Announcements: Postal!

We got them done today and in the mail so fast that I didn't get good photos. I need to print a few more anyway, so I'll take pictures then. This was another example of my driving myself insane because I have to make everything. I wanted to get them in the mail the first week in May. I really do have great intentions. I won't bore you with my Murphy's Law story. The point is they are postal now!

She's going to kill me if she sees this. (smile) But she was a BIG help!

Let's get together...

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!

I took this photo at night so that you can see the linen cardstock. It was totally washed out in the daylight photo. But I included the daylight photo also so that you can see the detail of the light blue strip. The sentiment is computer generated. I have been looking for a stamp with this sentiment for a while. I've seen on some other blogs that one of those $1 stamps at Michaels says "Let's get together" in a cute font. Too bad the Michaels near me doesn't have them anymore. I don't make invitations very often, so for now, I'll just print them out on the computer.
This card came about because I was looking for an excuse to use this cute coffee cup stamp. I ran into a friend in the grocery store the other day and when she asked about my surgery, and I had to tell her why I didn't have it. We chatted for a while and before we parted, she mentioned that she wanted to get together with me for coffee. That is what we did last time we got together, but I had to let her know that coffee is out of the question for me now. Those were the days, before I finally gave up coffee. Sigh.... I know I am allergic to coffee because I haven't had that rash since I quit drinking it. That is in addition to all the medical advice I was constantly getting about giving it up. Not to worry, I finally trusted God enough for my "addiction" and he took it away from me. And then with my current condition, even the thought of smelling coffee makes me want to....( you know). Anyway, I'm going to send this card to her this week and hopefully we can get together for pancakes or something.
After I made the first one, I made another w/o the NO sign just because. The light blue strip was done with reinkers and a compressed sponge on glossy cardstock. The "to go" coffee cup is a Hambo stamp. They were colored with Prismacolor pencils. The NO sign was done using 1/4 and 1/2 inch circle punches.

the case of the disappearing hamburgers...

I stamped this card's background last night. (Real Red ink on Real Red Cardstock) I was satisfied with it so I went to bed. When I came down this morning, the background had disappeared?? What you see here is what I stamped this morning(Memories Barn Red) hoping that the darker red would show better-- but it happened again! So I picked up a sponge and inked it (Fresco Medici Marble) I'm not crazy about the results, but maybe by the time I actually need to use it (Father's Day, Summer Cookout invitation ) I'll like it. Of course I had to make cards from all the images I colored last week. If you want to see any of these up close and personal, just click on it.

Barbeque man= Hambo Stamps, Hamburger = AAA rubberstamps, You're Invited= Hero Arts

The blue one is my favorite! The paisley background and squares background were embossed with Ellison Big Shot Texture plates.