Hemidemisemiquaver { a few short notes on my everyday life}

A quick post for now as I am on my way to work, but who says your cards can’t match your home and even better, fit right in! Check this out!

If I left this on the top of my dresser, nobody would even realize! Don’t you love how the sheep match? Here is the card and ornament in real life…

I love these CHF stamps. I have been drooling over them for a while now! I finally broke down and got them as a birthday present to myself! I stamped right onto that muslin! Isn’t that fun? I cut it..(and it doesn’t matter if it is wonky) with pinking shears. primitives ARE wonky, so there is a lot of room for error! Good for me! I grunged up this Purely Pomegranate ribbon and cardstock so it wouldn’t be too bright. I also used Ranger Antique Distress ink. Thanks to Debbie Olson. She added it to her sheep at it made them just perfect!! Big surprise from Debbie!! There are a TON of stamps in this set and I can’t wait to play with them. Especially the crows. They are so creepy…yet fun! Did you see the projects for the sneak peeks of Papertrey today? Go to Nichole’s Blog and look at what the team was busy doing for todays post! Mine was so simple and fun! It would be so easy to make a ton of these for shower favors! Take a look!!! Please also read my post below and join this AMAZING challenge for an AMAZING woman!!! Thanks!!!! I Still need MANY more people to help out!!!!

Isn’t she just the best!! As part of the “get 105 cards to Nanny before her 105th birthday” on the 23rd, I decided to post this picture of Nanny (Myrtle Queair) so you could see her in person. Here she is with John and me today (or yesterday depending on when you are reading this). We spent the day over at John’s parents’ house and had our Chinese dinner and this fantastic cake made for Nan. She is so spry and little! OK…so if you are confused about this post read below. The challenge is still on!! Make a card and send it to Nanny for her 105th birthday! I KNOW you all have birthday cards!! DO NOT be shy!! She will be so blessed by them. This is a total surprise for her, so please join in!! Please e-mail me at oehlers@verizon.net as I would like to keep her home address discreet so I will give it to you privately.  I would LOVE to have a full inbox for my mail after this post!! Thank you for your RAK’s and thanks to my readers who have already e-mailed me and were so happy to participate!! I can’t wait to see her face! Let’s shower Nan with LOVE!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxo!!!!

I am getting ready to be finished with this great set of Doodle Factory Urban images. They are so incredible. I can’t tell you how much imagination these images lend themselves to. So much fun. Period. How great are these for boys? So good. If you are dying to have these, please remember that I have a coupon in my sidebar for anything over at Starving Artistamps. Please click on that and use the code in that post. I would hate fof you NOT to get a discount! We are spending Mother’s Day over at John’s house. The men always buy us Chinese Food and they are SUPPOSED to clean up. (AHEM)…this has not happened in a while. I am so excited though, because we will also be celebrating John’s Grandmother’s Birthday. She is turning 105!!! That is correct…105!!! She is in good shape for being so old. She has a slow growing cancer, but I guess you have to have something harmful at that age! She has slowed down a lot in this last year. Although she still walks and goes up and down steps. She is a real blessing to us and our girls. SO…here is the challenge!! I would love for her to get 105 birthday cards BEFORE her birthday on May 23rd. I KNOW you have some birthday cards in your stash!!! I also know that way more that that many read my blog in only one day…so this CAN be done!! I think this would make her UNBELIEVABLY happy!!!! Can you imagine all of those cards in her room!!! She lives with John’s parents, so it would make her feel extra special to have those in her room!!! Her name is Myrtle. We call her Myrt the Turt….Myrtle Turtle. I just ask that you please e-mail me for the address as I do not want it posted all over the world! Here is my e-mail: oehlers@verizon.net. PLEASE participate!! I NEVER have challenges and it is something you can do right now. Just throw a stamp on it and put it in your mailbox! ARE YOU IN???? WE will do this all the way up to her birthday! Let’s celebrate Mothers young and OLD!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANNY! HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY EVERYONE!

