Surviving Super Bowl Sunday

I don't mind football. In fact, if I had to watch a sport on TV, I would probably choose football. So with yesterday being Super Bowl Sunday, I was OK with the fact that for the men in my family, the entire day would probably center around the game - pre, during and post.

I also knew that I could only take so much of the excitement, so I planned on doing a bit of creating while my guys were glued to the TV. It ended up to be a great day and I had lots of fun working on a couple of different projects.

First off, I made a couple of button necklaces. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a bit of a button freak. Seriously, I LOVE BUTTONS! All the colors, shapes and sizes... they just make me happy. Recently I saw a blog somewhere that had this cool button necklace, so I decided to try making one for myself.

All I needed was some thin wire, ribbon and buttons! No problem! This is the first one I made...

which I really liked until my son said the middle three buttons looked like the face of a gecko! That sort of ruined it for me and now I am not so sure...

Then I changed up the colors and made a second one. (No negative comments on this one!)

They are super fun and easy to make. Maybe I will do a Friendzy Friday tutorial on them so you can try making one yourself?

Next up, I made a card. I bought a very cool pair of scissors that are made by Martha Stewart and I couldn't wait to make something using them. I had some Crate Paper stickers and paper, so I made this fun card.

The scissors are called Fringe Scissors and they have 5 non-stick cutting blades that cut the fringe on your paper really easily! Is that fun or what? So with the scissors, I cut the grass at the bottom using three layers of paper and I also fringed the circles that made up my flower. Easy peasy as Deanna would say! I wanted to keep cutting with them, but I decided to move onto my next project.

I have been working on my next layout for the Sketchabilities Design Team for a while and I really wanted to put the finishing touches on it. I added my photo, title and yes, buttons, and it is now completed. I can only show you a couple of detail shots until reveal day on February 15th.

I absolutely loved working with these papers and colors. You will have to check back for a full photo and all the details on February 14th ;-)

I hope you enjoyed your Super Bowl Sunday as much as I did! Now who was it that won the game...