Bats in my Belfry or is Love Still in the Air.......

This may very well be my last post EVER!!

I was watching television last night with hubby, when I saw something out of the corner of my eye, FLYING around in my kitchen!!!

I looked over and it was a FREAKIN' BAT!! I hollered at hubby that there was a bat in the kitchen and he, who was laying on the couch, whipped around and looked and said, "AGGHHGH! I HATE BATS!!!!" and then dove under the afghan...........hmm.......

This took me back to the last time we had a bat in our house.

It was our beautiful old farmhouse, and I was up in the night to go to the bathroom. When I opened the door to come out, I saw a bat and quickly retreated into the bathroom and slammed the door shut! I hollered at hubby that we had a BAT!! He said, "stay in the bathroom"!!!

So I stayed and stayed and stayed.....finally, I cracked open the door to see what was going on and I saw that there was an blanket scurrying across the floor towards me! Hubby says "let me in", in this tiny squeaky voice! I said NO, I wasn't opening the door again until that bat was gone!! So then he HAD to get a broom and kill the bat. And then we hear later, that bats are an endangered species and it is against the law to kill them!! Give me a break.......

But I mean REALLY, aren't husbands supposed to DO this sort of thing!!!

I must have jinxed myself because Kim Hughes on her blog Paper Cuts was just talking about how she hates to walk in the dark and I responded saying - me too, because we have BATS! ugh!!

Anyway, I haven't seen it today, but I am still walking around with my eyes darting around every corner, hoping I don't see any bats!! I am terrified to go downstairs incase it is in my stamping room......even thought I know that it probably 99% is not in there. 1%.......

Oh well, back to the card.

This is the same paper as the Papertrey Ink card was on. It is such a funny colour on the blog but not so much in person. It is a kraft colour and it does look very pretty paired with the chocolate and pink cardstock.

I stamped and clear embossed my Pink Cat Studio background hearts stamp on the bottom of the card and added the cardstock.

I put a hole through the card and tied the ribbon from Costco around it.

I used my Verve Visual Heart set again, only this time I stamped both the big hearts, one inside the other. I embossed it and popped it up on the card.

I thought it looked kind of plain so I added a tag cut from my Cuttlebug little tags set and stamped the sentiment with Verve Visual stamp 'I Love You", popped up a prime flower with a Stamping Bella pearl bauble on it. For the finishing touch, I added a heart designer pin from Fancy Pants

and done!!

Well, the Super Bowl is on and even though I know nothing about Football, I am going in to watch with hubby, because I don't want to be alone when the bat strikes again! (although a lot of good he is....!!)

LUCKY ME!!

Thanks Tweet!!

Here is the newest release from Pink Cat Studio! TWEET!!


Isn't she so cute!! There are a lot of Tweet's and sentiments on the sheet of rubbah that you get......and such an easy image to colour! She's pur-DEE!

Besides the fact that I have new stamps to use, and I was dying to do these......I have an ulterior motive for doing a bird card.



My dog Rosie, HATES birds! She stalks them, at the window, in the house, out of the house.


She chases them and they taunt her, and because she wears a jingly, jangly collar - they know when she is coming near and fly away - only to swoop down at her - just to torture!!


So then, WHY, you ask, are you making a bird card. Well.......I will tell you.

SOMEBODY peed on my carpet in my stamp room sometime between last night and this morning.


I went down to stamp this morning and there, right where I stand, was a puddle, in the carpet!!! UGH!!


So that is why I am making a bird card......


I used Basic Grey Lily Kate paper, bling from Verve Visual, my daughter's copics (because I was watching Jake this afternoon, yay! and the copics were right there...so....and the lucsious ribbon that I bought from Cosco, my nestabilities and, the Pink Cat Studio stamp set Tweet!!


Off to let my dog OUTSIDE! to pee!


LUCKY ME!!

A Set of Blessings!

Well, you have already seen the card, but I also made some magnets to go with the set!!! They are so inspiring!!

My mom is a United Church minister and she loves to receive any type of inspiration!! She will FLIP!! with these!

I used Papertrey Ink's "Out on a Limb" acrylic stamp set, and stamped and embossed a different verse on each tag in Versamagic chalk ink - Jumbo Java! I FINALLY got a chocolate ink that I like at The Paper Pickle. They have EVERYTHING on sale this week 25% and all ink is 40% off --what a deal!! I only wish they were on-line - probably a good thing they aren't ---Haha!

The little flower and leaf was also stamped, and I used my Sakura glitter pen to add depth to the flower and added a little bling to the center!

I adhered the tags to Basic Grey's Two Scoops paper and DCWV Old World Stack paper and then slid them into the hockey card holder. I really don't know the technical name for that holder thing!!

I used my Crop-a-dile to punch a hole in the folder and threaded some beautiful chocolate ribbon through the hole and tied a knot! I have not yet mastered that Crop-a-dile, only for punching holes. I think I have mashed more eyelets than I have set! LOL!!

Then I added some magnet strips down the back and done!!

I am sending these through the mail to mom in Florida (lucky duck!!) I hope the magnets don't screw up the mail system!! YIKES!!

Well, the Gaither family is on television, and I can hear their beautiful voices calling me!!

LUCKY ME!!

Blessings in Papertrey Ink Style!

Papertrey Ink is always creating the most fantabulous stamp sets!!! and this has to be the most fantabulistic set yet! (now THAT is a word!)

The set is "Out on a Limb" and it has so many beautiful verses and words and sayings, not to mention the branch and leaves, and different leaves, and flowers and berries!! I could go on and on, but instead I will just show you a card I made with this set!

This card was really cased from this card on Thinking Inking. Debbie Olsen owns this blog and really, as far as inspiration goes, she is, dare I say it again? Fantabulistic!! (sometimes when I find a new word, I use it umpteen times...)

You can tell they are REALLY similar, except for the colours and the sentiment.

The base of my card is paper that I bought at The Paper Pickle. I am pretty sure it is close to Kraft in Stamping Up, or River Rock..... The ink is Ocean Depth and Tea Leaves Versamagic Chalk Ink for the flowers and the leaves.

The branch and sentiment are stamped with Jumbo Java Versamagic Chalk Ink. The whole card is wrapped with 1" chocolate satin ribbon that I purchased from Jacksonbelle Embellishments!

I put some bling in the center of the flowers, just because I wanted to!! LOL!

My son is making me supper tonight!! Woohoo! So far......rice........

LUCKY ME!

I wonder what she is thinking......

Oh this little girl is soooo sweet!

I have seen her in the Stamping Up catalogue, and always thought, no way, too hard. Well, then I received her in my Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers (2) swap, from AnnMarie, hi AnnMarie!! and I thought I would give it a shot!

We have so much snow here, and it is so darn miserable out, that this little girl gives me the shivers, standing there in her cute little dress!

I colored her with my copics and mounted her on a scalloped oval from my nestabilities.

The base of the card is cardstock from Walmart and sei designer papercalled Granny's Kitchen. It is so nice to work with and I LOVE browns and turquoises! (is THAT a word?!)

The sentiment is a well-known verse and it says "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." It is a stamp from Papertrey Ink's "Out on a Limb", a gorgeous set with so many pretty sayings.

I am going to be posting some things I have been working on with this set, later.

The ribbon is 1 " beautiful chocolate ribbon from Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

How do you like my little flapper weather girl? I saw her over at Tracy's blog and I couldn't resist! although I don't like the temperature she is telling me! but I think it is better than out in Calgary, where it was -29 the other day!! YIKES!

Friday night!!! Remember when you could hardly wait for Friday nights because they were date night....well tonight, hubby is out in the shop working on his ice hut so he can go ice fishing......oh well, that just means a stamping day for me!!

LUCKY ME!!