Crabby Patty!!

Around our house, if someone is not a happy camper, we call them a 'Crabby Patty'!! Heehee! So when the stamp set Crab & Company came out in the Spring Mini, I just loved it! HOWEVER, I'm trying to be a little more frugal with my stamping purchases these days and I have NOT purchased it yet......can you believe that?? I mean, it's a totally adorable set and I can see some great cards and scrapbook pages using it, especially with those awesome sentiments that come with it, like 'snappy birthday' and 'sandy claws' but I wasn't sure that I would use it a whole lot. So what I did, was wish for some images in the Wish-RAK forum on Splitcoast and some awesome people sent me some of the images. This way I can play with a few of the images first and try it out before I decide to purchase it! And this was my first chance to play with good ol' 'Crabby Patty'!

This morning's Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast was to use a very small panel in the middle of the card and not much else. The panel itself is only 3 1/2 X 1 1/4, so pretty small! I used my fave stamp from Itty Bitty Backgrounds and stamped it along the bottom of the panel in Creamy Caramel to look like sand and then sponged over top in the same. I matted the panel on Only Orange and then Pink Passion. I took one of the Crab images and coloured it in using my Prismacolor pencils and my odorless mineral spirits. I'm not very experienced in using that technique yet and I guess it takes practice, but I do think I'm getting better. I used three different pencils to get the shading right. I used Canary Yellow along the bottom, Orange in the middle and Crimson Red along the top. Then I used my Karen Foster Snap Stamps (thank you Cindy, for being my Enabler....*snort*) to do the sentiment, which says 'Shore do miss you!'. The card base is Pink Passion and the patterned paper is from the DCWV Pockets Full of Posies stack (I just realized that I think I put something else on my SCS gallery....whoops!). I used linen thread to tie around the main panel and added some brads in the corner. It's quite simple, but that's what the challenge called for!!

I'm really thinkin' I may NEED this set.....so I'd better get it before it's gone!! The Spring Mini is only good for another month or so...yipes!!

I was also tagged by Cindy and Julee to fill out this questionnaire about things you might not know about me. I'm really not that interesting, but I'll give it a go!!


A) Four jobs I have had in my life:

1. Ice Cream Shop Girlie
2. Tourism Coordinator
3. Bank Teller
4. Church Secretary

B) Four movies I would watch over and over

1. The Notebook
2. Pretty in Pink
3. Notting Hill
4. First Knight.........I'm an 80's girl and a hopeless romantic....can ya tell??

C) Four places I have lived:

1. Wallaceburg, ON
2. Waterloo, ON
3. Chatham, ON
4. St. Thomas, ON ..... those are the ONLY four places I have lived!!

D) Four TV Shows that I watch:

1. Survivor....Yau Man should totally have won!!
2. The Amazing Race...the Beauty Queens should have won!!
3. Dancing wit da Stars...I'm glad Apollo won and Joey came in second!!!
4. Big Brother......can't WAIT for it to start!!!

E) Four places I have been on vacation:

1. Orlando, FL
2. Dominican Republic
3. Las Vegas
4. Niagara Falls

F) Four People who e-mail me (regularly)

1. My Mommy.....hi...*wave*
2. My Honey...he emails me from his computer two floors down....*giggle*
3. My BFF....Leigh
4. Cindy Lou ..... my pal and fellow DT member!!

G) Four of my favorite foods:

1. Laura Secord French Mint chocolate bars!! ....chocolate IS a food group!!
2. McDonald's....I know, yuck, right??
3. My Mommy's Cherry Cheesecake
4. Corn on the Cob!!!

H) Four places I would rather be right now:

1. back in Florida, on the beach with my family!
2. maybe on a cruise.....I've never been on one!
3. Hangin' out in the pool with Em and my Mom!
4. Can I say Florida twice???

NOW, it's YOUR turn..........yes, YOU!! Please comment here and fill me in on YOU!! You can answer All of these questions or just one!! It's up to you, but I would LOVE to hear some little tidbits of info about you!!