Away we go, Back from 5 weeks that vanished.

Since I was chosen to be on the H and M Stamps Desing team I have been running with the wonderful stamp sets that I am in possesion of! Oh the fun I am having with these sets! I have not blogged in over a month and am going to post many pictures along with this newsy chat. I am loving my alcohol markers and that is what I have used to color most of these cards, and will give a description below each one. Thanks for stopping by and a personal goal of mine is to post at least 3 times a week. Probably not every day, but I will certainly not let 5 weeks go by! Where does the time go? Next week I am going to Denver for a wedding and with any luck I may get to meet our very own *Mothermark*. Wouldnt that be fun?? I have sent Cindy my itenerary and and keeping my fingers croseed that I may get to meet my wonderful cyber-friend. And if any of YOU are in MY neck of the woods, please do not be shy about trying to arrange a get-together. so here's to my cyber friends and the wonderul stamping community! Happy Thursday to all!

watermarked Daisy

I am checking to see how my new watermark looks.
Isn't daisy the cutest??

No Stamping Today!

I am fed up with being chubby and rather than stamping
I went to an early bird weight watcher's meeting today and signed
up. I grabbed my camera on my way to work and I am very glad of it.
Our favorite 4 legged customer, accompanied by her owners Helene and
Andy, stopped by the store today! Her name is Daisy and she posed for
a picture for me. She weighs all of 5 pounds and is just the sweetest
and smartest little thing! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs, Nancyruth

Snowman in August

This is for Jeanne's challenge to make a card using a snowman in some fashion. I had to root around the basement to find these stamps, along with a very nice red shirt I forgot I had. So Double thanks go to Jeanne for helping me find my stamps AND my shirt!! I used my nestabilities and my stickles and watercolored with the retired in colors, a fun card to make. I hope you all stay cool today! Hugs, Nancyruth

GinaK Tee Shirt card

I got my new Ginak stamps today. When I saw what everyone was doing with this set I knew it was a MUST HAVE for me. Shipping was fast and there was even a little bag ofMandM,s in my order, in bold bright colors and they said *thank you* on them!! How sweet is that? Thanks Gina!! So I used the kissing method to get the image from riot of petals onto my stamp, and then colored it in with my prismacolor markers. Oh yes, I am going to have a good time with this set!!! Thanks so much for dropping by my blog!!

Getting Ready for the Beach!!!

YEAH BABY! My Sis and I are going to hit the beach in 2 weeks, and we both LOVE LOVE LOVE the ocean, so it will be a wonderful time. debby will come from Louisville and off we will go!!

another color challenge card...

yep, another for Em's great combo of teal, olive and eggplanT!!

Happy Again

I am happy agian since my sister and I have planned a much needed trip to the beach in Rhose Island. We both adore being at the ocean and I am looking foreward to spending 3 days with my big sis. I am posting 2 cards using the color challenge of today which is teal olive and eggplant. I enjoyed working with these colors. what do YOU think>???

Are you out there///

I am linking a picture of this week's sketch challenge at SCS. I struggled with these sketches for the LONGEST time till I finally had the good sense to follow roxi's sizes that she puts in her card description. DOH! Hope you lie it and please leave me a comment if you have stopped by. Hugs, NR

Monday morning musings

Having fun with this discontinued set I picked up in the BST forum. That is how we baby boomers dressed in the late fities/early sixties. Yep, socks were white, sneakers usually red or blue, and we got to go outside to play! It was a fine time to be a child.... thanks for looking!!

Cheers To You

Our challenge today was to go to our spice rack and use something spicy in our card. Well I went right onto my deck and picked fresh herbs to use! I love having fresh herbs and they add so much flavor to my simple cooking. I seemed to be hooked on the set called Garden Silhouettes, especially the stamp I used on this card. When we were little my sister and i would' go out and pick wildflowers for our Mom. Queen Anne's lace and daisies were abundant and favorites of ours. It is sad to think there are so few places for wildflowers to grow now...... Anyway I thought the tiny dill flowers looked much like the stamp I used in my card. What do YOU think??

I am a watermark wizard...

Well not really however I am happy that it only took about 10 minutes to create this watermark for my photography... The sky is the limit! It is POURING here in StamPford, I am very happy about that as it has not rained for at least a week and boy we need it!!

Wedding cake Inspiraton

Oh what a wonderful challenge stef, thanks so much! I chose the blue cake shown here as my inspiration http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/fo...d=121583047 0I used the cricut celebrations cartridge to cut out 3 cakes in 3 different sizes to build this twinkling creation. I watercolored them with twinkling H20's and then embellished with liquid pearls, stickles, and branches that were cut from garden silhouettes. Perfect challenge for me stef as i was asked to make a wedding card for my friend cappi! I hope she loves it, I must say i am pleased with the outcome. I used the Martha Stewart lace paper from my stash for the background, and the sentiment from *Lifetime of happiness*. Thanks for looking

Sisters swimming and shopping

My sister Debby came for a visit from Louisville and we had the pleasure of spending wednesday together. After we spent several hours at the beach, walking, swimming and picnicing, we went shopping for the summer clearance sales! That is a FAVORITE summer activity, and this card is in the spirit of all the pretty dresses we saw. To my delight eyelet is very *in* in the fashion world, so I created this dress from paint chip slices and Martha stewart eyelet paper. The belt buckle is hodgepodge colored with a blue sharpie, Thanks faith, and the background is cuttled and then colored with almost amethyst. I used my nesties for the little sentiment panel. Thanks Jeanne for such a great challenge!

Wedding Card For casey and Cesca

Stef gave us an awesome inspiration piece today. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=101131&d=1215228040 That is the link to what inspired my c ard. I think it will be a wonderful wedding card for Cesca and Casey, who will be married in october. I must get ready for work, hope WE will be busy. Now how on earth did I get these italics to come up> I know enough on this computer to be dangerous! Later alligator!!

Happy Fourth of July!!

I am off to spend the afternoon with my dear Mom. I made a barley salad to take, if anyone wants the recipe let me know, it is quite delicious as well as healthy. I wish everyone a happy and safe Fourth of July!!