Hi Everyone. Happy Wednesday.
Firstly, shout outs to RACH, KATHY, LINDA, MITZI, BRENDA, CAM and ANN for leaving birthday wishes for my darling hubby's birthday. He was very appreciative – as was I. It really did mean a great deal to both of us that you stopped by and left a birthday message. You guys ROCK!
I saw a sketch across at cleanandsimplestamping a few weeks ago and stored it away. It's an interesting layout and one that definitely takes me out of my comfort zone. I really wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, as I generally don't separate the focal layer – but that's the whole thing about doing challenges, right?
I knew that a set like Serene Silhouettes would work really well for the sketch. The stamp set led me to the colors of Wisteria Wonder and naturals white. Here's what I came up with:
I used my scoring board to create the scored lines. I really felt the background needed a little something and none of my embossing folders seemed quite right. It took me no time at all to score the lines. I inked up my Serene Silhouette stamp with my markers and then took a Gelly Roll pen to the flowers, just to give it a little shimmer and shine.
On a personal note:
We had a great dinner at one of our favorite Italian restaurants last night and it was a relaxed evening. It's so rare that we actually get time to spend together and it was great. Today has been hectic. Lou has been on the same conference call for 10 hours! I have my first conference call tomorrow morning at 6am and my last one at 9pm tomorrow. So… I'm thinking it was good that we actually did get to see each other last night!
Oh… and…. we were told we had furniture arriving today. A chair! Great. Goodie. (That was to replace a chair that they never delivered because it was broken when it got to the trucking company.) So, the furniture truck arrived today with a waybill to collect a chair from us. Huh? Weren't they supposed to be delivering. Nope… they were picking up according to the paper work. I told them they were welcome to collect it – once they have delivered it :-) . So, I called the furniture company that we bought all our furniture from and, yes, they were supposed to deliver. 30 minutes later, we discovered that the chair is MIA. Now… seriously…. a couch and a chair have both disappeared into the ether and neither have been found. All I could do was laugh. I couldn't stop myself. 🙂
Oh…. the weather has been glorious. Glorious. Low humidity, lower temperatures. All the windows open. Heaven! I just love it when you can open all the windows in the house and get a cross breeze. It seems that we have a few more days of this weather, too.
OHHHHHHHH and we have a winner from the blog candy on this post. Pam Carter – please can you click the email me on my side panel and send me an email with your physical address and I will be posting off to you a wonderful Stampin' Up! Scrunchy Rubbish Bin. They are great for putting on your desk to catch your scraps whilst you are working. I never stamp without mine. Thank you to all of you who left a comment on that post.
As always, thank you for spending a little time in my stamping space. You know I appreciate it – and thank you again to those of you who left a message for Lou.
Warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight. I hope you have a fabulous Thursday.
Hugs
Jaydee
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Oh my word!! I can’t believe those conference calls! You guys must be wiped out. :o( I’m so happy you had a chance to go out and just be together for a bit with no other worries. I do hope it was a wonderful birthday for you, Lou. :o)
Wisteria Wonder is such a soft, lovely color, Jaydee, and works marvelously with this stamp set. :o) It is indeed a very interesting layout, and I like what you’ve done with it. I too would be out of my comfort zone dividing the focal image like that. Well done! :o)
I canNOT believe the drama with your furniture!! They must be so relieved you are keeping a good sense of humor as I’m sure so many others would be out of control angry and irate at this point. I’m sure I would be grumpy about it–but hope I’d be able to laugh about it as well.
Hugs to you guys!
ooh, how pretty. Love your choice of colours.
I hate, hate, hate conference calls. But they are better than video conference calls, I guess. How can a conference call last for 10 hours without everyone falling down from exhaustion????
Your furniture is obviously having a great time somewhere. Hopefully SOMEONE is enjoying it, and as long as the furniture company makes good on it (and hopefully a little better, to compensate you for the inconvenience – and sore butts, from sitting on the floor!) hopefully it will all work out in the end. Perhaps it is the furniture company’s way of making you really appreciate it, when it eventually arrives!!!!!
Glad you had a lovely evening. You two seem like you really enjoy each other’s company, and make a conscious effort to appreciate each other, which is really lovely.
I just have to chuckle at your furniture delivery confusion, Jaydee! You have the patience of a saint! Love your card with the fabulous scored background. Very pretty! 🙂