For The Birds

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One of my favorite stamp sets is For the Birds.  

 for the birds

They are just so stinkin’ cute!  So this week in class I decided to do a water colored card using the birdbath stamp.  When stamps have a greeting on the stamp like this set does I often cut it off so that I can use the image for any occasion.  And when I decide I want that greeting all I need to do is stamp it,  either on the front, below the image as pictured, or even on the inside of the card.

Birds in Bath

Stamps:  For the Birds, Fabulous Phrases

Ink: Black StazOn, Summer Starfruit, Cajun Craze, Gray, Bashful Blue, Celery

Paper: Summer Starfruit, Soft Suede, Vanilla, Comfort Cafe DSP, Watercolor Paper

Misc: Chevron Embossing Folder, Aqua Painter, Dimensionals

Hugs,

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Anderson is 6!

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Today was my grandson’s birthday.  He is so sweet and seems to always be happy.  Last week when they were visiting New York City he was beyond excited when he saw the 3-story Toys R’ Us store that has a 60 foot Ferris wheel inside.  His mother told me he didn’t know what to look at first and exclaimed “This is going to be epic!”.  Happy Birthday Anderson!

Anderson is 6!

Anderson is 6!

 

Sympathy Card

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Today was the last of the “I Care” stamp classes.  This is one of the sympathy cards and one of the favorites of those who came to the class.

Sympathy Card

Stamps: Field Flowers, Blessings from Heaven, French Foliage

Ink: Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant

Paper: Vanilla, Elegant Eggplant, Crumb Cake

Misc: Crumb Cake Seam Binding

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“I Care” Card Class

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I have been having some special card classes with the focus on cards that show you care … sympathy, get well, and thinking of you.  When I do a theme like this I do always have out an assortment of birthday greetings for those who just need more of that variety.  There was one class Sunday, two classes today and will finish up with a class tomorrow.  This is one of the four designs that they made.

Blue Bird

It’s always great fun whenever stampers get together to stamp a stack of cards.

Stampers

 

I sure am glad to have a DVR because there is just too much on TV tonight.  I use to ballroom dance so love Dancing With the Stars.  I haven’t decided yet who I think should win but there are a couple of pretty good dancers.   And I like The Voice too but I’ll have to wait until another day to watch them because  I am watching the final basketball game between Louisville and Michigan.  Having lived in KY for several years I am rooting for Louisville but this is a neck and neck game so it’s hard to predict who is going to win.

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Mini High School Reunion

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I grew up in Iowa, a really great place to be from!  Jane, a friend from the time we were about 4 years old, still lives there but comes to Florida every year for several months to escape some of that cold winter.  Several years ago she organized a little mini get-together of anyone from our high school class who might be in FL at the time.  There are usually several from our class around the state so we designate a date and meet for lunch.  Today was our lunch date and this year there were just three of us but it was great fun catching up.  Just two more years and we will be celebrating our 50th high school reunion back in Iowa!  Hard to believe it’s been that long.

Jane, Steve and I

Jane, Steve and I

Feeling blessed by my friendships,

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Have a Laugh on Me

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It’s Friday night and there were weather reports flashing across the TV stating we were under a tornado watch and to stay away from windows.  Now there is nowhere to sit in my house that is not surrounded by windows unless you are in the closet.  The news specified that this bad storm with the potential for tornadoes was about 15 miles away and headed straight for us and I’ve seen Wizard of Oz more than once so know what can happen.  I have a hallway that is only about 5 feet long so I pulled a chair into that space, could even see TV from there, and had my laptop so it wasn’t so bad. I had posted about this possible tornado on Facebook and when I checked about an hour later I had several comments from friends telling me to stay safe and a comment from my friend Linda saying she didn’t see anything on the radar.  So I checked the radar and she was right … all clear.  It only took me a few minutes to realize the show I was watching with the warnings was something I had recorded several days ago! Makes you feel kind of stupid sitting in the hallway!

My son, Jeff, and his family have been in NYC this week. My granddaughter, Sofia, who is 10, was all smiles when Sam Champion from Good Morning America said he wanted to have his picture taken with her.

