Did you Ever.....

Have craft stuff sitting around in the same place for months (gasp even a year!) without using it? Then knowing that you haven't used it you move it to make room for more stuff only to find one day that you want to use the stuff you moved and then discovering that you moved it so well (or your just getting old and the brain don't remember anymore) that you can't find it when you need it? Well that's where I'm at right now. I know I have skeins of pearl cotton thread and I know I have white in one of the packages and now I can't find it. GOOD GRIEF!!!! I was going to crochet some more flowers while watching my favorite movie The Mummy (Brendan Fraser sigh)but now I'll have to wait till I have the energy to look some more or make a Pat Catan run for more. I did make some flowers out of colored embroidery floss, but still have more to make.

I did work out on the treadmill for 35 minutes. It was 95 degrees in the garage and I had to keep the doors closed as we had a big thunder storm so I didn't even get a breeze, but hey I know I sweated lots!!!!

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Karen 210

Punch Happy Clown and More Cards

Isn't this a cool card! I was very surprised to find it in my mailbox today. Card was made by my friend Connie. Thanks you made my day!!!

The Paris card was made by another good friend Kat. She has been busy making me many cards and I have been remiss to post them to the blog....(not to mention that I really need to send some cards out to my buds!) Big thanks to you too Kat! Love you gals.


Did pretty good on my plan today. Stayed on my target points and did a 1 1/2 hour bike ride with hubby. Just got ready to turn in for the night but before I do I'm watching my new favorite show....Memphis Blues. It's on TNT and features the same actor that played in My Name is Earl, Jason Lee.

Have a good night
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Karen 210

Crochet Flower

These little crochet flowers are so easy to make. I'll be churning out lots of them to use on my cards and 3d projects. This one was made using embroidery floss. Going to have to try to adjust the pattern so I can use pearl cotton as I've had requests to make them in white so they can be dyed using ink refills. How fun will that be to have flowers to match your cardstock?

I'm very tired today so I'll be signing off. Need to get to bed. I stayed on plan today and did 35 minutes on the treadmill. I can jog on the treadmill now for 4 minutes at a time. I know it may not seem like much but I feel so good about being able to just jog for a little bit!

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Karen 210

Your're Crafting Again

Well you know it's been a long time since you crafted when hubby makes the statement "You're Crafting Again". I was in my stamp room yesterday when Skip came in a saw me working on this card.





I made this for Jessica for graduation....its a bit late (two months), and I'm not sure that I'm happy with how it turned out, but I enjoyed making it so that has to count for something.

The stamps came from an exclusive by Archivers. Everything for the card was supplies I had. The curling label tag that reads Congratulations will have to be removed so the messaged underneath can be seen. I do love the colors! Blush Blossom, Always Artichoke, Close to Cocoa, and designer paper by Basic Gray. Oh the little beads on the peacock were added by this nifty heat tool that melts the glue on the back of the beads. I'll take a pic of the tool and post later.

Off to see my mom.
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Karen 210 (yes it's 210 I gained weight as I got away from my diet....you'll be happy to know I'm working out again and leaving a puddle of sweat on the treadmill! Keep me in your thoughts as I really do need all the support I can get)

Happy Birthday John

John's birthday was yesterday. He's 22. Making me feel old! Made this card for him. Its a standard A2 card but I wanted to have the sheet music to hang over the card so I cut the base card 1/4 shorter. Then of course the A2 envelope wouldn't fit so I used a square envelope and decorated it to match the card.



Sarah made him a cake. John said he didn't want a cake and Sarah said she felt bad about him not having one so she made him an ice cream cake. It was very good. I'll need to get the recipe from her as she made it a low fat version.

My vacation is over. I have to go back to work tomorrow. Not looking forward to it at all. I have some great pictures of Niagara Falls and Lincoln Caverns. I'll be posting those sometime this week. Right now I'm going to get back to my stamp room and clean it up a bit then get some stamping done!

Sorry for you Loss

Life is just a wondrous thing. One day you are making birthday cards feeling up lifted and joyous and the next you are making sympathy cards, and feeling down. So sorry to hear about the loss of your Aunt Edna Lisa. I know you were very close to her. I'm happy that she lived a long life....91 years. Bless her heart. May God be with you and your family.

Love
Karen

Happy Birthday Kat!

Just a quick post today to say Happy Birthday to my friend Kat. I got her a gift card to Blockbuster so I fill her box with tickets and made this popcorn card for her. After I was looking at the finished card I thought it looked like a Halloween card with the colors I used. Really Rust, Eggplant, and her favorite color Summer Sun.

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Karen