Remembering Spooky

This is the third time in the last 4 months that I've had to say good bye to a best friend and companion. It's been painful enough to have to euthenize Emma and Patches, but, tonight Spookys fight was lost. She's been having a rough time of late and she was in her 16th year. I couldn't let her go on like this. Spooky was a good dog, no, she was a GREAT dog! She minded well, she was quiet and she was a very affectionate, sweet dog. That's the best way to describe her...SWEET. She had the sweetest disposition of all the dogs I've known or owned. We will miss her very
much. As most of you know, the 3 girls (dogs) were mine in New York and when I moved to Nova Scotia with Scotty, the girls traveled cross country with me, to start our new adventure in life. I will miss them all dearly, they have a special place in my heart forever.

Abbi is having a hard time already. She keeps looking for Spooky, she doesn't understand and she's obviously very lonely. We will all miss you, dear sweet Spook, rest in peace, sweet dog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

A Light unto my Path

Hi again, I'm back!! I love, love, love lighthouses and this one is no exception. This is Stampin Up's A Light unto my Path, and I love the image as well as the Bible verse. My main technique here was simply, layer, layer, layer. I used the base and added 8, yes EIGHT!!, layers to it. I'm really happy with how it turned out and I hope you are, as well. If you have any questions, just email me, I'd be happy to help you.

Well, it's getting late and I need to get some sleep. I hope you have a good night
and a great stampin day tomorrow.

Happppppy stampin!!!

Hugs,

Fun and Fast Notes

Hi Everyone!! I apologize for the gap in my posting. Life has a way of intruding on my stamping time. Shame on life!!! But I'm here now with a card I made with Stampin Up's Fun and Fast Notes. I love the verse, "together forever"! It could be used for a Wedding or Anniversary card, so it's a versatile image. I used last years DSP.

I hope everyone is having a great week and looking forward to the weekend! I know I'm looking forward to it.

Happy Stampin Everyone!!!

hugs,

Heartfelt Thanks

Hi Everyone! I've been having a struggle for the last week...my mojo did not want to create, infact it went on a break, I think! lol It's cold here, but not as cold as in Upstate New York) I just had to say that! hehe

Tonight I'd like to share with you a card I made using Stampin Up's Heartfelt Thanks stamp set. Finished card size is the A-2 standard card. Here's a summary of things I used to create the card. All products were Stampin Up.

Cardstock:
card base: Mellow Moss
layers: Brushed Gold, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla

Stamp Sets: Heartfelt Thanks, French Script Background Stamp, Canvas BG Stamp

Emboss Powder: Gold

Ink: Real Red, Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke, Versa Mark

Tools: Slit Punch, Heat Gun

The first thing I did was cut my layers. Gold pieces are: 2 3/4" X 5 1/8", 4 1/8" X 2 5/8". Not Quite Navy pieces are: 2 1/2" X 4 7/8" and 3 7/8 X 2 3/8". Very Vanilla pieces are: 2 3/8 X 4 3/4, 2 3/16" X 3 3/4", 2" X 3". After I had all my layers sized and cut, the first thing I did was to stamp all my Very Vanilla Pieces with the Canvas BG stamp in Night of Navy. I didn't want it dark so I stamped off first. I randomly stamped the flower on the 2 largest Very Vanilla pieces, again using the "stamping off" technique. I stamped off, because I wanted soft colors on the flowers. Next, on the largest piece of Vanilla I stamped the French Script Background stamp in Versa Mark Ink, then sprinkled gold emboss powder on it & heat set. I did the same thing on the medium sized vanilla piece. I set that aside and picked up the smallest vanilla piece, I stamped the flower in Versa Mark Ink and covered with Gold emboss powder and heat set. Then I stamped off the flower and stamped it. I sponged very lightly around the flower with Not Quite Navy, then I inked up a silver brad with Real Red ink, pierced a hole and added my brad. I mounted all the Very Vanilla pieces onto the Brushed Gold. I placed them the way I wanted them onto the Mellow Moss, stamped a verse onto a 3x3 Very Vanilla piece inside the card. All done!

I hope I wrote that out understandbly for you...lol...if not, just email me if you have any questions.

I hope you all have a great Friday and have a chance to create something!
Happy Stampin!!!

As always,