Wednesday, May 6, 2009

A little bit of this; a little bit of that

Pure randomness this post is.
{maybe I should talk in my Yoda voice the entire post...neh.}
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I made this card...
Supplies: Patterned paper & cardstock (Die Cuts with a View), Alpha stickers (Doodlebug), Ribbon (KI Memories), Scalloped punch (The Paper Studio)
...based on this Becky Fleck layout sketch from the May/June issue of Memory Makers.

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I made this little journal for a Sheer Delights feature today over on the KI Blog.
I used a Bind-it-all to make this out of cardstock & used a Sheer Delight to create a cool cover for it.
Then I embellished the Sheer Delight cover with Bloom paper & chipboard to make the flower.
I love that the Sheer Delight {obviously} makes the cover clear but still has some weight to it to protect the paper inside.

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The My Little Shoebox blog is full of new projects made by the design team including the newest girls {Jana, Michelle, and Molly!}.
Please check it out!
Also, don't forget that the design team call ends on May 15th so get your entries in!
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The challenge for this week over on the American Crafts blog is to create a layout inspired by an ad.
I had pulled this Target {of course} ad out of a People magazine a week or so ago so this was the perfect opportunity to use it.

And this is my layout.
Copied from the ad almost exactly!

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Remember this layout about my Daddy Bill and my brother David?
Daddy Bill died yesterday at the ripe ole age of 95.
His wife {my Grams} and 2 sons {my dad & Uncle Jim} were with him.
He had lived a very full life.
And I, in my simple mind, am joyful that I got to honor a little bit of his life in this layout in the same month that he died.

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Keep smiling!
gretchen

3 comments:

mary h. said...

Oh G, I am so sorry for your loss. Big hugs and lots of prayers for your family.

Tina said...

{hugs} I am sorry for your loss. I am glad he had a full life, was with family, and you celebrated him in a a LO. I love all of the LOs!

mary h. said...

Hey G! I just realized who is on your ad scrap page. Did you know she is also a fan of that other team? I didn't realize she was until I saw a pic of her w/children dressed in that hideous garb. Of course when I told dh that she was he already knew being one of demented mind like yourself. ;) btw, I'm surrounded by all of you way up here in TN. Who would've thunk? Love ya, girlie.