This Mornings Cards

Isnt this the cutest snowmen? I Love the shape of these, they are from Whippersnapper and came to me via wish rak at splitcoaststampers from Yvonne (Sammyssweetie) The printed papers are Basic Grey and the ribbons unknown, so this one is 5X7 in real life.

This one also came to me via Wish rak the basket is from Catherine (Lexant) and this one I added the All Holidays sentiment to it after i colored it with prisma pencils. the ribbon unknown, the pink and tan cardstocks are from Bazzill and the pressed flowers paper is from Provocraft. This one is also 5X7 in real life.

Yep, You guessed it another wish rak card. :) this is from an old su set called birthday banter and it was gifted to me by Lena (tackertwosome) Its colored with prisma pencils and the purpleish mat under the sentiment is actually a scrap of melted wax background i made years ago for an ATC swap. the ribbons are i think offray. the textured cardstocks are Bazzill and the white is GP 110. So, far I am not really liking the cards I am making with the Swiss Dots folder as much as i thought i would. Probably because, I had seen all those sneak peaks where only part of the folder was used and then some score lines were put in with a score pal and then they were clean and elegant cards...

Tim and Storm have gone hunting ( at 4 am today) so, no word yet if we will have duck duck goose for dinner or not yet... :) This is a special hunt that is only on private property we live only a few miles from a huge wetland preserve and so, the farmers here get hit hard and heavy by so many birds. ( they rip the fall plantings of wheat out of the ground by the roots) since the hunters are only allowed two birds a day as a limit it doesn't put a dent in the over population of birds but, it gives you lots of time to go stamp. :)

Some snap shots from this week

Tim's another year older last tuesday... and this year he asked for an Elmo cake... This was said tongue in cheek hoping to get out of having a birthday.

But, the best Albertsons bakery could do was cookie monster. :)

Frost on the bare branches ( this was shot at like 9 am with the sun beating on it)

Colored this last night, picked up this stamp in a Ben Franklin's Crafts clearance bin in Eugene in January and finally got around to playing with it. rumor is we are supposed to get a Michael's store by next fall here, but after seeing that store I'd trade our Joann's and the potential Michael's for a Ben Franklin's haha... Image is colored with Prisma Pencils and the Sentiments from Amuse. this ones about 4 1/2"X6" in real life. Fiber is called duck season from Fibers by the Yard.

I Have stamped this set so many times over the last week filling wishes for it, i have a pretty good idea of what colors i like it in now. :) This bird is done in creamy carmel on very vanilla cardstock. the blue is an glitter pen ( mfg info has gone blank in my mind) the printed papers are from Basic Grey ( an 6" pad of Blush) the brads are unknown and i have since forgotten on the ribbon. ( I want to say its on a roll at walmart but, it could very well be May Arts too?) not sure anymore, but i don't think i have ever used it either. teal is not my thing. Thinking maybe to have Teal be the dominant color combo challenge for March in the stamp shack but, undecided on that too. :)

Still sick but, getting better.

Little something from yesterday

The theme challenge up in the stamp shack at the moment is fantasy fairy tales... and this was the first thing that came to mind.

The couple is from Inkadinkado, the Paisley is from PSX, the Sentiment is from The Angel Co. they are all stamped with Versafine Crimson Red ink on cream hammermill 110 from staples. the couple is up on popdots. the Script cuttlebug embossed piece has some Aged mahogany distress ink stippled over it, and the base color is Cranberry Crisp from SU. This is about 4 1/2" x 6" in real life, it was totally inspired by the wide burgundy lace that Linda gifted me with.

Today we went to meet our Puppy

We spent most the day either in the truck traveling or playing with the puppies in the laundry room. They will be ready to go home around mid March and are already eating puppy food.

Most the photos are blond yellow fur blurs haha. but, these are a few of the keepers.

Storm had a blast playing in the yard with his sister while we were there, so the ride home turned into nap time.

It's official that my cold is really a sinus infection so, lets cross our fingers the antibiotics kill it quick! I'd really rather be stamping. ending on a happy note Blogger seems to have fixed my spell check button!

Happy Mail ( to me or me cat?)

yay the mail just came! ( im sure that is what the cat is thinking too!) This was such an unexpected surprise inside the envelope with this Poppy Image Linda also sent me these totally cool vintage trims and laces...

Which my cat thinks are his! :) silly cat!

Sick of being sick...

a yucky post but if you have not been hearing from me, this is why. Saturday i drove Alice to Medford to spend her Christmas gift certificate i got her for the big scrap/stamp store over there, all day she kept telling me she was cold. Sunday afternoon i started getting a sore throat, which turned into a full blown sinus allergy type cold. yesterday i made a trip to the post office and tripped on the ice, landed on the cement sidewalk, so my left hand and both knees are scrapped up pretty bad. Today i have lost my voice. I hope this passes quickly i really would rather be stamping, :) so, if you don't hear from me soon. this is why,