PS. If he eats my tomato plants he's a dead bunny. Hahhahahahaha.

Wildlife in the burbs

So my wonderful DH decided to put a birdfeeder in the front yard while we were working on our landscaping.......this turned into 2 birdfeeders, a landscaped area with rocks so we can now kill all the weeds that the birdfood causes and now our very own bunny rabbit. Thankfully he was eating the weeds and not my flowers which were only several feet away. I was in my office and I realized one of my cats had a very strange look on his face and was staring out the window so I took a peek this is what I found. My cats and so grateful to my husband for this birdfeeder area - you really have no idea. They are tormented all day long now LOLLLL.

DAK

I just had to share this beautiful DAK (Diva instead of random) that I received from Pat on the Diva group. I love the colors and the layout. I think it's just such a relaxing card to look at it and full of inspiration. What cards inspire you?

Spoiled Birthday Diva

So as you can see I got some more really cool birthday cards and I had to share them with you. The birthday bella is from Cathy and she also sent me some cupcake little note pads and some little embellishments that look like a lot of fun. The balloonabella is from Kristie and I must know what the paper is. It's so pretty and last but not least my dear dear dear missing in action friend Angie made me a hippo. A hippo with a big butt LOLLLLLLLL. Isn't it just too cute. I think it's Gina K which means I need to borrow this from her. :) Thank you all for thinking of me I really feel so uplifted to know I have so many friends out there!

Another Glitter Straw Card

Oh my gosh I loved this card. When I did the glitter straw challenge all I could think of was making a background but look at this! She took the pieces and cut them out to make this flower. I thought it was so pretty and since I have this SU punch I just may be trying this!

TOU

This was another card I made at my friend Nancy's SU class. We were using different punches for cards and this was one that was in the class. I think it's a great card to have around in case you need one and I think I'll be making more of them to keep on hand. Hope you have a great day!

Animal Lovers Swap

Just had to share this really cute card I received from Cathy on the Diva group. I am hostessing an Animal Lovers Swap and Cathy sent me this. I just love the monkey and the toucan. All the layering she did is just fabulous. I need to practice more is all I can say :)

Birthday RAK

I wanted to share another birthday RAK I received from Melinda on the CTRUS group. I have such special memories of planting pansies with my grandma out in an old well behind her farmhouse. She could look out her kitchen window at them. This card brought some good memories back. Thanks for thinking of me.

WED FUNNY

MEDICAL ALERT FOR WOMEN
You've heard about people who have been abducted and had their kidneys removed by black-market organ thieves. Well, this kind of cruel theft is happening with other body parts as well!
My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine? I spent the entire summer looking formy thighs. Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out mylife in jeans. And then the thieves struck again. My butt was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear end to the thighs they had stuck me with Earlier. But my new butt was attached at least three inches lower than myOriginal! I realized I'd have to give up my jeans in favor of long skirts. Two years ago I realized my arms had been switched. One morning I was fixing my hair and was horrified to see the flesh of my upper arms swingto and fro with the motion of the hairbrush. This was really gettingscary - my body was being replaced one section at a Time. What could they do to me next? When my poor neck suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a turkeyneck, I decided to tell my story. Women of the world, wake up and smell the coffee! Those "plastic" surgeons are using REAL replacement bodyparts stolen from you and me! The next time someone you know has something "lifted", look again - was it lifted from you?THIS IS NOT A HOAX. This is happening to women everywhere, every night. WARN YOUR FRIENDS P.S. Last year I thought someone had stolen my boobs. I was lying in bed and they were gone! But when I jumped out of bed, I was relieved to seethat they had just been hiding in my armpits as I slept. Now I keep themhidden in my waistband.

Friendship

This card was sort of patterned off a card I made in one of the punch classes I took last month at my SU friends house. I liked the way we cut the punch out of the middle and made it a flower so when I was looking through my punches the other day I decided to try it on my own. The paper is from a retro pack I picked up at HL. I can't stress this enough SU punches are the only way to go for me LOL. I keep breaking the other ones.

Birthday RAK's

Just had to share some absolutely lovely birthday cards I received. These ladies are so talented and I'm lucky to participate in such terriffic card groups! Thank you all for thinking of me. The pink card is from Carole, the red card is from Danni and the green card is from Julia. Aren't they all so pretty.

Smile

Today I am sharing a second card with you. I wanted to wait and make sure the recepient received it before I posted. This card was made for a Kids Swap on the Diva group. I used a couple of older SU sets (aren't they cute) and I stamped it with brilliance ink then let sit and dry for a couple minutes and then colored with my copics. I've found the best cardstock to use is the 110 carstock from Walmart and Brilliance ink with my copics. If I let it dry while I'm washing my stamps off it's usually ready and I can even color with E00 Skin White and it doesn't bleed. Normally I love a good rain but even here in Northeast Indiana I'm getting tired of it :)

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!