A site for my handmade cards, accompanied by my photos and written meanderings which are occasionally witty, often tongue-in-cheek, and rarely profound. Beginning in June 2013, you'll also see lots of NBUS, which is an acronym I coined for Never-Before-Used-Schtuff. Note: my Privacy Policy can be found at a tab below and you can find my NBUS Challenge online. I hope you'll join in the fun there! Thanks for coming by! Have a beverage and enjoy!

August 14, 2017

A Retirement Safari

Hello, my Stamplings!

I hope your week has started off beautifully! If not, remember there's another day rolling towards you so you can start afresh then! 

Wait. What? Who decided to put the letter "a" in front of words that are perfectly fine and mean the same thing without the added "a?" Perhaps someone was misheard when all he said was, "Maude, let's start out, ah, fresh in the morning after we've had our coffee."

My share today is a Happy Retirement card for a couple who are all aquiver about going on an African safari.

I took my own safari back to the last century for the products used on this card. The heat-embossed mama and baby elephant stamp came in a set of black-foam-backed red rubber stamps. Remember those inexpensive sets? 

The DSP is from SU, as is the sediment, which I'm pretty sure is NBUS. To make my circle, I taped down a circle die, masked the image, and using a stipple brush, I brushed on the colors from my old set of SU chalks. Four more cards with this design were made (with different sediments) once we discovered that Hammy could apply the color faster using his elbows.

Challenges
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I wanted to share this amazing photo my DIL Rachel captured!
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