Florence Turnour's Blog

Star Lady decided to forgo tradition for this year's 4th of July party. She reached into the back of her closet and pulled out her most festive pair of lederhosen. I have so many more JustRite stamps than I did last time I entered a Friday Challenge that I had a hard time choosing which ones to use for the Stars and Stripes Friday Challenge project. Star Lady's lederhosen were made from the Stitched Ribbon Background Stamp with suspenders and rhinestone studded belt from the matching border in the Classic Scallop Borders One set. Her party hat is another of the border stamps in that same set. Star Lady accessorizes with a handbag stamped "Live your dreams," from the Going Places Vintage Labels set, a sentiment that she felt somehow justifies her outlandish choice in wardrobe. Her purse dangle is a Tibetan Silver cat charm. ( Tibetan silver is a zinc alloy that is made into charms and findings in China and sold on ebay for very good prices (though it comes...

"What are you doing, Mommy?" "Looking at my computer." "But *what* are you looking at?" "This company has card making contests on their website. You make a card and then take a picture of it and link it into their site." "But what happens to the card?" "You keep it." "WOW! You get to enter the contest AND keep the card?! I want to do that. What do I do?" Look out JustRite Friday Challenge Number 76 , here comes Benjamin! The theme this week is stars and stripes. Benjamin sorted through all the JustRite stamps I have and picked out the Make a Wish sentiment from a retired JustRite Original card making set (because of the stars). I told him he had to start with a sketch. He drew this (and we accidentally used it as a place mat when we sponged red ink onto a die cut). He described it to me very carefully. He wanted a star shaped card, with stripes radially out from the the sentiment in the center, and s...