ColourQ196

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  We are about washed out here in PA….rain, rain, rain…..almost every day and yesterday, just about ALL day!  I am not complaining, there are parts of the country that have it much worse than we do….but anyway, it’s sunny and dry at the ColourQ today:

Isn’t this a sweet Jim Shore patriotic angel?  It reminded me of one of my oldest SU sets, Country Angel.  Instead of making a card, I thought I’d make a little décor item, since I have LOTS of patriotic décor, and she would fit right in:

I began by stamping my angel in Stazon on some lightweight watercolor paper, then simply used an Aquapainter and inks to color her in using the challenge colors.  I cut her out and mounted her on a Crumb Cake oval that had been stamped with a vintage checkerboard image and some white stars.  I added some popped-up stars from the same set and three banners.  Finally, I used an old SU block and stamped a Waltzingmouse sentiment on it (it bled a little, but that adds to the rustic look, right?), and then had DH drill a hole so I could add my little skewered angel.  This is also for the Ribbon Carousel Challenge 83, which is "showing your heritage" with ribbon, of course!   I added some ribbons to her skewer as well as her banner.   I bent her wings up a bit, too:

I think she is pretty sweet!  What do you think?  Remember, if you have any questions, just shoot me an email….my address is at the top right sidebar!  I hope that this will tempt you to make a project with these colors---it doesn’t even have to be patriotic!  If you check out the designers’ samples at the ColourQ blog, you’ll see how some of them are not patriotic at all!  COOL! 

I don’t have any Cassidy pictures today, but I do have blueberry-pickin’ pictures!  It cleared up enough on Sunday afternoon to pick about 35 pounds:

The total haul so far:

Into the freezer they’ll go….and on to our cereal all year long!  Yum!

Paper Players #22

Hi everyone!  This week at the Paper Players, the challenge is “Anything Goes”!  Do anything you like!  Woohoo!  This will be my last challenge at the Paper Players, as I am stepping down from my commitment for a little while.  I still plan on participating occasionally, but I am going to spend some quality time with my family and stamp for fun!  And that’s what this project was….it was so easy, I literally put this together about fifteen minutes before we had some company earlier this week.  Check it out:

I found this tall glass container at a yard sale for $.50; the rub-ons were from last year’s Autumn Harvest collection, and the pine cones are from my yard!  I added another row of rub-ons on the back:

and a big striped ribbon tied simply at the top.  It made a nice quick centerpiece for my table!  I think it would look equally as nice filled with some mini pumpkins, some autumn potpourri or some berries.   What would you put inside?  I’d love to hear your suggestions!

I hope you will find time to play along at the Paper Players blog……be sure to check out what the other designers have come up with!  Have a blessed day!