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Jen's Pampered Chef Show

Big Blossom Kiss

I hadn't had a chance to play with Big Blossom, one of the SAB sets. The popular thing to do is use the kissing technique on it. I stamped Big Blossom in So Saffron, then kissed it with Roses in Winter in Regal Rose, Rose Red, and Bravo Burgandy, I added some leaves with Always Artichoke. I then stamped it on some Whisper White card stock. I cut out the blossom and cut cut a straight edge so it would be flush with the edge of the card.

The card base is made out of So Saffron stamped with Aida Cloth, also in So Saffron. There is then a Rose Red layer underneath Whisper White with French Script stamped again, in So Saffron. The blossom was adhered over all the layers, a piece of Hodgepodge Hardware added in the middle with some grosgrain ribbon tied to the center of it. Thank you from Wonderful Words was stamped in Black Stazon at the bottom of the card. The mat pack was used to pierce the upper right corner of the card.

A Study of Texture

I know I haven't been very diligent in posting lately. Life gets so busy so quick! I was sick with the stomach flu for about a week and a half, and really didn't do much of anything. I'm feeling better, but now poor Drew has my sickness! I'm in my last week of my College Algebra class, and I start Statistics next Monday. Work is going good, I'm going to a seminar tonight on management of the diabetic cat! I can't say that it will be the most exciting seminar, but hey, I like to learn about everything. I've also been going to the gym EVERY day, which has been hard, but a positive step for me. My weight loss was slowing down and I needed something to kick it into gear again. As of yesterday, I'm down 37 pounds from October (52 down from 2005), yeah!

Now, on to my photo. This is actually a feather from my feather duster, the fine lines of feathers always intrigued me, so I thought I'd take a photo. Unfortunately I couldn't find a bird to sit still long enough for a close up, so I resorted to using my feather duster as a model. At least it cooperates when you ask it to stay still for a few minutes!

I hope everyone has had a fabulous start to the new year!

-Jen

Mysterious Tulip?

I'm not sure if I would call it mysterious, but it's on the dark side.....

Up close and personal

To President Jackson on the front of a US $20 bill. I always found the detail in money amazing!



As a side note, I haven't had a chance to stamp or scrap lately. I'm still sick, and I find myself doing small things around the house. I've been feeling the need to organize, so I've started slowly doing so. In the meantime I've been working on the photo a day challenge, and homework, homework, homework! I think I shall be able to stamp some more this weekend.

Refracted Heart

This photo was inspired by Athena from the Canon Digi Photo Forums. She does amazing refracted art work, and I wanted to give it a try, and this is the result of my first attempt. I'm not feeling very well, but had some dogs that I'm pet sitting coming over, so I had to stay awake until they got here. I'm now crawling back in bed ot get a full nights rest. Here's the photo for 3 Jan 07:

Photo A Day Challenge

Well, I joined a photo a day challenge on scrapbook.com, so I'm going to ATTEMPT to take a photo every day in January and get it uploaded to my SB.com gallery. I figured I might as well upload it to my blog too so my readers (do I have any? lol), can keep track of my progress. Most of the photos will probably be macro photos since that is my favorite area of photography (right now anyway), and my macro setup is almost complete! So here is todays photo, Water Drops on a CD: