Unexpected trip & on TV (Kind of)

Sheldon and I ended up going to North Carolina so that he could work on his samples at UNC. We didn't think it was going to happen and I had called my mom the day before to tell her that....however, I didn't listen to my voice mail. :) So I ended up having to call her back. We left last Wednesday and came back on Tuesday.

We had a great time.....I was able to visit with my mom and stepdad while Sheldon was off working. Plus, we ended up going to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Science Museum. That was pretty interesting.

NOw we are home and we have very upset kitties....they won't leave us (me) alone. I am going to go crazy....all they want is 24/7 worth of attention. Oh wait, that is what they wanted before. LOL

Yesterday, I was supposed to clear out some stuff around the house. However, I joined a PC Pro Swap on PaperCrafts and it was a fast turnaround....only 2 weeks and I had to make 11 cards. So I worked on that all afternoon/evening yesterday. I guess this swap is going to be on tv.

The theme is summertime fun---Birthday or Thank you's. I left my inside blank so the cards can be used as either. I had already colored my images (as I was going to use them for New Year's cards) so that saved me a lot of time.

However, I did lots of layers and fake sewing....I cannot wait until I can learn how to sew for real.

Thanks for looking. Jennie

Is it a Bear or Mouse?

Hi,

I am seeing it makes a lot of difference in being tired all the time to having energy again. I actually feel like creating.

Here is my prototype a swap on PC Website that I joined. It is for Cheryl's swap. :) This is similar to the bunny I made at Easter....but it is supposed to be a bear. Though I think it looks more like a mouse. I only had enough light brown textured paper to make 3 circles to cut in half. LOL

I know I wasn't supposed to join anymore swaps for awhile...but I couldn't resist. I also joined a scrap and images already inked swap. I have tons of images from people...and never thing to use them.

TFL

Jennie
PS...the paper is from the new SEI Collection I bought yesterday. Not sure if it goes...but I love it.

Shoe Toss

Hi,

Here are the ATC's that I am sending out for the PCMB Shoe Toss. I made 8 of them and they will be going out tomorrow. That is my last official swap that I am signed up for. YIKES.....all that is left to do is finish my cj's.....my goal is to do them by this weekend. (They look a little crooked...because I did black on black for the picture.)

Thanks for looking. Have a great day!!! Jennie

Another One Down!!!

Hi,

This is my last swap on my PC list. :) I told Jen I was going to mail it on Tuesday. But, I hated what turned out....so I came up with a new one this morning. I like it much better.

Here is my first try. Now here is the finished project. I have a few circle journals to do...I received them late because noone wanted to mail them to me...then everyone mailed them to me at the same time. LOL Plus, I joined one other circle journal where I get to make all the pages the same and can send them all in at the same time. They are due in May....so I better get started on them.

Other than finishing up my bookclub recipe cards....I am done!!! Plus, I am done with school as of Monday. So....I am hoping that I will be feeling better to sign up for some more. Or just do some PIF's because I am going to be bored!!! Well at least untill the baby comes.....but we still have awhile for that. I go for my yearly physical on Monday and I am hoping we can hear the heartbeat....I think my next ultrasound isn't untill the 16th week.

Hope you have a great day!!!

What do you do?

When you sign up for a swap....where you have to be super CREATIVE????? I joined a swap where each week I received a new item in the mail----this goes with my balance beam pigs. I thought that card was really creative. Well since then I haven't felt very creative and put off the swap a bit. It was due to be mailed out on Thursday....I was in New Orleans so I let the hostess know it was going to be a little late. Luckily for me---we are both in the same state.

The other items I received were--toothpick, metal ring, coaster, piece of cardboard, piece of acetate, coffee warmer, and a circle made out of paper towels.

I might have to put all the pics into two seperate posts....but here is what I finally came up with. I hope she likes them. Thanks for looking.

Card Candy

Don't ask me why.....LOL Why did I sign up for a card candy swap? :) I love looking at them...but they are so hard to make. My PCMB friend Wanda came up with a cool idea....a Golden Ticket Card Candy Swap. She did hers as a candy bar. I couldn't resist and I signed up. But then I blanked out. However, here is what I came up with for the swap. I ended up using my bookmark envelopes and didn't make it look like candy...but hopefully everyone will like them.

