Today is the 12th, which means a few things but among the most important are that it is 10 days until the shortest day, always a landmark for me, and it is also my grandad's birthday tomorrow. I'll celebrate Grandad's birthday but I don't know whether to celebrate the shortest day or not this year. I've been in denial about it being winter, due to the fact that we are renovating and our fireplace is currently sitting under a painter's drop-sheet in the middle of a bare concrete floor somewhere. Sometime in Autumn I told myself it was best that I pretend winter wasn't arriving just yet so as not to miss the roar of a hot wood fire in the mornings when you have to crack the ice off the window of the car before taking the kids to school. Part of this denial might include ignoring the shortest day. They say ignorance is bliss.
I haven't scrapped since I finished Tarisota. My mind is full of clutter and my house is trashed. The mojo has been buried somewhere under piles of gib dust – it'll return but for now I'm filling the day with other stuff. LIke accounts. And a sick daughter, and various other family stuff.
Jacob did flippin awesome at the speech contest. He was thrilled to represent his school and he did amazing. He didn't place, a speech about cellphones and why we should ban them won. I admit the speaker was 100% faultless. Jacob was relieved when it was over, although he had to repeat it to the whole school assembly the next morning. (600 kids). He told me that was easy, he just got up and had fun. I wish I had half his confidence. I gotta say thanks to everyone that wished him well though! Here he is accepting his certificate for being the finalist for his school. Yes I love the gold curtains and red patterned carpet. It matches closely with my crouching-in-the-aisle camera skills. Goooorgeous.
And I've just realised while posting this that I have forgotten about Kelly Goree's Hometown tourist challenge! I tell you, my mind is complete mush. I'll do that in the next week.
There's been talk of the threading water punch about and you all know how much I love it since I use it in every second project I do these days. I thought I'd show you how I used to do scalloped edges though because I was thrilled when I discovered this method on Lianne's blog months and months ago.
You need a corner rounder, and you need one without 'guards' or 'guides' on it. I have one with removable guides, which is perfect.
Flip the punch over and line it up so that it is straight on to the paper, punch.
Move the punch along and punch again. At this point it is trial and error to learn where to punch the next one, so do this on a scrap piece of paper first.
There you go! A easily scalloped edge. if you want the hole, like in the threading water punch, just go ahead and punch a hole in each scallop.
I'll leave you to it… let me know if that helps for those of you that haven't got hold of the Fiskar's Threading Water Punch!
Oh – and I just have to add – I had a question about whether anyone knew a Dundein Stampin' Up! Demo – yes there is one – Sarah Gough is down that way
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