Spot The Mistake - Results

On Wednesday I posted my latest Spot The Mistake opportunity, and you guys came through as usual. Let's look at those responses:

1. "It's one of the punch-outs form the tree" - should be from the tree. Yes, right out of the gate!
2. you appear to be missing a piece of vellum underlay on the bottom left corner of your tree Not a mistake. It's actually missing a few of the punch-out thingies, but I decided I liked it that way.
3."My bad'? should it be ME bad Nope, it's just some US slang I unfortunately picked up. It means "my mistake".

I think that's most of them. There was one more I had my eye on, but mostly because it bugs ME. I can be good and let. it. go.

Now we need to pick a winner! I've decided to do this via random.org, using the number of people who responded (minus those, who don't want or need any of my stuff) instead of counting the actual comments, so ... drum-roll please ....


Number 4! (That's the 4th person to comment that wanted to be included, not necessarily the 4th comment. Whatever.) ... SUE! You are our winner! COME ON DOWN!!!!

Please email me and I'll get your prize out to you next week. I have no idea what it will be yet, so we'll both be surprised.

Thanks for playing, everyone!!!!

Spot the Mistake Winner, and A Card

First of all, I am not dead. Nope, just mostly comatose. I think I see a pattern with me and Stamp Camps and no days off and ergo: no blogging. Not a good combination. I'll take more time off next month.

And no, I have not forgotten the Spot the Mistake contest. So, yeah, I kinda missed making the announcement on Saturday, though I did go through my Copics to find the duplicates. I have 6. SIX!

Now without further ado, let's go over those entries:

8 out of 8 of you saw I missed the 't' in 'It'. You are correct: the CARD fell over, *I* did not. 1 person offered up a second possibility that "week's" shouldn't have an apostrophe, but no, it really does need one. Sorry, no extra credit for you. And the funny thing is: I thought I had a different mistake than what you all found. Hmph.

So I have the opportunity to use random dot org to pick a wiener ... drum roll, please ... here we go:

Comment #1 is the Wiener! Congratulations to Dorothy C. YAY! Woo-hoo! (The crowd goes wild!) Please email me with your mailing address so I can get these out to you.

Okay, now on to some stampy stuff. I found the need to give the evil eye to someone on Twitter today, and it prompted me to think about a certain lady stamp image and sentiment combination. I also decided to use this week's sketch from the My Favorite Things blog:

Yeah, it's a little busy, but it's perfect for using up matchy-matchy papers from the Remnant Heaplet. Wanna see? Lookie:

All left-over papers from a box I made last summer. I switched it up a little bit by layering the pieces under the oval because I ended up with two of the same patterned pieces together. Bonus: I used up some Vanilla remnants, too. Yay, me.

I actually made that card second, but it more closely matches the sketch, so I posted it first. NOW you get to see the version I like better:

I kinda like the sentiment at the bottom. I do. Oh, and notice that shape for the sentiment:

It's made with an SU punch. Not a new one, nope. One some of you already have in your crafty room! It's the Decorative Label punch, and I learned how to make this by watching this video. I used the very first one I made, so it is a little wonky, but I tried sanding the corners. It's definitely passable.

I hope to be back stamping the rest of this week so I can make a dent in all the sketches I've been printing! So many ideas ... so little time.

Thanks for stopping by!

Spot The Mistake!

It's time for another round of Spot The Mistake! I found a boo-boo in last night's post. Please leave a comment on THIS post telling me what you think the mistake is (could be more than one, you just never know), and you could WIN! Win what? Well, I've managed to buy a few Copics twice, so I think I'll give away my extras.

Please comment by 6 pm EST on Friday, March 11th, and I'll pick a winner on Saturday by some totally unscientific and unfair method, yet to be determined.

Have fun!

Spot The Mistake!!! - The Reveal

It's (past) time for the big reveal for the last Spot The Mistake contest! Before I select a winner, let's review the suggestions and my response to each:

1. stoopid = stupid. Not a mistake ... that was on purpose.

2. red rock dirt vs read rock dirt. YES, this is the one I had in mind - "read" is not a color. Sigh.

3. skillz vs skills. Not a mistake ... that was on purpose.

4. the order you listed the berries. Well, no, not really, but it could have been. Maybe. Or not.

