Labor of Love Part Two: The Card...

Here's the finished card...

(the little "slider" oval is from the

Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge--

I just LOVE it!!!)

I've been pondering what to write in it

and while Blogger was uploading

the coffee finally kicked in and my brain started working

I think I will write a little something

to Baby Oliver...

a little about who he's chosen as his mom

and his family (grandparents/Auntie)

and what they will learn

on their adventure(s) together...

Of course, THE StampQueen herself

taught me early on

that there should, under no uncertain terms,

be any NAKED MAIL...

so the enve got decorated, too...

This paper is just too cute and made the whole project

so much easier...

I am about to call my pastor

for an exorcism or something

of my craft room---

the gremlins are still working overtime in there...

after I had put the last piece into the frame--

the bottom with the dinosaurs

(which had to be cut out from almost the middle of the 12x12 page---)

somehow

I managed to lay it down on top of the OPEN

ink pad...

sigh.

Back to the drawing board...

Before I even started on this card

I pulled out the K&Company

packages of pre-folded cards I splurged on

at WM this past week

to work on a Holly Days project.

At $3 for 15--they were steal!

When I opened them, however,

this is what I found...

11 out of 15 cards

were very poorly folded

we're talking 1/2" to 3/4" an inch off/skewed!

They are horrible!

I couldn't even bring myself to open the second package.

So now...

it's either cut and score my own

or wait until Theresa and I

head back to Wilmington

and buy some others.

I did e-mail K&Co.---so far, no reply

but it was Friday late afternoon.

We'll see if they will be like

Fiskers and Sizzix

who are AWESOME

when it comes to standing behind their product

or like

Martha Stewart and Tim Holtz

who could care less...

stay tuned-I'll let you know!

Well,

Holly Days projects are awaiting

so I better get back to it!

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping!