the last one

Hi my friends. Today is the last Hope challenge on SCS. We were choose our inspiration from Etsy Treasury Lists. That was quite an interesting activity. I actually spent a couple of hours browsing, looking at all the wonderful things and trying to find one that 'spoke to me' as inspiration for a card. I finally chose a very simple set of four leaf coasters. I pretty much just duplicated the photo.

I used sahara sand as my card base and stamped it with burlap background (Cornish Heritage Farms). A piece of naturals white cardstock was added to that.

I stamped leaves from With Gratitude (SU) on mellow moss and a pumpkin from Autumn Harvest (SU) on pumpkin pie with jet black stazon ink. After cutting them out, I sponged the edges to give some dimension to the images. I glued on the leaves and stamped the sentiment (Enjoy Every Moment - SU). Then I tied some raffia around the card front and attached the pumpkin with dimensional tape.

I appreciate you stopping by today. Be blessed.

happy Saturday

Hi my friends. It's a beautiful fall day -- sunny and around 50 degrees.

My card is for today's Hope challenge - a sketch.

The background is a brick wall stamp that I picked up at a local stamp expo a few years ago - unmounted rubber, so I don't know who made it. Of course, I have it mounted on wood. I needed to stamp it three times in order to fill the piece of really rust cardstock. I was able to line up the images without using a stamp-a-ma-jig. The edges were sponged with vintage photo distress ink and distressed.

For the main image panel. I punched a circle from a scrap and sponged summer sun ink inside the circle to make a sun. The silhouette grass (hero arts) is stamped in mustard over that. All accent panels are black on a chocolate chip card base.

I used a couple of chipboard buttons which were a gift from my children a couple of years ago. Some black crochet cotton substitued for thread on the buttons.

Thanks so much for visiting today. I hope your weekend is wonderful.

(edited to add photo - I don't know what happened there.)

paper flowers

Hi my friends. When I was growing up, we didn't have a lot, so we learned early how to make use of things that many people would toss into the garbage. Today, that's trendy. I love being able to make something instead of purchasing it, especially when it comes to crafting. So today, I made a paper flower for my card.

The Hope challenge on SCS today was Sentiments only - no other stamping allowed.

I pulled out a very old stamp by Artistic Stamp Exchange and stamped it in jet black stazon on saw grass cardstock (Neenah). I used nestabilities labels one to cut it out and sponged eggplant ink on it.

I used a piece of old world mat stack dp and embossed it with my textile embossing folder. A strip of saw grass was embossed with Swiss dots embossing folder.

I wrapped a piece of machine made bobbin lace (I have no idea why this is sold as 'crocheted ribbon', since the two types of lace are very different) and eggplant grosgrain ribbon around the card and attached the sentiment panel with dimensional tape.

The flower is made from the same cardstock, die cut with a small cuttlebug flower. I used five layers, because I didn't want a really full flower. Here is a video tutorial on making these flowers. I sponged mine with eggplant ink after I had formed the flower, but it was still wet. The leaves are a Martha Stewart punch, which I sponged with always artichoke ink and then used a stylus to add veins. I always snip off the stems before tucking them under the flower - just makes it a bit easier.

The butterfly (Martha Stewart punch) is two layers and the wings are popped up.

Thank you for stopping by today. Have a blessed weekend.

coffee & poppies

Hi my friends. It's not so windy today, but much cooler. I've had to keep the heat on today.

Can you believe it? The month of October is almost over. That means there are only a few more Hope challenges remaining on SCS. I hope you've been playing along. Today's challenge was to make time for friends.

I chose a coffee cup image (Rubbernecker) and an accent border (also Rubbernecker). I colored both with copic markers. I'm still learning how to use these. I don't have a great selection of colors, so I have to use what I do have.

After coloring the cup, I cut it out with a labels eleven die (spellbinders) and added sponging and faux piercing. The brads are just cardstock punched with a 1/8" circle punch.

The sentiment is computer generated.

I also had time to make a card for the ways to use it challenge on SCS -- use a frame on your card.

I made a faux wood frame. It's a good thing I don't work in a framing shop. I had a really hard time matching the corners.

The image is an old PSX stamp of poppies, which I stamped twice and colored with copic markers. I used white paper and thought it was too bright, so I sponged creamy caramel ink over it to soften the brightness a bit.

