Surprise and Fall-To Layout 106

Omigosh, omigosh, omigosh! So, remember the invitation that I submitted to Do It Yourself Invitations? My entry was randomly selected, and I won $50! I have a couple of crafty items in mind to buy. Now it's just a matter of narrowing down the long list! :)

Today's Fall-To Layout (#106) took me longer than I thought it would for some reason. The kraft cardstock piece was either too long or too short. The brad in the center of the flower was not the right color. I couldn't figure out what embellishment I wanted in the lower right corner. Decisions decisions. This card gave me an excuse to use one of the crochet flowers I made a while ago.
Card Specs:
Embossing powder: Stampendous! in white
Embossing ink: VersaMark
Stamp: Fiskars- Petals From Scratch (sentiment)
Brad: American Crafts, Large Brads- Blush
Punches: We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug (Victoria)
Buttons: Favorite Findings in Pink

Song of the day: "Keep on Lovin' You"- Steel Magnolia

New Crafty Adventure: Update

Update on my new crafty adventure in crocheting: it's going really well. I spent most of the day yesterday working on crocheting flowers and hearts. There were a few flowers that turned out looking lopsided, but I got a few that looked like they should. My first heart attempt was a success, although I'm not so sure that the hole in the center is supposed to be that big, but that can be covered up by a brad. Today, I ventured into the world of crochet butterflies. The red one was my first attempt. Not too bad for a first try, right? I might need to invest in a smaller hook so that it'd be easier to work with smaller thread. How cute would these be to put on cards!

New Crafty Adventure

Ahhh, comp days are awesome! Just like last Friday, I woke up just in time to make it to Anna's 1-hour spin class this morning. It was quite a work out. I'm not sure if it was because I had gone to spin class last night or because I've been a bum the last few days. Anyway, it was a great workout. At the end of class, she pondered "Hmm, I guess it's just another weekend, right?" Someone in the back of the class spoke up "There's the World Cup!" Anna- "Oh, right." Person- "Well, your home team isn't playing." Anna (she is originally from England)- "They were quite rubbish." Person- "They were almost as bad as us!" I found the conversation amusing.

After spin, I was quite busy! Post office to mail off orders, grocery store to replenish my supply of yogurt/cereal/milk/ice cream, did 1 load of laundry, put paper scraps away, vacuumed my room, read some crafty blogs, and sent some work-related emails. Whew! However, productivity took a nosedive when I put the freshly laundered sheets on my bed and took an afternoon nap.

Back in January, when I was writing my New Year's Resolutions, I decided that one of them would be to learn a new craft. I found some cute crochet flowers on Little Birdie Secrets and wanted to make some of my own. I had seen this blog post a while back, but at the time, didn't have the desire to start something new. I thought these would be a wonderful alternative to Prima flowers. I knew that Mom had some leftover yarn from when she was crocheting winter hats for us, so all I would need to get is a crochet hook. After dinner tonight, I made my craft store rounds. I bought some flower ribbon, 2 stamps (each stamp was 50 cents, what a steal!), and a set of crochet needles (with 50% coupon, the 6 hook set was less than $6!). After watching the LSB YouTube video and working with the maroon yarn, I was able to crochet my first flower! ::patting self on the back:: I saw how it looks like a stitched brad was used in the flower center of one of the example flowers in the blog post, so that's what I did in today's card..

I picked up a bag of Lifesavers Gummies. They are yummy, but they kinda all taste the same, despite having 6 different flavors advertised. :P
Card Specs:
Ink: StazOn in Jet Black
Stamp: Studio G
Punch: We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper
Brad: K&Company- Wild Saffron
Paper: American Crafts-The Goods Ceremony Paper
Other: Black Sharpie Ultra Fine Point marker