Tuesday - 2/2/10

Good Tuesday evening - we had some snow fall last night so tonight when I got home I had to clear out the end of the driveway. Luckily I have a little snowblower that can handle light snow so I got my exercise - that is a 4 letter word.

Going to take soup to a friend's house tomorrow night so I need to do the prep work - the broth is made - simmered the bones from the Xmas turkey - it was residing in the freezer. Tonight I will chop up onion, carrots and celery. I will take some frozen green beans and peas and then I have a bag of my Mom's homemade egg noodles. The soup will be very good and the best part is sharing it with friends. A can of Campbell's chicken soup shared with friends would taste wonderful also.

Tonight's card was based on the sketch at Stamps and Smiles weekly challenge. It did start with the sketch - but sometimes your cards take on their own life.

Everyone have a wonderful evening - I hope to play with some paper. I also want to watch a basketball game tonight.

Cardbase - Dollar store in Canada (thank you Ivanka)

Patterned Paper - Hot Off the Press and Daisy D's

Stamp - CraftSmart - $1 stamp from Michael's colored with Copics

Ribbon - thank you Ivanka

Button - supplies

Digi Stamps

Images © stampsandsmilesstamps.com



Good Saturday evening ...... I am busy making a snack mix so trying to get a post in while it is in the oven. It makes an absolute huge batch - I will have to post the recipe. Maybe I can get a picture of it to go with the recipe. Busy day today - worked in the morning, watched a basketball game (Yeah Badgers) and then went off and did some shopping - needed some groceries. So Mother Housner's cupboards are no longer bare.

Digi images are becoming the "new" thing in the world of stamping. I don't really understand much about digi but some of the images are so cute. I have been playing with free ones to see if it is a venue that I want to invest in. This image is from Stamps and Smiles and the design of the card is based on this week's sketch. The image is the sweetest. Notice the polka dots on her coat and scarf - that is so fun to do with the colorless blender from Copics.

Everyone have a wonderful evening - almost time to go stir the snack mix.

Digi image - Stamps and Smiles colored with Copics
Paper - Die Cuts With a View (Holiday Collection - the Winter Matstack)
Sentiment stamp - no name on it but I think it may be Crackerbox Palace
Ribbon - Offray
Bling - Dollar store in Canada (thank you Ivanka)

Good Sunday morning

I am up early today - hard to believe my 5 day week end is almost over with - but I did spend 3 days on the road so I guess that makes a difference. Woke up to rain this morning - at least it is not snow - I know that will be coming soon - I just hope we have a mild winter in regards to snow - we have been hit pretty hard the last two winters. If they could figure out a way for it not to snow on the roads and my sidewalk and driveway - I might not have a problem with it.

I have been getting some holiday cards made so that is good. I really need to figure out how many I need to make- This card is based on the sketch at Stamps and Smiles. Every Thursday they host a sketch - I like a Thursday sketch because you have the week end to get it created. I had colored this image awhile ago and decided this was the perfect sketch for it. Caardvarks is also hosting a challenge for coloring - so this works perfectly for their challenge also. I hope you enjoy my design. Everyone enjoy your Sunday - tomorrow it is back to work. I don't think I plan on taking off any more time before Christmas unless I need some mental health vacation.

Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny (I think I have used all of this grouping up - just enough left for the insides of my cards)
Stamp – Hero Arts colored with Copics – stamped on patterned paper
Ribbon – Offray
Snowflakes – from my huge bag of snowflake embellishments – I know the bottom snowflakes are from a holiday garland

October is Here

I don't know how it got to be October - pretty soon it will be snowing. With the summer we have had - cool - we will probably have snow in the beginning of November. I am not ready for snow - my back is not ready to shovel snow. So I make a card with snowmen on it and snowflakes - what was I thinking.

I found a new challenge site . Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge. They post on Thursday so it gives you a jump start on your week end creativity. I had colored this image already and the paper was laying out from a previous project so it was pretty easy to pull together. I also did a little recyling on this project - the bow is made out of tulle like material that was torn off the edge of gathered lace. I think it makes a pretty bow - somewhat delicate. Repeated the design of the border on the center of the bow.

Everyone have a wonder week.

Paper - I know it was listed on a previous post.

Stamp - I believe it is Close to My Heart that I have had for years

Bling - Darice

Rub On - Making Memories

Snowflake - Martha Stewart punch