Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Color Hues #95 - seconds!
Color Hues #95 and more Hope for JUGS #744
Let me just start by saying there WILL be 'second helpings' for Color Hues #95 - another darling PB couple just had to play, too! But today I pulled out an Altenew set that hadn't seen any action for a while. It's a beautiful set, but I questioned whether the simple color combination would work... I do believe it did, by using several 'hues' of each color and stamping the details in grey. See if you agree...
Monday, September 16, 2024
Color Throwdown #810
I know I'm supposed to be sorting laundry - but a little fun first! My Sunday afternoon was spent water coloring a few more Penny Black images and included this little darling in the colors from Color Throwdown #810!
I couldn't resist adding another Penny Black bear to my collection recently - this one is called Love and Magic. I've found two ways to feature him...
Sunday, September 15, 2024
The Flower Challenge #95 Reminder time!
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Joy and Hope!
Happy weekend, my friends! I spent a bit of time yesterday making Christmas cards using a few of those darling Penny Black stamps. Hope you like them!
Sue at Just us Girls #744 is celebrating Word Week and HOPE is her chosen word ... years ago I saved a wonderful sentiment from Emily Dickinson:
Hope is the thing with feathers –
that perches in the soul –
and sings the tune without the words –
and never stops – at all.
Hope is surely included when I send those cards to the Seniors on my list - hope that they will find peace and joy during the holidays in some significant way.
Friday, September 13, 2024
Merry Days with Friends!
Confession time: I shopped. But in my defense, it was ALL Bonnie's fault! LOL On our drive to her house she mentioned a crafty shop in Lewisville, NC that is a favorite of hers - that's all the recommendation I needed to take a little bit of a detour on our route!
Tara the owner greeted us so warmly and The Enchanted Cottage was just that: enchanting! I picked up a few of the many Penny Black goodies on my very long list - of course, I shared them with Bonnie, and Nance. Which brings me to this post!
Here is my card using this sweet PB Merry Days stamp set and coordinating dies! Their Double Frames add such a fun 'shadow box' effect without the bulk for mailing!
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Here for the BOOs!
Kim has such a fun idea for Freshly Made Sketches #653... it's almost a non-sketch! Take a look...
Friday, September 6, 2024
Just us Girls #743
My friend Bobby is the host with the most fabulous color combination for us and the Just us Girls #743 Color Week! Okay, I won't lie - it was a little bit challenging, Bobby - but fun!
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Freshly Made Sketches #652
I'm pleased as punch to play along with Linda's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #652! It's a doozie and I brought just the guy home from NC for it!
I found Mr. Snowy in Bonnie's stash WITH the coordinating die, so I jumped right into stamping/cutting a few!
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
There's nothing like a road trip to meet a crafty friend!
Tom and I hit the road again and had a wonderful 2,080 mile drive all the way to Cary, North Carolina and back! Why Cary you might ask? I have had this visit on my bucket list for a while now!
You will no doubt recognize that sweetie in the middle is none other than our friend Bonnie Klass! Yes, that's me on the left [with all that gray hair smiling so big that my eyes disappeared!] and on the right is another friend Nance Salkeld of Soul Stampin'! [thanks, Nance for this photo!] Bonnie and I had a few hours on Friday to share tons of hugs and have a tour of her fabulous studio - I've never seen a bigger, more well-organized space! Bonnie teaches classes there and I think there was seating for at least 14!
On Saturday, Tom and Bruce headed out to a flea market - Tom's first experience and he really enjoyed it - Bonnie and I shared a few stamps and press plates and just did lots of visiting while doing so. Nance came for lunch and some more stamping after. It was so wonderful to meet these gals in real life! Oh, and I delivered all those hugs as promised from a few of you, too!
Okay, home again on Monday, and I had a little time between travel-laundry loads on Tuesday to get my craft on - it's amazing how rusty one feels after just a few days, isn't it? Speaking of rust...