Now, if those 2 items concern you as much as they do me, call your Congressman/Congresswoman and your Senators now to let them know where you stand (and if you wanted to throw in the Carbon Tax aka Cap and Trade that’d be good too). If you don’t know who your reps are, this link can help. More taxes and bigger Government aren’t the answer – think back to East Germany, Russia/USSR, etc as examples of what NOT to do!  Besides, those who are supposed to be being served by the current Gov. run systems (think Veterans, Medicare and Medicaid) aren’t happy and don’t have access to the services they need as it is…anyway that’s all for now.  Have a great day!

I spent the weekend playing with my daughter, my stamps, my Big Shot, and…my Wishblade!  One of Yasha’s friends is getting married and we opted for the oh-so-convenient gift-card option.  Martha, the list-mom of the Yahoo Wishblade group I’m in and owner of The Itty Bitty Scrap Shack, shared an awesome cutting file for gift cards that I’ve been just waiting to try – so Matt’s wedding gave me the perfect excuse!

The card base is comprised on Basic Black and Whisper White CS (SU). I used my blue Wishblade (yes it’s a relic), to cut the Basic Black base using Martha’s cutting file (thanks Martha!!!) and then cut the Whisper White front.  I added the small dots texture using my SU Texture Plates and my Big Shot. The “ribbon” was created using a 1.5” strip of Basic Black CS that I textured with hearts using a Fiskars texture plate and my Big Shot and then stamped with a running stitch from the Ribbons and Borders  collection (Clear Dollar Stamps) in White Craft Ink (SU). The Rings are from the Wedding Trio Stamp (Great Impressions) and were stamped on Whisper White in Tuxedo Black ink, colored with my Spica Pens, and then trimmed and mounted using my nestabilities.  I adhered everything together and  added the Pearls from Martha Stewart (EK Success) over the scallops.

Martha’s cutting file included the slit and scallop insert for the gift card – perfect!!! I didn’t use pearls here because I wanted the card  to close!

For the inside of the card, I used the Scalloped Edge Insert cut file from Great Scrappin Designs – I wanted to continue with the scallop theme. The paper is shimmery white from my stash.  I used the same shimmer paper to stamp the sentiment (SU) and my nestabilities to trim and mount onto Basic Black CS.

Then,  since Father’s Day is next Sunday – I needed to get my FIL’s card made so it could be mailed yesterday (I’ll work on my Dad’s today and Yasha’s this week). Yasha requested “something simple”, so here’s what I came up with.

The Peanuts Characters – Snoopy in particular, are a family favorite, so Nadya selected the Snoopy’s Convertible stamp (Stampabilities @ Hobby Lobby) I browsed this week’s Friday Sketch and we started creating.  Snoopy is stamped on Whisper White CS in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics and Spica pens.  I used my Large Labels nestabilities to trim him and my Large Rectangle Nestabilities for the Metallic Silver (SU) mat.  The textured card base is from Bazzill – one of their monochrome sets.  The designer paper is DCWV – the Glitter Stack. For dimension, we added Black Dew Drops – part of my goodie bag from Kristie at Hanna Stamps.  The inside is similar – I used the remaining piece from my mat stack at a  mat and stamped Happy Father’s Day (SU) on Whisper White. 

Kristine has released her new kit – Colors of Kristine – and it’s on-sale for a limited time. 

Plus, you get this QP album FREE with purchase – again for a very limited time (I might be biased towards the album since I made it!)

And now – for a little politics (and remember this is MY blog, so I’m allowed to post MY opinions here).

I couldn’t have said it better myself! It’s about time someone stood  up for this Nation and the all-too-silent majority (yes – I said majority).

That’s all I can think of for now.  Have a fabulous day!