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This (was never photographed last year) when Tim turned 40 this was the outside of his secret party invites ( which never came to pass as we planned the party over the mountains out of town and it snowed like crazy the weekend we were to hold the party) so, he ended up being the only person in his family to get out of the dreaded 40 party. ( which makes him smile to this day) The quail is the only wood mounted stamp i own with no mfg info on it what so ever. the french script background is stamped with versafine vintage sepia on a piece of foil transferred tea dye distress on hammermill 110 cream cardstock. the sentiment's from Hero Arts. the mini brads are creative impressions, the pp is from Basic Grey. The cardstocks are Bazzill. (how's that for a memory? it could be better i guess but really that is off the top of my head)

I had a box of Happy Mail arrive from Dick at HM Stamps last Saturday evening and so far two of the images have become cards...This top one is exactly how i feel every time i have a cup of coffee, how can anyone resist that face is beyond me, this was the first image into my shopping cart haha. They are both stamped with versafine ink on Georgia Pacific 110. and colored with Prisma Pencils. the paisley Background is stamped with Old Olive on Hammermill 110 (staples office supplies) The sentiment's from the SU set so many sayings and punched with the word window punch. the sheer polka dots ribbon is May Arts, and the gold cord is from SU. The green textured cardstock is Bazzill. this card is 4X6 in real life.

This one i did as a take off of the current color combo challenge i have going on in the stamp shack this month. ( which i can post here now, so will work on that later) but the colors are neutral ( black, cream white with pale green) this green (certainly celery) is pushing the neutral part a little, but i think not everyone has the pale quiet colors in their stash... and you know it really doesn't matter in the long run, i did this mostly to say to those people who want to play in the challenges its OK to use what you have. it really is.

This card is 5X7 in real life, the sentiments from the su set called so many sayings and colored with an tombow marker and the ribbon is from Joann's, and the black mulberry is from one of those old mat stack pads.

This is another quickie Christmas card. I have been working on these for the split coast challenge, and I am falling behind this month. sentiment's from SU (yep, same as the cards above) i tend to use what ever is on the table... which makes the cards go together quickly. ( and is a good thing if you only have a couple of days of the week to do that in) my bin of colored images is growing.

This image is from PSX, stamped on very vanilla cardstock and colored with prisma pencils. the brown and green textured cardstocks are bazzill. the velvet is unknown. its about 5X6 in real life.

couple more RAK image cards...

This image came to me via wish rak at split coast from Lindsalitta ( Thanks Lindsey!) Its colored with prisma pencils and then mounted to a piece of provo craft textured sparkle silver cardstock. ( the old sizzix texture pads) the multi colored ribbon is from May Arts and the satin trimmed organdy is from Offray. The sentiments from the Stampin'Up! set called so many sayings and done with a tombo marker. the cardbase is die cuts with a view. this card is A-2 in real life.

This is one of the Auntie Amy's embossing arts images that Flexie sent to me a while back... the sentiments from stampendous and done on an martha stewart tag punch and up on pop dots, the gold cord is the newer style that SU came out with last Christmas. this card is also A-2 in real life.

I have fallen victim to the house mouse collecting and the happy mail arrived Saturday... so, I have a couple cards done so far and plan on photographing those later.

have a good Monday!

Tickled Pink

Tickled Pink is a retired Stampin'Up! set that i am too cheap to pay eBay's current prices for... so, I had a wish for this granted by Tackertwosome Tina ( Lena's dd) I colored these a while back and stole some time yesterday evening to assemble them into cards while the puppy napped.

this one the black and pink textured cardstocks are DCWV. I can't say I'm a big fan of this cardstock, but i had bought a bunch of packs of premade cards at Joann's when they clearanced it out, so Now i am trying to use it up... This one the image is colored with prisma pencils. The big flowers are from Prima and the stamens are from Impress. the sentiments also from su (all holiday) and done with Versafine onyx black. the pink ribbons offray and the black swirl is unknown. this card is 5 1/2 inches square in real life.

These two the birds are colored with prisma markers. the one on the right was assembled first then the one on the left was last.

This one the bazzill green textured cardstock has some SU Spiral punching along the edge. the ribbons from American Crafts if i remember right. the Pink Shimmer cardstock is from Stardream. this is an A2 sized card.

