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Beyond my comfort zone

This is the Easter Blessing themed sketch at Scrapbook Place Challenge Blog.

This sketch is more than I like to work with.While I might work with this many pieces, they aren't usually spread out.  So this was a real challenge for me.

The background is a new technique for me using paint and liquid inks. It was for a technique swap at SSSD. Easy enough and messy but fun to do and no two papers are alike, I did four 5 1/2 x 4 1/4.

The little butterfly is SU and was punched from another piece of the background paper that I made.
The image is a From the Heart digital stamp. I really like working with digital stamps. The flowers in the upper right are from the same digi. The sentiment is a clear stamp from Stamps of Life. The band across the bottom is a sheer ribbon.
There you have it, my contribution to the Easter Blessing sketch at Scrapbook Place challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by. Take Care

Here Fishy fishy fishy

My daughter and her fiance like to fish and go fishing quite often. She called me on Saturday to ask me to pick up one of her kids, cause they were out in the boat fishing and wouldn't be able to get back in time. Likely story. Anyway, while talking to me she called out "here fishy fishy fishy". I laughed at her and ask if that would really work. A couple of hours later she called me and asked if I had gotten the pictures she sent. So I went to find my cell and this is what I found.

Isn't it beautiful? Unfortunately or fortunately for this fish, they had to release it. He/she was too big. Can you imagine, having to throw a 100 lb. plus fish back because it too big? This fish was longer than the 60" max. allowed for a keeper. Sturgeon can only be kept when they are between 40" and 60" from nose to fork.

The lesson here is; if you are fishing and aren't catching anything, maybe you need to call out "here fishy fishy fishy". Don't laugh, it worked for my daughter.

That's my fish story of "The one that got away". Do you have one? 

Easter Kid Card

Me? make an Easter card? Oh, yeah, I made one earlier didn't I. Well, here is another one.

This is my first "kid" card Its pretty plain, but I like plain, and I think little kids like plain.

 Scrapbook Place Challenge blog really challenges me. The  March Theme Challenge is " Egg-actly Speaking." After you get to their blog, curser down for the challenge.

I went with the egg part of this challenge. Got out my Cricut and started looking for eggs within the cartridges I have. I came up with this in Create a Critter. I thought the chick cute and wanted to use it. You know how it is when you get something in your head and just can't get rid of it? That happened here. No matter what, this card had to have this chick.


This card looks better in person. You can see the clouds in the background paper and that the egg pieces are popped, the chick is not. I was disappointed when I noticed that this particular image had no layers available.
So I had to draw in the beak and I added googly eyes for embellishment.

Water Tapestry

I had the hardest time with this card. Its for a swap and after I did my background using this month's technique "Water Tapestry", I didn't want to cover it up. You see, I made the mistake of using the Flowering Flourishes stamp set which I love. The colors for the background were Adirondack alcohol ink, Brights collection which worked perfect with the gold embossing. I will definitely use this technique again.

I am entering this card in the February challenge over at Delightful Inspiriation. You can get more information on the challenge by clicking on the link. The digi stamp set is called Spring Baskets. I made the image small so I could show off my background. I used pencils and glitter pens to color the image. The butterflies were cut from leftover background paper using the Beautiful Wings embosslit.
Thanks for stopping by. Take Care

Wearin the Green

Its another challenge over at Scrapbook Place Challenges. This one runs the 2nd half of February and is in anticipation of St. Patrick's Day in March.
This is the sketch

The theme is "Wearin of the Green" for St. Paddy's Day.

The link takes you to the winner of the "Winter theme challenge", cursor down for info on this sketch challenge and to see some great DT projects. Remember, you to, can enter.
Here is my card

The owl on this card is my prize for winning the "Winter" theme challenge and is one of Pammie's own designs. I wanted to make a card using him, but had a problem making him Irish. Sooo I tacked a shamrock on his chest, over his heart. All of the elements on this card are computer generated. I made the design on the background paper using Word, cut out the shamrocks and glued them individually down the side of the card.I did the sentiment in PrintShop. I used Copics to color the owl.
This is my entry into the "Wearin of the Green" themed sketch challenge. Do you have an entry?
Thanks for stopping by.  Take Care

Went Camping

We went camping this past weekend. The weather was beautiful most of the day. It turned cold as soon as the sun started going down. In the mornings it was cold, so we lit the campfire to take the chill off.

The campground we go to has no TV, cell phone service, WI-fi and, of course, no internet. Oh my gosh, whats a person to do? I generally sit, enjoy the quiet and the wild life while I read or do needle work. I didn't do any reading this trip, I worked on the lap robe below.

The pattern is by Kim Guzzman, the colors are mine. When I first saw the pattern it was done in black, ocean (blue green) and forest floor (green). It was absolutely gorgeous. But, alas, I had so much yarn at home that I couldn't justify buying seven more skeins of yarn. She called her's Eco Throw, I call mine Stained Glass.

 

I have been working on this for about three years now. It lives in the camp trailer as it is my needle craft project while camping. Needless to say, I haven't worked on it very much. I have now brought it into the house and it will go where I go until I get it completed. When I started it, I didn't have a need or plan for the finished product so I don't know what I'm going to do with it. I will post a picture of it when finished.

Thanks for stopping by. Take Care