Pixie's Crafty Workshop Challenge #374

Hello to all.  In this time of uncertainty, sometimes it's hard to stay upbeat, I think now is the time of must for all of us.  It's funny, a crafter's dream is to stay home and play all day with our toys.  In reality, it seems I am getting little to no crafting done.  In an effort to organize my supplies and send supplies that have been so generously donated to a friend, I must say there is progress.  I packed a box with 14 pounds (6.35 kilograms) which I will send off to California next week.  The supplies will be shared with my crafting friend, and her neighbor who is a single working mom of two autistic boys.  In this time of home schooling, every mom needs craft supplies to occupy time, while teaching a skill to her children.

My hubby and I have also been playing cards, lots and lots of cards.  For a guy with severe visual impairment, he sure can win at cards.  He requires lots of coaching and I'm his vocal advisor telling him what cards are on the piles.  We play May I, a game my sister taught us, and Spite and Malice a game our family has played for years and years.

Our pup is enjoying this stay at home order, as she is being walked often.  If weather permits we are out in it.  I have news for her today, it's too cold, too wet and way to windy, she will be exercising herself in our yard.  Missy also enjoys the couch time we are sharing.  Lots of naps with mom as we watch too much tv.

I did manage to make a snippet card or two. This one was made from a pad of 6x6 Crate Paper, that was generously gifted to me.  There are so many beautiful patterns.  I chose one that I love, but it just was too busy until I covered it with the beautiful flower die, which was also gifted.  I cut this die and then put it aside because I just couldn't find anything I liked to put with it.  So my snippet is the quarter page die cut, that I placed over the floral piece.  I don't know if you can really see the stripe portion that frames the piece, it is one I use to cut some leaf dies and I used some of those leaves for another card.  When I am cutting card to use to cut small dies, I always cut the card to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  Usually that size will give me a piece I can drop cut for use in a border.  I drop cut the outside piece and used it as another snippet.  You can see a bit of more snippet pieces peeking out from the inside of the card.

Everything was glued to a white 65# card.  I use Roxanne Glue-Baste-It glue, which quilters will be familiar with.   I love this glue and one thing I really like, it's washable, so when I use my pants as wipe rags, I can wash the glue out.  Trust me, my pants have seen lots of glue.  The downside, you can't wash your cards, but then I must say, most people don't purposely wash greeting cards....or do they?  I did not add a sentiment as I will add one when I am ready to post my card.  I do like this card and it isn't at all like I originally planned.  I think that's the fun of crafting, my cards usually don't end up as they originally thought they would.

I will be adding this card to Pixie's Crafty Workshop #374.  I hope you hop over to see all the inspiration on her blog page.

I told my hubby that I'd be crafting today and if he was a good boy, later today, I'd give him the opportunity to beat me at cards.  I guess I should get crafting.  I know he's already planning his big wins!

In this time of voluntary or mandatory isolation, if anyone needs a chat, send me an email.  I'm always up to meeting new friends and in this day of quarantine, sometimes it's nice to know we are not alone.  It's so sad that the entire world is sharing our pain.  I do know we will get through this.  Please stay safe, stay diligent.  And we will celebrate soon.

Love to all,
GlitterGrammy
AKA: Mary Mac

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #373 and More

Happy Monday to everyone in the crafting world.  I needed a large number of thank you cards, and I've made several different designs.  This one is the latest.  I must admit I finally found one that I could make quickly and I could use all the 1/4 sheets of card that I seem to accumulate too quickly.  The card base is made from 65# Neenah Bright White card.  It's my go to card and it's a good thing because I made a mistake when ordering.  I thought I was getting one ream of 250 sheets, but actually got four.  Oops!  The background embossing folder was made from one of the snippets that have been accumulating.  I love embossing folders and this is one of my favorites.  I mounted a 4x 41/4 piece to the front of the base that I had stamped with Thank You.  The pansy is a rubber stamp that I colored with PrismaColor  pencils, and I blended them using Gamsol.  I cut out the image and used dimensionals to lift it off the card.  The inside has a 1 inch piece cut from the embossed card.  The two rubber stamps and the embossing folders were gifts.  I am so thankful for them.  This card will make a wonderful Birthday or Thinking of You card.  

I'm going to enter this card in the Pixie's Workshop Challenge.  The snippet is the embossing piece.  

I've been spending some time organizing.  My new craft area is much smaller than my California play room.  My intention was to spread all the dies out on my table and take a photo before putting them into books.  Well, I must have been distracted by a shiny object because after sorting them into categories I began putting them into albums.  Here's a photo of the finished albums.  I still need to label the outside so it's easier to pull them out, but here they are.  

The two buckets have embossing folders and stamp and die sets.  I still need to  organize them a bit better, but I am using what I have right now.  I'll show more later.....

These are all the stamps I received.  I've yet to organize them, a project I hope to do this week.  There are so many especially the clear stamps and I am loving all of them.  I also am sorting to give to another friend who lost everything.  I am amazed that many of the wood mount stamps are stamps that I lost in the fire.  This gives me a nice warm feeling!  

I'm hoping to get a lot of coloring and organizing done over the next two weeks.  It looks like rain has finally come to Illinois to replace the snow and I am thrilled.  Winter was mild this year but it seemed longer than last year.  Maybe because last year I was so busy putting our house in order I lost track of the number of cold days.  But no matter the reason I am welcoming Spring!  

Off I go for now. My oven door is bugging me, it needs a good clean.  I have an aqua clean oven, which I love, but it doesn't seem to do a lot for the glass door.  Off I go to scrub....

I hope your week is wonderful and you find time to craft. 

Hugs from my world to yours,

Glitter Grammy

AKA:  Mary Mac

Thank You for the Beautiful Cards

Good morning....first I apologize for taking so long to post about the lovely cards.Seems sometimes life gets in the way of doing things we want to do.  Today I am posting photos of the cards I've received so far, and they are still coming in, so there will be at least one more photo of cards received.

Photos can never express the feeling of love I have received from all of you.  So lets have a look at the love.

Talk about inspiration!  Wow!  What I am most struck by is how creative each of you are and the differences between color, layering, and the layouts that make each card so different and so very special.  Your cards make me feel special and I thank you.  Every card held beautiful words of encouragement and when I feel low, I pick up one of your cards and am reminded to look forward.  So thank you all for that too.  

And finally, a big thank you to these four ladies who sent packets of cards for me to have for sharing and also a lovely little album that has the most beautiful sentiment on the back.  It says, "Don't look back, you aren't going that way....."  

I'm still working on Thank You cards.  I hope that most of you have already received them.  I think I should close....My husband is recovering from pneumonia and today will be the first day he goes out of the house in 2 weeks. He is recovered from the "bug", now it's working on getting his strength back....I think cabin fever has hit both of us.  A little fresh air is in our future.  

Until next time....thank you!  I'm sending love to each of you and am looking forward to getting back to sharing some of what I making.  

Just a Reminder:  I still can't comment on my blog page.  I didn't want to try anything that might have comprimised my ability to send this thank you.  Hopefully in the near future, I will get this figured out.  If not, I may have to start over with a new blog page If I do....I'll for sure let everyone know.  

Love to all,

Mary Mac 

AKA:  Glitter Grammy