monday . . .

Happy end of the night everyone!!!! I am ready for a new day tomorrow :) It has been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG day - you know - one of those days you end up cuddled in bed, watching reality TV & surfing the net at like 9 :) I have so many things I wanted to do tonight (laundry, a bit of cleaning, watch a movie with my hubby, etc.) but I guess there is always tomorrow - right :) Amidst all the recent scrappy projects I have been working on (that I still can't share - soon, soon!!) I spent a few hours last night creating a quick, fun layout. It did take a few hours but that is quick for me :) I actually glued as I went, no rethinking every little thing. It was actually super refreshing to scrap this way. Check it out . . .

I currently am into the "splattered" ink look - just a hint of it - nothing too crazy. If you want to try this - the easiest way to do this is to take the pump top off the bottle of mist & just fling it a bit here & there on your paper. It can make a bit of a mess - so I use a deeper box slightly larger than a 12 x 12 paper to do it in. Fun to play around with - definitely try it out if you haven't yet :) The lacing may look a bit time consuming but it actually went quite quick. I drew an inner square on the background paper and hole punched evenly around the border. To lace I used twine instead of floss - I seemed to have more control with that. I was totally inspired to do this by Nancy Damiano - check here work out here. The patterned papers I used here were from SEI's On The Coast line - I loved the mix of green, blue, orange, and grey - perfect for beach pics. The chipboard that coordinated was awesome - you'll see bits of it here & there :) The 2 large flowers were hand-cut from one of the patterned papers - aren't they gorgeous??? In the end, just loved the crisp look to this & the fact that it only took a couple hours - for me that is a record :) Maybe I am turning over a new leaf :)

On to the winner of those 2 awesome punches!!!! Thanks so much for sharing all those FABULOUS quotes & poems - they will definitely help with am upcoming project I am working on :) I randomly drew comment #7!!!!

Cindy Gay said...

One of my favorite quotes is on my blog:

"Let a joy keep you.
Reach out your hands
--take it when
it runs by."
--Carl Sandburg

Cindy

AUGUST 28, 2010 2:08 PM

Cindy, please email your address to dailyscrap@gmail.com & I will send your punches right out to you!!! Thanks so much everyone!!!

ttyl - julie :)