Okay..

Okay, here i go. . :) Today was my day off ((WIHOO)) and I had sooo much planned for today. Well, after I was woken up at 11:30 from a BBM from Rick, I made my way out of bed. LOL I guess i was more tired than I thought i was. LOL

Well, one of my plans were to clean up and do a load of laundry and get some scrap-cleaning done today. **sigh** well, I got one load of laundry started. . . . and went to Michael's and did some "I'm-bored-so-i'll-shop" shopping.. then 'thought' about going to Hobby Lobby but thank goodness, i didn't. After i talked myself out of going to HL, I went to the grocery store and bought some lasagna stuff. (Lasagna has been a long overdue meal in my household)

I came home and made myself a glass of mimosa and watched Kim & Kourtney take NY. LOL yeeeah... that was about the extent of my ("productive") day.

Back tracking to the BBM i got from Rick... He told me i left my lights on and our neighbor was kind enough to turn my lights off so my battery didn't die! Phew! So i made said neighbor a card. (YES, A CARD.... ) Now pick yourself off the floor and continue to read my blog.. LOL Here's the card i made her. I took it to her this evening but her patio door was locked so i couldn't get to her front her. So i just slid it in between her door/door jam. :)

I wrote a lil note on the back of card for her. I hope she likes. Sorry, the pictures won't 'fit-to-size" i'm not sure what happened to my blog where i can't reduce the size of the pix.. If anyone can help a sista out, i'd greatly appreciate it. :)

Taff

I made Mother's Day Cards!!

As you all know, i'm not much of a card maker, but i got these cards done yesterday and mailed them off today!! :)

Sara Board Book

I made this book quite some time ago, using Bree's tutorial :) Finally posting it now.. actually finally took a pix of it. :) I must say, i'm glad she only has 4 letters in her name! LOL Thanks gurl! I'm glad you did, i also love your 'trimming' tip.. it's awesome!!

For the back of the book, i'm going to put her last name w/a heart on it.

I used alot of my stash embellies for this - the paper is more mustard designer series and used TAC stamps. I used my BIA to bind the book.

New Card Site from SU

Found this blog from looken around on Stampin' Up! I was looken for some ideas on cards for my nephew's birthday card for this weekend.. I stumbled across this blog and thought i'd add her to my blog to follow. :)

She has some awesome ideas and cards! I love it. I need the inspiration!

http://www.stamp-a-licious.blogspot.com/

Action

Action was the prompt for the A year in the Life of an Art Journal (http://oneyearartjournal.blogspot.com/) This is my take on the topic. I used a cuttlebug embossing folder (forget what this design is called) and embossed a clear sheet (acrylic? one of those plastic thingies that come off the stickers..i forget what they're called, sorry) *rolleyesatme* - anyway, embossed it and used my cricut for the titles Take Action using my printing press cart. I put the "take" on the acrylic thin plastic sheet and also a Heidi Swapp black label chipboards. I used the positive and negative for this. I also used Tim Holtz's grungeboard of the "40" and journaled the page. The journal book i'm using is from SU board book - it's the small one.

Sorry the picture quailty sucks, i'll try and take a better pix tomorrow.

More from L/O swap

These pages didn't make our trip the pumpkin patch album. I've got other pix i can use on them. They're very nicely done. :) I can't believe i've had these for over a year now! LOL

anyway.. here are a few pages that i couldn't find pix for from the pumpkin patch and you can probably see why.

There's one missing. Looks like i forgot to upload one pix.

Pt 2 of SU l/o Swap

Here's the 2nd part of the pages i've finished up last night. I saved the names of each girl that made the pages on the back of the l/os..

I remember this swap took me a long time, b/c i was worried about what type of pix they were going to use, but once i got over, it flowed pretty easy. :) Twas fun!

All i need to do is journal these pages and voila! I'm done w/an album!! :) LOL

Here's another l/o i did the weekend of Christmas.

I made the scalloped edges from my SU Scallop border punch and fusion felt. I liked this.

