ANOTHER injury...

M*'s toes were run over by one of those motorized jeeps. This one was a motorcycle. Of course she was wearing flipflops and there were 3 boys riding it! Yikes! Poor baby Mck!

Shaped Card Samples

It's barely noon and there are some amazing cards in the LSC173 gallery. Click here to see:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=all&si=LSC173&what=keywords

Friday Challenge Hostess

Yeppers...yours truly is today's (Friday) Limited Supplies Challenge hostess! You can find it here or just read on.

LSC173 It's NOT hip to be square.

Let's make shaped cards! Stay away from squares and rectangles…even circles. Think outside of the box. You can easily do this with a ¼ sheet of scrap cardstock. Sketch your design on the cardstock. Then cut it out. Use the shape as a template for your card. Remember to have a “hinge” on the fold so that you can still open and close the card like a book.

As always on Friday, try to keep your layers and embellishments limited.

Here are some samples:






If you are someone who reads my blog and does the daily challenges, feel free to post your SCS name in the comments and I'll check out your Challenge card! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!


Oh! And it's my anniversary today...Eleven Years. Which means I need to get Ken some steel or Morning Glories. I know that my dad dislikes Morning Glories to the greatest extent. haha.

PIF...wanna play???

My good friend Barb had a PIF challenge on her blog. Knowing what a fantastic crafter she is, I volunteered to keep the game going!

She surprised me with this gorgeous knit scarf, seen here in process:


And now I must continue the PIF.

So here's the deal. The first three people who leave a comment on this post will receive a handmade item made by me. Probably not knitted, but I do crochet webkinz clothes if you have a youngester!! But there's a catch - there's always a catch isn't there?? If you comment that you would like to receive an item, you need to PIF to three more people. I think this is a nice way to spread a little kindness into the blog-o-sphere. So come on......make a comment......you know you want to!!

Oh and today's challenge on SCS was to use rickrack. I made a thank you card for Barb. (I got the image from Jenifer VanPelt...another SCSer.)




So who wants to get into the game?

The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant walked by, grunting as he carried a plump kernel of corn.

"Where are you off to with that heavy thing?" asked the Grasshopper.

Without stopping, the Ant replied, "To our ant hill. This is the third kernel I've delivered today."

"Why not come and sing with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of working so hard?"

"I am helping to store food for the winter," said the Ant, "and think you should do the same."

"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "we have plenty of food right now."

But the Ant went on its way and continued its work.The weather soon turned cold. All the food lying in the field was covered with a thick white blanket of snow that even the grasshopper could not dig through. Soon the Grasshopper found itself dying of hunger.

He staggered to the ants' hill and saw them handing out corn from the stores they had collected in the summer.

Then the Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

A Week?!?

I can not believe that I've neglected my blog for so long! Today was "make a dozen thank you cards" day. Whew...now to (neatly) write words of gratitude in them. For these are all taken. Boy, do I need to stock up!

Made 2 for 2 pianists who performed in church.
Made 2 ... one for a soccer player and one for a brownie.
Made 6...too many to list!
Made 2...This was a fun one!