card a day: update

Happy Monday! An update on card a day :) These are the past several days - June 9-15. I am catching up on the 16th and 17th after a super busy (but super fun!) weekend :) Still really enjoying this project. 

Don't forget to check out the flickr group here also - lots of gorgeous cards popping up! :)

card a day: update

If you have been on my facebook page at all, I've been updating my card a day there each afternoon/evening.  A quick update here though, if you aren't on FB :) I am loving this little project. The card I created yesterday (June 4) read: "So I am loving this card a day challenge. A quick 10 minute challenge to create this little card everyday. A new clean slate each day. A blank canvas. I have so many ideas pop up in my head but have promised myself not to write any of them down. I like the spontaneity of making it up each day. May have to do this for longer than 30 days." And I may do just that. Seriously, a 10 minute commitment each day to create a cute little 3"x4" card is so fun to me.

How about you? Are you doing a card a day? How's it going? Check out the flickr group here also - lots of gorgeous cards popping up! :)

friday afternoon.

a random little afternoon post this lovely first-day-of-june friday :)

+ i'm so excited about how excited ya'll are about the a card a day challenge this month! woo hoo! i just finished my first card :) Yesterday, Sarabeth left a comment on the post:

"love this idea and i'm soooooo joining in on the fun!!!!! do you have an instagram hash for this?"

so i'm embarrassed to admit I had no idea what an instagram hash was, lol. i know what instagram is, but had no idea what an "instagram hash" was. i know, i'm behind on the times ;) i had to ask my hubby to explain it to me (who just got back from haiti late wednesday night! yay!). at this time, i don't have a smartphone and thus, cannot do instagram ;) although, if someone wants to make a hash for it, please let me know and I will post it here! :) i will be posting mine in this group on flickr (please post yours there too! :)) and also have a pinterest board here.

+ will be posting the last couple days of my photo-a-day pics soon. was going to do it yesterday, and it just did not get done... soon. :)

+ thank you for the ink cartridge ideas on my "right now" post last friday. i am looking into those and will be trying to decide what would work best for my printer, etc. thank you! :)

+ and thank you for the scissor suggestions for cutting all my fabric for the quilt :) i know getting a better set of scissors will expedite the process of cutting. a lot. :)

+ have a fabulous weekend! happy june :)

a card a day: june daily challenge

I have loved doing the photo a day: in may challenge this past month (will share the final few photos later today :)). I love that I was completing a fairly easy challenge to capture one moment per day. For me, it was a good start to getting used to an everyday challenge.

So for June: I have decided to create a small card each day. 

The cards are 3"x4" and I cut them from white cardstock (only takes 5 sheets - 6 cards per sheet), and I decided to round the corners. Random challenge, you say? :) I used to have a cute little scrapbook calendar that had a "layout a day" every day of the year. I knew there was no way I could possibly do a huge 12"x12" (or even 8.5"x11") layout per day (I've also seen creating a "greeting card" a day! Fun!). So I started thinking on a smaller level. I like the idea of creating a mini-layout each day. The 3"x4" parameter will be challenging, but also good to have the constraint. I also mainly chose this size so that they could fit in my Project Life album. Or possibly into a little mini album. However, I'm not sure how I will put them all together yet.

What will each card be like? At this point, I have thought of a couple ideas and themes - I plan to do each color in the rainbow. And also like the idea of creating cards around one word, like vintage, or paper, or washi tape, or map, or a thought or emotion: happy, excited, think, discover. Things like that. I will also do a lot of randomness, I'm sure - whatever I'm feeling like creating that particular day :) I will use bits and pieces I have around my workspace - bits of paper, maybe pictures or words from a magazine, washi tape, sewing, anything really! I'm thinking this will also be a good way to use up some scraps :)

So, would you like to join in? Whether you are able to complete a card every day, every other day, etc., the point is to flex your creative muscles by creating. Creating a simple and small card. I'd love to see what you create! I've set up a flickr group here. Feel free to post pictures of your cards, or take a look at others. Alright, June begins tomorrow. Let's get started! :)