Make a Card Monday - December 24, 2007
Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope your holiday is shaping up to be the best ever!Some of you noticed because I Twittered about, but I bought myself an early Christmas gift! I have been accumulating Target gift cards for a while and I put them all together for a trip to Target on Saturday. I bought a Dyson DC17 Absolute Animal vacuum! It's the best ever! Since it was a larger purchase (nearly half was paid for by gift cards!), of course I named her. Jerrica. Anyone else watch Jem when they were younger? Jerrica was Jem's real life persona.
Yes, I'm a dorky child of the 80s.
Anyway, it's wonderful! It's made for homes with pets and lots of pet hair, and I don't have a pet now, but when I move out I want to get a cat. I was thinking ahead and bought the animal one because of that. It also has a HEPA filter in it so it's great for people with allergies.
Seriously, I'd just vacuumed with my Mom's vacuum right before I went to Target to get Jerrica. When I vacuumed again after bringing her home, I was totally amazed and grossed out by how much dirt and dust the Dyson picked up! I had to empty it after only vacuuming one room! And that was AFTER I'd vacuumed it before!
We had our family (just the siblings and my mom) Christmas dinner last night. I made Kathy's breadsticks and they turned out great! Definitely not as wonderful as when Kathy makes them, but for a first attempt they turned out pretty well. I think I had too much flour and kneaded it too long... oops! But they were all gobbled up so I must have done something right. :)
I opened a gift from my mom last night and loved it right away. It was a pair of slippers. They are so comfy and the first thing I thought of was that I could wear them while making cards! I'm a truly sick crafter if that's the first thing I think of. ;)
You'll see in the video that I had some trouble with a square punch. Well, I figure it out! I was trying to punch off the edge of the card stock. For some reason, the punch needs the resistance from both sides. I tried to punch a square out of the center of a piece of card stock after I turned the camera off, and it worked just fine. :)
Also, this week's MACM was completed in 19 minutes. Once again, Merry Christmas!
Watch in high quality here (click on "watch in high quality" below the video).
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posted on December 24, 2007 6:16 AM by Kristina |
40 Comments posted in Cards, General, Make a Card Monday |
Great video again :) Thanks for taking the time to share that with us :) Have a Merry Christmas day :)
Thanks for another fabulous video tutorial! I'm so glad you started making these. It's the best way to learn how to create a beautiful card. I love your creations!
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and another year of crafting joy! TFS all you do!
I just LOVE your videos!!! Every time I see one, I say "Oh, that's a much better way to do that!" Thanks for sharing!!!
Beautiful card! I wish I had your hand writing.
Merry Christmas to you!!
Congratulations on the new addition to your family!! I also have that vacuum and don't know how I lived without it before!! Just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas.... and warm one!
Great card! So simple, yet so elegant. I wish I had a square punch now. But I guess it's circles for me for a while.
Isn't that funny about the vacuum? My fiance and I have been living together for 2 years in a huge house with a built in vacuum. While I thought it was working, once we got the Dyson, I was shown how wrong I was! It's very disgusting, but it makes me happy to know that my Dyson sucks (ha ha ... literally!).
Have a merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Kristina! Thanks so much for taking time even on Christmas eve to brighten my day with your amazing talent. You really are my favorite. I too hope your Christmas is the best ever.
Kristina, another super fun video and a VERY cute card! Seriously, your handwriting is sooo cool! :)
Thanks so much for taking time out of your holidays to make another video to share with us. You're a sweetie! Hope your Christmas is wonderful!
I love this one!!!!! Thanks for the videos--I really appreciate watching you work. It definitely gives me hints and ideas.
by the way--you have the greatest handwriting! SU should use it for the font for some new sentiment stamps!!!!!
OMG! Jem! I LOVED that show! Now you've got me humming the theme song, LOL!
Thanks for another wonderful video - happy holidays!
Nicole
Hi! I just found your site and I am so happy I did! What a nice little video! The card turned out beautiful and I don't have time to sit here and comment any longer, must go to my scraproom and make one myself! Thanks for the inspiration and Happy Holidays!
Your handwriting ROCKS! Great card as always and very fun video. Have a wonderfully Merry Christmas!
Cool card, and another fun video, Kristina! Thank you for all you share! BTW, I dream of one day owning a Dyson . . . your slippers sound divine, and, well, if you're whacked, I must be, too, cuz that woulda been my first thought . . . Ooooh, cozy for stampin'! ROTFL! Merry Christmas, Kristina!
Thanks again for sharing your talents. Your commentary on the video made me smile and chuckle to myself. You do such a great job on those - you make iMovie look so easy to use! (I felt like a dork last Christmas when a big pack of patterned paper was my favorite gift of all.)
WISHING YOU A VERY MERY CHRISTMAS KRISTINA!
