Stampin! with Jaydee

Hi Everyone.  Happy Monday.

Hope you all had a great weekend.  Mine?  Too short :-)

This card is one of only 3 I have managed to make in two weeks.  Yep.. three cards in two weeks!

I was inspired by the casestudychallenge this week to create this two layer card.  I decided it was about time I brought out a piece of DSP from a stack that I haven't even opened.  Yep... never been opened!  How sad is that.  It shows you that either a) I have too much stuff.... or b) I don't have enough time to use it.  I'm going with the latter :-)  Don't forget to pop along to the casestudy site to check out the inspiration card, as well as the design team and submission cards.

I am still pushing myself to use color combos that I don't generally use.  In this case... Concord Crush, Rich Razzleberry, Perfect Plum and Whisper White.  Guess what?  I actually loved it!!!

So, here's the card that I was inspired to create.

Card recipe - all ingredients Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

• card stock:  Concord Crush, Whisper White
• Stamps:  Friends 24 x7.  Sentiment: Papertrey Ink
• Accessories:  Rich Razzleberry Satin Ribbon.  Rich Regals button.  Silver elastic cord
• DSP:  Presto Patterns.  This paper is white and is fabulous for the emboss resist technique as it is already embossed.  I took one of my sponge daubers and colored it using Concord Crush.  A small basic pearl was colored and used for the eye of the bird
• Dies:  Nestabilities
• Inks:  Soft Suede, Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke Markers for the bird.  Concord Crush for the sentiment.

What do you think of the color combo?  I must admit, I will be using the Presto Patterns paper more now, too.  I don't know why it took me so long to use it.

This card will be going to one of my fabulous blog readers - not telling you who!  It will be posted this weekend, with a little token of my appreciation.

On a personal note:  This week is going to be another long week.  It's already 7pm and I need to go do some exercise.  Yes.  I NEED to go do some exercise.  My trips backwards and forwards to the doctors these last two weeks have shown that stress is starting to manifest itself in all sorts of places on my body.  The remedy, exercise and other forms of stress relief.  So... I have taken the doctor's orders to heart and will be starting to exercise at least once a day.  I have also taken to grooving on phone calls when I can.  Mind you, sometimes I think hitting a boxing bag might be the best way to handle some of these stressful calls :-)    Once I have exercised, I need to go feed the cats before they call the SPCA and then look at feeding myself!

I am still so thrilled that so many of you left comments, sent emails or posted cards for my birthday!  They were all much appreciated.

Prayers tonight for those of you who need a warm hug or a little lift.

Have a fabulous Tuesday everyone.  I hope you all get to spend some time enjoying this spring weather.  Yes... spring is definitely on her way.  I saw a herd of 25 white tails and a rafter of 8 turkeys in the garden on Friday.  It was wonderful.  Especially as we haven't seen the turkey's for a while!

Hugs

Jaydee