T+2: Projects 313-316

I snuck in a few projects this evening to try and get this challenge finished! I'm hoping to do a few more tomorrow morning before work, but Friday will be my big crafting day, and hopefully the last day of this project. Fingers crossed!

I need a little time off before my new project starts, but you can get an idea of what's going to happen on my new blog: covers2covers@blogspot.com Hint: It's another addiction of mine that I've let slide this past year...

Here's what I finished this evening:

313 - October Perpetual Calendar
314 - June Perpetual Calendar (don't you love how I refuse to make these pages in order!)
315 - Jack-o-Lantern Happy Halloween Card (*my favourite holiday! See photo above)
316 - January Perpetual Calendar

Keep Crafting!
Lindsay

Projects 305-311: Time's UP!

So the end of this project has arrived - 312 projects completed in 365 days. What can I say - it's been a crazy year!
I still want to see how long it will take me to finish 365 projects - I'm hoping only an extra week, but we'll see.

I will be starting a new blog for a new project at the beginning of September, but don't fear! All of my crazy craftiness will still manage to appear on this blog... just maybe not quite so much of it!

Here's the rest of the projects I managed to complete before my deadline:

305 - My own Letterhead!! Hey Digital Designing is fun!
306 - Celtic Knot magnet (Clay)
307 - Flower magnet (Clay)
308 - Snow Much Fun Card (*See Above)
309 - Mini Happy Holidays Tree Card
310 - Bunny Merry Christmas Card
311 - Snowflake & Stripes Card
312 - S{ick}? Card

53 projects to go... let's see how long it takes!

Keep Crafting,
Lindsay

Projects 276-304: More Randomness

Well, we're into the last week of this crazy project, and I still have an additional 60 projects to complete... in 4 days. So not going to happen - I refuse to substitute quantity for quality!

So, I'm going to keep going and see how long it takes me to finish these projects (hopefully only an additional week or so!) and then on to a new and exciting challenge! More on that later...

For now, here's the bunch I've completed in the last two weeks. There's some real gems here made with new stamp sets, some Christmas gifts and cards, random cards and more Gnomes and Gnome tags! It's kind of been a make-what-you-need quickly kind of month!

Anyway, here's the roundup:

276 - Let it Snow Card
277 - Noel Card
278 - Happy Holidays with Tree Card
279 - Gnome "Doc" - Always quick with a bandage!
280 - Enjoy the Simple Things - mini blue card
281 - Gnome Tag - Robert
282 - Gnome Tag - Ivan
283 - Gnome Tag - Shmendrick
284 - Gnome Tag - Walt
285 - Gnome Tag - Friedrick
286 - Gnome Tag - Kitty
287 - Gnome Tag - Morgana
288 - Gnome Tag - Molly
289 - Gnome Tag - Clara
290 - Gnome Tag - Winnie
291 - Gnome Tag - Doc
292 - Shortbread Recipe Card
293 - Just a Sliver birthday card
294 - Hedgehog birthday card
295 - Mr. & Mrs. Anniversary Card
296 - In Colour Markers Case
297 - Lil' Peanut Baby Shower Card
298 - Love is like a Butterfly Card
299 - Peace on Earth Card
300 - November Perpetual Calendar Page (See above)
301 - August Perpetual Calendar Page
302 - July Perpetual Calendar Page
303 - May Perpetual Calendar Page
304 - February Perpetual Calendar Page

Happy Crafting!

Projects 261-275: Christmas in July!

Okay, first off, if you are family STOP READING NOW! Aunts, Mom and Grandma that means you!

Ahem. And now for the rest of you - Christmas in July!

I've started seriously working on gifts for my family. The lovely ladies are getting card sets plus their own personalized card cases... aren't I sweet?

The cases are actually made out of DVD cases (way too much fun) which also hold 10 markers perfectly, so I've started using them to hold markers as well - try to keep your stamping markers lying flat - this way the ink doesn't dry up on one side.

I also threw a quick birthday card in the mix as I have a friend with a special day coming up soon!

Still have to make those gnome tags and start a few other gifts...

261 - Tidings of Comfort and Joy Card
262 - Mini Thank You Card
263 - Christmas Flower Ball (So cool! See picture above - time consuming but not that hard)
264 - Birthday Flag Card
265 - With Love Harlequin Card
266 - Thinking of You Mini Card
267 - Little Bliss Card
268 - K's Card Case
269 - C's Card Case
270 - L's Card Case
271 - B's Card Case
272 - J's Card Case
273 - Blank Card Case
274 - Brights Marker Case
275 - Plum & Pink Birthday Card

90 more projects to go...

Projects 228-260: Final Month!

Final month of my project...

My boyfriend just told me that I've completed my goal - if I decided to take the weekends off! So good that he can do the math in his head like that. The only math I can do is 260 is not yet 365!

So, I'm going to try and complete 105 more projects in the next 24 days. Yikes! Keep your fingers crossed for me...

This past couple of weeks has seen a gnome resurgence! I still have to make the gnome tags for the new batch, and I have a bunch of Christmas stuff to get cracking on, so hopefully we can make it!

