Lifesaver

 Hi friends! I missed you yesterday. lol I was so exhausted by the time I got my card made that I didn't get a chance to blog it. I did stamp though. I'm doing this with a couple of friends and we have all made it 12 days in a row so far! Amazing. Today I played along with The Crafter's Cafe Chalelnge blog. It is anything goes. I hope they like my card. :) 

Now I am off to rest as it has been a super long day!!  Super long. We thought that Jack got out the door and we spent a lot of time looking and crying. He must have been napping hard under the guest bed or something because he ended up coming out looking sleepy. I was so scared I had lost him. That put us behind with school, but we made up time and got it all finished. 

Sketch Saturday 668

 Happy Saturday, friends. :) I found a fun sketch at Sketch Saturday to work on for today's card. I tried to use up a few things from my stash as well. I had the white background with the circle strip there that I thought would be fun, as well as the solid black circle. I found some black and white designer paper and the rest of it just came together. I need to save this sketch because I have some much paper that I can cut into circles to make more. SO MUCH PAPER. Yikes. lol

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. 

Rita

Cheery Miss You

Today I went back and did one of the lessons from last summer's Online Card Classes Spring Card Camp. This was a two-fer lesson, so you got two cards from one die cut. I thought the samples were so pretty back then, but I didn't have the right die to make them. I ended up getting the actual one used in the lesson recently, so I decided to recreate the samples with some different colors and a different stencil. I love how they turned out. So cheery! I used distress inks for the background in Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, and Worn Lipstick. Fun combo for sure! :)  I want to enter them in the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge. It's anything goes and the design team has great examples of how diverse that can be! 

Now... I have a book to finish and a bed calling my name. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

Rita 

Flowery Friend

 Hello!!!  10pm, but here I am with a card. My eyes say it's time for electronics to be off, so I finished just in time! This is a bit of an old school card for me. Colored card base, flowery designer paper, ribbon... but, why not? The paper and stamps were from an old Simon Says Stamp card kit and I used some Early Espresso seam binding from my Stampin' Up! days. I had an awful time with my sentiment. It kept smearing on me, so I finally heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I don't know if something is wrong with my EE ink pad or if I'm just not used to SU ink pads now. But, I got it. :) 

I hope you are having a wonderful week! It's almost Friday! (like literally in two hours here) lol 

Rita 

Turtlely Late Birthday

 

Hi friends. Jumping in late with a card I made for this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch challenge. I had a long day, so I was very tempted to just skip. I decided not to give myself permission to do that, so here's my card. I love this cute little turtle so much. He's perfect for a belated birthday card. :)

Today I found out that I have ADHD. I started researching it after Laila was diagnosed and as I read, I saw myself as much as her. I finally decided to seek out help and got the official diagnosis today. Now I need to read up on how other people find ways to manage life with it. I am struggling so much and I know the struggle adds so much to my depression and anxiety. So, fingers crossed!

My Jack boy thinks I need to learn to craft with one arm so that I can hold him with the other. lol :)

Gelli Leaves Challenges

 July 6! My card a day continues. I don't know if you follow Paper Playful, but they are a great source of finding fun challenges to play along with. I love to scan the lists and look for ideas to get started. Today I actually took a class from Michael's and Gelli Arts about using gel plates with nature. I grabbed a few leaves from my garden and some acrylic paint and here's one of my results. I loved the background so much that I wanted to leave my card very simple. 

My challenges for today are two that are new to me that I found on Paper Playful! Both are anything goes this time.  Get Creative Challenge has a fun option for their challenge, to show water. I didn't this time, but I love the option to help narrow down a project. My second challenge is Gem of a Craft Challenge. I love the images and coloring of the design team. I don't have the capability to print the cute digi images right now, but I am going to order some printer ink so I can get some Polkadoodles images. My cheap off-brand ink just doesn't work for stamping. 

Off to read for a bit now that I did my daily card. I also need to come back and clean my desk. lol It's a WRECK. 

Rita 

Mixed Media Leaves

 Well, today I decided to try some mixed media. Yikes. It is wayyyyyyy out of my comfort zone. lol  I saw the blog challenge Creative Artiste Mixed Media and got inspired to try it. I used distress oxides, distress paint, fibers, dye ink, some die cuts and various stamps. I don't know what to think about it, but hey, I stamped and made a card today. :)

Do you like mixed media? It can be fun and messy to change things up and try it every now and then! It's been a long day, so I'm off to find my pajamas, quilt, and a book. See you tomorrow. 

Rita

Sweet Birthday Bees

 Happy 4th of July!!  I hope you didn't eat 76 hotdogs like that Joey guy. Yikes.  (I can't even watch that competition because the wet, soggy buns make me gag). Anyway.... lol I wanted to play along with a couple of challenges and this adorable image seemed to fit well. The As You Like It challenge asked for our favorite stitching and why. I'm going to out myself and say that I find needles and thread confusing and dangerous. My mom is a quilter, but I can't even figure out how to turn on a sewing machine. lol So... my favorite stitching for crafting is stitched dies, especially the wonky stitches. Safe for me to use and no on button to find. :) Cute Card Thursday was the other challenge I did because hello? How cute are these "bees"? 

Now I think a nap may be in order because we shall have fireworks going until midnight or later. *yawn* I need to rest up for hamburgers and apple pie that we have for dinner.