Pomp and Sustenance: February 2022

Sunday, February 20, 2022

Monday Montage 208 Rainbow of Happiness

February has been a pretty quiet month - not a whole lot happening. Here are my sparkler thoughts this evening.

My boy crush doesn't want to celebrate his birthday this coming week, but I do. We'll see who wins that discussion.
I've been trying to convince myself I need to give up my soda habit and spend more time walking at the park. I need me some Sunshine and natural vitamin D
Practicing my sourdough bread skills. MMmmm love me some fresh out of the oven bread
Having a hard time not putting Cadbury Easter Eggs in my shopping cart
Looking forward to my monthly brunch group this week.
Played Pickleball for the first time last week. If only I could find some newbies that want to learn with me and oh yeah, find a court.

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I am feeling the spring fever. But like in many states that experience all four season in the extreme, we are going from a 60F degree weekend to freezing cold temperatures for Presidents Day. Snowy, Wet...stay in and craft kinda day. Except for walking the dog, it will be a stay inside day. I do have a batch of sourdough bread in the fridge ready for baking in the morning. Been trying out using Rye flour in my starter. Will have to report.

I am not entirely sure this card works... but I love the daisy with the rainbow and the little sentiment in the arch. The sparkle that was cut out four times from the light side of the Ombre paper. Which, by the way, is sooo sparkly and pretty. I love the brass butterflies - they are so cute, I had to include them.

Rainbow of Happiness, Peaceful Moments
Ink - Black
Paper - White, Navy, Ombre Specialty paper
Accessories - Large and Medium Daisy Punches, Brilliant Rainbow Dies, Polka dot EF, Brush Brass Butterflies, Champagne rhinestones

Currently:

Reading - The Island of Missing Trees

Eating - Homemade Chinese - Veggies Stir Fry and Walnut Shrimp

Watching - Closing Ceremonies

Loving - That this week is "the Crush's" Birthday

Listening - Encanto - I can't help myself

Feeling - Anxious - not sure why.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Your Next Stop is Dani's don't miss her projects - if you are traveling in reverse don't miss Cathy Be sure to work your way through the blogs so you don't miss a thing.

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Sunday, February 6, 2022

Monday Montage 207 SU Decorative Masks

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Several years ago at a Stampin' UP convention, they had these decorative rose stamps that you could use for your walls, platters, frames, etc. Every sample looked like it belonged in Grandma's house. My friends and I had a good giggle about it. I finished this card and immediately sent my friend a pic and said - "oh no" I created a granny card! Haahahahha

I haven't played with the decorative masks very much and always o00h and ahhhh over someone's card that has used them. I wanted to try these flowers - they are so pretty and so easy. The hardest part is coming up with a color combo.

The leaves are fun to play with and place as many and where ever you want them. Its also easy to shade, darker and lighter. I added a few sparkly bits to match the glitter in the Thanks. I masked off the sentiment from In Symmetry to just capture the "so much" and embossed that in white.

Stamps - In Symmetry
Ink - Rich Razzleberry, Fresh Freesia, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody
Paper - Basic white, Granny Apple Green, Rich Razzleberry, Ombre specialty paper
Accessories - Artistry Blooms adhesive backed sequins, Amazing Thanks Dies, Stitched Rectangles, Brushed Brass Butterflies, White embossing powder, wink of stella

Currently:

Reading - The Women of Chateau Lafayette

Eating - Leftovers

Watching - Olympics

Loving - Olympic Spirit

Listening - Ghostbuster Afterlife Soundtrack

Feeling - Wishing the weekends were longer

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

We Create - Lovely and Sweet with Measure of Love SU

It has been a while since I have been able to participate in this hop. Between family funerals and being out of town for the holidays I haven't even been close to my craft space. It has been good to get back to my happy place and create. We have sunshine today - even though we have a slight breeze I am loving the sun.

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This cute little bowl of cherries is totally Lovely and Sweet! I created the little window by using the stitched rectangles dies, cutting it twice to extend the open space. To make the scalloped piece under the bowl I used one of the frames from the scalloped contour dies and just cut a section.