Tweeting A Birthday Greeting" are cut using my Silhouette again, using the Alice in Wonderland font. I do so love that font!

I made the inside short and sweet, it's a belated birthday card so I didn't want to spend a ton of time on it even though I was chalked full of ideas for this card. The person has requested the colors of green and purple, and I think this worked out quite nicely.

I hope the person enjoys their card, because it was quite fun to make.

Butterflies Birthday Card

Well the card has been given and the hugs have been given. Happy Birthday Lidy-Loo! I made this card for a co-worker and I must say pretty amazing card it is. It's even better in person, I promise! Used my skill of putting the L back together, and made the butterflies with a bit of guess and check and from there it was a clear run-away project. Now to start on another birthday card.....wonder who I could do next?

Craft Room

So I know that you are all chomping at the bit to see what I have done for the past who knows how long with the craft room. It's still a work in progress but so far this is what I have come up with. I obviously need another shelf to house all of the carts but they can wait for now.

A Rockin' Birthday Card

Here is the latest creation. It was Anthony's birthday on the 9th of this month and with my craft room redesign, I wasn't able to get him a card on time. So here is what I made for him. He received a pair of headphones so I went with that theme.

Ssshhh! It's a secret

Well I am to a point in the Craft Room that I can possibly work on a card or two. I've got a list and boy does it seem to be getting longer and longer. I think working on the craft room put me a month behind schedule.

Anyway, that wasn't why I was posting. I'm posting and I'm so hoping that the few that follow this page, don't tell the ProvoCraft People. So there has been plenty of bluster about ProvoCraft's new software, where it is free to use and easy to work with. Well for months, I have been checking and re-checking to see if I could even get into the beta site; only to be told that I didn't have access. Well this morning, I decided to give it a whirl since I was in the process of adding some things to my account. They really should be a delete button or something on of these things. Anway, off topic again.

Well I tried to get into the CraftRoom beta site aaaaaand it worked! I was pretty freaking hype about it and I even got to download I guess the regular version and I even tested out a cut. So much easier than Design studio since that is a nightmare to deal with. It gets the job done but it could take you an hour to figure something out.

So all the wammering about something.

CraftRoom lives! /O\ *hands up and par-tay*

Almost Done!

Well it has been a task and a half trying to get the craft room back to functioning order. I've got my machines where I want them, I've sorted through things and manage to find some items worthy of being sent to the GoodWill and found some things that I thought I lost.

I'm hoping today can be the day that I can get the room in the final working stages.

/O\ Yay! Hands up! I still have aways to go but not much. Figure out my paper woes which started this whole mess along with the desk. Now though, I'm happy with the way things are turning out.

CONspiracy! A C.O.N. spiracy I tell ya'

Well it seems that my plan for the Craft Room has blown up in my face. I thought it would be easy enough to put together the desk that I ordered from Staples, and well I guess I didn't realize how large it actually was, so the thought of just moving a couple of things out of the way so didn't work. I can barely get into the room and that's just no good. How's a girl to make cards when she can't even walk into the room to begin with? I shall continue on though, I think I'm super close right now, but with a bum foot standing for long periods of time is always a bad idea, but good thing I don't have to wear shoes at home. that would have been an issue for sure.

The mother figure wants me to seek care, but I couldn't do that today since I had a project that I had been working on since last week, and I've sent the information hopefully they won't ask too many questions since I did the best I did with the limited amount of access to information.

Hopefully tomorrow I can find some time to sneak on over to Family Practice for them to take a look at my unhappy foot.

So I'm going stir crazy without being able to make cards. I have plenty to make as well! I have a total of 4 cards that I need to make for birthdays and such. I guess I could give some of the people something I already have but I do like to personalize them. Might be why it take me so long to make a card.

Well let me get in the craft room and see if I can get something figured out.

One More Thank You Notecard

I made this notecard just last night with my latest cartridge for Cricut. I must say it turned out pretty darn well considering I had no idea what I was going to do with it. But then I realized I hadn't finished my Thank You notecards to our university's SAMs group, so another one to send to them.

Twins!

One of my mom's co-workers/friend's daughter was blessed enough to have twin boys, a bit before their due date but both are doing fine and one is already home, which the other will be coming on Thursday. Congratulations Lindsey! Now someone is a Grandmother....whatever shall they call you?

Egyptian Card

I had no real reason on why I made this card, but only to play with my Silhouette and see what it can and can't do. Loving it!

My Cup Runneth Over with Gratitude

There are those at work that truly make going to work not so hard. Lidia has been one of those people. A majority of us, couldn't do without the things that she does.

Thank you Lidia!

Egyptian Thank You

I made this card for my sister at work. She had truly been sanity in time of complete and told craziness.

Thank you Courtney!

I also got my Silhouette and was playing with the machine when I made this. I do so love it though, Egyptian is a huge part of my interests.

89 Years and still doing her thing!

My Gram has made it 89 years on this world, and although a bit doom and gloom (where I got mine from), she's an amazing person. She's seen and done so much in her life, and I'm proud to call her my Gram!

I made the card with the thought of the 1930's, when she would have been a teenager.

Happy Birthday Gram!

Thank You Notecards

I wanted to find a way to say "Thank you" to those that work very hard at what they do. Our campus has an Information Resources (IR) team and only 5 of those work in what is call SAMs (System Account Management). Now I know they get a ton of calls and emails, but they always do amazing work with the limited resources they have and for that I am always very appreciative of what they do for not only me personally, but for the department and the campus as a whole.

From left to right, the following people have received a "Thank you" note from me.

1st Photo: Priscilla

2nd Photo: Dee

3rd Photo: Clay

4th Photo:David

More to come......