Have a Special Day

Boy, did we have a thunder-boomer last night! It was a lightening and rain extravaganza, with hail to boot! Yikes!

We went to bed last night after turning the news off, but the bulk of the storms were to be north of where we live. There was some heat lightening when we finally turned off the light, but no rain. Next thing I know I'm being woken by the hubster looking out the window, and then further awoken by the tornado sirens (which by the way, go off every time there is a sever thunderstorm warning, not just for tornados). Whevever I hear it go off, I always wonder if there's a tornado right down the street that I'm not responding to....and then promptly turn over and go back to sleep. It was a noisy one last night, but neither of the boys woke up.

I had stamped these MFT images a few months ago but never got around to coloring them until just recently. I have discovered recently that I'm not a stamper that likes to color much, which explains why these images sat for so long. I don't know, I guess I just haven't found any coloring medium that I really love, and I'm too cheap to invest in the Copics. I see that Beate is selling hers, so if you're interested, hop on over to her blog. She's selling her whole collection for $300. They are virtually brand new and never been used (she used them a little bit, but not much). My prisma pencils are nice, but I'm still not very motivated to color alot. That surprised me because I used to love to color when I was a little girl. I think that I'm just not very good at it which discourages me from continuing to do it more.

Anyways, I colored the birthday girl and cake from MFT using colors that would match my polka dot American Craft paper. Isn't the paper fab? Love all the colors. Speaking of color, my article is up on Craft Critique today, be sure and go on over and read it. It's a review on a book called Color Harmony for Better Living. I've had the book forever, and it's one that you should consider adding to your collection if you're an artist working with color everyday (which, ahem, is ALL of you!). I colored the image using my Prismas, and then matted it with the OTHER side of the polka dot paper, so the colors would be consistant. It was then adhered to the polka dot paper and the whole thing was glued to the front panel of the card (Pumpkin Pie). The scalloped border at the bottom of the AC paper is also the other side of the polka dot paper. I punched holes in each scallop for some detail. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and was stamped on Very Vanilla. I mounted it on a circle scallop punched out of the OTHER side of the polka dot paper as well. And last but not least, I can't forget the green polka dot ribbon tied at the bottom of the card! So cheery and happy, isn't it? I love happy.

Let's see, what am I forgetting to tell you today? I feel like I'm definitely forgetting something. Mmmmm, it's not coming to me. Looks like I'll have to post again if it suddenly comes to me in the next few hours. In the meantime, have a great day. Do something special for yourself today, you deserve it!

Hugs,
Amy