This
was such a busy day I almost forgot to post a card. We went out for lunch today
and then stopped in at a friend’s house, who happens to be a Close to my Heart
dealer, and the lady involved with the Friends of Rondeau who arranges the
raffle draw. So we took the deer quilt to her (see previous post to view the
quilt) and I looked through her supply of retired stamp sets and bought a few.
That means after supper tonight I retired to the lower studio (aka the
basement) and stamped and stamped and stamped. I’m very happy with the stamp
sets I chose. One of them was an entire set of old fashioned cameras – it’s my
favourite.
Here’s
a hint for you if you own old polymer stamps that do not stick to your acrylic
block anymore – rub them with hand sanitizer! You don’t need much. Just work it
in and then let it dry. If you use too much just wipe it off with a soft cloth –
I cut up old T-shirts to use. The stamps will stick like new after that. I
think I got this hint from one of our local Stampin’ Up dealers but not sure. I
just know it works.
Today’s
card is another one made with the Memory Box Chandra die.
This
time I die cut the flowers (dandelions are flowers aren’t they) out of 3
different cardstocks; kraft; brown; black. Spellbinder’s die was used to die
cut the circle out of the green cardstock and then cream cardstock that was
stamped with the dandelion bits (a stamp from HOTP) was glued behind it. It was
then glued onto a kraft card base and then the flowers were glued on. The sentiment
is also from HOTP. Here’s another hint for you – always stamp the sentiment
before gluing it to the card. That way if you mess up you haven’t ruined a
card.
It
was a pleasant day here today but the wind got a little cold in the afternoon.
However, the weekend looks awesome. It is supposed to get up to 14C tomorrow…..that’s
57F people. That’s a very unusual temperature in February in Canada
Cheers
Violet
Don’t
forget you are more than welcome to save any cards to your Pinterest account
for future reference. Simply place the curser over the picture until the
Pinterest save sign shows up in the top left corner and enter. This will take
you to your Pinterest account. If it doesn’t work, please leave a comment and
let me know so I fix it. Thanks.
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