Puttin' on the Glitz!

Happy Mother's day to all the mom's out there, especially my mom. :) I hope you all are have been remembered in a nice way today. Lydia and Mark both spoiled me with gifts earlier in the week, because neither one of them could wait until today once they had purchased the gifts. lol
Today we had a nice lunch together, which Mark fixed. Then we watched "Hotel for Dogs", which I have been wanting to see, and ate homemade cupcakes that they made for me. I feel very blessed to have such a loving family.





Today's card is made for the Technique Challenge on Becky's blog My Adventures in Stamping.
I thought the technique was beautiful and just had to try it. I had alot of fun doing it. Becky told me to substitute Sharpie markers for the Copic markers called for seeing I don't own any Copics and they worked just fine. I'll be making some more of these.











Blessings

• My loving family
• God's guiding hand to keep me on the right path
• Good music to listen to
  

Have a fabulous day!!!





Inky hugs!


Shelly

Pretty Pastels

Back around Easter time I started to make a card for a challenge that called for pastel colors and realized that I didn't have much to choose from in pastel cardstock. Shortly after that I found an excellent buy on some pretty pastel cardstock and since then I've been enjoying having the option of making pastel colored cards. The butterfly stamps used on this card are a gift from my friend Shellie. She knew I was looking for some new butterfly stamps and sent me these as a surprise. I used the Poppin Pastel Technique on the butterflies.








Here's a closer view of the butterflies. Aren't they beautiful stamps?






Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Versamark Watermark Ink Pad

Accessories: Chalks, SU Word Window Punch, Brads, Coluzzle Oval Template, Edger Scissors



Blessings

• Caring friends
• A phone visit with my mom
• Time to spend praying
• Laughter
  
  

Have a fabulous day!!!!
Inky hugs!
Shelly

Show and Tell Time!

Hey, did you think I fell off the face of the earth? Not quite, but it kind of felt like it. We were without internet service all last week. It sure does feel good to be connected to everyone and everything once again. I didn't realize just how many things I used the internet for until I had to do without it.


Something really exciting happened the day our internet service went out. The blog candy that I won from Danni at Danni's Dreams arrived!!! That sure did help take my mind off my internet problems. : ) The picture below shows all of the wonderful things I received from Danni. It was like Christmas in April. There are alot more stamped images than you can see in the photo. Danni was very generous. I've been having so much of fun.







Below is a closer view, so you can see the stamps and embellishments better. In future posts I'll show some cards that I've made with my new goodies. So far I've been so caught up playing with the new stamps and images that I haven't completed a card.

Below is the gorgeous card that Danni sent me with my blog candy. It's exceptionally beautiful and it's done in one of my favorite colors. A winning combination for sure! Thank you so much for the awesome blog candy, Danni. I am just thrilled with everything. And thank you Susana for the pretty buttons that you donated for the blog candy.

Blessings

• The blog candy I won from Danni
• Internet service
• Medicine that is helping my dog, Princess

Have a fabulous day!!!

Inky hugs!

Shelly

The View From Our Front Yard

Looking north from our front yard, we often have an interesting view.......in the sky. (On the ground it's just a pasture of cows.) I took some pictures of the recent space shuttle launch. We're approx. 45 miles from Kennedy Space Center and we can see the shuttle within seconds of the launch. This first picture isn't even my first glimpse, but it's the first decent photo. lol That speck of light between the two palm trees is the space shuttle. The following pictures are taken rapidly. It gives you an idea of how fast it goes.

In the picture below the external rocket boosters have dropped off the shuttle. This happens two minutes into the flight. If you click on the photo to enlarge it, you can see the change in the shuttle better. After this stage we kept seeing these dark shapes moving in the sky and couldn't figure out what they were. When they got closer we realized that they were sky divers. They must have had a special evening jump to watch the shuttle launch. Wouldn't that be awesome if you liked to sky dive? (We have a sky diving service here in our small town that is known around the world. People come from countries in every corner of the world to sky dive here for some reason.)

This is a pretty picture of the sunset glowing through the trail of vapor or whatever it is that the shuttle leaves in it's path.

A week or so after the shuttle launch we saw this unusual sight to the north one day. It is a sky diver with an enormous flag hooked below his parachute. I can't imagine how he/she landed safely.

