Sneak peek

 

This will be my 14th year creating an Index Card A Day, or ICAD.  This is the first year I have created a cover, which is what I'm sharing below.

This is a sneak peek of what you can expect this year.  This year I'm keeping it simple.  I say that, but the first one I started is still labor intensive.  

 

Each Index Card will contain an entire sheet of words taken from various books I have purchased over the years, most of which are foreign text.  Each card will contain a postage stamp and a word.  They will also contain at least one, but often more of the colors you see in the above card.  These colors come from dry erase markers and felt tip pens.  Each will be created by Bleubeard and E.

 

I cropped the bottom and you can't read my shaky hand writing that reads 61 Days, 61 Cards.

 

Thanks for dropping by today.  Bleubeard and I are grateful. 

 

 

Friday Smiles 506: old news

 

It's once again time to join Friday Smiles, hosted by Annie (at A Stitch in Time). Let's visit Annie and the other wonderful ladies who also share their smiles each Friday.  But first, let me remind you that I will not be playing in April. I take the month off, as I always do, to recycle, reuse, repurpose items to keep them out of the recycle bin or landfill.  I invite you to stop by daily to see what I will be working on.

 This is old news for those of you who saw my T Tuesday post, but it's all I have to offer this week.  Here I have just finished setting up the tables and room for a play date with my dear friend, Sharon.  It's obvious she is going to show me how to use my gifted and very old Big Kick.

I was still in the process of setting up this room.  I had just rotated the red rosin paper I use to cover my craft table, so it would have a cleaner side.  I'm sure many of you have seen WOYWWendy.  That is where she lives on a daily basis.  I DID remove a lot of the unneeded materials, but decided to leave the caddie where she lives.

 

 

I served tea and cookies to my friend Sharon.  I showed her how I make my staz-on backgrounds and she showed me her Distress Oxides.  After we made a few backgrounds, she showed me how to use my die cutter and dies.  It was a fun day, but I think Sharon got the worst of it.  I think she did most of the work, while I sat and supervised.

As a "thank you," which I probably didn't deserve,

  Sharon sent me this card.  She explained she deconstructed the gifted teapot and cup because she didn't like the background it had been on.  Instead, she used one of the backgrounds we made for our play date.  I agree it looks much better using the pink, yellow, and teal background.   Thank you again, Sharon.  It was a joy having you here.

For those of you who visit CJ, you read how she and Mr. Spock were debating glue.  She said her instructor said Crafter's Pick was the best and I agree.  CJ sent me this: I found the Crafter's Pick at Amazon. Crafter's Pick Glue I checked it out and, at the time she sent the link it was over $13.00 (USD) for one 8 oz bottle.  

 

I bought every bottle they had at the Hobby Lobby I visited.  Now I can use this in place of tacky glue AND glue sticks.  I am one very happy camper and paid about $10.00 more for FOUR of these than I would have for ONE at Amazon.  It's a great multi-purpose adhesive that I love!!  There goes most of my craft budget for 2023, but it's worth it to me.

Now for a few funnies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  And a happy Easter to one and all!  Yippy ki yea!

Thanks for dropping by today.  Enjoy your weekend. PLEASE visit Annie and don't forget to start your weekend with a smile. I will see everyone again in May.

 

Just a peek, a tag, and a journal entry

Some of you asked what I was doing while I had no access to my computer, I'll show you.

First, I finally got all these individual journal pages placed back to back in clear folders and added to my three-ring binder.  I wanted to add three holes using my hole punch to the pages, but decided to use clear binders instead.  Now I wish I had used my three-hole hole punch.  It would have been quicker, easier, and far less frustrating.  Now that it's finished, I will need another binder because this one is incredibly full and doesn't quite lay flat.

I've also been sewing.

Right now I'm working on a scrappy journal that will hold all pink background pages.

Although it will cover all seasons, it will honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Believe it or not, I have been cleaning my house.  Deep, deep cleaning.  Every room, too.  I even cleaned my refrigerator freezer from top to bottom, inside and out.  You wouldn't believe all the items I've allowed to spoil from non-use.

I've also taken time to make a tag for Valerie's theme, which is Farm Animals at Tag Tuesday.

I chose these pigs, which are red rubber wood mount stamps (very old from All Night Media) as the farm animal of choice.  Here I added ribbon and a message:

You are covered
front to back.

I colored the pigs using one of my handmade shimmering mists.  I grabbed my dye ink, instead of solvent ink, so the black ink ran when I added the mist.

Of course, I couldn't stop there,

I had to also create a page in my Challenges altered book.  It's obvious this is for Jo's theme at Art Journal Journey which is Texture, and Try it on Tuesday's latest challenge which is Scraps.

It's obvious the texture comes from

the corrugated cardboard and 

the fluffy rose fabric.  These are also scraps, left over from other projects.

Even the bits of German text is a scrap, as are the other two pieces I sprinkled on the page.

I didn't stop there, though.  The fabric ribbon I used on the pig tag is also left over from another project.

These pigs are so cute.  If only I could learn to stamp properly.

Here is more evidence of scraps.  Nothing is too small in my world.

I began by laying down a sheet of used pink printer/copier paper.  If you look closely, you might be able to see the printing on the back of the page.   I added the rose fabric to the corrugated cardboard I removed from a box destined for the recycle bin.  I added the assembly to the page, then added scraps of German text and finally, the pig tag.

What have you been working on?  Thanks for stopping by and seeing what has been keeping me extra busy these days.  I still have two more rooms to deep clean, so I'll be finishing that in my "spare" time.  I also hope to see you at Tag Tuesday, Try it on Tuesday, and Art Journal Journey.