Thoughts of a Grasshopper

I turned on my laptop to upload these cards and could find the pictures.  I waited another day . . . or two to take the pictures in daylight.  Night time pictures never seem to do justice.  I must not have uploaded them from my memory card the first time because I now have to sets of pictures. haha I want you to take a good look at the penguin panel.  You can see a notch in the black cardstock.  That panel holds a gift card!  So stinkin' awesome!! by Anita Watson Stamps:  Snow Place, Versatile Christmas CS:  Pool Party, Basic Black, Shimmer White Ink:  Basic Black, Soft Sky, White Craft, Real Red Misc.: Snow friends framelit, softly falling EF, 1/8" real red ribbon by Christa Greaves Stamps:  Lots of Joy CS:  Old Olive, Crumb Cake, WW, Gold Glimmer Ink:  Old Olive Misc.:  Dimensionals, WW 1/4" cotton ribbon, confetti stars border punch, 1" square punch, Christmas Greetings thinlit by Catie P...

I hosted the Special Occasions swap on VC Rocks last month.  The card fronts could be sympathy, baby, wedding, etc.  It was pretty much an anything goes type of theme.  The only requirements were that it had two layers and an embellishment. This card is by Alice Leal: Stamps:  Flowering Flourishes, Work of Art CS:  WW, Old Olive Ink:  Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive Misc.:  Butterfly, rhinestones This card is by Brandy Campbell: Stamps:  Word Play CS:  Confetti White, Pear Pizzazz, WW, Sunny Garden DP Ink: Encore Silver Misc.:  Dimensionals, Rhinestone, 5/8" Daffodil Delight ribbon This card is by Catie Palmer: Stamps:  Silhouettes, Script Hostess CS:  VV, Cherry Cobbler, Mellow Moss, Farmers Market DP Ink:  Pear Pizzazz Misc.:  Word Window punch, Lots of Labels thinlet, pearls This card is by Christa Greaves: Stamps:  For the New Two, Butterfly Basics CS:  WW, Tip Top Taupe ...

I hosted a swap called "Save That Page" a couple of months ago for VC Rocks.  I took pictures of all of the bookmarks are received thinking I would get the pictures posted while I was in a hotel room with nothing to do at night.  It was quite late by the time I we were settled in hotel rooms and getting on my laptop was not on my list of things to do.  We spent a week with my mom and by the time we got to where we were moving, we explored the area we would be living in, cleaned and painted the house waiting for our things to arrive.  It was a busy time.  I still need to finish my sewing/stamping area.  I'm missing a couple of boxes, one being my cardstock.  I need to go through our storage area to be sure it didn't get put there with the Christmas boxes. This first bookmark is by Brenda Hugar.  I took a picture of it closed and opened. Catie Palmer made a bookmark that has magnets on the other side of the circle.  I love that typ...

Every year I participate in the Christmas Card Swap on VC Rocks.  There weren't as many players this year, but I'm still glad I was able to be a part of it. Anita Watson  made the card above using Calm Christmas and Dictionary stamp sets. Catie Palmer   used Naughty & Nice and That Rotary stamp sets Elizabeth Kratzer  used Ornament Keepsakes.  Nice to see the Holiday Framelits used. Ellen Boyle used Lovely as a Tree and Greetings of the Season Jane Hignite  used the Four 4 You stamp set Leanna Kerr  use Joyful Christmas Sherry Davis  used Best of Brides and Babies and More Merry Messages The above card is unknown.

I had the opportunity to host a swap for VC Rocks this summer.  My swap was gift card holders.  I was excited to get some ideas hosting this swap.  I'm known to buy a gift card and toss it inside the card, put it in the envelope, seal it and call it good.  This top holder is one of my favorites from the swap.   Anita Watson  started with a base of a full-sized card (4-1/4x5-1/2).  In the center upper half of the right side on top, she used a circle punch, cutting half of a circle.  She then folded the top part of the card in half.  You can see that there is a flap in the picture where the Calypso Coral CS is.  This is where the gift card is held.  The 1/2 circle punch makes for easy access to the gift card. Beverly Williams  made this gift card holder.  The Summer Sun CS slides out and holds the gift card. Sue-Lynn Bock showed a creative way to use the petal punch! Diane Villegas  has a fun ang...