Tweet Birthday

We have been busy getting our house ready to put on the market and taking care of things for the closing of the house in Tennessee. But yesterday, I decided it was time to get into my craft room to make a card. The image is from Stampin' Up's Free As A Bird stamp set and the sentiment is from the Sweet Chirps set from Stampendous. I stamped the image in Memento Gray ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils. I cut it out with my Scan N Cut. After tearing the edges of white cardstock, I sponged the edges with Soft Sky ink and adhered that to a Pool Party card base. I used dimensionals to attach the image to the white cardstock, but the card lacked something. After thinking about it, I added a little texture by adding little splashes of Soft Sky ink using an image from SU's Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. Have a great day!

Something New

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I have not been posting very much lately.  That is because John and I have been  busy going thru our "stuff".  We have talked about moving to Tennessee for a while now, so we decided it would be time well spent if we started getting ready for that move.  That time has arrived sooner than I thought.  We went to Tennessee last week for the inspection of a house we put under contract~~from seeing pictures.  I know that is crazy, but we have missed out on a few houses because we didn't act fast enough.  Not sure when we will move, but as soon as our present house sells, we will begin our new adventure.

I thought we were going to down-size, but we did not.  We will have plenty of room for scrap weekends.  The new house is in Rogersville, TN, about an hour east of Knoxville.  It is a small town but it does have a Walmart SuperCenter.  (It is not as "SuperCenter" as the Walmart I am used to shopping at!). The house is gorgeous and the view is awesome.  We will even have cows for neighbors!  The video is our backyard view.

I will still post cards, but not sure how frequently.  My scrap room will be the last thing I pack, but now I have to keep it clean!  Have a great day!

Chocolate Bunny

This will be my last Easter card~~I am pretty sure!  Once again, I used the stickers that were included in Echo Park with Laurie Whitlock's Celebrate Easter collection.  The pattern paper is from Lawn Fawn.  The retired border punch from Stampin' Up is one of those worthwhile punches that I got my money's worth out of!  And to speak of Stampin' Up, this punch has to be 7 years old or more.  Stampin' Up does have quality products.  Have a great day and enjoy the weekend!

Easter Collage

While looking around the Internet, I found a blog by Kristie Marcotte and she has videos in which she gives measurements and shows how to make a variety of cards from one pack of pattern paper.  Today's card came from a video in which she used a pack of Easter paper from Doodlebugs.  I watched it and received many card layout ideas.  Today's card is similar to one of Kristie's cards, except for the fact that I used my Echo Park Easter Celebration pack and my 1-1/4 square punch rather than the cover all frame from My Favorite Things.  I think the layout is very cute.  After  lining up the squares, I might just break down and purchase the $30 die!  Cut the frame and fill it in with the squares~~much easier and quicker.  The sentiment is from Sunny Studio Stamps.  Very adorable, if I say so myself!  Have a great day!