Fusion: Daisies

Rural scenes like this one are everywhere in my corner of the world.  And the end of summer in this corner of the world means it is time for the county fair.  There are barns full of animals, buildings full of flowers and vegetables, all sorts of displays, rides, a midway, shows.....and fabulous junk food! 

Miss Emma is a total fan of  Monster Trucks and for the first time ever they will appear at the fair!  She is very excited since the theme of her upcoming birthday party is Monster Trucks.  We spent the afternoon today making tags for her party favors.  I found a simple punch art monster truck on Pinterest and simplified it even more so Emma could do most of the work herself.  I punched out shapes while she glued them together.  

I used both the sketch and picture for inspiration at Fusion this week!  That is what is so great about Fusion - use what inspires you!

Stamp Sets:  Daisy Delight, Country Road, Waterfront, A Big Thank You

Paper:  Whisper White, Wood Textures DSP

Ink:  Soft Suede, Memento Black, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Shaded Spruce

Small Things.....FMS351

I start and end each day with a cup of tea.  There is something calming about putting the kettle on and making tea.  I am sipping my evening cuppa while I type this and thought I would share some of the small things that happened today that definitely made my day better......

~ my SU order arrived (from the new catalog!)

~ my thirty-one order arrived (from their new craft line)

~ my Amazon order arrived (for Emma's birthday)

~ my Pampered Chef order was shipped - hmmmmm seeing a pattern here.......

And while I was peacefully sipping my breakfast tea that crazy squirrel launched himself from the hydrangea tree onto my kitchen screen and started gnawing anew!  I roared at him and away he went.....probably to go home and brew his own pot of tea and plan his next invasion.....

I loved Jen Timko's sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Hope you play along!

Stamp Sets:  Time for Tea, Coffee Talk (Lil' Inkers)
Paper:  Whisper White, Highland Heather, Garden Impressions DSP
Ink: Memento Black, Mint Macaron,Copics

Happy Haunting......FMS351

When someone tells you to get dressed up and come on over for a tea party of course you put on your Vamperina costume and bat wings and join the girls for tea.......

                                  

Amy has a fun sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Join us!

Stamp Sets:  Spooky Sweets, Witch Feet (Hero Arts)

Ink:  Versamark, Memento Black

Paper:  Whisper White, Halloween Night DSP

Stamp Review Crew: Varied Vases

The Stamp Review Crew is featuring Varied Vases this week. It is an amazing set with endless possibilities.  It is also the Million Dollar Sales Set designed by my upline Mary Fish who is pretty amazing herself!

I love the sweet simplicity of the images in this set.  I scribbled acrylic blocks with Mint Macaron and Mango Melody markers, spritzed the blocks with water and stamped the blocks onto watercolor paper.  A paper towel easily blots up any puddles you want gone!  Then I just stamped my images in black right over the watercolored areas.  It is easy to do but there are variables because of the watercolor.....and operator error!  I dropped the blocks twice and splattered ink all over instead of stamping ink.  So my final helpful hint is - don't talk on your cell phone while handling markers and spritzing water on slippery clear blocks!  

If you missed Stesha's fabulous work head on back......

Otherwise head onward to my oh so talented friend Mike Funke's blog!

I used the sketch at Cas(e) this Sketch for my layout.

Stamp Set:  Varied Vases

Ink:  Black, Mint Macaron, Mango Melody

Paper:  Mango Melody, Whisper White, Bristol Smooth Watercolor