To let you know that there is some awesome back to school blog candy over at “Inky and Scrappy”, a crafty blog by Jaime.

It’s an alphabet clear stamp set by “Close to my Heart”. I loved the font and I totally need an alphabet set ;) It’s very easy to participate, leave a comment and you’re in.

Good luck!

Estivalia.

Hi! I finally made something “post worthy” ;) This one is for Beate’s Weekend Sketch Challenge #54, I just flipped the sketch like if you looked it in a mirror so it’d work with my image (I hope it still counts, LOL).

I loved this sheet of patterned paper and I was just so lucky yesterday to find a matching piece of cardstock! So I cut the cardstock to make a 5″ square card and trimmed the paper to 4 3/4″ square.

I stamped my bird with a Glue Pad and then with purple pigment ink to flock it with matching flock, very nice effect :) Then I matted it with a vellum circle that I scalloped with a corner round (same old, same old).

The orange strip was stamped with a bird in Versamark repeteadly to make a pattern and at the end I made a knot using this video tutorial.

The only thing I regret is that the bird is a little crooked, but one can’t win them all :P

Estivalia.

Stamps: “Always” set (Stampin’ up!), “Decorative Birds” set (Hero Arts). Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko), Wisteria chalk ink (Colorbox).Paper: Indigo cardstock, orange textured cardstock, “Aerial” paper pack (Memory Box), vellum. Misc: Scalloped scissor, grossgrain ribbon, medium corner rounder punch (EK Success).

Oh, and a bonus (because I couldn’t resist sharing this cute pic of Pimienta :)

Today I got tagged by my dearest friend, Laura! (aka The Stampin’ Soldier). We met last year, when we were both starting blogging, she was my faithful reader (and commenter) over at my old LJ :P

Ok, so here are the rules!

1. Only five people allowed..
2. Four of them have to be dedicated followers of your blog. One has to be new and live in another part of the world.
3. You have to link back to who gave you the award.

So, the winners are…. *drumroll*

• Patty (because she’s teh master of collage and vintage stuff)
• Denise (the girl who introduced me to icanhazcheezburger… the page I spend infinite hours browsing, love her sense of humor!)
• Sandy (she does amazing stuff for american soldiers that are away from home… not to mention she’s my Copic idol!)
• Heather (amazing stamp designer and digital scrapbooker)

Sorry the blog it’s been on a “hiatus” mode for a few weeks, hopefully that will end soon! (time to get done on the christmas stuff… with how much little time I’ve got, I better start now, LOL!)

And yes, I’m so using a hedgie stamp from Penny Black. Just waiting to hear back from the eBay seller. Speaking of hedgies, I got a new home for my little ones! And, yes, that’s plural. I couldn’t bare to part with the hoglet (that’s a she and I named her Paprika, and it’s HUGE!).

If I don’t find time to post anything creative the next thing you see will be pictures of them in the new house.

Oh, and a final nota, please please remember I have some ColorBox Cat’s Queue (the stackables mini inkpads) in both Pigment and Chalk for sale at my Etsy. They’re BRAND NEW and still SEALED! (seriously, I need to pay for that Wodent Wheel I already bought, lol)

See ya soon, girls! :)

Estivalia.