I need a good talking-to

I was bad in church this morning. Now I could claim that it wasn't my fault. But that would be lying, and I've been trying really hard not to lie. Rather than sitting toward the front of church, I sat past the middle toward the back. Like a "good" Lutheran, so the joke goes. And there I was, surrounded by young couples with their little ones. LOTS of little ones. I get myself in trouble when I am near them. Winking, waving, laughing at their antics and their parents struggles...Sometimes it's hard to concentrate on the sermon because I let myself get distracted by the little brown curls on Ellie, or the sight of a sleeping baby, all snuggled up in mommy's arms. One of these days, Pastor is going to stop right in the middle of the sermon, walk down the aisle to where I'm sitting, then point to the empty front pew. He won't say a word, won't grab me by the ear, he'll just point, and I'll know exactly what to do next. Can you picture it? Head hung in shame, I get up and walk, face flaming out in a million shades of red to that front pew... So I'm thinking that maybe next week, I'd better move back toward the front...to a place where I can control myself a little more...unless Emily is playing the keyboard that Sunday...because Cory might need help with their little girls.....and Ellie likes me....Oh, I need a good talking to!!!! (I belong to a great church btw...it's like one big family sharing God's Word.)


Enough of that for today, I was on a roll late yesterday and actually have three cards to share. I finished up the last one after (ahem) church.  First up is a very CAS card for the City Crafter Challenge Blog. For this week, it's "What's Cooking," where we are to create a project with everything related to the kitchen.

Pretty sure this one qualifies...

Pulled out my Newton's Nook stamps, and btw, they are some of the nicest stamping stamps ever. All but the speech bubble are from NN, and the bubble is from LF. SU black ink, Copics in reds and yellows, and a strip of gray just to give it some grounding. The grater is stamped on some TH vellum, and the base and bubble are Neenah.

My next card and challenge is for Fusion. Stuck with the photo part for this one. Cool photo.

I saw so much going on in this photo and had so many ideas, that when I sat down with my supplies, I found I didn't need as many as I pulled out. The card wanted to be made this way, not the way I wanted it. But I like it. It's for my bud here in town, Jen. She's going to be too busy to read this post for a while, so I'm not worried about her seeing it. 

The base is from Pebbles Basic. Came like that and all I had to do was fold it! I used my LF tag die with a piece of birthday music paper from Geri (Thanks!). A bit of Gina K. kraft for the doily die behind the tag, and also for the flag. I printed out the sentiment (the inside sentiment got REALLY wordy...imagine that?!!) Three SC woodgrain sequins, a Doodlebug bird, some Michaels burlapy ribbon and a bit of random red twine. Whew!

Still with me? Hope so. And I promise it's the last card of the bunch.  This one's going over to Freshly Made Sketches. Went together really quickly.  Jen's sketch is so CAS and so incredible; thanks Jen!

And here's my take:

Neenah white base and panel. PTI's Wet Paint sentiment, with SU black ink. Random sequins in gold and black. A panel of TH gold vellum and one of striped from Simple Stories Snap. Way EZPZ! With that, I'll shut up now. Happy dances everyone!