JOY - Sweet Stamping Pixies November Challenge

Hello.

It's the 2nd Monday of the month, so it's time for a new challenge at Swiss Stamping Pixies.  The theme for our November challenge is:  monochrome.

Here's my DT card...and yes, it's another advent calendar card.  I have a few more to make of this, so I hope you won't get tired of seeing them.

I hope you will join us in our challenge.  To get more details on the challenge, the prize and how to join in, please  hop over to Swiss Stamping Pixies challenge blog and also have a look at the fabulous cards that my DT teammates have created to inspire you.

A couple pictures of the card here from different angles.

**Edited--If you're interested in making a similar card, HERE is the template with the measurements that I used. 

This adorable Magnolia image I am featuring is of Tilda With A Cute Lamb.

This Tilda is from the Little Christmas Collection 2012.  A very popular collection that a lot of the images are currently out of stock at Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store, where I get my wonderful Magnolia images.  If you would like to purchase this Tilda, contact Diana and let her know.  There is a vast selection other Magnolia images, both full-size and minis--check them out HERE.  

Have a look also at the selection of the wonderful cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Those exquisite swirls on my card ar from a Memory Box Whimsical Flourish die.  Diana also gives fast excellent services and discounted prices and you get to earn in-store credit with each purchase--how sweet is that!


Challenges I am entering with this card:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - V for Vibrant Colours
Crafts and Me Challenge #109 - Reds
Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Cards Challenge #190 - My Favorite Things (Magnolia image, swirls and pearls, hand-made flowers)
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #189 - For the love of Tilda
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #56 - Dies or Punches

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visits are very much appreciated.  I look forward to reading any and all comments.  Have a wonderful week!


Materials and Tools Used:
DP's: Basic Grey Euphoria Felicity; Cloud9Design Razzberry Heaven; from Recollections Believe paper pad
Dies: Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two; Magnolia Poinsettia doohickey; Memory Box Whimsical Flourish; Crealies Creative Shapes CL CS 20 (for the letters)
Punches: Martha Stewart Scalloped Dot Edger Punch
Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls from my stash
Medium: Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria (-T) markers
- face and skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- red--burgundy, antique pink, 701-T, 692-T 
- white area and ground--warm grey 5-T; cool greys 1 to 4-T
- background--5527-T, 5507-T

Template for Advent-Calendar Card

Hello. 
A few of you have asked me for the templates for the advent-calendar cards I made...HERE and HERE...

so I thought I would post it for anyone else who's interested.

It is simply a front-panel side step card.  The front panel is for your featured image and the back panel is for your dates.

Have fun with this!

Winter Wonderland Fairy in Blue

Hello.

I have a Christmas card featuring a Sugar Nellie fairy.  Surprise!...not a Magnolia image--I have very few of these...LOL.  Isn't she adorable?

This very cute image is from Funky Kits on-line store and she is of the Wish Upon A Star Sugar Nellie stamp.

I've colored her with my markers--Letraset Promarkers and Pantone Trias.  Added glitter to her wings, snow on the ground and all my white diecuts. 

I have made this into a twisted easel card.

Challenges for this card:
The Sugar Bowl November Challenge - Sketch (with optional colour combo)
PaperPlay Challenges '12Week44 - Snowflakes
Charisma Cardz Challenge #44 - Feeling Blue
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge #25 - Stripes
Creative Craft Challenges2 - Special occasion NOT a birthday
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Addited to Stamps Challenge #42 - Things With Wings
Unique Crafters November Challenge - Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Hooked on Craft Challenge #26 - Christmas No red/green
Christmas Card All Year 'Round November Challenge - Shaped or Fancy Folds

 



That's it for me for now.  Thanks for stopping by.  Much appreciate your visit.  Have a wonderful weekend! 

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiment Stamps: both from Inkadinkado 'Wintr Wonderland' and Warm Holiday Wishes'

DP's: from TPC, Recollections and from my scrap bin

Dies: Spellbinders Wonky Squares; Memory Box Frosty Border and Bianca Snowflake; Tim Holtz Festive Greenery 

Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls from my stash

Medium: Letraset Promarker and Pantone Tria markers

 

Gingerbread Hearts

Hello!
This is my latest Christmas card...

And it's another peek-a-boo card.

 

 

My tutorial HERE if you're interested.

