Glitter painting on acetate

Many years ago I swore off of using glitter. Because this is Group of Seven Cardmakers I wanted to participate and make a card with this technique.

 It went wrong from the start. I cut two images with white cardstock. Glued one on the acetate and got glue everywhere. Then I glued the second image to the first so I would have groves to add the glue. The frame was so thin that was another chance to get more glue everywhere I missed the first time. Now to the glitter. That wasn't hard but there was a new issue. People with COPD cough sometimes out of nowhere with no warning. When you have glue in one hand and glitter in the other, you don't want to cough. Do you see where this is going?  Yep, I coughed and glitter went everywhere. There is still some left on the acetate that I couldn't get off. That's where this card ends. I added it the GO7 so you could see things don't always go smoothly when making cards. Now I remember why I don't use glitter.

If a plant is sad do other plants photosympathise with it?

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Owl be watching you on Halloween

Not me, the owl will be. 

I sponged the background after masking off the moon, then stamped the Lavania tree stamp. Added a bit of gray ink the give the moon some definition. I masked off two of three owls on a DeNami stamp and stamped that little owl. After coloring him I cut him out and added him to the tree limb. I also colored and cut out the two pumpkins and glued them at the bottom of the tree. To finish off the card I found some tiny gems to add to the owls eyes and added the panel to a black card base.

I'm always disappointed when a liar's pants don't catch on fire.

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Foundry Wax

I've started my Halloween cards and made this one using an older embossing folder on black cardstock. I used Distress Foundry Wax over the embossing and added a gold embossed the sentiment on black cardstock. I like the soft look the wax gives and a subtle shine.

As a kid my bedtime was nine pm. I couldn't wait to grow up and go to bed whenever I wanted. Turns out that is nine pm!

Fall leaves

This is a card using Distress Sprays. I sprayed through a stencil of small leaves with yellow, orange and green to make a background. I tried to make the edges fade out a bit. The die cut green leaf is from Poppy Stamps and the sentiment is Lawn Fawn. 

The oldest computer can be traced back to Adam and Eve. It was an apple but with extremely limited memory. Just one byte then everything crashed.

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Shine

I'm happy to report I am feeling better and stronger. For the last two days I haven't had a nap.

This is a card that I will give to my great granddaughter. She has so much fun every day and brings such joy to everyone she meets. I used this gold sparkle paper with stars on it that was in my stash and added an arch die from Spellbinders to the front center. I embossed the sentiment from Reverse Confetti in gold and added some gold stars. I think she'll like it since little girls love sparkle.

For several weeks I haven't been able to load pictures from my phone or camera. My friend came over last week and got it working. Let's see if I can get this card on my blog. It is hard to get a good picture of sparkle without shadows.

I wonder how policemen on bikes arrest people. Do they just say "Alright, hop in the basket"?

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Surprise

I made a card! It took me several days again but that's okay. I used pattern paper from a 6 x 6 Crafters Companion Delightful Daisies pad. You can't tell that I ran that paper through a We R Memory Keepers quilted embossing folder, I don't know why, then cut out the panel with a Lil' Inkers die. I also used a Lil' Inker die to cut a circle from yellow cardstock and added a Ragged Daisy die from Poppystamps. I inked the daisy a bit and stamped the greeting with a Denami Design stamp.

Still have some issues but doctors and I are working through them. Hoping to be fully back soon and not so tired all the time. Daisy is loving all these daytime naps cuddled up with me.

I don't know who needs to hear this but you are a great gardener. That plant should have tried harder.

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Thank you

I want to thank you for the wonderful, uplifting cards, comments and calls since I got home. It is so fun to get them. Don't worry that it takes me so long to thank you. My neighbor is bringing in my mail and she has been sick, so didn't come over with it right away. 

I have had four doctor visits, four more blood draws and a CT scan since I got home and I am wiped out. Getting in the car to go someplace is so tiring and a new wrinkle is low hemoglobin. Well Duh. When you take blood several times a week and every day in the hospital what did you expect! I am glad to know the reason for me being so tired all the time. 

This coming week I have nothing going on and I can't wait. Maybe even get to make a card. I hope it comes back to me.

Daisy was thrown out of the casino. She totally misunderstood the meaning of the craps table!

Be kind to one another.