Happy Mail {more added} *Ü*

This one is from Amy (Scraphappy908) there are black strings wrapped around the scallops of that circle , hmm spirellie? style. neat

this one is from Susan (Peebsmama) :)

This one is from Alice and it was hard to catch the embossing on the flower petals but they are embossed...

This one is from June, the flowers are cut out and 3-d and sparkly in real life.

this one is from Michelle (Just Painting Around) the clothes on the line and the trees are three-d on this card...

This one's from Sue (Artyfarty) the flowers are blingy and sparkly in real life.

This one is from SCS a BRAK fairy named Tammy Miller...

This one says from Paula on the back. ( i donate used postage to a gal collecting them for ronald mcdonald house and i dont have the envelope to this one anymore. I cut off the postage and toss them) oops..

This card was done by Judy {Pianolady1026} @ SCS Thanks Judy!

This one was done by Linda Palmer @ SCS. Thanks Linda!

This one came to me from Stephanie sbs81 (scs) Thanks Stephanie!This one came to me from Imogene {MountainMom} @ SCS thanks Imogene. Luv that may arts too! :)

This one came to me from Bev {Triasimite} @ scs Thanks Bev! love how it opens!

This one came to me from Becky {Belledancr} @ scs Thanks Becky! thanks for the images too!

now this card came to me from Jan {Far North} Thanks Jan~

I have been study-ing that card each time i pick it up, love that background and all these supper cool goodies too!

This one came to me from Collette {heavensent} Thanks Collette!

This one came to me from Mary {sweetpea} @ SS (and today is Marys birthday! Happy birthday Mary and thanks so much!

This one came to me from Misti {Scrapperwannabe} Thanks so much!

This one came to me from Kitty, {Oregon Stamper} thanks so much the textures are just amazing! :)

This one came to me from LeighAnne {Leibetty} Thanks so much love these colors!

This one came to me from Tina Tacker {tackertwosome} Thanks so much Tina! love this mouse and the colors are fab!

now this card came to me out of the blue recently from Barbara_k33 as a thank-you for the welcome to the RAK group card i mailed her... now i don't know about you but, i have never received a thank-you card from someone before for this so, that is really touching and its such an intricately beautiful card! Thanks Barbara!

This one came to me from Kitty (Oregon Stamper) as a little thank-you rak. i thought wow this is a super neat idea. (card making kit for a card maker... mentally filing this one away) everything matches. :)

this is a closer look at Kitty's card. (aren't i lucky) :)

this one is an early birthday card from Sally (Firefly) in the stamp shack. this is just gorgeous Sally Thanks!

This one is also a birthday card. its from Joanie CCstampin12 in the stamp shack! its hard to see in this photo but those flowers are up on popdots and the centers are blingy and sparkly in real life. thanks Joanie! :)

now this one was really hard to photograph its from Joan Lakes lady in the stamp shack (i kept catching a glare from the glossy paper. it was stuffed with images to color inside yippee! :) thanks Joan!

Now this one came to me from Connie ScrappinIrish, which made me smile when i opened it. I must have been Connies assignment for the Birthday fairies inside RAK. what makes this funny is I was Connies mentor for wish rak. :) Connie, i have never seen this flavor of tea before either. thanks for sharing with me!

This one is from Lidia {midweststamper} in the stamp shack. I totally love that edge you cut on the bottom mat paper! the colors are so richly fall too! Thanks Lidia!!

Now this one came to me from Linda, and it was completely stuffed to the gills inside with cuttlebugged cardstock! :) it was really neat to get to see the ones i do not already have, *Sigh* there goes that wish list growing again. ;) Thanks Linda!!

Now this one came to me from Pookies for a thank you from her baby gift. haven't seen her online in ages. (new babies do that to people) :) and i cant remember if i posted this or not already.

I think i have had this one just as long as the card above. (and cant remember if i posted it or not yet either) but, it came to me from Alison. Thanks so much i love how happy that dog is sniffing the flower and the way you did the ribbon vertical up the card. that is very cool to me! :) So this is it for now, will edit this post if more come in later.

