memo to card friend

Blogger isn't let me upload today. I see they are having another outage at 4:00 -- HOPEFULLY, that will fix the problem. I will get the tutorial up asap. I am going to try another post and see it that photo can upload.

Tutorial 1 for internet friend. . .

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You can make a variety of cards with only one stamp. Well, maybe two. . . but you could have typed the thank you words also and used it like as if it were stamped on paper. You just have to think creatively. Recently I made these ten cards, each a little different. I used one main stamp -- the smiley face carrot nose snowman features and the thank you one, some just parts of it.

I usually stamp on a separate piece of white card stock and then trim to fit what I am doing. Exceptions are made, of course, as you can see from the two in the end of first and second rows where I stamped directly on the folded card stock. I did them catywampus so it wouldn't matter if they weren't lined up perfectly.

For the majority of them, I used a medium blue background. I used thin strips of black paper or ribbons to fill in space, make bows etc. Buttons can be used in different places also.

On the first ones in rows one and two, I stamped a strip of white card stock and used a glue stick to attach it to the blue card stock. I stamped the two faces near the top and bottom edges first and then fit the third one in the middle of them.

The triple thank you stamp was used in a variety of ways, depending on what else I had on the card already but it was always added last. When I used the whole thank you stamp, I bordered it with black card stock and then white card stock and raised it with a sticky foam square. These foam squares are expensive so I cut them in half and at times I use the surrounding scraps too! Ü

The one big snowman, I used a ribbon I have in my stash and a little cotton ball for its hat. As in several others, I cut only part of the stamped Thank You and used that on the ribbon, above it or on a narrow strip of card stock that looked like ribbon.

Speaking of ribbon, to hide the frayed edges, I glued the ribbon to the card stock piece that would go on top of the actual card. Then if a bow was to be used, I tied that separately and used a couple little glue dots or one big one to attach it to the ribbon already on the card.

The carrot noses were colored with an orange pencil but could have been colored with a marking pen as well.


This one I made for my friend, Myrl, who is now in a convalescent home. It is yet another card made with the same stamp but just a little different things used to spruce it up.

Just a memory now. . .

Three weeks can make a big difference. Our snow is all gone now but the news said there's a possibility of more this coming weekend. Can it happen again? Maybe. . . hope so! When I lived in southeastern Idaho, I would have said YES! I remember the blizzard we had on Valentine's Day in Pocatello the year I moved to Washington. I can only hope.

Snow Emotions. . .

On Christmas day, as I walked to my elderly friend's home to spend some time with her, I came across this scene. It made me wonder how the person shoveling snow felt when their shovel broke with the load of snow they must have been trying to remove. I am sure the person shoveling had the opposite thoughts of me about snow. . .

Have I told you how much I love the snow? I love walking in it; taking photos; shoveling people's sidewalks and driveways; building snowmen and snow forts and just watching it come down, delicate flakes landing on my outstretched tongue.

I have lived where the snow is so deep that it was months before it all melted and I miss upstate New York for just that reason. If I could, I would move back there to enjoy my "senior" years. . . but instead, I live in WAshington where getting more than half an inch of snow is not pleasant for most people who aren't used to it and only complain. This winter was the most snow in over 20 years here. I would have gladly shoveled their drive/sidewalk IF they had a working shovel.

Trying a macro . . .

I should have focused on just one of these as I have in the past but I kinda like it anyway. Gives character to the river. . .CLICK on to enlarge. . .

Odd Shots MONDAY

If you want to join ODD SHOTS, see Katney

I don't know why I took this picture of part of the cement wall that holds the I-5 bridge up but after I did. It looks like "paintings" on the wall. Do you see them? Click to enlarge to see a better view of it. If not odd, definitely strange.

Blog Your Blessings Sunday

If you care to join us acknowledging our blessings go here: Blue Panther

We have had so much fog and overcast skies that it has been quite awhile since we were able to view Mt. Hood in Oregon, across the Columbia River. This week, I have been able to get out and walk and for that I am very thankful as it is something I really enjoy -- especially with my camera along!This is just another view of Mt. Hood but one we haven't seen lately so it is definitely my blessing this week. CLICK to enlarge.

For other photos of Mt. Hood, see the posts just below as I have been featuring it for several days.