Watermark

Dang, that was pretty easy too. This is one of my Christmas cards from a few years ago. It very likely is a CASE of something I saw in the Splitcoast gallery way back when. If it is, I'm sorry I don't remember who to give credit to.
Recipe: Paper and ink SU white, bliss blue, ballet blue and brilliant blue, stamps SU Snowflakes.

Signature: testing, testing 1, 2, 3...

Okay, that might have been extremely easy. We'll see if it works at the end of the post. I went to http://www.mylivesignature.com and made it for free.

Wow! It totally works!
(again)

A new blog banner!

Okay, I'm so excited. I made a new header. I've been wanting to do this, but figured it was too hard. I even started looking around online for people who created blog banners, but I decided to give it a try, and I did it! Woo hoo!
FYI the images from top L to R then bottom L to R are: A cool row of barren trees at the top of one of the seven hills of Rome, a birthday card, a photo of the Trevi Fountain in Rome, after that 3 more of my cards, and in the bottom right corner a pic inside the Cologne (Koln--needs an umlaut) Cathedral in Cologne/ Koln, Germany.
The back ground papers are SU on the left and right and the black and white paper is from Heidi Grace Designs.
You may see a couple other changes to the blog (if I can figure out how to do it). I'm going to work on a signature line and a watermark. We'll see how that goes. As for crafting, I've been a bum this weekend, so nothing to show.
Have a great week!
Lisa

A day off

I got an extra day off today which gives me a four day weekend! Woo hoo! So what to do with an extra day??? It rained (we so needed it), so I had to have a little nap. Also, that freed up a guy to come put up a ceiling fan (in the room where the light fixture was was off to one side). What he discovered in the ceiling was wood slats (he described it as having hard wood floors, but on the ceiling) covering up a plaster ceiling, above the drywall ceiling that we see in the room today. The wooden slats had shrunk over time, and someone had put concrete mortar between the slats. So the project wasn't quite as big of a deal as we thought it might be
Here's the new fan, and kind of behind it you can see the whole where the old fixture was. Hopefully my painter guy can fill that in. I'm not sure what we'll be able to do to mimic the new texture.


I also tried my hand at the color challenge over at kwernerdesignblog.com. I substituted PTI summer sunrise for SU summer sun since I didn't have any summer sun. Once I had completed the whole thing, I realized I had left out one of the challenge colors (pumpkin). Oh well, here's the card.

Recipe: SU basic black cardstock, PTI bitty baby blessings DP and summer sunrise grosgrain ribbon, SU chipboard stars covered in rose DP, Making Memories shimmer stickers.

Thanks for dropping in!
Lisa

Crafting Smorgasbord

This weekend, fellow YaYa Stacie (check out her blog here: http://staciehoo.blogspot.com/, had some friends over for a "Splatters Platters" party to benefit The Centers for Children and Families. For a set price, we were provided with a platter, and all the paints/ brushes to decorate to our heart's content. Of course, there was extreme potlucking as well (that's in the unofficial bylaws of the YaYas...something about crafting and extreme potlucking). It was so neat to see the designs that everyone came up with. You can check them out on Stacie's blog. I can't wait to see them after they're glazed and fired.
By the time I got home I was pretty tired so I took a little nap. When I woke up I was drawn to the craft room. I broke out my PTI Floral Frenzy set and had some fun. Here are some of my creations.

I really like how this one turned out.
Recipe: Cardstock SU Kraft, PTI white, Stamps PTI Floral Frenzy, Ribbon PTI Summer Sunrise and dark chocolate, Ink PTI summer sunrise, dark chocolate, and SU old olive.

This next one is kind of blah. I do like the look of the sweet daisies, but I think it needs more color/ layers.

Recipe: Cardstock SU Kraft, Stamps PTI Floral Frenzy, Ink StazOn Cotton white, SU Old Olive, PTI summer sun.

As you may know, in the past I was a paper hoarder. Only recently with the help of some of my fellow bloggers have I really started using my decorative paper. Kristina (http://kwernerdesign.com/blog/) has especially helped me to use more DP.
I think this is a partial case of someone's sketch challenge (the curvy cut to the DP). I love how the sentiments curviness works with the cut in the DP.

Recipe: Cardstock SU wild wasabi, DP SU spring silhouettes, ribbon PTI aqua mist, ink Palette Noir, sentiment SU Elegant inspirations.

So, If you've read this far, I'm sure you're dying to know the house update. I've got someone lined up to paint ceilings starting next week. He is a painter during his daytime job, and does some jobs "on the side". He'll be coming over after work to paint. I also got some bids on windows (and had some major sticker shock). I think I'm going to try to save money for another couple of months and then get that done. I had one quote that was twice what the other was...that guy was really trying to make a sale, and apparently thought I was incredibly stupid.
Anyhoo, that's all for now. Happy crafting, and have a great week!

Halleluja, Amen!

This post has nothing to do with crafting, but here goes. The title to this post is appropriate because "Halleluja, Amen!" the ceilings are done (except for painting), and this is what our choir sang this morning at church from Handel's Judas Maccabeus (sp?). On the note of singing, check out my friend Matthew in this YouTube video. He sings in our choir and is awesome. He's the one on your right, and he sings first.

He's a Supah Stah!
Have a great week! If you've got a ceiling painting connection in Little Rock, "call me and let me know".
Lisa

Clock

Here's my finished clock:

Recipe: clock Creative Imaginations, DP Wild Saffron Collection K and Company, carstock SU So Saffron and PTI dark chocolate, stickers Making Memories shimmer stickers, sentiment Time To Stamp by Cornish Heritage Farms Rummage Bin.

I thought this sentiment was perfect for the clock. It reads "Every day is a blessing. Every hour is a dream, Every minute is a possibility."
Enjoy,

Lisa