Page 149 – Loretta Rodger

Coming soon to this House!

The picture is there just so you can have something to look at! Cheesy I know.

OK, so onto our families big news, no I am not Pregnant. We are getting ready to remodel our home. We are going to re-do the siding and roof, replace and enlarge the front porch, add a fireplace and a new slider rear glass door.

On a different note, I promised to share my weight and weight loss goals here. OK, here it is, I’m the heaviest I have ever been, weighing in at a not so healthy 190#. That means to meet my goal weight I have to loose nearly 60#. I have a doctor’s appointment next week to chat about my blood sugar levels, blood pressure issues and current medications. I hope to start decreasing my medications as the weight drops off.

Speaking of medications, my antidepressant is working great, I am taking Wellbutrion and it has done very well for me. I would like to take a moment to encourage those of you suffering with depression to find a good doctor and it may take a few trials to find the right medication for your needs, but it is worth the journey.

I hope you are all doing well. I hope to shoot a video tutorial for Queen Kat this week, so stay tuned!

Stamp happy!

A quick update

Chad the Honor Roll grade Kid!

Hi everyone, I have not been able to post for a while because of some personal obligations and happenings here in our home.

The boys and I went to Augusta (the second time for me in four weeks) to attend their paternal Grandmother’s funeral. More on our trip will be posted with the March 26 Squigglefly post.

I have been steadily re-organizing my pantry space in the craft room. I recently purchased some of the clearence dies from Sizzix . My order arrived while I was gone and I was so happy to be able to come home and open up my goodies.

A1C Craig James

Melissa Ashcraft

Chad James

Any one recognise that pretty girl making the weird face? Yup it is Melissa. I was so thrilled to be able to pick her up and spend a few hours with her and the boys. The Augusta Mall certainly has grown, and of course like many other girls, that is where she wanted to spend our time together. The picture was taken outside of one of the fountains there. It is a beautiful place to visit, and like any other Mall, the prices where a bit spendy.

I hope you all have a great day, Stamp Happy, Be a blessing!

PS come visit my blog on March 26, for a new Squigglefly.com digital stamp release!

God Bless the USA ! Squigglefly image!

When I first saw this image from Squigglefly, my first reaction was that of the old biker guys that do rides for freedom here in the USA. This hardy fellow was no exception. I seriously considered coloring all or parts of this image, but the simplicity of it just kept me from doing so. I used copic color E44 and E40 as base colors for this image.

The card stock is cut from navy blue, red and white paper as are the stars. They are from a retired sizzix die. I cut the stars from heavy weight coaster board and distressed and sponged the edges. I also added pop dots underneath the stars and main image for more dimension.

All of the subsequent layers are also distressed and sponged with a chocolate ink. I used my scissors to do the distressing of the papers. I hope you will go see all the wonderful images Squigglefly has for sale!

Onto a different subject matter, I was a participant at the “Captured” fairy bottle swap on a lil scrap of heaven,

In addition to the beautiful fairy bottle that Gloria sent me, she also sent me some great fun things, she sent vintage buttons, a note pad/stationary set and a very sweet card. Thanks for the swap and goodies Gloria, they are very much appreciated.

Have a great day! Stamp Happy and be a blessing!

Full Moon – artist Lynne Stansbery Squigglefly

Hi friends. March 12 is the release date of this wonderful new image by Lynne Stansbery and is available in the Squigglefly store. I chose to take this image and use a more masculine approach to it. I love the two dogs howling and the sentiment is so perfect. I chose to use different browns, the brown spotted paper is from K&Company.

Even though it appears to have many layers, I actually cheated a bit, I used two small scraps about 1/2″ wide by 4″ long above and below the main focal image, these pieces as well as all of the images/papers was sponged with a chocolate brown ink. I chose to color the image with Copic markers E30,E33,E34, T4,G03, G02, and G12. I love the depth of field the sponging gave to the project. I hope you will go visit the Squigglefly store and buy some of these beautiful images.

Stamp Happy, Be a blessing!

Featured Artist! Visit Better Scrap! Queen Kat Designs!

A Better Scrap! I received the nicest email today from Beth with A Better Scrap. Click here for the websight. I am super excited. My video tutorial on doing a card using one of the Dark Ink Society stamps from Queen Kat Designs. I am so thrilled and honored. Click here for their facebook page.

On another note, before I show you today’s projet for Queen Kat. I am posting the video (again) here to the blog of this fantastic honor!

Speaking of youtube, for those of you who’s mother’s did not teach you right from wrong, if you don’t have anythng nice to say, say nothing at all. It keeps you from looking like an idiot. On that note, as my husband would say ‘it is one thing to be thought of as a fool, it is another to open your mouth and remove all doubt”. The idea of a crafting community is to uplift, encourage and learn.

With each passing day I am reminded, encouraged and blessed by the wise words of a wise man, I praise God for the gift of a great husband.

This is emily and her magical flute. She is stamped onto The paper studio white card stock and colored with copic markers. I cut her out to about 1 1/2″ and layered her on top of an ATC. Artist trading cards measure 3 1/2″ X 2 1/2″. I tried to go ‘springy’ as I really need warmer weather. I also used some The paper pantry patterned paper on this one. It is simply decorated with a rolled rose and a piece of cross stitch floss.

Have a great day, stamp happy and be a blessing!

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