It's Raining Here.......

.....Again.  The last couple of weeks have been pretty stressful (weather-wise) for folks around here.  We've had a tremendous amount of rain which has shown up in cellars everywhere.  Streets were closed because they were flooded and one street not too far from where I live has been partially washed out and is closed indefinitely.  After the worst of the rain, the sun shone brightly and we enjoyed temperatures in the 70's (a rarity in March in Massachusetts).  But Mother Nature is not done with us yet.  It started raining sometime last night and it's expected that many parts around here will see another six inches of rain when all is said and done.  Since there wasn't much else to do in the face of this nasty weather, I retired to my stamp room and set to working on my MOJO132 sketch.

I took a little bit of poetic license with the sketch here in that I omitted the bow (thought it was too fussy for this card) and I omitted the big square in the center because the round stamp I used had a nice rectangle in the center.  And in a nice example of re-purpose, re-use, re-cycle the gray ribbon here is something I salvaged from something-or-other that I just KNEW I would be able to use sometime.  I love finding new uses for old things...

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Hoo Loves You?

I sure hope this looks like an owl.

That is, in fact, the look I'm going for.  I got an email the other day and it had a couple of cartoon-ish owls in it.  As I studied them, I figured I had enough punches and such that I could re-create the owl myself.  I consider this to be a work in progress, since I don't know any owl that has eyeballs floating in space!  However, since this is supposed to be a caricature of an owl, I figure it's ok.  Special thanks to Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge for providing the layout for me to follow.

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Now That's A Big Card

I don't believe I have ever made a card this big.  It measures a whopping 3 3/4 x 9 inches.  I made it to fit in a standard #10 envelope.

I used the MOJO131 sketch for my layout and the Curtain Call Act 23 color challenge for my palette.  As soon as I saw the MOJO sketch, I knew I wanted to make a BIG card just to make sure all my layers were not too teeny.  And I could not resist the color challenge because these colors together are so awesome.  I was up bright and early today because I thought I was going to do some birding in Plymouth, but when those plans fell through, I went straight to my stamp room.  I won't have a chance to stamp this afternoon since I'm going to Borderland State Park for a meeting.  I'm sure you all know how it is trying to squeeze stamping in whenever you can get it!

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SSSC61 Best Wishes

As soon as I saw the sweet sunday sketch for this week, I knew I had to give it a go.  It's just so darn cute!  I decided to round the edges because I just love how it gives a card a fun look.  I chose the cottage wall designer paper as my background and let that be my color guide.  And once again I turned to my best blossoms stamp set.  I swear, it has GOT to be one of my favorite sets.  I find myself turning to it again and again.  Anyway, thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!

MTSC65 Flower Fancy

It's been a while since I've used these colors, so I decided to make card using perfect plum and pale plum.  And since I was feeling nostalgic about these long-neglected colors, I dug out an old background stamp (dots and daises).  Sometimes it's a good thing to take a long look at the supplies you've got sitting around that haven't seen any love in a long time.  I like to use them once in a while just so they know I still care!  I used Mercy's tuesday sketch challenge for my layout.

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MOJO130 Happy Birthday

The weather is absolutely gorgeous here!  It was about 75-degrees today which is not exactly typical for Massachusetts in March.  Last week we were enduring a tremendous amount of rain and a lot of people I know had to bail water out of their cellars.  There is a street about a half mile from where I live that is still closed because the river that crosses beneath it swelled so much that it flooded the street.  I'm very lucky that I live on a big hill and had no water to deal with. 

I've been very busy this week and have been dying to get into my stamp room.  But then Mother Nature bestowed us with this fabulous weather!  What's a die-hard stamper to do?  Well, I was outside all morning and then decided that at 2:00 this afternoon I could spend some time stamping without feeling guilty.  So I decided to do the MOJO sketch.

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Sweet Sunday SSSC60

My computer has been giving me major problems.  I've been aware for quite some time that my hard drive was "on it's way out."  The last week or so it really started acting crazy, so I backed up all the info that I figured was important to me (especially all the blogs that I had bookmarked).  And the last couple of days I have spent installing a new hard drive in my laptop and then reinstalling all my software.  As a result I'm behind on posting cards I've made.  This one was made using the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and I decided to highlight my card with the fabulous roses that I have seen on so many beautiful cards lately.  You can find the tutorial here for these fabulous flowers.  Although there's no way this baby is getting into an envelope, I LOVE it!

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MTSC64, Hi

It is a cold, rainy, horrible day so I thought "what a great day to spend stamping!"  I'm going to start working on some Easter projects, but I thought I'd make a non-Easter one before I get into full swing.  I used the sketch over at Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge and some previously unused Regal Rose dp.  I've got to say that I don't love this card.  Oh well, sometimes that happens.

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