Happy November

I hope everyone is doing great!  Beautiful day out there this morning!

First I thought I would share my stampscape church!  I can have it stamps; colored in less than 10 minutes!  Pan pastels are awesome!  the color is right there!  Easy to blend out;  no paper "pilling"!  They were a Major "treat"! A gift from my husband!  :)

So sometime later you will see them finished!  :)  I had 5 made in one evening!

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I used gesso, Aleene's 3D Accents Design paste; embossed white cardstock; then gesso again;  for the base!


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This card was months pulling together!  Just couldn't make it work!  My friend helped me one day!  Friends are awesome!  :)

water color paper;  color burst and nuance

My "cheap paper"; color burst and nuance

gelli plate; versatex ink red /purple mixed with brayer on geli plate

dollar store paint gelli plate

color burst; color box stencil

white and ?red versatex ink and perfect pearls background/ ryn stencil

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I hate this card!  Would have used it  to start a fire!  I don't have the "after" effect!  But I took it into Nicole at Nika's,  she added some color to the green;  fixed!  She is so smart!


Well, I likely used my quota in data now!  Yup! I'm not happy with my internet provider!  But only other opt is satelite and it is a lot more $$!    Our speed is less than one;  1/10th of the speed of regular cable internet (I don't have the right terminology!)  But it isn't fast by no means.  Yes it was cheap!  But they put a cap on it  and we have been going over!  Last month I got charger an extra $20.00!  I use the computer less now than I ever did!  I use to be on it all the time when I was in the dog world!  We don't down load don't watch videos or movies.  No netflixs!  So I'm really annoyed because they put the cap on to weed out those heavy users on this rural wireless broadband connect system!  They suggested that someone is using it!  We live in the middle of no where and it is pass word protected! We have a  graph and that we can view to see our usage but it is 24 hours later!  I un plugged my modem for the whole day a number of times;  the graph didn't show zeros!  One of the tecs said that the graph wasn't accurate!

I can't have everything!  I have an awesome place to live so I can't have all the perks!  :)

Thanks for stopping!  Have a great day!

Take a moment to remember those that gave us our freedom!  So Thankful to all those men, women and children  that have given their lives for us!  We are very lucky!
Canada is Awesome!  :)  Thank you!  :)

What makes me happy!

Walking the dogs!  Having an extra dog and feeling really safe walking!  :)

  The colors in leaf foliage are getting more brilliant each day! 

 Counting my blessing!   I'm really lucky to have access to this beautiful place with these beautiful critters! 

 Happy Thanksgiving!

More Boxes

So the holly berry house stamp inspired me to make another box but wanted to use the Magenta holly stamp that I have from Nika's store! 
So this is what I came up with!  Used the Kaleidacolo "Fennel" ink pad!
I added the messy line work.......didn't like that after I started but had to go with it!  So imagine with out the black lines!

I used my "corner" scissors and score board!  VERY simple and quick!  :)

The box size would be awesome for cookies (If I baked!  NOT!), K-cups, a ornament......just lots of things!  Possibilities........endless!  :)

Ribbon, piping, glitter, peel offs, jewels.................... watercolor....color bursts!  paper........too many ideas, not enough time! 

Still a tab chilly/ wet yet to go outside to work, so hoping to have a time to play with the gelli printing plates and my white box paper! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Fall is here!  The colors are amazing outside!  But not liking the short days!  Miss going for our walks to the lake after supper!  Can't have everything!  :)  Want my cake and eat it too! :) Feel pretty lucky!  Many Thanks!  Have a great day everyone!  Fall Best Wishes!  :)

Gift Boxes!

Yesterday I needed a gift!  Instant gift!  :)
So I have an another Holly Berry House box making stamp!  Inked it direct to paper with versa magic inks.  Inked it and stamped it 5 times! Cut out and glued the panels together. It was a quick box!  Then die cut 2 each  Grand Post Outline and  Grand Luxe Poinsettia Outline from poppy stamps!

Add a cake of body shop soap and a hand cream!  Done! 
So of course the picture isn't the best! 
Rush, Rush, Rush!  :)

Thanks for looking!  Hope you have a wonderful day!  :)

Happy Fall

So the other week,  staying home;  I justified going shopping for "therapy"!
I had been saving lots on gas! :)


Came home with so many new "toys" !  COLOR bursts were one!  :)

http://www.kensworldinprogress.com/

Nuance were another!
http://www.magentastyle.com/2015/08/nuance-test-de-couleur-nuance-colour.html

Found in store at http://www.nikapaperarts.com/

So I was just having fun, nothing completed!  I have lots to learn;  but it was fun playing and seeing the water/ color interact!  

Thanks for looking!  Have a great weekend!

Bats

I find myself constantly being reminded of the no bats!

The blame.....the white nose fugus?
https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/

 I think this is our second or third year with no bats!

The other night on the news, they had an article about the increase in mosquitoes!  Everyone around me know my view on this!  NO bats is the problem!  They were the best control of those pests and so many others!

A cool experience as a kid, going swimming at the lake after haying , we could watch this "black cloud" flying from the top of the hill to the water!  Bugs were not a problem!

I had a summer job at a museum a number of decades ago and every morning when I opened, I would do my hunt for bats, finding them curled up in window sills, crock pots , just anywhere!  Once found, I would either avoid that area for the day if visitors came or go get the neighbour to take it outside for me!   To find them laying about was not a sign of great heath;  I didn't know that then! The year before I worked at the museum, the interpreters had become ill in the humid summer.  The guano had become toxic.  So the museum trustees  closed the museum to the public for a couple of week and did some cleaning of the attic of the building.  So that disruption of their little ecosystem likely made the bats ill?

I guess I should have continued with my research/science education!  I'm only have a diploma in plant science!  And the saying when you don't use it you lost it!  Is so very true!

In our society, habitat changed;  wooden shingles buildings became fewer and fewer...we want low maintenance homes!  Everything has to look pretty!  Older buildings became fewer and fewer!  Old building are a liability to insurance companies!    Ecosystems and money!

 Now wind energy!  Not against this great resource but really feel that this another catalyst in the bat decline!  The first turbines were in Amherst;  close to the precious bay of Fundy;  many bats found along this shore line!  Everything is a fragile ecosystem!  Consequences to everything we do!
sometimes good!  sometime bad!   lower the threshold.....lower our/ their  resistance!
http://www.batsandwind.org/

Happy October

Today it is raining/ wet and the first day I have been home all week!

So this morning I made a gift box!

"Playing" with Holly Berry House;  Rocky Mountain Santa!  Beautiful stamp!
For  the box sides: a piece of echo park paper  from Nika's in Windsor NS.!

Colored the Santa with Lyra water crayolas; using a brush to apply the color.

Box 6 1/4 " / 2 "/ 7 3/4"

I also made a card last night!  Pretty plain, no die cuts.  used my Bruynzeel Expression to color.

 And Stickles!

Thanks for looking!  Have a wonderful day!

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