I love the Olympics…I find it to be so entertaining and I am always WOWED by the athletes! I was so excited to see the opening ceremonies!
All day at work on Friday I was thinking of what John and I would have for dinner…planning on how to take care of the animals….juggling everything to be planted in front of the TV to watch the pageantry – then getting a call from a dear friend to pop over and watch the opening ceremonies……CALGON TAKE ME AWAY – so many decisions!
Dear John to the rescue….he went home and brought the horses in…(he is doing GREAT) – fed the dogs and Daisy-Mae ….said – you say at work and I will take care of the house and meet you….WOWZERS – a dream come true…..he is the best!
I think that impromptu things work out to be the best! This is what this post is about and we had a FABULOUS Friday! Last minute things work out to the best! I was glued and enjoyed every minute!
Now to the FLIP SIDE….I try not to be negative …but I was soooooo ready for yesterday to be over! Have you ever had a day that everything you wanted to accomplished…just fell short each and every-time! Well – that was me from about 12 noon on Saturday until John was once again a saviour and made me smile…. actually helped me finish today's card!
Many times we learn the hard way – this is one of those examples as when John and I were driving home today from doing errands I said – " I think I will make an Olympic Card to say a big THANKS to Haven and Brandon for such a fun Friday evening"!!! His immediate reaction was…yep – that would be easy…..just make the circles and done!!!!
I was doing the "Susan mental happy dance" as we were driving as I knew EXACTLY how I was going to do this card….then there were some hiccups but I learned and I will pass them on to you as you can see!
The key element was naturally the circles, I was 1st going to use the Circle Framelits and then I was lazy and thought…..let's try punches as if they would work it would be a time saver…(remember, I was soooo darn eager to have my day over)
The punches did the trick for me! I used the 1 3/8" and the 1 3/4" Circle Punches and the colors of paper were Real Red, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Black and Pacific Point! Easy-peasy…pop the smaller one 1st and then the larger to make the rings!
I thought I was sooo darn cleaver to use the shaker frames and the 1st "go around" I used the whole circle and then was super frustrated that they would not lay flat! (DAH!!!!) John to the resque (again) and he said….just cut smaller pieces….so that I did but I then again made another boo-boo…..I cut all 5 circles and if I do this again, I would just cut the yellow and green and I would "hide" the cut marks under the other circles!
You see…I am all full of hiccups today but I think that you can get the look I was going for! John was trying to keep me positive and said – how did you know what size to make the card….I was all smiles as before he came to my rescue…I snapped a picture that shows you!!!! The final saize is 4" X 6 1/2"!
It is that wonderful grid paper….just love that grid – it is a helper and a quick life saver! You can see the "how to's" easily with this card and then I knew the perfect sentiment! The Lots of Thanks Set was the perfect way to thank my friends for such a wonderful evening!
Friday was a perfect night….Saturday is behind me and today will be a GREAT day! I promised "Stanley" (the horse) a really good and long grooming and my friend Jeanie is coming over and I am going to make her say…."you were not kidding"…!!!! She is sooo funny and sooooo talented and we are going to put together a project and then I will post on it this week!
Can you think of what it might be….???It is in the new Occasions catalog and something that to me us soooo "Not Susan" but when I saw it at leadership I was in awe with how cute/beautiful it was in person!
Thanks for popping in and listening to me today! I hope that you enjoy watching these amazing athletes over the next 2 weeks! They are our heros with their dedication and pasion!!!
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Until tomorrow!
Love it! I’m a big Olympic fan also. Watching as much as I can
I am right there with you , Susan …not missing anything ! So exciting and they have worked so hard !! Yay Olympians ! And yay Susan ! Love this card …I think it rocks ! Yay for Sunday and as Brian said this morning “Turn the page for another day ” or something like that ! Hugs to Stanley ! And yes,a hug to John for being so helpful as your card director !!
Love your card Susan! And I so appreciate the warmth of family you are able to capture in your posts. Enjoy your Sunday!
Well, if it makes you feel better; here was my catastrophe. I made an open window Christmas card with the sentiment stretched across the opening with the Silver Glimmer paper and then I stamped the inside saying on the back of the glimmer paper. I did 32 of these. Stamped them and put them in a pile; one after the other. Well, I picked them up and stacked them and went on to the next step. When I went to assemble everything, the ink on the back of the Glimmer paper smeared all over everything. I didn’t realize that you can’t stamp on the back of Glimmer paper. It must have some kind of coating on it. I even tried heat setting it. Anyways, I ended up stamping on whisper white and cutting it all out again and attaching them to the back of the glimmer paper. What a mess I had. I always learn the hard way. Thanks for sharing your wonderful card with us. We also love watching the Olympics.
Loved the Olympic card! Go USA!!!
Clever card and perfect for the occasion. And we also like the Olyempics but I really love the grid paper, it is so helpful in designing a card, and I always have notes on it until the project is complete and I’ve taken a picture and the added my notes before it goes into my notebook for future reference.
Carl was looking over my shoulder and said, “That card is beautiful!” Ariane wanted to know if you knew any Olympians to give it to. 🙂 I told them both they needed to read your blog to find answers to who made it, who it was going to, as well as what I was doing today. LOL
The card turned out fantastic, a real winner! I immediately thought how will she intertwine the rings? My head is still in a fog from interrupted sleep. No way can I really create anything and see it through. I am having trouble reading the paper through!
I was at a conference in D.C. at the Hilton and that was the weekend the American Winter Olympic Team was meeting the President and they were at the same hotel. I was sitting at the table eating breakfast and admiring the muscular legs at the table next to us – it was Dan Jansen the speed skater! When my eyes traveled up to see what the face looked like, he was looking at me smiling! I about crawled under the table when he smiled and said hi! I think my face was bright red for hours!