One of the adorable Magnolia images that I am featuring is this Joyful Tilda from the new A Christmas Story Collection 2012.

The second one is this Tilda With Christmas Baking from last year's Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection 2011.  I thought the two Tildas with their gingerbread heart cookies go well together, don't you? 

 

The stamps for both these adorable images are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.  Diana has a vast collection of both full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  The very latest Nativity Collection 2012 is in store now--check it out HERE--and oh, the images are so cute!!!

Not to be missed are the variety of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Check out Magnolia's new Christmas doohickey cutting dies.
Diana provides excellent services, discounted prices and you also earn in-store credit for every order.

Challenges for this card:
I ♥ Promarkers Challenge #141 - Cute
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #55 - Girls Only
Christmas Card All Year 'Round - Shaped or Fancy Folds
You, Me & Magnolia Challenge #1- Anything Goes
Creative Card Challenges2 - Special occasion not a birthday
Unique Crafters November Challenge - Sugar and spice and everything nice
Bearly Mine Challenge #60 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

That's it for me today!  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit is very much appreciated.  Have a wonderful week!
  

Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiment Stamp:  Paper Inspirations 'Merry Christmas'
DP's: from DCWV The Christmas and Winter Stack
Dies: Spellbinders Petite Oval and Labels Eighteen; Magnolia Poinsettia and Swirl doohickey cutting dies; Marianne Design Creatables LR0245; Memory Box Whimsical Flourish
Miscellaneous: Making Memories gingerbread man metal square; Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain and Forest Moss; pearls from my stash
Medium: alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Promarkers, Letraset Pantone Trias (-T)
- face and skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair (Joy Tilda)--raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- hair & boots (Tilda with Heart Cookies)--shale, umber, cinnamon, tan
- blue shades--midnight blue, 549-T, denim blue, pastel blue
- green shades--grass, apple, meadow green
- heart cookies--caramel, sandstone, vanilla
- white areas--gool greys 1 to 4
- background--5507-T, 5527-T

Christmas is Coming! - Magnolia-licious Highlites November challenge

Hello.  Happy November!  The month snuck up on you, didn't it?  LOL...on me too!

Anyway, it's the first of the month, so it's time for a new challenge at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge Blog.  And woo-hoo...I am the hostess this month.  My chosen challenge theme is to have 'something hidden' in your card or project.  It can be a hidden message, tag, gift card or you can make a pop-up card, a peek-a-boo card, etc.

So this is what I have made--an advent-calendar card.  Yes, another one, but different than the last.

It is actually a front-panel side-step card.  For the countdown of the days before Christmas, I have added the December dates to the side panel.  They are attached by a piece of Zutter Bind-It-All binding wire.  The dates are my 'something hidden'.

I actually saw, quite a while back, some kind of an advent calendar that someone made using the binding wire.  Sorry, but I didn't make a note of whose blog I saw it in.  I'm pretty sure it wasn't a side-step card though, but the idea must have lodged in my mind.  I had to hand-punched these holes for the binding wire to pass through, because I just couldn't fit into my Zutter machine so that it will punch the holes where I want them.  The machine will only punch the holes at the very top edge of the card.

Here are a couple side views...

 

 

I like this style of advent-calendar card.  I think I'm going to make a few more and send them out early--by the end of the month!.  But I'd better find an easier way to create those holes for the binding wire to pass through...LOL.
**Edited--template for this card HERE if you're interested. 

I hope you can play along with us in our challenge at the Magnolia-licious Highlites. For more inspirations, have a look a the fabulous cards and projects that my DT teammates have created, HERE, and also to get more details on the challenge and how to join us.

I love this Tilda image!  Sooo... cute!  She is called Tilda With Long Hair and she is from Magnolia's newest A Christmas Story Collection 2012.   

 

The stamps for this Tilda and the other adorable images from this collection are available from Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious--click HERE.  Other full-size and mini stamps from older collections are available as well.  If you don't see the stamp you want, contact Diana and ask her if she can bring it in for you. 
Take a look also at the selection of wonderful cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Diana gives excellent service, discounted prices and you will earn in-store credit with every order to be used on future purchases.  Sweet!

