Just a little note...

So, Werner refused pictures today, his haircut was not pleasing.  I'm thinking it's all the dried glue in his hair myself, but it could be the uneven cut...

So, in lieu of Werner and his new 'do, I've made a card!  Because I have a swap I'm working on and was forced into my craft room... :)

I used Stampin' Up! supplies for this - Peach Parfait, Early Espresso, and Crumb Cake are the colors; the ribbon is Pumpkin Pie; the brads are the Metallic 'Antique Brass'; the stamp set is 'Apple Blossoms', a level two hostess set.  This was an easy card to make, but is really cute in person. 

Using Whisper White paper, I stamped images from the set randomly across the paper - you know that technique you learned when you first started stamping, where you could make 10 different cards all from one stamped page?  This is that technique - stamp the images randomly and in different colors/shades across the white paper.  The new 'background' paper can then be used on a number of cards as a background for anything you want.  I'd show you here, but again, this was for a swap, so I used it to make a number of the same card! 

On the Peach Parfait area of the card, I just used the flower image from the set and stamped it randomly in the same color, Peach Parfait. 

You get the idea...and don't forget to stamp inside the card for a little something extra!

Wookies...

Yes, wookies, and no, it's not a cute name for cookies in my family...

I should have been taking pictures all along, but you're going to have to come into this discussion part way through.  I attempted my first OOAK (One Of A Kind) doll creation a few weeks ago, and I've been letting him sit on my windowsill to dry.  I made him out of Paperclay (love it!), and him is a Hedgehog, I think I'll call him Werner...'cause he's a bit of a worrier!  Yes, well, at least I amuse myself. 

So, he sat naked in the window, no paint or hair or anything, for a few weeks.  He was sort of cute and I was waiting until he told me what he wanted (yes, I talk to to inanimate objects...we have looong conversations...).  Today I picked him up and painted him, and he was so cute, but still nekkid (!), and yes, I should have taken a picture.  It's quite amazing what you can do with Paperclay and only two colors of paint with a little water.  My next thought, and my hubby agreed, he needed some hair (not many bald hedgies out there). 

I surfed the net and looked around, but there is not much information on how to attach hair to clay dolls, other than to 'glue it on'...what kind of glue? How do you prepare the hair?  What kind of hair?  I had some wool roving in a pretty brown with all sorts of browns mixed in, so it was perfect for Werner.  I figured I'd just do it - so, I broke out Elmer's 'Glue-All' which promises to stick porous and most non-porous surfaces, combed out some wool roving to make a relatively straight line of hair, and tried it.  I dipped the clippings of roving in the glue and smooshed it around, then stuck it on poor Werner, all over.  I have to agree with my hubby, he looks like a baby Wookie. 

See??  So I suppose you can understand why he seems a bit worried...I was thinking he was nervous about where to sleep for winter, but I'm guessing it's the hair-do...no one said I was a stylist.  How do people get this stuff on perfectly?? 

Ok...Werner will be back to say hello after his appointment with the hair-dresser tomorrow.  I just hope he doesn't get a bad haircut...