Sandhill Crane Card

It's been a while...I've been busy...

But I do have something for today.

My mom commissioned me to make a card for her.

She's going to give it to Curt. So it couldn't have ribbons, or sparkles, or anything that makes it fun...
Well actually this one was pretty fun to make. I made the background with my brayer, a few post-it notes, and several colors of ink. The reed stamp in the foreground is from Stampin Up.
The cranes are from the internet.

Sandhill Cranes to be exact. I'm not sure what the story is, but I know Mom and Curt have been to the migration a couple of times. The silhouettes look just like some statues they have at their house on the fireplace...

Here's the inside, the card opens differently than I usually make them. But I like it. I distressed everything, I think it adds to the manly-ness.

I had a really great 3-day weekend, even though the camera class I've been looking forward to was cancelled. On the bright side, we get a make up, and another free class on top of it..so hooray for small disasters.

Hope everyone is having a good Monday..

Jessica

Heart Button Card

I haven't been slacking, ok, maybe I have.

I made this a few days ago. It was a custom request from a coworker friend of mine (thanks Marsha!) for a couple she knows in her hometown.

I cut the heart shape out with my Cricut, and glued a lot of pink buttons to it. I was hoping it would make a dent in my abnormal button supply, but it didn't even touch it.

I used my Cuttlebug for the dot background. The paper is all SU paper, and the ribbon is from my stash. The inside is blank.

She said she really liked it, and it's already on its way in the mail. I hope the couple likes it too.

I've got a couple other requests in my queue. I'm formulating plans as we speak, well type. Hopefully I'll have some time in the next 2 days to get some things finished.

Jessica

The Fruity Bunch?

I know you probably thought we were done with the fruit, well you'd be wrong.

A coworker friend of mine wanted the complete fruit set, so I made 3 more cards with the 3 other fruit from the Tart n Tangy stamp set.

I really really like them! I'm partial to citrus fruit, but I love these too!

I was concerned about the strawberries, but they turned out to be my favorite I think.

Or maybe the cherries...

It's really hard to decide.

Well I think I'll keep making tons of these, they are super easy. And super cute. Perfect for the nice weather that is supposed to be coming our way...I hope.

Team Rodgers needs some good weather to begin Yard Overhaul 2011.

Oliver is helping me type, so I've got to be going. Hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Jessica

Citrus Thank Yous

Well it snowed/sleeted again last night.

I'm pretty much over the snow and cold.

Perhaps my papercrafting protest will win the weather in my favor..it's not working so far.

Citrus thank you cards. I just love this stamp set. The orange color looks a lot darker than it is.

I stamped the white paper and cut a border on the colored paper.

The lime one is my favorite.

I attached the banner with a brad and raised the fruit up on dimensionals.

The inside is blank. I love these a lot. I love citrus fruit, and can't wait for warmer weather. Even though I know once it's here we'll all just be complaining that it's too hot. I'm ok with that.

Have a great weekend. I've got a challenge lined up to participate in, I haven't started the card yet, but the contest isn't over until Wednesday..plenty of time.

Jessica

Anya Easter Card

Sorry I fell off the vacation wagon. There are a few more pictures Jon took skiing by himself the last 2 day. They're on his computer, it's on my to-do list.

We made it home fine, our Olliedog and kitties missed us terribly. And we've been laying around doing nothing for the past 2 days.

We brought the crappy weather back with us it seems, so I was needing some Spring in my life, so I made a card.

Easter is the next holiday I suppose, so an Easter card seemed appropriate. I haven't colored with my Copics in a long time (and I'm severely out of practice)

I kept it pretty simple. I cut out the image and popped it up with dimensionals.

The ears have white flocking on them, so they are furry! I haven't used flocking in forever, and this was a perfect reason to.

This is a terrible picture of the inside...I don't know what happened. But I stamped a light blue bunny inside, and the rest is blank.

This card is listed in my Etsy Shop...click the side bar button to browse <------

I've got 2 days of work this week, then a weekend, so it shouldn't be too bad. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Jessica

Colorado Ski Trip Day 4

Today was pretty uneventful.

