Dutch Dare challenge #16

I decided to jump in this week and enter the Dutch dare card challenge. This week the challenge was to make a card for a man or boy. Here is the link to the challenge:

http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/2008/09/challenge-16-card-for-boyman.html This is my card for the challenge. The stamps are from Stampin' Up. Masculine cards are so hard sometimes to design. I find Autumn to be one of the easier seasons to make a card for men. Autumn colors just have a masculine vibe to them with all the earthtones in yellows, golds, browns, reds and orange. This card is pretty self explanatory. Not a lot of fuss, just right for a guy. Don't ya think?

Cammie's Cause

Cammie is hosting a HUGE blog candy event while supporting a cause that is dear to her heart. Her grandmother suffered from Alzheimer's and so Cammie is having a Card-a-thon(my word for it). She is challenging people to make a card and send it to someone who is a caretaker for a person with Alzheimer's. If you don't know anyone she has an address of the place that took care of her grandmother. Check out her blog here for all the details: http://myblogbycammie.blogspot.com/2008/09/heart-to-heart-blog-candy.html

She is giving away a motherload of goodies to one lucky winner. Hurry because it ends friday! Here is my card that I am sending to the caretakers where her grandmother stayed.

Sorry my card didn't scan well. The ribbon is a bit lumpy so it won't lay down flat on my scanner. I hope that the caretakers really feel appreciated after they get bombarded with cards from Cammie's readers. God bless them all!

I'm back!

I start my new job tomorrow and I have decided to start back posting regularly on my blog. At least that is my goal! With a full time job I will have to prioritize my time and I decided that maintaining my blog has priority over blog surfing. I am going to post my cards now and just do what comes naturally to me instead of worrying about what is 'hot' now. Here is my card for today. My sister's birthday is next week so I figured I would start off by making her card today. I used Inkadinkado's mini clear set 98065 which I got for a dollar at Michaels. I stamped the image and saying with black Momento ink on watercolor paper. I colored the image with Prismacolor alcohol markers. I used my Nestabilities regular and scallop squares for the matting. The paper is from Making Memories Embellishment paper 6X6 pack called Cheeky Collection-Emery(except the brown which is a scrap). I inked all my edges with Ranger Walnut ink. The ribbon is from Stampin' Up. For the inside I used the saying from the same clear set as the front. I added the "How about yours?' is just handwritten with black marker. I added the 'happy birthday' which is from TAC. Sorry about the white space on the inside of the card. I had already signed it when I scanned it. I just wanted to cover up the personal stuff! Well, thanks for looking today and I hope that I can keep on task with my goal of posting regularly here on my little old blog. Have a great evening!

Smiles to you,

Janet

BLOG CANDY ALERT

Check out this blog for a chance to win some great blog candy and see some great ideas. http://sheetloadshortcuts.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-product-previews-day-3-and-blog.html
I love being an enabler!

Join Christine's War against Word Verification

I totally agree with Christine's argument about word verification on blogs. It is annoying especially when you accidentally hit the wrong letter or misread the code and have to do it AGAIN. UGH!!! She is also giving away some great BLOG CANDY. Here is the link to her blog: http://craftlingscosycorner.blogspot.com/2008/08/10k-blog-candy.html And here are her comments on word verification.

ARGUMENTS AGAINST WORD VERIFICATION
Everyone will have their own view, but in my case, I regard the removal of word verification as a basic courtesy to my visitors who are kind enough to take the time to leave comments. Being aware of their comments through comment moderation, but not hindering them with word verification is the very least I can do to reciprocate their courtesy to me.The problem with word verification is that it takes too long. The characters are very often hard to decipher, and it’s frustrating when you get them wrong and have to re-enter the little suckers!So this campaign is on behalf of busy bloggers. Please spare a thought for the poor bloggers who work so hard at getting round as many blogs as possible to leave sprinkles of blessing and good vibes wherever they go. The terrible proliferation of this awful plague of word verification is a blight on their efforts to make the Land of Blog a cheerier place.
I think most people don't realise that they have word verification on their blogs by default, or how easy it is to switch it off, and perhaps not realising how annoying it is for other bloggers. Either that, or they’re under the misapprehension that they will be bombarded with spam messages. This is not the case. I’ve had mine switched off now for three of the four months that I’ve been blogging, and have had two spam comments. The responses I’ve had from other bloggers to my earlier posts on this topic back this up. (You can see the comments in response to my previous post on this subject, HERE.)For safety’s sake, have comment moderation on for sure, but please consider canceling word verification on your blog. Maybe for a trial period, and see how you get on.Unless there are thousands of comments being left, comment moderation shouldn’t be too much of an issue for the blog owner, and other bloggers will also be more inclined to leave comments if they can see that you don’t use word verification.However, each to their own, and if you disagree with me, that’s cool. We can agree to differ and not visit each other’s blogs! lol ;o)
OK.. rant over. If you have read all the way to the end, thank you for putting up with it, and ~ obviously ~ do what you wish on your blogs, but I had to say something. I love to get around and leave comments, but word verification spoils the experience.
Of course, when I get my new job, all this will be academic to me, as I will then have a life, and I won't have time for much blog-hopping!! Not that blog-hoppers need to get a life.. Errr... think I'll stop digging now, before I get into REAL trouble!! lol ;o)

I agree with her and I have never used the word verification option on my blog. Of course, my blog isn't as big as hers, but I still agree with her. Thanks for viewing my blog today and I hope you have a great day!