Static In Blogland - Science Project Maybe

Have you ever started working on a card with the best of intentions and it just didn't come out the way you planned?  That's what I was experiencing earlier today.

Here's my story...  Michelle Perkett Studios is having a design team call until August 15th and part of the way to enter is to make a card with the freebie she's posted.   I'd love to be on Michelle's design team so my plan was to make a card and enter!   

I'm sure you're wondering about the picture above too.  Cheryl who is one of the design team members for La La Land Crafts made a shaker card last week using packaging you'd normally throw away and I thought it was a great idea and wanted to try it too.  I decided I'd use the clear plastic rectangle from the "post it" markers package.  

It was challenging and fun but I have static cling!  lol, check it out:

I sized my image to fit the box, printed and reprinted the image on patterned paper so I could paper piece my cake.  I found just the right Nestabilities dies to fit around the box, came up with a layout...  I even wiped the inside of the plastic box with a Swiffer cloth before I poured the micro beads in.  The dirty looking patches on the clear part of the box are micro beads stuck to the inside.  The kids took a magnet and moved the micro beads  around but they always went right back to where they were when the magnet was removed.  Very interesting!

I do have some pictures of the progress of putting in new windows.  Rick's project went a lot smoother than mine it seems and I can't wait to have my space back!

Can you see my desk all covered in plastic?

It's really hard to work like this...

A light sanding of the drywall and he can paint!

All the light from the two new windows is wonderful blessing!  

All in all, it was a good day, I hope yours was too!