5. Basic Grey vs Basic Gray. Nope, though this CAN be very confusing. The American spelling of that color is "grey" where the British spelling is "gray". However, the paper company's name is "Basic Grey" while the Stampin' Up! color is "Basic Gray". So I was right. And if I wasn't, I'm sure you will let me know.

6. Captain's Table vs Captains' Table. Nope, I only have one, so the apostrophe goes before the s.

7. gods should have a capital G. Nope. Only people who believe in a singular higher being spell it with a capital 'G', so the lower-case 'g' was correct.

All great guesses! You guys tried really, really hard!

Time to reveal the lucky winner, who was chosen by an unscientific, totally unfair process. (It's my blog and I make the rules.) And the winner is ... drum-roll please ... ... ...

Jenny S. (UK) YAYAYAYAYAYA! The crowd goes wild! Whoo-hoo!!!

Jenny - please email me (see link in my left side bar) and we'll work out the details.

Thanks for playing, everyone! I'll be back tomorrow with a Market Update, and maybe even a card! (gasp!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Spot The Mistake!!!

Ack! I just found a typo in Saturday's post. Find it and you'll win something from my stash! You have until Friday midnight, Right Coast time. I'll pick a winner from all the correct responses via some unscientific, totally unfair process.

ETA: Make sure to post your answer(s) on THIS post if you want a chance to win!

Thanks for playing!

Spot The Mistake - We have a winner!

We got a little snow - and it's still coming down. We're up to over a foot, maybe 16" so far, and it should approach 20'' by 10 pm. Here is my back yard about 7:30 am:

Those are NOT comfy chairs. They're wooden Adirondack chairs.

Dulles airport has 19" of snow, and a town North of here has 30" already. Fortunately for me, some very enterprising people came door-to-door IN THE SNOW last night handing out pieces of paper with their phone number. They said just to call on Saturday and they'd be coming around to dig us out. I AM SAVED!

Now, the good part: WE HAVE A WINNER for my Spot The Mistake contest. First, I've gotta tell you, though, I LOVE YOU GUYS! I LOVE THIS CRAFT! I mean, c'mon, where else would people nominate another commenter for the prize?!

So without further ado, I bow to your wishes and award the prize to KellyRae for her fabulous suggestion to make my own Flower Soft I can use in my SU Stamp Camps. Yay! Woo-hoo! (The crowd goes wild!)

And here's what you've won:

I ended up with two of these, so now one of them is yours! Please email me your mailing address (DO NOT post it here) and I'll get this out to you as soon as I dig out of here.

Thanks for playing, everyone!

Challenge Card

One of the sites where I lurk regularly is {capture the moment}. I like their simple designs, both their stamps and their card samples. Actually, it's the card samples that generally suck me in and make me buy things. Today they have offered up a nifty challenge to celebrate their 3rd anniversary. They have many (like 9, I think) free digital images that you can use to make a card and post for a chance to win a huge collection of their stamp sets from 2009. Can you say: FREE STAMPS?! Oh, yeah!

I downloaded the image from Melissa Bickford's site and made this card:


The papers were out on the Captain's Table, so I just grabbed them. The dotted piece is the reverse of the flower paper. Too easy!

I colored the letters with Copics, and added some bling to the star with a glitter pen. DONE!

I have no plans to do more than one, as it is fast approaching my bed time, but you can do all 9 if you want to increase your chances of winning.

So who thinks this is cheating on my stamps? Anyone? I feel so dirty ....

Spot The Mistake!

It's that time again! I have a typo in last night's post, and it's time for me to give something away. Plus, I'm too lazy to edit it.

Please post your findings in the comments on THIS post, and I'll use some unscientific and probably totally unfair method to select a winner. I'll leave this open until Friday night.

Thanks for playing!

Spot The Mistake - We Have A Winner!

First of all, let me just say you are ALL over-achievers! You never fail to find mistakes even *I* did not see, and I thank you for that. No, really!

The one mistake on which *I* was focussed was the it's instead of its in this sentence:

I spied this dress in one of the tents and needed to take it's picture.

Other than that, you guys also found these boo-boos:

--> (Was that a redundant statement? Is anal-retentive hyphenated?
I left off the ending parenthesis. ACK!

-->I used to grow these, but mine were green, not purple on the outside.
Missing comma after not purple.