The background on the lower portion is pretty pattern (CHF) stamped in daffodil delight on natural ivory cardstock. The sentiment is A Muse.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Hi my friends. Whew! Another blustery day. I went to the grocery store today and the wind was so strong, I had to use my body to hold the car door open and hold the cart with my foot while I put the grocery bags in the car.

I made a very simple card for today's Hope challenge on SCS. It's just one layer. I stamped the background stamp with versamark and then brushed forever green perfect pearls over it. Then I colored the flower image with markers and stamped right on top of the shimmery pearls. I added the sentiment and then used my scor-pal to do some simple line embossing. A few sticky back half pearls completed the card.

My 2nd card today is for the sketch challenge. I stamped Lady of Grace (Stampington & Co.) in jet black stazon on some designer paper and colored it with prismacolor pencils and gamsol.

The butterfly is die cut & embossed with an embosslit and then sponged some ink on it to bring out the embossing. The background is an old retired SU stamp called filigree, stamped in baja breeze.

Thanks for stopping in. Be blessed.

bluebird

Good evening, my friends. Very windy here today. A bit of rain here and there, but mostly just wind. Most of the leaves have blown off the trees. It was a good day to stay inside and stamp.

I made a card for today's Hope challenge - Cancer is for the birds. Of course that meant incorporating a bird into my card. I have quite a few bird stamps, so it was a little hard to choose which one to use.

I started with a piece of watercolor paper that I wet and then added some tempting turquoise and brilliant blue ink refills and let them spread all over the paper. I used my water brush to help fill in any spots that got missed.

While that was drying, I chose a clear stamp bird from a Hero Arts set called Birds Galore. I don't have many clear stamps, because I prefer wood mounted. I have a tendency to forget about the clear ones. So anyway, I stamped the bird on white with tuxedo black memento ink and die cut it with my Sizzix scallop circle die. I used some copic markers to color the open areas of the image. I sponged the edges with brilliant blue and added some faux piercing by the scallops and glued it to the background.

I stamped the sentiment (Impression Obsession) in black on the background and then tied some blue ribbon around it before matting on black and a cool caribbean card base.

It sounds like this card just went together in a breeze. Unfortunately, that isn't the way my creative process works. I actually spent the better part of the day making this card. I tend to struggle with every step of the creating process, and often just set it down and work on something else until I know what the next step should be. Whenever I push myself to finish without taking the time to contemplate the process, I am usually not satisfied with the end result. Do you create like that? My cards rarely end up how I pictured them at the beginning. They just evolve as I go.

Thanks for stopping by today.

a little sassy

Hi, my friends. Today was pretty much a play day for me. I played with some dies for some fun vintage flowers, but that is just something that I have an idea for, but nothing actually made yet. You may see that in the near future if it works the way I want it to. I also started working on an ornament for the technique challenge today on SCS, but again, didn't get that finished.

However, I did finish two cards for the Hope challenges. Yesterday's was All about Girls in Pink. Well, you can just guess what that one is all about -- yep -- girls in pink! This is where I decided to get sassy.

I pulled out a template that I had made a couple years ago for a card and decided to get some more mileage out of it. I traced it and cut it out of melon mambo cardstock. I did a lot of sponging with rich razzleberry to give it a little more dimension. For the front piece, I stamped a girl (rubbernecker) with tuxedo black memento ink and colored her with copic markers. Then I traced that pattern piece around the image and cut it out. I added more sponging as well as some black pearls. I highlighted the flower centers with white gel pen.

For the sentiment, I stamped the word sassy to make it look like a label on the boot. I also added a little ribbon tab for the boot pull.

How sassy is that?

Today's Hope challenge was to use buttons. Well, I have quite a stash of buttons, many from my mom's stash, as well as plenty more of my own.

I started with a leaf stamp (rubbernecker) stamped with wild wasabi ink on vanilla. I then die cut it with labels eleven nestabilities (spellbinders) and sponged some pear pizzazz around the edge before removing it from the die.

My card base is wild wasabi. I embossed a piece of designer paper (from my stash) with my bricked embossing folder (tim holtz/sizzix) and sponged a bit of wild wasabi around the edges. In the corners I attached some small black photo corners.

