CPS #49

Here is my first attempt at a Card Positioning Systems sketch (#49). I have browsed the site before and finally decided to jump in and give it a try! All of the paper and products used were really old - I hope I remember everything! Can you believe it...I used VELLUM!

Cardstock: Neenah Paper, Die Cuts With a View Patterned Paper: Sandylion? Vellum: ?? Punch: Marvy Uchida Chipboard Heart: Heidi Swapp Stick Pin: Heidi Grace

BRRRR! (Again)

It is cold again. This morning on the way into work it was about -12. Brrr! I don't mind it, it just gets so dry and everything is full of static!

This afternoon I had a dentist appointment and I came home earlier than normal. I had time to fix a real supper and I even had time to do this on the chalkboard in the kitchen!

He, he, he. The chalkboard has had a to-do list for the last 9 months and I figured it was time for a change. Something bright and cheery...and cheezy. It put me in a good mood.

Last night we picked up my dad from the airport. He had been on trip to Africa and Uganda visiting the missionaries who are there. It was good to see him again. We didn't get home until after 9:00 and by the time we got home it was already super cold. We decided to go to bed right away. We fell asleep right away and I slept in a little bit. It felt good to be able to get tons of sleep all cozy in bed!

I haven't really been able to do much crafting this week. Here is one card that I did on Monday.

Cardstock: Misc. from my stash

PP: My Mind's Eye

Foam flowers: Target Dollar Spot

Floss: DMC

Chipboard flower: Making Memories

Circle Punch: Marvy Uchida

Brad: Joann Scrap Essentials

Twill Tape: Micheal's

Stamp: Studio G

Rubons: Marcella by K

Thanks for taking a look into my world!

Good Deals!

Jeremy and I went grocery shopping today and we got some really good deals. We spent about $70 and the whole back of our CRV was full! We went to both Rainbow and Cub Foods and I think our kitchen is now full. This may not be a big deal for most people, but we are not known for making a lot of our meals at home. We go out to eat ALOT! Going out to eat gets to be expensive and it isn't very healthy. Hopefully we will be able to make some good, healthy meals with all of the food that we bought...or at least healthier than fast food!

Tonight we cooked up all of the hamburger that we bought and we are going to be putting it into the freezer so that we can just pull it out at use it for meals when we get home from work. We also made tacos and spanish rice.

We don't really have much else going on here this weekend. Mom and Dad are still out of town, so we will probably just be eating with Esther, Jason and Nathan after church and then doing our own thing after that. I would like to craft or do something like that sometime tomorrow. No other plans!

Have a good weekend!

Average Days

These last couple of days have been pretty average. Work, working out, surfing the internet, etc.
Tonight Jeremy went to the Wolves game for their "Hungry Like a Wolf" promotion. The boys got all-you-can eat hot dogs, nachos, popcorn and soda. Yuck! I got a text from Jeremy around 8:00 pm saying he had already had 4 hot dogs! I don't think I could have handled it! I hope they have a good time. : )

Esther, Noah and I went to Baker's Square to get some free pie and then we went to the mall to shop for some good deals. Esther found some t-shirts at Old Navy and Noah got a baby cow at Target for .48 cents! I didn't find anything at all. I have been to Target 3 times in the last day and I've found a lot of good deals, so I'm satisfied.

It is still cold here. Right now (10:00 pm) it is -7 degrees. (that's right, negative 7!) I think it is supposed to get warmer this weekend!

Here are some of the projects I completed on Monday when I was home from work:

Canvas: Joann's Dollar Spot

Patterned Paper: Amy Butler, K&Co

Punches: Marvy Uchida

Patterned Paper: Amy Butler
Cardstock: Die Cuts with a View
Felt: Joann's Dollar Spot
Buttons: The Paper Studio
Stamp: Studio G

No Work Today!

I have the day off because of MLK Day. I had grand plans of getting up early, going to work out, doing some housework, grocery shopping, etc., but I have pretty much been lazy the whole morning and now it is afternoon and I feel like I have been surfing the Internet all morning!

Yesterday we spent the whole day at my sister's house. I helped her set up her new blog Creative Coupons. This woman is amazing! She can pay basically nothing for all of her food and household items. Some of the time she walks out of the store with them owing her money! She is starting a blog with tips and hints to help all of us save money too. Most of the deals that she finds are for stores in our areas, but if you are not from our area you can still get some ideas on how she does it and apply those tips to stores in your area. I'm going to be adding her link to my sidebar for others to access.