Challenges for this card:
Basic Grey Challenge #80 - Anything Goes (BG DP Wassail Cranberry Sauce)
Tilda's Town Challenge #24 - Merry Christmas
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge #20 - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #74 - Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas Anything Goes
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #55 - Girls Only
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #187 - Not an Ordinary Card
Simon Says Stamp! Challenge - Get in shape!
Divas By Design Challenge #59 - Feeling Festive?
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round November Challenge - Shaped or Fancy Folds

Thanks for dropping by.  I very much appreciate your visit and your comment.  Enjoy your day!

(A reminder to most locations in Canada and USA, daily savings time ends this Sunday, Nov. 4/12.  We fall back 1 hour--that means woo-hoo...an extra hour of sleep!!!)


Materials and Tools Used:
DP's:  Recollections Believe paper pad ; Basic Grey Wassail cranberry sauce; Creative Imaginations (xmas stripes)
Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Eighteen; Cheery Lynn Designs Holly Flourish and Pine Branches; Tim Holtz Festive Greenery
Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; Zutter Bind-It-All binding wire; pearls from my stash, Making Memories hand punch tools  
Medium:  alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Promarkers, Letraset Pantone Trias (-T), Shin-Han Touch markers
- face and skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots--shale, Touch 99, Touch 102, cinnamon, tan 
- cap and tights--Touch 42, olive green, marsh green, 617-T
- sweater--terra cotta, spice, honeycomb, apricot
- bell & ribbons--raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- christmas cracker--Touch 1, burgundy, 702-T, 701-T, 692-T
- warm grey 5-T, cool greys 1 to 4-T

Season of Light...

Hello. 

I've made another Christmas card, but I've also made it an advent calendar--a way to do the countdown of the days in December until Christmas Day.

The daily date shows up in that punched-out circle window underneath 'December'.  The dates from 1 to 25 are arranged in a circle on a movable wheel.  You can rotate the wheel by moving that piece that shows up in that punched-out semi-circle at the right side.

I've made this into an easel card so you can put the advent calendar on display.

 

 

I'm not entirely too happy with this card.  It's too busy for my liking.  Bad choice is designer papers, I think.  DP's with simpler designs would have been better.  Oh well...

I am featuring one of the adorable Tildas from A Christmas Story Colletion 2012 from Magnolia.  She is called Tilda with Christmas Candle.  I have used my Letraset markers to colour the image--Promarkers and Pantone Trias. I've added some glitter around the candle flames.

 

The stamp for this and other adorable images are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.  Diana has a vast selection of both full-size and mini-size Magnolia images.  And...the new Nativity Collection 2012 are ready for pre-order.

Also, take a look at the selection of cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Diana also gives fast excellent services and discounted prices, as well as in-store credit for every order.

Challenges for this card:
I ♥ Promarkers Challenge #140 - Christmas is Coming
Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge #55 - Girls Only
Tilda's Town Challenge #24 - Merry Christmas
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge #20 - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges2 - Three (3 jingle bells)
Bearly Mine Challenge #58 - Easel Card
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #187 - Not Just an Ordinary Card

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I appreciate your visit.  Have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:
Sentiment Stamps: Hampton Art Sentiment Candle and Merry Christmas Circle
DP's: American Crafts pattern papers Jolly; Recollections paper pad Believe; Over the Moon Old Tractor Red Plaid
Dies: Magnolia Mistletoe Lace Border; Memory Box Grapevine Wreath; CC Designs Cutter Mistletoe
Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; jingle bells, ribbon, pearls, ribbons and glitter from my statsh
Medium: alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Promarkers and Letraset Pantone Trias (-T)
- face and skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots--umber, caramel, sandstone
- top, cap and candles--burgundy, 702-T, 701-T, 692-T 
- pants--olive green, marsh green, 617-T
- candle holder and candle flames--raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- white area and shadings--warm grey 5-T, cool greys 1 to 4-T

Let it snow!

Hello!

With Christmas being just a bit over two months away--yikes, did you realize that?--I am going to be concentrating mainly on Christmas cards and projects for the next little while--until Christmas!  So here's a card that I've just completed.

And yes, it's another easel card!

I am featuring this adorable image of Snowy Tilda from Magnolia's new A Christmas Story Collection 2012.  Have you seen the rest of the collection?  The images are oh-so-cute!! Check them out at Diana's on-line store, Magnolia-licious.  A vast selection of the full-size andmini-size stamps from past collections are available a well.

Check out also the selections of cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Diana also gives fast excellent service and discounted prices.  You also earn in-store credit for every order to boot--how sweet is that!

