Your Days are Numbered

The Weekend Taggers challenge was to use numbers in the creation of a tag. Here's my interpretation:

I ran a piece of Lasting Memories white core cardstock through my Big Shot in a Cuttlebug folder, then lightly sanded the raised surface to take off the brown layer of paper. Prima flowers, with beads glued on as centers. I added a birthday greeting, since this tag will likely be the focal point of a birthday card.

Iguana Be Your Valentine

Created for an ATC swap:

The stamp is a dollar stamp I bought at Joann's; it came with a birthday sentiment. I thought he needed google eyes, which I've been hoarding for a long time. He's colored with Copic markers, and a Martha doily punch finishes the Valentine theme.

Chocolate Drops

I've finished by ATCs for Susan K.'s "Chocolate 3 Ways" ATC challenge. The challenge itself really had nothing to do with chocolate -- it was a challenge to use only the colors of dark brown, medium brown and light brown. My mind fixed on the "chocolate," so I went very literal:

The candy is a Qwikut die; the stamps are some old unmounteds I've had for a long time, possibly from Sunday International.

Sweet Treats

I'm working on lots of Valentine cards to donate to Pat Adam, so I used all the V-Day supplies spread all over my table to make these tags for the Weekend Tagger's challenge:




No stamping, these are all Qwikut dies. The cookie is very time consuming, to pick out all the sprinkles in the icing, then replace with sprinkles cut out of maroon and pink. But well worth the effort, I think!

Stripey Goodness

Last Friday's challenge by the Weekend Taggers was to use stripes. Here's my tag:


Stamps are by Flourishes. Thanks for the challenge!

Franklin!

Franklin Habit, author of the blog "Panopticon," taught a class at Wild Purls in Billings, MT this past Saturday. He lead us through the classic Elizabeth Zimmermann pattern for the Tomten Jacket.

We knit up most of a miniature Tomten in the hours from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. It was an interesting knit, and Franklin was a good teacher. He told us about the origins of his delinquent roommate, Dolores, to the delight of us all.

A Snowy Day

I went down to Riverfront Park last Sunday on a photo expedition. We've had lots of snow this season.


Dutcher Trail, about 1:30 p.m. The shadows are already long, with the shortness of winter daytime.





The Yellowstone River, with the South Hills. The north bank is iced-in; the south channel is still open. In fact, there was a cool video at the Billings Gazette website that showed a deer on an ice floe, rafting down the river.

Love Ya!

The holidays are behind us, and I'm getting back to the mess on my table. The tag challenge this week was to use some new item we got/bought over the holidays. I bought some red paper to make valentines, so I used that to make my tag:

The image stamp and the sentiment are both by Inkadinkado. I've got sparkle on the moon and stars; naturally, scanning the tag eliminates most of the glitz.