We
were surprised to have a very snowy morning here in Ontario. It started quite early and as we
were doing dishes (yes, we do dishes ourselves. I wash, hubby dries – we got
rid of the dishwasher when we redid the kitchen to have more cupboard space and
we don’t miss it at all)…..anyway, I asked him if we were going to walk in the
snow but we both wondered if it would be too slippery or not. He looked out and
said, “Let me finish the dishes first and then we’ll decide.” As he went back to
the dishes I kept looking out the window and saw a fellow slip and fall down the
street from us. Decision made! No walk today. We probably could have this
afternoon but by the time he shovelled the driveway he was too tired to walk
and I was too busy quilting to want to quit. Maybe tomorrow.
I
forgot to mention that the sparrows and dark-eyed juncos did come back on
Saturday. We have no idea why they did not come Friday but I told Joe maybe it
took all day Friday for them to thaw out. He just gave me “that look’. Some
days he has no sense of humour at all….especially in the winter!
When
we were out and about on Friday I stopped in to Michaels looking for some quilt
batting, which they didn’t have. I had a 40% off coupon so I thought I would
treat myself to a Tim Holtz craft sheet. I keep looking at them and wanting one
but you know how it is; I talk myself out of one because they were $16.98 which
I thought was rather pricey. So Friday I decided it was time for one. I just about
fell over when I saw the price of them now - $28.99 or $29.99?? Are you kidding
me Michaels???? Gee, using the 40% coupon would bring the price down to the
regular price of them. Not falling for that one! I’ll wait until I get to Hobby
Lobby to get one. I needed a piece of black cardstock so that’s what I bought
and used my 40% off coupon on!
Today’s
card is another one with a brayer background.
Before
I inked it I stamped the image (Stampin’ Up) using Resist Ink on glossy
cardstock and this time I used the Ranger Big and Juicy ink pad to add the
colour. The Resist Ink does indeed resist the ink and leaves that lovely
ghosted image. Love it! I had another small piece of glossy paper sitting on
the table so I inked over it and then die cut the butterfly with a Memory Box
die. I put a piece of wax paper between the die and the cutting plate and instead
of throwing it away, I carefully sponged on some of the same die and then glued
it to the card first and then just glued the middle of the butterfly down. It
looks like a shadow in real life but hard to tell on the photo. This could be a
birthday or retirement card. The sentiment was stamped on label die cut from a
Spellbinders die and then I used a stencil brush to pounce on a bit of the blue
and purple just in the centre of the label before taking it out of the die. The
ribbon looks crooked but it is not. I didn’t notice it was pushed up when I took
the photo but I put it back down later.
That’s
all for a snowy Tuesday,
Cheers
Violet
OOOooo I love that resist ink too! Very pretty Violet! Maybe your birds found another bird feeder to frequent and are taking turns ?? LOL! Stay warm Violet! Hugs! deb
ReplyDelete