Sandy Card

I am extremely tired due to a combination of a lengthy eye doctor visit - it consisted mostly of waiting -, physical pain, and overload due to a very hectic fire drill. I might write about the eye doc visit tomorrow or some other time, or I might not, but right now I just have time for a quickie. As promised, therefore, here is my colored sand card. It is a simple Christmas tree, which I cut out of double-sided sticky foil using the smaller one of the lovely Marianne Design dies. I used gold-colored Sandy Art sand. The stars that fly over the Christmas tree are from my stash. The green cardstock base comes from a pack I bought at the supermarket for much less than it'd cost at the craft store.

More Crafting, This Time for Christmas

Thanks lovely readers for all the nice coments on yesterday's post and thanks for the follows. If you've only visited yesterday's post, I want you to know this is more of a general blog with an assortment of posts, some of which can get pretty involved. However, I'm loving craft blogging again so here are a couple more cards. Both of these have a 3D effect to them. The first was done using die cuts from a die cut pack, and the second was done using a lovely set of Christmas tree dies by Marianne Design. I am not able to use regular cut-outs, but these were simple enough so that I could build up the image.

Edit: oops, discovered I already posted that first card earlier. Sorry for anyone who's seen it twice.

Reasons to Be Cheerful

I didn't go to sleep till 4:00 AM last night and awoke at 8:30 this morning. Have been blog surfing for just a bit too long. I'm loving the new blogs I discover. Mostly, they're Mommy blogs. Seems a bit strange given that I'm childless by choice, but I actually love them.

There's a blog hop over at Looking for Blue Sky, one of the parent blogs I discovered, on reasons to be cheerful, and I'm going to try to participate if I may. If I'm not allowed to cause of not being a Mom, I apologize.

I have a lot of things to be cheerful about that I don't always think of. Today, the relatively new activities staff person will come to my ward, and she's really nice. As a result, I will be able to make some pretty cards this afternoon. Cardmaking can be frustrating, but when I'm successful, it really cheers me up. I have a Christmas design in mind which I hope will satisfy me for once. Last week, I was also very cheerful over a Christmas card I made.

In related news, my jewelry making supplies will likely arrive in the mail today. I try simple jewelry making as something to complement my paper crafting when I need something more tactile. Right now, I have some wonderful handmade polymer clay beads waiting to be stringed on a wire. I made them in green and gold glittery Fimo, which I've heard is quite a rare color combination. I chose it myself.

Then there is the lovely blogosphere which I'm part of again. I know, I've been blogging off and on for years, and a few posts are no guarantee that I'll stick to this blog, but I really plan to.

Lasly, the weather is beautiful. It's in the 70s here, which is good for late August. There is some rain now and then, but it's also sunny at times. Have a great day!