My Little Red Wagon, TSSC86

Good Morning. I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. Mine was great. I got a couple of cards made this weekend. Not as many as I had planned but it was beautiful here and there was too much to do. I also got some work done on my XMAS cards. This happens every year. I plan out the card and get motivated to work on them in the summer but then they sit there and I loose interest. It doesn't help that since I don't have many to make I tend to make a card that has alot of steps.

I bought this Judikins stamp last year at a convention. I have used it before but never put anything in it. This time I decided to put apples in it for Fall. I have a Stampin Up set that has apples in a bucket. I just cut them out and taped them in the wagon. I cut out a couple of stray apples the stamp had and popped them up on the grass. The reds I used on the apples and the wagon were different and they didn't look good together so I put crystal effects on the apples to make them look good enough to eat. I made this card for Mary Jo's Monday Challenge. The only thing I don't like about it is the grass. I should have colored it in instead of stamping it.

I hope everyone has a great short week. I'm filling in for someone who is on vacation at work so mine will be busy.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you like my card. Let me know what you think.

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Real Red, Black
DP: SU
STAMPS: Judikins, Stampin Up, My Favorite Things
MISC: Michaels Ribbon, JoAnn's dots, Black Brads

This week has flown by. I am extremely busy at work and I am getting ready to go on vacation next week (one of the reasons I am extremely busy at work). I can't wait!!


This stamp is from High Hopes. I love their last release with the Ants. They are so cute. I am so happy I like this card because it was a little frustrating to make. I had the image colored. Loved how it came out and then when I went to stamp the grass I got a streak of green ink from the block across my image. I was so disappointed. I decided I would color another one. I wasn't as happy with how the leaves came out so, I checked my original image. The streak of green missed the leaves so I cut them out and popped them up on this image. As you can see I really wanted this grass so I did give it another try, this time being more careful. As usual, I used my cloud template. I liked the DP but didn't know if I could find anything to match it. Cranberry Crisp is a color I do not use often and was happy that it went perfectly.

I feel like the colors makes this a Fall type card which I hope for everyone in the Northeast makes them feel cooler. The hot weather has finally arrived here and my body is not use to it yet.

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Let me know what you think of my Ant..

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Wild Wasabi, Cranberry Crisp
DP: Basic Gray
STAMPS: High Hopes, My Favorite Things
MISC: Copics, MM Brads

TSSC61

TGIF!!!!! What a week I have had.

Monday - Started filling in for someone who was on vaca this week.

Tuesday - Company had a layoff. My boss, who only calls me seldomly, left me a message to call him at an extention at corporate (he doesn't work out of that office). I thought this was it for me. After 29 1/2 years (to the day) I was getting layed off. I started shaking, crying and dialed the #. Needless to say he wasn't thinking and he was just calling me to fill me in on some biz issues. He freaked me out and then I freaked him out (he hates it when I get upset and cry). Anyway, I am still employed. YEAH!!!

Wednesday - In addition to my job, the responsibilities of the person on vaca, I inherited the job of someone who got layed off. Now I am doing 3 full time jobs this week in addition to all the phone calls of people comparing names of the people who got layed off and congrats for still being here.

Thursday - Spent the day trying to catch up from the insanity of Tuesday and Wednesday.

Friday - Thankful I have a job. Trying to regroup. Looking forward to the weekend.


Last night I got to thinking that I haven't done any cards and I really needed a break so I started working on Mary Jo's sketch challenge which I honestly didn't think I would be participating in this week. I like the MFT stamps. I had bought this stamp last year but never used it. It was so much fun playing with a new set.

I hope you like the card and thanks for visiting!

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: My Favorite Things
CS: SU garden green, brocade blue
DP: SU
Misc ribbon, nesties, copics