Wahoo, New toys!

          Isn't it interesting how we react when we get new rubber to ink? LOL Today Brown delivered a box and it had the new items I ordered from the summer mini. Oh my this is going to be a great catalog for people like me. I got to play around with some of the stamps I got. Let me know what you think.  The first one is colored with pretty in pink and regal red markers.  The leaves were colored with celery and olive.   I stamped off with the regal red then stamped black to the side to make it look like a shadow.  This reminds me of Toile Blossoms which retired many years ago.  I remember going back and forth between wanting it and not wanting it.  I didn't order it and it haunted me so much I had to find it online.  Luckily a gal at SCS had one and I was able to purchase and use it.  I've learned a lesson from that.  I buy what I know is going to be a favorite long after a set retires.

This card I experimented using the new color spray.  This was silver which is behind the bird.  I used too much but will get the hang of this after a few more tries I hope!  This was also the sketch challenge for today so I got to use my new stamps in a challenge. I like how the white ribbon has silver edges. 

On this card, I stamped a border, sponged it in razzleberry then added the stamped hummingbird.  I like how it turned out.  I usually have difficulty making cards the first time I use a new set.  Not this time, this is going to be a keeper for sure!  Tomorrow we have friends visiting for lunch.  Sarah has track practice and Ben and I have to shop for some things.  Saturday he's having 5 guys over.  How much food will 5 guys eat?  Probably my weekly grocery budget! LOL

    Thanks for stopping by to chek on how wer'e doing.  I've got to tell you that today for the first time in forever, I was walking WITHOUT pain! I'm not sure why that is, but it means something is working.  I just have to figure out WHAT I'm doing that's working! LOL

  I have to share that I learned something over the weekend and didn't share it yet.  I learned by trial and error and by the grace of God, to change the size of the You-Tube videos so they fit the size of my blog page.  Isn't that cool?  Always learning, is what I love to do.  That must be the teacher in me huh?

  Enjoy the rest of your day.

Blessings,