Here's the stuff I've completed since the last post:

228 - Sunflower Necklace (Clay)
229 - Moon & Star Magnet (Clay - no photo yet, it hasn't made it home from the Guild!)
230 - Dragonfly Necklace (Clay- again, no photo yet)
231 - Dragonfly Magnet (Clay)
232 - Wish Big with Presents Card (I got this idea from another demonstrator - how cute!)
233 - 3D Flower Birthday Card (this one is total cool - see above!)
234 - Little Bird Birthday Card
235 - Mini Merry Card
236 - Mini Flower Card
237 - Hello Flower Card
238 - Nautical Birthday Card
239 - Road Map Birthday Card
240 - Mr. & Mrs. gift card holder

And now the Gnome Resurgence!
241 - Robert - He thinks he's sooo scary...
242 - Ivan - He actually stuffs the toes in those huge shoes... don't tell him I said that.
243 - Shmendrick - Thinks he's a magician... nobody is fooled!
244 - Friedrick - Like C&W.... never gets the words right though...
245 - Walt - The goofball of the bunch!
246 - Kitty - The lady in charge! No one else has figured that out yet.
247 - Morgana - Dancing Queen!
248 - Molly - Watch out for her smile - she's wicked at cards!
249 - Clara - She dreams of the stage...
250 - Winnie - She's kinda stuck in the 70's... has a thing for Johnny Travolta...

And a few more gifty projects I've squeezed in this week:

251 - Green & Pink Flowers necklace
252 - Black & White Flowers necklace
253 - Blue Striped necklace
254 - Small Green & Burgundy flower necklace
255 - Small Red * Gold necklace
256 - Small blue leaf necklace
257 - Blue flower heart necklace
258 - White & Red heart necklace
259 - Blue Baby Bib
260 - Blue Baby Booties

105 to go....

Projects 205-227: Reving up for the end...

Yep.. Still behind.

2011 has proven to be a ridiculously busy year - and it's already half over! (or only half over?!?)

I've attended a couple of workshops lately - one for cards and one for pottery.
The cards workshop had us complete 18 projects in one day (woo hoo!!! catching up!) and the majority of the items in today's list came from that date. I don't have the projects back from the pottery workshop yet (glazing, firing, ya know).

I do have a bunch of birthdays/anniversaries/baby showers and an art show coming up, plus it's really time to get cracking on those Christmas presents, so I do expect to finish my full 365 crafts by the end of July... which means I basically have to complete 4.6 crafts per day until July 31st.

This could get interesting....

Here's today's round up - pictures are on Flickr as always!

205 - With Love Card (made 18 of these for a swap... yikes! See photo above)
206 - Enjoy the Simple Things Card
207 - Mini Hello Card
208 - Orange Hello Card
209 - Bright Thank You Card
210 - Flower Hello Card
211 - Mini Open Sea Card
212 - Imagine the Possibilities Card
213 - You mean the World 2 me Card
214 - Open Sea blank Card
215 - Go Confidently Card
216 - Summer Splash Travel Box (made out of a DVD case - love this idea! You can stick crayons, activities, etc. in it for the kids to take in the car!)
217 - Octopus Mini Card (cutting out the octopus sucks... )
218 - Turtle Mini Card (much easier to cut out!)
219 - Summer Book Mark
220 - Just for Fun Pinwheel Card
221 - Pennant Card (Triangle punches are awesome!)
222 - Thank You triple layer card (these punches are way too much fun)
223 - Bird & Flower Friendship Card
224 - Grandma's Birthday Card 2011
225 - Merry Christmas Tree Punch Card (upside down triangle punches make great Christmas trees!)
226 - Baby Elephant Congrats Card (my excuse for this not-so-fabulous card is, um, well, you know... I'm 31...)
227 - Posy Hello Card (just finished eight of these for a swap on the weekend - new products/colours and totally cute!)

And that's all folks - keep smiling!
Lindsay

Projects 190-204: Family Fun

Crap. I'm running out of time. Gonna make it, but still running out of time! I started a new job last week, so between wrapping up stuff at the old job and figuring out what the heck I'm doing in the new one, there hasn't been a lot of time for crafting!

I'm going to a couple of crafting mayhem days in the next week, so hopefully that will get me back on track!

In the meanwhile, here are the newest additions. Most of them ended up being for family members, hence, "family fun":

190 - Flowered Thank You card - thankfully, there is a punch for those teensy little flowers...
191 - Hopeful Card - I love that butterfly!
192 - Thank you gift case - brilliant idea (not mine) to turn DVD cases into gift boxes!
193 - Mini Thank you card set - for inside the gift case
194 - Wonderful Woman Thank You card - love, love, love this colour combo! (See above)
195 - Thanks for the Little Things Card
196 - Mushroom Thank You Card - Why mushrooms? Why not!
197 - Costa Rica 2001 Scrapbook Page - great trip!
198 - Porthole Thank You Card (note: no picture available for this one, as I have entered it in a contest. It totally freaking rocks, however!)
199 - Beautiful blue Baby Blanket (note: no picture available for this one because I only finished it just before I gave it away! It's really simple and soooo soft! The baby is also cute!)
200 - Grandpa's Father's Day Card - I love my Grandpa!
201 - Wise old Owl Father's Day card
201 - Love Life Birthday Card - I love the colours on this one too - thought I would hate them, but boy was I wrong!
203 - Wish Big Birthday Card - another boy's card. The key is to keep it simple!
204 - Happy Birthday Flower Card - ohhh, stickers!

Unless otherwise noted, pictures are on Flickr. Which I now have to pay for because I have over 200 pictures there. Please go look at them so I feel better about spending the cash!

Lindsay