Red Pickup

I posted some of these vehicle sticker cards a while back but this and another didn't turn out so well in the photos. So I took my good old time about reshooting them. If only I could get more of this type of sticker, I would be a happy camper. Stickers are hard to come by on a roll anymore. And Mike's, Joann's and Hobby Lobby have the same stuff. I kinda moved on to rub ons.

The paper used on this card is from Lasting Impressions. Once in a great while I will come across some of it in a bin on clearance. I have no idea if they are still making it, do you? This card is pretty easy to figure out. I did the eyelets on the top before adding that piece to the card because I don't like stuff showing on the inside. The tags are left blank for now-not sure who or what will receive it, so left it open. Maybe I should send it to Rick Wagoner, who got a crap deal recently. He is a man I admire for his classiness in a no win situation.

Penguin Nights-Are They Gone Yet?

Just as I promised, here is a Christmas card to welcome the Easter Bunny. I have NOT made one spring or Easter item so far. Maybe I will after I finish the Halloween ones I didn't finish when the sofa boy (turned video gamer) decided to leave the workforce and send me into a very bad mental state. It hasn't been pretty. My stomach is resigned to toast recently to stave off the stomach aches. If we lose his pension (it can and has happened before) , every item I own will be linked off this blog to auctions on eBay. Including the slug. And the damned crazy dog.

This card is one of my rescues. The original stamped piece was a Christmas gift tag (I don't do Christmas gifts anymore-when I had money, it was paypal'd or checked to my peeps). The stamped piece was boring. It had top and bottom borders of candy cane stripes and the snowman popped in the center. The snowman by the way, was a punched die cut from a piece of 12 x 12 paper that I think was Imaginesce and popped in the center of a larger punchie. Snore.

So I tore it apart and dug in my scrap bin, which is nuts. I think I add more to it than I use as I simply can't throw anything away. I did a bunch of layering and added that scrap of ribbon at the last minute for some texture. If you click the photo, you will see I also used a Glitter pen on the penguin hat and a white gel pen on the punched/scalloped circle. There is also some glitter glue on the candy cane stamp images. This is not a very big card-maybe 4 x 4 at the most.

I might have a few more cards if I dig around, but need to finish my taxes this weekend. I am so confused by what the code says for pensions. And of course, we are not entitled to the stimulus/Making Work Pay BS ya'll got this past week for the first time (gotta work and SS people get a special check come June)...so why single out a huge group of people who might spend just as much as the above? Yeah, that 8 bucks would have gone a long way-toward my water bill that just doubled. Or my house taxes that went up as my property value went down. Yeah, I better stick to that toast a whole lot longer.

ETA-Any pensioners out there? You better read THIS. You will be getting the stimulus/Making Work Pay in your checks-but you have to give it back!! You will be expected to return it next year on your income tax returns. Probably with interest. Funny that there was no increase in our check this month-so what did Fidelity forget this time??? We have not had a correct check once.

Be Mine

Aren't these apron cards the cutest? You can get them at your local stamp store or from the Paper Cut. I have ordered some other colors but they are on back order, but you get the top apron piece separate or you can go without. You just layer it with whatever designer paper you like. We did this up at Stacey's a while back and how cute would this style be for baby announcements or little girl birthdays?

I punched a circle to fit on the top and then added an embossed circle using a Cuttlebug folder. The crystal in the center was the topper. It was a clear crystal and I colored it using a Copic Marker.
The bottom was decorated using two ribbon pieces, layered on top of each other and taped behind the designer paper (which I think was Basic Grey). Another die cut punched circle was stamped with a Sweet Stamp and I sorta inked the edges (mostly smeared it). If you click on the photo, you will see that I edged the hearts on the paper with a shimmery Gel pen. The great thing about Paper Cut is they show up at so many of the conventions around the country and always have great deals if you can't find their items locally in stores. And you can order from the website.

Baby It's Cold Outside

It's April. Snow on the way and so windy. Was very strange to see the sun going down on the horizon tonight at 8:30 and stepped out into my own breath. Crisp.

This card was made using a Versamark pad on brayered shiny card stock. Stamp the images, and brayer over it with a multi colored pad. Cheap and easy. I added that ribbon on the side after layering the image and seeing it was kinda boring. I still don't like it.

I think I have one more winter card to post but might save it for Easter-just to be annoying. I am back to my farm on Facebook. I haven't killed anything yet!

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Pages in Time of Lansing Closing

As I mentioned before, when a store tries to fake being full of product and then has crazy sales no one shows up for, the writing is on the wall. When I was recently at this store for a Triple Punch day, my daughter and I were the only two in the store shopping (one scrapper was at a table). There will be no scrap store in Lansing after this one closes with the closest being Ovid and from there you will have to visit either Flint or Farmington Hills (still several open but downsized). There is also Stacey's for stamping supplies in Fowlerville. Please check my sidebar for links.

Pages in Time info here .

Have You Found Dog?

I couldn't resist.

BRRRR

This is for all the peoples who are still getting snow. While I am very cold, I don't see any flakes outside (altho a flake is sitting on my sofa playing some dumb video game). Just north of me about an hour, it's a winter wonderland. I know we will get another dumper before it's all said and done, but not tonight. So my dumper on you is the remaining winter/Christmas cards in my cue for the foreseeable week or so. Aren't you lucky??

ETA-less than 15 hours after I published this-snow, ice, sleet, wind and assorted ugliness.

This card is made using a sticker sheet from Imaginisce . It was from a winter class at Stacey's right around Superbowl time. I hate football, so going for a long winter drive was worth the torture. The two stamps on this card are from Sweet Stamps . A snowflake mini was used on the background and the tag and the word BRRR on the tag, too. I glued this down too fast before I observed my tag was too low on the card. Oh well, still works. And now I am off to snuggle...with my fav snugglee....my hot water bottle.

A Funny On My Other Blog-Rated PG13

I warned ya!!

Cross Stitched

Cross sure fits me today. I had a bunch of stuff I wanted to do but the Fibro kicked up so I just laid on the sofa for most of the day with my hot water bottle, and the heating pad. The uncertainty in the weather isn't good for me. Luckily, I have an NCAA bracket to watch. So far I am over 75%. I did get dressed and try to make the gym but they close early on Saturday, so I walked around Hobby Lobby, actually found something to use my coupon on, and got in line to pay. But the line was over 10 deep so I gave the coupon away and left. I don't like standing in line for anything. It's not impatience. It's a matter of deciding if losing half an hour of my life to purchase a $2.99 item is worth it. And it isn't.

This is a card I made at Stacey's a while back. I really like the tag part of it. But not the white background. I just don't like white based cards unless they are textured. Usually, if I am out and make a card with white, I come home and swap it out with something. I forgot to here, so this is the next queued card. The stamp in the middle of the tag is a Sweet Stamp . I hope you check the website and give Stacey some business. All her stamps are on cling foam and ready to create with. If you do Pergamano, she has some images just perfect for that, too.

I used some markers to try to mimic the flowers in the paper scrap-pretty close, huh? When all was done and layered, I used a glitter pen to highlight the flower middles. I find the Spica pens (at least the clear ones) are NOT worth the money but the colored ones are great. Those Jelly Roll Pens are probably a lot cheaper and more dependable too.

Back to baking, I am. This is what I tend to do when I am either upset or frustrated. Or both. I made a lemon cake with bitter chocolate frosting. Hubby said it was dry. Honestly, it was because it was vegan. It's not manly enough for him. It was so incredibly moist, it melted in my mouth.