Thanks so much Ladies!!

yee haw hmmm?

the cowgirl is an PIF image that i received from StampinScrapNewbie (Thanks Kim!) she's colored with prisma pencils. the sentiments from Lockhart stamps. there is some creamy carmel sponged on the edges of that piece. the blue denim pp is from Flair designs that ribbon and red cardstock is the new su one . (ridinghood?) something like that this is 5 1/2 " square in real life. I have also started receiving birthday cards in the mail. Will do a happy mail post with whats here now and edit it if more arrive later. just wanted to say a quick thanks! Did some cards yesterday (which have not yet been photographed ) and so, may do that later too... If you haven't checked this blog for a while, scroll down there are vintage troll stamps up as blog candy this week. :)

Got Trolls? {blog candy}

It's almost that time of the year again... you know that day when people say happy birthday at you all day long... Funny thing though, that day falls the day before Halloween {so when DH is being charming he tells people in a side voice- just missed being an official certified Witch by a few hours ;) } I have so many Halloween memories tied to my birthday it isn't even funny, and as an adult i usually do wear an black floor length evening gown with an black had with feather trim fun stuff... We don't get trick - or - treaters here at the house in the county so i have pretty much given it up now-a-days. Anyways, last summer i came across this baggie filled with brand new Vintage Inkadinkado Troll stamps... and i thought that would be something funny to give away there were so many you see... so this blog candy was divided into three lots, first, second and third. there will also be some carnival colored fibers with each stamp lot. To enter this give-away leave me a comment on this post. Tell me what your favorite Halloween memory is. ( if your not into Halloween and want a chance to win tell me why you like trolls) Sometime late at night on my birthday i will have the guys pull some names. (nope i do this the hoouuman way, toss the entries into a baggie) If you want a second chance to win, post a comment with a link back to this post on your blog... first prize has 4 wood mounted stamps with fibers.

Second prize has 3 wood mounted stamps and fibers.

third prize has two wood mounted stamps and fibers.

note: these stamps were purchased second hand, and these items are coming from an smoke free Lab dog friendly studio. so if you are highly allergic you may not want to enter. I have not noticed any fumes coming off the stamps but, they are a little dusty. ( i put them in a basket and forgot to do this)

Winners will be posted sometime on Halloween morning before i leave for work. (keep in mind as the last day of the month i will be actually Working at work so may not answer mail immediately.)

so far today

The background stamp is from Judi-kins and the first time i seen the rubbernecker birch trees in a circle on Leigh Anne's PIF list i wondered how the two would look together... sentiments from SU all holidays. this is 5 X 7 inches in real life. cardbase is Sahara sand.

Just got this one in the mail last night. House Mouse "Christmas Tales" from Stampa Rosa. the Merry Christmas is from the SU set A Cardinal Christmas. the wall paper looking pp is from Foofala. this is 4 1/2X6 inches in real life.

Another PIF image, this ones from Penny Black called Snowy & Hedgie. Snagged these from Meg and had to do something with one right out of the envelope... hopefully the next one turns out a little better don't really like how it looks cut out on the blue... (then again i don't use blue much so that could be half of it) probably wrong colors...

A very long time ago i was part of an ATC swap where you mailed to each gal in the swap every month an ATC based on the theme, so i had stamped these cranes years ago for that... and found them in my images to be colored. ( i hardly ever throw anything away) so, i made a card (see previous post) with one colored with pencils but, it looked very faded so then i colored these with copic's & Bic Markers... the handmade papers from Provo craft. there are three landscape style ones and three portrait style ones. figured i would add a sentiment as i need to mail them out.

