Our Little Birds

Jen, Syd & Mark got good news this week~~their new baby Eclectus has arrived!  We all met little Toby on Saturday and it was such a happy occasion. We have been waiting for him for a while and this little seven week old baby should be in his new home by Halloween.  By the time we were ready to leave little Toby, he was sound asleep against his favorite little girl. 

And I have to update you on our little Nipper!  He is so cute and such good company.  He loves to be on or next to  someone.  As you can see, when Sydney was over, he wanted to be on and near her. Nipper has come a long way in just the short time he has been here.  I look forward to letting him out of his cage in the morning while we have our coffee and read the paper and he sits on our shoulders.  He nibbles on millet or other little snacks and drinks water out of a little saucer I keep on the table for him.  And then he makes a big mess when he flaps his little wings and the little seeds fly all over the table and floor!  Last night he was in my office with me and for no reason he sat in my hand letting me pet him and he stayed there for a long while as content as can be.   I love this little guy and he has become pretty attached to me, too!!  Have a great week!

Cute Happy Birthday

Pink and orange is one color combination I really like.  Of course, over the years, I am sure you have seen many of my cards with those colors.  Today's card is Melon Mambo and Tangerine Tango. And I am once again using Pictogram Punches~~twice in a week for a stamp set I hardly use!! But today I used flowers rather than stars.  The little flower punch from  the Itty Bitty Punchy pack coordinates perfectly.  I have a large collection of framelits and thinlets and use them often.  But sometimes, having a punch is just a simpler way of doing things~~being sure the punch is lined up properly with the stamped image!! Have a great day and a great weekend, too!

Birthday Watercolor Anemones

The WPlus9 stamp set, Watercolor Anemones, is the set I used for today's card.  I have made a couple of other cards using this set but I need to set aside time to rewatch the videos and practice using the  stamps to create pretty flowers.  I started today's card by stamping the large image in Pistachio Pudding, a now retired color.  Then it was onto the flowers which I would die cut using the coordinating dies.  Each flower has a base and then two or more layers to add to the flower.  For the flowers on today's card I stamped the base in Soft Sky and the two additional stamps for each flower were inked with Pool Party.   Soft Suede finished off each of the flowers.   The Pool Party border is from My Favorite Things and the sentiment from SU's Watercolor Wishes, also stamped in Soft Suede.  Have a great day and find yourself a little stampin' time!

Fall Sheltering Tree

I was at a loss as to what kind of card to create for today's post.  So I thought about the Fall feel in the air and went from there.  Some of the leaves are falling off our trees, but they are still green.  My card has brightly colored leaves that have not yet fallen!  I used the Sheltering Tree stamp set  creating most of the leaves using the large stamp.  But since I adhered the tree on the Espresso layer using dimensionals, I used the small stamp that has just a few little leaves on the outer edges of the tree on the card front.  I just hate to admit that Fall is around the corner.  Summer is going to quickly for me.  Have a great day!