Last
night was our monthly quilt guild meeting and it was an excellent program. We
have a talented group of ladies here who love to appliqué on their quilts and
they showcased some of their work and talked about their group, The Appliqué
Addicts, which is aptly named. I seldom do any hand appliqué work but may do a
little more this winter, but nothing in comparison to what they do.
It
seems I had a negative comment on my last post from one of Stamping Bella’s
card designers, Dana. Well sorry you only read the negatives Dana and missed
the part where I mentioned that I have ordered tons of Stamping Bella stamps in
the past (when she was a Canadian company), love them, and will continue to use them but I just cannot afford to
order on-line from American Companies, not just Stamping Bella, but any
American company. I can read and add just fine and I it is easy to add up the cost of
the stamp itself (which is reasonable) add on the expensive shipping and I
know I have to pay the duty and therefore I don’t have to actually order
something to find out the cost – I know it is not in my budget to order on
line.
Speaking
of Stamping Bella, here is a card from another one of her stamps.
This
one is coloured with both alcohol markers and Prismacolor pencils. The dies are
Spellbinders and the paper is from my stash. I wanted something along the bottom
that would add some texture but not distract from the image so I punched out
the butterfly border twice, once in white and once in the green floral pattern
and then glued the green butterflies into the white negative space. Then I
coloured in the red flowers to match the poppies. The seam where the two papers
meet was covered with a gold line sticker (Dazzle) from Paper Wishes…bought back
when they had free shipping to Canada!
I don’t order from them anymore either!....just saying. However, I just learned
of a source for some of their products in Chatham (Commercial Copy Centre) so I
may stop in and see exactly what they carry.
That’s
all for a rainy Thursday,…..yes, rain again but very mild with temperatures in
the mid 60’s and heavy fog in the mornings. Odd, odd weather for October.
Cheers
Violet
My dear the way you colored this card is just dazzling! I love those poppies!
ReplyDeleteAs far as $$ you have to do what yo u have to do... If someone is charging too much shipping i don't purchase from them...simple as that. I'm sure Stamping Bella took into consideration they would lose business from Canada before they made the move....so i don't know why you got such a snide remark from Dana.
Enjoy your rain Violet......i'm still waiting...lol Hugs! deb
Very nice card lovely colours
ReplyDeleteMalika