Cards and Critters Gallery

Greetings everyone!

How are you? I hope you had a great weekend and the greatness is following you into the week!

I'm slowly getting snuggled back into my routine. Today I'm showing you the fronts of some of the thank you cards I made. It's nice to have cards gracing the ol' blog again!

I used my Brusho backgrounds and Memory Box Distressed Collage dies.

For this one I used my NBUS "You're So Sweet" stamps from Simon Says Stamp.

This design I sto CASEd from my neighbor Chrissie at the Happy Little Stampers Retreat. Thank you, Chrissie!

As often happens with learning a new technique, you'll be seeing lots more Brushos ahead. I know they've been around ages already and I'm late to the scene.

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England Epic Log

You might have noticed that Hammy took a back seat on my England trip. That happened so he could make a "surprise" grand entrance at each location. Ever since we've been home, however, he's been insistent that he be given his 15 minutes of FAME!

So here is the Hammy Gallery: "England From a Teacup" with his notes:

I traveled in a pretty little makeup bag, along with my very own flag of the UK. The bag was comfy and I could breath fine, but it bent my whiskers something awful!

Starting in Southampton in the foreground, you can see I had a blast at each stop along the way.

I was able to spend the entire Retreat weekend out of my hiding place and among talented friends. To show off, I learned how to balance a bottle of glue on my head.

The best part? Everywhere I went, I got lots of cuddles!

It was a pleasure being a tiny honorary member of the English society. As my friend Shirley said, it was a bit like being a tiny Olympic torch of love being passed around from friend to friend!

Me, again. Speaking of friends, when I started planning this trip almost a year ago, I made an assumption that the friends I knew in each particular county of England all knew each other, too, and were already friends because they lived nearby each other. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that a lot of them didn't know each other, so it was a wonderful bonus to sit back and watch new friendships being formed around the tables at each location. I was thrilled to be a Friendship Matchmaker everywhere I went!

Introducing Jack

It's was a busy weekend here with the boys and the granddogs.

Wait. What? Dogs with an ess? Why, yes! Allow me to introduce Jack, a German Shorthaired Pointer:

Duke's got a new playmate!

Duke loves mini-duke, but then again ...

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It's hard to beat a new puppy for cuteness, but I'm leaving you with this:

Yup, Hammy has a new playmate, too, thanks to my friend Annie! I think we need to have a Naming Contest, don't you? Let me have your best ideas!

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