--> missing apostrophe from Maters and taters
You know what? YOU ARE CORRECT and I am horrified! All these years I have been abbreviating those words and not inserting the requisite leading apostrophe! OMG, I am so ashamed.

--> the offerings and quantities of veggies is beginning to wane
Should be are beginning to wane. CORRECT! I missed this one, too. *hangs head in shame*

And a few Nice Try's, but NOT mistakes:
--> Butternut vs Buttercup squash
--> Acorn vs Buttercup squash
Nope. When she said Buttercup, I asked "Butternut?" and she said no, Buttercup.

NOW, to pick a winner. At this moment I'd like to give you ALL something for being so NICE and for reading this blog in the first place, but alas, I only have one item selected this time, so there can only be one winner. And I select ... drum-roll, please ... oh, the tension is building ... ... ... Zanne! YAY! Who-hoo! The crowd goes wild!

Zanne - please send me an email with your mailing address and I'll get your goods in the mail!

Thanks for playing, everyone!

Spot The Mistake!

It is time for another round of Spot The Mistake! I found a boo-boo in yesterday's post, and I did not correct it on purpose! I have a little something (actually, it's kinda big) already in a mailing envelope for the winner of this round. Please post your answer on THIS post by 10 pm Monday, Eastern Time (USA). I will select a winner from all the correct responses through some random, non-scientific process.

Have at it!

Loads of Ribbon

Whazis? Four posts in ONE DAY? YES, my friends! YES! I am busybusybusy. It seems that not working at the Day Job frees up the creative juices in my brain and things just WORK. I will not fight it, so I am still crafting.

I actually had everything put away. Okay, that was a lie. I had the lights at my crafting table and in The Other Room turned off, and I was trying (in vain) to get caught up with my Google Reader backlog, when I read Lauren's blog post where she just happened to mention that today's Caardvarks' challenge involved not only making a card using ribbon, but you can WIN ribbon, too! HELLOOOOO! I am so there!

Here is what I just whipped up:

Not your typical Crooked creation, I will admit, but lemme tell you how it came about. Remember those baby shower invitations I made a while ago? I had a bunch of ribbon scraps left over - too big to toss, and I'd always planned to weave them and do something with the woven piece. Guess what?! Today is the day! But first, a few details.

I grabbed one of these crocheted flowers from a pack I got from SU. I do not do much with pink, so I thought I'd actually use one of them on this card. Who knows when I'll get that opportunity again!

I also went a little nuts and not only added a row of punches down the left side into which I wove some ribbon from my stash, but I ALSO punched holes down the right side and tied these teeny tiny knots. Yes, I have a headache, but it had to be done!

Here is the beginning of my weaving. I ran a line of adhesive down the right side of a piece of card stock and stuck the ribbon ends to it.

Then I started weaving the vertical pieces and went until I ran out of one of the colors. There is no science here, people ... I just go with the flow. I added adhesive to the other three sides to hold the ribbons in place, then trimmed the woven piece. The rest was just futzing. I do that a lot.

I am pretty happy with how this turned out!

Okay, NOW I am done posting for today. Thanks for stopping by - again!

World's Ugliest Card

Could someone please send me the link for the World's Ugliest Card Contest? Because I think this one will win:

OMG, this is terrible. It has at least 5 different blues on it, all wrong! In fact, there is nothing RIGHT about this card! Not.one.thing.

It all started with that scrap of dotted paper I found on the floor in The Other Room, and went downhill from there.

The REALLY sad part of this? I spent the better part of the day working on it! Not at one sitting, oh, no. I kept getting distracted. I'd get up to look for paper in The Other Room, and instead of looking for paper, I'd hang a few more Bygel rails and rearrange some of my punches. Then I'd be thirsty and go to the kitchen for some water, notice the broiler pan in the sink, decide to wash it, think I was hungry, have some bread and butter, then wander back into the Living Room, still thirsty, and with no paper for the card. My WHOLE DAY went like this.

Sigh. But I did get those Bygel rails hung. See:

Well, a few more. I have two left, and they cannot be hung until I go BACK to the hardware store for more screws and anchors. Apparently my Handyman assumed wrong when he assumed every wall in every house HAD to have a stud in the corner, because mine does not. Instead of the carefully counted wood screws, I needed to use more of the carefully counted drywall screws with anchors, so now I do not have enough for the remaining rails.