Ziggs 13 Challenges Final Day -Day 13

MOO Challenge:

MOOOOOO!LOL check out this website http://www.moo.com/products/accessories/They make mini cards which look to me about 1 inch to 2 inches in side so a little bit bigger than an inchie. Then they have a really neat Mosaic frame to put these photos in. Your challenge is to make a LO, Card or project using the Mosaic Frame as inspiration. This would be a good one to use up those scraps or maybe not so good photos even where you got the person too far away Sry I didn't post this last night, Goat Cheese and Pino Gris called Ziggy
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challenge was to do a mosiac l/o - this is an 11 x 8 1/2 l/o . for some reason, the (Sage Shadow) didn't scan that great :-s Anywho, these are pix that i cropped Rick out of. LOL When i was making that book for Sara, I cropped Rick out of some of the photos and i saved the photos and used it for this particular l/o :)

This L/O went into my AAM book:)


SU Products:
CS: Sage Shadow, So Saffron
Close to Cocoa DS

Misc:
Chipboard Alphas

Ziggs Challenge Day 12

Witching Hour:

The witching hour! Use time inspiration but NO premade clocks or items! You have to make it your self! (insert cackle here)I did the clock in the corner by using a brad template to mark out the dots for the clock and the arrows for the hands, connected them and added stickles. I hand wrote the numbers.

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Here's my take on it:

Okay, this is a lil deep - LOL
"Always" represents the 12th hr on a clock
yellow frower - represents 3 on the clock
'waiten on the women' - represents 6 on the clock
orange flower represents 9 on the clock
the picture is the face of the clock
I was going to journal in between the 'numbers' in a single line, but i'm not sure how that'll turn out.. LOL But here ya go, Ziggs

*Pix is from my sister's wedding*



SU Products:
Creamy Caramel Textured CS
DS: Close to Cocoa, Choc Chip
Choc Chip Taffeta Ribbon

Misc:
flowers
buttons

Cricut:
Opposites Attract

Zigg's 13 Day Challenge Day 11

Post Card Challenge:

Too many cool postcards to pick just one be inspired or even copy and print one to use in a project or LO As the Crow Flies just visit the link and find something that will work for ya sry it's all halloween but you can be inspired by a color scheme if you wish Ziggy

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Again, another hard one, this i finsihed at the the midnite hour last night. Well it was after 1am (CST) before i finished it.. I really loved how this one came out.

The post card i used as an inspiration was this one.

My printer wasn't working and i couldn't figure out what to do and after looken at this postcard, i got an idea of a l/o to do. Here's my take on it. I'm going to add it to my AAM book - the page is 11 x 8 1/2.

SU Products

Cardstocks, really rust and the green on ( LOL, dont' know the name of it)

Close to Cocoa DS paper

Misc items:

Chipboard Alphas

Arrow Brads

Ziggs 13 Day challenge Day 10

Card Challenge:

Page Map from Becky Fleck. Make a pretty card or challenge yourself to stretch it to an LO Ziggy

Here's the card sketch -

Being my last card attempt sucked badly.. (*LOL*) i used this card sketch for a 12x12 l/o

I used TAC stamps for the snow flake in the upper LH Corner - used SU spiral punch, Paper is SU textured 12x12 CS 8 1/2 x 11 CS (yellow, can't remember the name of it, but it's SU CS), SU CS Purple (can't remember the name of it, again it's SU CS) PP is SU DS Paper Close to cocoa, SU Twill ribbon, SU ink is really rust, SU rub on, SU scrap strip of Choc Chip DS paper, Bazzill scrap of blue strip, Black Chipboard Alphas

upclose on my faux snowflake - LOL i got this chipboard in a swap a loooooooong time ago-it's bazzill chipboard, i stamped it with a TAC Xmas stamp that i got last year.

Zigg's 13 Day Challenge Day 8

Chip of the Ole Block:

1. Use chipboard Or blackboard if you have it and try these ideas http://cosmocricket.blogspot.com/2008/08/ten-blackboard-tips.htmlIf you're like me you have a ton of chipboard! I gave a bunch away and I still have more! The above link had lots of cute ideas for the new blackboard. But you could use regular chipboard or even paint it black first

Ziggy

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Here's my take on it.

