Tagged

I’ve been tagged by Josee Smuck, who is the team leader of the group of demonstrators I belong to in Ottawa. I rarely get to meet with the other demonstrators but I benefit from the vast array of online resources Josee has made available to her team. Thanks Josee.

I was asked to share 7 random and or weird facts about yourself on my blog

• I was born on an island in Bass Strait
• My favourite fruit is passionfruit
• I am currently learning how to be a sound technician
• The house I live in now is my thirteenth home
• I lived in Australia for the first 35 years of my life, now I live in Canada
• I teach my children at home
• Our house contains eleven stringed instruments and I don’t play any of them

and then tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs

The blogs I enjoy have no doubt been tagged oodles of times so I’ll just list a few here so you can check them out:

• Sharon at No Time to Stamp?
• Laurie at Just Give Me Stamps
• Debbie at Thinking Inking
• Susan at Rainy Day Creations
• Charmaine at Oodabug Alley
• and another of my team leaders Marlayne at Sparkle Daisy Stamping

Enjoy

Fruit for my friend

It has been over a week since I posted anything here! I certainly did not intend there to be such a gap between posts but a combination of hassles with the blog, a very sore back and busyness of life here at our house kept me away from my craft desk and the computer. I did enjoy a night away with my elder daughter and a close friend with her elder daughter. We went to a B & B and spent the evening watching the entire BBC version of Pride and Prejudice, it was great fun.

The pieces of cardstock for the card above have been sitting on my craft table for a week or so, cut and ready to be stamped. I really like the sketched look of the images in the Infinite Goodness hostess set, so I enjoyed trying out a couple of ideas today. I initially thought I would leave the background white with the leaves embossed in clear, but the leaves did not stand out enough so I sponged over them with Pumpkin Pie and Apricot Appeal.

The fruit are stamped in Basic Black and then coloured by dipping a blender pen in the residue of ink left on the lid of the stamp pad when you press it against the pad.

Supplies:

Stamps: Infinite Goodness, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal, Not Quite Navy, Confetti White
Also: Blender pen, clear e.p.