But THAT'S OKAY, because I had a brilliant idea for using the rails for another organization scheme. I am going to hang the bottom rail on the right a bit higher and get the S-hooks to ... hang my Ribbon Originals cards-of-ribbon so I can SEE them and maybe USE them some time. One of those Clip-N-Store carousels is like $65 and takes up surface area, where this will be way less money and hang off a rail on my wall. Genius, I say, genius!

Also I realized I need a 12-step program for these dang punches! I did some quick calculating, and they will not all fit on these 8 rails. Sigh ... Some will need to remain in the closet storage for now. Baby steps.

I am excited about my idea for the Ribbon Originals storage! I sure hope that works out. It HAS to be better than what I have now, which is boxes of the stuff all over the place, so I forget what I even HAVE. Yeah, this will be so much better.

Okay, that ugly card took it out of me today. I think I'll clean up in here a little then hit the hay.

Thanks for stopping by!

Spot The Mistake - We Have A Winner!

Thank you ALL for playing my last round of Spot The Mistake. As much as I revel in the fact that Spellchecker finds almost NO mistakes when I run it against my posts prior to publication, it is not smart enough to tell me I've used the wrong word. If the wrong word is spelled correctly, I am not alerted. That is why I need YOU! I really hate it when I read something I've posted and see all the boo-boos.
So without further ado, I am pleased to pronounce the winner of this round of Spot The Mistake is ... drum-roll, please ... our very own Mary Dawn! Yay! Woo-hoo! The crowd goes wild!

Mary Dawn, one of my first beloved three (maybe four) readers, has won this NOT because she has stuck with me all this time, but because she is a freakin' over-achiever! I thought I had one error, but she found FOUR! FOUR! I am so embarrassed.

Here they are (I just had to copy her comment - she is THAT good!):

--> This immediately set of the "this sounds like work" alarm in my brain, and I stopped. (set OFF...alarm) ~ yep, got me there

--> I opted for no image on this one, because the paper is pretty, and busy, so why bother. (should end with a ?) ~ yes, it should have

--> I this version, I did a particularly poor job attaching the papers to the card base, and I am out of alignment. (IN this version....) ~ this is the one I had in mind

--> ... which I ever so cleverly disguised by sponging on some more of the Dusty Durango ink to make it look like I meant to do that. (should be ever-so-cleverly, but that's just nit picking, isn't it?) ~ Nope, not nit picking at all! I actually thought about adding the hyphens, but, well, I did not.

So Mary Dawn, I shall rummage in The Other Room this evening and select some goodies for you.

Thanks, again, for playing, everyone! Now, my laptop wants to install updates and re-boot, and I need to leave for The Day Job. Thanks for stopping by!

Spot The Mistake - Round 5

That's right! I am putting myself out there again and asking you to find the mistake in this morning's post. The winner will get something from my stash of unused and neglected craft supplies. Maybe even some ribbon (like I'd miss it).

So go on back here and see if you can find it. I only spotted one, so as usual, there will be bonus points granted for anyone who spots more than one!

I will pick a name at random from all the correct responses (I make up these rules as I go, you know). All entries must be posted as a reply to this post. You may enter more than once, but your name will only be counted once. Deadline for entering is Wednesday 9 pm Eastern time. I'll pick a winner and announce it on Thursday.

Thanks in advance for playing! Let the games begin!

Spot The Mistake - The Reveal (Addendum)

I have one minor correction from my Spot The Mistake - The Reveal post. I gave Liz extra points for identifying the following: (I made 2). should be (I made 2.) My response to this was: "Absolutely true. The punctuation should be inside the parentheses at the end of a sentence." which is wrong, wrong, wrong. The punctuation goes inside the closing parenthesis only if the entire sentence is enclosed in parentheses. If it is just a portion of the sentence or a few words at the end of the sentence, then the punctuation goes outside the closing parenthesis.

I just got a new book and daily calendar called "Common Errors in English Usage". You people are in trouble now!

And Liz, don't worry. You'll get to keep your bonus points. ;-)

If you played Spot The Mistake, make sure to send me your mailing address. I am filling up a chair with loot to be divvied up, and I hope to get to the PO tomorrow. Send your address to lqhanna@gmail.com (do NOT post it in a comment, please!)

Thanks!