Finishing Projects

I am on the final legway before my trip to Disney Land. I had so many projects...I wasn't sure if I would complete them all. For my accounting class I had to study and take the mid-term...yeah I made a B on it. Then for my social work class I had a paper to write...19 pages later and I am done. So I just finished a swap that is due on March 5th. Other than that I am going to focus on my vacation. Which is probabl good...as I have a lot to do.

Stess & Relaxation

Hi....today has been a stressful day. I finally figured out my accounting. LOL It took me about a week and than about 3 hours to figure it out today. So I am a bit brain dead...as usual. After finishing my first section, I decided I would finish making ATC's for the SCS swap that I joined. It is due 4/1 but I figured I would finish it early.

My last two themes were Pieces of and Vintage Transportation. I wasn't quite sure what to do for either...but I had some collage paper and some vintage tags and decided to try to work them into my themes.

Plus in the process of all this...I lost half of my scallped rectangles..I know they have to be here somewhere...but where?? LOL Jennie

Sassy Women Swap

This is the collage that I made as my sample. It is a 4x4 collage. I guess it can be considered a mixed media design.

I don't know if this is the direction I want to go with for this swap. :) I only have one dream catcher...and like how it turned out. I used matt board for the background.

Covered it in painted paper towel (USed acrylics--2 blues, pearlescent white, gold, and used dyes...purple, green, pink). Then I layered a gold heart (I cut for a Valentine's project I never used) a star (came with some buttons I bought) a purple flower....then I used a safety pin to do the dream catcher...my dh's mother bought me that for Christmas. I used an image of a ballet dancer I found on NY Libraries images. Added a quote that I printed and inked the edges and some crystals.

Is it Sassy enough?

Pet Lover's Swap

This swap turned out FANTASTIC. Everyone who participated created such amazing cards. The orignal premise of this was to give cards from you to your pet....but it turned out to also be from your pet to you....pretty easy. My Goal was to do 50/50 between kitties and dogs and it turned out well.

Thank you to the following swappers for making this great:

• Fgrif


• Donna2257


• Beaglelover


• 40isFun


• Janice W


• Kenzlane


• 2for2


• jennie_hi (hostess)

Inchie Contest Winners & Participants

{Finally Revealed}

I cannot believe how slow I am on getting this finished….I think it is because I don’t want to give up these inchies…. They are all gorgeous. I was amazed at how different each card was and the different styles. All in an inch. Everything from flowers to shoes.

Officially…..(But everyone is a winner.)

• Ant Me. #3 Wins with the most “Layers”. She has over 134 separate pieces on her incihe. It is also hard to see in the photo but her inchie is actually on transparent plastic. (She wins a Stamp.)
• Reidy2099 #8 is our voters choice. A lot of people loved the 3d effect of the layers. (She wins a stamp.)
• Singaling #7 came in second place. She combined different colors and lots of layers. (She wins the inchies.)
• Beauuuuutiful #1 is our random drawing winner. Her card became a bit squished in mailing because of the layers she had in her flower. (She wins 20 stamped images.)

Here is the great group of swappers we had:
1---Beauuuuutiful
2---AllyCatPixie
3--- Ant Me.
4---Travler3
5---Crazy4Paper
6---Busyb222
7---Singaling
8---Reidy2099
9---GSMom385
10—Polarbear
11—LittleDevil
12--AustinMom

My posts for the contest...

I thought I better list all the links so I can keep an eye on the contest.....hope we get lots of votes....

Day 1
http://www.papercraftsmag.com/gallery/details.ihtml?idx=53297

http://www.papercraftsmag.com/message_board/topic.ihtml?topic=73063&page_num=1&

Day 2---Thursday
http://www.papercraftsmag.com/message_board/topic.ihtml?topic=73095&page_num=1&
http://www.papercraftsmag.com/gallery/details.ihtml?idx=53413

Day 3---Friday
http://www.papercraftsmag.com/message_board/topic.ihtml?topic=73168&page_num=1&
http://www.papercraftsmag.com/message_board/topic.ihtml?topic=73196&page_num=1&

Inchie Contest---Layers Galore

Click on the 1st pictureto see a close up of the inchies.

Please vote for your favorite inchie!!!!

Each swapper worked very hard on their cards...can you believe that each one is only an inch? Origianlly the contest was open to 20, but we have 12 entries....so a whole foot!!!!

You can vote either here or on the PCMB link....please remember though....1 vote per person. I will be taking votes from today---Sunday morning!

thanks...

Jennie

PS...if you vote here and don't have a blogger account you can still leave a comment...just as annonyomous....however leave your pcmb name!