Sizzix Simple Flower Embosslit

Good Afternoon! This card was a fast card to make. The back panel is textured with the Sizzix Texture #4 plate from Stampin' Up ran through the big shot. The flower's are cut and embossed with the Sizzix Simple Flower and Emblosslit and they have brads for flower centers. A piece of vellum was cut with the Circle Scizzor's Plus and another piece was cut for under the verse which is from the stamp set Stem Sayings. The card stock colors are Real Red, Barely Banana, and Basic Black. I just love how fast you can add texture to a card with the Big Shot. It makes a card go from good to WOW!

Mom was over this morning to look at the new website for Adams Flea Market. I put a link on the right side bar so you can see it too. There are 18 pictures in a slide show on it.

I am having a pajama day today and am trying to knock stuff off my long "to do list". I seem to keep adding to the list instead of crossing things off! Oh well....what can you do. I am getting things ready so that I can run errands tomorrow. Fun Fun. NOT! As you probably have figured out....I'd rather be crafting! Hope you are all having a great day! Elaine

Inspired by Nature Cat Tails

This card sample was a big hit at Sandy Wellumson's stamping party. The girls just loved it! The weeds are stamped with the stamp set Inspired by Nature with Old Olive Ink and the verse is from Sincere Salutations. The cat tails are made by punching Chocolate Chip card stock with the slot punch and the verse was stamped on Chocolate Chip with Very Vanilla Craft Ink and punched out with the largest oval punch that Stampin Up has. I had just reinked my craft pad and that is how I got the look of bleaching. I decided to use it as I liked the bleeded effect.
It was a cold day here in Adams, WI. The temperature was suppose to be warmer than yesterday but I am not sure if it was or not. Perhaps I was just colder from sitting out in it for two days. My sister and her family were here today and I had a nice visit with Lenore and Brooke. Bob didn't come and I didn't see much of Ben and Mike. It was nap time when I got home, the extreme weather temperatures do that to me, and I slept for a couple of hours. It took me hours to get warmed up after I got home. I looked through some magazines and watched a bunch of Guiding Light episodes for a couple of hours and got up around 8:30 and started making cards. I just finished the 7th one and I am pretty happy about that. I used a bunch of images I had colored on another day so that made things go pretty fast. I just needed to figure out my layouts. I think I shall go to bed now. Monday's are usually pretty crazy around here. Hopefully no one will call real early! Hint..Hint!!! LOL Make it a great day! Elaine

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Hi! This card is similar to the last one that I posted. I ran the main panel through the big shot with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I used cat's eye chalk ink to sponge the edges. I used a light pink and a white. I did several layers till I got the effect I was trying to achieve. Then took an old dried up blender pen and used it like a paint brush with the chalk ink and painted with it over the raised part of the embossing. The word hi is cut out with a die that goes with this embossing folder. The dandelions kind of look like they are floating in the wind to me.

It is my mom's 68th birthday today. Happy Birthday mom! I wish you many, many, more and I am looking forward to having lunch with you next week! Love ya! Elaine

My day didn't go at all as planned today but that was ok, I needed a break. Breezy came this morning and put some more shelves up in the storage room and he is coming back tomorrow to put some more up. Jessie wasn't feeling well and took the day off. I worked on some stamping stuff in the morning, and Susie stopped over before her dentist appointment. She came back after it and we decided to go to Coloma to the scrapbook store. We took a class while we were there and we will be doing this project at a future scrap booking class. The gals are going to love it. We arrived home around 5 and I have been working on Mom's birthday present since I arrived home and chatting on the phone. Sure do love my headset! I just finished and it is 10:30 and I am wiped. Time to head off to bed!