Spot The Mistake Round 4 - The Reveal

Okay, peeps, you are very, very good at finding mistakes. And you are ALL WINNERS! Don't you just love it?!

Here's the low-down on the mistakes in this post that count, as identified by The Committee (that would be Kitty and me, but she cannot read, so then that would be just me):

1. ...lined up those puppies to cover the front of the cards (I made 2). I do believe that should have been ...lined up those puppies to cover the fronts of the cards (I made 2).
2. They were 4" long. which left... that '.' should have been a ','
3. I aslo scalloped should have been I also scalloped
4. ... well, I don't know why. That one really does not make a whole lot of sense, does it? It should have been well, I don't know what. or well, I don't know why I did it.

And now to review the reported errors that were not errors (in my mind, anyway):

1. "Whatthe" was one word vs. two. Nice try, but I did that on purpose. Sorry.
2. side-by-side. Eh. Judges? NAAAAAH! I am a crowd of one who mourns the demise of the hyphen. I read about and study these things, just to make sure they have not changed the rules since I learned punctuation. So no, I hyphenated those three words to make them stick together. I kinda like how they look when I do that.
3. there are many words capitalize in sentences that don't need to unless you wanted them highlighted. You are correct; I wanted them capitalized for emPHAsis, so no, this was not an error.
4. getting pretty bad in There... it should be there. Per my previous response, I like to capitalize things for emPAHsis, and The Other Room is "In There", so sorry, that one was on purpose, too.
5. I think a few of the sentences are kind of run on sentences. Well, you've got me there. Call it a stream-of-consciousness thing, but sometimes my brain just takes off on its own, so this is not really a typo. (Was that a run-on sentence, too?) Sorry.
6. I don't think you need a comma after C'mon Yes, I do. :-) If you would pause while speaking at that point, or to take a breath, then it gets a comma.
7. side-by-each isn't a phrase. Yes it is, if you lived next door to the young lady I did my Freshman year of college. Also see this definition. It's regional slang. Not *my* region, but still ....
8. does Archaic need to be capitalized? Yes, it does, because it is a proper name. In this case, it is the name of the Basic Grey paper collection. Okay, maybe Basic Grey does not capitalize their paper pack names, but they don't capitalize anything. Since writing in all lower-case makes me itchy (except back in the days of reading e e cummings), I refuse to do it, and it's my blog, so there.

Bonus point go to:

1. Rachel, for saying: I read typo fluently.
2. Everyone who caught that double-paragraph in two different fonts. (I accidentally selected the WebDings font instead of Verdana, and I kinda liked it, so I left it there.)
3. Kandy, for identifying the Webdings font specifically. [For those of you who said "the same paragraph twice", I'd like to know (1) if you read fluent WebDings, or (2) what were you smoking?]
4. Liz S, who caught: (I made 2). should be (I made 2.) Absolutely true. The punctuation should be inside the parentheses at the end of a sentence.

For everyone who responded and wants something from my stash, please send your mailing address to me at lqhanna@gmail.com. Please DO NOT include it in a comment on my blog (or any blog, for that matter), unless you want stalkers stalking you. Can you tell I used to be in computer security? Am I annoying you yet?

Okay, I am done. Thanks for playing!

Spot The Mistake - Round 4

It has been quite a while since I've had one of these little soul-wrenching contests, as I have been more than anal about proof-reading my posts so as not to embarrass myself publicly. But last night, with much consternation and finger twitching, I decided to leave a few typos in my post so I could host another round of Spot The Mistake. Yep - this is another pitiful attempt to increase my readership from 3 (maybe 4) loyal, beloved readers, but more truthfully I need to get rid of stuff!

So go on, read last night's post, find the typos (there is/are more than one), and post back here with your findings. Each poster will win something from my stash. It's getting pretty bad In There, so I should be able to pull things off the top of the pile fairly easily.

Da rules:
One win per person, no matter how many mistakes you find or how many times you post.
I might be overcome with emotion and include a little extra something if you do find all the mistakes.
Extra points for finding mistakes I have not yet identified.
I reserve the right to REMOVE items from your winnings if you point out mistakes I have left in previous posts, but was too lazy to go back and correct, so don't even go there.
Extra points for identifying what just happened here:
Bonus: Since I am typing this pre-caffeine, and only doing a cursory review of the spelling (I have already corrected 6 mistakes), you'll get a bonus stash item for identifying typos in THIS post. ;-)
Bonus: Since I am typing this pre-caffeine, and only doing a cursory review of the spelling (I have already corrected 6 mistakes), you'll get a bonus stash item for identifying typos in THIS post. ;-)
Contest ends at midnight Wednesday/Thursday.

