COS #10; JUGS #192; WOYWW #210 ~ On Your Special Day and Make Your Own Patterned Vellum

Happy Hump D. Doody Day!

It's time once again for a Snoop Hop, where we all link up our work areas for virtual viewing over at What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday, hosted by the wonderful Julia!  If you click on the link, Julia has all the details for you.  It's fun and addicting and I hope you join in!

My desk appears thus:

I won a fun cupcake-and-candle die from my friend Jeanne of A Kept Life and I used it for the first time on the card you see.  A close-up is in Card Talk below.  Other than scraps and tools, you can also see my binder of embossing folders.  Ah, yupper.  That's a lot of 'em, hence my quest to use my schtuff of which I have an indecent amount.  But, OGG (oh, golly gee), after more than a decade, I'm still having the time of my life with this hobby!

That's all I got this week, so I took a picture out my other window.  I haven't shared that in a while.  The first buds just popped open on those crepe myrtles so I'll post another piccie when they are in full bloom.

I see I need to have Mister unroll that umbrella.  We had some gusts recently and had to close it down.  I just realized that if you put an "e" in "gusts," you get "guests."  I'm guessing, then, that the word "guests" came from folks saying they had "some guests blow into town for the weekend."  Someone (Earl) thought his friend said "gusts" and there you have it.

So to keep this short for you WOYWWers, that is the end of my WOYWW.  Enjoy the rest of your hop and do let me know you stopped by so I can be sure and return the flavor!  I visited pretty darn near everyone last week and it was fun to meet some new folks and visit others I haven't seen in a while!  I hope you all have a tremendous week!!

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Card Talk

If you're staying, the card I made is going to be entered in the current challenge at CAS on Sunday, which is "black, white, plus one."  The awesome sponsor is The Alley Way Stamps.

Here's is my card:

I just realized that I didn't use stamps nor ink on this card!  That's pretty darn CAS!  It's also a lot prettier in real life, where the words are much easier to read, the score lines are visible, and the texture and sheen pop.

Since I'm making note, the previously unused products from the Playhouse are the cupcake-and-candle die and the "On Your Special Day" embossing folder.  The embossed shiny white paper came emb, er, I think that's called "de" bossed and I have had it for ages.  It's heavy and beautiful card stock IRL and I just have a few pieces left.   So that means my card is both debossed and embossed.  Now I just sound bossy.

 Here is a close-up of the cupcakes and below, a close-up of the candle:

That pretty aqua patterned paper is actually Washi tape!  Doesn't it look like a beautiful vellum?

I made several cupcakes and candles, just messing around with various patterned papers.  Then I thought it would be interesting to die-cut some of my patterned Washi tapes.  In order to get that vellum look, I laid out upside down pieces of regular clear tape (maybe Scottish, maybe not) and then I covered those pieces with pieces of Washi tape.  Here, I'll go take some pictures for a picture tute.

I laid out one single piece of clear tape for the candle die, which is slim.

Then I covered the clear tape with a piece of Washi tape, turned that over and applied another piece of Washi tape, which I then die-cut.

If you want to make a bigger die cut, like I did with the cupcake die, you lay the clear tape upside down in rows.  You can make it as wide as you want.  (IRL, you do need to overlap the clear tape a smidge to make the rows stick together.)

Pretty fun, huh?  If the instructions don't make sense, just let me know in the comments.  I'll report it to management immediately.

Edited:  I've just learned that Just Us Girls is having a technique challenge to use Washi tape.  How perfect!!  It's my first time joining this fun challenge!

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I'd love for you to meet our newest friend!  Her name is Cornelia and her blog is Stempel Spass (fun-stamping!).  She has oodles of tremendous CAS cards for your inspiration!  Welcome, Cornelia, and thank you so much for joining our crafty journey!!

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I also wanted to share with you that I had a fun lunch with another stamper who lives in the Bay Area!  I'm sure a lot of you are quite familiar with the sweet Kim Heggins and her fantastic cards on her Cupcakes, Cards, and Kim website.  Kim and I gifted each other with die-cuttings that the other didn't have: roller-coasters came to me and feathers went to Kim.  I hope to get to see her craft space on our next outing this month!

Here we are:

Kim is the cutie in pink.  I'm the one whose bangs got swept back from my forehead in all the excitement!  I keep reaching my hand out to the monitor to fix them.  Do you ever do that with photos on the computer?

Be nice.  I'm heavily medicated.

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Well, I'm sure I've worn you plum out by now.  Enjoy whatever is left of your day!  No, seriously, enjoy.  LITS*! 

And thank you so much for stopping by the Playhouse.  Special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment or join as a follower!

*Life Is Too Short!  

Paper:  PTI true black; SU! pool party;
  unknown white
Dies:  Serendipity Stamps 1278
EF:  Darice
Washi tape from Freckled Fawn
Corner Chomper