Be You ~ NBUS #144

Greetings, Crafters!

How are you this fine day? It's hotter than granny's cast iron skillet on Fried Chicken Fridays around t' here. And Hugh Mid has been visiting, too, which is weird because he doesn't usually come around these parts. Everyone's a bit out of sorts.

I always wondered where the phrase "out of sorts" orginated. My Aunt Alzada, who you've heard about before, always said Uncle Bill was "out of shorts." When I was a girl I used to think he went commando under his overalls and that's why he smelled like old shoes. I was a grown woman before I learned the correct expression and realized that Uncle Bill just smelled like old shoes because he wore old shoes.

But that's not why you called, we'll save the origin for below. I'm here with a card I made just for fun for challenges. However, now that it is finished, I have just the person in mind to send it to. Here tis:

These are the challenges that I'm playing in:

• The Cutting Edge. This is my first time playing in this new challenge by the famous Jackie Rockwell.

Isn't that a sweet card by Melania Deasy? You know me, I just had to think of some design element that wasn't flowers. I've been dying to use those NBUS puzzle pieces from Spellbinders on a card and so shazambam, twas what I did. I think it's deep. The "Be" (Simon Says Stamp) is a die cut opening and the green card is adhered behind it. The "you" (Papertrey Ink) is a die cut placed over the card twice.

• The Card Concept. The current challenge is a beautiful color challenge:

• Less Is More ~ Anything Goes in celebration of the birthday of the fabulous Chrissie!!
  
  

• Pixie's Snippets Playground ~ Just use those snippets!
  
  

Please join in the fun of these challenges! If you click on the links, you can find the details on rules, sponsors, and sometimes even prizes!

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New Friends Corner

I'm squeelited to welcome another new friend today! Please meet:

Adele Holcomb of Bits and Pieces. Adele has been blogging since 2010. She is a wife, mother, grandmother of eight, retired, and busy with her card art. If you click on her post of July 26, 2014, you will see a video made by Operation Write Home wherein a box of cards by Adele is being opened. A BIG box of cards! I am very bad about finding time for this wonderful organization and I'm so impressed and so appreciative of all the cards Adele creates to make up for slackers like me!

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Word Origami

How many of you know where the expression "out of sorts" comes from? It has come to mean "mildly unwell, not in one's usual health or state of mind." Back in the 17th century, typographers referred to the letter and number typesets as "sorts." Each letter was a different "sort" according to the Printers and Founders Language. Thus if type blocks were out of order ~ or "out of sorts" ~ it would clearly be unwelcome to a typesetter.

To be continued: "out of kilter," not to be confused with "out of kilts." 

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We haven't had an update on the wildlife around here for a while. I opened the patio door yesterday and almost stepped on a decendent of Lizzie the fence lizard so I had to go grab my camera. The hummers are always a treat. The hawks you see are the new youngsters from the photos I shared earlier this year. There are two, but I wasn't able to get a photo of the two of them in the same shot. I also wasn't able to get a sharply focused shot, sorry. I was a bit becited.

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