Expressions In Color

I am ready for this year to be over!!   We all thought 2020 was a bad year but truthfully, I didn't mind the quarantine so much.  It gave me lots of time to make cards, read, etc.  This year it seems like I have something happen to me every week!  First it was the fall I had in late December when I injured my shoulder and back and started the year doing Physical Therapy for a couple of months.  Next I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with kidney stones in both kidneys.  Then there was the fall I took on Memorial Day which hurt my hip.  I saw the ortho doc today and he said I probably still have a few weeks before I am not limping or hurting but he dismissed me.  My daily Aleve helps with my hip pain. Hopefully, I won't see him again!  Last week was my annual trip to see the eye doctor.  Well, he diagnosed me with the beginnings of glaucoma!!  I am now taking drops for that.  Oh .... I'm not done!  This weekend I suspected I had a UTI (urinary tract infection.)  I went to the urologist yesterday.  He gave me antibiotics and pain pills to take for 3 days.  He will send my urine sample to be tested.  So, hopefully I will hear something today to confirm or deny the UTI.  If it is not a UTI, then I will go back to the urologist to determine what is going on!

In the meantime, here are a few of the cards I have made with the June Paper Pumpkin kit Expressions In Color.  It was a fun one!

Everything on this card came right out of the kit except the Thick White Card Base, a piece of white cardstock to stamp on and the Evening Evergreen that is used for a mat.  I love the simple-ness (is that a word?) of this card!

This is a Z Fold card.  I used an embossing folder on the white background.

I love that the dies and stamps from the Artistically Inked bundle.  The leaves were die cut onto copper foil paper.

I cut small square from a scrap and tried to line them up straight!

Such a simple card but packs a punch!

Garden Birhouses

 I know .... I've MIA for quite some time (missing in action!)  No excuse except I have not been in my stamp room much lately.  I am feeling much better although not 100% yet.  My hip is still sore.  I have been doing water aerobics for a couple of weeks which helps.  I had to wait until the water was not freezing before I went to the pool.  I just started back about 3 weeks ago.  Usually, my early June the water is ok but this year it was still too cool for me until July!

I have been working on cards for the NC Demo's Quarterly which is 7/23-25 in Hendersonville.  Ashley is coming down also and will go with me and Marianne.  Mom's birthday (#93) is July 25 so Ashley will surprise her.  

I got a new stamp set (Garden Birdhouses on page 107) last week and have had fun with it.  

This is a slimline card.  I really like making these larger cards.  I used my Blender Brushes to lightly color the background with Pool Party ink.  I mounted the image on Cinnamon Cider cardstock before adhering it all to the 8 1/2" x 9" card.  I used Blender Pens to color the images.

This is going to be one of the shoebox cards I will be taking to the NC Quarterly.  The DSP is from the Pattern Party pack that you can earn as a hostess.

The (retired) DSP on this card is from Fine Arts pack.  I sure wish Stampin' Up kept the DSP's for longer than one catalog year!!  I used the Tailor Made Tags dies for this card.  I fussy cut the bird house and the pole and adhered it to the white tag.  The tag in the back is Daffodil Delight.  I used Blender Brushes on the white tag with Pool Party ink.  I found a little piece of lace in my stash of ribbons and adhered it along the edge of the tag.  The little flowers were punched from the Pierced Blooms dies.

Happy 4th!

 Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July!!  We went to Mooresville last night to see the fireworks that the "Y" puts on every year.  We drive up to my mom's church and get a great view of them sitting in our beach chairs.  (Just wish I was at the beach!)

I made this card for celebrating the 4th!

A lot of retired stuff is on this card - stamp and DSP but it fit the bill today!

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