Hats off to Dad

Father's Day will be here before we know it and I have to get the gears turning on what to do for a card. This was actually a birthday card for my Dad but he really liked it and was the first card I ever made-officially anyway-for him. Things to consider: he likes golf but hasn't played in a while; he watches basketball and baseball but doesn't follow a particular team; he enjoys good food, beer, wine and Bloody Marys; he loves westerns-maybe a little too much.

And I still don't know what to do for a card for Father's Day.

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xo! Chris

It's all in the decals

For my Mom's Mother's Day card the decals really made the card. I used my signature bubble effect for the base of the card and built around it. I glued down paper roses and a feather. I wanted a message more than an image for this card so I made a banner template and cut it out with plain pink paper and a printed paper for the shadow. I glued down the printed banner and used foam tape for the pink banner so it would have a 3-D effect. I finished it all off with a pink ribbon that I wrapped around the card and taped on the inside. My Mommy was pleased.

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xo! Chris

Sleepless on a Greyhound

Four hours and a half and I wait 30 minutes before my arrival to attempt a post.

Yes, My name is Lexia… And I am a Procrastinator. Lol.

I’ve realized that I dropped the ball on my {not so silent} blogging commitment and it has indeed been a while since my last post. Any possible explanation would just be an excuse dressed in its Sunday’s best, so I’ll just spare you. Though, at the risk of violating the confidentiality agreement between myself and... well… myself, I have to confess that I have been having a hard time with the concept of “how personal do I want to get?”  and “how much do I want to share?”

At this very moment, I’m approaching the end of a longer than-ever-experienced {especially on no sleep} bus trip. I barely managed a wink of sleep and the scenery barely changes from one tree to the next, in actuality it is further the distance my mind covers than what my eyes can see; and even still it’s quite the trip.

On this trip,

I haven’t exactly made my way through my mental cloudiness, {I’ll continue to sort through all of that}

BUT I made it through the intimidation of a blank page, {and this post resulted from it J} 

the hesitation of professing hardship {is this personal enough? Either way I’m sharing.. baby steps}

and four very long-no-rest-stop-included hours {Five minutes until scheduled arrival time!! FINALLY }

I’d say it was all worth being Sleepless on a Greyhound. {::yawn:: eh, almost}

OH!! And as far as my destination, well let’s just say, It’s Not New York.


Hasta Luego..  
Lex {<3} 






Referenced:  Movie: Sleepless in Seatle,  Picture: www.nattimartin.com

Royal greeting

My sister's father-in-law is English so I only saw it fitting to make him a royally inspired birthday card. I try to avoid making the card too dainty by choosing the decals and colors carefully. I love this card and the inside greeting reads: Hope your birthday is memorable and majestic. Oh! And he's turning 60! That's something to feel noble about! 

xoxo! Chris
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sunny half moons

I went through a brief phase: obsessed with half moon nail designs. I even purchased reinforcement stickers to try this method. 

Reinforcement stickers definitely help the process, the only problem is some of the glue stays on your nail once you peel off the reinforcement. Need a strategy for this strategy!! 

xoxo! Chris 

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Birthday garden

One of my favorite cards to date is this birthday card I was asked to make by a friend/co-worker. All she requested was that I use the picture of the birthday girl in the card. Given the pose (of the little girl pictured), immediately I knew that I wanted to use it to create a scene on the card. I had the image of her walking in a garden of flowers and birds- I also wanted to frame it somehow. As usual this card came to fruition as I was creating it. I started with the frame (punch-out), embellished it with flower decals, cut the silhouette and added the balloon to staple it as a birthday card.

cutting the silhouette 

Inside: My friend happens to be named Chris as well ;p 

xoxo Chris

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Motherhood

Card for my sister's first Mother's Day

It's been a while since I have posted and even longer since I have made a greeting card. Mother's Day is this weekend, another year has flown by. Last year I painted a vase for my mom at Color Me Mine. This year I have another cool gift planned. Not sure about the card yet...

Outside: Motherhood, Inside: Looks good on you. 

xoxo Chris 
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