A Visit and a Thank-You Card

I went to St. Louis over this past weekend to visit my son, Harvey, who is almost 20 and the proud possessor of his own apartment and full-time job.

(He doesn't like me to take pictures of him, but I do it anyway since I am his mother!)

While there I stayed with Harvey's aunt and uncle, (his dad's brother and his wife), who were kind and gracious enough to let me stay with them, even though Harvey's dad and I are divorced.  

Here's Harvey avoiding another picture in the sculpture garden of the St. Louis Art Museum.

I took the Amtrak from Kansas City to St. Louis and back, which I highly recommend.  You can sit back and relax, read, knit, or nap, and generally just enjoy the view without having to focus on driving.

This evening I got back into my studio and did some organizing and general cleaning up--putting away new stamps, throwing away trash, filing stuff.  And then I made this thank-you card, which I'm intending to send to Harvey's aunt and uncle, thanking them for their kindness in allowing me to stay with them over the weekend.

The details:

1.  Flower stamp--"Fiona" by Woodware Craft Collection

2.  "Thanks" sentiment from Thank You Words set by Inkadinkado

3.  Stampendous embossing powder in Midnight Black

4.  Bubbles stamp (in background) from Grunge set by Stampendous

5.  Prima Color Bloom spray mists

6.  The Crafter's Workshop "Mini Harlequin" stencil

Skull and Book

Today is Day 31, the very last day, of Smeared Ink's October-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!  Happy Halloween, everyone!

My last project for the month is a card featuring a stamp by La Blanche.

The details:
1.  Skull and Book stamp by La Blanche
2.  The Crafter's Workshop "Mini Harlequin" stencil
3.  Prima Color Bloom spray mists
4.  Cuttlebug "Tiny Bubbles" embossing folder
5.  Distress Ink

Thanks so much for hanging in there with me this month and for all your kind and thoughtful comments.  To follow the entire hop, you can find the whole blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Moon Bats

Today is Day 30, the penultimate day, of Smeared Ink's wonderful month-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!  Only one more day to go!

Today I have a card that I have entitled "Moon Bats."

The details:

1.  "Woodland Wonder" stamp by Penny Black

2.  Bats from Smeared Ink's real rubber set "A Little Bit Batty"

3.  Lindy's Stamp Gang Magical powder in Bling-y Blonde

4.  Background stenciled and sprayed with Prima Color Bloom spray mists

Thanks for stopping by today!  See you again tomorrow for the last day of the hop!  As always, you can find the entire blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Pumpkin Bookmarks

Today is Day 29 of Smeared Ink's month-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!  We are really in the home stretch now, folks!

Today I have a very simple set of three bookmarks to share with you.  I went on a little spree of background-making with stencils and spray mists earlier this month, and I cut one of those papers into strips for bookmarks.

The details:
1.  Jack-o-lantern stamp from Hampton Art Halloween set, colored with Memento markers
2.  Clear Scraps 6 x 6 inch stencil, Swirl
3.  Prima Color Bloom spray mists

Thanks for stopping by today!  Go Royals!!!  (I'm from northwest Missouri, so I just had to add that in there--lol!)  To follow the whole hop, you can find the entire blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Halloween Kitty

Welcome back for Day 28 of Smeared Ink's October-long blog hop, the 31 Days of Halloween!

My piece today is another card--I seem to be stuck in a card-making rut these days--I can't seem to think outside that box!

The details:

1.  Kitty on pumpkin stamp and spider stamp from Hampton Art Halloween set, colored with Memento markers

2.  "Happy Halloween" sentiment stamp from Hampton Art Halloween set, embossed with white embossing powder

3.  Distress Inks

4.  Background layered and stamped with Colorbox Mix'd Media ink pads

5.  Glitter ribbon from Michael's

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  Hope to see you again tomorrow!  To follow the entire hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Pumpkin and Jack-O-Lantern

Today is Day 27 of Smeared Ink's month-long blog hop extravaganza, the 31 Days of Halloween!  We are in the home stretch, folks!

I have a card today, featuring another image from Create with TLC, which is owned and operated by Paulette.  Every month I sign up for her email club and receive great vintage images like this one (as well as sentiments and her own original digi collages) in my inbox every day.  I think it's a good deal--for about twelve bucks you get literally hundreds of images and sentiments!  Anyway, this pumpkins image was one I received last month in her Halloween club

The details:

1.  Pumpkin and jack-o-lantern digi stamp from Create with TLC, printed on Neenah and colored with Lyra Aquacolor crayons

2.  Distress Inks

3.  Background paper from K & Company "Best of K & Company" paper pad

4.  Ribbon by Berwick

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  As always, if you are following the entire hop, you can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar.

Halloween is Here

Today is Day 26 of Smeared Ink's month-long festival of all things Halloween, the 31 Days of Halloween!

Today I have a simple card and a postcard using the same stamp from Penny Black.  I love this stamp, and have been exploring ways to use it; these were my first two attempts.  I purposely kept these very simple to really let the stamp shine.

  

The details:

1.  Pumpkin Patch cling stamp by Penny Black

2.  Memento markers

3.  Lyra Aquacolor crayons

4.  Sentiment digi stamp from Create with TLC

5.  Distress Inks

6.  Prima Marketing Chalk Ink Edger

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  You can find the blog roll in the right-hand sidebar, if you are following the entire hop.