A busy day

Hello!  I made this card this morning while talking to Jenna on the phone.  It is the stamp set Eastern Blooms and the verse is from Short & Sweet.  I used my ink pads and aqua painter to paint the flowers and I used liquid pearls for the gold dots on the stamens.  The other night I could not think of the name of glitter glue at stamping and I thought of it this morning while drying my hair.  They are called Stickles and come in all different colors.  The liquid pearls comes in a similar type little bottle that you squeeze.  It reminds me of the days when I used to decorate sweatshirts with squeeze bottle paints!  Any hoo....I digress.  I took a white gel pen to the leaves and it really made them "pop" out.  I also used the scalloped edge punch, large oval punch, and the scalloped oval punch.  I haven't played with this set for awhile, but I sure do love it when I do.  It is really fun to work with.  Mom was over this morning and I helped her with dad's new cell phone.  Then I quick popped in the shower and headed out to Lady Di's as she had asked me to go to the Rapids with her this afternoon.  Bernie had his hair cut.  So we had a couple of hours to shop.  We went to Walmart, Cartridge World, and to Lighthouse.  We ended the day with a trip to Apple Bee's for dinner.  We both had gift cards to use.  I am still using the one from my birthday from the girls.  I can eeek out almost one more meal on what I have left on it.  The gift that keeps on giving....lol  Until tomorrow!  Elaine

Eastern Blooms

Yowser...another busy day here in Mayberry! This morning brought lots of phone calls and visits. Sandy Wellumson and Susie Smith dropped in. Sandy missed stamp camp as she had to work unexpectedly so we were showing her some of the new goodies from the mini catalog. Which she loved! I got the response cards and direction cards printed and cut for the wedding invitations. Yippeeeee!!! They are finally all done. I stuff everything into a clear envelope to see if it would all fit and it does. I suggested mailing them in a clear envelope because they were going to need extra postage anyways....and I don't want all my beautiful bows crushed....so Jen will have them hand canceled. She liked the idea of people opening up there mailboxes and being able to see her lovely wedding invitations. So that is what we are going to do. My back decided it needed to hit the bed so I set the alarm clock and it is a good thing that I did as I was down for the count again. After my 2 hour nap, I took a shower, then Susie picked me up for dinner. Getting in and out of vehicles is still a bear, but getting out for even an hour is good. We went out to the restaurant at Hwy 13 & 21 (my second day in a row!) and had the fish fry & clam chowder soup. Both were excellent! After I got home, I had more phone calls to return and I did dishes and then whipped up my frosting for the bridal shower cake. It was back to back phone calls while I was decorating the cake and I just got off the phone at 10:45 and still do not have all my calls returned from today. I did get the list of calls made for Jenna this afternoon about wedding stuff that she gave me to do earlier in the week. So I am pretty well on track now. I need to make salads for the shower tomorrow, and need to get started on my projects for Linda Mohn's stamping party on the 26th. Never a dull moment around here! Have a wonderful weekend! Elaine

Eastern Blooms and On Your Birthday

My favorite cards that I make, tend to be ones that look really feminine. If I just made what I wanted, all of my cards would be very pretty like this one. But I know different people have different tastes so I experiment a lot with what I make. I love color and I think that is one of the reasons I like stamping and quilting so much as you are always putting together new color combination's. I am sure that I will want to recreate this card so I kept track of the measurements so that I can make it again and so can you!

Recipe: Stamp Sets: Eastern Blooms & On Your Birthday. Regal Rose Ink & 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon. Circle Scizzors Plus 3 1/2" Circle debossed with Big Shot Texture Plates 1, Sizzlet Tag Die, 2 way glue, Half Backed Pearls from Pretties Kit. Regal Rose DSP from Hostess Level 1 (retired) 3 3/4" x 3 3/4". Score front 1" from the fold.

Eastern Blooms & All Holidays

I love this card perhaps because it is blue?!?!? It has a crisp and clean look to it.

Stamp Sets: SU Eastern Blooms & All Holidays, Card stock: Pacific Point (retired), Whisper White, Ink: Pacific Point (retired), Punches: 1 3/8" square punch, Word Window, White Grosgrain Ribbon.
The Whisper White Mat is 3 3/4" x 3 3/4", and the Pacific Point mat is 3" x 3". Just stamp the flower's and punch them out with the 1 3/8" square punch and mat them on the 3" square. A very quick and cute card!