It is Friday and I am all stitches up!! Yep this was the challenge this week. This challenge was fun!  Since Sharon was away helping with Flourishes, Julie stepped in to give us our next challenge!  It was to use stitching in any way on a card!  Well…I am not the most gifted sewer, nor do I have a sewing maching (ahem), SO…instead of faux stitching, which is really fun, I really wanted to give a more rustic feel to the stitching, so I decided to use a needle and some linen thread from SU!.  Yes, the linen thread is my new favorite.  I really wanted to be good and REALLY stamp simply.  I sort of went a bit overboard last week.  This was just a one sheet wonder cut down and soaked with an aqua painter and I culred up the edges while they were still wet. I thought with this sentiment, it would be a great card to put on top of a tin with cookies in it. Have a great day everyone!
Check out everyone elses goodies as well!

Sharon Johnson
Julie Koerber
Tammy Hershberger
Dee Jackson
Jennifer Buck
Janine Orchard

Stamps: Papertrey Ink “Spiral Bouquet”
Paper: Kraft, Red textured from a mat stack
Ink: Poppy Brilliance, Pumpkin
Other: Linen Thread SU!

So…this is a little post that has a cheer up theme! If you are here, you are obvioulsy noticing something very different! I changed the theme of my blog…not to upset anyone…because I know my Mom will freak out about this, but just to make it a little cheerier for spring. The fact is…I was kind of getting sick of looking at the other one. Even though it was lovely and very nice, I was not able to make a customizable header on that blog. It seems as if that there are no real calming colors that have customizable options. So I got cheery with my header and put this together last night. I am sort of new to this whole digital imaging thing, so please be kind. Actually…be honest. It won’t hurt my feelings if you like the other one better. I know I am a creature of habit too and expect to see a certain thing when entering someone’s blog world!
Anyhow…I made this card last night and then got an e-mail from Char saying she was feeling sick and down. She also mentioned that she absolutely adores the new PaperTrey Colors (yellows) so much!! Funny, huh? I made this card and didn’t even know it would be for her! So Char…I love you and hope you are feeling better. This virtual card is for you…yellows and all! I am actually so excited, because I picked up this new wallet the other day:

It totally reminds me of the card colors!! As soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it! I colored this card with chalks I picked up at CHF. I really love the softness it brings. So…I hope you all have a very cheery day. I have a rehearsal this morning and very much need to finish my Papertrey samples so I can photo them.

In the Kitchen!  There are lot of things going on today with Kitchen Sink Stamps!
I made this card in ten minutes. Well…that is what it was SUPPOSED to take. I kept making changes. Does that ever happen to you? I used the sets “Never a loss 4 Words” for the sentiment as well as “Playful Journaling” for the black circles. The cardstock is white PTI, Pumpkin Pie and basic black SU! and the ribbon is American Crafts. I also made a brad with one of the “Playful Journaling” circles and an SU! make-a brad. That was fun. It really helped tie the black theme together on the card. Hope you liek it! Read below for all of the cool things that are happening today! I am off to work! HOW STINKY!

KSS will have a sale in celebration of National Scrap booking Month and Mother’s Day. Save 10% May 7-10. use promotion code MOM.

KSS will also be featured on Scrap Time There will be a video 3-4 minutes long showing how to use the KSS stamps. This will be airing tonight at 10:30pm! So if you have ever had a question on how to use these great stamps, just go and watch!

