Cute Flamingo

Over the weekend I was looking at Pinterest and up came cute cards with the Fluffy Flamingos stamp set from Clearly Besotted.  So I decided to ki copy one~~sort of.  I stamped the cattails on the white layer and after coloring the little flamingo, I pop-dotted him in front of the cattails.  The card was finished but there was too much white space.  So I splattered droplets of Pool Party ink on it.  Well, I think it was cuter with too much white space!  This is one of the stamp sets that just makes me feel happy when playing with it.  Have a great day!

Stampin' Up released their retiring product list and their Annual Catalog to the demonstrators.  The catalog goes live at the beginning of June.  They have "revamped" their color families~~keeping colors, adding new colors and moving colors around.  SU has also redesigned their stamp pad cases.  As far as colors go, I am sorry to see Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip and Soft Sky go away.  But they are bringing back Coastal Cabana and Flirty Flamingo (and others). The retiring list is on SU's website.  The new catalog info is floating around the Internet.

Today's card was created using a couple of products that will carry over to the new cattie:  Flirty Flamingo cardstock; image from the Wood Words stamp set; and ovals from the Stitched Shapes Framelits.  The green ink is Wild Wasabi and it is being retired.  Have a great day!

Baby Chicks

Matthew brought home his baby chicks on Saturday.  They are four days old and just adorable!  For now, Matt has set up their pen in his Master whirlpool bath!  They have shredded bedding, little heaters, food and water.  They need to get used to Matt since he will be collecting the eggs and cleaning the coop.  Over the weekend, Syd and Jen came out to see them.  By the time they are ready to lay eggs, they will be very used to humans with all of us oohhing and aaahhing over them! As promised, here are a couple pics of the little things.  I have grandpuppies and grandbirds but never thought I would have grandchickens~~hahaha!!!  Have a great day!

Flying Home

Happy Friday!  I am still thinking Spring, even though the weather isn't! The stamp set I used for today's card is Stampin' Up's Flying Home which is in the Occasions Catalog.  I was going for a Key West look as I was coloring the birdhouses, but it also looks a little like the Southwest.  I used two of my favorite retired DSP papers, Crisp Cantaloupe and Coastal Cabana.  The new catalog comes out on June 1st and I am hoping they bring back the In Colors from back in 2013~~or at least a couple of them.  The sentiment is from a Clearly Besotted stamp set, Sweet Little Sentiments.  Have a great weekend and find yourself a little stampin' time!