Another Reely Qwel Post

Okay, so I said I had made a couple more boxes of cards? This is the other version I made. I used the (retired) Autumn Spice designer paper, and the coordinating Day of Gratitude stamp set. I didn't actually buy this paper last year when it was current, but bought it earlier this fall on the clearance rack for the Big Scrapbook Project. I used a few sheets out of it, but then had so much leftover, I thought I better make a good dent in it!! The paper is heavier weight than our normal dsp, and it was great for this project. The Day of Gratitude stamp set gives a different look from the more vintage-y Spice Cake versions, but I like it very much! I love this format--the box with six coordinating but unique cards inside. It keeps me from getting bored. I have to figure out a slightly larger format to accommodate a few more cards--it would be nice to have a set of 10, for example.

I made two of these--one for a neighbor as a thank you gift for helping out with preschool pick up and drop off a lot this fall (her daughter goes to school with my son and they've been such a help this fall, filling in the gaps when we needed a little extra help here and there), and one for my goddaughter as a belated birthday/namesday gift. (Hi, Karen! Your gift is in the mail!!)

I do have to apologize for the lighting on the photos--I was experimenting with a new lighting set up on my light box, and I'm not really happy with it. It's okay in a pinch, I suppose, for those weeks of gray weather when I can't get decent light from the outside to come in through the window to back light my box, but I think I'll try to stick to photographing on nice days in the future. I know I should just bite the bullet and get some decent photo lights, but I don't have room for a permanent set up, and the idea of having to store one.more.thing in this house just drives me batty. You can read a bit more about my storage adventures at my other blog.

My lovely husband spent several hours last night reorganizing and cleaning out the basement, and I'm so happy with the results. It wasn't really that we had so much stuff down there, but the space is small, and we were using it somewhat inefficiently. Now it is better. I've spent the last few days going through our few closets, trying to weed out things and reorganize upstairs a bit. I'm hoping to make a big Goodwill run this coming weekend after my procedures are all finished.

This card I CASEd (copy and share everything) from Ilina Crouse. I changed the sentiment and simplified the card a tad, but otherwise, it is her basic design. The other cards were tweaked from other designs I saw around the web.