Mr. & Mrs. Sylvie enjoying a nice fall day.

Sylvies and heart branch stamps are from justjohanna. I taped off the hearts using removable Scotch Tape (blue dispenser)*, stamped the branch, and added tiny punched fall maple leaves in place of the hearts.

Prismacolor pencils were used to color the image. The gorgeous patterned paper is from Daisy D's Gypsy collection and the lovely "sky" paper is from Cosmo Cricket.

*I use Scotch Removable tape for everything from covering part of the stamp before inking, to masking, to holding down templates and little pieces of paper. Handy stuff!

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Argh matey!

There's a pirate ship in my bird bath!

Adorable tiny pirate ship and the bird bath are by justjohanna. Lovely black patterned paper is Black Tie by Basic Grey.

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Time to scare you!

BOO! Are you scared?

Flying Al from justjohanna stamps, Doodlebug papers & stickers, and QK Uptown Girl.

This one was in October '07 Cards magazine and was my first pub with them.

Happy Mischief Night and thanks for visiting the blog today.

Another sentiment quandary.

I was torn between "High there!", "Thanks for the support", and "Friends in High Places", so I decided the heck with it and copped out.

The fun thing about this card, other than the ever-so-cute justjohanna stamps, is that I chose old, but beloved/hoarded patterned paper and spritzed it with Glimmer Mist, which updated the papers with a nice shimmery sparkly shine. That stuff is such fun to use. A spritz adds so much!

Sadly, I doubt you can see the effect because my scanner does not like shiny and shimmery. Feh. Oh well.

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Dreary Friday & Tag, you're it!

It's cold, overcast, damp, and dreary here today, which is Friday, even if the date says Wednesday. Blech. So, here's a cup of tea/cocoa/coffee to brighten your day.

Stamps are justjohanna. The patterned paper has been in my stash forever and I kept it when I paper purged last spring. I'm glad I did because it does work well with that stamp.

Now here's the "Tag, you're it!" part of the post. My friend, Donna, tagged me, but I don't know enough bloggers that would actually answer the questions, so if you're reading this, "Tag, you're it!" Post back to let me know that you ran with it. *grin*

Here are the rules!
1) Link to your tagger, and also post these rules on your blog; 2) Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird; 3) Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs; and 4) Let them know they are TAGGED by leaving a comment on their blog.

Here are my facts.
1. Sometimes I crave chocolate candy. I know, that's not weird at all.

Here's the odd part. Just buying the candy satisfies that craving. When I was working, I'd buy a candy bar, stick it in my drawer, and discover it months later after it had "bloomed". Now I just buy it and give it to my dh. That works since he's a thin guy and can use some calories.

2. I used to play the violin and wasn't too bad. I quit after I told the high school orchestra leader what I thought of him. In very plain terms.

He still remembered me six years later when he encountered my sister.

3. I'm a night owl and am usually up til 3:00 a.m.

4. Lost is my favorite show ever and not just because Sawyer is serious eye candy. I would most definitely not put him in a drawer for later. *guffaw*

5. I still haven't read the last Harry Potter book because I don't want for the series to end. So for me, it hasn't. This drives my dd to distraction because she wants to talk about it with me.

6. I have the car of my dreams. I dream small. Petey, my burgundy PT Cruiser, is great, though he goes too fast. It's the turbo's fault. Not mine. Now why didn't my own personal police officer believe that? (He's mine because he gave me a warning and then ticketed me twice within a year - *sigh*)

7. This is a secret. I get a huge kick out of the teenager. She's fun to spend time with, when she's not being totally annoying, procrastinating, or being a slob.

8. Here's a freebie. I love taking surveys because I'm ever so opinionated. And I'm usually right too. *snort*

I don't understand why political campaign people never call me for to complete a survey or for my opinion!

So, tag you're it!

Aren't you glad you visited today?

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She's an overachiever!

Priscilla le Chef dreams big and is definitely a "Type A" personality and an overachiever! Just look at the size of that cupcake.

Priscilla is also very wise and knows that cats like pastry too. I know that our cats love any kind of muffin and also love certain types of cookies. Our dearly departed Raoul Duke loved apple turnovers, though being a considerate cat, he always left us the apple part.

Anyway, all stamps are by justjohanna.

Priscilla le Chef was colored with Prismacolor pencils and Eco-house's #115 Xtra Mild Citrus Thinner, which I use instead of Gamsol. The Citrus Cleaner works great, is much better for me and the environment, and leaves a pleasant orange scent in the air.

The strawberry cupcake was colored with chalk and the sentiment was colored with Prismacolor markers.

I used Eclipse Tape to mask the cat so she could be in front of the ginormous cupcake. Eclipse Tape is awesome stuff.

The papers are Basic Grey & Scenic Route.

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Decisions, decisions.

"I taut I taw a puddy tat!" or "Rut roh"? I couldn't decide, so I didn't. The stamps are all from justjohanna.

I've been neglecting the blog yet again. I've been busy reorganizing my craftroom as my lovely dh got me two Mini Stackables. I've moved almost all of my mounted rubber stamps into these great rolling units. This freed up drawer space, so I decided to reorganize my patterned paper, which lead to me reorganizing my stickers, and rub-ons. Next up on the reorganizational hit parade are my embellishments and the chipboard collection. I also will be putting all my solid ribbon into my second Pull-Ez, since the first one has made it so much easier to see, chose, and use my ribbon. I can't wait til I'm done since I really would love to sit down and get a ton of stamping done. Alas, it'll most likely have to wait til next week.

In between all this fun reorganization (fall cleaning?), the teenager and I have been visiting colleges, which has been enjoyable. She's good company and entertaining. We've got another Road Trip this coming weekend and will be visiting two more colleges. Then the following weekend will see us visiting yet another two colleges. After that Petey (my PT Cruiser) and I will take a break from being road warriors... Or maybe not. Oh. I should mention that she's loved all four of the colleges we've seen thus far though they are about as dissimilar from one another as you could possibly get...

Enough of my rambling. Thanks for visiting.