Somehow I've managed to survive the last two weeks. I'm not sure
how, exactly, but I'm quite thankful! :) The boy (Finally! Already?!?!) started kindergarten (can you tell that I'm a bit conflicted?) and made it through his first full week. His first "week" was actually only a few days - this last week was the full deal. Of course I took pictures on the first day of school... he was NOT impressed. Actually he was quite the little booger about the whole thing. Well, look:
:D I may have gotten two other pictures that were even worth editing!
While I know that starting Kindergarten is a trial for most kids - this has been especially challenging for us. Talk about a grumpy kid! And since he's
my kid there is NO possibility of a nap after school. *sigh* Let's just say that there have been a lot of "interesting" evenings around here!
So. Due to that whole situation (and a few other things) I have had a half finished card sitting on my table for more than a week. It's still patiently waiting. Hopefully the cat doesn't do anything destructive before I get back to it! Another thing that has caught my eye is
this melted crayon project. I got so excited that I bought all the supplies already and am just waiting for a few minutes to begin melting. I'll let you know how it goes!
The final thing I have to share with you is something I've been sitting on for a while. In my last post you saw that the lovely Lauren sent me a tower of gifts. :) Well, those gifts were some awesome crafty stuff (of course!) and included
this awesome shadow box kit that I dove into right away! (literally, the day I opened it I started working on it - and didn't stop for
days!)
As you can see, there is a LOT going on! :)
The base was covered with a piece of watercolor paper that I with Distress Inks. I added a little bit of water to the background & blotted it to make it more interesting. I stamped with more DI while the background was still wet and allowed it to dry. Once dry, I adhered it to the base chipboard piece and went over some of the stamped lines with a Spica pen. The frame pieces were adhered to the base then painted with the Pearl dabber from Tim. Why does it look silver? I have *no* idea. Maybe it's the combination of Pearl dabber and raw chipboard? Once those pieces were dry I used Glossy Accents to glue in some glass glitter to the inside edges. I guess I was still fascinated by the geodes we saw up in Estes Park. :)
The saying was printed on a sheet of printable transparency - actually I had to do this several times. The original used a font that was too delicate (it was practically invisible!) to compete with the underlying components. I to cut it out and try again. The second time I ran it through the Xyron and adhered it to the acrylic cover - BIG mistake!
That one had to be peeled off and then I had to clean the acrylic... not something I suggest! This one is lightly adhered around the edges of the frame (to keep the glitter in and stop any slipping). Although you can just see where I stamped a flower on the edge of the frame with DI before adhering the transparency. I actually thought up the saying myself - it relates directly to how I wanted to encourage the boy to make friends in Kindergarten. :)
Finally I added the die cut leaves (colored with DI & spattered with water) and the rolled flower (also colored with DI but a bit of Distress stickles and PP mist added) to the corner to help cover some of the adhesive. On the back are a couple of tabs to help it stand up.
On the whole I am quite happy with how it turned out! I do wish that my font was bolder (it's harder to see IRL) but not enough to keep me from enjoying it.
Thanks for dropping by! Hopefully things will mellow out a bit and I'll see you soon! :)