I have to say I am in love. I know this stuff isn’t usually “My Style”, but I am so totally in love with coloring and playing with these Doodle Factory images. I think the fact that they demand a certain bright cartoon look from me just sends me over the edge! I think when I am done working with all of the images, I will take a picture of them all lined up together. “The Urban Line” by Becky Oehlers…works, no? LOL! They look so amazing all put next to each other on the table. I was just staring at them last night smiling. So much fun!! really…if you have copics or prismacolors, I urge you to get this set. You will have a blast!! Just remember to use the coupon on my sidebar for the 10 percent off!! So…my girls are over at their cousins today. They spent the night, so John and I had a really nice time together. He didn’t actually take them to Pennsylvania until about 8:30, so I went to a Piffaro concert alone, because I wanted to support my friends who were all playing and have a blast listening to music. YES…I have a blast listening to Renaissance music…what can I say? I am a hopeless geek. They did a whole program on “London Waits,” which will actually be their new CD at the end of the month. They are also headed over to Regensburg Germany for a festival in a couple of days, so they are busy. I have to say, music here in Philadelphia on all levels is exceptional. Also, there is a distinct sound that comes out of Philly that is full and warm…again…on ALL levels. From the Orchestra to groups like Piffaro. I think it is a reflection on the people here. We are full and warm? lol…yep fat and sweaty! No…really, I think musicians here unlike some other major cities, really treat each other like real people, and for the most part, especially in the kind of music I do, are a real encouragement to each other. We sort of have to be, I mean…it is kind of like cardmaking. A very distinct group of people doing something a little off the wall! We all need encouragement from each other, or their wouldn’t be thousands of blogs begging to be commented on out there, right? Now for something totally unrelated, but sort of related. hmmm??? WordPress has stepped up it’s game (GO WORDPRESS!) and is allowing a lot more applications to be put into posts. I think I would like to share some you tube vids out there that are my musical favorites at some point, so you can listen and browse. Just a thought. That way, you don’t have to listen if you don’t feel like it. Hope you like the cards today! Now I am off to IHOP with John. I wanted fru fru, he wants a stack of pancakes…OK…whatever!

It is Friday, and you know what THAT means! This week Sharon gave us the challenge to “Think Spring” and use pink, green and flowers! A color combo that I have been obsessively using for a while now! I think it started when PTI came out with those great pinks that matched that great Spring Moss green! I couldn’t look at anything else! Well here is my “Think Spring” card in pink and green!

Then, it swings open to reveal more of a landscape and a place to write…

I really had a nice time playing with my prismacolor pencils and gamsol. It gives such a nice soft look to a spring card. Very mossy.

Here is the supply list:
Stamps: My Favorite Things “Can You Dig It?”
Paper: PTI: Stampers Select White, Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush
Ink: “Slate” Adirondack Ink
Other: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, stickles, linen thread (SU!) sweet blush ribbon (PTI)

Please Make sure you visit these other awesome examples of this challenge!
Sharon Johnson
Julie Koerber
Tammy Hershberger
Dee Jackson
Janine Orchard
Jennifer Buck

After you try your pink and Green Spring Challenge, you can upload it to Splitcoast under keyword ssnotime33 and let us see it!! Thanks for playing!

Well…I just couldn’t help myself.  The Senior PTI team was given a challenge today to try and “Think Outside of the Tin”.  you know when it has to do with a project, I can’t just NOT play along!  Trying to think of something that has not been put in a tin was pretty daunting, so I thought I would make it even more daunting and have a boy theme to this project…GASP!  I don’t have boys!!  Well…I guess this project doesn’t have to be just for a boy now, does it?  Just for your favorite little fisher of the family!  Here is a great way to give some new lures to your favorite little fisher!!  Introducing, the Mini Tackle Box! 

I made this box enclosure and stamped a whole scene around the tin, so the recipient would feel extra special.  This way, after removing the tin, they could keep the box on their dresser and maybe use it to collect photos of their prized catch inside!  Maybe a tin full of photos!!  Here are the measurements and instructions for the box:
Cut cardstock 11 x 7 1/2. With the 11 inch side at the top score at 1″,4 3/4″, 5 1/2″
Turn paper. With the 7 1/2 inch side at the top score at 1 ” and 6 1/2″to meet the other score line. Then stamp as desired. You will have leftover paper at the top so you can cut it or trim it as you wish depending on the look you want. Hope you enjoy this!

Stamps: PTI Pond Life, PTI Simple Alphabet
Cardstock: PTI Stampers Select White
Ink: Close to Cocoa SU!., Old Olive SU!, Bashful Blue SU!, SO Saffron SU!
Prismacolor pencils and gamsol
Other: Windowed Tin Papertrey Ink

The winner of the PTI anniversary set is…..comment number 115!!!  Susan C from NY!!!

“Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary!! I don’t have a blog [I spend too much time reading other blogs to have my own :-)] but I read yours frequently. I love to see what you’ve made next–from jewelry to boxes to cards, you always have such beautiful items. Very inspiring.”

CONGRATS!!! This was a very special prize.   Thank you for all of your kind words and for playing along.  Susan, if you could e-mail me your snail mail, that would be great!!