12x12 l/o

Square Chipboard cut in 1/2 to make the photo corners

Chipboard Alphas

black Misc paper

Paper - SU Close to Cocoa DS Paper

Very Vanilla CS

Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon

Silver Heart misc

Review on my SU punch

The new scallop border punch! I love this lil thing.. I had preordered this punch back in July and i got it about a month ago(?) from my SU Rep back in Albuquerque. :)

I find myself reaching for it a lil more than usual.

two thumbs up!! :)

Ziggs 13 Day challenge day 7

what think I have a crop and not be inspired by Tim Holtz!? LOL I was at an antique store today wishing I had his brain cause I would have seen awesome stuff to do with old post office box fronts LOL http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/10/october-techniq.html something Halloween themed and be inspired by Tim I know we don't all have crackle paints or fragments or the cool stamp or at least paint and ink that match like that LOL But you can stickle some letters, if you don't have his Distresser for edging all it is, is a thread cutter! I got one for like 2 dollars at AC Moore just a one side so check out your sewing supplies or sewing section! Use regular paint if you don't have crackle. I know I did an old Bowling LO I colored some of the circle tags with metal rims to look like bowling balls, punched two more holes did rubon letters and covered them with clear circle stickers to make them look like bowling balls. So take anything clear and stick it over a paper element to make it pop out more (also works with those marble things you put in fish bowls if you don't mind weight)Hope ya'll SEE POSSIBLITIES! (lol sry referencing his shirts )Ziggy

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Okay, Ziggs, i've done all the challenges, now. Except for the one you just posted..

here's my take.. Now i remember why i don't make cards.. LOL
AS you can tell, i started to paint the bottom of it and didn't like where it was going, so i covered it up w/paper.. LOL

SU products, stamp is Mike's $1.00 halloween stamp i bought years ago. LOL The lettesr are punch outs i got from a swap on my LJ secret sisters 4 years ago!!! I still have the whole kit!!!!! I've only used these three items from that kit(which are the letters B-O-O i used for this card)!! LOL *rolleyes* at me.. LOL

Gonna send this to Sara. LOL She loves mail. LOL

Zigg's 13 Day Challenge - Day 1

Finally did the Day One Challenge:

My first challenge USE ONLY RUB-ONS AS EMBELISHMENTS! (evil laugh at Cristal!! Hope you've got a few more rubons girl and haven't thrown them out yet!) like my pirate cards haa haa I've all ready it done it! You may do a LO or other project and use basic materials like Cardstock and Patterned Paper but only rubons for your other embelishments.

Ziggy

Products I used:

SU paper

SU Scallop border punch

SU Rubons

Aww-Day 6 Challenge

This is Zigg's 13 Day challenge - Day 6 - Punch your eyelets out..

took the challenge from Scrap Your Crap http://scrapyourcrap.blogspot.com/2008/10/challenge-33-punch-your-eyelets-out.htmlThey had you use at least 15 but with our wonderful challenge at least 13 but ya can go over if you wish but not under 13 eyelets. You may do Card, LO or altered project Ziggy

Here's my L/O of my nephew Ty.

Products:

SU Texture papers (12x12 l/o)

SU DS papers

MM Eyelets

Alpha Chipboard-(i inked it in the Cocoa Brown SU Ink)

SU Inked around the edges

SU Taffeta Ribbon

All My Kids

For my AAM book. I was going to title it all my children (LOL) but children wouldn't fit into that lil square i had made, so i had to improvise. (Shrug)

13 Day Challenge #2

This challenge was from yesterday (10/14/08) It scanned funny, sorry. *sigh*

The Challenge was to use your scraps to make a l/o or a card.

8 1/2 x 11 l/o

Rick's Niece's grad day

Items used:

So Saffron, DP more mustard/close to cocoa, close to cocoa, Sage Shadow, very vanilla

SU ink: sage shadow, so saffron

13 day challenge #3

This is http://ziggyeor.blogspot.com/ 13 day challenge #3

the pix is a bit blurry(sorry) but you get it. It's of my nephew Ty. Gotta love that kid. I miss him :(