You Always Have the Best Dirt

This is my entry in the Friday Challenge at SCS, a clean and simple card with NO patterned paper and no more than four layers. Also, you have to have a bug in the card. I have a snail on the ground, butterflies in the air and crawling ladybugs.

One of the best things about Hanna Stamps is that the sets come with so many accessories and several of the sets have a bug in them, which made Hanna the perfect choice for the challenge today. Hanna even has a set that is nothing but bugs. The Going Buggy set is where I got the butterflies and ladybugs. I do love my Hanna Stamps!

I am a Cranky Old Lady

First card up today is a CASE straight from the Papertey Ink web site by Nicole. I thought the mailbox set was adorable, but I haven't found the right use for it yet, so I stole an idea from the master of Papertrey. I have to think Nicole does not care how much we all case her out her in blog land, as long as we but from her, she is happy with whatever we make.
But my real love today is the Garden Hanna. I can't get enough of her. Through some masking I made her corn grow in a pot. In real life your corn won't do well like this, so don't try this at home, folks! The paper is from a Daisy D's pack and some Bazzill is in there, too. I used Gingham Ribbom and the SU oval punches and dew drops. See the crocs she has on? Too much fun, I tell you!
Today I say goodbye to my neighbor's dog, Molly. These neighbors have lived here in a rented house for about 9 months, but Indiana was too cold for them this winter and they are moving back to Alabama. The dad was able to get a job transfer "home". They have 4 bulldogs and 4 kids. I did like the dogs. This one in particular I would see a lot of. I walk through the back yard to go to the neighborhood pool and little Molly would come over and pull her chain as far as it would go so she could get a little love from us. She smells funny and grunts a bit, but loved to get tummy rubs when we came by. I am a dog person, so generally any friendly dog is the kind for me.

I made my fourth trip to the library in the six days that school has been out. You would think the kids would read enough not to cause trouble, but they are fighting about something all the time, from TV channels to where to lay around and read. And the library? It had a field trip from a local pre school going on. It was LOUD! It was one of those times that remind me I am old, as I apparently really like the quietness of the library and truly missed it today. If I wanted to listed to screaming kids, I would have just stayed home with my own.

They have photos of me naked!

Before I get to the juicy bits, let me tell ya about my card.....Made with the new Hanna Stamps Garden set, I piled up the vegetables in the wheelbarrow and I am done with my shopping at the farmer's market. I don't know who made the paper, possibly Scenic Route. I added Dew Drops, ribbon, and used circle and scallop punches from SU. See the snail at the bottom? Oh so adorable, and part of the garden set.

As for naked photos of me, they don't exist. I am so tired of getting SPAM e mails I could strangle spammers with my own bare hands. I never open it, of course, but I get many many daily e mails offering to enlarge and enliven body parts I don't even have. I get SPAM written in Chinese characters, I get SPAM that looks like I used my own address to send it to myself. And now I get daily SPAMs saying "We have naked photos of you, Judy." I know it is not true as the only ones of their kind were taken as a baby, if they exist at all. One peek at a naked photo of me and you'd be tempted to pke your own eyes out, ot burn your computer screen with acid. Get a SPAM filter, you say? I have one, as I am married to a computer genius, but I have to clean out the spam folder and make sure I haven't overlooked something. Every once in a while I lose something decent into the spam folder. I get about 150 mails a day, people!

Today is election Primary Day in Indiana. If I were elected to office, I would make SPAM an act of treason as it wastes too many resources, or at least electricity and the time of productive citizens like myself. If a politician ran on the platform of punishing spammers, they would have my vote. I used to be on the Board of Directors for the League of Women Voters in Indianapolis, so go and vote if you live here!

I have a busy week ahead, an Art Fair tomorrow where I will be selling my beads and jewelry and a Garage Sale this weekend to prepare for. I will be around but may not blog much. I have jewelry to make now, and treasures to find and clean, and organize and price to sell...