Challenges for this card:
ABC Christmas Challenge - U for Up To You
Bearly Mine Challenge #57 - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #74 - Anything Goes
Tilda's Town Challenge #23 - Merry Christmas
Stamp and Create October Challenge - Winter Wonderland
Deep Ocean Challenge #36 - Anything Goes 
Everybody-Art-Challenge #209 - Bling
Scr@p-card Challenge #36 - Everything is allowed except squares or rectangles
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #153 - Bling It On!

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit and comment are very much appreciated.  Have a fabulous weekend!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiments Stamps: GCS Artstamps 'Let It Snow!'; Inkadinkado 'Warm Holiday Wishes'
Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Eight, Venetian Motifs; Memory Box Bianca Snowflake
Punches:  EK Success Snowflake; Martha Stewart Snowflake edge punch
Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Vintage Photo; Coluzzle oval templates
Medium:  alcohol-ink based markers--Letraset Promarker and Letraset Pantone Tria (-T)
- face and skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair and boots--umber, burnt, caramel, sandstone 
- blue dress, hair bows and snowflake--midnight blue, 549-T, denim blue, pastel blue
- scarf and gloves--raw sienna, mustart, pastel yellow, buttercup
- dotted background--5527-T, 5507-T

A Special Day

Hello. 

I have a birthday card to show you. 

I made this into another easel card.

 

 

I've done a bit more work with the stamping--some masking work here in order to feature these 2 Magnolia images. 

 



 

The adorable gal is Happy Spring Tilda from the Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011--one of my fave Magnolia collections.  The Summer Cake is from the Summer Memories Collection 2011.  The images were coloured with Letraset Promarker and Letraset Pantone Tria markers.

 

Magnolia-lious, Diana's on-line store, is my source of Magnolia stamps, offering you a vast selection of both the full-size and mini stamps. However, if you don't see the stamps that you want there--both of these two images are currently out of stock--just contact Diana and she will be happy to order it in for you. Have a look also at the variety of cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Diana gives excellent service, discounted prices and you get to earn in-store credit for every order.

 

Challenges for this card :

Midweek Magnolias Week #32 - Use the masking technique 

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge Week #73 - Easel card

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp! Challenge - Dies and/or Punches

Divas By Design Challenge #56 - Anything Goes 



 



Thanks so much for dropping by. Your visits and comments are very much appreciated.  Have a wonderful week!

 

 

Materials and Tools Used:

DP's:  Basic Grey; Making Memories

Dies:  Spellbinders Grand Labels Twenty-Three  

Punches:  EK Success Retro Flower medium and small; Nellie Snellen Jumbo Rose Leaves; Martha Stewart Rose Leaf; Michaels mini sun

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls from my stash; Coluzzle Oval template

 

Autumn Birthday card - Sweet Stamping Pixies October Challenge

If you're looking for my posting for the Magnolia-licious October Blog Hop, click HERE--or scroll down below this posting. 


Hello.

I am late with this posting..yikes!  I was supposed to post this earlier today...LOL...for the Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge Blog.  Today being the 2nd Monday of the month--it's still Monday here in my neck of the woods, LOL, although it's already tomorrow in Europe--it's time for a new challenge to be introduced.  The theme for the October challenge is Autumn/Fall. 

Anyway, I had managed to finished only the card front, took a picture of it and send it over to meet the deadline be posted in the challenge blog.  Took me today to finished the rest of the card...LOL.  Finally, here is my DT card.

 

 

I hope you'll come and play along with our challenge.  embellishments.de is our sponsor and they are offering a 10.00 Euros Gift Certificate.

 

Don't forget to visit our Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge blog HERE and be inspired by the fabulous cards of my DT teamies. 

 

I've made my card into a twisted easel card--I haven't made too many of this type of easel cards. 

 

 

 

Like the name says, it's an easel card with a twist.  If you're interested, my DT teamie Pam Sparks has a tutorial for this if you're interested, HERE. 

 

This adorable being featured is A Little Gift Tilda from Magnolia's Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection 2011. 

 

 

 



Check out Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store for your source of Magnolia stamps. She has a vast selection of both the full-size and mini stamps. Check out also the selections of cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Diana also gives excellent service, discounted prices and you earn in-store credit for every order to boot.

