What I've Done Today... So Far

My brother took these photographs before he left for the traveling around the world thing, so they are the most recent ones I have of my dad and the house/garden I grew up in.

I printed these out and they've been sitting on my desk for about a week. I knew what feeling I wanted to get with this layout but I wasn't sure just how to get it.

The feeling I wanted was of a warm sunny garden... a little vintage... I'm still not sure how to describe it.

I used one stamp over, hand cut some flowers from a sheet of American Craft paper and added some hidden journalling. Once everything was done, the hardest thing was coming up with a title.

I knew which alphabet letters I wanted to use, and as soon i pulled out the letters for "dad" I knew to use "garden". And hand write "and his".

I think the one thing I will always remember about my Dad is that he was always in the garden. Or buying some new pots/seeds/peat.... anyway I really like this layout.

This morning I actually got round to organizing my cards. It was nice and sunny, so I took all the boxes in front of the big lounge window and tried to come up with some organized order. All cards are in groups in big plastic baggies.

And now, instead of a draw in a plastic storage unit and two shoe boxes, these cards now fit in a draw of my plastic storage unit and the supplies and tags (which can easily get lost) are in a shoe box.

To make space for all the cards I will be making, I think I need to clear out my scraps draw.

I've been busy busy busy today.... what have you done?

Today....

I purchased this collage sheet from piddix. I love all these collage sheets and it is so difficult to just pick a few and not to buy the whole lot!

I had to go to the dentist today, so that took an hour out of my craft time. I made sure to get a couple wonderful Christmas card sets made.

I would love to get everyone in the world sending handmade Christmas cards this year. Do you think that would ever actually happen?

And this is Flipper the Cuttlebug, or Flip for short. Another great new toy.

It cuts out shapes and embosses papers, thin metal, ribbon and a bunch of other stuff. My mom and I are going to a class at our LSS in a couple weeks to learn all the things you can do with this.

Those are photographs that my brother took of my dads house/garden. I love how overgrown the whole place is. (I haven't seen it in maybe five years, and things still look pretty much the same).

With the craft goodies, that arrived today, came this mini clear heart album. I am still trying to decide what photographs to use on it....

Tomorrow you should be able to see those Christmas Card sets, and more listed at PnkGeeni, where we are still celebrating the First Birthday with a B1G1Free offer.

Worn Out

I've been meaning to take these photographs for a while. My 13x13" cutting mat is getting quite used. This mat is only about two years old!
Seriously, how much cutting do I do?!
It was a week ago when I took a close look and saw that I have started cutting bits away. I knew it was getting worn, but I didn't think I was actually cutting through the mat. (Notice the 4" mark).

Maybe I should list these at FotoGeeni...