Here are a couple of projects that I did a couple of months back. I'm just getting around to posting them now.

I actually submitted this "Friends" card and I left the "n" out of it, so it said "Frieds." Hmmm, I wonder why it wasn't picked up??! I couldn't believe I did that. Oh well. Fixed now. I have to admit that it actually looked better without the "n." It wasn't so squished!


Paper: My Mind's Eye
Chipboard Flower: Deluxe Designs
Chipboard Letters: Target Dollar Spot
Stickers: Basic Grey
Rhinestone Brad: Creating Keepsakes
Flower Punch: EK Success

I don't think I saved this photo at high enough resolution, but you get the idea! I love this shadow box and it never sold at our boutique. I guess I get to keep it!

Shadow Box: Hallmark (made for graduation tassles!)
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye,
Cardstock: Die Cuts With a View
Chipboard Flower: Joann's Scrap Essentials
Paint: Joann's
Rhinestone Brad: Creating Keepsakes
Embroidery Floss: DMC
Brad: Joann's Scrap Essentials
Metal Tag: Making Memories
Buttons: Misc. from my stash

I hope everyone has a good Monday!

Weekend Update

Last night Jeremy and I went to Cannon Falls to see his grandma. We took her out to eat at McArthur's which is the restaurant at Gopher Hills Golf Course. His Grandma and Grandpa used to own the farm land where the golf course now sits. It is very beautiful! All three of us ordered the all-you-can eat Friday night fish fry! Yum! After our meal we went back to her house and compared photos from the cruises we had been on recently. Grandma had some great photos! I can't decide which was my favorite...the one where she is on top of a mounted saddle pretending that she is riding a bull, or the one where she is snoozing on the balcony after eating breakfast brought to her by room service. It looked like she had a good time.

This morning Jeremy and I met his brother and sister-in-law for brunch at Denny's I have not been to Denny's in years and I don't think I have any desire to go back again for years. That's all I'll say about that. From the big meal last night and brunch this morning, I don't think I will be wanting anything more to eat for awhile!

Tomorrow I'm sure we will be watching the football playoffs with much anticipation. Being from Wisconsin, Jeremy is a huge Packers fan. I think I might be slowly moving to the dark side. After all, they are WAY better than the Vikings.

I'm posting two of the cards I made this last week. I also have some more projects that I have been working on that are not quite completed. I hope to be posting those soon.

This card was made for the Scrapbook Trends call for wedding cards. It was just a quick one I threw together with some scraps. They didn't seem to want it, so I will now be able to use it for myself! I'm never able to keep cards on hand for occasions when I really need them. I probably make more cards than anyone I know, but I never have the ones that I really need on hand! This one might go in my "keeper" drawer.


Materials Used:
Cardstock: Neenah Paper
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Tag:Avery
Ink: Rubber Stampede
Punch: EK Success
Sticker: Making Memories

This card turned out to be a little more formal and not as much fun as I wanted it to be. You can barely see the rhinestones on the embossed stamp. I really wanted to break out the adhesive mirrors that I got about a year ago and I couldn't think of anything else to do with them at the time. I only used one and I still have two whole packs left. I'm going to see if I can come up with another idea because this cards is just not very fun.

Materials used:

Cardstock: Neenah Paper

Patterned Paper: SEI, Paper Pizzaz, Me & My Big Ideas, Die Cuts With a View

Stamp: Heidi Grace

Pigment Ink Pad: Creative Beginnings

Embossing Power: Stampendous!

Heat Gun: Darice

Sequins: Joann's

Mirror: Creating Keepsakes

Rubon: Making Memories

I hope everyone stays warm (the high here today isn't supposed to get above 0 degrees!) and has a great weekend!

Posting Again!

After a LONG absence from blogging I think it is time to start again. I have decided that this will be a good place to keep all of my thoughts, ideas and projects together. I don't know if anyone will be reading what I write each day; I am mainly going to be doing this for me, so it doesn't matter.

I have been concentrating on creating something each day whether it be working on editing my photos, making cards, knitting, etc. I feel more creative when I am continually being creative.

Here are some gift tags that I made last night:

(ETA - Yipee! My tags are going to be published!)

Winter

Winter has finally hit MN! It took us 4x as long to get to work this morning! I have kind of missed the snow. It was really beautiful to see it on the trees. However, I have been yearning for spring and this was quite the surprise! Our garage door even froze shut! Hopefully it will melt soon.

