Blog Design and a Card

I spent forever today working on a new design for my blog. I don't really know a whole lot about designing a blog other than the basic designs that are provided. I downloaded a header kit and a photo editor today and worked on a header for a while--I couldn't get it to look like I wanted and it just looked blah. I put it on the blog and changed the background. Ugh. I hated it.

So I went back to my roots and took some pictures (with my NEW camera, by the way) of some of my favorite crafting supplies; ribbons, buttons, twine and some of my favorite cards. I then used Picnik to create a collage, which I then added to my blog. I changed the background and font color again.

I finally like how it looks. It fits my personality better and I think it was more of an impact. I hope you like.

In between all of the messing around, I also made a new card using Once Upon a Princess. I have only used this cartridge a few times but it's so cute!

I like the simplicity of the card and I think the pinks just pop off of the kraft paper. I used all scraps on this one--woohoo! I have too many and I think one day I am going to make tons of flowers, just to get rid of them!

I am not sure if it's because I was blond growing up, but I just think a princess needs to be blond! I think she turned out so cute!

I finally got to use some of the memory thread that I bought on super duper deal from Joann's (online) a few weeks ago. I bought every color they had online, but I still need to get pink and purple from the store. Here I used the bright green and I love how it pops off of the pink ribbon! The sentiment stamp was on sale at Michael's and I believe the set is by Recollections. It doesn't look quite so fuzzy in person, but I still have to decide if I want to restamp it or just live with it!

Tomorrow I am going to do less blog design and more crafting. It's supposed to be 80 degrees here tomorrow--maybe I'll even go outside (doubtful!!).