Bday cards

Here are the two cards I made for the Bday party tonight, I am not one for making masculine cards (going to have to get more stamps in that category so it will be easier to make these cards perhaps). Anyways, I just decided to use the "Winds of Grace" SU stamp set for these two cards and decided to try out my own kind of technique...it is called daubing. Basically, I used this little wooden foam tipped tool to rub onto my ink pads that I had and then I daubed or rubbed the ink on the paper. The package said it was used for embossing...not too sure for what part of embossing. So I decided to use it for something else, and to my surprise it worked out really well :)! For this first card here I got my dh to tie a flat really nice fishing knot, because I felt that this card needed something else...and I didn't think "bling" would be a good thing to use on a masculin card. Lol!
Here is my second card, I am not too sure if I am happy with it...might have to either get rid of it or perhaps make a completely different new card using my "Boards and Beams" stamp set.


Hugs,
catherine

Lol, too funny

Over on Jan Tinks blog she posted this funny post which I just had to share with you all...lol :)!

"Attention Spouse and Children of Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrators!

The arrival of your wife's (husband's, mother's, or father's) new Fall/Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog probably means you won't be getting any dinner, having your socks washed, or your toilet cleaned. Beware of interrupting your demonstrator while she is first looking through the catalog...some people have reported extreme impatience bordering on irritability on the demonstrator's part. Gently remove all sharp objects from the vicinity of the demonstrator...might as well not take any chances. Wait until she/he comes up for air with a blissful smile on her/his face before addressing her/him. Hitting her/him up for an increase in your allowance, a new car, or any other...er...favor is just sneaky, so DON'T do it!"

Sisterhood of Scrap Challenge

I decided to do something fun and something different this afternoon, I decided to do this Sisterhood of Scrap Challenge (www.sisterhoodofscrap.blogspot.com) *sorry Blogger is giving me grief for links*. Anywho, here is the sequence of pictures that I would love to share with you for my entry for their picture sequence challenge!
So the sequence of pictures that I chose are my dd picking dandelions in a field (which I shared 2 of the pics the other day), but thought that would be the cutest sequence I had.









Thanks for this challenge, it was fun :D!















Hugs,
Catherine

more "Blurffing"

So, I saw someone's card here online...don't remember for the life of me who's blog it was...but the ribbon on this one particular card caught my eye immediately...not everyday ribbon has this sort of effect on me. Anyways, I continued on "Blurffing"...now I am wondering who makes this amazingly stunning ribbon and where do you get it?? It is chocolate silky color on one side and the other side is like a soft minty silky green, beautiful sounding eh?? Any ideas as to who makes it and where you get it?

Hugs,
catherine

A Challenge to you

I was "Blurffing" a bit this afternoon and I came across a blog that I read anytime the Google Reader says there is something to read on this particular blog. The blog is called "Letters to My Daughters" check it out sometime, anyways in todays post they were saying that they read an article about "carving out me time, specifically, creating and writing a bliss list- special treats for yourself designed to help you automatically have more energy." They listed their "blisses" and then said "what about you and what is on your bliss list?"

So here is my bliss list:

1. card making/ crafty time
2.French Vanilla Cappuccino
3. Ice cap's from Tim Hortons (only if it is a hot day)
4. chocolate
5. going for walks
6. reading a book at night before I goto sleep (it is a rare occurrence that I read)
7. Listening to music
8. BIG ol' bubble baths
9. talking to friends
10. renting a movie with my dh
11. watching a fav show on tv
12. a nice fluffy bed
13. canoeing


So what would go on your "bliss list"?

Hugs,
catherine

End Products

Okay, here is the end product of what I posted yesterday...am pretty happy with the outcome, but I think that some more playing around with the images has to be done if I do this project again. The grass seems too bright..gotta find the right grass color, or perhaps I will actually watercolor next time. Let me know what you think please, I would love to hear what you have to say :)!
Lol, now that I see the pictures posted on here...I am VERY happy with the turn out of this first project. I did look for a darker wooden frame in this size, but they didn't have any and so I had to settle for this color. Wow, they look sharp...I think I will do watercolor on the second canoe on shore image and not use markers!!


Happy creating :)!

Hugs,
Catherine

Second image

Here is the second image that I will be using to frame I think, still not sure yet though...might have to play around a bit more with this image.
I think I am going to cut out some other paddles, and make them 3D looking and maybe even the side of the canoe that you can see (the red part).
Oh, I dunno...

Hugs,
catherine