Stampin! with Jaydee

Hi Everyone.  How's that for a post title? 

I really wanted to show you the card I made for tonight's post.  However, the card, using Sail Away well... it ended up being my blooper card.

So,  YAAAAAAAAAAAAY.. Spring is really, officially, finally, really, truly, seriously, here!  How do I know?  Well...

1. The Junco's left our yard yesterday for their summer home north of us
2. The wren arrived this morning.  Yay!
3. The oriole arrived 2 hours later. Double yay!
4. The hummers arrived 3 hours after that!  Triple yay!
5. oh... and we have 3 daffodils! Quadruple yay!

That officially makes it Spring!  Yes sireee, spring has finally arrived!  Guess, you can hear that makes me happy?

The winds must have been just right over the last two days.  They were certainly blowing very strongly from the south.  Ideal for the birds to finish the final leg of their migration.  So, Lynn, you should be at least 2 hummers less in your garden now that they are in ours!  Lou and I were both very happy to see our little birds return.  Then, if that wasn't enough - Lou came home from his ride tonight to find Aflac (our returning Mallard) sitting on the crest of the roof of our house!  Now, considering Aflac cannot land on the grass without doing a nose... I mean ... beak dive!  How on earth did he manage to land on our roof - which is REALLY steep?  Who knows!  He was happy, though!

Next.... oh... ladies, all swoon!  Georgie boy turns 50 today.  I read an article on MSBC entitled "50 reasons to love George Clooney at 50".  Sorry, Lou.  You know I love ya, but the boy... well... he's just ... well... gorgeous! :-)

Now... for those of you who came for a card.  I have one for you.  It's an absolute blooper.  I spent ages on the image of sail away.  Got it all ready.  Then decided I would use a sponge dauber and a little Tea Stain and take some of the starkness of the Very Vanilla card stock.   

Here's my word of warning.... NEVER color an image with Cherry Cobbler and decide to use a little distressing ink over the card stock - BEFORE the Cherry Cobbler is dry.  If you don't, this is what happens.

Yep... red gulls, red sails, red sky...just a very strange shade of dark pink!  I won't tell you how long I had spent constructing this card, either!  

Prayers tonight for all those affected by the flooding down south.  I was astonished to see satelitte pictures of the Mississippi on the weather channel last night.  The images link here show the Mississippi and its tributaries on May 6 2010 compared to May 6 2011.  I know its hard to visualize what that difference means, but it is huge.  My heart goes out to those who have been affected, and those that are in the path of flooding rivers everywhere across the US.

I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday.

Hugs

Jaydee