I received this set Stampin Up a cardinal Christmas as a thank-you gift from the ladies in the stamp shack for organizing color combo challenges last year and i got it all mounted and put together last night. this is going to be something fun to play with so, since this is a first card, got too much ink on the bird i guess, it lost some detailing over ones i stamped later with less ink... the image has some creamy Carmel ink sponged (rubbed) into the cardstock, the pp's are from Basic Grey. the lace is vintage from a yard sale this summer. may tie something dangly in the corner. (not sure yet) and its 6 inches square. this mornings fun thing, i went to walmart (early before the crowds got there) and I have finally found a cd that has music that a sounds like music, b i understand the words as they are being sung and i remember it whoo... I listened to this

George straight 50 number one hits for hours today while I made these cards with my ear turned up to the loudest volume it takes and the speakers on the laptop as loud as they would go... dogs are up here with me now so may do it again tomorrow while they are pheasant hunting. yay i was starting to think i would not be listening to music (for pleasure not frustration for a long time to come)

more recent cards

The stampa rosa house mouse (frog floating) is colored with prisma pencils, there is some broken china distress ink color dusted along the edges then the stampers anonymous sentiment is over stamped on that piece with India Ink black. the mat under that was done with shabby shutters distress ink on gp110. ( foil transfer) the mat is not quite navy. the textured green is from Bazzill and this one is 5 1/4 x 6 inches in real life.

This Hero Arts Haiku bunny came to me via the pif threads from **Carol** (Thanks!) I colored the background and the flowers with pencils and left the rest as it was stamped. this panel is up on pop dots. the all night media Chinese coin was stamped with India Ink black on gold shimmer paper. the velvet is unknown, the red textured pp has some gold krylon leafing pen along the edges and the textured cardbase is neenah linen. this one is 6 inches square.

This Eureka! Peeking kitty is stamped with palette cognac ink and colored with pencils, there is some shabby shutters sponged along the upper background of the image. the green textured mat is bazzill. the printed paper is from Bo Bunny Press, the sentiments from Impression Obsession and the cardbase ( 4 X 9 ) is from Neenah Papers.

This is an rak image from Pam that i have been hoarding since i have not bought the stamp or managed to horse trade for some more of them... the blue cardstock was run through an cuttlebug distressed diamonds? (something like that) this one is 4 1/2 x 6 in real life.

This the SU Oriental Paintings image is colored with prism pencils. ( have done some more of these with markers and they really POP much better but, i needed something to go in the mail and then almost forgot to mail it) anyways sentiments from SU also. background mat is a scrap from the card below. done with walnut ink Tintz dauber bottles. this is a 2 in real life.

This little cowboy is cut out from an wish rak image i received from StampnKat (Thanks Kathy!) hes colored with pencils and up on pop dots. hemp cords from walmart and the Howdy sentiments from A muse. this ones a-2 in real life too.

This is one of the first hedgehog images i ever received, i no longer know who sent it to me. if it was an wish rak or an PIF but, i think it was an wish rak and that narrows down who sent it to me to a few different ladies... so Thanks gals! ;) its colored with prisma pencils the sentiments from A Muse, this ones 4 1/2 x 6 inches in real life. Ah i missed a card as i uploaded these so will save it for next time around. funny thing two days ago i put my hair into a loose pony tail to go out and weed after work and this time the hair (that has grown back from where they shaved my head) actually went into the rubber band this time, I have been using a bobby pin for it) didn't stay long in it but, it was fun to see that those hairs were no longer too short and not sticking straight out (the usual) :)

vain thing was i did ask the surgeon if i was going to wake up bald... he said do you want to? i can arrange that... (he thinks he's a funny man) so, although they didn't cut away that much it was still very noticeable to me.

one of those days...

a "not cute" one.

funny thing though is I bought this hero arts birdcage to do cute cards with it... but, i could not find a tree branch that would work in my stash... and the more i looked at it the more it felt "caged in" poor bird... so anyways, maybe someday will do something cute with it, but not today.

handle with care is from the su set handle with care lol, the fragile is from stampa rosa. background was done with dauber bottles of walnut ink tintz. the paisley background is stamped with creamy carmel on creamy carmel and the cardbase is blue bayou. this is 4 1/2" x 6" in real life.