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With Sympathy

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Apr 242007

After running around like a chicken with my head cut off yesterday, I’m hoping for a little studio time today. So far so good! I checked in on the Splitcoast Color Challenge this morning and my first thoughts about the colors were yuck. But then I realized that the purpose of the challenge was to make sympathy cards for families of a few Virginia Tech victims. One of our fellow SCS’ers has volunteered to give cards to two families that are co-workers of her husband’s family. May our thoughts and prayers be with these families.

I colored the petals of the flower with Pumpkin Pie, highlighting sections with Bravo Burgundy, and colored the stem and leaves with Always Artichoke. I misted the stamp with water and then stamped the image three consecutive times on Whisper White cardstock. The edges of the flower panel are sponged with Bravo Burgundy. I inked the background panel is Well-Worn Words inked in Pumpkin Pie and Bravo Burgundy inked around the edges. It was then stamped on Whisper White. Wanting for depth to the panel, I used a sea sponge and sponged Bravo Burgundy very lightly over the entire panel. Once that was dry, I sponged the edges with a little more Bravo Burgundy. The sentiment is stamped in Bravo Burgundy and the edges are also sponged and the panel is mounted on dimensionals.

Stamps: Well-Worn Words, Warmest Regards, Blush by Penny Black

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Bravo Burgundy

Accessories: Ribbon, Brads, Dimensionals, Spray Bottle, Markers, Sea Sponge, Wedge Sponge

Red Lace Flowers

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Apr 232007

So today has been just a little hectic around here. Kate had her first final this morning and instead of running back home and then back to pick her up (since driving home would have been 30 minutes and her estimated time for the final was 30 minutes) it seemed rather silly. I dropped her off thought I would go to the LSS at that end of town, went by where I thought it was, and it wasn’t there. My mouth flew open and I’m saying out loud – I can’t believe she has already closed down! At that point, I decided to visit the Meijers at that end of town – as I was walking in the door, a lightbulb went off, that LSS is a little farther down the road – duh! Hopped in the car and drove the LSS, which was closed anyway, I was 45 minutes too early. Now frustrated that I was, I headed back to IUS to wait for Kate. Sat in the car reading for about 20 minutes when she called and said she was headed out. We went from IUS to her place of employment to get some time off approved by her manager and on a whim, I turned the car to Hobby Lobby.

Hmmmmmm Hobby Lobby!!! Maybe a mistake. I’ve been wanting to try the chalk ink as well as the Prismacolor markers. I’m cruising down the stamp aisle, look up and there on the shelf were two of the new Penny Black brush stroke stamps. They were mine – regardless of the lady standing next to me wanting them also. As I’m still cruising the aisle along with 3 other ladies and their carts, I’m looking for the chalk ink. I can find the bigger pads, and I pick out 3 or 4 colors that I might work with and handed them to Kate. A few more steps down, and my eyes bug and I squeal, “there, that’s what I’m looking for.” I throw the pads to Kate who is now buried behind a couple of carts and tell her to put them back. I found little cats eye Color Box Fluid Chalk Inkpads in packages with 3 colors each. I picked up one of each color package – four in all, and headed over to the artists supply section. Now Kate is being really rather patient with her old mom at this point. I’m studying the markers, pick up a few and once again, find a basic color set – so you know I just had to buy it. I figure that I have enough new toys to try them, play with them and decide if I like them before I make a major purchase and buy the whole set of either makers or the inkpads. WOO HOO!

The shopping spree is not over. After we came home, Mallory was getting ready for her tennis match and lost a contact. I called Lenscrafters to see if I could come by and pick up some contacts and they had them in stock. After Mallory leaves for tennis, Kate and I head back into town. We get the contacts and as we are leaving, Kate decides it might be fun to see if we could find a Wii. We have been looking since Christmas for this thing! We hop into Circuit City – sold out. We turn into Target, the lights green and Kate’s going “Mom that’s a good sign.” As we meander through Target, we find ourselves back by the electronics and one of Kate’s friend from high school is rounding the corner yelling at Kate that she bought a Wii today. Kate’s mouth falls open, her eyes bug and she yells “that’s why we’re here, do you have any left.” As luck would have it, there was one in the case. Kate jumps up and down and calls dibs while some other lady is hovering. We grab the Wii along with the necessary games, extra remotes and head to check out. As I am scanning the debit card, the phone rings and someone is asking about the Wii. The cashier tells them she just sold the last one. Lucky day for us today shopping!!!!! Needless to say, after playing Wii all afternoon with Kate, this old lady is worn out. My legs hurt, my arms hurt and I was gasping for breath after the last boxing match. What a great workout!!!!

In the middle of all this, I was able to get a card done for todays Try a New Technique Challenge. The object today is to use a tab on your card – much like a pocket tab on a pair of jeans. Now I’ve taken just about 25 pictures of this card today, and none of them look remotely close to the actual colors in the card – I am so bummed. I used one of my new Penny Black stamps, colored it with markers, spritzed with water and then stamped the image 3 consecutive times on watercolor paper. The edges of the flower panel were then sponged in Certainly Celery. I had some extra scraps of K-ology Hannah DP laying around and used that as the background for the card. I stitched both panels to another piece of Certainly Celery cardstock. The sentiment is mounted away from the image with dimensionals and then the flower panel is double mounted on dimensions to give the entire panel some height.