Jonathan couldn't sleep this morning so he went for a drive around town. (I had no clue, I was sleeping) I guess you can drive pretty far up Peak 7. So he got a few shots overlooking the town.

You can see a lot of the runs here.

The rest of the day we walked around downtown. Our legs are still hurting (mine more than his) so a ski break was definitely in order. It was mostly overcast all day. They're expecting snow through the weekend, which should make our last 2 days of skiing super great.

Here's a shot of Jon with the ski slopes in the background.

This is a crazy amount of ice.

Right in the middle of Main Street. I do believe it's medicinal marijuana...but I figure, if you are sick enough to need it, high altitude and a small mountain town are probably not what you need, and you should move. There are an awful lot of younger boarders here though...

Anyway, that's pretty much it for today.

Hitting the slopes tomorrow...maybe.

Jessica

Colorado Ski Trip Day 3

Day 3 was a disaster, and I should have known from the start.

This is what it looked like when we got up this morning. It started snowing early...and it never really stopped.


This is outside the back door over the patio. Through th clearing you could see a mountain...but instead all you see is snow.


So I had a brilliant idea (in hindsight I see it was terribly stupid, but more on that later.) We would wait out the snow, and hit Keystone for some later skiing. They have night skiing until about 8pm or so. It was going to be perfect. But it never is. We started with a minor boot meltdown in the parking lot. (off to a good start) Then we had to hike 100 miles from the truck to the lifts, carrying all of our gear. Now the Gondola part was sort of cool, it was a little pod thing that was all closed in. You don't have your skis on, just boots, so you can walk on and off.


Well my legs hurt so bad, and I was not in a happy mood so I stayed inside at the lodge at the top of the lift while Jon went on a run by himself. Schoolmarm was the plan for me, so that's what he took. It looked easy on the map, and it is a green run so in theory it should have been fine. Schoolmarm also came recommended to me (you lied to me Russell!!!)

So I suited up, and we headed down. Jon said it was pretty gentle (he's a liar too) Here's the thing, I'm a superwuss. I don't like to go fast at all! I don't feel in control. And as many of you know, I'm a control freak. And on top of that, my legs were sore, making staying in control even harder. And another thing..there's even less oxygen on top of the mountain.

This is me, not having a good time. There are several steep sections on Schoolmarm..which is a 400 mile long trail. My only defense is the wedge, which is really hard on your legs...you see the problem here. Well I was doing my best down a steeper part and I totally fell. Backwards. So my skis are in front of me, still on the ground, my knees are bent and I'm sliding down on my back. At which point I took 30 cubic feet of snow up my jacket. It melts instantly you know..so now I'm soaking wet. I'm thinking this skiing thing is not for me. So we get my skis back on and I'm freaking out..once I go down, all confidence (what smidgen of it I had) is gone. Poof!
It's taking forever to get any farther on the run because I have to stop all the time because my legs are absolutely on fire. And I'm a giant wuss.

So we come to another steep part, this one is pretty long, and I swear it looked just like this..well I completely lost it. Panic attack. Great. 6 year olds are passing me and I'm losing my marbles. We managed to make it to the side of the trail where I could sit down in the snow. I couldn't get my breathing under control, because I was still freaking out. Well a very nice Ski Patrol man came over to see what was up.
As if it could get more embarrassing...because I couldn't get it together, and I knew I couldn't ski down the rest of the trail I got to ride in one of these...

This is not me, but this is what it looked like. The cushion was yellow. Yes, a rescue tobaggon. It really only made the panic worse, speeding down the mountain in a glorified rickshaw.

He had no problem. I had my eyes closed most of the time, there was one strap to hold on to, but I pretty much felt that I could dump over any moment.


Once we got to the bottom I was mostly fine again. The lesson for today...stay at Breck, it's better. The run we did yesterday was fine... comparatively..it was great. I'm not sure if we'll take a break tomorrow or not. We'll have to see how it goes.


I figure, it can only go up from here..the most embarrassing disaster ever.


Tomorrow is Friday, so it must be good.


Jessica