Spring has Sprung!

I am my own worst critic. I usually end up changing things at the last minute. Hey, if you aren't happy with something, erase it, tear it up, burn it, paint it black...start over! I started with this...



I taped off a tree branch with washi tape and inked over it with distress inks. I spent a good hour painting the embossed cloissone egg stamps with perfect pearls and water. THEN I didn't like that the eggs blended into the background. So, I highlighted with a black pen. NOOOO!!! I should never do things when I am tired. I got mad, cut all the eggs out (and the tree branch) and slept on it. Fresh eyes always make better decisions.

[caption id="attachment_1241" align="aligncenter" width="5184"] Michael Strong cloisonne cameos stamps, Club Scrap cardstock, Distress Inks background, Perfect Pearls "watercolor", Cuttlebug wood grain embossing folder.[/caption]

I'm glad I didn't crumple everything up and throw it away! Whew! The soft colors remind me of the illustrations in Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit. I loved that book! (I still do!)



Challenges entered:

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 348



Club Scrap PSL Week 2 Challenge Fibers

Do more of what makes you happy!

Wendy

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Blah, Blah, Blah...

I'm showing my age here...Did you have one of these lip pillows as a kid?



My grandmother made one for me when I was little. It graced the head of my bed with all the other stuffed animals until I left for college. I wonder where that thing is?!

What about this 1970's Avon lip gloss? I wanted this sooooooo bad!



(Shrug) I didn't get it, but I did get the chocolate chip cookie!



When I was grocery shopping recently, I saw this designer collection on the paper products aisle. The design with the lips drew me in. Of course I bought all the designs!  It was childhood brainwashing!

[caption id="attachment_1235" align="alignnone" width="650"] Betsy Johnson Kleenex Collection[/caption]

So, my card was inspired by a designer Kleenex box. Hey... it's nothing to sneeze at!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="2295"] Club Scrap card stock, Indie Art Cricut cartridge, Dylusions paint, gold leaf pen, Club Scrap sentiment stamp[/caption]

Challenges entered:

CAS(E) this Sketch #160, Club Scrap 02-2016 Technique Challenge, Club Scrap PSL Challenge week 1



Do more of what makes you happy!

Wendy

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3 of a kind, a little masking and a monsoon

I spent this "Monsoon Monday" making cards and avoiding housework. The weather was TERRIBLE! AND... the boys left a window open, so the hallway to their room was drenched. So, I"checked out" from reality for most of the day...

[caption id="attachment_1186" align="alignnone" width="600"] Club Scrap 3 of a kind PSL Challenge[/caption]



I saw this pin on Pinterest. Cute huh?



This is my interpretation…though the finger painting was awful cute on the pin, I love this stamp! It's a Club Scrap oldie but goodie.

[caption id="attachment_1187" align="alignnone" width="600"] Club Scrap February Technique Masking Tape Challenge[/caption]

I didn't get much housework done, but I feel like I accomplished a lot today!

"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased."~ Katharine Hepburn 

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Once upon a time...

Once upon a time these were new,  spotless and white, with little fat toes squirming in them.

[caption id="attachment_1145" align="alignnone" width="4636"] DPS Photography Challenge [/caption]

They belonged to this little girl.



Who belonged to that Memaw. I can still smell the lingering smell of bacon and coffee in that kitchen and hear the sounds of my sister and I running on the hardwood floors. Her pretty hands were soft from cocoa butter lotion that she kept by the kitchen sink and her nails were always perfectly shaped with an emery board. Her nimble fingers could cut out paper dolls from the McCall's magazine, hand stitch  baby doll clothes in an afternoon and make the most delicious pies and cakes. I miss her dearly. All of these memories from a little pair of shoes, once upon a time.

Wendy

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Laissez les Bon Temps Roulez!

This weekend will be the BIG party weekend for Louisiana Mardi Gras! We moved to New Orleans in 1974 when my dad started dental school at LSUSD. Four years later we were seasoned revelers and rarely missed a Mardi Gras. We had some good times in N'awlins!

Day parades were an all day affair. Dad would make sandwiches assembly line style, pack the ice chest, we'd have tons of snacks, a blanket to sit on and we were ready to catch some beads! This layout features a picture my sister found of us waiting on the boulevard for the parade. We were bored and the street vendor just sold us all a new pair of sunglasses! Good times!

[caption id="attachment_1088" align="alignnone" width="864"] Digital LO's created using Club Scrap's Celebrate digital backgrounds and elements from other kits in my stash. [/caption]

When my sister moved to NOLA for grad school, her apartment was right on the uptown parade route. We ALL crashed at her house for the weekend! This layout features my youngest son hitching a ride on the shoulders of anyone who would carry him. He was caught up in the bead catching frenzy! My brothers made him a beer can necklace and put a mullet wig on him and the float riders would throw right to him. The rest of us would stand behind him and catch everything he missed! "Jake the Snake" strikes again!



I'm ready for some kingcake and some parading! Happy Mardi Gras!

Wendy

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