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I've definitely been MIA. Why? Wow, it seems life has gotten in my way......work, laundry, yardwork, sleep (not enough), horsehoes. Horseshoes? you say. I play in a horseshoe league. It's just for fun. Well, it's supposed to be for fun. This year has been a struggle. I have't pitched very consistently. Anyway, last week was the start of our league tournament. That meant 2 nights of playing. It's double elimination & our team is 1 & 1 right now. We're hanging in there. On Wednesday night, I pitched against someone who generally ourscores me.....in other words he always wins when we play. I was trying to keep score in my mind but lost track. As we threw our last 2 shoes, I was sure I was was way behind in points. To my surprise, we tied. That meant a "throw off". We each threw 2 shoes twice. Whoever scored the most points would win. I pitched my shoes, one was against the stake. He pitched, one shoe was against the stake, one was very close......he scored 1 point. Now, he throws first & gets a shoe near the stake. The pressure mounts. My first throw goes way beyond the stake (typical for me this year). The 2nd pitch spins around the stake, a ringer! I win! I can still feel the elation of the moment!

Now for what's going on at Fond Memories. Kathy & Mary have been marking down lots of things for Crazy Days on August 16. One day when I was there for lunch, they had rubber stamps piled all over the floor while they rearranged some of the stamps. Other stamps were marked with a sticker to indicate 40% off. Lots of great stamps on sale! There will be lots of other great deals in all areas of the store. Add a note to your calendar: Go to Fond Memories for Crazy Days on August 16th!

We're still working on finalizing the card projects for the Workshop. We had a meeting last week to review our progress. Some projects are done, some are in the tweaking stage, and a couple are ideas waiting for stamps to arrive. We'll be making final designs soon so we can get all the supples ordered.

I did find time to make a couple cards over the past week. One was out of need......this sympathy card.

I used paper by Kimberly Poloson from Fiskars. I love the colors. I used Tattered Angels Autumn Leaves spray around the edges of the card. I also sprayed the flower to tone down it's original color. I pressed the little brown flower onto the Versamark pad & then into Ancient Tarnished Gold embossing powder by Ranger to add the gold highlights. I also embossed the brad & flower petal edges.

The 2nd card uses some new stamps by Paper Bag Studios. I love this little girl. Her expression is so captivating.

I stamped the image on Eclipse paper & tore the edges to make a mask. I stamped the girl on white paper in black ink. I applied the mask over her face. Then I stamped the background using the tile & alpabet stamps shown plus one other stamp not in the photo. I used Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut the oval & mat. The red paper is also stamped with the same stamps.

Happy Stamping!