Good Thursday morning! I’m here with my morning 
putzing around on the computer, doing little of nothing. Oh how I love when the house is quiet . . . no phone ringing, no dogs barking or whining . . . you gotta 
it. Thanks again for all your well wishes and emails over the last few days. I have to tell you that I’m doing fabulous darlins, just fabulous! The scar is healing nicely and there are little bitty hairs growing back. The only thing truly bothering me is the pain associated with the nerve endings coming back to life . . . wicked little shooting pains every whip stitch. I just pop a handful of Tylenol and keep on going (and sometimes I sleep them off . . . 
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Even though I hated doing it, I did have to cancel my trip to CHA. I’m so disappointed that I won’t be seeing all the new product but most importantly, I’ll miss seeing all my stamping buds! I was a little worried about how I would do with the change in cabin pressure and my ears and head . . . so I’ll be rocking away wishin’ and hopin’ I was there. For all you going – enjoy the adventure and safe journeys. Take your camera and plenty of pictures because I want to see what I’m missing AND if anyone feels pity for me and is going by the Core-dinations Booth can you grab me a swatch book for the Core Essentials? I’ll send you my snail mail!!!! I’ve purchased all the paper in individual sheets, but have no way of organizing it and color matching . . . I could really use the help!
Enough of my pleading and begging . . . is it working?
It feels so good to be back in the studio creating. I’ve got so much new stuff coming in and by the looks of the CHA previews, I’m going to be having lots of dollars flying out too! Did you see that eclectic Paperie is taking preorders for the new Ranger Distress Inks and Tim’s and Wendy’s stamps? I need to go place my order today . . . I can’t wait to get my hands on those new inks!
Here’s a little card I whipped up last night. Aaaah ink on my fingers!
This is a different look for a Just For Fun Stamps collage image. The image actually has the script behind it, but I needed to try something different. I water soaked a piece of watercolor paper, colored the flower image with Tombow Markers and stamped on the wet paper. I quickly dried the image with my heat gun to keep the ink from bleeding out more than I wanted. Using the Long Script image from JFF, I over-stamped the image. The image was then die cut/embossed with Spellbinders™ Curved Mega Rectangles and the edges were sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink. I thought it would be fun to make a frame with the new Spellbinders™ Labels Eleven and add it to the image. That luscious ribbon that I’ve been using (and someone asked me about yesterday), is 1.25” Silk May Arts Ribbon from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. I used celery on this card.
- Stamps: G3298 Floral Script and F1872 Long Script from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps
- Paper: Arches Watercolor; Kraft; My Mind’s Eye Life Stories Lavender Plaid (from eclectic Paperie); Prism (Taylored Expressions) Wizard Medium
- Ink: Ranger Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy (from eclectic Paperie); Tombow Markers
- Accessories: Spellbinders™ S4-246 Labels Eleven, S5-006 Curved Mega Rectangles, and S7-014 Grand 12” Classic Lace Borderabilities; Ranger (eclectic Paperie) Inkssential Ink Blending Tool; 7 Gypsies (eclectic Paperie) Antique Silver Paper Fastener; Sewing Machine
I hope you have a fabulous day and remember . . . Life is short, make your day one great adventure!
