Shoebox card

This card is the one I am doing for our shoebox project... It is using "Delight in Life" stamp set. Vintage Violet card stock and ink and natural ivory card stock. It also has just a touch of glitter on the center of one flower.

Another card front...

This was the card front I originally started making for the CNY gathering. It was very tedious to make. So I only made a few and went on the the previously posted card. The gold cord lacing is what took sooooooo long. So I will bring the few I made in case someone would like one.

Card front for CYN Gathering

This card front was made today. The colors don't look exactly like the do in real life. I used my cuttlebug to emboss the background. I used the rock and roll technique to do the flower. I used "Looks Like Spring" and "Wonderful Words" stamp set. I used the matching punch to punch out the very central flower. I fastened them together with a bronze brad. I also outlined the outer edges of the larger flower with multicolored very fine glitter. .

Word Of the Day

deliquesce \del-ih-KWESS\

verb*1 : to dissolve or melt away
2 : to become soft or liquid with age or maturity — used of some fungal structures (as the gills of a mushroom)

Example sentence:Someone forgot to put the butter back in the refrigerator, instead leaving it to deliquesce on the kitchen counter.

Did you know?"Deliquesce" derives from the prefix "de-" ("completely, away") and a form of the Latin verb "liquēre," meaning "to be fluid." Things that deliquesce, it could be said, turn to mush in more ways than one. In scientific contexts, a substance that deliquesces absorbs moisture from the atmosphere until it dissolves in the absorbed water and forms a solution. When plants and fungi deliquesce, they lose rigidity as they age. When "deliquesce" is used in non-scientific contexts, it is often in a figurative or humorous way to suggest the act of "melting away" under exhaustion, heat, or idleness, as in "teenagers deliquescing in 90-degree temperatures."

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

ATC for CNY Gathering

Here is what I came up with for the ATC for the CNY Gathering this month... I have never done an ATC before. So I hope it is right.

I used the In Full Bloom stamp set, Basic Black ink, used the aqua painter and pumpkin ink, chocolate chip ink, real thyme ink. Then when it was all dry I embossed the whole image with irredescent Ice. Then I tied some twine around the paper with the image. I layered it on real thyme and pumpkin spice card stock. It sparkles way more than it shows in the picture...

More Stamp Camp Projects

This is a small purse of photo pocket we made. It was very easy to do. I will more than likely make more of these. Makes a cute gift for anyone. We used the sample paper pack.

The butterfly on this card is actually 3D. And it does have dazzling diamonds on the wings. It isn't showing up very well in this scan. I do like the designer paper we used and I like the soft muted colors

I love the way we used the words to make the butterfly trail. I also used the crop-a-dile for hole punching. I really need to invest in one of those items. Looks like I will have to go to Michaels to shop...oh and the butterfly on this is also 3D and has dazzling diamonds on the wings. My scanner isn't picking that up real well.

Stamp Camp Yesterday Evening

Yesterday evening DD and I went to my sisters in Stafford for a stamp camp. Here are some of the cards we made. It was alot of fun. I was very tired tho. We got home around 12:30 am. Fortunately we didn't have to have alarms this morning so we were able to sleep in a bit.

I think this one is my favorite of all the cards we did last night. I don't remember all the stamp names or colors and such we used. I really was very tired. It was probably lucky I made it home without falling asleep driving. But I did and thats all that matters.