more Puppy Photos

They all went to the Vet yesterday and got their first puppy shots and a clean bill of health and they are already "hunting birds" in the yard at the breeders... we get to bring her home next Tuesday. we do know the one with the pink collar is out of the running the people with first pick have chosen her for sure. the people behind them are leaning towards the one with the black ribbon collar, ( which would thrill us to death) because that leaves the one with the yellow collar in our choice to choose from. ( she was our most favorite of the bunch when we went down there so cross your fingers)

Some Cards from this afternoon

Meet Bunny :) I know this should have had a funny coffee sentiment on the front of it, but all of mine were too big... I am trying really hard to ink up and make something with every stamp I Had to Have... ( esp. since I now have a new (chef Diva RR) on the way to me) This card is 5X7 in real life.Bunny is from Rubber Romance, she stamped with Black ink on GP110. and colored with Prisma Pencils. the Sentiment (Savvy Stamps) is done with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. the Swirl printed organdy ribbon i have no idea who makes it. The textured cardstocks are from Bazzill and the Printed Paper is from Paper Adventures "Aged Linen Rose" The tan cardstock was run through an D'Vine Swirls cuttlebug embossing folder. The Bunny layer is up on pop dots.

I bought these teeny tiny prima flowers in slim tins a long time ago and have hoarded them pretty much ever since because there are not very many of them inside the tins... ( the cream one with the stem is from Impress and they are more affordable because your not paying for a tin package)

This card is 5X7 in real life. I figure i will just keep making some mom and dad cards even if i end up with too many I know i can send them to Sandy for the troops to use. the All Holidays Sentiment is stamped with Fresco Chalk ink in Blue Grotto color on Very Vanilla cardstock then punched with an Pink size (mega?) scallop rectangle ( as are the pale blue shimmer ones behind it) the dark teal cardstock is unknown and the whole block is up on popdots. the cream organdy ribbon is from Offray and the teal shimmer is unknown.

I had a good afternoon and got my next color combo assignment done today. Whew! What a relief, I was really worried with the puppy coming home on tuesday that I may not have much time to play in the near future, so I am thinking to do a whole bunch of this kind of stuff "ahead" as much as possible this week and weekend. We've been trying to go through and pick up things near the floor level too. ( since she will be small enough to get into anything is my guess) have to get a puppy gate for the office hallway. things like that. pick up puppy food. Plan J's b-day (no sleep) night. or rather he's having a sleep over where I'm sure they wont be asleep till the next morning kind of a thing. Funny thing, the other day i got a text message from Tim while he was hunting. ( I had send one that said Duck Duck Goose??) asking if that was for dinner. He sent back Pig, Chicken or Beef. ( no one got a bird on Sunday) anyways if you close your phone before you hit reply (on mine) then it doesn't give you the option to type back it only gives you the option to "call them back" so i did.

I could hear the phone ring, I could hear Tim's voice. I even knew a couple of things he said to me, but not most of it. So eventually I started talking with and said ok just listen to me, hahaha. Going to really have to work on practicing that one though. It's really hard when you can hear the sound of the tires going down the road and it sounds kinda like air going through the line ( or maybe heavy breathing?) with the words too. I'm to the point now where i expect everything to make noise and sometimes I really wonder how you all deal with this, the noise is non-stop and some days at the very end of the day I feel like I would like nothing better then to just turn it all off. ( which if i give in to that takes me about 5 - 10 minutes to resent the quiet again and put the sound processor back on...) Funny thing, even with the noise's I've decided i really don't like to hear I miss them too when they are gone.

Need a Laugh?

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Poinsettia on Velvet

I've been doing this make 10 holiday cards per month challenge at Splitcoast this year, and this is my 10th holiday card for March. ( I have 7 Easter cards that are not on the blog yet as one of them is for an Challenge display at the stamp shack haha on me) so, more will come later. This one went together really fast as I had been digging in the green and red scraps the other day for the Jingle Balls card and seen this green velvet paper. ( no idea who makes it i bought it from an online stamp store in Utah like 5 or 6 years ago) and i hoard every little piece of it haha. The PSX Poinsettia is stamped on Georgia Pacific 110 with Black ink and colored with Prisma Pencils. I cut this out and ran it through an 510 Xyron glue machine and learned something new... that little blue glue glob eraser for printed paper does NOT work on velvet paper, so don't look too close at the edges of the petals. You cant see it in the photograph but, i also went over the veins in the leaves with an sakura gelly roll stardust pen. so it has a little bling in real life. The Sentiments from the All Holidays set (SU) and stamped on True Thyme cardstock then punched with an Mega Rectangle punchie. The gingham dot -garnet pp is from Daisy D's and i smeared some colorbox creamy brown chalk ink on the edges. The Ribbons from May Arts and the card is 5 1/2" square in real life.

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.