Sof and GMA

My daughter-in-law, Becky, and grand kids Anderson and Sofia at the Yankee’s game:

Bec, kids at game

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

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Free Shipping & Color Refresh

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woohoo_yellow_gifStampin’ Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING April 6-8th on everything!  They also announced today a Color Refresh (see below) which means some colors are retiring.  This free shipping weekend is a perfect time to stock up on some of those favorites that are going away.  The retiring colors will only be available while supplies last.  You can order online here or I will be placing an order Sunday, April 8th, if you would like to have me order for you.  Let me know by Sunday afternoon.

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Stampin’ Up! loves color and knows that you do too.  It’s important to stay up-to-date with color trends. They are excited to announce that the upcoming 2013-2014 annual catalog will include 10 new colors (most of which are returning In Colors from previous years). Some old favorites are returning,  some colors are moving around, and one brand-new color will be introduced, so take a look!

Demo_Current-Update_Color-Refresh_NA HERE ARE THE COLORS that will RETIRE and includes ink pads, paper, ribbon, and embellishments.  Remember that product is available only as long as supplies last.

Retiring colors:
Regal Rose
Pretty in Pink
Bashful Blue
Certainly Celery
Baja Breeze
Riding Hood Red
Bravo Burgundy
Not Quite Navy
More Mustard
River Rock
Lucky Limeade

While I’m sad to see some of my favorites retiring I am so thrilled to see the returning list. Let me just say Blushing Bride!  One of my all-time favorites!
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A Long Day

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I woke up this morning about 4 AM coughing and needing to just get up and so I did … and here it is now 11 PM and I’ve been on the go most of the day.  I have four special stamp-a-stack classes next week so I spent part of the day prepping materials for 300 cards.  I was halfway through cutting Baja Breeze card stock when I realized it was suppose to be Marina Mist!  I don’t know if it was that I was sleepy, needed to clean my glasses or what.  The good thing is that the next time I have a card that uses Baja Breeze card stock the paper will already be cut.

So are you watching Survivor?  I have watched this show since the very beginning and  I especially like the challenges.  Let me just say that I was not happy to see the return of eating disgusting insects.  I couldn’t watch.  Yuck!  I was happy to see Cochran win that one though.  I  just like him.

A special thanks to Betty for doing my class tonight and for emailing me a class hello and picture.  Now it’s time this old gal hits the hay.  Thanks for stopping by.

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Stippled Blossoms

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Stippled Blossoms
This card is one that will be made in class this week.  It would be a beautiful Mother’s Day card and that will be here before we know it. I used the lace tape from the Spring catalog on the edge. It is a very sturdy self-adhesive tape that can be reused many times if you are sponging over it as I did on this card.  It can also be used as is on a card.  Stippled Blossom is a Two Step Stampin’ set (say that 3 times fast!).  This means there are coordinating images, one a bold stamp, and the other a line image stamp that is stamped over the bold image in a coordinating ink.  And with Stampin’ Up!’s clear mount stamps it is so easy to line them up. The result is a watercolor look without doing the water-coloring.

Stamps: Stippled Blossom

Ink: Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Lucky Limeade

Paper: White, Night of Navy

Misc: Lace Tape, Stampin’ Sponge, Dimensionals, Pearls

 Stippled Blossoms Stamp Set

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.  My family and I celebrated earlier in the week because my children both had to work Sunday.  My daughter, Lynn Ann, is a nurse and my son, Jason, is a restaurant manager. We actually did a last minute get-together with each of us bringing to the table what we happened to have on hand at home.  It was a fabulous meal and we had a great time.  My 15 year old grandson brought his friend so I quickly filled plastic eggs with candy and money and we had an egg hunt.  They had fun and each went home with a pocket full of money.  It turned out to be a blessing that we did celebrate early because I wound up with a sore throat Friday night and in urgent care Easter morning.  Thankfully, with the help of  antibiotics, I’m much improved.

Wishing you all good health.

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