Easter and Earthquakes

Easter and Earthquakes - not something you'd usually think about together, even though April is Earthquake Awareness Month. Unless you happened to live in the Southwest part of the U.S. today.  Holy carp!  The 7.2 magnitude SSE of Mexicali certainly caught my attention, as have the five or six aftershocks I've felt so far. Okay, I'm aware!!!  Enough, already!

No, really....I'm okay.  Just feel a bit dizzy and disoriented (but then, what's new, 'eh?).

Here's a quick (non-SU) card made for my 4 y.o. grandson.  Had to hurry this one, because work has seriously put a crimp in my creating time!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hoppy Easter (and a Lesson Learned)

This is the card I made for the Stampin' Club Swap this month.  The theme was, of course, Easter.  The image is from a retired Stampin' Up stamp set called Friends.  I was going to sell it, along with a bunch of other retired SU stamp sets, but I just couldn't part with it.  It was killing me to put my Stampin' Up Teddy Bear sets (Favorite Teddy Bear, Bear Necessities, Beary Best) on the auction block, and I just couldn't do this one, too.


The image was stamped on watercolor paper with Jet Black StazOn ink, and colored with Classic ink and an Aqua Painter. The edges were torn and the image matted on Pink Passion card stock.


Oh, the lesson learned?  I should never place an order late at night with my brain half asleep. I double-ordered Green Galore cardstock.  It's such a bright Spring green - something I won't be using very much, so I have enough to last me quite a while!


Stamp: Friends (retired)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pink Passion, Green Galore, watercolor paper
Ink: Classic Stampin' Pads - Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Melon Mambo, Lavender Lace, Chocolate Chip, Jet Black StazOn
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, Modern Label Punch, pink gingham ribbon, pink crystal stickers