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Monday, August 22, 2011

My Fairytale Friends


2 a.m.

The house is silent except for a painful, grinding sound that is coming out of my craft room.

"Screech....screech.....SCREEEEEEECH...."

A sound someone on the MTC forum had described as the noise a moose-in-heat makes, and it was coming out of my Silhouette SD cutter. It is dark outside and I should be in bed like everyone else and yet here I am cutting paper. My mind drifted to the events of the day...

We had driven to the mountains for a weekend trip to a Bavarian village only to cut short our stay after one night. I had opened the door to go outside in the morning and instead of fresh mountain air, my face was hit by smoke. My heart sank when I found out that there was a wildfire in the woods nearby.

The Silhouette stops and I look at the perfect little circles on the mat. My lips curled into a smile.

Lettering Delights had released their insanely cute Finger Puppet sets on Friday and I was looking forward to cutting them out. Coming home early meant that I could cut these out now instead of next week.

"I need to go to bed soon", I muttered as I absentmindedly position another sheet of cardstock onto the mat and loaded that into the cutter. Hubby is not going to be happy if he finds out that I am still playing.

Screech....screech.....the blade plunged itself into the paper and starts slicing into it.

I look up and see 2:30 registered on the clock.

"Argh."

I need to get these cards finished. I see them in my head and I must get them into my hands. I already KNOW exactly how they will look like......

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3 a.m.

Half the night is gone and soon there will be light. I am spent but they are finished.

I've done it.

I had cut and glued and I have my "Friends" in my hands. I ran upstairs and jumped into bed. Hubby stirred and I held my breath. He continued sleeping. I closed my eyes and fell asleep grinning...







18 comments :

  1. wahh... Jin! I have been controlling myself since the release..... now you're making me want to buy the set :((

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  2. It is so good to know I am not the only one that stays up all night playing with paper and crayons and such. Thank you so much Jin for the inspiration you have given me since I found your blog about 2 weeks ago. I have had LD's stuff for 3 yrs. now and have never used any of it. Now I see that I can. Thanks for all you do.

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  3. OMG I love these and also good to know I am not the only one up. Till 3:30am then up again at 6:30am. I laughed when I read this because I know those feelings exactly. LOL

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  4. These are fantastic. I know the feeling about creeping into bed after a crafting session. I too smile when I successfully have not disturbed hubbie in the early hours of the morning.....not as late as 3 a.m. though!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful projects.

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  5. Ha! I love the post! And the sentiments on those cards are great! Thanks for sharing, Jin!

    Lisa
    http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogpsot.com

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  6. What a busy weekend youve had even if it wasnt as planned!

    Im the new owner of a silhouette sd so I am thrilled to see your beautiful cards! I couldnt stop giggling at the bacon loving wolf!!

    Im guessing your friends are available as cutting files? CAn I ask where please?

    Thanks
    Keryn x

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  7. BLahahahha....YOU ARE TOO CUTE!!!!
    How relieved to see so many do the same as I have...slip quietly into bed and hold your breath (literally) when they stir! hahahaha...
    The cards are FANTASTIC!!! I love the "Bacon Lover" "Porrige Snob"...and the little piggy with his hands in his pockets...LOL!
    TOO STINKIN' CUTE!!
    I gotta get creating!
    Hugs...Kathy

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  8. The comments are so funny. I got a chuckle out of them. Great Job!

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  9. Lol!!! I love it! I about spit my coffee out at the top one "do not talk to strangers" the set looks amazing, totally worth the wee-hour crafting sesh!

    -rachel w k
    rwkrafts.blogspot.com

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  10. This are adorable. These were definitely worth missing sleep for.

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  11. Oh Jin...this has be literally laughing out loud!!! Seriously - this is the funniest thing I've seen in awhile. And I constantly scrap til 3am. :) Also wanted to thank you again for the awesome impress giveaway. I got my inks last week and they send across all 36 colors!! So amazingly generous! Love everything you make!

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  12. So cute, and with MTC you got rid of the holes and used them not as finger puppets but as regular SVGs that you made cards of. clever as usual.

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  13. Jin, what did you use to highlight/color? Is it a color spritz or something?

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  14. Love the little notes at the bottom of the cards! <3

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  15. Too cute! I can totally relate to the late night crafting, or is it early morning? My husband just thinks I'm avoiding him!

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  16. Had to check this out before going to bed...Clever sentiments! Thanks for the bedtime smile.
    quilt 4 fun 2 at hot mail dot com

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