Spring Cleaning

Well, it looks like it's that time of year again - "Spring Cleaning time." Of course this is also known as the time year that I feel really bad about myself for letting my apartment getting so out of hand. I always make a list of the things I want to clean / organize / take care of and manage to accomplish about 1.5 items on the list. Not one to break tradition, here is my list for this year. Let's see how it goes:

• Take the "donate" pile to Goodwill finally - Daniel and I actually did this yesterday, after a full year of letting the pile grow! I refuse to let this count as my one item on the list I have accomplished, though.
• Organize my scrapbooking paper - overall I would like to organize all of my craft supplies, but the paper is easily the most overwhelming area, and it has got to get under control.
• Clean out my car
• Organize the closets
• Go through / organize the kitchen cabinets

The list is not too crazy so we'll see how it goes. I've been reading a lot of FlyLady so hopefully that helps me get motivated. Here goes nothing!

"Painted Petals"

I took my and second card making class at Archivers today and enjoyed it muchd more than the first one I took. The class was "Painted Petals" and focused on using Distress inks to "water color" stamped images. How beautiful! One of my favorite cards we made was this one with some adorable hummingbirds:

 


Of course I couldn't resist buying the stamp to take home. Here's what I've come with so far:

Cuttlebug Quilting / Masculine Birthday Card

I've been pretty obsessed with flowery, glittery cards lately, so I wasn't really sure how to go about making a masculine birthday card. I decided that leaning toward browns / neutral colors would do the trick. I also decided to use a technique I've been wanting to try lately - "Cuttlebug Quilting." This technique admittedly sounds pretty girly, but I think it worked out great.

Supplies: 
Cuttlebug "Textile" Embossing Folder
Cuttlebug "D'vine Swirl" Embossing Folder
Nestabilities "Classic Squares"
Inkadinkado Chalk Ink