Behind the storm…

3 Positives:
It snowed here in the valley and in the mountains
delicious soup on a cold spring evening
repaired the zipper on T’s heavy winter coat. He can now wear it today.

Our Journey Notes:
T’s eye appointment went as expected with just a bit of good news. Both eyes have stabilized, but the left eye pressure is still a little on the high side. Right eye is 20/80 and the left eye didn’t have a reading listed when I checked the visit notes. He’s down to two meds instead of the 6 he was on prior to the surgery. From the sound of things — he’ll continue with those for the long term.

I heard from my doctor about a med that he’d suggested stopping this year. His recommendation was to continue taking it until our next appointment this fall. I agreed and called in for a refill. The new health app makes it a lot easier to get answers and fairly quickly without having to call in and ask for a callback and have to go through a list of questions before getting to the real reason for the call. It’s like one and done with the app.

I’m still using lists to help with memory stuff. Routines are definitely helpful – and if I get out of sync, I can generally fall back to the routine fairly easily or check the list and start there and not get freaked out about having “lost my way.” Still tweaking the planner/calendar thing to tighten a few things up, but for the most part, we’re doing good at the moment.

We’ll miss you card

This was a Pinterest inspiration. There are days that something just fits the bill and doesn’t take all day to create. This was one of those quick and easy projects…..

Talk bubble shape is from the SCAL library. Created an inset shadow and changed the outline to dashed. Added another shadow at .075 to go behind the talk bubble. I decided that I would add this as an additional element rather than just having a single layer print and cut… though I think that would work nicely as well. The background paper for the rounded large rectangle was from Creative Fabrica – though I’m not sure it’s still available as I purchased the collection several years ago. The fun font is from Adobe. It’s fun to use more than one font and size for this sentiment.

The bubbles and rectangle are filled with color and pattern and then sent to the printer. Cut using the SCAL 6 software with the Skycut C24 plotter. I really do like my cutter. Print to cut is generally spot on and I don’t have to add a bleed to the shape so ensure an accurate cut.

Hoping you’ll have some time to spend in your creative space soon! Have a great day!



Triple Bridge card

This was a fun card to make — easier than I had originally thought and the inspiration came from a reel as I was scrolling a couple of weeks ago…. yep, I’m finding a few fun ideas here and there during some mindless time on my phone.

The sentiment (thank you) and the flower are from Stampin’ Up! sets long ago retired. *The flower was cut multiple times and then each “layer” was cut separately and inked for a little more volume and interest. The patterned paper is from a very old K&Co stack I purchased while we lived in another state — so it’s likely more than 11 years old.

A fun fact is that the base of the card can be cut from a single 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of cardstock. The panels almost fit on a 6 x 12 inch piece of double sided paper. And probably could if a few of the pieces were moved closer together or were cut by hand.

I enjoyed taking the template measurements and turning this into a SCUT file in SCAL 6 and using my Skycut to cut and save some time in the future when making this card and using digital paper for the panels when certain patterns require some finessing for printing. Only the base and panels were used in the SCUT file.

*The stamp images were not digitized.

You’ll need:
8.5 x 11 inch cardstock in your base color
12 x 12 double sided patterned paper
Scraps for flower and sentiment
Ink pad and blender tool
Glue or dry adhesive (I used Bearly Art Precision Craft glue for this sample, however, I think I’ll use some double sided tape for future makes)
SCAL 6
Skycut C24
Cutting and Scoring Template was found here. I altered the assembly slightly to put my own twist on the idea presented. However all measurements remained the same.
Floral stamp or other stamp for a focal piece
Sentiment stamp


Hoping you’re enjoying an awesome Spring day wherever you are and have inked in some creative time this week or for the upcoming weekend. Enjoy your time and keep nurturing your creative spirit.

illuminate

3 Positives:
ramp repair complete
help from the grands and a son was very nice
the weather was awesome – not too warm even by late afternoon

Our Journey Notes:
T couldn’t find a pair of readers yesterday that helped sharpen things up a bit. Sounds like he’s just going to have to wait a few more weeks for something that hopefully will open up his options.
Had a bit of an off day for me — dizzy and balance off. This morning, a bloody nose and slightly elevated BP – but not so high I needed to go to the ER. Back to watching things again for a week to see if there’s a trend.