Packaging...or something like that

Well today at notimetostamp it's all about packaging ( don't know if that's the right spelling) and as far as packing something I sure can do that lately. I've been packing on the pounds and must really look into a recycled new body. BUT for now let's play the challenge. I made up my own paper to cover this CD container. Found this stamp in the dollar bin at my pal Mike's place and you have to admit he does have some great buys in those bins. I embossed in white on bright red cs and just added a bow ( double bowed with the Bow Easy),and to finish it off, did my tag with the same stamp using red ink, and added a few blingers. The little merry phrase is from Morning Star Co. Easy peasy and there you have it.
Remember to head over to DD's and wish her a Happy Birthday as I said in the post below. Have a great weekend and see you next time.

There's a Birthday to celebrate!!!

Yep today is DD's birthday and I hope you take a moment of your busy day to stop over and wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JULIE. You probably wonder how old she is right??? Well if you are good at math I'll give you a little problem to solve that will tell you her age...ready? Add 2x10, plus 4, plus 5x2,plus 15, minus 5,minus 8, plus 3,...oh dang I screwed it all up but anyway she's a young chick whose mother hen truly loves and wishes her the best of a wonderful birthday. Jump on over to say Happy Birthday by clicking here. Happy Birthday to Julie and happy Friday to you all.

Am I seeing Double???

Well I guess you are right if you thought you were seeing double as I did this Santa just on Sunday's post BUT that was soft and sweet and I think this card is a little more playful but I could be wrong. I'm sorry if you all thought I was depressed on Sunday...I really wasn't, just a bit "up tight" but after a little fiber I was moving along just fine. This is becoming my favorite Christmas stamp and since Flourishes is having Timeless Tuesday I thought...well let's just change it up and use it again. Silke Ledlow is hosting this week with a sketch challenge and I love when someone else uses their brain power and shows me what to do. I don't like taking orders but when it comes to something like this I say...go for it. Follow the sketch cause it makes it easy peasy. My stamps are from the Flourishes Santa set that is new this year and as you can see and as I already told you...I love it. Use some nice trim paper and just slap that fat man all together. If you click on my image you can get a much better take on my card. It just wouldn't co-operate with my digi camera. Happy Tuesday !

Here Comes Santa Claus...

Well it was a boring day in the life of the Rubbermaid so she decided to just sit with her fancy cup of coffee and stamp, stamp, stamp. Dang I was really bored! We had a dark dreary day and I felt like instead of blogging about my life I needed to get one. My friends are leaving the area and heading to the heat belt and the closest thing to heat for me, is to sit on my heating pad and dream. I know I sound bitter...well so what if I am?? My buddy Ray is heading to Atlanta and then on to California and where am I going you ask??? Nowhere that's where and so I hit the rubber to the ink and stamp. This Santa is a Flourishes set and golly do I ever love this guy. He's a big fella and requires a larger size card but he does make up so nicely. I used some walnut distress ink to get the tone I wanted and colored ever so lightly and little. My phrase is Impression Obsession and I got my paper Fancy Pants in Montana and it made for a perfectly lovely background for the fat man. Added a snipet of ribbon and I'm done. So tonight it's time for Desperate Housewives and those ladies ( and I use the phrase ever so loosely) are even more deaperate then I am. Happy new week and I'll be back too soon for words.

Timeless Tuesday on Thursday??? Now that's really Late

Well what can I say but better late then never??? Maybe in this case it should have been never. I made a gift bag for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday and with the sketch for Penny's challenge I followed it with a card. As I said perhaps I should have just skipped it this week as it's not the best work...but it if you were getting a gift of Sumatra coffee and a mug to serve it in I guess you wouldn't care about the gift bag it came in. I used the Flourishes poinsettia set for both the bag and the card. Been blowing leaves with a wonderful blower my husband invented more then 30 years ago. To say it's powerful is being modest, it actually blew all of my perennials into the ravine the first time we tried it out. It's a neat piece of equipment that you just roll around and it blows the leaves in like 5 mins. Awesome and certainly helpful for these old bones. Happy Thursday one and all.

Penny's challenge....winter scene

Penny's challenge this week is to do a winter scene. When I read that I thought to myself...do I have to?? am I ready for winter?? Absolutely not, but I gave it the old college try and this is what I came up with. This is a very old stamp that I never use cause to be honest with you I don't think it's all that impressive and I don't know why I bought it in the first place. I guess the company that made it wasn't that proud of it either because it doesn't show a name...oops! in very tiny print I just found PSX. Anyway, just stamp and use a bit of colored pencils and then add some glitter glue by Stickles and you're almost there. I did some fancy schmansy punched corners, a bit of $1 bin ribbon and a snowflake by SU and I'm done. I'd rather think of heading to my place in Florida on the beach where I can lay in the sun in my bikini and have all the old men drooling at the sight of me...But since I don't have a place on the beach in Florida or anywhere else nice and warm I guess I'll have the snowblower checked out and get it ready for my winter scene instead. Happy Thursday to you all.

