Happy New Year!

Happy New Year my dear friends and readers!

The time went by without me noticing and got away from me all too fast. Lots of things were going on at the same time and I had little time free on my hands. I think that most have calmed down and I am excited to spend time in my craft studio having fun creating and sharing with you.

For today I worked on a card based on the Dostamper Stars 263 which is a simple sketch but gave me enough to create this card that is going to a very special lady that has made a huge impact in the art in our community. I hope she enjoys the card.

I used the Daisy Delight stamp set, the sentiment from Flourishing Phrases stamp set and the ribbon is from the Sale-A-Bration catalog starting January 3rd, 2018, and can be yours with yours for FREE with your $50 purchase. It has a shimmer to it and come accompanied by a Basic Grey and Bermuda Bay ribbons in different width. I have use all three of them and love them all. The background is from the Delightful Daisy DSP, which is rather lovely.

Well, I am happy to be here with you today. I am hoping to get back on track and share many more ideas with you. Thank you for your patience and your kind words. Be well.

Miriam



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Bold congratulations.

Hello friends and readers,

I have been spending more time in my craft room and I am so happy about it. I have missed it so much and now I am just appreciating it even more. I did a bit of cleaning up and rearranging the space to make it more practical and functional. I have floor tile in the are and it gets rather cold there, despite the space heaters. I added some rubber tile, those big types people use for garage maybe, and put around, so now all my paper, stamps, inks, framelits can be reached without me stepping on the tile. Simple adjustments that do make a difference.

Do you love the Flourishing Phrases set? I have made several cards with it, and I love it more each time. With the exception of the sentiment, the card is entirely made with the Flourishing Phrases and Flourish Thinlits dies. The sentiment is from the Floral Phrases and it was stamped in Mossy Meadow. I did cut the Mossy meadow layer, and then again in Brushed gold, which was then positioned back into the negative. I used the Wink of Stella in gold to color the cut out of the flowers so it was not Vanilla. The leaves and flowers were heat embossed in both Gold and Clear powder, and the flower was hand cut to have just the central part positioned on top. I love the looks and the strong colors.

I hope you found your dose of inspiration today and I am glad you stopped by. Have a wonderful day. Be well

Miriam


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For a job well done.

Just as I thought things were back to the routine, we had a week of violin lessons that I still need to adapt to. My children now have group lessons in different days, so this week I take them to violin on Tuesday night, Wednesday afternoon, and Thursday end of the day. That combined with everything else, makes all a bit tricky and I need to get used to that new routine.

We had an spectacular weekend, but maybe that was the last weekend of summer like temperatures. We got a storm on Sunday afternoon and the air is much, much cooler and more fall like. Oh well. We did have such a beautiful summer, nonetheless. I did find a bit of time to craft and prepare a card for the Dostamper Stars 200. When I see strong, bright colors, going together, I get a bit nervous, but for me it is about making sure that no color is overpowering the card. I sued the Falling Flowers for the image, which was stamped twice in opposite directions. The sentiment is from Floral Phrases, stamped on a strip of Whisper White and placed atop the Melon Mambo ribbon, and a small bow to finish it off. And Congratulations go to all the children on the group last night. They are playing beautiful literature, at a regular tempo, still sight reading for most part, but doing a tremendous job keeping up.

Thank you for visiting today. I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy schedule to stop by and visit. Be well

Miriam





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Oh my...

Oh my, oh my. I am so sorry my dear readers and friends, for being so quiet this past week. I had some incident after the heavy rain fall on Tuesday evening and that just added to my very busy week. We got a bit of water in the basement and I got some of my supplies wet. Nothing was lost, other than a lot of time. I just now finished making sure all is dry and good, things are back in place and I can play again. But the weather outside is so beautiful that I am spending most of the day outdoors with the children. Today we picked strawberries, so my day was dedicated to making our jam. I found a bit of time at the end of the day to play again.

And this is the card I made using the gorgeous Flourish Thinlits, which has a matching stamp set - Flourishing Phrases, that gave me the sentiment. I will be posting this card on the MojoMonday 453, as I got the sketch idea from them. This thinlit will be busy in my hands. I love the details and the flair it has. The rhinestones on the "buds" adds such a delicate touch. The Very Vanilla background would be way too plain without some touch or texture. I selected to have the Touches of Texture for that and even added the little dragonfly. I love all the textures in this card.

I hope you enjoyed the project today. Please share your thoughts as I love to hear them. Be well

Miriam

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