A Very Good Day!

Yesterday had more goodness than I could write about in a single post. I am so glad to see so many of you excited about the return of Shady Tree Studios.

There was another little bit of news that was announced yesterday and I am equally excited about it! Remember when I told you about meeting the owners of Motivet last month at a stamp show? Well, they offered me the opportunity to work on their DT, it just took awhile to get it out there. If you follow their blog at all, you might have seen Stephanie announce it. I had quietly added it to my sidebar a few days ago but so many of you read my posts through some kind of reader that you might not have noticed. Motivet is also a newer company, they started in April of 2009.

I love the personal touch of all the company's I have the privilege to work with. And for now the requirements are something I can handle. Now, if I could just get rid of that pesky need we have for a regular paycheck, lol.

Speaking of work, my new boss's birthday is next week so I thought I would make her a card that everyone in the office can sign. I have been there 4 weeks and no one really knows about this little obsession side hobby of mine. It is time to change that! I used a darling Hilda stamp from Motivet to create her card.

She is mostly colored with Copics with some shading with pencils. The papers are Cosmo Cricket. You might have noticed that my addiction to using polka dots has changed to my new addiction-- these new Spellbinder dies. I found some old ric rac that was being tossed {{gasp}} and added a bit of that. I hardly ever use big, chunky embellishments. I told you, I have postage issues. Well, I have issues in general but that is another matter ;). But since this one is being hand delivered, the extra bulk is okay. I hope she likes it!

Thanks for stopping by! I will be back on Monday with a new Stampavie challenge sample.

Til then,

A Threezer Riddle

So... last night the boys and I played a new-to-us game called Tri Bond. Ever play it? You are given three clues, hence the word "threezer" and you have to guess what they all have in common. It was a bit too hard for a 12 & 14 year old but we still had fun. It got me thinkin' about today's post. I have something very special to share with you today. Here is my blog version of Tri Bond. Can you guess what these three things have in common??

This was the very first card that I ever had accepted by a publication:

This is one of my favorite Christmas card designs from last year:

Ahhhh, one of my favorite floral stamps to watercolor:

Hmmm, got the answer yet? Yes, they were all Cornish Heritage Farms images but you have to dig a bit deeper on this riddle.

What did I hear you say? They are all Shady Tree Studios images? Ding, ding, ding!! You are correct. A big round of applause. What does that have to do with anything? Well, let me tell you. Nancy Baier is the illustrator of the Shady Tree line of stamps and she has decided to sell her own stamps! Isn't that the coolest?

Nancy asked me if I would be part of the DT for Shady Tree Studios and help her launch this exciting new venture. How could I say no? I have so enjoyed working with her stamps in the past. The store will officially be open for business on the 23rd and there will be some sneak peeks next week so you can see some of her latest images. Many of them are autumn themed and you are sure to love them!

Nancy has already been peeking some of the new stamps on her blog and today she is announcing the design team she has assembled. I hope you will join me in wishing her well.

Blessings,