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Showing posts with label mystery bug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mystery bug. Show all posts

September 13, 2016

Rainbow Stenciled Togetherness

Hi there, color lovers!

I'm popping in quick as a flash in the Brusho pan. No time to natter, waffle, or flibidolize! I know, more's the pity, but needs must and meeds lust and there's naught can be done for neither.

I came up with a design for another of my BSST panels which allows it to show itself off in all its Brusho Stenciled Spritzed and Toweled splendor:
It really is an embarrassingly simple design. I split the BSST with my die from Papertrey Ink and then bridged the split with a double-foam espresso vanilla sediment, also from PTI. The base card is strawberry slush from SU. I used Mod Podge Dimensional (like glossy accents) on the word to allow it to stand up against the vibrant rainbow colors.
I really toyed with adding some sort of embellies for and aft of the word, but in the end, I just decided to leave well-enough alone. I think this will make a sweet wedding or anniversary card or even a heartfelt friend-to-friend-I've-got-your-back card.

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We are off to play again today, but before I go, I have an audience-participation photo that my sister Diana took recently:
What is this?! 

Diana lives in North Carolina so that is where this dragonfly/grasshopper/bug appeared. I am mesmerized by the neutral (yet striking) coloring, those feet and stockings, the hairiness all over, and that incredible backpack! Can you help identify this creature?

Edited to add: Several readers have properly identified this as Asilidae or "Robber Fly," an appropopo name considering the robber's bag it has on its back and the mask it wears! It lives everywhere in the world except Antarctica! It is harmless to humans, but is considered a "killing machine" to other (often beneficial) insects. Boo hiss, bad bug.

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