First we go for weeks with no rain or little rain and then
it comes and doesn’t know when to quit. It was POURING rain yesterday and Joe
decides to go to
Port Huron
for the day. Really Joe? Are you sure? Well, off we went and surprise, surprise
by the time we got there the rain had quit and the sun was trying to come out.
We ended up having a great afternoon, stocked up on the veggie food we can’t
buy in
Canada,
and had a great visit with one of our friends we met while attending hockey
games there. I did go to Hobby Lobby but I didn’t need much so just picked up
some Zip Dry glue with the 40% off coupons, a package of cards/envelopes on
sale 50% off and a small thin label die on sale….really thin die. Then we
decided to pick out some artificial flowers to replace the big vase in the
living room that I have been complaining about for months because they were on
sale 50% off as well. Sure wish we had a Hobby Lobby here in
Chatham – and a JoAnn’s would be nice. We didn't have time to stop at JoAnn's yesterday as we had a late stop but next time for sure!!
Just after we got home, got everything put away and showers
over with, the rain came back again followed by a loud thunderstorm. And more
rain expected from today until next week. Feast or famine as usual!
So today’s project was to paint over the blah vase and it’s
turning out very well. It’s about 2 ½” tall and it was just plain off-white in
colour – even after I washed it well – haha! I took a before and after picture
so once it’s done I’ll post them.
Today’s card is another poppy card. Love poppies.
The poppies were coloured with Prismacolor pencils and then
I used a Spellbinder’s die to die cut the fancy rectangle. I wanted to try something
a little different (big surprise I know) so I took two pieces of green from the
same paper pack, one plain, one with a bit of a pattern, and cut the patterned
one on angle and placed between the two
plain ones. Then I glued on ribbon along the edges and tied a bow at the top. I
think it turned out alright.
That’s it for a Wednesday.
Cheers
Violet
Beautiful card Violet! Love me some poppies! Its HOT here. 95 today and tomorrow and Friday then we go back down in the 80's then the 70's for next week. Thank goodness the heat is not hanging around. I think the rain is done for us until the fall. I hope El Nino really happens like they are predicting. That would mean alot of rain for us in CA. Hugs! deb
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