More Green! (2 Sketches 4 You week of 3/2/09 and Card Patterns 2/28/09 + a couple other projects!)

Last week I wasn't able to do any of the sketch patterns. It was such a busy week! Our dishwasher had totally quit 2 weeks ago and we got our new one installed last Saturday + we got a new refrigerator! What a difference it is making! Also, my daughter got sick and work was busy! This week everyone has been well and I actually took part of the day off today because I'd worked so much during the week and there was no school today! We had a great day ~ went to the outlet stores to Aeropostle and both kids got some new shirts. Lunch from Burger King and then watched a movie together on the Disney Channel. Nice and relaxing.


Then I had some time to work on some cards! The first 2 are using Kazan's sketch this week at 2 Sketches 4 You. I was really in a green mood again. I found these cool poems at the QuoteGarden.com that make great cards. If you are ever looking for quotes and poems, that is the place to go!









The 2nd 2 cards are for the CardPatterns sketch this week. I used some more of the poems! On all 4 of these cards I used Reminisce patterned paper ~ the darker version is from this year and the lighter version is from past years. They actually went together pretty well.























This week there was an auction at my daughter's school and her teacher asked me to "dress up" the lunch they were providing for the auction ~ here is the before version that she sent home from school and below is my "dressed up" version.























I also finished up 24 cards for another recognition event at work. I decided to make cards that celebrate Oregon's 150th birthday. I made my own patterned paper using the words from the state song "Oregon, My Oregon." We will have the Director and Deputy Director along with me sign them and then they will be tied on to bags with our agency logo.

My old boss used to tell me that we have agency stationary but I always think if I make them they are more special. I try to make different ones each time we have a recognition event! This one is similar to one of Laura's sketches at 2 Sketches 4 You a couple weeks ago!

Happy Birthday Oregon, Happy Valentine's Day, and 2 Sketches 4 You!

I had some fun with the sketch this week at 2 Sketches 4 You. My first card is another valentine to sell for the Governor's Food Drive. Patterned paper and journal page are Making Memories. The butterfly is one of those cool new 3-D dies from Quickutz (this one is for the revolution). I'm really liking these! "Kisses" is an imaginisce snag 'em stamp. I used stickles on top of it and to outline the heart.

I've been making so many valentines for the food drive that I have not had time to make any for my family and friends that I usually send them to so I was trying to figure out what to do at such a late time and then while I was looking at the sketch, it came to me!

Valentine's Day is not just Valentine's Day in Oregon! It is also Oregon's Birthday! In fact if you look closely at the state seal on the flag it is in the shape of a heart. And this year is Oregon's 150th birthday. Can you say, sesquicentennial? I'd never heard the word 'till recently. There is going to be a huge party on the Capitol mall on Saturday that is a huge family event and my kids are incredibly excited. Radio Disney is going to be there, a cake that feeds 3,000, and even a "live" gold man (the gold man is on top of our capitol building) among other things! So that is where my card idea comes in! I'm going to take some pictures of the kids at the birthday party and put them in these cards to send to family and friends ~ after all, next year they can get a valentine.

For this card I put the sketch on it's side. I made some back ground paper out of yellow-gold cardstock by typing in "oregon" words in a word processing software. The state shape and the word Oregon are cut using the Cricut 50 shapes. The number candles are 2 X 2 quickutz and happy birthday is a quickutz revolution.

I want to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day! I'm also a very proud Oregonian (for 25 years!) and am excited to be celebrating such a big event!