2nd Attempt June Postabella

Since I hated my first June Postabella card I attempted to redo it and sent off this one to Theresa as well. WOW this was a difficult but very fun challenge. I hope she enjoyed this one as well.

Glitter Straw

Have you ever tried blowing reinkers around glossy paper through a straw? It makes you rather lightheaded and out of breath LOL. Our technique for my CTRUS group was to use the glitter straw technique and create a card. Not sure if it was my favorite technique but the card ended up better than I hoped. If you've tried this please let me know how it turned out for you.

RAK

WOW check out this absolutely cool rockin RAK I got from Theresa! Of course she knew I'd just love it after all it's RED :) The shrink art is the neatest little touch isn't it? I can't believe how much I love this card. Thanks for thinking of me!

Birthday RAK's

Last night was a really cool mail night! I received all three of these great birthday cards from some of the yahoo groups I am in. I have never seen some of these folds or images before so it was exciting to check them out. I love the images on each one of them, they are so pretty and I really really appreciate you ladies thinking of me. The waterfall card came from Joani and the butterfly came from Beth and the cutie patootie magnolia card came from Tricia. I just love them. Thanks again so much.

Dahlia

My daughter Andrea and I went to a SU class Monday night and learned how to make this Dahlia fold. I think Andrea's turned out better than mine LOL. I love the patterned paper from SU it's nice and thick and the patterns are so pretty don't you think? I sure can't wait to see the new catalog.

Thursday Travel - Sweet n Sassy Fundraiser

I wanted to share a letter with you today that Korin from Sweet n Sassy Stamps sent. If you have seen her blogs lately you know that her niece is undergoing chemo for the second time. She is having an online fundraiser through her stamps if you are interested in helping by purchasing stamps.

Hello Friends....

If you follow my personal blog (Inky Doodle) you may know about my 19 month old niece, Janessa, who has MDS (pre-leukemia). I have attached a picture of Janessa so you can enjoy her sweet smile.

She has finished round two of her chemo treatments but it's been a roller coaster for the whole family as you can imagine. She has 3 older brothers and 1 older sister but they are all under the age of 12. She has at least 4 more treatments to go so they still have a long way ahead of them. So many of my blogging and praying friends have asked if there is more we can do...well there is! With your help, I would like to help ease some of their burden by having a fundraiser through Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. From today through July 31st I will be donating 50% from each stamp set sold (not including Sarah Kay and Rachelle Anne Miller). So if you've been thinking about getting some stamps sets, now is the time to do it! If you have any questions, please let me know.

My friend Jeanna is also doing a fundraiser to help out the Joseph's She is an Avon rep and is donating 50% off the sales from the two flyers attached from now until July 31st. For more info about Jeanna's fundraiser or to order please contact her at j_hoppes_22@hotmail.com.
If the only way you can help is to pray that is great! Your prayers are powerful! God is good and he WILL get them through this!!
To follow along Janessa's journey visit her Caring Bridge page.

Thank you.
Korin Sutherland
Owner-Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps blog:
Sweet 'n Sassy

Personal stamping blog:
Inky Doodle

Birthday for a Bella

Well since I've been trying my hand at the Postabella June sketch repeatedly (LOL) - I made a birthday card for a co-worker. She's a very fun outgoing kind of person so I hope she enjoys this bella!

It's definitely getting easier to think outside of the box aka square to speak and make a round card. I used some retro paper I had purchased in a pack as well as my embossing folder and prima flowers. I did stamp the lovely bella with brilliance ink and then colored her with my copics and used a touch of my glitter pen on her eyelashes and balloon. Every bella should sparkle! Have a Happy Wednesday!

Wed Funny - The Preacher and The Lawnmower

A preacher was making his rounds to his parishioners on a bicycle, when he
came upon a little boy trying to sell a lawn mower.
'How much do you want for the mower?' asked the preacher.
'I just want enough money to go out and buy me a bicycle,' said the
little boy. After a moment of consideration, the preacher asked, Will you take my
bike in trade for it?' The little boy asked if he could try it out first, and, after riding the
bike around a little while, said, 'Mister, you've got yourself a deal.'
The preacher took the mower and began to crank it. He pulled on the rope
a few times with no response from the mower. The preacher called the little boy over and said, 'I can't get this mower to start.'
The little boy said, 'That's because you have to cuss at it to get it started.'
The preacher said, I'm a minister, and I can't cuss. It's been so long
since I've been saved that I don't even remember how to cuss.'
The little boy looked at him happily and said, 'You just keep pulling on
that rope. It'll come back to ya.