I attached a piece of wide twill tape and stamped the sentiment (garden silhouettes - SU) below that. Then I attached the image piece with dimensional tape. I used mini glue dots to attach the buttons. I thought that it needed a bit more accent, so I added a couple pieces of black cardstock on top of the twill -- just tucked underneath the edge of the image. I also added some faux brads -- just punched some tiny circles from black cardstock and glued them on.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a great week.

time to sew

Hi everyone. It's a kinda gloomy day today here in SE Wisconsin. Just a little bit of rain, but cloudy all day. But the temperature has been mid-60's, so I'm not complaining.

Today's Hope challenge on SCS today was to use some sewing/stitching on our cards, and also a theme of being thankful for friends. As a quilter, this challenge really called my name. I actually made two cards, because the card I made for the inspiration challenge also fit the Hope challenge.

On my first card, I decided to use a spirelli circle for the stitching part. I love what these look like, and they really aren't that hard to make. You just have to pay attention to what you are doing so your stitches end up in the right holes. I used regular black sewing thread and a needle. I like the way this looks in comparison to heavier threads.

I was going to use a different stamp, but when I finished the spirelli, I realized that the image lines were too heavy and chunky to match the delicate threads of the spirelli. So, instead, I used my all time favorite SU stamp set, Natural Beauty. I stamped the images with tuxedo black memento ink and colored them with copic markers. The butterflies are cut out and the wings are raised with a bit of dimensional tape.

The little corner doodads are actually extra little pieces leftover from In Spades border die (spellbinders). I added some white gel pen dots and some sticky pearls. The sentiment is from Small Sayings (SU), punched out with my modern label punch.

My second card was inspired by this poster image. Since fall is my favorite season, making fall cards tend to be more fun and easy for me.

I pulled out a DCWV stack of designer paper (Indian Summer) and picked out some of the papers and punched out 1" squares. Then I adhere them to a piece of cardstock and die cut it with the largest die in my nested maple leaf (spellbinders). I glued the leaf to a piece of chocolate chip cardstock. For the corners, I used my harvest border die (spellbinders) and glued the tiny leaves and acorns on for added interest. I tied a piece of taupe hemp around the stem of the big leaf.

For the sentiment, since the leaf was like a quilt, I used a sentiment from Quilt Quips (SU), punched it out with a key tag punch and added a leaf die cut with the smallest die in the nested maple leaf set.

Thanks so much for stopping in today. I hope you are having a wonder-filled weekend.

Happy Saturday

Hi, my friends. I made two cards today. It's a wallyball night for the rest of the family, which meant I could leave my stuff out longer, allowing me more stamping time. Since I was teaching classes yesterday, I didn't get a chance to do any creating, so I was playing catch up today. I did double challenges on both cards.

The first card is for yesterday's Hope challenge on SCS (handmade embellishments), as well as the ways to use it challenge of using fabric. On the card base, I stamped my denim background (Cornish Heritage Farms). The background image on the next layer is silhouette grass (Hero Arts) stamped in cherry cobbler.

I die cut a denim flower and then crocheted the center. Then I embossed a paper fastener with dark denim embossing powder to put in the center and hold the flower layers together.

The leaf is a new set I bought last weekend at a stamp expo in Milwaukee. It's a set from Heartfelt Creations called Open Falling Leaves. This is one of their stamp sets that has matching dies you can get. I didn't get the die set to match these stamps, but I will probably get it sometime. But for now, I just cut out the leaf. The diagonal strips are navy and cherry cobbler. The sentiment is from Endless Creations.

The second card is today's Hope challenge and this week's sketch challenge. We had to use 3 different pieces of designer paper. I seldom use dp, because I guess I'm intimidated by all the different patterns and colors. I really shouldn't be, since I use that kind of thing in quilting all the time. I guess the difference is that each piece of fabric is just a very small part of the whole quilt, but on a card, each paper is a large section of the card. But every so often, a challenge like this forces me out of my comfort zone. I used a 6" pad called Indian Summer by Basic Grey. It helped to have papers that coordinate well with each other.

