Rain Rain Go Away!

Hi Everyone:  The rain has been coming down for the past couple of days and it has been chilly.  However, I refuse to turn the furnace back on....I'm just putting on more clothes.  April and May have been the wettest and coldest in this area for 50 years.  What is with all the other weather phenomenon happening all over the world, what will be next? 

Our snow pack in this area is about 110% of normal for this time of year and we have 2 rivers that converge in the center of the city, so we may have flooding if it suddenly gets hot.  The best thing right now is that the fire hazard is low and that can change around in a couple of days too.

On to more pleasant things.  My card today is a congratulations card for my hair stylist who opened his own salon last week.  He is so excited and I wish Shawn all the best.

I used the sketch from The Paper Players for my inspiration, and again I used the On the Grow stamp set.  I really am liking water colouring and this stamp set is perfect for that.

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The "flowers" were made using the Triple Doily Punch, a new style of punch that is available in the Summer Mini.  You can punch 3 different types of designs using this one punch....talk about versatility.

Stamps: On the Grow (c-123077, $14.95, w – 123075 - $19.95 Summer Mini p 14), Perfect Punches (c – 120516 $21.95, w – 117022 $30.95 IB&C p 131)

Paper:  Naturals White, Early Espresso, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Blushing Bride, Regal Rose, Watercolor, Elegant Soiree DSP

Ink: Black Stazon, Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle #2, Circles #2, Markers: Marina Mist, Soft Suede, Regal Rose, Blushing Bride, Early Espresso,  Aqua Painter, Modern Label Punch, Doily Triple Layer Punch, 2-step Bird Punch

All the products in this card are available from Stampin' Up! and you can contact me HERE to place an order or you can shop directly from my Online Store  and have your order delivered directly to your door.  Doesn't get much easier than that.

Have a great day and until next time....

Time to Stamp

Hi Everyone:  I hope that you have had a great weekend.  I have one more day to go as this is the  Victoria Day weekend and Monday is a day off...yahoo.  I did get my flowers planted and my sundeck cleaned and the patio furniture out of storage and the winter grime cleaned off.  Let summer begin!!  We did have 2 really nice day - temp in the high 70s.  Today started not so sunny but it is shining right now, so hopefully tomorrow will be another nice day.  Not only did I get lots done in the way of chores, I did have time to stamp...bonus!

I used the sketch from Stamping 411 for my inspiration and the color challenge from the Color Lab so I couldn't go to far wrong.  This card is a birthday card for a BFF.

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 I had fun with this card and practicing my water colouring.  I try and learn something new from the different blogs I visit and then try them out.  Here, I shaded the glass vase with Bashful Blue watercolor crayons and used the Aqua Brush to pick up the colour and shade the glass vase.  I also picked up another hint.... to shade the entire image with a light grey to bring out the colours. 

The Pear Pizzazz DSP was embossed using the Perfect Polka Dotted Embossing Folder to mimic the polka dots on the Concord Grape DSP...the whole layer then is tied together.

I think I am getting better...for one that couldn't paint or draw when I was growing up, this has come a long ways for me.

 

Stamps: On the Grow (c-123077, $14.95, w – 123075 - $19.95 Summer Mini p 14), Bring on the Cake

Paper:  Naturals White, Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Perfect Plum, In Color DSP, Watercolor Paper

Ink: Black Stazon, Concord Grape

Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots, Embossing Folder, Markers: Perfect Plum, Pear Pizzazz, Going Grey,  Old Olive, Water Color Crayons: Bashful Blue, Aqua Painter, Blushing Bride ribbon

Well, that's it for today...enjoy the rest of your weekend and until next time...