I'm Bugged & I Love It

The bug arrived yesterday--the Cuttlebug, that is, along with my first two embossing folders. Naturally, I just had to make a card with each right away. I've learned that it's not a good idea for me to make cards when I'm excited, because I glued the heart background on upside down, didn't realize it until it was scanned! Oh, well, at least it was a learning experience.

In case you can't tell, I love the bug! It's so easy to operate, and there are new dies and embossing folders out that I'm salivating over. (Hope that last isn't a "yeurk" factor for anyone.)

Thanks to Bren Hollohan for taking care of my purchase.

New ATCs continued

Blogger wouldn't let me post all the ATCs at once, so here are the rest. Except for the cat ATC, the images are by the artist/illustrator, Coles Phillips. He was famous for his "disappearing" ladies. As you can see, he achieved the effect through colour.

New ATCs

I've been making ATCs, and, to paraphrase Baby Bear when he found Goldilocks, "Here they are!"

New Art

Aren't you glad I'm back? Don't answer that. At least, I'm not comming back empty-handed. These were made for the weekly and monthly challenges on the ink-stains website.

I am Woman, but I don't roar

Roar? That's for Big Cats, like lions and tigers, and... I don't need to roar, because I speak softly and carry a big stick and love with a purple passion. Hmmm! I've been having a bit of flu or something. Maybe I ought to go back to bed?

This card is a varation of the ones I'm making for an Ink-Stains swap, "I am Woman". I just received a batch of chipboard letters, and had to try one out, but there are not enough "W"s to go around.

The poem is one of mine, inspired by the wire sculpture of a friend.

Here's the card for the Ink-Stains "I am Woman" swap.

Two Stones with One Card!

Yes, folks, this card is doing double service! It's my entry for this week's Ink-Stains challenge, and it uses cs from my OSW. Don't ask how long it took to figure it out. The fact that the challenge was to use a card sketch helped. This week, the card sketch comes curtesy of Di Hickman at http://dihickman.blogspot.com/ Scroll down to her March 11 entry for the sketch. Thanks, Di!

Oh, yes, the translation of the message is, "Yoo-hoo, it's me!" Sounds better in French.

Have a great day, everyone!

Please don't psychoanalyze Alice & co.!

I can't believe I forgot to post the card I made with one of my Alice stamps! Alice Who??? Alice of Wonderland fame, of course. Yes, I know, the caterpillar is smoking a hookah, which is traditionally loaded with some version of pot, and is, moreover, sitting on a magic mushroom. Enough said! I prefer to focus on my childhood experience of the scene, which, for me, was sheer delight at the thought of talking to a caterpillar.

In the 1950's Walt Disney film version, instead of disappearing into the surrounding grass, the caterpillar metamorphoses into a butterfly. I like to think of the possibility of transforming myself, by dint of the struggle to improve my virtues and conquer my faults. No magic mushrooms needed for that!

This was also the ink-stains weekly challenge/mingle for March 6-12. I'm including the card sketch/map for it. Site administrater Kim gives credit for the sketch to The Square Studio. Here's the link: http://papersquares.blogspot.com/