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Figuring out a new blog…bear with me!

Posted by: wendygroszki on: June 5, 2009

Hi everyone, yes, it’s been forever since i’ve posted. Life has been good, but very busy with work and keeping up with daily life with 2 toddlers! I have had very little “creative” time to stamp…hopefully someday soon i’ll be able to get back into it!

I’ve switched my blog over to a free blog host, so i’m working out the bugs. Hopefully I can get this figured out! So bear with me as I test a few features out on the new blog (including how to actually USE the new one…)

I hope everyone is doing well! I miss visiting your blogs on a regular basis!

Hello world!

Posted by: wendygroszki on: June 4, 2009

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Going to be MIA for a little while…

Posted by: wendygroszki on: January 25, 2009

 

I’m so sorry that I haven’t posted much over the past few months.  Life has been crazy and I haven’t had the chance to do much stamping.  

 

I’ve decided to go back to work part time (to my old job that I left when I had my first daughter), so until I get settled on my new schedule, i’m not sure when i’m going to get the chance to craft/stamp.  I miss it so much already….but i’m also excited to be going back to work (crazy, huh?)!  And I’ve also taken over the responsibility of organizer for my mom’s group (of roughly 70 members), a HUGE responsibility…and that has been taking a LOT of my time lately!  And have I mentioned that my 2 year old stopped napping?  That was the main reason for my lack of posting over the past 3 months…I lost my nap-stamping time!  :(

 

Once I get settled into my new schedule, i’m going to make a point to schedule time to stamp a few times a week…I can’t just let all my supplies collect dust!  And I think i’ll need stamp time even more, for my sanity! :)

 

I’m not giving up – i’m just going to take a small break! :) 

 

As Arnold would say "I’ll be baaack!"  

Butterflies (original title, huh?)

Posted by: wendygroszki on: January 13, 2009

 

 

Short and Sweet today, here’s another card I made over the weekend…I just bought this huge Inkadinkadoo set of stamps from Costco and had to use them…here’s the details: 

 

Cardstock colors: chocolate chip, purely pomegranate, kraft, very vanilla.  Patterned paper:  My Mind’s Eye, Laundry Line "Flirty Lil Girl".  I stamped the raised butterfly in pomegranate, covered it with versamark, and heat embossed it with iridescent ice EP.  I added some distressing with my good ole’ fingernails, paper pierced the edges of the Kraft, and added some more distressing with sponge dauber and spritzing tool (appricot appeal, creamy caramel). 

 

Gotta run, i’m taking the girls to a dinner music show (kids music) at a local restaurant…so it’ll be a fun filled evening with a restaurant full of screaming kids and chaos!  :)

 

Sweet N’ Sassy

Posted by: wendygroszki on: January 12, 2009

Hi!  I had a chance to do some stamping last night, Yay!  I recently moved my stamping space down into our unfinished basement, so that I could spread out and not worry about the mess.  I was originally in our office, which is right inside the front door…and the french doors didn’t allow me to hide my mess!  Not to mention there just wasn’t enough table space/storage space!  It was convenient, but the mess drove me nuts!  So now, i’m all laid out over 4 tables, one bookshelf (just for SU stamps), two coffee tables, and an IKEA dresser! :)  I’ll take a picture or two when I get a chance.  I’m one of those people that can be really messy when creating, but cannot work when it’s too messy.  Make any sense?  This means that I just need a lot of table space to spread out! 

 

The one dilemma I have with working in the basement…spiders.  We’ve been getting a few wolf spiders (have you seen those suckers, they’re HUGE and YUCKY!).  We’ve had pest control spray and treat the house and basement, but I still get nervous about sticking my hands inside any containers just in case!  I have a serious phobia of spiders…hehe, one night I made the mistake of googling these spiders to see how bad they are (i.e. do they bite)…big mistake to do this just before bed! 

