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Butterflies!

The pictures above are from the Altered Pail swap on Splitcoast stampers, I received from Cindy. Thank you so much Cindy, I really loved everything!

Here is a scan of the finished shrink plastic butterflies!

This is my first ever video tutorial! I am still working on lighting and getting a bit closer to my work, but for a first ‘published’ video, its not bad!

The shrink plastic butterflies are stamped using different colors of staz on ink and colored with water color pencils and a blending pen!

Just another reminder, the following is up for blog candy! Leave those comments any where on the blog until Jan 20 and I will draw the winner!

For those of you who are asking, Craig is doing very well at Airforce Basic training. He calls home when he is able and sends us some really fun letters! Last time we spoke to him he was looking forward to shooting the M16 for the first time and next week he gets to shoot a pistol.

He was also looking forward to *finally* being able to enjoy some junk food. He communicated that he had a deep desire for some good chocolate!

About the video, it was shot by my 14 year old son. I’m trying to teach him how to use the camera — therefore making my life easier. We have some work to do, but over all the video is pretty good. So please forgive any uneven pans and slight jerks. It’s our first!

Click here to view the link on You Tube!

Stamp Happy!

An update to blog candy!

Hello and happy Sunday!

Above is a picture of the current blog candy offering.

Remember, you may leave a comment on any blog entry until Jan 20, 2009. This is also my eighth wedding anniversary!

I finally cleaned up my craft area. It was a mess. I had bunches of small scraps of paper and the backing from yards of red liner tape.

I try to keep my area some what picked up, since we have three small dogs who don’t think twice at getting their noses or mouths into small bits of paper or even an occasional (poor lost soul) stamp.

I enjoyed lunch out today with a long time and dear friend. Between her schedule and mine we have not had much time together as of late, it was so nice to catch up and exchange Christmas gifts!

This pretty altered coaster is a post it note, I used scrap booking paper to cover the coaster and sanded the edges smooth, it is embellished with a 1 1/4″ clip that is covered and layered with a scallop punch and stamped flower. The ribbon is tied over the flap and embellished with a shrink plastic butterfly! I think it came out very lovely.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Another pretty card!

Happy Saturday!

Our weather here is terrible. Rainy, cold and nasty.

The neighbors across the street from our home moved to South Carolina last summer and they have been trying to sell or rent the home for a while now. They are dear friends to my husband and I and we cherish them. If you are in the area and interested in a beautiful home, please email me for details.

Our family along with the other members of our community have adopted the house. This morning one of our other neighbors noticed the outside unit at the home was frozen. Guys, I mean 2″ + of ice on it. My husband went over and took care of the problem. We have called our favorite HVAC guy and hopefully he/she will be able to identify a problem with it and get it fixed.

Onto the card. I am in a pink and red and brown mood these days. Hey, just color me romantic!

This card has many of great layers, I used a light pink bazzil paper for the card base and layered it with chocolate chip, riding hood red and whisper white from Stampin Up. The main image is the delta stamps cherry blossom, I used a direct to rubber technique to color the stamp and then colored the image with my copic markers.

I used the nestabilities small and large circle dies as well as the labels die for the elements on the card front.

The card is embellished with stickles and ribbon. The sentiment is from Hanna Stamps, it is stamped onto the card front using memento tuxedo black ink.

Thank you for your warm wishes, I did have a nice day. I am hoping to be able to meet a friend for lunch tomorrow, so I’m praying the weather doesn’t get as bad as what the forecasters are telling us right now.

Did you know that You Tube has a minimum and maximum for their video clips? I recorded a quick 3.5 minute tutorial, and they deemed it ‘too short’. I am determined to start getting these things video blogged for you guys!

Have a great evening and weekend!

Hugs!

Letters from home

Hi everyone!

It has been a heck of a day. It didn’t start off well and hopefully it will end quietly.

I was doing dishes when a glass broke in my hand and I cut my finger, not badly but enough to hurt like heck and bleed. Yuck! Then later on in the day, I almost got hit going into a supermarket parking lot, dumb driver didn’t check his rear view and almost backed into me.

If that wasn’t bad enough I went to Michael’s and my debit card didn’t work. I called the bank and apparently my card had been ‘flagged’ you wouldn’t believe the hoops I had to jump through to get everything straightened back out!

Craig is in Air Force Basic training and has been really good about calling home and writing us when he can.

We have all written him letters and cards this one will go postal tomorrow. Maribel the cow and the sentiment are both from Whippersnapper stamps. Click on their name to view their web sight! I used versa mark to stamp her, embossed with black detail embossing powder and colored with copic markers. The sentiment is stamped on a nesties long rectangle.

They are expanding their selection and now have the new clear stamp sets as well as you can order just the rubber with cling mount now on some stamps, making it so much easier to store them!

I a impatiently waiting my cut at home order they are an on line store that you can order dies from, they even have a 40% on line coupon, all you have to do is join in their newsletter! Click here for their web sight.

I hope you guys have great weekend! Stay safe and warm!

Birthday greetings!

Here is my recipe!

Card base (pretty in pink) measures 5 1/2″ X 4 1/4″ folded
Brown layer (chocolate chip) card stock measures 5 1/4″ X 4″
The three kraft card stock panels measure 3″ x 1 1/2″
The printed piece of scrap booking paper measures 2 3/4 X 1 1/4″
The Chocolate chip card stock piece measures 4″ X 2″
The printed piece of scrap booking paper measures 3 3/4″ X 1 3/4″
Scallops are 1 3/4″ and are cut from the pretty in pink CS
The patterned scrap booking paper circle measures 1 3/8″ and is sponged.

The flowers are stamped onto White card stock, embossed with clear embossing enamel cut out then layered on top of scallop pieces. The stamps are circle “g” and were bought from the local craft store. The flower is embellished with stamped leaves and dew drops. Happy Birthday (sentiment from Hanna Stamps) is stamped using tuxedo black ink from Memento.

Thank you for looking!

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