Kristina..I cannot tell you how much your video's mean to me...I learn so much...and I love how you "wing it"...this is how I do it...sometimes it does not work out..but most of the time it does..thank you soooo much..I do hope you continue these wonderfully cute and informative video tutorials. Big hugs from Oklahoma! Dee 8^)
Love my Dyson!!!! (Actually, it's my husbands' vacuum--he loves to vacuum!! Go figure!)
Merry Christmas! Thank you for MACM - I enjoy your videos immensely. Glad you had a nice celebration with your family.
What a great surprise to get on Christmas morning! So glad you shared your tutorial! Merry Christmas :)
Kristina,
Thanks so much for making your Make a Card Mondays videos - I really enjoy them! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! You look splendid!
It's funny - the google ads are for vacuums on your site - do you think it's because you were talking so much about yours?
As always.....awesome ENTERTAINMENT & Inspiration!!...Merry Christmas....I am excited to see what you come up with next!!! Creative blessings, Debbie
Wow! I am simply loving your blog. I found my way over here from Kelly Purkey's blog. Thanks for the awesome card tutorial. I'm going to make one now!
OMG! I am so glad I came across your blog today. I've spent over an hour drooling over your work and being entertained by your videos. Thank you for sharing your art with us. I am hooked! :)
Great video and awesome card. I love it!!
Love this card! I think it's one of my favs so far. Keep the videos coming!
I friggin' love MACM... thanks for doin' it even when Monday falls on a sort of holiday - you rock!
Merry Christmas to you! This is just beautiful! I love the simplicity & elegance of the final design. You have a great eye.
I love your videos as well! I've been wanting to dabble in video tutorials for a while & was curious if the expert could give this newbie some advice - how do you find good royalty-free music at a decent cost? Any sites you suggest for downloads? I haven't been able to locate any....
wow this is so cool!!! Loved seeing your video. Thanks so much for sharing! Merry xmas and happy a new year. Hugs from Iceland. Hanna
I *love* watching these videos! Thanks so much for sharing! You are super inspiring. : )
LOVE your videos!!! You have fantastic ideas and I love watching you make the cards. You are very talented and I can't wait to see what you will do next. Keep it up....PLEASE
OK, I've got to tell you--I LOVE YOUR BLOG. I've had it in my list of favorites for forever, but didn't really realize how informative it was until last week when I made the origami christmas boxes. I absolutely love your MACM feature each week and have gone back to view several videos. You are so creative and I will now be looking forward to each new MACM, thanks for taking so much time to share your talent with us. Happy New Year!
OK, I've got to tell you--I LOVE YOUR BLOG. I've had it in my list of favorites for forever, but didn't really realize how informative it was until last week when I made the origami christmas boxes. I absolutely love your MACM feature each week and have gone back to view several videos. You are so creative and I will now be looking forward to each new MACM, thanks for taking so much time to share your talent with us. Happy New Year!
Thanks for the video. It was great! My daughter and I want you to write out the alphabet in upper and lower case so we can learn to write like you!!!! WOW!!
Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely beautiful work, I had to comment, because I love everything about your blog. The 25 days of Christmas card is simple, but truly beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity. I love the video tutorials as well, and it appears as if you have a wonderful personality to go along with your amazing talent.
A new fan
I just found your blog today through another blog. I think I've spent the last hour watching all of your videos -- they are wonderful! You are adorable, do great work and are very entertaining!
Now I have some great recipes to try, and new techniques to try out :)
I just got that same Dyson vacuum and it ROCKS!!!
beautiful card, great video. The perfect card to lift for a long overdue anniversary card that I needed to make. Peek for a look if you like. I gave you full credit :)
http://www.fleurdelispizza.com/cardmaking/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=54
I've just been enjoying your tutorials for the last 25 minutes! but....my comment is that YES i loved Jem and the Holograms growing up! I would tape it every day (it played at 8am). Loved those pink sparkly earrings =)
Okay so I just found your blog (where have you been all my life?) and I love it! You are completely talented and I am so bookmarking this blog. I know this is a comment on an older blog but I just wanted to say two things- I had forgotten about Jerrica/Jem and the Holograms (and the Misfits) until this past week when my mom and I were talking about it...then I read about your vacuum and thought how crazy it was that that show came up twice in one week. Also, I have THE BEST cinnamon roll recipe ever so if you want it, just email me (I wrote my email address in order to comment so I am assuming you have it). You won't be disappointed after you try these cinnamon rolls. Thanks again for all the inspiration! Jessica
I've just recently found your awesome blog and have really been enjoying going through and reading it!! Have to comment on Jem. I, too, was a Jem Girl! What little girl didn't want to be her?!!? (Along with Claudia & Stacey, the cool baby-sitters!) Also had to share this website in case you hadn't seen it before! Hope you are still enjoying Jerrica.
http://www.retrojunk.com/tv/videos/142-jem-and-the-holograms/