So, four cats really keep me busy! With Nick being in California for the last week, I have found very little time to do much other than take care of them, and go pick up my farm share. Which lately has been abundant with Zucchini! Now normally I am not a fan of zucchini, except in the occasional bread or skillet meal, but lately, I have been finding neat ideas using the zucchini that I thought you might be interested in knowing. This is a really great idea for kids especially, but I have found that even for me it is a great idea. The good thing about it is that you won't be using anything that you would normally eat!
The best part about a zucchini stamp is that there is really no necessary carving like you would need on a potato. Zucchini's are a bit porous, so the have a neat design on them already. However if you desire to carve a shape into them, go ahead and using small amounts of paint you can dab designs onto greeting cards, or even furniture. When you decide to change colors, cleaning the zucchini is really simple, and can be done by either slicing a chunk off, or rinse the zucchini. The possibilities are endless, and I must say that it has given me many card ideas for the near future. My mother for instance is turning 50 this year, and I am sure I will find a great zucchini to use to stamp '50' on her card! You can change the design on your zucchini as well, try a serrated knife for a ripple effect, and using different cross sections of the zucchini for different designs. Another idea it to score the surface of the stamp with a fork and create a wavy pattern. Like I said before, when painting with veggies, the possibilities are endless!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Leoben and Zarek
This is the first 'public' announcement of our new kittens and I figure that some people might want to see them, so here are a couple shots.
This is Leoben (pronounces Lee-oh-bin), getting comfortable "Froggy-style" on our bed.
This is Zarek (Rhymes with Eric) a little groggy after waking up, and stretching out. He fell about ten seconds after this shot thanks to the flash popping up and startling him.
This is my favorite shot so far. Zarek and Baltar sitting in one of the kitchen windows together. It's like a daddy and his child, and I think it is absolutely adorable.
This is Leoben (pronounces Lee-oh-bin), getting comfortable "Froggy-style" on our bed.
This is Zarek (Rhymes with Eric) a little groggy after waking up, and stretching out. He fell about ten seconds after this shot thanks to the flash popping up and startling him.
This is my favorite shot so far. Zarek and Baltar sitting in one of the kitchen windows together. It's like a daddy and his child, and I think it is absolutely adorable.
So this coming weekend, I am throwing my sister a bridal shower. I made the invitations a couple blogs ago, and they were a big hit. I figured that I would also make her some Thank You cards as well since we are having all of the guests write their addresses on envelopes as a way to pick out door prizes for those people who do not want to participate in games. So since we had two boxes of envelopes and no cards to fill them, I decided that I would make some for her. (I checked a couple stores and for the price I could make some, I couldn't find anything that were of my sister's taste)
So here is another card option.
Supplies:
8 1/2 x 11 or scrapbook card stock in desired colors at least 3 different ones.
Tulip glitter Glue
Any clear drying glue that has a fine tip
Nail gems (I used 6 for each card)
Glue stick
Scissors
Instructions:
Step 1: Cut out Backing for Thank You's using Cricut Storybook Cartridge. Use the 4" size and depth of 3. (You can also buy pre-cut Thank yous from Michaels which will allow you to skip this and the next step.
Step 2: Using Cricut, cut out Thank Yous using the same size and depth as backing
Step 3: Fold a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock to create two 5x8 pieces
Step 4: Cut cardstock to make two pieces
Step 5: Fold each piece in half so you can apply the backing and thank yous.
Step 6: Glue backing to folded card using glue stick.
Step 7: Glue thank you, using fine tip glue pen.
Step 8: Glue gems to thank you using glitter glue. It creates a sparkle effect around the edges and if some gems are chipped slightly, it smoothes their edges out.
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It's a really simple product, but will save you a ton of money. Mine were a total of $5.07 for 30 Thank You cards. I had a lot of supplies left over from the invites, but the total would be only about $15 for everything if you had none of the supplies. Hope that this gives you some ideas on card creations of your own.
So here is another card option.
Supplies:
8 1/2 x 11 or scrapbook card stock in desired colors at least 3 different ones.
Tulip glitter Glue
Any clear drying glue that has a fine tip
Nail gems (I used 6 for each card)
Glue stick
Scissors
Instructions:
Step 1: Cut out Backing for Thank You's using Cricut Storybook Cartridge. Use the 4" size and depth of 3. (You can also buy pre-cut Thank yous from Michaels which will allow you to skip this and the next step.
Step 2: Using Cricut, cut out Thank Yous using the same size and depth as backing
Step 3: Fold a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock to create two 5x8 pieces
Step 4: Cut cardstock to make two pieces
Step 5: Fold each piece in half so you can apply the backing and thank yous.
Step 6: Glue backing to folded card using glue stick.
Step 7: Glue thank you, using fine tip glue pen.
Step 8: Glue gems to thank you using glitter glue. It creates a sparkle effect around the edges and if some gems are chipped slightly, it smoothes their edges out.
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It's a really simple product, but will save you a ton of money. Mine were a total of $5.07 for 30 Thank You cards. I had a lot of supplies left over from the invites, but the total would be only about $15 for everything if you had none of the supplies. Hope that this gives you some ideas on card creations of your own.
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