One Stamp, Two Cards

This is "GERBERA DAISY" from TAC. It cries to be watercolored. Both cards are for friend's birthdays.

Flea's Challenge

Flea's (I must ask how she earned the nickname - her real name is Fiona, which is a beautiful name) turn to challenge us this week. She made us dig out a stamped image that had been traded, swapped, or just sent as a RAK. I admired this pear image when visiting Sharon one day. Not long after, a card with several pears arrived in the mailbox. Fortunately, the pears did not get squished en route.

I used Prismacolors on this image. The grey pencil makes a big difference in the finished image, You'd almost think I knew what I was doing! The PP is SU and the rest is from my stash. Background cloth is a Frenchy's find for .25; it's a scarf (something I NEVER wear) but I use it on the dining room table.

A Good Cause AND Blog Candy

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Click on the above link for details.

My Dad's mom had Altzeimer's when she died. Funny story (because if you don't laugh you'll start crying and never stop). She disappeared from the special care home one day. Nowhere could they find her, inside or out. The family was called, along with state troopers. They scoured the grounds - people everywhere. She was eventually spotted hiding in some bushes (did I mention she was ninety-four when this happened and it was the middle of November?) and returned to her room. She just gave them all a smug little smile and said, "I saved everybody. I got them all out. There was a bomb about to go off." God bless her! She also thought there was a cathouse on the third floor. Like I said, you gotta laugh. Lax security? Nope. She was crafty and knew where the cameras were. When they looked back over the tapes they saw a little shadow (she was as big as a minute) slipping out the kitchen service entrance!

So here is my card and I am going to send it to a local home for special care with a wing devoted to Altzeimer's patients.

My goodness! Wouldn't it be wonderful to win? I would be sending stuff to all my stamping friends. But even if I don't (and chances are slim) I have done a good thing. Right?

I expect everybody who reads this to do the same. I'm watching you! LOL!

Weekly Challenge

Ahaha! Christmas is early this year. It's Kathleen's week to post the challenge on Inkstainers and she put us to work stamping on napkins. Stamp, crumple, peel away a layer and flatten. Spread glue all over your CS and there you have it! It was QUITE a challenge for me because I didn't remember having these napkins. They're WAAAAAAAAY up on the 'poison shelf' in the kitchen with bad stuff, booze, and seasonal things. In last week's cleaning frenzy I had discarded the white glue because I never use it anymore (famous last words) and it was almost empty anyway. Had to go digging.

A RAK from Sharon

Sharon and I had lunch today (after I bowled - my OTHER addiction). She surprised me with this autumn RAK. Sharon's work is always so . . . well . . . perfect. She is amazing. Inside the card with the cheery note was a little baggie full of seasonal die cuts. Thanks, Sharon!

My Favorite Flasher

Here is the HAMBO flasher again. This time I paper pieced his coat to look like a bathrobe.

Baby Card

After three misses, my friend and her DH have just had a beautiful baby boy! I am SO happy for them! The teddy paper is vellum and I cut one teddy out using the Nestabilities in the CB. The three teddy embellishments are brads with the backs snapped off. SU paper and ink.

More Horses

More horses.

Miracle and Wonder

This is a total CASE of a card Marilyn sent me. Of course, I didn't have all the stuff I needed to copy it exactly (a la Zindorff) so I made do. The Butterfly is from Starving Artist , the sentiment is CTMH and the swirly is SU. Paper and inks from SU.

Just Horsing Around

I've been horsing around *groan* with this stamp I bought on ebay. The sentiment is CTMH, purchased because I am 'still crazy after all these years' about Paul Simon's music.

Weekly Challenge

Sharon's turn to post the challenge this week: use labels and an autumn theme - Halloween, Thanksgiving or fall. I'm kind of sponge crazy lately - can you tell? LOL. Ever since the Zindorff challenge I've been using a sponge on almost every card. The black background is the insert from my latest Cuttlebug folder. Talk about recycling!

Counting Challenge

Karie's challenge for us was a counting challenge:

1 Image

2 Flowers

3 Brads or eyelets

4 Colors of card stock

My first attempt didn't work because I confused 1 image with 1 stamp and the stamp I used had several images on it. Scrapped that. I tried placement with Prima flowers and couldn't come up with anything I liked. Then a light bulb appeared over my head! Flowers = Nestabilities scalloped circles. Yay! And this was the end result. The stamp is from High Hopes, as is the sentiment (I hope that doesn't count as a second image), the CS is all SU.

Sympathy Card

I seem to be making a lot of sympathy cards lately. Colors used: So Saffron, Barely Banana CS and So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Always Avocado (just a little bit in the tree) inks, StaZon Timber Brown. Vellum from my stash.