Clipboard Project for Hubby's Birthday!

I have been working on Altering a clipboard for hubby's birthday present and it has been a task.....not because of the actual physical work, but coming up with a theme, an idea. I wanted to do something that would portray his intelligence, as well as his interests. I started this project months ago and put it away hoping to think of an idea. I painted a clipboard (not the one I gave him) in Olive Green & Pearl Blue Lumiere Metallic Acrylic paints. I then printed out a bunch of Dover clip art in black only (printer color cartridges are empty) and colored the images with chalk
then sprayed with fixative so the black printer ink would not run if wet. I then used Mod Podge to adhere them to the clipboard.....to make a long story short....hated it....this is the one!

Soooooo, I started over with a clean clipboard. No Paint this time! I used Mod Podge to adhere 2 12" x 12" sheets of designer paper, front & back....then a new problem arose...what to do with the empty top part and the ugly clip. I took out my alcohol inks (Adirondak) and dabbed them all over the clips and the little initial pieces, then adhered the little initials with Scor-Tape, from the makers
of Scor-Pal (Link below Right). Now I still had the problem with the blank top and it looked really ugly with nothing there. I know...I Know....Mulberry Paper! Well, I couldn't find it in this mess...oh where could it be. After looking for an hour, I finally found it...mod podged it on and used my water color pen to tear the excess around the back to make it fit, almost perfectly. I think it makes a nice topper, what do you think? Here is the final result of the one I gave him last night.
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This is the back and the photo to the far right is the front. Had a little trouble getting the html code to cooperation on the positioning of the photos! LOL! I will learn!



I am really pleased with the final result. You know how it is when you sort of have an idea in your head but can't quite get it out in to a realistic project? Well I do this all the time and most of the time, it turns out totally different than I thought it would.

I have a harder time with men's projects and cards than with other subjects. I would love to hear what you think of this clipboard project. Please post a comment and tell me what you think. Thanks for stopping by! Hugs Lori

Fathers Day ~ Slider

Hi Stampers, Just thought I would share the card I made my Father-in-law for Fathers day. You can really tell I am new to this camera. I am sorry for the blurriness. I tried to edit them and the card has already gone with dh to work and he will go see his father after work tonight!

This card looks much better in person...much more vibrant. I had so much fun doing this fun slider card. I got the information from a video on Where the Rubber hits the Road Blog months ago by Linda Heller! I believe this is one from her A-Z tutorials and it is call the Hi-Lo card.
I was not into doing slider cards until I found this one and I had just bought my Crop-O-Dile, so adding the eylets was really easier for me.

I have had these stamps forever, but I just love them, especially the Mustang! My very first car was a 1965 Mustang and I had a few since then.

Stamp Credits: Mustang - Classic Status Stamp Co. (May be out of business), Dad - That's all she stamped, Sparkplug - Gumbo Graphics Stamp works. I am not sure if any of these companies are still in business.

Anyway, the red fur behind the photo is my Cat Lucy! She decided she wanted to be my backdrop and the best light I could find without glare was outside natural light.

Hopefully I will be posting again sooner, as I just loaded 56 pictures to pc (my work and others, along with furbabies). Thanks for stopping by and Happy Fathers Day!

My New Baby

This is my New Baby....She is actually black though, but sweeeet! Sorry for the glare in the photo, but try as I might, I couldn't get rid of it. I can't tell you how happy I am not to have to use a scanner anymore!

Sweet Jane sent me a link to making a photo box, which I have yet to do, but I have to deal with one project at a time, so some of my photos may not be so great at first, although I can't blame the camera.

The only thing is, I have never used a digital camera before, so I have been nuts trying to learn all the bells & whistles since Saturday, when I brought her home.

Last night after getting a backdrop set-up, I took 33 Pictures of cards, none of which were made by me! LOL! 13 of which are from a German House Mouse Group, the Nice-Mice! Anyway, as I have time, I will show you some of them and more. Thanks for stopping by! Hugs Lori

I am a terrible Blogger!

Hi Yall!
I know I am a terrible blogger! Sorry I haven't been here as much as we both would like, but do you ever just feel like you have this huge list of things to do and they kind of overwhelm you! Well, that's me! I will try to do better, especially as I have lots to share with you! Stay tuned for the next post where I will introduce my new baby! LOL! Actually my new toy....Oh, but I am so excited! Be back in a bit! Yup! Gonna make you wait!! Hugs Lori

Out Of My Box

Hi Stampers, It has been awhile since I posted, so I thought I better get to it. I have been really busy and the days just seem to fly by.

I made this card and I am so pleased with the way it came out. It is a bit Out-Of-My-Box, because I am so ribbon challenged and through my blogging experience I learned how to tie the
knot. It only took me watching a video over and over again to get er done, though! Another thing that is really Out-Of-My-Box is layouts and I am working on changing my style and actually doing
some layouts on my cards.

So, I would love to hear what you think of this card. The scan is not the greatest, but I am hoping that before the week is out, I will have a brand new digital camera! Eeeek! I am so Jazzed about it and can't wait to get my hot little hands on it!
At the moment, since we are having electrical problems in the house (only half having electricity), I have to unplug this very heavy duty extension chord to plug in my old PC to use my scanner (not compatible with Vista). Then I have to save the scans to my Flash drive and transfer here, Shut-down and Unplug old pc, so I can have power back in my bedroom! Ugh! Lotsa work!

Happy Stampin and if I get time I will post again later or tomorrow! Hugs Lori