This one the edges have shabby shutters and peeled paint distress ink stippled on to them. the Pink satin ribbon is from a grab baggie at Joanns. the Filagree background was heat embossed with the pink powder on basic black cardstock. the green textured mat is Bazzill.

what a girl wants

This rubber Romance diva (peggy) came to me via wishrak at splitcoast from KristaStamps. ( Thanks Krista!) She's colored with Prisma pencils. the sentiments from Impression Obsession. ( I think) the stripe ribbon is May Arts, and the sparkle is from walmart ( a long time ago) my best friend gave me a roll of this years and years ago, but i don't have the spool so, unknown. I'm thinking this could work as an young adult or teenager card? inside is stamped with dream big. this is 5X7 in real life.

We have all survived the weekend. Grace is doing well and healing quick. she was supposed to be kept "quiet" hahahaha...

the latest testing went well. the first time around she said i got about 20% of the words right then she turned the volume up and then i got about 40% of the words right. so, my thinking that I have made little progress in the last two months was more or less the same ol same ol ( I am my own worst critic) I got a cool new program for being in the yard too, it has only the top microphone activated not the one in the ear clip, so i am not picking up wind hitting the microphone noise anymore YAY! this is a big deal actually because the sound effects of that is drowns out everything else and makes me feel a little cross-eyed really fast. :) We also stopped by the Paperzone store ( about a dozen blocks south of the hotel we stay at in Portland) and i got some new colors (to me) of the Stardream shimmery cardstock packs. fun stuff. and one new Judikins background stamp (aspen trees)

so, anyways. more later.

me

Some random cards

I did not take notes. this main image is from 100 proof press.

this was an wish rak bella ( have no idea what her name is anymore)

need two more birthday cards quick... this ones a-2 in size. so the smallest one I've made with this set so far.

if you really have to know the recipe email me or post a comment and I'll look for info when there's more free time.

on the home front, Grace is growing like a weed and goes back to the vet tomorrow am for more puppy shots. Storm is still a little green and doesn't share his toys (and steals hers too) J is back in school after a very loooong Spring break. He's hoping to raise his grades before the week long outdoorschool camping trip his class is supposed to go on in May.

Tim's dead tired. ( Grace still gets up about 4 or 5 times a night)

I'm OK a little nervous about the ear appointment on Friday, mostly because I'm sure there will be more hearing tests for progress and not sure I have made any? but then again the dogs don't talk to me and i spend most my time with them. :)

Stay warm! Its hard to stamp with numb fingers.

Some more from last week

The Bee's wings were done with an gelly roll stardust pen.

The flower and bee (SU Bloomin'Beautiful) were stamped with Versafine ink on georgia pacific 110. colored with prisma pencils. there is some shabby shutters and peeled paint distress on the edges of the panel. the sentiment (Impress) is stamped with always artichoke ink. the ribbons May Arts. the mat on this is More Mustard. the french script background is stamped with Palette cognac ink on the cardbase. The green

panel is from that club scrap pack i received from the caardvarks challenge last summer.

This card is 5X7 in real life.

This one the decoy image is from Impression Obsession. its colored with prisma pencils. the Sentiment (Su vogue Verses) is stamped with versafine ink on a scrap of really rust. the brads are from Creative Impressions.

The crackle pp is not marked with mfg info. ( so maybe provo craft or one of those people who sell them in packs. ( Ive had it for years) This card is also 5X7 in real life.

This one the edges of the bloom panel have some antique linen distress on them the tan texture is bazzill and the redish color is unknown. this ones not quite 5X7 in real life. Antique colored brads are from Creative Impressions.

Some fun images from SU's old set called birthday banter. I made a wish for these and it was granted by Tackertwosome ( Thanks Lena!) they are colored with prisma pencils and then the edges have some antique linen distress ink on them. these are A-2 in size.

This was the first one, and the printed paper is from Basic Grey. but, these were the only prima flowers i had in these colors and the go with the true thyme cardstock pretty well. I did add some stickles to the centers of these too. I had colored two of these nearly the same so,

I used the other half of the papers to do it, and then i had this baggie of these punchies on my table they were like a free gift from an eBay seller that i received a stamp in the mail from last week. ( so no idea on who or what or how) but, i added the pink stickles to the very centers of them.

This was just messing around because i had wanted to play with these labels since i first seen them. made some thank-you covered mini peppermint patty candies and then had some extra sentiments because, J figured out i was using real candy for the centers haha.

Lace is from the embellishment studio. ( one of last years kits)

sentiment is stamped with soft sky on Georgia pacific 110.

the dark teal punch was done with scraps and the su scallop circle punch. there is some eucalyptus stickles on them too. ended up using glue dots to stick them to the candy wrappers.

Did some pink ones with the all scallops free set. centers read your so sweet.