Let the games begin!

Milestone Challenge - We Have A Winner!!!

A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who played. Who knew I had the power to make people do something? :-)

I loved all the entries, and making a decision on one winner was tough. So tough, in fact, that I picked TWO! Yes, TWO! Why? Beacuse I had to think too much at the Day Job, and my brain is just tired. THAT's why!

And the winners are:

Jennifer Love with her Just Because entry ... AND ...

Mary Dawn with her Party Time entry (the fourth card posted here).

Congratulations, ladies! Please email me your snail mail address at LQHanna@gmail.com and I'll get your goody packs right out to you. I am going through my stash, and so far I have a stack of embellishments all picked out. Next I'll add some paper and maybe some other goodies. Thanks for helping me clear out in there! No, seriously, I am sure you will actually USE the stuff, not hoard it for some other time ...

Thanks for playing, everyone!

You Did It!!

My counter went past 10,000! Woo-hoo! You guys are the greatest! Who knew so many people (that would be 3, maybe 4) cared about a crooked stamper!?!? As I've said before, if I can show you crooked stuff and I make you guys feel better about what you do, or if you just enjoy reading about my crazy life, then I feel reeeeal good. ;-)

So here we go! I have thought and thought about what to do for a contest, and what to give away. Do you think either one might involve ... ribbon? Maybe? Ya think?!

I have no pictures of what I'll be giving away, because I have not finalized those plans, yet. But since my Nestabilities are due to arrive any day now, the list o'stuff just might include some card candy! Undoubtedly it will also include ribbon (!), paper, and any other stuff I decide I really do not need and would be better-loved in someone else's stash. Trust me - it will be worth it. :-)

How to enter? Make a card a la The Crooked Stamper*, upload it somewhere, and post the link back here in a comment on this post so we can all see it. If you do not have a blog or an SCS gallery, or you otherwise have no place to upload to, email it to me at lqhanna@gmail.com and I'll post it for you.

*What is a card a la The Crooked Stamper? No, it does not have to be crooked! Please no! Nor does it have to have a mistake that has been cleverly disguised to make it look like you meant to do it that way. Although, if that happens (totally by accident, of course!) it just might get you extra points! The only two requirements I have are :

1. You must use green somewhere.
2. You must use ribbon.

That's it!

Here's one I made today to remind you of how basic my cards are. This one is not even irreverent! Hey - this one would even qualify to enter! It's got something green and ribbon - a green ribbon! :-)


Oh, and how will the winner be selected? This will be by a non-scientific method, maybe even by me just picking my favorite. So see, you have a shot, so make it a good one! And unlike most contests and give-aways, you can enter more than once! But you do have to make a different card or project for each entry. ;-)

Please post your links and comments by Midnight EDT Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. I'll pick a winner and post back Wednesday evening. Plus, I hope to have a clue by then about what you'll win!

So c'mon! Show us your stuff! Stamp on!!!

Spot The Mistake - Round 3 --- We have a Winner!

Well, I only had one response, but she spotted a mistake I had not, so she is a winner! Even if she had not found a mistake, I'd give her a prize just for the attempt. ;-)

So Mary Dawn, send me your snail mail address and I'll send you your goodies. You can email me at lqhanna@gmail.com. I think I may have your address in the bowels of my In-Box, but you'd better send it again, just to be safe.

Mary Dawn's spotted mistake: I wrote I decided use these to make a bunch of quick cards instead of I decided to use these to make a bunch of quick cards. Yep, that's a good one.

The boo-boo I resisted correcting, however, was in the section where I talked about the Navy Blue card and how I put on the eyelets too far apart, except I referred to them as brads instead of eyelets. Oh, well, it was a piddly little mistake in a very long blathering of a post, and I would not want to read it more than once myself. ;-)

Time for bed, here. Gotta make my appearance at the Day Job in the morning. Tomorrow I'll show you a couple of the cards I made today in my "OMG, next weekend I have people coming over to make cards and I have no clue" frenzy of activity. I soooo stepped outside my comfort zone, too.