Fiber Bubble: Sheep, Chalk, and Breakfast

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Sheep, Chalk, and Breakfast

I have written more than once about life in my smallish town and today is no exception. Following church this morning my husband and I decided to go to one of our favorite breakfast spots. Harvey's! It is a NO AMBIANCE, mismatched furniture, mismatched dishware, horrible artwork, mom-pop shop that has been serving up home-cookin' for YEARS! Even though it is a breakfast favorite - ordering is always a toss-up: Harvey's Special (awesome breakfast) or lunch (fabulous gyros or a hot beef sandwich)! I am not a fan of the hot beef sandwich as I don't like gravy...but my husband sure does like it!

Anyway back to my "home grown" story ...on the way to Harvey's we stopped by this pastoral scene to take a photo. A hillside of sheep...another reason I love living in this agri-based smallish Mid-American town/city. Are we a citified farm town or a countrified city? A flock of sheep in the heart of the "city"... it is so us!!!

It's the Sabbaaaaath! Give God some Praaaaaaaise!

I have been out of "the card making business" for a while because I have been working on a secret project! I will share what I have been up to with you once the secret has been revealed to the recipients! Here are a few hints - this project required: a key, a jar, a peanut butter label, a sponge, a Q-Tip.... And MORE!!! While this covert activity was time consuming I did enjoy it. But now that it is "complete" I had time to make a card.

Chalk Talk

~Base card - grey card stock

~Layer of design paper - Prima Madeline Collection

~Strip of aqua card stock topped with musical note design paper - Prima Madeline Collection

~Tag covered with black lined note paper - edges smudged with white ink for a chalk board look

~Sentiment die cuts highlighted with Wink of Stella

~Butterflies hand cut from design paper

~Grosgrain ribbon

Challenges | Inspirations

Just Us Girls - trend week - chalk board

Fusion - sketch/color

Aud Sentiments - sentiment on a tag

Delightful - pattern paper

Amusing - focus on text

Thanks for clicking by.

Here's to Sunday breakfasts, citified farm animals, always taking time to appreciate the under-appreciated, and short-term secret projects!

Nancy in Iowa

9 comments:

jimlynnNovember 10, 2014 at 11:08 AM
The sandwich.....um.....love them too - but maybe a tab bit too much gravy for my taste. It does look yummy though!

The sheep........great picture and very peaceful looking!

The card - Fantastic!!!! Love the way you did this with the chalkboard look. Love it.

Lynn
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Chris DringNovember 10, 2014 at 11:49 AM
A citified farm town or a countrified city? Love that! LOL! And love your fabulous card! Thanks for joining us this week at Just Us Girls!
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As.I.Do.Rodos.November 11, 2014 at 3:33 AM
Gorgeous card and tag.Thank you for joining us at Aud Sentiments challenge good luck Ginny ♥
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UnknownNovember 11, 2014 at 5:50 AM
Beautiful, gorgeous colour tones xx thank you for joining our current challenge over at http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
Sandie (Aud Sentiments DT)
http://fairytaledaydream.blogspot.com/
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irishfaeryNovember 12, 2014 at 1:53 PM
Cute card, love the 'chalkboard' tag!

Thanks for joining us at Delightful Sketches this week!

Kez
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SmilynStefNovember 13, 2014 at 9:18 PM
Love the layered butterfly .... so glad you joined us at Fusion Card Challenge.
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Jeanne J. November 14, 2014 at 1:37 PM
Nice post - I loved a glimpse into your day - that sandwich looked good to me, the sheep, and then your awesome card! Looks like a perfect day!
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Michelle LuptonNovember 16, 2014 at 5:03 PM
Great take on our Fusion sketch. Thanks for playing along with our challenge at Fusion :)
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wienerhoneymoonersNovember 16, 2014 at 11:50 PM
FUN love the images, the gravy, the sheep, and this lovely BLUE inspired card!! Thanks so much for joining us at FUSION! Love it when you do!
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