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week in the life: monday

I'm participating in Ali Edwards' "Week in the Life" project. It's a project where you document your every day life using photos and/or words. So I'm going to try & post daily with photos. The words & captions won't be posted here but I'll have it up in my mini-book [which will be shown here next week once it's done].

Since I missed Monday, I'll post it now & Tuesday will be up tomorrow morning.

mini-vaca from social media.

ehh i've been in a rut.. a two week long rut! let's just say i've had happier days but i'm getting over it. it was hard to come here & write something when i felt like i had nothing to write. i took this 2-3 week hiatus as my mini-vacation from social media. i think i'm good now just need to learn that i can't let negative feelings and/or thoughts interfere with life.

but that doesn't mean i've stopped working.. here's what i've been up to lately...

• finished human a/p 2 & final grade came out to be an A!
• went to liberty science center & got myself an erupting volcanoe & glow in the dark crystals
• had family from Canada visiting for a weekend
• headed to atlantic city with my gay bestie E for a day
• dolled up for my family friend's wedding reception
• cleaned the entire house including the office `=D
• grubbed down at a family picnic
• participating in Ali Edward's Week in the Life project

it feels good to be back here. i'll be posting monday's 'week in the life' photos very soon. till then have a good night. `=]

 

public craft announcement..

Unfortunately my desire to nap after my first final overcame the fact that I needed to upload & post the latest card. Grr! Will have to post 2 new cards tomorrow instead. Thanks for understanding & please positive thoughts for me `=] I will leave you now with a photo that sums up the past couple of days..

'many thanks to you' card

Summer class is ending in exactly three days & although I'm glad it'll be all over soon, I know I'll miss the wise teachings of my professor. I've never had a favorite teacher in all my life. I always did what I was told & got the grades I needed to move forward. I never got to know any of my professors & because of that, never had the opportunity to ask any of them for recommendations or even extra help if I really needed it. Mostly because I was too shy & secondly I was proud to ask for help [dumb of me I know].

But I guess now that I've grown up [or at least I like to think I have just a little bit], I'm more open to listening what the professor has to say & actually raise my hand in class if I have a question. I actually sit in front of the class & hit the record button on my voice recorder. Thankfully my professor isn't boring & tells us little facts of the day pertaining to the lecture. We've even become buddies & he was actually the first person I've ever 'bumped' with on the iPhone. He didn't even hesitate to give me a recommendation for a hospital volunteering referrel.

All in all, I'm going to miss him. So to show him some appreciation, I made him a thank you card.The idea came from a stamp set I got from the $1 section of Target. In the set came 3 small wooden stamps: a rectangle one that said 'many thanks', a dotted circle with 'thank you so much' & a small square that had 'thank you' with dotted lines on the you. What better way to say thanks then to stamp it all over the card right?

All the patten papers used are from DCWV's 'the hittin' the books' paper stack. I fell in love with the scantron pattern paper & because every single exam or quiz I've ever taken in my Human A/P 2 class was scantron based, it made complete sense to use it & circle in the lettered bubbles. Of course I used a #2 pencil & then added glossy accents to each circled bubble.

You see the blue pattern paper with all the thank you's? I alternated stamping the circle & square stamps down the line. To make it more interesting, I stamped the circle 'thank you so much' onto different colored pattern papers then punched it out & dimensional adhered it on top of the original circle. Glossy accents was  added on the circles too.

Last but not least the labels. Here's a trick if you don't have a die cutting machine.. if you have clothing catalogues that come with those small business card like coupons, use those to make labels! I take those coupons, outline it over paper & then cut the paper out & viola! You my friend have now got cute labels! I was lucky enough that the catalogue came these 2 labels in a smaller & bigger version, perfect to put one on top of the other.

I also took the 'you' from the square stamp & added it with the 'many thanks' stamp & then used alphabet stickers to complete the sentiment. The white outline on the kraft label is made using a white gel pen & both labels are dimensional adhered to the card.

                                                                                                                    

Supplies Used:

[[  Recollections Kraft Cardstock Paper  //  DCWV 'the hittin' the books' Paper Stack  //  Brazzil Kraft Cardstock  //  Thank You Stamp Set [$1 from Target]  //  Colorbox Ink in Black  //  Inkssentials Ranger Glossy Accents  //  #2 Pencil  //  EK Success 1" Circle Puncher  //  Uniball Signo White Gel Pen  //  Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers  ]]

sample ATCs [artist trading cards]

I've been so busy with studying the past month that I never got the time to craft. So to ease back into it, I decided to make ATCs, also known as artist trading cards. I didn't have anything specific in mind - I really just wanted to make something.

I looked into my stamp set collection & picked out the stamps that sparked my interest at that moment. While watching season 3 of Scrubs (my "new" favorite TV show.. I love Netflix!), I managed to come up with 3 small cards. Could I have made more? Of course! Should I have made more? Yeap. Should I have watched Scrubs while crafting? Probably not. Do I regret my decision? Hell no `=]

                                                                                                      

The stamp set used for card #1 was from Studio G [Hampton Art]. This was simple to make & the entire card is colored in with Copic Sketch markers (now that I think about it.. all 3 ATCs I'm about to show are colored in with Copic markers..)

Pros? The color combination & the glossy accents finishing touch on the leaves. Cons? To many 'hi' circles.. could have just kept the 'hello' one & leave it at that. Maybe even gloss the 'thinking of you' sentiment..

                                                                                                      

For card #2, I used two clear stamps from Autumn Leaves. I made a rainbow effect with the flowers & tried my best at shading. Can you see my shading skills.. or lack thereof?

Pros? The pretty colors & glitter/gloss effects on the flowers & butterfly. I am overly proud of the pink & blue shading on the butterfly. Cons? Ehh I went over the lines like a 4 year old again, especially on the yellow flower. And the gloss on the butterfly's antenna.. yea can do withOUT.

                                                                                                      

And finally card #3! I used the same 'hello' circle stamp from before but the flowers & peacock are from Hero Arts. This is where I got the inspiration to make the 'HEY! Peacock card from Friday [shown here].

Pros? Honestly, not many.. maybe the glitter parts on the flower. Cons? Umm everything! There's ink smudges, colors not blended well, etc. etc. [Yes I am my own worst critic.]

                                                                                                       

In all honestly, these cards should be in the 'throw it away right now because it looks like crapo' pile. I shouldn't even post this online & a year ago, I would have even been embarrassed to make these. So why am I showing these to you? [Warning: cliche coming up in about .5 seconds] Because practice makes perfect!

Sometimes you just need to experiment & play around with your supplies in order to get the next project looking amazing. I wasn't expecting any to look like a framed piece of artwork. I just wanted to use my supplies that have been collecting dust for about a month. And trust me, I probably have more 'what were you thinking vee?!?!' moments than that 'wow I want to keep this for myself now!' like most of you have (unless you were born as the next Picasso) & that is A-ok by me `=]!

                                                                                                      

Now that I'm done with my advice column for the week, I should get back to studying. I got 2 finals [lab practical & lecture final exam] & I'm now starting to freak out because these grades make or break my chances of getting an A for the entire class! I'm happy it's raining too so I don't feel bad that I'm missing out on beach or bbq time (sorry to the rest who have to suffer). I'll be back tomorrow with another new card!