Good Morterning!
You're not going to believe it, but I finally used a feather stamp on a card!! Let's hear a giant NBUS yippie for me!!
I have to tell you, I didn't think I was ever going to catch up with the feather band wagon before it disappeared completely, but, phew, I made it! It's not like I didn't buy feather stamps and dies when everyone else did, it's just that other things kept pushing to the front of the line. Finally, Hammy had had it and here you go:
I have to tell you, I didn't think I was ever going to catch up with the feather band wagon before it disappeared completely, but, phew, I made it! It's not like I didn't buy feather stamps and dies when everyone else did, it's just that other things kept pushing to the front of the line. Finally, Hammy had had it and here you go:
Both the ribbon with bow and the feather are from Papertrey Ink. I have the die, too, but that feather is just gorgeous stamped and heat-embossed directly onto the card base and I love a one-layer card for mailing. The designers at PTI knew what they were doing with these stamps. They look so beautiful stamped together and I'm sure many of you have already done just that! The sediment is by Stampabilities.
I used gold embossing powder by Personal Stamp Exchange. I've had the bottle for over ten years and it still embosses like buttah. The ribbon ink is Ultramarine by StazOn.
All of these items are NBUS today! I stopped numbering my use of NBUS in my blog post titles to avoid any confusion with the NBUS Challenges. I didn't want people thinking we were on NBUS Challenge #158, but I'm still on my campaign to keep on using that never-before-used-schtuff!
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Challenges
- Less is More, where the theme is nontradional Christmas (no red or green).
- Festive Friday, where the theme is presents wrapped in bows.
- Christmas Card Challenges, where the theme is Christmas cards (option of "no embellishments).
- CAS On Sunday, where the theme is "One-Layer Wonder."
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New Friends Corner
I have six more new friends who would love to meet you! Please help me welcome:
Angela Hartley, on the left and Susan, on the right. Ladies, thank you for following. I'm unable to locate your blogs. If you have one, please email me to let me know, so I can pass it on!
Desire Fourie of Doing Life. Desire has been blogging since 2007 and she has over a thousand followers! She is well-published and has won many awards for her creations. It will take awhile for you to get to know Desire and her cards, scrapbooks, projects, and tutorials!
Jenny of Pushing the Right Buttons. Jenny has been blogging since 2012. She is another well-published and award-winning designer whose works of art have got to be seen to be believed! I'm not kidding, folks. The creations that come to life under Jenny's talented hands are extraordinary!
Nicola of Sunshine Girl. Nicola has been blogging since 2006! She didn't really take off until 2010, but take off she did! In addition to fabulous cards, you will find stitching projects, organizational tips, and workshop information. There's a wealth of inspiration waiting for you!
Melissa Davies of rubberFUNatics. Melissa has also been blogging since 2006! She has been a Stampin' Up! demonstrator since 1998! I think you will find her cards and projects to be amazing and you'll find inspiration and advice on any kind of technique you can imagine!What a joy to have these accomplished and talented ladies as new friends! Thank you so much for joining and welcome to the Playhouse!
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I'd also like to thank all of you for your good wishes on my eyelid reduction on Monday. (I wrote the above post a few days ago.) I'm happy to report that the procedure went well and I'm just the cutest human raccoon you ever did see! I think. I'm avoiding mirrors, but that's what the Mister tells me! I appreciate all your prayers and positive thoughts!!
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