Evrything Eleanor & Blooming with Kindness Hand Stamped Sentiments card

Good day it's Monday 

a start to a new week

sorry for not posting Friday and the weekend

it was quite the Friday and I just could not squeeze in a post

I am truly sorry friends

I am happy to report that the weekend did bring me much needed down time

well what I call down time anyways lol

Saturday started at 2:00am in my craft room and I loved that

it was such a beautiful rainy morning how perfect for card making

then I made fish chowder - did the usual stuff

like laundry a bit of house cleaning

and I made homemade granola bars (all before 9:00am lol)

I'll share that recipe on Wednesday they are fabulous

then Kayla and I went to hot yoga

we started doing hot yoga a few weeks ago as part of our health and welness program at work

it's fabulous and we are all enjoying

got home and did the rest of the house cleaning and made cantoloni

they were so yhummy

during all of this our office was geting air contioning installed so was alot of back and fort

did do some work

Sunday morning started with a bit more time in my craft

then Hot Yin with Renee and Tracey

home for the big sunday dinner

We made a HUGE Prime Rib Roast it was pretty yhummy (thank you mom for coming and assisting with the roast and dishes you are a doll)

we made mashed potatoes

Carrots with brown sugar pistachio (this is so good)

asperagus roasted with seasoning and grated parmasan cheese and asiago cheese

gravy

and we made homemade brownies 

they were so good

we had such a nice Sunday Dinner (love that so precious to me)

so that was my weekend of being pretty much home

now let me share what I created

I used a colour challenge from Hand Stamped Sentiments

and so I took out some new stamps

ouh la la I enjoyed that so much

I used Everything Eleanor - and Blooming with Kindness stamp

I assembled my stamps

ouh I am so excited to finally play with this stamp

I had seen it at Lees as she had received it at Leadership I beleive

and could not wait to get my hands on this one and inked up

that I did

cardstock layers and thinking

I used Sahara Sand ink for the background image here

on Whisper white cardstock

then I reached for some fabulous Framelits

they are called

APOTHECARY ACCENTS

and wait I did more with this

ouh look at this how cool uh?

its called

ESSENTIALS PAPER PIERCING PACK

on page 181 of the new Stampin Up Idea book

sponged the shape with crump cake

and gonna stamp the greeting here

this is the fun part 

I created a flower from stampin the image from the

EVERYTHING ELEANOR STAMP

and doing a fair amount of cutting and fideling lol

oh and crumpling too lol

Ribbon colouring

it's coming together nicely don't you think?

look at my flower upclose

I think it turned out really pretty don't you??

here is the card I created with this challenge

the base of the card is basic black

then I used Basic gray as my next layer 

then the whisper white

one last photo to share with you

oh and the flower is stamped with sahara sand and daffodil delight

I also sponged the white background with the daffodil delight

so friends this is my card for today

I have had to delay my blog candy announcement 

sorry it will come to you on Wednesday

so for now I wish you all a super marvelous Monday

I'll be back tomorrow with another card

ouh yes I know two cards in a row uh??? how cools is that hehe

thanks for visiting and remember that I truly value reading your comment so please don't leave without posting a comment 

i'll be back tomorrow

embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski

AKA STampin STressaway

 

 

Comments

[Linda Sassman]

Such a beautiful card Carole Anne! I love to see what you do with new products and color challenges. Thanks for all you do! Linda

[Mitzi Luttrull]

What an awesome card! Great use of the new products.

[Sandi Dailey]

Oh man, so sorry I missed dinner on Sunday too Carole'Anne!!! You are such an awesome cook!! I have to be honest and tell you I just couldn't afford the gas this week, maybe next time!! Everybody has already said this, but have to tell you again how beautiful your flower came out -- I too love making these. The whole card is gorgeous!

[Carol Carriveau]

Very pretty card and your flowers are always so fabulous!!!

[lisa808]

Sorry I missed Sunday dinner--everything sounded delicious!

Beautiful card.

[Robbie]

Another fabulous card! I love what you did with the flower. I just got this set and will be trying my hand at recreating it. Thanks for playing with us this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments!

[Annette Stelte]

Super Gorgeous flower! Also really like the paper piercing. Love the colors you chose. Awesome! Have a great day. Hugs from your #1 fan, Annette

[Shannon]

I really like your flower, it is a gorgeous addition to the card. Very simple and classy. Thank you for joining us at Hand Stamped Sentiments.

[Dawn]

Holy Cowzers Carole Anne!!! You've done a beautiful job on this card, I just am blown away by your flower and am so putting that paper pierce pack on my next shopping list, FUN! :) All the sponging really makes this card one of a kind, I love it! Thanks for playing along this week over at Hand Stamped Sentiments!

[Cindy Fodor]

Gorgeous Carole Anne! I am definitely casing this card. Love to you!

[Elizabeth Price]

Super pretty. The paper piercing is so cool and the layered flower is AMAZING. Thanks for joining the color challenge this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments. Smiles, Elizabeth

[Tammy]

PRETTY! The flower turned out GORGEOUS! You always make such beautiful flowers.
I love the colors together. Very pretty.
Wow you did a lot of cooking. YUM! I hope you had a dishwasher amongst ya'll
because that was a LOT of dishes. tehee
Glad you got some "down time".
Have a great day my little friend!
Love on Max for me.

[Diane Vander Galien]

Beautiful!!! Love your flower- so pretty!!! Great use of new products!!! Love the new piercing mat- so pretty!!! The bow and pearls are perfect accents!!!
Thanks for playing along with Hand Stamped Sentiments, Diane