Hello all

Good morning from Rhode Island. Been busy stamping and just doing some laid back stuff!

Jan, Feb and Mar were not the greatest at my compound!! We own two house we live in one and two of my sons live in the other...so they have nicknamed it Mom's compound! We had that horrible flu that was going around and it just kept coming back again. So the first warmish day I opened all the window and sprayed the whole house with Lysol. Don't know if it really helped but we have been getting better...if nothing else the house had a whole new smell...something like lysol!

I have enclosed some pictures this is only a fraction on what I have done...just don't want to burn you out!! LOL

Have a great day!

Pigment Scrunch

Good morning everyone!! It's like 5:30am I have had no coffee...and I took my bone supplement pill and can't lay down for an hour. So I though I take this useless brain and try to explain how I made the Pigment Scrunch without Pigment ink. Doesn't make sense already huh?

I don't have any pigment inks but my fav place in the whole cyber space Techniuqe Junkies had a tech using it.

I actually did it two ways one with Gesso and one with Acrylic Paint.

Gesso

For this you will need

1. Aluminum foil

2. Gesso

3. 2 or 3 dye

4. plastic cover (or wax paper)

5. brayer (with hard rubber roller)

6. card stock

7. spritzer bottle with water

First take your aluminum foil and scrunch it. Re-open it being careful not to tare and flatten but make sure you leave wrinkles in.

Then take your Gesso and put a dab (about the size of a quarter) add reinker a drop at a time. Mix with toothpick to desired color. Do this with all colors and spacing about 2" apart (or length of brayer).

Roll your brayer through all three mixes (being careful not to muddy them) and then onto the aluminum foil leaving enough mix on roller to lightly cover it. Ramdomly roll gently onto card stock. Make sure before you roll the mix onto the card stock that you can see texture on the roller. Repeat until desired look is accomplished.

Acrylic Paint

Put acrylic paint onto plastic cover or wax paper and then just spritz with a little water also spacing the paints.

Repeat with all other steps. I also added a little more green with brayer after, to get more green on the background (the pink one)

I have attached a picture of some of the backgrounds I made.

Leave me a post if you should have any questions or comments.

Cards From the Netherlands

Today I wanted to Post some cards received from Hetty Sanders from the Netherlands. She and I met over at Technique Junkies and one thing led to another and we started doing a monthly swap. It has been so much fun getting her cards she is a very artistic lady.

She does a lot of Michael Strong images as seen in the butterflies. I am missing a few of her cards and will have to take some more pictures.

Well have a great day!!! Of course that means to stamp your heart out!!!

; )

more flowers

Good morning. I made some more flowers only this time I did them in two tone like colors. Instead of my punch I used the Lil Sizzix flower template (went much faster). Actually it was another Technique Junkie Judy Cantrell who emailed and said she had made some of these flowers also only she did hers in two tone of like colors. So I had to try some!!

Thanks Judy for sharing this tip with me! I like the way these came out also.

Have a great day and a wonderful weekend and I hope you all stamp, stamp, stamp!!

Faux Felt Flowers

I just made these flowers with a Technique from Tjer's. Very simple to do. You take your crimper and run card stock through it. First go one way and then turn and go in opposite direction. Then put it through again on Diagonal first one way then the other. This breaks the paper down and you then can separate it into two pieces by peeling them apart starting at a corner. The inside of the two pieces looks just like felt.

I used two different punches a small flower and a small pinwheel flower. I used Elmer's glue to put them together. I like the white ones the best they remind me of daises. These you just line up the with petals side by each. I 'm sure you can see in the picture. I also made a border by punching the flowers equal distances apart and punched the centers out in between the flowers. Waste not want not!!!

Boy do I ever need to catch up again. I hopefully will get some done tonight or by the weekend!!! Or...................

Have a great stamping day!!!

Judy

Followers

I just added followers to my blog so if you are interested please add yourself as a follower. This when I post (HaHa) you will automatically be notified. I don't think I will clog up your e-mails to badly if you see how often I post. But beware I keep saying I'm going to get better!!!

Later today I will hopefully be adding some more of my cards. So stay tunned!!

Had a great week stamping

Had so much fun with Technique Junkies Newsletter this week here are a few examples of cards made with some of the techniques.

If you are interested in learning any of these techniques you can find the details at http://www.techniquejunkies.com/!! Just my little advertisement as a satisfied member!

Stamps used Firecracker Designs By Pamela, first two cards. Third card Stampin Up, Fourth and Fifth cards my favorite Lady by About Art Accents and also background Swirl Firecracker Designs by Pamela and flower by I Brake for Stamps! Whew...combined a lot of stamps!!

As promised here are some cards received

I really have been very remiss in posting cards I have received either as RAK's or swaps. Here are some of the more recent ones. I will try to be better at posting cards received. I am very appreciative of every card I receive and some fantastic art work.

1. Rose C. SUG Swap

2. Etha S RAK Birthday

3. Linda H ATC

4. Kathay P SUG Swap

5. Karyn H SUG Swap

Twice in the same month!

This has to be a first two post in the same month...well a first in a while!!

