The Friday Funny

Wow, Friday really crept up on me this week. I'm a little late today. I had to get blood work done this morning. And late this afternoon we have our appointment to get our taxes done. What a fun day, huh? But it's Friday!!! And tomorrow is our monthly dinner with friends. This time we're trying a fun restaurant in the theater district, Seviche. And they have MOJITOS!!! I will be a happy girl.

On to the funny (and, no, I do not research these to see if they are true or not. I just find them amusing):

Lipstick in School:

According to a news report, a certain school in Garden City, MI was recently faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the washroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night, the maintenance man would remove them and the next day the girls would put them back.

Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. He called all the girls to the washroom and met them there with the maintenance man. He explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night. To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, he asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required.

He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.

THE MORAL OF THIS STORY... There are teachers, and then there are Educators.

Hinged Circle Card

Here's something a little different for you today, at least it's a little different from my norm. And it was such a snap to put together, even if my directions seem a bit wordy.

Cut two of the largest Nestablities scalloped circles for your card base. These are about 4.25 inches in diameter. I actually used Cool Caribbean for the front and white for the back. The black circle was in my scrap folder. I believe it was cut with a Coluzzle. Cut one patterned circle with the largest circle die.

Adhere the two bases only at the top, scoring front and back about a half inch down so the card will open easily. I suggest you make sure the fold is placed at such an angle that TWO scallops rest flat on the bottom. This allows your card to stand upright as shown, rather than teeter to the left or right.

Stamp the flower from Silhouette Blooms I (Kim Hughes for Cornish Heritage Farms) three times with black ink. Layer on the black circle. Stamp "thoughts of you" from the same set on a long scrap of white paper. Rub the edges along the ink pad. Layer on Cool Caribbean.

You can see here how to use that same large circle die to cut the sentiment layer.

Adhere circles to card front and score crease again. Adhere sentiment strip (so that it is straight). Apply gemstones (optional). If you'd like ribbon, punch a hole between two of the scallops and knot ribbon.

Recipe:
Stamps-silhouette blooms I (Cornish Heritage Farms); Paper-white, caribbean, black, Bali Breeze (Stampin' Up); Ink-noir (Palette); Dies-Nestabilities large scalloped circle and circle; Punch-1/8"; Ribbon-Dashes Dots & Checks; Gemstones-icon (Me & My Big Ideas)

Paper Clip Bookmarks

I am constantly losing bookmarks, so I made up a couple of these paperclip bookmarks for myself.

The butterfly:
Stamp butterfly (Essence of Love by SU) in Versamark and cover in black embossing powder. Cut out. Add dots around scallops with black Sakura Gelly Roll pen. Papers: Bali Breeze by Stampin Up. Ribbon: american crafts

Flower:
Stamp flower (Jolies Fleurs by Lizzie Anne Designs) and color with Copics. Ink edges on Wild Wasabi ink pad. Adhere to Petals and Paisleys (SU) scalloped circle. Finish scallops with dots of Lime Stickles. Ribbon: Sweet & Sassy

Big Bold Bloom

I used Beate's weekend sketch for this card. I actually found this flower all done up and ready to go in a pile of my stuff today. It's from forever ago, like a year?!? Beate's sketch came to mind immediately.

The flower is stamped in Versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder. I think the paper is Runway Circles by Top Line Creations. I layered it on Stampin' Up prints paper in Celery, then on Petals and Paisleys, each edge rubbed on Vintage Photo Distress ink (Tim Holtz). Because I wanted to layer the celery with dimensionals, I first layered it on the same sized card stock for stiffness. Add sentiment from Essence of Love and a few little gemstones.

Recipe:
Stamps-Big Blooms (retired) and Essence of Love (Stampin Up)
Paper- white, Petals and Paisleys, prints celery (SU); Runway circles (Top Line Creations)
Ink- Versamark, old olive (SU); vintage photo distress ink (Tim Holtz)
Other- clear embossing powder, brown organdy, dimensionals; large gemstone (Darice); tiny gemstones (Hero Arts); Paper piercer

A Quickie

I used Lauren's Saturday Sketch for this very quick and simple card. The idea was to put an image in any one corner and keep the card to a single layer. What could be easier?

That being said, I sort of cheated a little. I wanted a patterned background. So I adhered a full size layer of this Stampin' Up! designer paper to a white card (4.25 by 5.5 inch). I stamped the flowers on a slight angle once in the corner, once off the upper side and once off the lower side. All the stamping is done with Versamark ink and black embossing powder. I added three little gemstones for bling and balance.

By the way, I meant to use the polka dotted side of this paper and accidentally glued the wrong side down. Oh well, you never would have guessed if I hadn't told you, right?

Ingredients:
Stamps: Essence of Love (SU)
Ink: versamark
Paper: amethyst palette o' prints, white (SU)
Other: black ep (SU); gemstones (Hero Arts)

The Friday Funny

Don't Honk At Old People

Okay, I've never attempted adding video to my blog, but I had to give it a try for today's Friday Funny. I hope it works for you. Just in case it doesn't, here's another quickie. And it's even paper crafting applicable:

Another Tip From Maxine:

Always keep several get well cards on the mantle...

So if unexpected guests arrive,

They will think you've been sick and unable to clean!

More Bali Breeze

I had this Bali Breeze paper out from yesterday's card, and this image has been sitting, colored, on my desk for a while. So I tossed them together.

These herb pots are from an old retired Stampin' Up set, Sweet Herbs. I think it was the second stamp set I ever bought. I stamped it on watercolor paper and colored with markers and a watercolor brush. Sorry, I don't remember what colors I used.

The green circles (in the background) were each cut with a Nestablities die or a circle punch. Then I stitched around the circles in green (so it's hard to see). The little tag is a cuttlebug die, which I layered on rust card stock and trimmed for a layer.

Recipe:
Stamps: Sweet Herbs (SU)
Paper: Really rust, watercolor, white, rose red, Bali Breeze (SU)
Ink: Palette Noir; SU markers
Other: circle punches, Nestablities circle die, Cuttlebug tag die, watercolor brush, American Crafts ribbon, Heidi Swapp jewels, dimensionals, sewing machine and thread, American Crafts blue glitter pen.