The flower image is from Local King Rubber Stamps. I stamped it in tuxedo black memento ink and colored it with copic markers. I've been trying to use those more often, but I'm finding that I am seriously lacking a nice variety of colors. I decided that I should buy a few every month or so, slowly building up my collection. So today I went out and bought five more. Not so many when there are over 300 colors.

This challenge also required two different embellishments, so I added some brads and pearls. The last requirement was ribbon, so I tied a small piece of black grosgrain ribbon around one panel.

Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit. Have a wonder-filled weekend.

just dance

Good evening, my friends. I was going to post earlier this afternoon, but I could not get my photo to upload, because Blogger was doing some maintenance. Today's Hope challenge on SCS was a sketch with a twist -- the twist being that you needed to use dance related images. Well, I know that I have no such images in my arsenal. As I sat thinking about what I do have and how I could transform it into dance related, I remembered a fun SU set called Best of Cluck, and knew that I could make do.

I stamped the image on shimmery white cardstock with memento tuxedo black ink and colored it with copic markers. I stamped a 2nd portion of the chicken, so I could pop up the wing in front of the tutu. I added some glitter pen highlights. The tutu was made by gathering a piece of lace, which I colored with a copic marker. I poked holes in the cardstock next to the body of the chicken to run the thread through and then tied it at the back of the cardstock.

I cut the circles and squares with my cuttlebug and nestabilities (spellbinders). Before removing the image from the circle die, I sponged lightly around the image with cool caribbean. All of the layers are sponged with pacific point ink.

I printed the sentiment on my computer and added some sticky back jewels.

The circle panel is popped up on dimensional tape.

Thank you so much for stopping in today.

More Hope challenge cards

Hi, my friends. Just a quick post to show you a couple more of the cards I've done for the Hope challenges on SCS. The little dress is for a challenge called Thank Heaven for Little Girds, and the other is Vintage Style. I used a pattern for the dress that I had made some time ago and kept the card very simple. The flower was inspired by flowers seen here. Gorgeous card! Here is a link to a video that shows how to make them. I worked many hours on the 2nd card. Although I love the look, I don't make vintage style cards very often, because that style does not come easy for me. I used labels six nestabilities (spellbinders) and a new die that I bought at a stamp expo this past weekend from Heartfelt Creations. The die as made by spellbinders. It's part of a set that includes a butterfly (of course) and a border. And the stamp is from my all time most favorite stamp set from SU called Natural Beauty.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

sparkling snow

Hi, my friends. No, I'm not ready for snow yet, but I put some on my card. One of the Hope challenges on SCS this weekend was to use felt. It has been quite some time since I've used felt on a card. I decided to make a snowy scene.

I stamped a line of trees (Lovely As a Tree - SU) and the greeting (Snow Swirled - SU) in black stazon. Then I used a rotary cutter to cut a piece of white felt (after steaming out the wrinkles - lol) the width of the card and then I cut the curve freehand.

The tree is very easy, made with pattern paper squares. Because of the thickness of the felt, I added dimensional tape behind the top half of the tree.

The bunny (Forest Friends - SU) was stamped in basic gray and cut out. After gluing everything, I added some dazzling diamonds glitter on the snow and in the trees. You should be able to see the sparkle better if you click on the photo to enlarge it.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a week filled with wonder.

Fall is in the air

Hi, my friends. I am so much loving the fall weather. We've been having chilly nights and temps in the 60's and 70's during the day.

My stamping tends to take on autumn hues this time of year. I can't believe I haven't posted in a week. I didn't stamp over the weekend, but then on Monday, I played catch up on the Hope challenges on SCS. And then yesterday, I did that one, and today, the one for today.

So I guess I'll just give you a bunch of eye candy today. I have cards for challenges on the 10th (walk on by), 11th (happy flowers), 12th (birthdays are a piece of cake), & 13th (don't be a square). I'm not going to give you all the details, but if you are interested in how something is made, just send me an email, and I'll try to answer your questions. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy.

something old, something...

Hi, my friends. Today I have two cards to show you. One is from yesterday's Hope challenge (somekinda hope I) on SCS and the 2nd is from today's challenge (somekinda hope II).

Yesterday's challenge was something old, something new.

For the old, I pulled out one of my very early handmade cards... uhh, before stamping... that was a kitty silhouette cut from fabric and ironed onto a card -- yup, that was it! I used a die to cut around the kitty and make a completely new card. I added some faux stitching, rub-ons, a bow, and die cut border.

