Happy Monday!
How's your week starting?? Mine is going great! Not only is it Monday …. my favourite day of the week … but it's also my 10 year Anniversary :) Yep - 10 years ago today Craig and I got married in Jamaica … and 10 years ago today I won the "husband lottery". I simply couldn't wish for a better life partner. I don't know what I did to deserve the blessing that is Craig in my life but I am truly grateful and love him with all my heart. Wanna see some wedding pics? OK!
This one cracks me up! This is our wedding party … Grant and Linda. Craig met Grant AT the altar! I met Linda AFTER the wedding *lol* Because we eloped we didn't have a Best Man or Maid of Honor. The Sandals Resort have stand-by witnesses for weddings. That was the plan … some Resort Employees would stand up for us. 2 hours before the wedding, though, I met Grant … in the hair salon! I recognized a Canadian accent and we started talking. They were from Alberta too! High Prairie, I think it was! ANYway! I asked if he and his wife would like to be our wedding party. As any good, fun-luvin' Albertan would do, he said yes! And so it was *lol*
Ahhh … the kiss …tis picture is still on my bathroom vanity. I love it.
Awwww …. like it was yesterday :)
OK …. enough about that - one with a project! Today's is another CASE. I've said it before and I'll say it again … there is no shame in copying a card. A great card is a great card … and when you are flat on your back for a week with no time or lucid moments to come up with an original creation why re-invent the wheel??!! This card comes from fellow demonstrator Sandy Mathis. I love Sandy's creations and check her blog often for inspiration. Pop over to www.StampwithSandy.com to see her work! Here is her card:
… and here is my CASE:
Virtually identical. I use Daffodil Delight for the layer. Vivid Vases is stapes in black Staz-on so the black doesn't bleed when you colour it. You may spot that the Vivid Vases wood stamp comes with a sentiment attached to the image. It says "you are a whole lot of wonderful". While I like the sentiment I wanted just the image for my SAS so my stampers could apply any sentiment they wanted. That meant inking only the image … which is fiddly and just asking for mistakes at a SAS … so I cut the sentiment off. Since my stamp was already mounted on the wood block I had to use my exact knife to slice it and gently peel it off the block. If you ever need to do this and can't get the stamp un-stuck just pop the whole thing in the microwave for about 10 seconds to soften the glue! Once I got the sentiment off I simply glued it to the side of the wood block. This really expands the use of the stamp … now I can use just the image on a card or I can use just the sentiment … double duty :)
I coloured the flowers with Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, MArina Mist and Old Olive markers. I shaded the sides of the vases using Pool Party ink and a blender pen. I attached a button with a glue dot and a little bow of Pear Pizzazz Bakers Twine (I pre-made the bow and attached it with another glue dot). The sentiment was from Cycle Celebration, stamped with my new Basic Black Classic Ink. YES, you read right … not Staz-on, but black ink! At long last the black ink is smudge-free and JET BLACK! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Good thing I now have 3 of them … I love it that much!!!
That's it for today … I think I'll go send My Love a mushy e-mail. Pop in again soon … until then, have a stampy day!
Tam
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