I got a new stamp when we went "antique-ing" 4th of July weekend. I don't know if I posted a picture of the stamp I got. I don't think I did. But you can see it stamped, here. I was sitting here, stamping a bunch of them on some card stock, one day. And then the other day I was thinking of what punches I could use with it... I liked this punch. It has little ~ type things on the top and bottom of the punch. But I just used the basic middle part. I went on Pinterest and tried to find some more inspiration.. I am really liking "Hello" and "banners" lately. Well I have always liked the banners. I found one I liked and tried to copy it.
I didn't have a flower punch. But I remembered a card I had made a long time ago, that I had an outline I used for a flower... The dictionary flower card. So, I went through my drawer with all my different envelopes for making cards. (Do I sound so organized? I'm so not!)
For the center of the flower, I had written, "Trace around a quarter for the middle of the flower". Well, I since then have gotten a circle punch that is the exact size I need.
This is the finished card.
This was the Pinterest inspiration. I made mine without any bulky 3D or gems, because the last time I sent a handmade card (literally, just the card) it cost over $5 to send and I got SOOOOOOO irritated with post office!! (I am still irritated with the post office). This is the card I sent (first picture), that cost over $5). 😡😡😡 ~Anyway~ Moving on..
I had another card I pinned that I wanted to try. But (of course) since I don't have any Mason Jar punches or die cuts or whatever they used (it was just a picture, it didn't link to a tutorial to make the card or anything), I got another envelope out of my drawer with some mason jars and I put one together to trace.
Paper and pen, people....
These are two I have done so far. I didn't upload the screenshot of the pin for this card I am copying. But, the center scalloped circle part had a "straw" in it, then the "straw" comes out the top of the jar. I am improvising. The whole reason I got into card making was because I wanted to save money on buying store bought cards.... Well... I am not going to go spend $80 to get supplies to make cards so I can save money. LoL. So I have been trying to use what I have.
I did actually finish crocheting a project. This mouse. I have had it laying here undone, forever. Because I was trying to find the catnip bag I used to have... I couldn't find it anywhere. And I this morning said, "Screw it I'm just going to stuff it."
Cosmo could care less!!! He was sleeping in my chair for my card making table. Right next to me. Because he wants to sleep in the computer chair. I shouldn't have woken him up! Because he has been driving me NUTS for the past half hour, meowing! He keeps walking around doing his little trill noise (meowing), and pawing at whatever he can find to paw at, because he wants food. (The cat food is in the computer room now in a bin, off the top of the dishwasher- it did not take him long to figure out we moved it, either!). I keep ignoring him (even though he is driving me nuts!!). I tried to play with him. I didn't upload a picture of it (did I?) but I made a "toy" for him out of yarn pieces. I had a bunch of smaller pieces and one long one and I made a tassle for him. He doesn't like the mouse, but he will play with a long piece of yarn dangled in front of him. He needs to lose weight!! I don't even know how much he weighs now. But I know just by looking at him he needs to lose weight. I could take him outside, but I don't have flea stuff to give him, other than a spray I have. And he gets all stressed out if I spray him. I will have to spray it on my hands and rub it all over him. Then wrap the leash, so it's a harness.... Then take him outside and walk around with him for an hour, while he eats grass and rolls around. Then clean up his puke later, when he pukes up the grass... Maybe I just won't take him out. 😂 I'm getting too old for all that. It's too much of a pain. He finally fell asleep on the chair again. I am not waking him up again this time! 😂
I went to the hospital yesterday for a colonoscopy (I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad that's over with!). I HATE the prep! And starving myself all day. (Last year when I did a colonoscopy, the prep made me throw up.) And yellow jello is so gross... Well, (if you care about a cancer update on me), the colonoscopy was clean. He did not find anything to biopsy, and didn't see any polyps. So, I don't have to have another colonoscopy for three years. And the discharge nurse who was rolling me out, her cousin has the same kind of cancer, same thing happen to her as me!! How weird of a coincidence is that? Her cousin is only 34 though. 😢 She has a 7 year old little boy. Anyway, that was a relief (besides the prep and all of the pain it was), I was worried about what they might find, too.
~Until Next Time~
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