Chicken Soup in a Card

Hidy ho, crafty peeps!

I've crawled out of bed long enough to post a card for Crafter's Companion!

Yeah, I'm under the weather.

My hubby shared a wonderful little bug with me that has ravaged my lungs and sinuses. Wasn't that nice of him?

I guess he really believes in that adage "Misery loves company".

It makes me wish he'd believe in adages like, "Sharing is caring...but it does not mean giving your wife the 'crud'."

Sigh

This, too, shall pass.

So here is how the idea for this card evolved...

• I was sitting in bed hacking, wheezing, coughing up creatures from various color lagoons...and knowing I need to intake some sort of nourishment. 

• Sick + nourishment = chicken soup. It's only logical.

• Chicken soup = folk medicine = folk art = country = gingham + chicks

• which, by chance, leads full circle back to chicks = chicken = chicken soup.

And that, dear friends, is how my mucus-addled mind works.

 I love this really old patterned paper from Daisy D's. I don't have much of it left, but it always makes me happy when I see it. I've used it on SO MANY projects over the years.

This cute stamp set is from Crafter's Companion. It's one of my favorites. I have a fondness for chickens that I can't explain. They just make me happy. It's gently colored up with the new (and wonderful) Aquablend pencils. They can be subtle or bold...the choice is up to you!

Crafter's Companion supplies used:

• AquaBlend pencils:  Fossil grey, nutmeg - from Essential set. Beeswax, bison, cypress, wheat, sky blue - from Naturals set 
• Stamps - Sheena - A little bit sketchy - Chick Chick Chicken 
• Embossing folder - Textures - Hessian
• Spectrum Aqua watercolor cardstock
• Crafter's Companion Ultimate Tool - bow maker

And, to answer the question the sentiment on the card poses? Yeah, I'm OK.

I'm getting better (if I keep telling myself that it will eventually come to pass).

Thanks for coming out to Left Field. Don't worry, I wore a surgical mask the entire time I wrote this post. Sharing my card with you is one thing. Sharing a bug that could potentially ooze into the matrix of the internet and back out the screen of the person reading this just wouldn't be cool.

You're welcome.

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hidy ho, crafty peeps!

I'm popping in today with a quick post to promote our new challenge over at 

House Mouse and Friends

Our theme this time around is

Pastels

NOTE that ALL of our challenges have the alternate option of *ANYTHING GOES* too!  So come and join the fun by entering your projects using 

stamps, CD collection images and, or, any decoupage by House-Mouse Designs!

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We are PROUDLY SPONSORED by:

 

One lucky winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads!

  

Now for my project! 

I was having quite the debate with myself over whether the theme was about using pastel colors...or about using pastels--the coloring medium. I decided it was the former (good thing, as then I would have to decide between oil pastels, chalk pastels or pan pastels...and I just wasn't up to choosing).

I selected a cute Happy Hoppers image, and colored it up with my BRAND SPANKIN' NEW Spectrum Aquablend watercolor pencils. Oh boy are they fun! They are MARVELOUS to work with. They have the look of pencil that has been blended with Gamsol...without having to use Gamsol! They blend so beautifully with water! 

So come join our Pastels challenge
...and you can interpret that any way you like!