You Know You're Weird When.....

You just love to organize! (and no....I don't love it enough to come to your house!!)

I just posted a fun project to keep your stamping items organized, so you're not buying duplicates when you're shopping. Here are some peeks:

I listed all the instructions ALONG WITH THE INVENTORY SHEET FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD & PRINT on the Rubber Romance blog...hope you'll head over to check it out :)

Okay, I'm off to bed. It's super late & the morning will arrive in no time. I didn't get a chance to drop by to visit my blog pals for awhile, but I'm really hoping to change that tomorrow! Hope you're all well :)

Oh Baby - It's a reject! :)

Here's a card that I recently submitted for publication, but it didn't make the cut. That's okay - I really like it and this way I won't need to make another when I need a baby card!

I fell in love with this pattern paper as soon as I saw it. I have 3/4 of the sheet left, but it'll be hard for me to use....especially since I'm still participating in my paper hoarders challenge :)

Complete 100 cards/projects before purchasing new paper: 82 cards/projects down - 18 to go!!!

Hope you're having a warm day....it's really cooling down here! I'm purchasing a new furnace - mine's ancient! It'll be about two-three weeks before they'll be installing it. I made the down payment this morning and came home to turn mine on to take the chill out of the house....guess what doesn't want to turn on! UGH!! I guess I'll be baking over the next few days :)

Details:
Stamp - Bethany Elegant WordArt
Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut Stain
Paper - Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Soft Sky, Basic Black, vellum (Stampin Up); Urban Prairie/Bountiful (Basic Grey)
Accessories - sewing machine, Cricut (Georges & Basic Shapes cartridge), Crystal Stickers Pearls (Mark Richards), pop dots

Swap Some Owls

Well, I figured out my owl card for the swap and here it is!



I found this card by Ashley and CASE'd it for the swap. She actually was creating a card for a Hero Arts sketch challenge. I've been following Ashley's blog, Cherry Hill Designs for awhile. She's just so talented!!

I just love how my card turned out! I only used three circles instead of four and incorporated two owls rather than one like Ashley's card. I used Versamark ink to create backgrounds on the So Saffron and Kraft layers. My little owls are popped out with dimensionals.


Details:
Stamps - Hoot Owls (Basic Grey); Circles (SugarLoaf - Stephanie Barnard's Stamps for Scrapbooking); Sentiment (unknown)
Ink - Versamark, Chocolate Chip; Copics (Y17, YR20, E08, E37, R59)
Paper - white, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, DCWV The Green Stack
Accessories - Nestabilities circles dies, Martha Stewart Cornice Edge border punch, dimensionals

Hoot and a LOT of Hollerin'

What a weekend....

On Friday, I took a road trip with my dad to Virginia. We went down to see the town where I first started teaching. I haven't been there for 8 years, since I moved back to PA. The day was going great! We couldn't believe how different the town was - when I lived there, there were no restaurants other than fast food or some locally owned diners (which the majority of weren't the best) and very little of everything else (of course there was a Walmart, though). Now, there are a ton of restaurants and stores!!! I even stopped at a local stamping store. We continued our day trip with some stops at nearby towns before heading north to the outlets in Leesburg. About 2 miles before the outlets, we were rear ended on an exit ramp. My dad was driving my car and had to yield for another car who had just turned from the opposite direction onto the ramp. The kid, who admitted he was reading a map, wasn't paying attention and couldn't get stopped in time. Now, most importantly, everyone was fine. But after that fact was determined, I was so annoyed!!! Who reads a map while getting onto an exit ramp? Well, I know who does now! I think the thing that helped was that I have a tire on the back of my car - I drive a Honda CRV. The tire is completely crunched into the door, but I think it took some of the shock and prevented serious injury to my dad and I. So now I'm waiting (and have been since Friday) for this kid's insurance adjuster to call me back - I contacted them right away, but of course no one can help after 4pm on a Friday. Meanwhile, we drove the 4 hours home with my back dome light flashing on and off everytime we hit a bump. UGH!!! I hate dealing with car drama!!

Onto the card...



I'm in an owl card swap at SCS. While I think this may be too simple & may not meet the guidelines, I thought it was cute. I just got this Basic Grey Hoot Owl stamp set - isn't it the cutest?! There are two owl images, two sentiments, and a bunch of tiny images to create backgrounds. I got a few other Basic Grey stamps sets, so hopefully I can ink them up soon. I have a bunch of projects that I need to get done....which makes me think....wait to you see what I have in store for tomorrow!!!

Details:
Stamps - Basic Grey Hoot Owl
Ink - Tuxedo Black
Paper - Kraft, Basic Black, White, DCWV Spring matstack
Accessories - Nestabilities Circles & Pinking Circles dies, black velvet ribbon, sewing machine, Prismacolor pencils