Howdy folks and welcome to the Club Scrap March Blog Hop!!
You should have hopped right over from
Tiare's Blog but if you want to check out all the great posts this month feel free to "Hop" on over to the
Club Scrap March Blog Hop post.
This month I'm featuring the newly "re-modeled" Greetings to Go Club from the 50s Kitchen collection.
It's been touted as the newer, gentler, easier version of the original with very little extra supplies needed to create 12 cards each month. Being the kind of OCD person that I am I was a little skeptical if they were really as easy to create as they were advertised. So I decided to have a little test run for you guys. (You thought I was going to make something original didn't you? Is this your first time on my blog??)
So picture it, a rainy Sunday afternoon and some 50th Anniversary Sound of Music tv show from the DVR (i heart that movie.)
So with my trusty table set up in the den I decided to see how long it would take to complete the Greetings To Go. I started with the unopened pack and the directions open on my ipad. I hadn't even read the directions yet...So...Ready Set Greetings to Go!!
I grabbed the list of supplies from the ipad and headed up the stairs to the loft (my crafting area which thrives in turmoil pretty much all of the time.) So trip #1-I gathered everything from the list and plopped it on the table. I started to read the directions and headed back up the stairs (trip #2) for my scor-pal (oops!) Now I was ready...
So I did end up making trip #3 up the stairs to grab a better button adhesive but honestly folks in exactly 90 mins from the start of my supply gathering to the end of the process I had 12 perfectly made cards and just this left over.
Leslie came in partway through and swapped over to Ultimate Survivor Alaska so I might have paid a little more attention to the crafting than the tv...
But really I was surprised. I made all of these including gathering, scoring, folding, decorating and even picking up in 90 minutes with only 4 trips up the stairs (including trip #4 which was to put everything away.)
My time included throwing the cats off the table approx. 5 times, stopping to look up something on the internet that was unrelated, putting some ribs in the oven and making the cards. Pretty impressive.
I am constantly looking for easily portable crafting ideas and I think this is the perfect fit. I'm anxious to try again next month and beat my 90 minute time! Even if you aren't normally a card maker I invite you to try this re-tooled option for easy to make, impressive to give cards each month!
I hope you enjoyed my little experiment, your next stop on the hop is
Ink Stains with Roni!
The cats have recovered from being tossed off the table...they knew you were concerned.
Until next month!!
Absolutely lovely. And of course your fur babies have forgiven you.
ReplyDeleteWell done on the cards and thanks for the chat that comes along!
ReplyDeleteCool - looks like time well spent :)
ReplyDelete7 minutes a card! WHAT??! I spend at least twice that trying to come up with the idea in the first place. WINNER! Great looking cards Janet!
ReplyDeletePhew! I'm so relieved to know the cats are okay. And thanks for being my Greetings to Go Test Team. I just finished the cards for April, and I think you'll handily beat your time. Plus, I remembered to list the ScorePal on the supply list, which will save you a trip.
ReplyDeleteI love the Sound of Music movie too! So glad you found your creative outlet with the GTG! Glad the no cats were harmed in the making of these cards! Thanks for a fun read and have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI LOVED the Sound of Music special - it is one of my all time fave movies ever!!! Anyway, Great job on you GTGs and thanks for the play by play - your cats are so fun!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to dig into mine now!
ReplyDeleteLove that you took us through your process, Janet. I'm sure next time you'll beat that 90 minutes!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see I'm not the only who scraps with the cats. Thanks for sharing the process!
ReplyDeleteNice cards! Thanks for including the trips up the stairs in your process. I tend to make several when I am scrapping some place other than my scrap space.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great review of our new-and-improved Greetings to Go. I always enjoy the humor you inject into your posts, especially the cat-ventures! LOL.
ReplyDeleteThe cards turned out awesome Janet. And I love that it only took 90 minutes! I'm sure you'll beat your time next month.
ReplyDeleteGreat job, great blog! As always. I can say that, right?
ReplyDeleteThe Sound of Music 50th Show was so much fun! I think what I liked the most was that Diane was almost as excited as I would have been to go to Salzburg with Julie Andrews!
Beth M
Great set of cards!
ReplyDeleteThey look great!! (The cards, I mean...well the cats, too)
ReplyDelete*LOVE* your play-by-play commentary and I think the cards (and your time spent) were a great example of thrifty creativity. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun to hear what you are up to Janet! By the way, I always have to make several trips to the basement to always get something I need when crafting on the dinning room table. Excellent work on those Greetings To Go cards, sweet!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on making the cards, and I especially enjoyed reading your "journal" of the day...quite entertaining!
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