For the new, I used my new Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder.

Today's challenge was something borrowed, something blue (or another color represented by a cancer ribbon).

My something borrowed was an idea found here. I love the look of the scrunched up book pages for a table runner, so I incorporated that look on my card. I brushed some twinkling H2O's over the paper for a bit of shimmer.

For something blue, I chose light blue, which represents prostate cancer. In 1994, my dad lost his battle with prostate cancer, so my card is in memory of him.

The flowers (delight in life - SU) are colored with copic markers and cut out. Each blossom is made up of two large flowers and one small flower. The leaves are the large flower cut up.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts and is die cut with curved rectangles nestabilities (spellbinders) and then tied with a ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you are joining in and playing some of the Hope challenges.

shimmery

Hi, friends. I almost didn't stamp today. I spent something like 3-1/2 hours shopping with my son this afternoon. He was buying clothes, but we had a coupon that worked only with the store credit card and he doesn't have one, so that meant I had to go along. Now, for some of you, an afternoon shopping is probably heaven, but I do not like shopping, so I was pretty tired by the time we finished. And I didn't buy anything for myself.

But, anyway, after dinner, when the men headed off to volleyball, I decided to stamp a card for today's Hope challenge on SCS, which was to use twine.

I happen to be one of those people who create as I go. I had absolutely no idea where this card was going. I wanted to use the hemp twine a little differently than normal, which would be just wrapping it around a layer a few times and tying a knot.

So to start, I pulled out a Cornish Heritage Farms background stamp (Pretty Pattern) and stamped it in pacific point on a piece of witch hazel pebble dp. Then I pulled a stamped, colored & cut out butterfly (Gina K) from a zipper bag filled with beginnings (bits & pieces that I've stamped or cut, but not used).

I needed a card base and found that not quite navy was a good match. Then I wanted a flower, so I pulled out Fabulous Flowers (SU) which hasn't seen ink in awhile. I stamped it on the same dp in pacific point four times and then cut out one full flower and parts to layer from the rest. I used dimensional tape between each of the layers. After I put the flower all together, I thought it was a little dull, so I grabbed some twinkling H2O's (mediterranean blue) and painted the petals. I coated the butterfly and the edges of the dp with the paint as well. I finally figured out how to use the twine. I cut some pieces and just laid them under the flower. Nothing special, but it does add some flow to the design.

I stamped the sentiment from the floral set in black stazon and then painted the larger letters. I ended up liking how it turned out.

Thanks for visiting.

split image

Hello my friends. Over on SCS, there are some special challenges this month in honor of breast cancer awareness called Hope You Can Cling To challenges. SCS started the lineup on Saturday, World Card Making Day, with three challenges, and are presenting one more each day all month long.

A LOT of PINK is involved. Can you tell? Well, you may know I'm not a lover of pink, but I really wanted to play along with as many of the challenges as I could. So far there have been five, and I've done each one.

Along with making the cards, there are going to be prizes, and it is recommended that we send all our cards to the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, so that they can use them to encourage cancer patients.

Today, I combined the Hope challenge (4 layers & 4 embellishments) with the technique challenge, which involved stamping an image and then cutting it up into two or more parts. I decided to use colors other than pink. At first, I was going to use a kaleidacolor ink pad and stamp a silhouette image over it, but changed my mind.

I decided to pull out one of my favorite flowers -- Penny Black's blush. I inked it with markers (tangerine tango, cherry cobbler, certainly celery & always artichoke) and then spritzed it with water before stamping. I did that twice. Then I cut it apart, distressed the edges, and mounted the pieces on black. I chose tangerine tango for the card base. Trying to decide what to use for my fourth layer, I picked up one of the pieces I had brayered with the kaleidacolor ink. I really liked the gradation of color, but didn't want to glossy paper.

Since I had used tangerine and cherry on the flowers, I picked those colors, just swiping them down the cardstock, one on either side with some overlap in the center. I added board lines & 'nails' and sponged and distressed the edges. This was exactly what I wanted for this layer.

But now, I realized that the white cardstock was a bit too bright, so I added some color by stamping canvas in creamy caramel and my favorite stamp from itty bitty backgrounds in chocolate chip.

