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Kinkade Christmas

When I looked over my stash of Christmas cards (most of my envelopes are addressed!), I realized that I don't have as many as I thought and I don't like some of them...  back to making more Christmas cards! 

The Just Rite Rectangle stamp with the Brayton font spelling out Peaceful Wishes was still on my desk from the sympathy card I made the other day.  I decided that the sentiment went well with this lovely Kinkade Christmas paper.  I cut down a large 8 x 8 image with a Megabilities Curved Rectangle die.  I added some Glitz Tiara Stickles to each of the windows and edged the image in Palette Burnt Umber and Ranger Antique Linen inks.  The background and matting are Stampin Up Bordering Blue and Close to Cocoa cardstocks, both stamped with SU's Linen background stamp in Burnt Umber.  I used a Marvy Snowflake punch to punch out some of the leftover Kinkade papers.  There's more but you get the drift......

Kinkade Sympathy

I needed a sympathy card, as I will be attending services this morning in memory of a friend's husband.  My friend is a woman with whom I worked for many years.  For most of that time I served as her supervisor and our friendship was limited to work, but was delightful. 

Delores was the finest employee I have ever had the privilege to know, and one with whom I shared many laughs and many thoughtful discussions.  She retired several years ago and we lost touch, so I am grateful for the opportunity to attend the services this morning.  Her husband was a doll and they had a wonderful relationship.  I know she will miss him  terribly.

I adhered the patterned paper to some cardstock and then painted a light coat of Crackle Accents.  Here is another picture so that you can see the leathery affect. 

Supplies: Kinkade Masculine Series Paper; JustRite Brayton Font; Ranger Crackle Accents and Anique Linen Distress Ink; Close to Cocoa and Always Artichoke Markers by Stampin Up; Artichoke, corner rounder punch, and retired vintage brads by Stampin Up.  Embroidery floss and unknown ribbon and cream cardstock.  The card is about 4.5" square.

I love this one! JustRite Day 5

Here is a snippet of my favorite JustRite blog creation, a true keepsake.  I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed making it. 

Whew, my week with JustRite flew by.  It was fun and an honor to be asked.  Thanks so much to Denise and the JustRite company. 

And, it really meant a lot to me that so many of you took the time to check out what I made and to comment.   Thanks!

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Football season began.  Giants beat the Redskins.  My Mom can gloat for a week!

Chocolate Box! Day 4 of JustRite ....

It's chocolate and stamping!  What more can I say?  (Apparently a lot more!)

Mr. DP helped out designing this box (basically telling me when it was not so great), so he got to eat the Hershey nuggets inside the box.  I'd love it if you bopped on over to the JustRite Blog and took a look at what I made. 

I'm not sure why but of the 5 projects I made for JustRite, this one was the hardest -- I went through about 5 versions.  Maybe it was the chocolate sitting there or the fact that I was working on it while my Mom was in the hospital and I was distracted.  Or maybe I just don't have the decorating a box full of chocolates down yet!  In any event, I hope you enjoy it. 

Day 3 in JustRite Guest Bloggership: You Earned It!

Today is Day 3 of my Guest Bloggership over at the JustRite blog.  Here's a bit to entice you to get on over to JustRite and see what "You Earned It" means..........

Denise from JustRite commented on my blog yesterday with the following corrected information:  "FYI, we sell a two color ink pad for the self inking stamper so you can get one color for the border and one color for the center. There is a barrier so the two colors will not bleed together."  Pretty cool!  

I haven't had much time lately to visit your blogs.  I'm getting there!

Have a great day. If you are in the path of Gustav or Hanna, I'm thinking about you and sending my very best wishes.  

JustRite Guest Blogger Week: Day Two

Day 2 -- check out my card at JustRite's Blog!  (Thanks for the comments so far, it made me feel so much better about doing this!)

I keep thinking about being a Guest Blogger.  The words themselves.  My husband is a runner -- he ran a half marathon on Labor Day and came in 31 out of 250!  And 3rd in his geezer 50s class!  I guess he is a Best Jogger!!!  (crawling back out of cyber space.......)

Answers to some questions:

1.  JustRite makes 2 kinds of stampers -- a self inking and non self inking.  Here is the self inking one.  The non non self inking ones are called Classic Wood Stampers and you can see them here.  I did not use the self inking one at all for my week of blogging, although I used it to make some cards for myself that I haven't posted yet.  The self inking one has an ink pad that is removable.  It comes with black ink built in and that is how I used it, but the idea is that you would have an image that is all one color (unless you used something to wipe off part of the ink and then used a marker.)

The Classic Wood Stampers only came in round when I was guest blogging, but JustRite is about to release a rectangle one.  It is most definitely on my list of must haves. You can use markers or an ink pad to ink the Classic Wood Stampers.  If you use markers or small ink pads and are careful, your border can be a different color than the center letters.  Another FYI:  I used pigment ink on my Day One Bracelet. Pigment ink is pretty creamy.  The round JustRite stamp (classic round stamper) got full of ink where there wasn't supposed to be ink, but it inked cleanly -- no smudging. I was impressed!

2.  I got a few emails asking me about turning down a company and what that was all about.  No, it was not when I left Gina K.'s quarterly design team late last year. I had to do that because the deadlines were coming up and my Mom was in crisis after crisis.  I felt awful leaving on a moment's notice.  I LOVE Gina K and her products, own a ton of them, and plan to rejoin as a guest designer sometime next year (at Gina's invitation).  The company I turned down wanted me to use stamps that were too risque for my taste.  Not "ex" rated, but not in my comfort zone.

I have more stamping news to talk about but I'll do a separate post for that one! 

JustRite Guest Blogger Week = Me!

This week I am the Guest Blogger for JustRite Stamps.  Let's hear it for average stampers who talk a lot!!!  Denise made this offer after I whined about trying to save money!  I have no shame!  Thanks Denise!

I was scheduled to be the guest blogger last week, but my Mom's latest stay in the hospital, combined with my sheer fright, caused a delay in creating my posts  (Following Lauren Meader as Guest Blogger did NOT help my confidence.)

But, I'm on track for this week and very proud that an average stamper got this opportunity.  I hope you get your little eyeballs over to the JustRite blog starting Monday and check out my efforts.  (Hint:  IMHO, I saved the best for last!). Be kind. And please leave comments on the JustRite blog so Denise doesn't regret her choice and I don't feel like a dork! 

Despite my constant gentle mocking of the whole Design Team Thing, amazingly, I have actually turned down some offers to blog with a particular product line -- the product just wasn't for me.  I can't imagine using a product I don't love just to get it for free (duh).  And, yes, I do believe Dear Paperlicious may have something to say on this topic later this week........