Sunday July 12

I don’t think this has ever happened before….two posts in one day! Over the last few days, my husband, my daughter, and the dog, have all been stung by bees. All three stings happened in the same are of our backyard. Friday afternoon, I had noticed more than the usual number of bees flying about…so I stood up on our deck, and began watching them. Sure enough…they had started a nest in the ground!

My husband got the pitchfork out, and quickly turned over the sod. After they calmed down a bit, he started spraying some hornet spray at them and the hole in the ground. I was brave enough to take a picture or two from up on the deck. The bee in the middle is flying…I believe the two on each side are dead.

Besides the ornery bees….there are some pretty flowers blooming at the moment. Some are perennials…the others are annuals:

Okay…enough of the flowers…. Here’s my pretend entry for the Gallery Idol Challenge that’s due tomorrow. The round calls for a card that incorporates items from Around the House. I stamped the image onto glossy cardstock and used my Marvy brush markers to color it. You can’t tell from the photo, but I used pop dots on three of the sunflowers to give the image some depth. I think the mesh behind the cardstock looks like window screen..don’t you?

Hmmm….I seem to be an awful lot of stamping lately, have you noticed?

Saturday July 11…no wait…

…by the time I actually get around to publishing this post…it’ll be Sunday…July 12. So! The weekend is here…and the sun actually came out today. Both of those facts please me. As I sit here and type this though, there is a rumble of thunder off in the distance

Yesterday afternoon I signed up for a class at the local rubberstamp store. This will be the second class I’ve taken at Stampassion…the first one was a few years ago…I think it was called Stamping 101. The class I’m taking next week will be given by Jenn Shurkus, a design team member of Amuse Stamps. The class is called Christmas Whimsey. It’s never to early to start working on your Christmas cards!

I decided to try and play along with the Gallery Idol Competition, even though I wasn’t picked as one of the top 20. The theme was “wedding”…an easy one. If I had been picked, maybe this would have been my entry:

The next theme for the Gallery Idol competition is “incorporating household items”. They’re calling it the all “Around the House” round. They want to see chairs, frames, bird cages, lamps, kitchen utensils, pillows, chandeliers, teapots, appliances, dishes, tables, etc. Again, I’m going to try and keep up.

I also made a card using my most recent rubberstamp purchase:
Too cute.

A few ATC’s:

The backgrounds of the next three are Ranger alcohol inks on glossy cardstock. I really should find the time to play with all of my Tim Holtz stuff. The fairy was stamped on a clear transparency…I probably should have used my Brilliance inkpad…and not the Stazon. Oh well.

I was looking through the Stampers’ Sampler Magazine the other day, and enjoyed the published submissions of peoples projects using a free template of a house from a previous issue. I don’t own the previous issue, but I improvised and made my own “dream home”. I must give credit to the magazine though, for the inspiration

I think I’ll sign out….it’s 2:30 in the morning here. Night all! Until next time…..Peace.

Sunday….June 28, 2009

Again, I have no idea what to title this post. I’m just going to share a few cards with you. The first one is for a baby shower that I’m going to this afternoon…a baby shower that I didn’t RSVP to…a baby shower that I had forgotten I was invited to! Yikes! While cleaning around my computer yesterday, I found the invitation…I looked at the date and saw that the shower was today…so I whipped up this card…and I will tuck a gift card inside. Money is a great gift..a bit impersonal…but nice to receive, in my book!

…and a few more cards I thought I’d share:
Awww…Pooh

and, I like you a latte!

I’ve been thinking a lot about the world’s loss of Michael Jackson. It’s such a shame. I’ve been watching all the specials, and the news reports…and I feel a sadness. Michael Jackson was definately unique..but aren’t we all? It annoys me when I hear and read reports of people judging the man. All anyone really knows is what they’ve seen in the papers, and the news. John Q. Public didn’t know him, yet they’re quick to ridicule and judge the man. Shame, shame, shame. I have faith in God and in a Judgement Day…and I find it annoying that people feel the need to express their opinions in a derogatory manner…when they don’t really know what he did or didn’t do in his life. I guess I’m disappointed in people, and their lack of compassion. RIP Michael Jackson.