Stamps: Lace Flower by Penny Black, Small Sayings

Ink: Real Red, Certainly Celery

Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, K-ology Hannah

Accessories: Ribbon, Markers, Spray Bottle, Dimensionals, Sewing Machine, Wedge Sponge

Altered Box

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Apr 232007

This weekend is the Stampin’ and Pamperin’ Retreat for Splitcoast members in Cincinnati. The organizers of the event invited me to attend and give a demonstration. Hehe I don’t think they know what they are in for. I’ve never shied away from a crowd and tend to fly by the seat of my pants. I can remember when my daughters were in grade school and I was president of the PTO. I would stand up in front of all the parents and talk and talk. Later when it was all over, I would look at the rest of the board and without hesitation ask them what I said. Even though I always had notes, and tried to stick to them, I would never remember what I was talking about. Back to the retreat – I get to meet, none other than JanTink who was the other “Dirty Girl” invited to give a demonstration. Needless to say, I’m rather excited about the entire weekend. One of the events for the weekend is a shoebox shop, which I still have to decide what I’m going to do. But, there is also a 3D Swap taking place. Anyone interested can make a 3D non card item, wrap it up, and then you will be given a number, which enables you to pick one of the wrapped items. I worked most of the day yesterday on a little box. I was trying to decide what to do, thought of a spiral bound journal, and headed out to the Dollar Tree. Now, I didn’t find any journals, but they did have these marvelous hinged paper boxes. I bought all the larger white ones they had. In my twisted way of thinking, they are gonna be great for card sets that you want to give as gifts.

I have two pictures to share, one of the box closed and then one with the box open.

Ink: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue (all used to paint chipboard)

Paper: SU Simply Scrappin’ Friends & Flowers

Accessories: Hinged Box, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Modge Podge, On Board Chipboard Accents

The Second Roses in Winter Color Combo

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Apr 222007

I posted a Roses in Winter card last week using some colors that I had been playing with. I said then that I had one more card to show you, and today is the day. It so happens, that this card fits into the Featured Stamper Challenge on Splitcoast. Today’s Featured Stamper is reneejul1 a/k/a Julie Buhler. The object of the Featured Stamper Challenge is to pick a card from the Featured Stamper’s SCS Gallery, and change 2 or more things on the card. I based my card on Julie’s Linen Material Girl card.

This card is a little different from the one I posted earlier using smooshed roses. This time, I inked the rose with Cameo Coral and then rock and rolled in Pumpkin Pie. Stamped off one time and then stamped on Whisper White cardstock. I inked the stamp in the same way again, stamped off one time, and then turned the stamp one-quarter turn and stamped over the previous image. Each separate layer of the rose was stamped using the same technique. Flannel Plaid was stamped in Mellow Moss on White cardstock and also in Cameo Coral on the actual card. The edges of the rose panel and the second panel were sponged in Mellow Moss.

Stamps: Roses in Winter, Flannel Plaid

Ink: Cameo Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Barely Banana, Mellow Moss

Paper: Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Mellow Moss

Accessories: Ribbon, Brads, Dimensionals, Wedge Sponge

Just Catching Up!

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Apr 212007

Sorry that I’ve had no stamping for you the last couple of days. But I’m very excited to tell you what I did yesterday. Lance and I took Mallory, our youngest, to visit Ball State University yesterday. She has already been accepted but we all wanted to visit campus before she committed to attending. It has been close to 25 years since I have been on BSU campus. Both Lance and I attended there in the mid-70s, and I have to say, I am highly impressed with the changes that have been made. We found out yesterday that Intel has ranked Ball State #1 in the nation for wireless internet connection. In one dorm that we visited, even the laundry room will be hooked up to the internet. It will be possible for the student to put in their wash and then go online from anywhere on campus to see how much longer the cycle is. The dorm complex that both Lance and I lived in has been completely remodeled within the last few years. We both just stood in shock at all the improvements. Imagine our surprise when we learned there were no more food service cafeterias. There are food courts now – the student can eat anywhere on campus and have basically whatever they want. Every dorm now has a workout center – treadmills, weight equipment, bikes. They have a new School of Music that has hydraulic walls, ceilings and floors that can be set to get the best acoustics for whatever is playing at the time. The School of Journalism has won 5 Emmys for the work in news casting. We left after a 4 hour tour with our arms loaded down with t-shirts and Mallory really excited to be attending Ball State next year.

I have also received over the last two days’ stamps and more stamps. I can’t wait to get in the studio and stamp something. But first, I had to find a place to put them all. So I have spent the afternoon organizing and cleaning – blech, not one of my fave things to do, but nonetheless, something that needed to be done.

Now for the final thing I wanted to share. Today is Thunder over Louisville here in the Kentuckiana area. It is the opening event for the Kentucky Derby which is held the first Saturday of May. This kicks off a 2-week celebration of events from the Mini-Marathon, The Pegasus Parade, Chow Wagons, concerts, The Great Balloon Race, The Great Steamboat Race, plus many more events. Tonight you should be able to view the fireworks display (which we proudly tout as the largest in the country) by clicking on this link: Thunder Over Louisville. It is truly the most amazing fireworks display I have ever seen. For the first time in 8 years, I have chosen not to fight the hundreds of thousands of people down on the river front and watch on television from the comfort of my recliner.