Wednesday Stamper is really one of my favourite challenge blogs to visit – so much variety to see and it’s fascinating to see everyone’s interpretations of the weekly themes. So, I just happened to have a house with stripes and stamping going on and the legend reads: “Arty Chick. Eat cake 5 x a day” It’s nothing personal, just the way it turned out… it’s neither an order, nor advice, nor my personal recommendation! It just makes me giggle and I think I was having a Marie Antoinette moment – probably because we’d run out of bread!! See – the ‘wicked’ sense of humour getting the better of me again!
The Eat Cake stamp is Anita’s, the swirls is my 2nd ever handcarved and the rest was pure fun and using scraps of stash from my shoebox of stickers, letters and eclectic junk! Looks good though, doesn’t it?!!
I had fun texting my DD at school yesterday – I know, bad Mummy! – but she wants to start a Saturday job for which she needs a work permit from school as she’s only 13… so I wanted to ensure she got that to speed up the process of interview, acceptance, start-date, etc. Then I also had to ask her if she’d remembered to buy me some rubber erasers to carve. (I can resist the urge to carve… NOT!) She came home with 10 staedtlers… each about 3cm x 1cm! Not really big enough for what I wanted, but hey, there are 2 new stamps in my collection today, so I guess they are all going to end up inked anyhow! 😉
Nearly forgot – the film STRIPES is one of my all-time faves. I had a huge crush on Bill Murray and almost had the parade sequence down pat! I still watch it every time it comes on telly!!
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femmy
/ April 30, 2008very beautiful!!! love the framing around the girl!!!
rein
/ April 30, 2008It’s beautiful Rosie!
Sandy
/ April 30, 2008Wow brilliant. Amazing creation. Love the collage. Wie immer 😀
Audrey Meijs
/ April 30, 2008Gorgeous!
Fiona Whitehead
/ April 30, 2008Its great Rosie – love your own stamps too WTG
Christine
/ April 30, 2008Fabulous!
sija
/ April 30, 2008Gorgeous!
stampingbalou
/ April 30, 2008Oh Rosie, another stunning collage – I love how you arrange your brilliant ideas on paper – incredible !
viola
/ April 30, 2008Great piece! So beautiful!!
Marion
/ April 30, 2008Love it!
filetta
/ April 30, 2008great card !
herminesplace
/ April 30, 2008Gorgeous, love your house.
Kaz
/ April 30, 2008lovely house. 🙂
Louise
/ April 30, 2008This is great…you’ve combined so many details so well!
(Love the movie, too!)
hastingshall2
/ April 30, 2008You are so clever, Rosie. This is a wonderful piece of art. I love how you incorporated so much in it.
Trudie Becker
/ April 30, 2008So gorgeous design. Love your work!!
Gabi M.-Wirth
/ April 30, 2008I love it – beautiful artwork!
Sanja
/ April 30, 2008wonderful house!!!
Belinda
/ April 30, 2008beautiful house, fits perfectly! spraying is fun, but i can see that it needs practice 🙂
Willy
/ April 30, 2008Wonderful house!
Jocelyne
/ April 30, 2008beautiful, love the frame !
Dymphie
/ April 30, 2008Love your fun house, the text is hilarious. Thanks for the laugh 🙂
Gayle Page-Robak
/ April 30, 2008Awesome!
Laura
/ May 1, 2008Who needs cake when you have delicious artwork like yours!!
Barbara Hagerty
/ May 1, 2008OK Rosie, I do agree with Laura…but i want my cake too! I LOVE this house! If I don’t get one of your houses in the swap, would you consider a personal swap of 4X6 houses??
ilse
/ May 1, 2008beautiful card
Claudine
/ May 1, 2008wouah wouah wonderful love its
Jean
/ May 1, 2008So fun and fresh!
SusiR
/ May 1, 2008Beautiful house with nice colors and lovely details.
barnie
/ May 1, 2008Fantastic… 5x cakes a day 🙂 …. yeah 🙂
Beth Newton
/ May 2, 2008Hi Rosie,
I lost your e-mail address and want to discuss your designing for my company. Beautiful work! Please reply ASAP. Thanks! Beth
Netti Atkins
/ May 6, 2008Love it! Great humour and love all the elements here.