I have been working on the scrapbook of all of the pictures from my Grandma Norgaard. I am having a really hard time with these photos. I don't know if it is because I don't know what to journal or what. None of the photos are especially good and they are all in those 70s and 80s colors where the photos just don't pop. I don't remember anything from these pictures, so it is hard to relate to them. I'll be glad when I'm done.

On another note, Paper Trends contacted me last week and they want a shadow box that I made for the boutique! It was a great surprise because I thought all of the calls had already gone out! I just submitted it on a fluke because it didn't sell at the boutique! I'm so excited, it will be in the June/July issue.

Tonight I'm going to work on my ribby cardi. I have the back and half of one side of the front done. I'll post pictures when I'm further along. This is my first sweater, so I'm hoping I will be able to finish it...especially before summer!

Thanks Kirby

Thanks for being the reason I love the Twins.

Thanks for showing a 13 year old what true sportsmanship is.

Thanks for making every game exciting. Even if the Twins were losing, there was still a chance if Kirby was going to be batting.

Thanks for giving me a number to put on the back of my soccer jersey.

Thanks for the smiles.

Thanks for making that catch.

Thanks for hitting that homerun.

As a grown-up I don't understand the stories I heard about you after the Twins. I don't know if you were unfairly accused, or if you just didn't know how to handle your fame. I choose to remember the good things you did and how you positively influenced my life. As a 13 year old you and the Twins provided one of the most exciting things I could have imagined. You provided hours of positive entertainment.

Thanks for the memories.

Home Sick

I stayed home from work today. Fever and cough came over me last night. No fun. I was supposed to go out to eat with Esther and Andrea today for lunch, but instead they came over and brought lunch to me. I warned them that I was sick and they still brought the babies over. I didn't touch them, so hopefully they won't get sick. Those kids are so funny. They would hear each other crying and then both of them would be crying. We were trying to get pictures of both of them in their hats that I made them and they wouldn't cooperate. We did get a couple of cute shots

I submitted these cards to CARDS Magazine. No luck. They didn't like them. Oh well. I will sell them. I especially like this first one. I made 9 of them, so hopefully other people will like them as well. It was simple and it looks so sparkly!

I think tomorrow I will try to make some more. Hopefully I will be feeling better. Being sick stinks!

Babies

Mercedes Joy was born to Andrea and Eric this morning. She was born at 10:00 this morning and was 8 pounds. All are doing well. We went to St. Croix Falls to visit them this afternoon and we got to hold her. I guess Auntie Katie is going crazy. She will be coming sometime next weekend and she will get to see her then.

Wow, it seems like there are a lot of babies around here.

Noah was baptized today as well. Jeremy and I were sponsors along with Jason's sister Kari. He wore a gown that is 104 years old. Poor guy, we were teasing him for wearing a dress.

Here is my favorite photo of him yet. This is a hat that I knit him.

I've Been a Bad Blogger

I feel like I never have anything to write about. Or I do have things to write about, but I just don't. This might be a problem in the future.

I bought a couple of sketches from Carla Sonheim. This one and this one. She is super talented and has a fun one. I need to save up for it.

I visited Noah last night. Just in case anyone was wondering, he is still cute. I have knitted him a couple of hats and some booties and I will post those photos soon. He is the perfect model. I need to start doing some scrapbooking pages about him.

Esther's shower is set for the 18th. I have a great idea for invitations and food, now I just need to come up with decorations. If anyone has any ideas, let me know! They need to be cheap and super cute. I don't care if they are time-consuming. I really need something for the tables.

Must get back to work now. Hopefully I will come up with more things to say soon.

Tagged

I've been tagged by Kelly Norby! Here it goes:

Four jobs you have had in your life:

1. Library Page at the Thief River Falls Library
2. Valleyfair Merchandise Supervisor
3. Joann Fabrics Asst. Manager
4. North American Title - jack of all trades

Four Movies you could watch over and over:

(I can never remember movies, but these are some that I like...)

1. Bridget Jones’ Diary
2. You've Got Mail
3. Love Actually
4. Princess Bride
   

Four Places You Have Lived: Only Four?