Anniversary

My husband Jason and I just celebrated our 3rd anniversary on 7/2/08 and I wanted to take some different shots of the roses he brought me. We work together and that morning he brought me a dozen roses, the new chocolate mint m&m's (YUMMMY), a cream cheese bagel for breakfast LOL and some wonderful cards. Seriously he's the best husband, just ask my friends they are all wishing they had him :)

Party til the cows come home!

Aren't these the cooliest? Is that how you say it? My kids say cooooolllliessst LOL. Of course I'm not supposed to say that though :) Linda sent me the cows and told me they were the first stamps she bought out of college! Deb sent me the coolest images - check out that bird and the butterfly. I can't wait to color these up!

June Postabella Card ONE

Have you ever made a card and you knew how you wanted it to turn out? And then it didn't..............LOL. Well that's how this one was. We had a sketch challenge for June on the Postabella group and I had such a hard time with it. I messed with it and messed with! Finally I gave up and mailed it off to poor Theresa with my condolences :) HOWEVER - I did make another one this past weekend and liked it a bit better so please watch your mail this week!

MORE Images :)

Oh my gosh I got more images from Susan and Theresa and they are just the cutest. Look at the pretty cards too. I love them all. Thanks so much I appreciate them so much.

Fireworks!

God Bless America

Happy 4th of July to you all. Enjoy your family and friends and be safe! I love fireworks don't you? We had lots of them and I mean big expensive displays around last night and it was a lot of fun to watch them. Tonight we will be going over near IPFW here in Fort Wayne to watch our town display. I am looking forward to it. This card was made for a sketch challenge and I used the American Dream set from www.treehousestamps.com and used my copics and a touch of glitter on her sparkler. Man when I was a kid I LOVED sparklers. Did you know they come in colors now? Way too coooool. Matter of fact July 2nd was my 3rd Anniversary and when we got married we used RED (go figure my fav color) as our color theme and for the party favors on the tables we bought boxes and boxes of sparklers and wrapped them in red wrapping paper with ribbon. Everyone got to play with sparklers that night. LOL. Yeah I'm a sucker for good fun. Hope you all enjoy your weekend.

BLOG CANDY - Wish On A Scrap

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Bella RAK

What a beautiful Bella. I'd like to be home walking my dogs today too! This was an RAK sent to me from Pam on the bella group and I appreciated it so much :)

Thursday Travel

Look what GinaK is now carrying....love these.
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MissyB is back up and running!
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Don't you just love Cats Pajamas? I like the July project.
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Sneaky Peeky!
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Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July!

Alaska

I just had to share this card with you all, it came to me as a DAK which is a Diva instead of RAK. LOL. One of the ladies on the Diva group made it after her Alaska cruise. It's so cool! I can just picture how much fun it must have been. Have you ever been on a cruise? I haven't yet........

More Images :)

Aren't these the cutest? They were sent to me from Deb and are Penny Black and Stampendous. I just love them. They made me laugh when I opened the envelope. Thanks so much Deb.

Spotlight Technique

A few days ago I posted the Spotlight Card I made for my CTRUS group and I just had to share the one I received in return. The colors are fabulous aren't they? I really enjoy seeing the different ways everyone interperts challenges. Thanks Sassy :)

Image Queen

Just had to make sure I posted some more images that I have received. These are from Kimba and Judy - I LOVE THEM. The frame is too cool and so are the animals. My DH has started feeding the birds in front of our house so I'm definitely going to a card with the squirrel dressed like a bird. I love it. Thanks to both of you.

I've had some more of my lillies open up this week in my yard. My tiger lilly bush is just huge. We have been having so much fun this year working outside. The front it almost done and we had Holey Moley out to mark the yard for all the utilities so now we can start on the back. Not sure what the plan is yet but I know it will start with a patio.

Image Queen Images :)

I received some more wonderful images from Marcia and Danni yesterday and I LOVE THEM. You ladies outdid yourselves. Thanks so much for thinking of me. Iwill have fun with these images :)

Friday Challenge - Summer Fun

This week for the challenge I'd love to see some summer fun cards. Anything that shows summer or beaches or swimming. Any set, any layout! ENJOY. Post whenever you have a chance.

Color Challenge

Last week I posted a color challenge after showing you my DH's new tractor and this is the card I made using orange as my primary color. I waited to post it becuase I mailed a couple of these out for some special birthday girls so I'm hoping they have them by now LOL. This is an older SU set that I've had for several years and just love it. Yes this one had seen ink before hahahaha. I did color it with my copics and was able to finish these up before I broke my circle punch. Boy did that teach me not to buy cheap punches. SU and Marvy punches are simply the best. Don't settle for those cheapy pink ones at HL!