Cockadoodledo

Have I told you lately that I have a rooster fetish? lol! I love Roosters! I'm sure I wouldn't love them so much if they were cockadoodledoing early in the morning in my backyard. When we were in Italy and stayed in Tuscany we rented a villa for a week. We would hear roosters doodling all day long. When I came home my fascination with roosters grew. When I saw this image on Rubber Stamp Ave, I knew that he needed to be in my collection. I've had him for a long time (see, I'm really using my stuff now!) The Italian Script stamp is a background stamp from Hero Arts...I don't know who made the cancelled Sienna Italia stamp...sorry! The dp is from Basic Grey, Cupcake, I think, and the cardstock is black, barely banana, riding hood red, and brocade blue. I colored him in with my copic markers. and then sponged, sponged, sponged.
Enjoy! Cockadoodledo, thanks for all you do!
Smiles :)
Lorraine

Grazia Roma

This is a quick thank you card going out to my in laws. They sent us a lovely gift of bottles of wines and other delicious items imported from Italy.
it was a very quick card. The main image, and the script Italian BG are from RibberStamp Ave.
I have such a crazy week. Did I mention that I am in charge of a swim a thon to raise money for Breast Cancer Research? That's happening this Thursday. I don't have much time for stamping this week, but you know that I will try to squeeze sometime in!
Enjoy! It's Monday! ( and that means, DH is back to work, and the kids are working! lol)
Smiles :)
Lorraine

The countdown begins

You might see less of me in the next few weeks. I will have to coordinate packing for my family and there are 6 of us! Today is the start of our vacation countdown. In two weeks our family is traveling to Italy and Greece. We are flying into Venice and getting on a ship, the Emerald Princess for 12 days. This is a trip that I have been dreaming about for years, and it's finally here. My husband is part Greek and his side of the family is traveling with us. I think that it will be so wonderful for his father to be in Greece with his sons and his grandchildren. I don't have any Greek stamps so I used some images that are Italian in nature. I figured we're starting off in Italy, so it's keeping in my theme. The stamps are from RubberStamp Ave, and the sentiment is from Rubber Romance.
I just love the color combo of vanilla and black. And I am very happy with the way that this turned out. Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!
Smiles :)
Lorraine

Recipe
cardstock...Basic Black, Very Vanilla
Images... David & Italian Script from RubberStamp Ave, Travel from Rubber Romance, Weathered BG SU
embellies...brads, swirly thingies, sheer black ribbon, brads, word window punch SU

Cowgirls Have It.

I went into my dungeon to make a birthday card for my daughter. She is going to be 18 this saturday, but while cleaning up my desk i came across this sentiment from rubber stamp ave and decided to stamp a card using it. i am so happy with the outcome of this card! Carrie and some sass! LOL
i started off by picking out the dp i was going to use. i just had to open my new package of western sky from su. i used my su markers to color her in and also did a little bit of water coloring. lots of sponging and i fell in love!
i hope that you are having a wonderful day!
thanks for stopping by!
lorraine

recipe:
stamps: carrie from rubber romance, sentiment "cowgirls have it" from rubber stamp ave
card stock: du dp western sky, soft sky, blue bayou, river rock, white
ink: bb, river rock, blue bayou, soft sky, ruby red, creamy caramel
embellies: prima flowers essentials, bauble from m's, velvet ric rac ribbon from may arts