T.G.I.F. Day! Mish-Mosh of Goodies...

I know it's only Thursday

but

Thursday is my Friday

(I work 4 days a week)

so here I sit enjoying my coffee

the sounds of the surf and birds

playing with posts and goodies to share.

 

I was "commissioned" to create

a birthday card last week

that I promised to have done today

and then

my Cricut died on Sunday.

Not good. Not good at all.

My baby Cricut needs a new blade

(I soon discovered) as it wasn't cutting clean cuts.

So my brilliant idea for the card...

went right out the window  door

with the new Cricut to be replaced.

THANK GOD it was under warranty!

Of course I had help in packing it up to send it off...

 

I gotta say that, to date,

I have never yet actually accidently

sealed a cat in  a box to ship.

Key word-to date.

Lol!

 

So since I couldn't cut out the adorable scuba diver

and the treasure chest from the Life's a Beach Cricut cartridge

I had to go to plan B.

I struggled, it fought

but I think I am happy with the finished product...

 

I gotta find me some more Footloose paper!

It's probably my favorite go-to for boys/mens cards

as we live at the beach---and it's not "too girly"!

That's Close to My Heart's burlap ribbon frayed for some texture

and of course the whale and the crab are pop-dotted.

I added Stampin' Up's Crystal Effects to the water and sun

to give it some shine.

I think this suits for an 11-year old who I am told

likes to scuba dive, fish, etc.

 

Just a quick how-to for the shutter card...

the height of my paper is 8 1/4"

the width of the paper is 12".

On the 12" side--

score at 2", 4",8" and 10".

Now

come down 2" from the top of the paper

and CUT from the 2" score mark to the 10" score mark

and do the same at the bottom, again coming up 2" from the bottom.

This fits a larger (not invitation) size enve.

I can never remember all the weird cutting measurements

so the 12" wide divided in

Something else I did yesterday

was go and get myself a belated birthday present.

I live just one town over

from where Safe Haven was filmed.

My late husband used to say that people came here

to get away from something bad

and start new.

Yep.

Gotta tell you--it was rather odd to see our city

up on the big screen!

I only saw the movie once

and I know I didn't catch all the nuances I could have.

I'll wait for the dvd.

Anyway

a local jeweler designed this pendant

of Katie's bike

and I wanted it!

It didn't show up for my special day

but a friend gave me a monetary gift

so I went and purchased it myself!

I love love love it!

I agreed with the little girl in the movie-

Katie should have had streamers on the handlebar grips!

I also have a custom piece I want to have made

and the jeweler,

Renee

was sooo sooo nice

she came up with an even better idea

than what I had envisioned!

Gotta confess--

I have been putting off going in

and I can't even begin to guess why

I was nervous and worried and...

it was a completely painless event

I purchased the necklace

and she's going to call me on my design.

She took her time, explained things well,

listened to what I wanted...

such a sweet, sweet person!