Timeless Tuesday go neutral with colored image

Well what is neutral you might ask??? According to the inter-net it can be black, white, gray, ivory etc. To be safe I went with plain old white...devoid of color since I needed to color my image. And speaking of coloring my image, well I'm sure when you were small, your Mom used the term " waste not, want not" and so I decided to use left over yarn to knit Frosty's scarf. Looks like a remenant of Joseph's technicolor coat, but I know I did not waste in this case and used just about all the colors. For my textured background I ran my card stock through the Big Shot to get a snow like look cause after all Frosty is a "snow"man. Didn't have a Flourish stamp for this...Sorry, so I used a snowman I've had for years and who I thought was really quite cute. This is put out by Print Works. Used my colored pencils and a blender, which by now you know is my favorite way to color up my images. Did a die cut from Spellbinder's label # 3 that I bought on special at good old Hobby Lobby.Also found the little blingers of glittery red and used those for holly berries. Love that place and when I visit DD we head on over. Happy Tuesday to you all and I'll be back again soon.

Accordian/Squeeze Box fold

Well today's challenge at notimetostamp is to do an accordian fold. Now you know I don't want to put the "squeeze" on you, but if you're interested you can see it's not all that hard. Did you know the patron saint of accordianist's or is it accordian players??? anyway the patron saint is...ready? are you sure?? silly it's Lady of Spain of course. Or if you are a topless female accordian player it's probably Lady of Pain...Ouch that one hurt! My card ( have to get down to business) is done with the beautiful leaf stamp put out by Flourishes and done of course with my favorite water colored pencils and my blender. I started out by embossing in gold and then went to work like in school and started having my fun. Added a few little dots with a stamp by Judith and a phrase I think by Flourishes but not really sure anymore cause my area is such a piggy stye. Easy card that was done with brown and sort of orangish cs. Put a little bling in the opposite corners and I'm done.
Well my big weekend plan is tonight's party at the church to raise money for the Poverty Program that I work with. We are having a spaghetti dinner with all proceeds going directly to our cause which is to feed the hungry and homeless. Big job as the numbers keep climbing. Hope it's a big success. We are having a raffle and the dinner so wish us luck. Have a great weekend to one and all. See you next week.

Timeless Tuesday on Weds. as usual

Well I'm back to my old bad habits of being late for Timeless Tuesday for Flourishes.However; since I just got home from DD's place you need to cut me a little slack. I really love this angel image but did not do it justice and I am well aware of it. This card lacks something and I personally don't like the plain top and bottom of the image panel. Sometimes I use the excuse of getting old when things don't go my way and this is one of those times, so deal with it. I used my faithful colored pencils and a blender to color the heavenly broad who thinks she's Louie Armstrong playing the horn. Got news for her...nobody can play it like Louie! This is a Flourishes image I bought last Christmas time and would you believe it's my first stamping of it? Used my "new " Martha doiley punch for the border and I have to tell you these dang punches do NOT cut through card stock. They sent me one for free but it sucks just like the first one I bought and returned. Used a corner punch and added a few blingies but you already know that. Happy day to you all and I will return on Friday.

It's Hip to be Square

Well today's challenge at notimetostamp is to be square...no don't be square, have a square shaped card and I mean all the way square. No ovals, no circles...just squares. Well I made my square card which is a 6"x6" out of a brocaded type paper that cost $3 a sheet and was just sitting there for I don't know how long, so I decided ...now is the hour. No name on it because I think I bought it over a year or so ago at a stamp store going out of business sale so I can't even check to get any info but do you need to know??? Some things are better off not knowing and this is going to be one of those things ...so deal with it. Lovely cardstock quality. All I did was layer a couple of squares using the brocade then gold etc. On my final gold square I embossed the word Rejoice from a Flourishes Christmas set, in gold and then added some blingers and a bow tied with the handy Bow Easy. Very simple card because as you know I am on vacation and don't have time to fool around. I'm here for fun and my time is running out so I have to get all my square work done in the form of square dancing not stamping. When next we speak I will be back in Michigan. So...have a happy weekend and a big Howdy from Montana.