As it got closer we saw that it was the flag of Paraguay. We don't know why this person was jumping with the flag, but it looked really neat. In the photo below you can get an idea of how enormous the flag had to have been. Think of how big a parachute is and then look at how small the parachute is in comparison to the flag.

Okay, I'll quit chatting about my sky sightings. lol

Blessings

• An understanding husband when I need a shoulder to cry on
• A sale on some groceries we use alot
• An excellent library even though we live in a small town

Have a fabulous day!!!
Inky hugs!
Shelly

Very Exciting News!!!

I'm so happy that I'm walking on air. : ) Today I found out that I'm the winner of the very yummy blog candy from Danni at Danni's Dreams!!! I'm thrilled! Everyone I've come in contact with today has heard about it, whether they're interested or not. lol Thank you very much, Danni. I'll show you all a picture of my candy when I receive it.




Today's card is another Flutter By card. It's for the regular Wednesday Flutter By challenge at Danni's Dreams. For today's challenge we weren't supposed to use any printed designer paper on our card. I made stamping the focus of my card today and didn't bother with layers. The colors in my photo aren't true, because I took it in the evening, but it gives you the general idea.





Supplies:
Stamps: Butterfly - Faerie Song Art Stamps; Sentiment - Heart & Soul Rubber Stamp Co.; Grass and Flowers - Bella Flora Set by See d's
Ink: Nick Bantock Deep Turquoise; Stampin' Up Bliss Blue; Color Blast Yellow; Memories Peach



Have you seen the Spring Oreos? My daughter bought them for her children's church class and I was delighted to see that they have Flutterbies on them. : ) There is a picture below. The cream filling in the cookies is yellow. Cute!



This is Princess drinking the last few drops of root beer out of my daughter's glass. She must really love the taste of the root beer, because she's timid about unusual things and wouldn't normally stick her face down in something like that. She looks a bit like a space alien.

Blessings

• Winning Danni's blog candy : )
• The new grass we planted is growing very well even though it has been very dry here

Have a fantastic day!!!
Inky hugs!
Shelly

Flutterbies and Happy Mail

Usually I post a Flutter By card for the challenge on Danni's Dream's on Wednesday, but Danni's challenge last week was a little bit different. She is offering blog candy. Today is the last day to enter a card, so I'm slipping in at the last minute. I had fun making this card. The "tree" is made from two different flourish stamps. If you click on the photo to enlarge it, you can see that I stamped the flourshes a second time in Butterscotch ink to create a shadow effect. I particularly enjoy making sponged and spattered backgrounds. The heart charm appears silver in the photos, but has copper color stain on it in person.

Here's a close up photo of the stamped portion of my card.

Supplies:
Stamps: Spatter Background - My Paper Moon; 2 Flourishes - Autumn Leaves; Hello from the Heart - Hero Arts
Ink: StazOn Olive Green; Adirondack Butterscotch; Adirondack Caramel
Paper: DP - Basic Grey
Accessories: McGill Butterfly Punch; Coluzzle Circle Template; Fiskars edger Scissors; Beads; Heat Charm; Gel Pen; Ribbon

This Happy Mail came from my niece, Alison. I was thrilled to receive mail from her. Inside the card there is a story that Alison dictated for her mom to write down. She has a great imagination.

This Happy Mail came from my sister, Sheila. (Alison's mom) I was amazed to find out that Sheila drew everything on the front of the card when she was doodling with her older daughter, Mikayla. All these years we've been sisters and I never knew she could draw like that. I won't confess how many years she's been keeping that secret from me. lol

Blessings

• A phone talk with my mom.
• A rug I needed.
• A fantastic day with my daughter.
• Some much needed rain this evening.

Have a marvelous day!!!
Inky hugs!
Shelly

Happy Pills

This is a fun gift to make for someone who can use some cheer. I especially like to make it for guys. It is filled with jokes that are printed out, cut into individual pieces and folded. The idea and the jokes came from the Craft Sayings site. The jokes are found on this page. You have to read through them and choose the ones you like. The rubber stamp, which I thought was perfect for this bottle label, is from Heart and Soul Rubber Stamp Company. I used this drink bottle, because I thought it looked kind of like a pill bottle.

Blessings

• My daughter has been so helpful to me this week when I've been in pain
• Emails from friends that are uplifting
• A new stamping magazine from my husband

Have a marvelous day!!!
Inky hugs!
Shelly

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