#GoRedWearRed

Friday, February 3, 2017

Hello to all my visitors, followers, viewers and friends.  Let's get ready for some football...the Super Bowl weekend.  Who do you want to win?  I'd rather ask you than to give my answer.  My team is not even playing, so all I can say is...let the best team win.   I'm mostly interested in the half-time show and from what I've read and heard on the talk shows, it is going to be a very good one.  Will Lady Gaga perform from the top of the stadium?  I guess you and I will have to watch and see.

I went "red" today, on my  card for your viewing.  Since you can't see that I've dress in red, I thought I would go along with this National day of observance and use it on my card creation:
 http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/2017/02/02/february-3-2017-national-women-physicians-day-national-carrot-cake-day-national-wear-red-day-national-day-the-music

• I've used the traditional Neenah white cardstock;
• red cardstock from DCWV "The Old World Stack" for layering
• The focal layer was stamped with stamps from Altenew Persian Motifs stamps using VersaMark and white embossing powder.  
• The background of the focal layer was distress in a somewhat "ombre" layer using "barn door" Tim Holtz distress ink.
• The sentiment was stamped on a piece of DCWV "The Old World Stack" using jillibean soup "Handwritten Sentiments" stamp and  jet black archival ink
• Recollections faux gems were placed on the card.

My Accomplishment for playing along at Word Art Wednesday during Anything Goes - Challenge Weeks #266-267

Thanks for checking out my blog today.  Enjoy your weekend.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Happy Birthday"

Friday, January 6, 2017

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.   The weekend is upon us once again and I basically know what I will be doing,  do you?
I know that trying to maneuver in snow on the highway is dangerous.  I know that a tremendous amount of snow will keep some of us house bound for a couple of days and you will be experiencing cabin fever.  I know that some women live by themselves and will have to depend on someone else to come by to shovel snow out of the driveway just in case you need to get out.
I know this....but...I just want to see the first snow fall and then,....I will be satisfied for the winter season!  It is a childhood thing.   It is a schoolgirl and teacher thing...when it snows, you know you will not have to go to school.  Sit by the window or glass den door and watch the beauty of God's creation...just once during the winter.  Don't get upset with me, this is just the way it is.

On to something else...
I may or may not have electricity on Tuesday, so I prepared a birthday card for my oldest daughter who will be celebrating her ?? birthday on that day.  It is going postal as well as on this blog today.
I'm wishing her a fabulous birthday because that's the way her mom sees her...fabulous.  Who wouldn't be proud of a fun-loving, intelligent, kind and generous person.  She is all of that and more. We respect the mother-daughter relationship but also the friendship we share with each other.  Some people don't want to say they have a friendship with their children, but I do.
Take a look at what she will see on this blog today and when she gets it in the mail:

Supplies:

Neenah white cardstock; patterned vellum; patterned cardstock cut in a circle;

I used an Altenew "Persian Motifs" stamp with umbrella crafts princess pink dye ink and a green copic marker.

sequins in various sizes and colors were placed around the sentiment which was stamped using Penny Black's "T for Transparent" clear set and Hampton Arts black dye ink.

Thanks for visiting today.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois