Joseph's coat technique

This isn't actually a card because

I'm not sure what to do with

it yet, but eventually it will be.

Isn't that pretty?  It really works well with

the peacock feathers!  I'm not sure what kind

of card I could make with it but maybe

I will use the technique with a different

card.  I have done this before but not for a 

long time.  You put all different kinds of

ink down on the cardstock, then emboss 

a stamp in clear.  After that you cover

the entire thing with black (you get very inky

fingers, but I could have used a brayer I guess),

then use a paper towel to take the ink

off the stamp.  You never know what you

are going to get until you are all done.

It's really fun!

My hershey nugget cake.  It came out pretty well

for the first, and probably only, time.  The rose

is built from a die set that I've had forever and

never used for the rose itself.  I bought it years

ago on a really good sale.  I've used the little

flowers and they're cute, but I thought it

was about time I used it for what it was

meant for!

Caitee and Heath taken this month.  Isn't

he adorable?!  He looks just like

his daddy and granddaddy.  Tyler is 

an absolute clone of his father.  I've

never in my life seen a child look so

much like a parent.  If you put a

picture of the two of them together at

a similar age, no one would be able

to tell the difference.  I know, because

I tried it before with people who know

both of them, like Cody, for example!

Finally, Wyatt, who just turned 6,

showing off his card and money from

grandma.  Does $5.00 go as far

these days as it used to?  I hear a

lost tooth fetches $20.!!  We were

thrilled with a quarter or 50 cents.

Oh well, grandma isn't that rich.  Wyatt

is Andy's youngest.  He has red

hair like his momma.  All three of

her children are flaming redheads!