First cards of 2011:

Well, I decided to go ahead and post up 2 cards today. They're nothing special. :)

I wanted to "practice" on some Valentine's cards, because I was thinking of doing 14 cards a day til Valentine's for the hubby. But, decided that since, my birthday is on the 7th, I'd rather just skip a week, and claim it for myself and just do 7 cards a day beginning on the 8th. lol. ;)

The first card is very simple. I just wanted to use the 40 cents pack of flowers. I ended up printing out a sampler pack of Papertrey Ink's papers. I didn't even know they had that option! I was thinking of getting some of their papers, and am glad they have little samplers so that I could get a feel of their papers. You can check out the samples HERE. I downloaded most of them, so that I could print them out later. ;)

I used the "Simple Valentine" paper sampler for this card. I must say though, that what's on my screen is more of a hot pinkish color, while when it printed it was a pretty muted pink.Could just be my printer though. I did get ahold of a photo printer today.. but more on that later! LOL

I used Kraft paper for the base card. Layered it with a red paper from the K&Co Ka-Zoo paper pack. Borders are from various places. Although, in real life, the bottom border is more of a sheen pink, whereas the camera made it look more reddish. And I spelled out the world "Love" with the Martha Stewart Alphabet punch.

Second card, is just a very random "Use your scraps, woman!" card. I pulled out a various scraps, and hoped they looked okay. And somehow the colors looked great together! I also use Papertrey ink's paper sampler in "Bitty Stars Basics".

Again, the colors are a bit darker than they normally are. My photoshopping skills are bleh today. lol. Because it is scraps from the scrap box, I can't really say where each piece is from, just that I used Kraft for the card, another flower from above. And the sentiment was stamped from my cousin when she gave me a box of goodies. LOL. Let's just say i didn't see anything wrong with it, although while trying to trim it, the glitter was flying everywhere LOL. :)

So, that is all for today. I just wanted to post something up for my cousin, since she was wiating forever for a Cards only post. :) I have a digital layout to post either tonight, or tomorrow because Shell released another kit. So yay. :)

Oh! That photo printer. Well, I was thinking of asking the hubby if I could get a small photo printer that prints just 4x6 and 5x7 for my birthday. I just wanted something small, and accessible so that I could print out pictures when I want to do layouts or have a picture that i just want to frame at that instant. Well, i was looking around yesterday and couldn't decided on anything although I kept looking at printers that prints up to 17"! LOL. But that's for later on, because i don't need to print out my 12x12 layouts now. Anyways, my aunts and cousins moved last week, and they live next door to us. They left a bunch of stuff that they 1) didn't need, and 2) that they couldn't bring with them since they are moving to a smaller apt or moving in with someone else. And what was over there? A Epson All-in-one printer that prints out 4x6 and 5x7 photos! Just exactly what I needed. I don't care that it can print regular too, but since I've been doing some 8 1/2 x 11 layouts, that's an option too. :) My regular printer works fine for printing documents and whatnot. So yeah, this is a LONG post. lol. Maybe (and i say this loosely, since I have TONS of projects to finish the next few weeks) I'll start being able to do more scrapbook layouts. :)

Comments

Awesome! Finally! Cards! Hahaha! a
And the 14 cards for everyday til valentines day seems like a pretty good idea! I was wondering why you were telling such a long story about a printer but congrats! Hahaha I originally wanted a small one but the mister got me a regular sized one anyways. Must post my layout soon!

Posted by: Miss Lindy J | January 24, 2011 at 01:19 PM

hahaha! The 14 cards a day was supposed to be like a little note everyday, kind of like a "One thing I love about you" on a small 3x3 card. Up until the actual day which would be a regular size card, with a summary of whatever. (I actually forgot what I was going to type! hahah!)

And yes! I was writing it and was like "Hmm.. people are going to think it's weird that I'm talking about a printer! It'll seem like it's my first time getting one! hahah! That means I can go through my 2005 photos and print them all out! LOL JK. I don't have a lot of pics, especially from your camera.. *hint hint* ;P

Post your layout already, woman!

Posted by: Jennifer Lan | January 24, 2011 at 03:01 PM