Back in the Craft Room Again

Hi everyone....It's been a good long while since I've been in my craft room or posted anything. I had originally planned to take a couple of weeks off to type a manuscript for DH, but ended up with that horrid virus that's still going around. Knocked me out for nearly a week, and really put the damper on typing. Once I felt better, I typed my poor little fingers down to practically nubbins, but, yesterday, I finally finished. This was an original Manuscript done by a committee of WPA workers in 1940. This work, in large part because of WWII, was never published. So my Honey Lamb is editing this for publication some 74 years later. However, what he got from the State Historical Society was a copy of a mimeographed copy. Fuzzy. And impossible for scanners, either here at home or at any of the professional places to scan. So, being the good little wifey-pooh that I am, and by far the better typist, I started from page one and put it all on a flash drive for him. And so when I finished yesterday, I didn't do too much, except make a card. Well....about six of them. All but the one you'll see first have become scratch paper. Mr. Mojo was too tired (jerk) from typing (jerk) to cooperate and craft (jerk). He came around a bit today, and together we got a couple more made!

The card I made yesterday, is one I really like. This will head into CAS(E) this Sketch #91, and into Miss Darnell's NBUS #2! (Hi D.!!) The die and two of the inks are NBUS, so this one qualifies, yippee!!! And that sketch from CTS by N@alie....Totally love it...check it out:

And this is my card:

Started with my usual Neenah white base. I used a scrap of CS and cut the WPlus9 pear (NBUS), then filled in with multiple inks in greens, yellow, pink, brown. Found a scrap of gray stripey dp, and did a partial cut with the same die. The sentiment was inked in Smoke by ME, and is from TT. Three SC sequins, and done. 

Next, (after going out and buying a dryer at the Home Depot and wondering just how much more I could have filled my craft room with supplies with that money....) I made a couple more cards. This one is a 4x4 notecard sample. Gotta make a set for a friend and this could be the prototype. It's going into the AEI{Heart}U Challenge. 

This definitely qualifies as CAS. No froo-froo here:

Since it's a notecard, I left off any sentiment. Just didn't look right. The leaf stamp is AE, and I used Winter ink from ME. One MME enamel dot, a scrap of PS orange CS all on Neenah white. #2 done. (the # is not 'hashtag'...it's 'number.')

And this last card was a struggle. I started it yesterday, but as previously mentioned, Mr. Mojo (aka: Jerk), wasn't cooperating. He did today. This one will head on over to The Cutting Edge Challenge. Take a look at Lisa's inspiration card...totally brilliant. There's still time to play along, so join me, won't you?!

There's nothing I don't love about this card. That Lisa is such an inspiration! Mine is a pretty solid CASE of her card. Colors, stripes, gray, flowers...

For this, I used some Bazzill gray CS for the base and topped it with a scrap die cut with one of my favorite ME dies. The stamps and dies are all from PTI's set Note Niblets. A little SU black ink, a few blings for the centers of the flowers and done. All the flowers were scraps...Nice!  And that's it for today. It's good to be back, and I hope to do some visiting of your blogs yet today. Have a great weekend, and happy dances everyone!