First of all, can you believe I did THREE sketches before Friday?! I have to admit, I surprised myself! Okay, now that I shared my excitement….
I’m so proud of myself for doing a bonus sketch…my very first one! I’m glad that it was Rae’s too- she has amazing work, and evidently amazing sketches too! If you haven’t been to her blog, it’s definitely a MUST SEE! Rae was such a sweetie…while she was on the design team for 2S4Y, she would always comment on my cards. (Rae, if you’re reading this, don’t stop! I love hearing from you!!) This sketch is one of my most favorite- definitely one to keep in mind for future card projects!
I have never participated in the “Mojo Monday” sketches…not because the sketches aren’t great…they are wonderful! This week, as soon as I saw this sketch, I knew that I HAD to participate in the fun. Lately, I have been in LOVE with pink, green, brown and paisley! I can’t get enough! (See other posts) These DeNami Design daisy stamps are some of my favorites- they also go along great with the paisley papers!
16. I could not live in the “olden times.” Internet, cell phones/ texting, cars are things I could not live without.
Nothing terrible happened really, but work felt like it was dragging along each day this week. I don’t know why, since I had plenty to do and was really busy. I just felt really down and stressed…I was kinda irritable too…not too pleasant to be around. (Sorry Mom!) Anyways, I was SO glad it was Thursday and I was finally completed with my week at work. I got off an hour early and was able to head off to the chiropractor for a much needed adjustment. Traffic wasn’t horrible, so it felt like my weekend was off to a good start. Unfortunately, this was not the case at all. I came home to see a letter on the counter for me. Not too strange, but it looked official and I didn’t recognize the return address. Well, turns out that it was a collections bill. Thing is, the bill was from 3 1/2 years ago! I had never received a bill, or at least it never got to me. In my mind, I had NO debt and I was finally on the road to a clean start. I thought all my accounts were taken care of, but apparently I was very wrong. Normally these things don’t bug me, but this amount was ridiculous. I called the collections agency and asked if we could settle on an amount, and they said yes. However, it was still way more than I had thought I would have to pay. After going back and forth with the guy, I just broke down and said to charge my card so I could be done with all this. I didn’t want it going on my credit record, even though it really shouldn’t. (It’s a long story, and I’m not going to go into it.) After cringing after seeing the amount get deducted out of my account, I have the lady at the car dealership (I was getting an oil change), tell me that my car fluids needed to be changed. I asked how much that would cost, and the total was $420 + tax. Honestly, I just wanted to cry. I just got charged a HUGE amount for a bill that I should not have to pay, and then hear that I have to fork out another $420+ for my car. I think what upset me the most was that I paid $1200+ and I really had nothing to show for it. No cute shows, clothes, purses, make-up, etc. I have to admit, I did cry on the way home from the car dealership. This was definitely not the way that I wanted my weekend to start. Hopefully it gets better…..
Woah…I did two different cards for Kristina’s color challenge this week! As you can see, I LOVE the new DeNami chickies– they can be found here. Also note, I have used more rhinestones. I’m telling ya, I just can’t get enough! I looked online, and saw all sorts of colors that I’m going to get….just can’t justify doing it right now…..I’ll write about why in another post.
This is the gift card holder that I made for Ginny. She is a dear friend of mine, so I wanted to do something special. I had so much fun making this- I got to use my Cricut and lots of different papers. I LOVE how this turned out….I wouldn’t mind receiving a gift like this! ;-) I put a Jamba Juice, Starbucks, Cold Stone Cremery and Target gift card in the different slots- some of the best places on earth!
Here is another pic of the other side of the holder. I think I’m going to make another one of these soon- just can’t say who it’s for yet. (I have a lot of friends who read my blog!) I’ll try to post pictures once I get it made…might be a while. Lately, there have been a LOT of great sketches and color challenges out, I wish I had time to do them all!
I’m so glad that I had a chance to do Kristina’s challenge this week! I am constantly checking on her website to see if she has posted anything new and exciting. I just saw that she had opened an Etsy store- I was thinking of doing the same! I have to do a little more research, but I am seriously thinking of selling the cards that I post on my blog. I normally make my cards for sketches/ challenges, but I have way too many to use for my personal use! Do you sell your cards? If so, which website do you use?
Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit…it wasn’t exactly a “happy monday“. I was so tired last night, I went up to bed at 8:30! Unfortunately, sleep didn’t come to me until 12:30. I was not too happy about this, and it showed this morning. I’m generally not a morning person, so being around me when I don’t sleep well/ don’t get enough sleep, is not so fun. It also didn’t help that I had a fabulous weekend and wasn’t ready to go back to work. Why do the weekends go by so quickly?! Anyways, I went into work and kept very, very busy. It’s always nice to have lots of things to do- makes the days go by so much faster.
