CRAZY4CHALLENGES 76

The C4C76 (Crazy 4 Challenges 76) Challenge was to use flowers on our cards.  Not hard to do for me as I love flowers and most of my cards will have a few. 

I layered some denim look paper on SU Barely Banana cardstock. My flowers are some a friend crocheted for me.  I think they are really pretty and she did a wonderful job-Thank you, Arlene.  I added yellow mini brads to the middle of the flowers.  The wavy strip along the bottom is a Paper Studio Stickability.  The butterflies were made with a Martha Stewart punch and the flower leaf branches are part of the SU Bird and Leaf Punch.  To finish I added some yellow and white buttons tied with white thread.  

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What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday ?  A weekly challenge found HERE.

This is fairly tidy for my desktop.  I cleaned it off some so I could pay some bills and need to keep it tidy as I work on tax stuff!! 

My desktop is a 6 foot long rolled butcher block countertop that sits on two, two-drawer file cabinets.  On the opposite wall is the same set up where my computer and printer are along with books, scratch pads etc.  Makes a good setup for me as I use what used to be my youngest daughter's bedroom.  After she left home, I turned it into a office, craft room, etc.  I keep my sewing machine, ironing board set up along with two office chairs, sewing machine chair and a easy chair for visitors.  The room is jam packed most of the time as a lot goes on in here. 

Have some cards to share later.  Blogger is sometimes a pain-won't let me post more photos on this post.  Will let me add text,  just not more photos.  Need to figure that out as this is not the first time.

FROM THE PAST

Happy Valentine's Day

I didn't make any valentines this year but here are some I made back before I had a blog.  I notice a theme with these cards-pinks instead of red!

 This quilted card was a featured stamper card, FS48 on SplitCoastStampers.  This was made before I developed lymphedema in my left arm and could do more tedious work.

 This card was also a SCS featured stamper card, FS48.

This heart pocket card was for a SCS challenge TLC151.  I liked the design but have not made another one.  I still have the pattern, I think, so would be nice to make one with falling Spring flowers.

We have been having such nice weather the last few days and supposed to be good all week.  All our ice, sleet and snow have just about all melted and gone!  We live on a long, winding hill so my van has just been sitting as we needed 4-wheel drive, so when I needed to get out (not often-too cold) I went with my husband.  I need to run a few errands and I think we plan to go out to eat tonight. 

THINGS ON THURSDAY

Ten degrees below zero this morning.  We still have ice, sleet and snow but supposed to be in the fifties this weekend so hope to lose some of it. 

This is our milk barn.  I am so glad we no longer milk cows; a really cold job on days like today!

 February is National Cherry Month. For Teapot Tuesday our card destination was to Cindy's (MotherMark) niece who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. So we are sending some Cherries to Shari for encouragement.


I stamped the cherries from Tart and Tangy onto GP white cardstock using Stazon Blazing Red and SU Garden Green. I used the 1 3/8" punch to punch them out and mounted them on red cardstock circles using the 1 3/4" punch to punch the red circles. The sentiment is from Riveting stamped in ColorBox Chalk Blackbird ink, punched out and layered on a red circle. I used Scotch Foam Pop-Up circles to mount them on the black and white striped paper from Paper Studio.

Found two down to earth recipe sites this week.  Several recipes I want to try.  Cooking with Kay and Mennonite Girls Can Cook 

Off to pay some bills and do some tax stuff!

Edited to add:  Colleen asked about February being National Cherry Month.  I am not sure why but cherries are traditionally associated with Valentine desserts and with two presidents: Washington and Lincoln.  I thought this was interesting:  Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky on February 12, 1809.[5] This is what he was perhaps best known for until his frustration with the quality of children's toys of the era caused him to design his own miniature construction set at the age of five. These Lincoln LogsTM allowed young Abraham to build increasingly elaborate and extravagant models of single-room log cabins. His father, Thomas Lincoln, disapproved of these outlandish notions and went about setting Abraham straight immediately. One legendary anecdote from Lincoln's early life was that of the cherry tree growing alongside the Lincoln family log cabin. One day, young Abraham chopped down this tree using an axe. When his father accused him of chopping down the tree, Abraham advanced on him and brandished his axe threateningly. Since he avoided punishment and achieved his goal of cutting down the insolent cherry tree without lying, he earned the moniker "Honest Abe".

STICKLED SUNFLOWER

The Technique Lovers Challenge 306, was to paint with Stickles on our card. Neat challenge! I stamped my sunflower with Stazon Saddle Brown on GP White. I used Yellow and Orange Stickles on the flower and colored the leaves using a Prismacolor green pencil and Turpenoid.


Instead of making an elegant Christmas card like the one I cased, I made a general occasion card. I used a sunflower image (new stamp for me) instead of the poinsettia and used bakers twine instead of ribbon.

My brother and his wife took us out to eat last night for my birthday (which is today the 5th). While eating I looked out and it was snowing to beat the band. We had another 2" on top of what we already had. Pretty this morning but not what I wanted for my birthday!!


While taking pictures, our border collie Lady, was watching me as if to say 'Hurry up".