Comments Not Showing Up on Blogger Sites (and how I fixed it)

Posted in Tutorials by lisababitz

I just wanted to mention that I have been having a problem leaving comments on blogspot sites I follow by email. I submit the comments, but they do not appear in the comment section with all the others. At first I thought that the comments just needed to be moderated, but now I am not sure what is going on. Anyway, I just want you all to know that I look at, and enjoy, all the posts I receive email notifications for even if I cannot tell you on your site. Hopefully this is only a temporary glitch.

Update: It appears it was a google+ issue (due to the recent shut down March 2019).

from:
https://blogger.googleblog.com/2019/01/an-update-on-google-and-blogger.html

Comments: Support for Google+ Comments will be turned down, and all blogs using Google+ Comments will be reverted back to using Blogger comments on 4 February 2019. Unfortunately, comments posted as Google+ comments cannot be migrated to Blogger and will no longer appear on your blog.

Google+ Profile: In March 2019, Blogger will revert to only having Blogger profiles. Users that have selected a G+ profile in the past will appear as unknown authors until they next login to Blogger and supply a new display name and avatar.

I changed my blogger user profile setting to blogger (instead of google+ which is what it had been – I didn’t even know I had a blogger profile – lol!!), and now I am able to leave comments on blogger sites again. Hopefully this is the end of the issue. It’s frustrating that I’ve been leaving comments for days and they haven’t been posting. Sigh...

I found this tutorial HERE if you haven’t switched from a Google+ Profile to a Blogger Profile yet and need help. (This link jumps right to the part of the article where you change your user profile, but the rest of the article is helpful if you need to set up and configure your blogger profile.)

Thanks for checking out my post!

9Apr2019

Technique Tags

Posted in A Blast from the Past, Organization and Storage, Tutorials by lisababitz

Technique Tags

(a blast from the past…)

Here’s an idea that helps you keep track of new techniques you come across and also allows you to try them quickly without needing to create a whole, finished project…

Early in my card making “career,” I couldn’t get enough of the many technique videos and instructional posts available online. I learned so much so quickly and couldn’t keep up with trying them all on complete card projects so I started doing technique samples on tags (with the video/instructional post location and instructions/notes on the backs). I used a shower curtain ring to keep them together which made it easy to add new tags as I learned new techniques. When I had time to work on a card project, I could flip through my tags to get ideas (and instructions) on techniques I had wanted to try. (I still love watching technique videos, but I pace myself now – lol!)

Saving videos as “favorites” on YouTube or pinning cards and/or instructional blog posts to pinterest boards are also great ways to “remember” things you see and want to try, but the technique tags are a way to actually try the technique quickly without worrying about the rest of a card layout.

This project was originally shared on stamptv (June 14, 2013). (Sadly, this site is no longer active, and the StampTV galleries no longer exist.)

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7Apr2019

A Blast from The Past

Posted in A Blast from the Past by lisababitz

A Blast from The Past

I am sure it is because I am getting older and that I hate change, but…

As many of you may know, I was posting card projects on a site called StampTV before I had a site of my own. This site was amazing (and perfect for a person who is not all that comfortable with all the social media platforms out there). There were weekly challenges, free resources, galleries of card projects, tons of member pages with so much beautiful inspiration, and video tutorials (featuring stamps by Gina K Designs). It was a place to offer and receive encouragement, ask and answer crafting questions, offer our crafting opinions and thoughts, and yes, even to make friends. I used to click on the site several times a day (ok – every time I walked past my computer – lol!) just to see what the members were saying. And I found the site very easy to navigate.

Sadly, this site is no longer active, and the little that is still there will soon be completely gone. There is a new site (along with a face book page), but it is just not the same (for me). I am so thankful that I discovered the old site when I was first starting out as a card maker. I learned so much from Gina and her designers who posted weekly videos that I watched (never missing a single one!) and from all the talented members who inspired me and helped me find my own style. And I appreciate the opportunity I was given to share my work to a supportive audience before I even knew what a blog was – lol! If I were just starting out now and stumbled on the new site, I am really not sure I would have stuck with it. The new site is… well… new, so maybe as it grows, it will get back to having the same “active community” feel the old site had to me. But I do so miss the old site. Sigh…

Anyway, the gallery with all of my early card projects is no longer there at the old site, so I thought it might be fun (for me) to go back through photos of my older projects and gradually share them here. It will be like looking back through an old photo album and will help me to feel like I’m not losing those projects forever.

I didn’t keep track of all the supplies I used early on, and my photography skills needed work – lol, but I think it will be fun (for me) to throw in some of these old projects as I continue to share my new ones.

These posts will start off with “a blast from the past…” so if you’ve already seen my stamptv gallery, you will know this is old stuff and can proceed as you wish – lol!

This was the first card I posted back in March 2013:

This cute image is from the “Penguin Paradise” set (retired?) from Stampin’ Up. (I didn’t understand that you were supposed to use gkd stamps for their challenges when I posted this – lol!) It was colored with Bic Mark It alcohol markers. An embossing folder and crimper added the texture to the background.

Thanks for all your encouragement and support here on my site now and in the past. I really do appreciate it.

(Clip art is all from google images found here: thinking gal, memory lane sign, blank computer screen, card making image, and blast from the past image.)

25Mar2019

Hand Stamped Pattern Paper in Pink

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards by lisababitz

Hand Stamped Pattern Paper in Pink

Yesterday, I shared a card I made with tropical images to create my own patterned paper. Here are two more with a butterfly theme that I did in pink (Memento Lilac Posies – straight up and stamped off).

These cards were made with only white card stock. For the first one, the colored mats were sponged. For the second one, I “smooshed” the Lilac Posies ink and water on the panels before stamping.

The butterfly image is from a set called “Fairy Wishes” (unbranded?). The rings are from “Timeless Textures” by Stampin’ Up. The branch (first card) is from a set of floral stamps I found in a “ms. sparkle & co.” bin at Joann Fabrics.

Thanks for checking out my card projects!

24Mar2019

Tropical Birthday Greetings – Hand Stamped Patterned Paper

Posted in Birthday Cards, Cards by lisababitz

Tropical Birthday Greetings – Hand Stamped Patterned Paper

I created this quick card sample while playing around with some stamps and ink to create my own patterned paper. I “stamped off” the split leaf philodendron leaves to allow the areca palm fronds to pop. (Yes, I needed to research the names of these leaves – LOL!)

This card was made with only white card stock and ink. Memento Bamboo Leaves ink was sponged on one of the white panels to create the green mat and was also used for “stamping off” the lighter leaves. Mowed Lawn Distress ink was used for the darker leaves and greeting.

These tropical images can be found in the Kaisercraft “Relax” stamp set.

Thanks for checking out my card projects!