 

Challenges for this card:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #40 - Sketch

Cupcake Craft Challenge #213 - Autumn

I ♥ Promarkers Challenge #137 - Autumn Colours

Dutch Dare Card Challenges DDCC #185 - Fall is in the Air

Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #55 - Fall is Here!

Fussy and Fancy Friday Week 73 - Easel Card

Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 18 - Feeling Floral

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #151 - Anything Goes   

 

Thanks for stopping by.  I very much appreciate your visits and your encouraging comments.  Have a wonderful week!

 

 

Materials and Tools Used:

DP's:  Imaginisce Apple Cider.Fall In Love; a couple of DP's from my scrap bin--I think they are from Creative Keepsakes and Hot Off the Press

Dies:  Spellbinders Classic Circles and Labels Fourteen

Punches:  Martha Stewart Woodland Branch edge punch; Marvy Uchida large and medium Daisy; Punch Bunch large Daisy 

Miscellaneous:  TIm Holtz distress ink stamp pad Vintage Photo; pearls and glitter from my stash

Medium:  alcohol-ink-based markers--Letraset Promarkers, Letraset Pantone Trias (-T)

- face and skin--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink

- hair--cocoa, raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup

- dress--terra cotta, spice, honeycomb, apricot

- socks and gift--olive green, marsh green, 617-T, warm grey 5-T, cool greys 1 to 4-T

- wings--5527-T, 5507-T

- background--550-T, 5527-T    

 

Pink Macarons - Magnolia-licious October Challenge

Hello.  Happy Monday!

We're having our monthly blog hop earlier at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge Blog, so you can take advantage of the extra time--until the end of the month--to play along with us in our challenge.

In recognition of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our theme is 'Think Pink Treats'.

The Magnolia-licious DT wants to help promote awareness/early detection and share what this Pink Think Month is all about with ALL women! We also want to honor all of those women that have or are currently fighting this disease and show our support in the fight!!! To show our support the DT has planned our own "Think Pink" Celebration and we hope you can all join in. Each DT gal has created some Sweet-PINK treats and PINK packaging to match using those beautiful Magnolia images. You can find some Magnolia stamps that were created specifically for Pink Ribbon Awareness at Magnolia-licious HERE.

For more details on the blog hop/challenge, on how to join us and the prize being offered, please visit the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog HERE.

If you're already taking part in the blog hop, then you've arrived here from Sharon's blog.  Hang in there--you are almost done.  I am the last stop...phew!!  LOL.
If you wish to start at the beginning, here is a list of my DT teammates in blog-hop order: 

Angela

Cabio

Mary

Ruby

Janiel

Mindy

Tracy

Patti Jo

Suzanne

Cheryl

Sharon

Norma (you are here)

  

This is what I've made for our blog hop:  A Gift Box of Pink Macarons 

And yes, I baked those macarons myself! Cool, eh?
I tasted my first macaron when I was vacationing through France a couple of years ago.  Ambrosia!  I didn't think it was something you can home-bake, but as you can see, it is possible!  There were a lot of googling on the internet, sorting through dozens of recipes, watching lots of video tutorials, reading all the tips and tricks in making them and going through numerous batches of failed macarons.  But I think I can make decent ones now!!!  Woo-hoo...

To personalized by gift box, I've made this label.  The writing on the label was computer-generated and the adorable image is of BakingTilda from the So Jolly & Under the Mistletoe Collection 2009.

The label is glued on top of the wrap-around for the box so that the box won't suddenly pop open and spill out all the macarons...LOL.

 

For the front of the box I am featuring a couple of images from Magnolia's Pink Collection 2008:   Pink Tilda with Heart and Pink Stitched Ribbon. 



 

 

 

 

A portion of the proceeds from this collection is donated to the Cancer Society for Breast Cancer Research. 

Check out Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store for a large selection of both the full-size and mini Magnolia stamps.  Have a look also at the variety of cutting dies from Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Magnolia, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs. Diana gives excellent service, discounted prices and you get to earn in-store credit for every order.

Challenges for this projects:
Crafts and Me Challenge #104 - My Sentiments Exactly!
Just Magnola hAnglar and sTanglar Challenge Week 177 - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Through the Window
Stampalot Challenge for October - Punch Away (used Martha Stewart punch all over the page Heart punch)

Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit and encouraging comment are very much appreciated.  Have a wonderful week!