Have a Heart: E.C.G. Valentines (+ Cricut ideas)

okay, so not "ECG" as in electrocardiogram...(though being Valentine's Day cards there area couple of hearts around here)(heeheehee) ...but rather E.C.G.as inEat Cake Graphicssome teensy weensy stampedeat cake graphics images on a coupleof Valentine's cards:One is a standard A2 card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2")...(with a tiny wind-up mousie)I've been trying to make more standard-sized cards formailability. Which kinds of cards do you prefer: standard,or square,...

Read More

Button Tray

Do you adore buttons? I do.......so I made a small button tray(measuring about 10 x 5 inches):In a former life, this used to be one of those light (balsa wood-ish) trays from the dollar store. It cost 50 cents ($2.00 for a nesting set of 4). The buttons are a mix of cheapos and yummy vintage ones that were a gift from my Mum. They're all happy together, just glued onto a piece of black cardstock.make a button tray:1) Sand the wood a little with some...

Read More

Mouse (the cat) reads Murakami...

Miss Mouse has been busy reading!(And I--the crazy cat lady--have been at it again) ;o)...Mouse can often be found with her nose in a book:One of Mouse's favourite authors is Haruki Murakami. Here she isengrossed in his novel The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (for obvious reasons):She will tell you that she is often enthralled and thrilled byMurakami's mastery of magical realism:Mouse gets rather grumpy if you interrupt her reading --especially if you disrupt...

Read More

Déjà vu??? Tiffany Doodles cards!

Have you seen these before? ;o)I would swear that I have blogged these cards already, but in looking over old posts it seems that I have not. I freaked out when I saw that, since they are all made using images drawn by a dear online friend who is very talented: Tiffany Richards....and they were ever so fun to make...My timing is not horrible though, I suppose, since Tiffany just opened her first official store: Tiffany Doodles. It's looking...

Read More