Cards RAK and...I can drive again!

Here are another couple of cards I made during my marathon cardmaking session on Wednesday :) I found these old Magenta outlines stickers and decided to play around with them and my DCWV Glitter Stack. I really like how they turned out - it was quite a surprise! I colored the images with my PrismaColor pencils and then blended with Gamsol and a blending stump. I have a lot of these, so I'm going to give away a set of 5 cards similar to these as a RAK!! All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me what your favorite animal is, and why. Easy, huh? I'll leave it open until the end of Friday and draw a winner on Saturday morning :)

Good news from the doctor today at my 2-week post-op checkup: I can drive! Yeah! Woo hoo! I never thought I'd be so excited about going to the grocery store - who knew?! (I'm sure it'll be a temporary feeling! LOL!) I have to go back and see the doctor again in 4 weeks but at least I have my freedom back!!

If you give a cat a photo studio in a box...

he'll want to climb in it and not come out until you drag him out! Well, at least that's what Bailey did the other day :)

Get Well Soon!

I was a busy bee up in my craft room today! Among other things, I made these two Get Well cards using older images from The Cat's Pajamas. The chicken soup one makes me smile every time I see it, and Poochie looks so cute tucked up in bed!

Patterned paper is the "Serendipity" line from Sassafrass Lass. The color scheme just jumped out at me!

Have a great evening, everyone!

Tulips! And cabin fever!

I love this Tulips image from Hero Arts. I used it to make some ATCs for a swap over on Splitcoast Stampers. I entered in 4 spots: 2 Spring Flowers and 2 Valentines so I should be getting some great pieces of work back in a couple of weeks!

Yesterday I started work on some more cards using some TCP and MFT images, just to use up some scraps I have. Hopefully I'll have them finished to show you in the next couple of days.

We have snow forecast for this afternoon! I can't believe how much less snow we have received so far this winter compared to last year. We are even able to see little patches of grass in our yard right now, whereas last year we didn't see any grass from October '06 to April '08! :)

I'm starting to get cabin fever - I've been home for 2 weeks since my surgery, apart from a trip out for a doctor's appointment (where Iain drove). I told Iain last night I want to get out and drive myself, but he thinks I should wait until after my 2-week checkup tomorrow...I know he's right, but it's so tempting to grab my car keys and run out to the grocery store! Especially when he's gone today on a day-trip to St. Louis! Who would have thought something like driving to the grocery store would sound so exciting to me! Ha ha! Anyway, wish me luck for the appointment tomorrow and hopefully the doctor will release me for driving. I'll still be restricted with things like lifting, but being able to get out and about again will be just fine with me!! Have a great Wednesday :)

But I Need It!!

Here are the cards I was working on yesterday. These images were tons of fun to color with my Copic and PrismaColor markers! I have to say, I love the flesh tones included in the Copic sets; they are just perfect!

The patterned paper on the brown card is from Scribble Scrabble - isn't it pretty? I also cut out some of the purse images and mounted them with pop dots to make them stand out and highlight the main image.

On the blue card I used paper from All My Memories' Couture Collection. This is one of my favorite color combos - blue and brown. The "friends" sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. Thanks for stopping by today!

DT News!

I am excited to announce that I have joined the Design Team for Creative Cuts and More, a die cut company located right here in Colorado! I chatted with the owner, Terry, today and she has lots of great ideas for building her business. What I also like is that I'll be able to incorporate stamping and other methods of embellishment with these projects! Stay tuned over the coming weeks when I post some new projects from the box of goodies I'll be receiving :)

Today I spent some time stamping with a set of stamps I bought a couple of months ago from Hanna Stamps called "But I Need It" - a shopping set! I'm not really a shopper (well, unless you count scrapping or stamping supplies), but I made some really nice cards that I'll post tomorrow and send to a couple of girlfriends. It was nice to take some time stamping just for me. Have a great evening!

Just Mucking About!

How sweet is this little guy? He's made with a set called "Punny Farm" from My Favorite Things. I stamped him twice on white paper, used one for the base image and then cut out just the face of the other image and used a pop dot to make it stand out :)

Having a quiet day here...Nattie had a friend sleep over last night and Iain took all the kids out sledding this morning. They came back red-cheeked and worn out! I think we might watch a movie this afternoon...enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Feeling thankful

Look at these beautiful irises that I received from Sue and her family this week. I have such a pretty selection of fresh flowers around the house right now thanks to friends and family who have been so supportive before and after my surgery. The get well cards and blog wishes have been an enormous help!

Another get-well gift I received was from my fantastic Circle Journal (CJ) group, the Seasoned CJ Survivors. I have been lucky enough to work on several rounds of CJ's with these amazing ladies in a drama-free environment! Those of you who have previous CJ experience know what a rarity that is :) The box had an elegantly-packaged selection of all my favorite things inside, including a book about the wisdom of women, a CD, a booklight, fluffy socks, cookies (of course, they're gone now!), a flower, and a lovely card. One of the best things is that we're organizing a get-together in Carmel, CA this June where we can finally all meet face-to-face!! What fun we're going to have!

I am feeling very thankful this weekend. How about you?

Valentine Frame Project

Here's another project I finished with the new release from The Cat's Pajamas. The set is called "Be Still, My Beating Heart" and comes with a great set of different sizes of hearts which are also compatible with the Marvy Heart Punches! I love it when stamp companies make cardmaking easier for us!

I punched the hearts with VersaFine Onyx ink on Memory Box "Flirt" paper, cut them out and attached them to the white square frame. I found the frame in a set of 3 at the Target $1 spot! Can't beat that price!!

Today's blog challenge from Two Peas is "what are your weekend scrapping plans?". I don't have any; I'm still taking things really easy and recuperating. I think Iain is going to take the kids sledding at some point over the weekend and we'll probably have a family movie night hanging out together. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Our cowboy!

How funny that after all the excitement about the new TCP releases (including Cowboys!) that Jamie was having "Western Day" at school today. Fortunately Iain and I were able to find him some cowboy accessories at Party City yesterday and he was very excited to go to school today to hear a talk from a real cowboy!