Hello Friends!
I’m back today after a bit of a blogging pause due to increased activity on our ranch. It’s cattle-buying season and we’ve been busy going to auctions, hauling cattle home, and “working” them once they’ve had a couple days to settle in. What does “working” them mean, you may ask? Well, each calf we buy, we run through the “squeeze-shoot” and give each one a numbered ear tag, a series of vaccinations and wormer, antibiotics if they have any sign of cough or runny nose, and use a scalpel to turn any bulls into steers. It’s sometimes wild, always loud, and a very busy time for sure! I always sleep well after a day of working cattle, and I don’t even do the hard part! Dean does all the man-handling, I just draw-up the multiple injections, make sure the ear tag and back (think over-sized earring) is loaded in the “tagging pliers”, log the new ear tag number with the auction number/color of the animal and whether they got antibiotics; and hand Dean the scalpel and latex gloves when he hollers “BULL”.
I know it’s not for everyone, but I sure do enjoy ranch life! There’s just something about going out each day to feed and care for the animals, listening to the cattle “moo” , the horses “neigh”, the smells, the muck after a heavy rain, and getting the boots and jeans dirty. There are days in the middle of winter when it’s just downright cold and nasty outside that I think I’d rather snuggle up by the fire with some cardstock and rubberstamps, but once out there with the cows and horses, it’s all good again. And when the morning chores are done, I kick off my muddy barn boots (outside), hang my coat over a chair to dry, and cozy up to the fire to warm up. Life on the ranch is good!
But, back to why you’re here!
Did you know that the new “Spring” catalog will be out very shortly? Along with the January-February SALE-A-Bration catalog?
As a demonstrator, I have them in my hands already and because of my attendance at OnStage, (Stampin’ Up’s event for demonstrators only which was done virtually this year due to “the virus”), I was able to order a select number of products from the new catalog which I received a few days ago! While I can’t show you the inside pages of the catalogs yet, I can show you the covers of them! And, I’ll be sharing some of my new products with you soon!
For those who may not remember, SALE-A-Bration, it’s that time of year when, for every $50 or $100 you spend on Stampin’ Up product, you earn FREE products from the SALE-A-Bration catalog! There are multiple exclusive stamp sets and designer series papers (DSP) in the Sale-A-Bration catalog that you can get for FREE! Yes, I said FREE! Trust me, you’re going to want it ALL!
There’s so much crafting goodness between those covers, I just can’t wait to begin giving you glimpses of what’s in store!
The stamp set and dies I used for today’s card is in the new catalog and IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW! That’s right, the new Quite Curvy stamp and die set can be ordered NOW! Just click here to go to my Stampin’ Up online store where you can get a better look at all this set has to offer! I must confess, it’s fast becoming a favorite of mine!
I know this card looks very similar to my last post. If you follow through my instructions on that last post, under “Let’s Get Inky!”, you’ll see that I forgot to take pictures of the process of putting together the front panel, so I made another one with a different DSP across the middle for “instructions” sake.
Today I used that panel to create this card using the same layout, just different stamps. I think I already mentioned this, but Quite Curvy is fast becoming my “go-to” stamping bundle!
So, here we go!