Open House Sunday!

The inside of our vintage card.

What a fun afternoon we had.  There was a seafood dip, chocolate, pumpkin pie, brownies and LOTS of stamping!  Tina, Claudia, Barbara Y and Barbara S, Joan Cz and Joan C, Mary Dent, and Kathy braved the mountain of supplies AND the dreaded spritzer :-)!!  We warmed up with a little glitzier version of the Red Hat Society luncheon gift tag.  We added silver embossing and little punches on the scallop circle.  Anyone booking a regular workshop in their home or at the Oasis will receive their choice of the decorator punch or the scallop border punch.  Yes,these are some of my random offers.  The first visitor to leave a comment gets a goody bag.

On the left is our vintage card featuring a shabby chic flower and a die-cut envelope with a message card on the inside.
On the right is our "blingy" holiday gift tag with lots of silver embossing.

Here's our fun and creative group of gals!

Thank you again, Sunday Stampers!!

Demo!

Well, in a good and bad sort of way!!  Our kitchen reno is finally underway in earnest and believe it or not, I know the worst is yet to come (tunnelling through the concrete floor on Thursday to relocate the plumbing and drain)  but......next month this time all should be well!  (Hmmmm....too bad we can't get that same wallpaper that was under the cabinets!! LOL)  Today the soffitt comes out.  More mayhem and destruction.  What price progress!! 

SOS Stampers, we'll meet in the living room on Aug. 24!!

But Now For Some Peace and Diversion!!

Here are a few cards I've enjoyed creating.  The "C Is For Cat" card is pretty much CASE'd from a card on the internet!  I just had to give it a try!

The next two cards are from my favorite new stamp set!  I love it because if you had to be stranded on an island with only one stamp set, this would cover about everything!  My good friend and mentor, Cheri Wenger, gave me some artist's canvas that worked great with the Elegant Lines embossing folder and some Soft Subtle Pastels!  (I'm going to be creating an album using canvas in the near future!!)

Happy Stamping!!!  Ree

Maybe this is why I love my butterfly stamps so much.....

BEFORE THEY CAME!  Here you see one of my milkweed plants.  This is one of 10 that I added to feed the hungry Monarch catterpillers!

Here is one of the nearly 30 chrysallis that were created in our butterfly garden area. 

Below is one of the "hatchlings".  This particular butterfly hatched from a chrysallis rescued by the pump repairman.  I ended up using glue dots to attach it to the brick well.

Here is a "new" butterfly exercising her wings (males have thinner black lines and a black dot on each lower wing to distinguish them from the ladies) prior to flying off.

AFTER!

This is how my butterfly "garden" appeared after being decimated by so many catterpillers!  Not so beautiful and inviting!!  Not to worry though.  The leaves are coming back again for the next wave of monarchs.  (I also have a few Blue Swallowtail catterpillars on my parsley and fennel plants.)  If you've gotten this far and will comment and send me your e-mail address, I'll send the first "commenter"  the single butterfly stamp!