Ever have one of those days when maybe you just should have stayed in bed? Well, yesterday was one for me! Things didn’t start going downhill until lunchtime when I discovered our computer downstairs had a virus. It had been ok in the morning, but when I sat down to play while I ate lunch, it kept telling me there was a security issue and I should download some virus protection program (or course, by purchasing it!) Well, I kept trying to “X” out of it to no avail and when the website came up for me to download a porn video, I knew I was in trouble! (No, I did not download porn!!) Luckily, that is not our only computer – just the one my hubbie uses to play solitaire!! So, I just turned it off and decided I’d worry about it tomorrow, Scarlett. I was teaching a card class in the evening at Stampers Alley and had to get all my stuff ready. I had made the kits for the One Sheet Wonder class a couple of weeks ago and thought I was good to go! Oh no, my friends, I thought wrong. See, the class was to make 5 different cards (2 of each), 2 gift card holders and a bag to put them all in. I had called the store around lunch time to make sure my count for 10 in the class was correct and discovered I needed to make one more kit. No biggie! So I pulled everything out of one of the kits to use for the measurements and discovered I had only put materials in the kits to make ONE card each and not two. As I mentioned before in THIS post, this class was a little labor intensive to put together. Well, I put my butt in gear and started cutting and stamping the materials for the 2nd card for everyone about 2 pm. I finished about 5:15! I thought my class was at 6:30 but decided to just check and make sure I was correct. Noooo, it was at 6:00! So again, I put my “little butt” (I wish!) in gear and got dressed, put my makeup on and hauled everything to the car. Of course, I got caught up in 5:00 traffic but got to the store about 5:50 … in plenty of time!! The class went smoothly – except for the 4 new gals that I had who didn’t bring any supplies! After having to share borrowed markers, scissors, etc. I think they’ll bring their kits next time!
Today was my first Christmas party of the season. My Newcomers group had our annual Christmas meeting and luncheon. Wow! There was so much food, it was a sin. Of course, I had to make my dish last night after I got home from teaching my class. I made a new recipe called Cheesy Potatoes and let it cook in the crock-pot all night. It was good, but too many calories to cook it very often!
Tonight I made this card. It’s been a long time since I just sat down and made a card for fun – not for a class or Monday Mailer or for a specific purpose. I used Lovely As A Tree. I hope Stampin’ Up never retires this stamp set! I used a mask and stamped the trees positioning them with my Stamp-a-ma-jig. Then I sponged Crushed Curry and Dusty Durango on and Soft Sky and a little purple (don’t know what color – it was already on the dauber and I just used it). I sponged a little bit of blue on the snow too. Then I used SU’s White Shimmer Paint on the sky and the trees. How do you like it?