1. Bellingham and Everett, WA
2. Dickenson, ND
3. Thief River Falls, MN
4. Shakopee, Plymouth and St. Louis Park, MN

Four TV Shows You Love To Watch:

1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Law and Order (all of them)
3. Antiques Roadshow
4. The Office

Four Places You Have Been On Vacation:

1. Colorado
2. Brazil
3. Bahamas
4. California

Four Websites You Visit Daily:

1. Two Peas in a Bucket
2. Star Tribune
3. Craftster
4. My favorite Blogs

Four Of My Favorite Foods:

1. Chevy's chips and salsa
2. A good salad
3. Coffee
4. Fall foods - apple/pumpkin pie, bread, cinnamon anything, cider, etc.

Four Places You'd Rather Be Right Now:

1. At home knitting or creating in front of the tv
2. Visiting Noah
3. Shopping
4. Anywhere warm

Four Bloggers I am tagging: I think I'm the last person on the planet to get tagged because I don't ever email or leave comments for anyone on their blogs, so no one I guess. : )

Noah Daniel Gudim

This is what I've been busy with for the last two days.

Esther and Jason had their baby this morning at 4:20 a.m. I made a blog for him so that all of the relatives and friends could get all of the stats:
Noah's Blog

I got to hold him. He's so cute. Hopefully he will get to come home soon.

Day Off

I had the day off today. Got some much-needed stuff done
around the house. It was nice to have a quiet day at home. Jeremy has school tonight, so I REALLY have had the whole day to myself.

The only time I left the house today was when I went to Target for about an hour. I found two sweaters on clearance. (Yes, another cardigan.)

I did get some cards made. I made 4 of each - except the thank yous, I have 12 of those. I don't know if I'm going to try to sell them or use them myself. The other day I was looking for a card and I couldn't find one. I think I might have to keep a couple for myself. I haven't decided if I'm going to put them on ETSY, ebay or just sell them to people I know. Maybe I won't even sell them and I'll just give them out as gifts for birthdays or whatever.

I wish the sequins would have shown up better on this card. It is so much better in person. I might try to photograph it tomorrow.

I also have a felted purse that is almost done. I need to felt it and sew on the handles and it will be done. I have another one in the works.

Dad leaves for Brazil tomorrow. There are around 50 people going on the tour. Now that I think about it, it would have been a lot of fun to go with them. I think if we would have thought about it more, we probably would have gone. I love Brazil.

Back to work tomorrow. I have a lot of projects to get done this week, so hopefully I won't have to stay late this week.

Sweaters

I went to the mall yesterday on my lunch break in search of some after-Christmas clearance deals. I was specifically looking for sweaters. (I have more cardigan sweaters than Mister Rogers, but that is beside the point) I had read on other blog that American Eagle was having some good sales and so I thought I would check it out. Can someone answer this question - what were designers thinking when they decided to make 3/4 sleeves? Ok people, I live in MINNESOTA!! It is cold here every day. If I'm going to be wearing a sweater, I want that sweater to cover my whole arm. I like wearing these type of sweaters in the spring and fall, but not during January.

Another pet peeve I have is the shrug. These are popular items for knitters. I don't know what the appeal is. Maybe its because they use less yarn and take less time, who knows. I don't like them because they don't look good on adults. Skinny teens look good in them, but not me. There were tons of shrugs on clearance at AE, so apparently I'm not the only one who doesn't like the shrug.





















I did walk away with a couple of items. This sweater was only $6.95! The jeans were a good deal too.

I am determined not to make this blog about things that I buy. I have read a couple of blogs where all they talk about is material things. I don't want this to be like that. However, I do like to get a good deal and I will share those deals.

Today was a lazy Saturday. I organized my closet and didn't do much else. We went to Chili's tonight for supper. That's about all I did. Boring, but relaxing.

Peace out.

ETA - I came across this cool site. I LOVE these tags. They have some great sayings. They have a store at ETSY and their jewelry is cool too. Great inspiration.

Christmas Boutique

These are a couple of the photos that we took at the Christmas Boutique at the beginning of December.

Altered Journals, Tins and Ornaments

Cards and Ornaments

Felted Purses

Welcome

Hello friend.

This is the first post of the rest of my life. This blog is going to primarily be posts on recent creations whether they are scrapping, knitting, jewelry...whatever. This is the place to find them!

My goal is to keep this blog updated with the current things I'm doing and maybe add some comentary as well. As most people know I'm a woman of few words, so my posts might be short. I just want to keep my projects organized and maybe this will help me finish some projects that I've started.

I don't know if anyone will be viewing this blog, but in case you are reading this, WELCOME!