A couple of black brads in the corner and some taupe hemp wrapped around were the first two embellishments. I needed two more, so I looked through my crochet flowers and found one I thought would work. Of course, I needed some leaves, and a black button finished it off. The sentiment is from Endless Creations. I really love this card.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

a row of pumpkins

Hi, my friends. This is my 2nd post today. I seldom check the featured stamper challenge on SCS, since the family is home and there is less time to get everything out to stamp, but for some reason, this morning I looked and quickly found this card to case. I changed everything except the layout.

I used a long retired SU background stamp called weathered, which I stamped in crumb cake on cream cardstock. The card base is dusty durango, which I used because it was the best match for the pumpkins.

I pumpkin image is from Autumn Harvest (SU). I pulled out some orange dp (all from a DCWV Indian Summer stack) and stamped one pumpkin on each and then cut them out. I sponged some vintage photo ink on the edges to give them a bit more depth and colored the stems with a green marker. Then I just glued them in a staggered row across the card, tied some copper cord around it and added a tag, using Small Script (SU) and my word window punch.

I love when cards come together so easily.

Thanks for visiting.

A wall of butterflies

Hi, my friends. I think fall has officially arrived. I had to turn on the heat this morning.

Yesterday, about mid-afternoon, I decided that I was going to do a card for the inspiration challenge on SCS, using the sample on the right given in the post. I finished the card just before we were headed out to an Indian restaurant for dinner, so I didn't get it posted last night.

I used a tiny butterfly (a muse) to randomly stamp in black on white and then I embossed the piece with my new bricked embossing folder (Tim Holtz/Sizzix). I really like this folder. I used a flower stem (Lizzie Anne) and a flower & butterfly (Innovative Stamp Creations), which I stamped in black, then sponged with tangerine tango, cut out and sponged the edges with cherry cobbler. A sentiment (SU), some black layering and a bit of dimensional tape and I was finished.

Thanks for stopping by today. May your day be wonder-filled.

Gina K challenges

Hey, my friends. Are you all set for a great weekend? Saturday is World Card Making Day and SCS has something special planned. I don't know yet what it is, but I'll be there bright and early to find out. I suspect that there will be some challenges involved, which are always fun.

Last night was another Gina K Designs release party on Stamp TV. Although I completely missed the party chatting, I answered all the contest questions and today I stamped a card for each of the three challenges. Gina always has random drawings for free stamp sets, so I like to join in when I can. I pretty much used the signs of autumn (which is a set I won from Gina K) on all three cards, with the exception of the sentiments, two which are SU and the third is a rub-on (also SU).

The first one is a small note card -- only 1/4 sheet of cardstock folded in half for the base. It took me what seemed like forever to get this one done. Maybe that was because my "canvas" was not the usual size. I've been trying to use things that I have lying around from previous stamping sessions, so on this card, I used a piece that was already embossed. It was cut as a circle, but I wanted an oval, so I just re-cut it.

I love using unusual colors for things (must be the rebel in me) -- hence the turquoise/blue leaves. I think it adds a bit of a surprise factor. Of course, I love blue...

Next is a card that we could use no more than one layer -- just the base card + one layer. We also had to round two of the corners and add three pieces of bling. I used the faux tearing or faux layering technique to create an illusion of more than one layer. I've also been making a point of using some of my neglected dies, so I used the maple leaf (Spellbinders) to create a frame for the flowers. For the last card, we had to use at least two stamps from the same set, one to create a background and one for the main image. I used a leaf, stamping off once before stamping randomly for the background. I used the coffee cup for the main image. I colored it with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I die cut the image with nestabilities labels #11 (Spellbinders) and faux stitched the edge.

I wanted to use a partial circle behind the image. I was going to use black (used a CD to cut around), but it was way too much black, so I got the idea to just use a line of faux stitching instead.

The photo corner was another leftover from a previous project. I wrapped some black crochet cotton around the rust panel. I had the picture taken and was uploading before I realized that I had forgotten the sentiment. I wasn't sure what was going to fit, but then I remembered that I have rub-ons (which, incidently, I NEVER use). So I pulled out some and found a nice workable sentiment, rubbed it on, and then re-photographed the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by. May your day be filled with wonder.