Rainbow Weaves

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The extras!

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Cafe au lait- my fave.

They sell cuts and personal care products made with their bee's honey and propolus, so check them out here.

Sunday we were Henlopen Acres bound, by way of Annapolis Meeting.

Their newish Meeting house is lovely and functional and after meeting we enjoyed one of the best potluck lunches I've been to in a long time!

Sharon has been a friend and confidant for longer than almost anyone else alive.
Welcome to Tidewater!

this is the view of the inter-coastal waterway from my bedroom.

Of course she has arial slings!

Love you Sharon!

Ha HA

Last stop, was Loblolly house, Taylors Island, MD.

I'll let the photo's speak for themselves, and you can see a good video here..

The next day Carol arrived, who's 4th Great Grandfather used to own the land the house was build on, and she toured us around the island.

Ancestors







Oldest Catholic Church in Maryland






The water was surprisingly warm, no sea nettles or jelly fish. Even I took a swim in the bay.

The most exciting part of the trip was on the way home, a 55gal drum fell off of a truck, and Faith skillfully kept us from having an interstate highway accident. It did graze the car!

photo by Ken Waldroup

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Here's what I have created for todays post:

The biggest challenge was accurately capturing the metallic and glitter elements of this card.

The card began with stenciling the stems of  Dreamweaver Gingko Bough Stencil LJ839 with VersaFine Olympia green ink, and the leaves with  Dreamweaver Metallic Gold embossing paste , on a base of K and Company Designer paper.
 Differing pressure on the pallet knife created texture in the paste to make the leaves life like.

There is a bit of magic watching the paste transform from a dull mustard color to a brilliant metallic gold as it dries.

I used post it notes as a mask while stamping the chickadees from the Quietfire Design Woods set. Peaking out among the leaves, the birds are colored with Distress Paint, with a touch of Dreamweaver Metallic F/X Moonstone for added glimmer.


The quote also from the Woods set, is stamped on tracing paper with VersaFine Onyx Black and thermal embossed clear. Distress ink evergreen bough and peeled paint was applied to the back and the panel was glued on with Glossy Accents to make it transparent .
The gold matte layer is 80lb Neenah Solar White card stock, edged in VersaMark, Ranger Sticky embossing powder and Dreamweaver Metallic F/X Goldfinch.
Burnish the powder with your finger for  a super luxe metallic finish.

Quietfire Design Rubber Stamps and digital files and Dreamweaver Metal Stencils are hand drawn and lettered and manufactured to the highest standards to create lifetime tools for your crafting and fine art enjoyment.

I hope this Blog Hop will encourage you to use our tools and look forward to seeing your creations.
Please post them on our Facebook pages, or leave a link in a comment.
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So much more to come this week , and I'll be back again on Saturday with a final post.
Comments and questions always welcomed! and today comments=prizes!