Thank goodness its Saturday

Not many blog posts from me lately.  I have been sick sick sick, for like 3 1/2 weeks and I just can't seem to shake it, its now a cough....a bad cough, nothing works and I'm coughing all day all night and going BONKERS because of it lol.  On top of that its just been a kind of a crummy couple of weeks, my husband lost his job, his job of 16 years and it honestly came as quite a surprise.  His mill had slowed down and shut down for a couple of weeks but always with the promise that things were going to be okay.  I can't even go into detail as the whole situation in my opinion was handled so very wrongly and I'm very angry about the whole situation.  He was given severence...thank goodness for that.....now after 16 years my husband is searching for a new career, I have no doubt that he'll find a great job that he loves and perhaps this whole mess is a blessing in disguise. 

Onto other things.....like cards lol.  I have 2 cards to share.  One is my card that I made for Christmas Stampin All Year Long Challenge 8 and the 2nd is a card that I made for my girlfriends little girls first birthday. 

Charlene

Christmas Stampin All Year Long - Sketch #7

This sketch was "do it yourself", no sketch to follow.....uggh I really don't like mine at all, Maria deserves SO much better lol. All I can say is I was sick and boy did I struggle with this card LOL. Perhaps I need instruction lol. I just can't say where I went wrong...I just did lol Maria I promise to do much much better on Sketch #8. The other girls though did a fabu job...you have to check them out on the CSAYL Blog and don't forget to vote on which layout you'd like for Sketch #9....you can vote on the CSAYL Blog in the comment section or on Papercraft Planet.

Charlene

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Sketch #6

Can you believe it...Sketch #6 already! I loved this sketch. With this sketch we were to use 3 (or more) eyelets but those were the only embellishments that we could use, easier then I thought!

Maria's Sketch

My take on Maria's Sketch

Items Used: Patterned Paper by American Crafts, Cardstock by Bazzill, Eyelets from Making Memories and Stamped Image from Hanna Stamps

If you should choose to play along here are the rules (copy and pasted from Maria):

In addition to the sketch challenge you will need to use eyelets on your card. The catch is you can ONLY use eyelets. You may use as many eyelets as you want but the minimum is 3. So. . 3 or more, okay! This means no ribbons, no primas, no other embellishments on the card. You may use die cuts on your card but it has to lay flat meaning you can't layer the die cuts to make it look like embellishments (i.e., layered flowers using die cuts). Using glitter or shimmez is okay.

P.S. - remember to post a link to your card on the Christmas Stampin All Year Long Blog (in the comments section)

Charlene

CSAYL Sketch #4

Here it is, Maria's Sketch #4 from Christmas Stampin All Year Long, I really liked this sketch....I'm a fan of circles and I'm always so happy when my bow turns out and with little effort to boot.  Stop by the blog and check out all the cards and then join in the fun and create one too!!

DP, Snowman Die Cut and Sentiment from My Minds Eye

Cardstock is Stampin Up

Sketch Challenge #2 - 02/02/09

Here it is....Maria's Sketch Challenge #2 from Christmas Stampin All Year Long!

And here is my take on her sketch....

Items Used:

Design Paper: Unknown (in my stash of scraps)

Cardstock: Bazzill

Images: Crafty Secrets

Ribbon: Making Memories

Hop on over to the blog and play along!

Charlene