Not much going on at the old homestead bathroom renovations are back on track and closet may be ready for clothes again...whoopee!

Well just going to throw out some cards for your viewing have made several and I'm going to start posting some I have received too (soon) just incase you're bored with mine. Well this will be enough for tonight the two butterfly are papers that I made and have not yet made cards from them. This is a fun technique from Technique Junkies!! Nite for now

Judy

Again time got away

I don't think I will say I'll post tonight or later it never happens. Intentions are always there but time isn't.



On my last blog post I showed you a Dye Dye Poinsettia Christmas card. I never got to tell you that this is done with paper towels and feels like velvet when it's done. I have a birthday one that I will post with this post.

Here I am again

Here are the cards I said I would post on Sunday,,,, LOL at least I'm getting closers. Boy I am having fun I haven't done this in a long time so for now here are some Christmas cards I did. The only one that is really using a Technique Junkie Background is the Pink Poinsettia the back ground is called Tye Dye.

Will try to post some more tonight.

TFL

Judy

Time sure gets away from me

I can't believe that so much time has past since my last post. Life has been hetic but also December was a month of yuck for DH and I!!! We were both sick caught a cold which quickly spread into our lungs. Both had to have chest x rays and several rounds of antibiotics!! DH is doing much better...me on the other hand still have a nasty cough and I may have to go on another round of antibiotics. Don't feel as bad but you can sure here the conjestion in my chest especially when I cough I sound just like a seal. I'm thinking of taking up residency at Sea World!

I put one card in this post one of my most recent ones and this is done with the Faux Designer Paper as seen in the Technique Junkies December issue. This issue sure has some terrific techniques in it! I will send another post later tonight or tomorrow with some more cards I've made since November...not all of them cause I would probably put my blog on overload!! LOL

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that you all will be blessed abundantly this coming year!

Judy

OPPS here is an ATC I made

Can't have Fall with out Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin Patch...

Hi Again

Hi all my blogger buddies. Time flew away again....have been really busy helping with renovations. We now have the shower and toilet all in one room...so no more showering in the bathroom and peeing in the closet. DH put the new toilet in a few weeks ago.

This is a picture of my three fur babies cat and two dogs. Can you find them all? The littlest dog and the cat sleep together almost every night but during the day they fight just like cats and dogs...go figure.

Here's a few pictures.

Okay now I have to go do some work and pretend I didn't play all day....LOL.

One card today

Boy my age is really beginning to show I almost put in the cards that I did on Friday all over again...now you realize that I didn't have to tell you all this!

So instead of a gazillion cards I only have one wee little one but it is a beauty...I'm not ringing my own bell but when you see this stamp you'll know why I said this. It would be hard to mess this stunning beauty up. The stamp is from About Art Accents...

Missed my stamping group on Saturday wasn't feeling the best and certainly didn't want to expose anyone to it. I definitely think is was a touch of flu and since I had my flu shot on Thursday it's more than likely. I always have a reaction to the shot...but it is minor compared to getting the flu. Okay now that I have caught you up on my health issues....I heard the group had a great time...hmmm...I wonder if it was because I wasn't there putting my 2 cents worth in...well they said they all missed me.

Okay here is the picture which of course will show up before all this chatter. Why is that?

Have a great night

Judy

Where is time going!!!

Good morning,

I don't know where all the time is going but it certainly has a way of getting away from me.

Progress on the house...Finally got to paint the bathroom..had to do touch up today. This means new toilet will go in this weekend and hopefully heat too. Now we will be able do two funtions in the new bathroom shower and pee!!! I'm tired of peeing in the closet!! LOL That being said and I'm sure you really wanted that information but just had to say it!!! All part of renovation process.

Here are some new cards I have done hope you enjoy!

Have a great weekend!!!!!

Judy

ATC Re do

After looking at the ATC I did using the Geometric Overlay I wasn't as pleased with it. It seemed to be to plain. I put in the portrait you will see in the photo. Still wasn't that pleased. Just couldn't think.. so I put out a help call to my former design team at Firecracker Designs by Pamela. Well I got three great responses...Pam suggested bling in right hand lower corner. Ursula suggested distressing the portrait and last but by no means least Lorraine suggested edging the sides in black. Putting all three together I got something I'm really proud of. Thank you all!! It's great having this type of support when you need it.

Geometric Overlay from Technique Junkies

Here are some pictures I did using a technique Junkie's technique out of the newest newsletter.

If you are interested in this group you can check them out on www.techniquejunkies.com. On the first ones I used chalk pads by Colorbox. The last one is an ATC and used Stampendous mini pads. When using these pads you have to use a very light touch because they bleed easily and will come out way too dark. I like the look almost antique.

The flower and ATC uses Firecracker Designs by Pamela www.firecrackerdesignsbypamela.com

The girl stamp is by ISC www.innovativestampcreations.com and Flourishes are Stampin Up stamps www.stampinup.com All these great companies have fantastic stamps.

Well there's my advertisement for the day!!! LOL Where would all of us stampers be without all these great companies and their creations....so we can make our creations!!

Hope you enjoy my latest cards.

Have a great weekend and hopefully a lot of stamping out there!!!

Judy