Holy Cow

Holy Cow – I was rereading some of my posts – would my typing teacher from high school be ashamed of me. The story I am sticking with is “my mind works faster than my fingers” – thus the problems. So I am going to do my writing in Word and then paste into my Blog – maybe that will help.

Made it through Thursday – have three jobs I need to accomplish at work but I did manage to find lots of others things to do other than those jobs – hopefully tomorrow I will just do them. One will have to be postponed till Monday. But it is Friday – yeah and it is going to be very tepid here this week end – 40’s – some of that snow will melt. YEAH.

The card for today is a “COW.” Of course, in Wisconsin – you would have to make a cow card plus I am a farm girl. The cow on my card is not black and white but don’t tell anyone. Of course, she has to have a little “attitude” – thus – the pierced nose. Hmmmmm – my daughter went to Europe one summer – some where along the way she did manage to get her nose pierced. Oops - Off that sidebar - Added a little bling to my flowers – love that valentine day clearance – now why didn’t I buy more. I hope you like my sweet little bessie.

Stamp – Gina K
Paper – Basic Grey
Prima flowers
Bling – Darice
Ticket corner punch – Stampin! Up
Rub On – Basic Grey
Ink – most likely – Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink – ColorBox by Clearsnap

Ivanka's Pig Fest Continued

From earlier posts - you remember that my friend Ivanka is having a Pig Fest over on her blog. March 1 is National Pig Day - she is offering prizes so go post a card and shsare it with her on her blog.

We only got a couple inches of snow - it was very nice for the weather men to be wrong on their forecast. It was another horrible drive to work. But we shouldn't be complacent - there is more coming Thursday and Sunday. Oh goody.

But back to this fun piggy card - Scallops are all the range so I bought some scalloped paper and will get a couple full cards and then some trim out of a 12 x 12 sheet.

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics Paper; ColorMates
Patterned Paper - My Mind's Eye Out and About
Stamp - Gina K (and this is a Wisconsin stamp company - how fun - I almost fell out of my chair when I found out - of course - I had to make a visit to her store in McFarland)
Ink - Colorbox Chalk ink - Chestnut Roan - my favorite ink
Ribbon - Wrights - I got it at WalMart - it had wire in it but I just pulled it out
Computer generated sentiment

Check out the bling on the pig's tail - this was in a collection from the Target $1 bin

Go check out Ivanka's blog and see the slide show of all the pig cards.

Everyone have a wonderful evening.

Monday - survived - whew

Made it through Monday - yeah - oh for a quiet day at work with nothing to do. But it is evening and I am home. I was suppose to take a class tonight at the LSS but it was cancelled due to "guess what" - more snow. It is dipping south - I hope it keeps dipping and misses us. So tomorrow morning - will have to get up - and clear the sidewalk and driveway before I can go to work.

Today's card is "Ode to the Mouse" - my favorite creature (NOT). Not sure about the little rub on flowers

Cardstock base - Bazzill Basics Paper
Patterned paper - I don't remember but I do the name of the company was on the piece adhered to this card front - Doodlebug maybe
Stamp - Gina K Designs
Ribbon - from the leftover ribbon piece jar
Prima Flowers
Bling - Darice
Rub ons - De Ja Vue, Bo Bunny, One Heart ... One Mind
Cuddlebug Embossing Folder

I colroed some of the flowers on the patterned paper with Twinkling H2O's to match the pink cardtock and the color of the inside of the ears of the mice. Brushed Sparkling Mod Podge across the embossed yellow strip to give it some sparkle. Added flower rub ons. INked the edges of all the papers. Added a little touch of bling to the layers Prima flowers. The mice were colored with colored pencils and Gamsol.

Think Spring

The week end is over and time to start a new week of work - oh I do wish my ship would come in so I did not have to go to work 5 days of the week. I could just stay home and play with paper. What a pleasant dream. I did get a few cards made this week end and the sun did shine so I got some pictures taken. Weather wise - we are in for another rough week of snow. Did you know snow is a 4 letter word.

But - I tried to chase away the winter blues by making an Easter card - do you realize it is a month away - the Easter Bunny will have to get a snowmobile in Wisconsin and hide the eggs in the snow.

This was my interpretation of the sketch on Fresh and Fun. Of course - it is a loose, very loose, interpretation. The little chick is so cute.

Supplies:

Patterned Paper - Basic Grey: Two Scoops
Stamp: See D's Bunnies and Chicks - at great buy for $10 - plus I had a coupon
Ink: Versamark; ColorBox Fluid Chalk Inkpad by Clearsnap, Inc.
Embossing Powder: Seafoam White by Ranger
Trim: Dollar Bin at JoAnn's - why didn't I buy more
Brads: Target dollar bin - why didn't I buy more of those
Stickles - Ranger

Embossed little chick. Inked edge of all patterned paper. Added Stickles to inside of little chick so it would sparkled (couldn't find the colored glitter). Glued the trim on - just added some little dots of Aileene's Tacky glue to the back.

Ivanka's Pig Fest Continued

Saturday in Wisconsin - update on weather - we have had sunshine for several days in the row and we almost hit 32 degrees - I was driving with my window open today - what can I say - great - while you drive down streets covered with ice ruts. But we should not enjoy it long - Monday and Tuesday we are suppose to get another storm.

Went shopping today - for not going for anything special I did spend some money. I did pick up 3 new die cuts for the Big Shot - did you know with the big dies you can cut fabric - very fun - bought a new "Bee" stamp - and Elaina Bea has a birthday coming so I can use that for her birthday card.

This card is for the Pig Fest going on at my friend Ivanka's blog. March 1 is National Pig Day. She is offering up prizes - so make sure you rush over and make a pig card and post it to her site - check out the history on how her pig collection started. I do believe there are a few "Wisconsin" pigs in that collection.

This card is also for the challenge on Caardvarks for friendship. This card is in honor of my wonderful friend Ivanka and her good humor. Sending HOGS your way.

Enjoy - stay tuned - there is another pig card this week.

Supplies:

Image is from an e mail

Patterned paper - Deja Views

Ribbon - My Little Shoebox

Little Round Trims - Around the Block

Punch - Stampin! Up

Pretty in Pink

Doesn't this make you think of spring - a dream and lots of melted snow away for us here in Wisconsin - but we have 4 days in a row without snow coming up - be still my heart. Now - to clear the sidewalk this week end. Every day before I go to work I put out a couple buckets of sand and I do the same when I come home from work - so hopefully when I start working on the sidewalk - the ice will be easier to get up.

But let's talk about this springy card - this was a hard card to photo to get the pink to show up the right color. It has already been mailed to some special people. The paper is the same paper that I used in the chicken card posted earlier - isn't it amazing how using a different approach with the colors and it looks so different. The felt flower with the bling is from the $1 bin at JoAnn's; flower stamp - See d's; ink - Marvy Matchables; little flower - Target $1 bin; thank you stamp Hero Arts. I also used my Cuddlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots.

A Poem in Honor of This Winter in Wisconsin

This is my story and I am sticking to it. Hope it makes you smile.

Barb



WISCONSIN POEM FOR YOU
It's winter in Wisconsin
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At twenty-five below.
Oh, how I love Wisconsin
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave Wisconsin
'Cause I'm frozen to the ground!