Thanksgiving

Hi ...Hope you are ready for a fantastic weekend. I'm back with another card in blues & pumpkin colors. This is the floral stamp I used for the sympathy card posted earlier. (leftover = snippet!) I mentioned I had a blob up at the top, maybe from EP that I didn't get brushed off well. Was trying to decide how to salvage it, and um...BUTTERFLY! I diecut this image with a S/binder Labels 21. This image was stamped in Memento Paris Dusk, embossed with Ranger Clear Detail EP, and sponged with Memento Inks, Dandelion, Summer Sky, Teal Zeal. Then I sponged the edges with Distress Ink Stormy Sky. The orange gauze ribbon is from stash, and the orange chevron paper is from a 6x6 Pack of My Mind's Eye, Stella Rose collection. The cardbase is leftover from the earlier Bluejay post. (ah, a SNIPPET! Must check the playground). I think this stamp is going to be a very versatile one, and I have another image of this same stamp colored with the Tim Holtz Distress Markers on watercolor paper. I'll post that one later. Thanks for joining me. Hugs & Blessings.

Thanksgiving

Hello and a Big Welcome to some new followers. Thanks so very much for joining me here Carolina land.
Here's a fallish card, that I am pretty sure will get a Thanksgiving sentiment. (May add some punkins?...dunno yet). Anyway, the stamp is a Stacey bird stamp, and I googled Blue Jays to get the coloration. I was pleased with how Mr. BJ turned out. I wanted the leaves to be sort of fall themed, hence the colors. The top fold card is lightweight blue smooth Bazzill, texturized with Silver Fern Embossing Folder (the brand says Universal Embossing Folder...probably an online purchase). I inked the folder with Momento Bamboo Leaves, prior to embossing. The paper trim was just a piece from the stash. Oh yes, Mr. Blue was diecut with the Spellbinders Classic Diamond. I traced the die onto green paper, handcut to get a scant mat. Pretty simple card. Hope you will enjoy it. My photography is not great.

I have another card that I'll schedule to post later this evening. I have several images ready that I just need to get onto a card. So have a great evening, and thanks for the visit. Catch you later!

Thanksgiving

Good afternoon, and Welcome. I am back on track with making some Thanksgiving cards, and here is one that uses kraft as the cardbase. I had colored a small cornucopia image several weeks ago. Can't just lay my hands on the stamp at the moment, so I don't remember the maker. If anybody should want this info, I'll hunt up the stamp for you. Anyhoo, it's colored with Copics, on a scrap of Copic Xpress paper. The highlights were done with a white gel pen. Image was diecut with S/binders Label 12, sponged with a bit of Wild Honey. I was looking for papers to use, and noticed a BoBunny 12x12 that I had picked up this weekend at The Stamping Place in West Columbia, SC. It's BoBunny Forever Fall Die Cuts, and thought this motif would work well with my image, with the added bonus of being fast to select! The sentiment was by Just Rite Happy Everything Tag Making Kit (JB-09820), stamped in Momento Teal, diecut with one of the dies from the Happy Everything Kit. The cardbase has 3 scored lines, top & bottom, although it's hard to see in the picture. I added some narrow orange ribbon at the top, and I may trim off the tails on the bow. Still thinking about that! Have a great afternoon. My recliner is calling my name after a nice hotdog lunch at our favorite Wally Dog. Met some folks, had a pleasant lunch, ran some errands, now ready for an afternoon nap. And YES, I DO have some things that ought to be done, but this is what retirement is about...doing what you want, when you want, If you can, AS LONG as you can!!!! Hugs. (PS...the prize Mboss mailing was one of the errands).

Miscellaneous

Good morning Blog Friends. To mark the blog now having 50 followers (even though when I count faces, I only get 49! but Blogger shows 50 in the count???), here's a surprise for one of the 49 followers. I hope you will enjoy it. I'll pick the winner using Random Generator 1-49, but I don't know how to post the 'counter thing-y' here. So you'll just have to trust me on this one for this time around. What I did was to make a numbered list of all the 'faces' that I see on the followers section, then run the Random Generator, and see what name appears by that number. I hope this seems fair to everyone. What the surprise is: A Spellbinder Mbossibility, Flora design. In case you haven't used one of these, read the sandwich instructions most carefully, or view a Youtube on "how to". I didn't read as carefully as I should have the first time I used one, broke my 'old C/Bug' because I didn't sandwich properly. Anyhoo, the number that I got was #10, and the corresponding name is Chrisboldo. So please leave a comment with your mailing info, and I'll get this mailed out to you, and hope that you'll enjoy it. I've noticed on other blogs, that the prize is open for a certain amount of time, then another winner picked, so I'll do that as well. I'll allow until Wednesday, October 3, noon, for Chrisboldo to contact me with mailing info, then I'll try to pick another winner. I HOPE I did all this correctly, and I tried real hard to be fair! (Remember: I'm still learning!!) If the blog ever gets 100 followers, I plan to do this again, and hopefully by that time, I'll have learned how to get the Random Generator widget onto the blog, and have it work properly. Have a Blessed Monday.

Edit: Chrisboldo contacted me with her mailing info, so I shall be putting this MBossibility in the mail to her. Congratulations Chris, and I hope you'll get lots of enjoyment from this folder. I think they are great. There is a super Youtube, ScrapMadeSimple, Spellbinders M-Bossibilities, and I hope this link will work for anyone who is interested in watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5z8fbUUCIY&feature=g-user-c