Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Ella eZine & Mercury in retrograde...

Thanks Ella - for putting my work in your January eZine! It was just released today. They used a layout I made for their 'stretch the sketch' challenge:

Aside from the photos, my favorite part of this one is that little "we love NJ" bit on the lower right.

and this one, that I've posted on this blog before.

It was inspired by a layout they saw in their ebook "Vintage Hip Christmas."

According to my friend, who is wise in the ways of astrology, "mercury is in retrograde." Apparently, it messes everyone up. Maybe that could explain my super crabby mood and the total lack of creative energy I'm feeling? I tried today, yesterday, the day before....I made some cards today, technically for the Cards blog challenge, but they didn't come together easily.

Used the Silhouette to cut the snowflake and repurposed some holiday stickers for the sentiment.

This one is the same basic concept. Gotta use up those holiday stickers!
I still have a pretty big pile of things I want to work on. Just hoping the slump passes so I can make a few deadlines. I think I need to hit the sketchbook and google this Mercury thing. How many days until spring?

4 comments:

Sara said...

Gorgeous work Valerie! Your stitching details are perfect!! Good luck on getting out of the slump...it's this time of year!

Courtney Baker said...

Just saw your cards over on the CARDS blog! They are both fantastic!

Amy Heller said...

Look at you, Valerie! I saw your "feature" over at Ella! I have to check that out - I've never even heard of it before! Your stuff looks beautiful and I'm going over to check out that HOW schtuff, too! ;) Have a great weekend! Oh, maybe you can give me a couple pointers on my sewing machine - it's hiccuping on paper, and I am not a sewer and it's brand new. :)

Valerie said...

Thanks so much everyone! And Amy - did you sew through some adhesive? That always trips up my machine. If not, sounds like you might have a tension issue. Let me know how it goes!