Good Morning!

Hi Everyone! Here is another card I did for a swap at Convention. The image is stamped on glossy white cardstock with Black Stazon. I found out the hard way that ink does not dry as quickly in the humid South as it does in dry Colorado!!! HAHAHAHA So I stamped a bunch of these and let them sit while I did other things. After it's TOTALLY dry, you burnish, with a sponge, the colors you desire. In this card, I used Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue. I'm not sure why it looks like Barely Banana in the upper right because I used Certainly Celery. Guess my camera was having issues when I took it. It certainly couldn't have been the photographer's fault, right? LOL!!! Anywho, I stamped my sentiment from Elegant Cheer with Basic Black (again letting it sit for a bit) and then tied a knot with Bashful Blue taffeta ribbon. LOVE that ribbon!!! Mounted the glossy cardstock on Basic Black and the card base is Bashful Blue.

Thanks, Krista, for letting me know there was a problem with my blog. Hopefully I fixed it!

Thanks for looking everyone!!!

Rubber Hugs,

Wanda

Talk About Missing In Action!!!

Oh my goodness!!! I didn't realize it had been OVER A MONTH since I last posted. Packing, moving and unpacking, unpacking, unpacking, going to SU's Convention, looking for a job (did I mention unpacking?) and trying to organize has sent me over the edge! HAHAHA





I have lots to share with you. I got TONS of great swaps and ideas, took a lot of photos and generally had a fantastic time at Convention. Each year just gets better and better.



Here is one of the cards I did for a swap at Convention. It was inspired by a card I saw from Silke Ludlow. I used my favorite color Elegant Eggplant and Whisper White. I used the flower from the set Together Forever and the sentiment is from All Holidays. Yummy Whisper White tafetta ribbon for the knot and dimensionals to pop the focal piece. I used a brad from the Pretties Kit in the center of the flower as a little bling. My friend, Crystal, LOVES bling!!! :o)

Thanks for stopping by and I won't be MIA anymore!!!

Wanda

Packing the Truck Day!!!

Okay, I'm mush today. This morning at 9:00 a.m., there will be 3 burly men ready to pack my truck (which, by the way, I still have to pick up and DRIVE to my house . . . .). Anyway, my oldest daughter, Shannon (I call her Sarg because she's a Staff Sargeant in the Air Force and believe me -- I know how the recruits feel now!!! HAHAHAHA) has been a TREMENDOUS help with all this packing. I probably won't be able to post again (on purpose rather than me just not getting time) until after I'm set up in Rock Hill sometime after July 5th. I'll keep track of the going's on we have on the road.

I attended my last meeting at Mile High Stampers this month and they were so sweet to get me a cake that said, "We'll Miss You Wanda" on it. These are a GREAT group of ladies who are VERY talented!!! We were taking pictures when Rochelle noticed a hand-made portapotty. She said I needed a picture on it for prosperity's sake. We took the picture and Mia said it should be captioned "It's Been Fun, But It's Time to Go! (Hopefully, she was referring to the fact I was looking at the catty that will be retiring!!!)" HAHAHAHA See the attached picture.

Take care everyone and I'll see you later!!!

Wanda

More Puppy Cards and FANTASTIC News!!!

Here are a couple more puppy cards for my friend. The first one kind of looks like a "golden retriever" if you stretch your imagination a bit. :o) I embossed the image with black embossing powder on water color paper, colored him with more mustard water color crayons and then blended him with an aqua painter. I found I like that a lot better than the second dog, which I stamped with Stazon Black and colored him with watercolor crayons and blended them with a blender pen. My coloring leaves a little bit to be desired anyway, so I need all the help I can get and the crayons are incredible!!! LOL





I'm still in the throes of packing, but am starting to sweat a little bit as time is running a LOT faster than I am!!! (see me wipe sweat from my brow!) I need to pack more than I am, but I will have to put it in passing gear the last week of the month, as the truck gets packed June 28! I'm REALLY excited about my move. Just wish I could hurry me up a little!!!

Recipes for first card:
Cardstock: More Mustard, Basic Black, Watercolor paper
Ink: Versamark; More Mustard Watercolor crayon
Accessories: Aquapainter; gold brads, dimensionals

Second card:


Cardstock: Basic Gray, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black, Chocolate Chip and Black watercolor pencils


Accessories: Blender pen, vintage brads; dimensionals





































My FANTASTIC News! is that I just received word that one of my photos was accepted by Photographer's Edge (the company I buy my cardstock to make my photo cards), and it will be published in their fall catalog! This is HUGE news as I'm sure they receive thousands of entries and I only turned in this one. Guess I'd better get my rear in gear and submit a few more, huh?




Well, thanks for stopping by!! Got to try and pack a few more boxes before I call it a night.




Wanda