A lot happens in 1 week!

Sometimes when we look back on the previous week it seems like time flew bye and nothing that we intended on getting accomplished is finished. However in contast I started up my hydrophonic garden again 2 weeks ago. These cherry tomato plants are expected to flourish into large plants so as recommended I only planted 3 or the 7 pots. Yep these plants grow only in water with their schduled nutrient diet and monitored light. The top pictures are of the status at week 3 and the last one is now week 4. When everything here has been covered with white snow for months it is a delight to see new plant growth. I will be happy to share the harvest if you stop in.

Winter Stamp 08 a success!

YES, Winter Stamp '08 turned out as another fun stamping event at 2 peas last week. The challenges were lots of fun and they went on for the full week. And what perfect timing since we were have forty below zero weather here I didn't have much else that I wanted to be doing.

Here's a few of my creations~

This one was to use non-traditional stamps for a spring theme. The jack is a single image so it was fun to create it into a focal image. I used an alcohol background and print the words on vellum. Did you play jacks as a child? The background was made by using a recycled plastic bag as a stamp.

Favorite challenges always offer an opportunity to learn new techniques. This was the first time I played with tyvek. It is the material that is used to make the white fibrous non-destructible shipping envelopes. Lots of inks show the wonderful fibers and add nice texture to a card. Mostly I worked with lumiere paint and while put on in thin coats the colors intensfy when heated. Here is one of my first pieces making the background and circle. I did several other items with this material including the beads below.

I also made this pocket with Tyvek.

Some other new for me included experimenting including with inks on a firm textured plastic cover for a recipe card holder. The texture caused for several trial and errors opportunities. Overall the same princples work as images on transparecies. I used lumiere for the background here.

Thanks to all the wonderful 2 pea stampers for making Winter Stamp another terrific event!

It Monday-it is time for ISMMAKI challenge #5

The ISMAKI challenges are fast becoming the best part of my Mondays! This week I am also joining into the stamping fun with the folks at 2 peas. They are creating lots of fun during WinterStamp...so I used this sketch to complete another challenge that calls for a black and white card with a quote from one from one of the rubber stamps at Quietfire Designs.

Thanks for stopping in!