Wahoo - A Card in Less than 10 Minutes

I took another stab at the 10 Minute Craft Dash and made a card is less than 10 minutes. I also used a Neat & Tangled stamp and some embellishments for the current Little Tangles challenge. Creating a sketch of the card first helped me go faster than usual. I can be a slow crafter!



Here are the supplies that I set up (Spiderman & the truck are optional. Alex was playing in here while I made the card.):


Here is my time:


And the finished card:


Supplies used:
Stampin' Up!: card stock, pattern paper, ribbon & ink
Neat & Tangled: stamp
Other: rhinestones, Copic marker & Bazzill textured card stock

Can I make a card in 10 Minutes?

Spolier Alert: The Answer is "No." (Maybe next time!)

I tried the 10 Minute Craft Dash for the first time. The current color combination challenge is similar the colors in my new washi tape from Stampin' Up.


Here are the supplies that I used:


I got my card inspiration from a card that I found on Pinterest.

Here is my time:


Actually, 10 minutes and 20 seconds is not a bad time for my first try.

This is my finished card:

Trip to San Antonio

We made our first trip back to San Antonio since moving to California. We had a great time catching up with family, friends, past co-workers, and our former neighbors!

We had a fabulous lunch at The Granary 'Cue & Brew at The Pearl. If you live in or visit the San Antonio area, then you need to try this restaurant! You cannot go wrong with barbecue and beer (or root beer in my case), and all of the food and beverages here are very high quality with distinctive flavors. After lunch we had a nice walk on the Museum Reach section of the Riverwalk, including watching the Lock and Dam in action.


One of our former neighbors moved closer to Downtown and is raising 3 chickens in his back yard. Alex enjoyed meeting the chickens and holding Shiloh.


I had planned to make a trip back to San Antonio sooner, but at least I did not forget how to get to my friends' houses. The boys had fun playing and I was so happy to meet sweet Baby B. Alex conquered the smaller pole at the playground:


Overall, our travels went smoothly. The better deal was to fly from San Francisco to Austin. Alex wrote his name with some coaching while we waited to board our plane. In the middle of our trip back to Cali, he got in a good nap.

It was a great vacation and now we are back to our work and school routines.

Around Here (April 2013)

Around here...

Alex and I tried Ethiopian food for the first time. We had a yummy dinner at Cafe Colucci in Oakland. Alex liked the spicy meatballs.


Alex is learning to climb trees and found a great one to climb at a nearby park.


I experimented with some sauce to make a Thai Chicken Pizza for dinner this week. I mixed Trader Joe's Red Curry sauce with some peanut butter and it turned out pretty good.



We have been doing lots of yard work. Even with a low maintenance yard, the work can add up. We made lots of progress this weekend and are getting more settled in our current place.

Interview with Alex

I found a fun idea on Pinterest to interview your son or daughter around her birthday each year. Here is Alex's interview at age 4:



1. What is your favorite color? Yellow
2. What is your favorite toy? Spiderman
3. What is your favorite fruit? Strawberries
4. What is your favorite tv show? Super Why
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Blueberries
6. What is your favorite outfit? Super Fire Shoes (his new sneakers)
7. What is your favorite game? Super Fast (He described it as a police man game.)
8. What is your favorite snack? Crackers
9. What is your favorite animal? Elephant
10. What is your favorite song? A lull-a-bye (did not specify which one though)
11. What is your favorite book? Cars and Trucks and Things that Go by Richard Scarry
12. Who is your best friend? Corin
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cheerios Kix
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play with Finn
15. What is your favorite drink? Water
16. What is your favorite holiday? Summer
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Moosey
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Pancakes
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Peanut butter and jelly
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Firefighter

I made a quick digital scrapbook page with his interview and a recent picture.

Easter

Last weekend was actually the first time that we dyed Easter eggs with Alex. I think that he got almost as much dye on his hands as the eggs.







He had fun hunting for the plastic eggs in our yard on Sunday. Rain was predicted, but it turned out to be a beautiful day. We took a long walk and had lunch at our favorite local Greek restaurant, Yiasoo, since it was open that day.

Masculine Birthday Card

It seems that masculine card are less common for paper crafters to make. They may not necessarily be more difficult, but it is easy to be drawn to all of the pretty products out there. I decided to take the last sketch that I used and make a more masculine card with my pattern papers. I used papers from Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye and Stampin' Up! and a stamp from Lawn Fawn.



I am linking this card to the Online Card Classes gallery for the Pattern Play before it "locks." I am also linking to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog. The blog is celebrating its 4th birthday and the online store is based in my home state of Ohio.