Working the Weekend

For those of you who don't know, my main money making job is as a graphic designer. There are times when this job requires me to sit all day with my laptop on my lap creating tons of projects for people who are better procrastinators than I am. This just happens to be one of those times. So while I am waiting on something to appear in my e-mail, I decided that now would be a good time to write a quick blog :)

This card I made a few weekends ago was cased from a very talented Rebecca Oehlers. If you have never seen her blog, you really need to go over there. She is such a talented woman!

Well, I told you this would be quick. Now back to my "real" work. Enjoy your weekend, since I will be working through mine :p

Always, Jenn

Lazy Day :)

Don't you just LOVE a lazy weekend?!? No where to go and nothing really needing to be done?!? These days, this kind of weekend is few and far between. I usually have something on my calendar to do or something (mostly chores) that needs to be done. But not today. Today I slept in until 10 (a record for me) and then got up and read some, took a nap (I NEVER get to do that anymore), played with my new obsession (Animal Crossings: Wild World), and then sat and filtered through the 100+ blog entries that are marked as new on my blog reader. I am always at awe at how creative these women are. I just hope that some day my stuff can be half as creative as there's are.
I haven't done any card making today, although I am very tempted to pull it out now even though it is 11:30. I guess I will see how I feel when I finish blogging.

These simple cards are a set of "One Liners" that I made last weekend. They were inspired by some cards that I saw on the C.C. Designs blog. I have a variety of stamps that makes creating this kind of card almost thoughtless.

Well, I guess I will bid you all adeau for now. Hopefully, I will have something new to post tomorrow!

Sweet Dreams All.

Daisy, Daisy...

Hello everyone! I cannot believe that the week is already half way over! I LOVE long weekends. They make the rest of the work week fly by. Only 2 more days and I can spend more time crafting. Until then, I will spend my time pars using the 50+ blogs that I look at each day and find some inspiration! (Yes, I really do have that many blogs on my Blog Reader. I am hopelessly addicted to it!)


The card I am sharing today is one that I made last weekend. It is inspired by Christine Wooden at C.C. Designs. Even though this card has such a simple layout, I absolutely love it. I think is one of the cards that I will be making this weekend! It can be a thinking of you card, a RAK card, or even a birthday card. It all depends what is written inside it.


I hope you enjoy my card today. Thanks for stopping by!

Believe...

I cannot believe that it is already Labor Day and the end of summer. People have always told me that time flies when you get older and boy, is that true. I just don't know where the summer went. All of a sudden Alia is back in school and I am seeing Halloween stuff on all of the store shelves. Even the stamping world is focusing on making Christmas crafts for the upcoming season! It is just hard to get in that fall spirit when it is still 90+ degrees outside. That's North Carolina for you!

I have really enjoyed this long weekend off. Although I have spent some of my time working, I have also had some time card making and I am very excited to show all of you what I have made.

I am going to start with my favorite card of the bunch. This card was inspired by one of Dawn McVey's "Orange on my Brain" cards. They were all so simple and beautiful. I loved the idea of using a monochromatic scheme.

Since most of my cards use at least four colors, stamping in just one color is quite different for me. I decided to use blue for my monochromatic scheme. The flowers I used are from Heidi Grace's Getting Places - Winnefred Street line. The sentiment was created using Hero Art's Small Variety Alphabet. I also used a bit of ribbon and added a some sparkle to the word "believe."

Well, since the day is only half done, I think I am going to spend some mother-daughter time with Alia.

Until next time....