Smiley from millan.net Happy Monday!  I hope y’all had a good weekend and you’re not in the line of these early morning storms.  I awoke at 4:00 this morning to the sounds of the tornado siren at the end of the street going off.  We’ve had some BAD storms this morning!  All is safe and sound here now . . . and the little shitz have all settled down.

One thing about getting up so early this morning, was the fact that I finished a card I was working on yesterday.  I colored the image and then went looking for paper to make the card . . .  Smiley from millan.net . . . I threw my hands up Smiley from millan.net, turned off the lights and came upstairs to watch the race.

I don’t think I’ve ever introduced you to Kiki.  She’s from Inky Antics and I’ve had her for years and don’t think I’ve ever put ink to her.  Oh I KNOW  . . . how could I have done that?  What makes this stamp even better, is that all the grandkids called my mother Kiki, until they got too old and felt they should call her Grammy instead.

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I’ve also used a sentiment, Cut that Out, from Inky Antics that I just had to have!  Every year when my mother wishes me a happy birthday, it is my pleasure to tell her that she’s getting older . . . SO, I just had to have this sentiment.  The top half was stamped for the front of the card and the bottom half for the inside.

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I settled on Graphic45 On the Boardwalk paper (this was the hardest part of the card) and then added some ivory silk May Arts Ribbon (from Stamp Simply Ribbon Store).

Now that I’ve gotten Smiley from millan.net watching the Smiley from millan.net, and I’ve lost all train of thought, I’m going to end it here.

I hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

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Good morning!  I hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend and that your week is ending with a Smiley from millan.net.   I don’t understand what happened yesterday, but I actually got a second project made!  I KNOW . . . I must have a fever!

When I was at CHA, I was talking to AJ Otto in the Unity Booth about their Iron Orchid line.  I loved them!  They remind me of five to six years ago when I enjoyed over-stamping and didn’t use designer paper at all.    Remember those days when we tried to see how many background stamps we could use on one card?  Those were and remain some of my favorite sets to this very day, and the Iron Orchid line remind me of those sets.

Today’s card is made with the Iron Orchid Provencial Collection – Carte Postale from Unity.  I had so much fun with this card.

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Now before you ask about the designer paper, its some very old paper I had in my stash that was about the only thing I had on hand to work with the colors I wanted to use.

The flower was stamped on watercolor paper and then water colored with Distress Re-Inkers (Peeled Paint, Crushed Olive, Worn Lipstick, Mustard Seed).  That image was then die cut/embossed with Spellbinders™ Circle Nestabilities and placed on top of a layer die cut/embossed with Fleur De Lis Doily Accents (which the border was also die cut with).

The two papers behind the flower image started out as tags.  Using the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique with Vintage Photo and Bundled Sage inks, the tags were colored up and stamped with the images in Coffee Archival.  Of course, five to six years ago I didn’t have the distress inks and would have used a sea sponge instead to make the background.  Now the sea sponge . . . that’s a great background and one I should do again just for the heck of it!

Once again I used my new favorite . . . seam binding . . . which I misted with either really watered down Vintage Photo or Tea Dye.  I honestly don’t know what was mixed up in the mini mister when I grabbed for it.

Well that’s all for today!  I’m off for the annual mammy-gram and hopefully lunch with my mom and sister.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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