Stampin! with Jaydee

Hi Everyone.  Happy Tuesday.

I hope you are all cooler than we are!  With the heat index it is somewhere between 105 and 112.  To be honest, I can't tell the difference between 105 and 112.  All I know is that it is about 50 degrees too warm for me.  Oh...yeah!  We were without airconditioning for two days, too.  We only got air back last night and it took 14 hours for the house to cool down.  Now, we are hot... but I know there are others who are hotter than we are, and there are those who were affected by the storms.  We hope you are all OK!

Before I show you my card tonight, I wanted to thank the fabulous team across at foryourinspiration for choosing this card as the pick of the week.  I was thrilled by this honor.  I loved the way the card turned out and was so pleased that they did, too!   You can still play along with the current challenge, so don't forget to pop along and check out the gorgeous photo.

I wanted to play around with a couple more of the new In Colors, so pulled out a non SU field of flowers stamp, inked it up using my markers and Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple and Primrose Petals along with a couple of our existing colors. 

I decided that it needed a REALLY large sentiment.  In order to ensure that this card fit into a normal A2 envelope, I made the card narrower and let the sentiment hang over.

I am in love with Gumball Green!  It really is a cool color.  The new DSP that arrived today - Be of Good Cheer - has this combined with Cherry Cobbler and it is GORGEOUS.  I can't wait to play around with my new goodies this weekend.

On a personal note:

Lou and I have the rest of this week off.  We will finally be able to go buy some shelving for the back of the basement so that we can unpack the rest of our boxes.  We are also painting our concrete patios, putting up feeding stations, painting the bedroom and all sorts of other jobs that we have been waiting to do.  It's going to be really good to have a few days off work and just chill, relax and enjoy the house.

I have a couple of photos for you of the inhabitants of our little piece of paradise.  

I couldn't resist this shot.  It's just awesome.  Sorry the photo isn't that clear, but it was taken through the fly screen on the window!

So, we put up a woodpecker box.  It is supposed to appeal to 4 different types of woodpeckers and we made sure that it was placed exactly where it was supposed to be.  So, what do you think is nesting in the box?  A Hairy?  The Downy? A Flicker?  A redbellied?

Well.. you tell me... this is the strangest looking woodpecker I've ever seen!

Isn't that flash of blue awesome?   Here's a better view.

One last photo... what was visiting the feeding station?

As always, thank you for spending a little time in my area of the stamping blogosphere.  I really do appreciate your visits and your comments.

Warm hugs and prayers for those who need a little lift tonight.  If you are traveling for the 4th, travel safely.   Have a wonderful day with your family, friends, furry things and loved ones.

Hugs

Jaydee