Someday........

Someday I will actually complete a Mojo Monday card on Monday........instead of finishing it in the last ten minutes of a Wednesday!   On the bright side this will be sent to a friend who just broke her wrist and it should get to her before her cast comes off in four weeks........hmmm maybe if it were Mojo Monthly I'd have a chance!

Summer's Top Five......PPA47......

Pals Paper Arts summer theme led me to create this card using the Sweet Sunday Sketch.  I love summer and here are my Top Five Reasons why:

                     5.  No heat bills

                     4.  Extra hours of daylight

                     3.  Campfires by the lake

                     2.  Reading on the beach

                                    AND

                     1.  The guys do most of the cooking!

A Tale of Two Blog Candies.......Part 2........

270 Comments!   Wow!  I have read every one and enjoyed all of your answers describing your stamping styles. Sara is quick and ribbony, Lorijane - randomly balanced. Lisa P is a "crell" - crisp and embellished. Julie C is "queasy" while Linda W and Kelley R said they were "cleasy".  Marybeth likes glitter and sparkle and labeled herself "glitarkle".  Trish in Wisconsin said CASLAYS - clean and simple with layers. Sarah likes modern with a dash of cute.  And Michele hit home when she said "Quick always helps but who are we kidding?"  Hmmm.... I am thinking that maybe I should have had "painful and time-consuming" as a category!  I feel your pain - some days my waste basket is the most used tool in my stamping room! 

And now, the WINNER of the blog candy pictured above is:

                Donna who wrote:  Beautiful work! Love your style. I would say I usually go for quick and easy, but I love to use lots of embellishments, layers and fun techniques if I have time.



Congratulations Donna! You have 48 hours to e-mail me at jcallahan1@nycap.rr.com.  Make sure you send me your address.  Thanks to everyone who played along!

A Tale of Two Blog Candies.......Part 1........

I am a definite fan of Wendy Janson!  Long before I became a demo I followed her blog. I did this shower invitation about a year and a half ago.  It is a CASE of a birthday card that Wendy did in September of 2008!  Check it out!  I thought her card was beautiful and I reworked it slightly to turn it into invitations for a baby shower.  I rummaged through my sample box and found it to post today.  And why would I dig that out?  Wendy recently celebrated 100,000 hits on her blog.  I left her a comment of congratulations and ended up winning a fabulous box of blog candy!  So thank you Wendy for the treats and more importantly for your wonderful inspiration!

The card is a beautiful combination of Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink and Rose Red.  I changed it so that just the white square layer of the card opened.  The shower information was printed on the inside white panel.



Part 2 of this tale will come tomorrow when I post the winner of my blog candy picked from the comments left after our Pals Farewell Hop......stay tuned....