 

Ok, on to my card for today (actually, I made TWO cards last night.  I’ll post the other one later this week).  I used one of my Sugar Nellie images (Sweet Ebony Honey & Pip by Elisabeth Bell) that I had colored already ( I have about 20 images waiting for cards!)  I colored her with copic markers, did a little stitching with embroidery thread, and ruffled up some ribbon around the image to create a frame.  Once again, the color is a bit muted, the blue is much richer in person.  I wish I could figure out why it does this when I upload it to my blog…

 

Here’s a side view of the ribbon:

 

Recipe:

Stamp set:  Sweet N’ Sassy (Sugar Nellie, by Elisabeth Bell) and Inkadinkadoo set for greeting (not sure which one, got a huge pack of them at Costco)

Ink:  Ranger Adirondack pitch black, various copic markers, Night Of Navy

Paper:  PTI stampers select white, Night of Navy, Bo Bunny "summer cottage pottery" paper

Accessories:  Blue and gold embroidery thread, crafters toolkit (paper piercer/mat and needle), curly label punch, 1" circle punch, buttons sizzix dies for the striped circle behind the greeting (not sure of name, got it from SU), half-pearls (martha stewart), ribbon (from LSS…not sure of brand) pop-up glue dots.

 

Have a wonderful week, and thank you for stopping by!

Happy New Year!

Posted by: wendygroszki on: January 5, 2009

 

I hope that everyone had a very happy holidays!  Happy New Year!

 

I’m not sure if anyone is still following my blog, i’ve been gone for so long (sorry!)…but if you’re still here, I have a card to share.  I didn’t get many opportunities to stamp…ok, I did have some free time, but I have to admit that my husband’s new wii game Mario Kart (OMG, it is sooo fun!) took up a lot of my free time this past week…it was a refreshing change of pace because I normally don’t like video games.  Then both girls got sick, so we rang in the new year with coughing/miserable toddlers.  Now that it’s monday and DH is back to work, we’re all getting back to normal! :)

 

Anywhoo…you guys didn’t come here to hear me babble, you guys want some eye candy, right?  Here’s the one card I did get to make last week, using a beautiful Sarah Kay image, "Margaux is Painting".  I used copics to color her in, and a bunch of miscellanous supplies that I don’t have a list for right now (sorry!).  I’ll update with a supply list later…

 

 

 

Once again, i’ve edited my photo in Photoshop Elements, saved for web as a png file….all colors look great until I upload it here.  Geez, I give up!  If anyone has any idea why my colors get muted when I upload to my blog, i’d love to hear from you!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: wendygroszki on: December 25, 2008

 

Hi everyone,

I have had absolutely no time to stamp,  but i’m sure that many of you have been in the same boat.   Too many things to do for Christmas…shopping, wrapping, baking, cleaning, etc…isn’t it supposed to be a holiday?  :)   This is our first year having to put together toys for the girls…and oh, my is that a lot of work!  But i’m super excited to see their faces as they come downstairs and see what Santa has brought them!


I’m hoping to get some stamping done over the holidays, since my husband will be home…so hopefully i’ll have some stuff to share soon! :) 


I just wanted to hop on here and wish everyone a Merry Christmas…and Happy Holidays!

 

 

Blogger’s Challenge #77

Posted by: wendygroszki on: December 12, 2008

 

I’m back!  Sorry that i’ve been MIA from the challenges the past few weeks, it’s been difficult to find the time to stamp with my 2 year old’s nap time gone out the window.  And my evening free time has been thwarted by both girls fighting bedtime…My 1 year old didn’t fall asleep until 10 tonight.  If it’s not one, it’s the other!  They tag-team me all day…such is life with irish twins!

 

OK, enough of my babble…

 

This week’s challenge was to create a holiday decoration or ornament…and I found THIS awesome medallion tutorial by our own Lynn Mercurio…well, I actually found the tutorial through Jan Tink’s blog (scroll down, the card is toward the bottom), as she had case’d Amy over at Pickled Paper Designs…so, you see…a lot of blog-hopping found my way to this awesome tutorial!  I just went the long way around…

 

 

I thought that the medallion would make a perfect ornament.  When I started to create the medallion, I have to say, that at first I was stumped.  But I when I did finally have that "a-ha!" moment, I was embarassed at how easy it was!  Now, I did end up making one modification…I unfolded the back flaps down and glued them down, causing the medallion to turn convex (curves away from me).  I wanted it that way so that I could hang the angel better.

 

Here’s what I came up with (please excuse that I didn’t shade the angel at all when coloring…I got sidetracked and forgot, and well…it’s too late to fix it right now!  If I have time, I may do it tomorrow, because it will bug me if I don’t! ) :


RECIPE:

Stamp Set:  Lily – Angelface (Rachelle Anne Miller by Stampavie)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Various copic markers (R59, Y19, YR07, R27, G17)

Paper:  Oh Joy by Cosmo Cricket (oh, do I LOVE this stuff!), PTI Stampers Select white

Accessories:  White fibers by EK Success, snowflake buttons (Jesse James & Co "Dress it Up"), pearls by martha stewart, clear atyou spica glitter pen (Copic), Cinnamon Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels)

What I did:  Follow the tutorial HERE for the medallion fold, and look at the sampes if you can’t quite figure it out…it’s easier than you think!  I created a larger medallion by using 4" x 4" squares instead fo the suggested 2" squares.  After I finished the medallion, as I mentioned above, I unfolded the backs and glued them down, causing the medallion to curve backward.  This also closed the gaps between the peaks.  I sprayed some glimmer mist on the patterned paper, giving it a slight shimmer.  For the angel, I was planning on covering her in enamel so I didn’t shade her…but then I decided not to go that route at the last minute and forgot to go back and do the shading…but I did add some glitter to her wings and the ruffles of her dress with a clear atyou spica pen (I love these things…), hard to tell in my pictures.  The snowflake in the middle and at the top are both buttons (from Michaels, found them over by the jewelry stuff…).  I think that’s it! :)

 

Well, I gotta run…it’s getting late, and I have 2 early birds!  Looking forward to blog-hopping tomorrow!  I’m sure there are going to be some AMAZING creations by the blogger’s challenge ladies this week….for anyone needing a little holiday inspiration, check them out!  The link is in my sidebar!

 

Whiff of Joy Guest Designer Call…

Posted by: wendygroszki on: December 6, 2008


Hi everyone!  I’m back!  Most of my stamp stuff is down in the basement now, ready to go (whew, that was a lot of work moving it all!)  All I need now is better lighting and a comfy chair, and i’m all set!  I had some time to stamp today (finally!) and boy, did it feel good!

 

I decided to create a card for the guest designer call over at Whiff of Joy...it’s open until this evening (yeah, i’m cutting it kinda close!).  You can find out more info about the call HERE.  Whiff of Joy is one of my favorites…and it would be such an honor to work with their design team, even if it’s only for a few months.  It’s a long shot (there are a LOT of good stampers entered)…but it doesn’t hurt to try, does it? :)

EDITED:  WELL, APPARENTLY I MISSED THE DEADLINE.  READ THE TIME WRONG.  OH, WELL…

 

They wanted everyone to design a card with the following sketch:


 

 

And here’s my card, using Angel Charlotte.  I colored her with copics, then decided to make her all flashy and sparkly for Christmas.  I added some Crystal Effects and stickles to Charlotte’s dress, hair and wings, heat embossed some snowflakes over the swirly paper with iridescent ice EP, and created a yellow glow behind her.  All angels should glow, shouldn’t they? :)  I had a hard time getting a good picture this afternoon because it was so dreary outside (it’s snowing!!)…this is the best I could do. 

 

 

RECIPE:

Here’s what I used…i’m going to be quick today, i’ll add more detail later (after we get dinner and the girls off to bed):

Stamps:  Whiff of Joy’s Angel Charlotte, SU stamp for greeting (forgot which one…i’ll check and update later)

Ink:  Various copic markers (R27, R59, E77, E79, C1, N3, E00, RV23, Y17), Adirondack Pitch Black, Stazon (for greeting), Encore gold, Summer Sun (glow behind Charlotte), Versamark.

Paper/cardstock:  Wassail (Basic Grey), Always Artichoke, Real Red, Gold, Chocolate Chip, Papertrey Ink Stampers Select White

Accessories:  Felt snowflake (SU, colored with gold encore), white fibers by EK Success

Tools:  Iridescent ice EP, Crystal Effects, red stickles, diamond stickles, gold stickles, heat tool

 

Thanks for stopping by! :)

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by: wendygroszki on: November 26, 2008

 

I don’t have a card to share today…but I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! 


Also – I will be taking a break from the blog for the rest of this week because we’re having company, and i’m in the middle of moving my craft room into the basement….but i’ll be back!  :)


Happy Thanksgiving!  

And thank you so much for visiting my blog! 

Wendy

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