I'm returning to my somewhat regular schedule of activities starting tomorrow. We enjoyed our last morning with Kristen and Cecilia today; and kissed our granddaughter 'bye bye' at noon until we see her in Italy in late summer.

Over the weekend, Deb K. led two classes in Zentangle Fun! Her zentangle designs were beautiful and all of the students were in their 'zen' zones during class. We can't wait for her next class!


From Els at Elizabeth Craft Designs . . .

"The flowers have one extra petal to give it a 3D effect.

For the coloring I used the Tim Holtz Distress markers and the waterbrush.

These are the ECD items I used. Yellow Shimmer Sheetz (SS-0108), ECD Watercolor paper (nr 901), Peel Off stickers nrs 1134, 343 and 0491 in gold.

by Els for Elizabeth Craft Designs
I used the Flip It die from Sizzix/Stephanie Barnard (nr 657586) — with Reflection Stamps N Such."

And another beautiful card from Els . . .

by Els for Elizabeth Craft Designs
"I used the Turquoise Gemstone Shimmer Sheetz for this card, embossed it and rubbed over it with a StazOn ink pad. For the Butterfly I used two different dies nr 704 and 706. The Silhouette is cut out of the Shimmer Sheetz and the overlay out of cardstock with the double sided adhesive sheet on top. The glitter I used is the Teal Silk Microfine glitter."

From Impression Obsession courtesy of Millsrepco . . .

"Maggie Crawford made this card using an Impression Obsession stamp and a CWH stencil, using the wax pencil Technique for resist for the background."

Memory Box will be launching new stamp and die designs; we were able to look at sneak peeks today and everyone of us at Art 'n Soul are picking our favorites right now . . . difficult job!

Cling Stamps:

(with deepest sympathy combo)

(vintage clock)

(just thinking of you combo)

(April showers bring May flowers combo)

(thank you banner)

(a very happy hello to you combo)

(woodland thank you)

(happy birthday banner)

(alium border)

(branches background)

(woodland birdbath)

(a quiet spot)

(terrace butterfly combo)

(whimsical flower)

(wildflower field)

(tissue flower)

(butterfly study)

(shadow trees)

(woodland tree)

(meadow flowers)

(happy birthday background)

(happy birthday to someone special combo)

(thank you background)

Tomorrow, I'll show you the sneak peeks of the new Memory Box dies. In the meantime, please feel free to stop in at the store and Dianne will be eager to share all of the images with you.

See you tomorrow!