August Blast From The Past Blog Hop - Hoppin & Stampin In The Dark By Flashlight

Hello again!  It's time for another Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  I bet you're wondering about the title of my post today.  Well this last Saturday night/Sunday morning, we lost power for over 2 1/2 hrs (2:30 - 5:00 am) in what was still 90 degree weather and with another migraine (rolls eyes).  For those of you that live in Central to Northern California, you know what that means...no power = no air conditioner = no sleep: even at oh-dark-thirty with the front door open and the screen door locked.  So I grabbed a flashlight, a battery operated mini floodlight and found my way to my stamp table in the dark.  Fortunately, I had already chosen my stamp set and stamped my images.

After pulling out my dusty Stampin Up! wood less pencils, I colored the dress form and sewing machine and then outlined them with a light gray prismacolor marker before layering.  Taking my Maya Road chipboard pieces and some Stampin Up! craft spots, I "colored" the chipboard pieces by using the direct to paper technique and then colored again using the matching marker on the sides.  Once the chipboard dress form was dry, I took the saying from TE's Sew Happy set, inked it in PTI dark chocolate ink and stamped the saying over the dress form.

Once everything was totally dry, I pulled out some Making Memories ribbon I've had for over 5 years and have been afraid to use since I liked it so much and began assembling my card still by flashlight.  Now, other than the card being crooked, and a few other things being slightly crooked, I think the whole thing came out ok considering the circumstances it was made under.  Under normal circumstances, I would have finished in 30min or less, however, with no power, working with a migraine, and working by flashlight/mini mag light it took the entire 2 1/2 hrs we were without power.

Make sure you stop by all of the participating blogs today for additional eye candy and don't forget to leave some love.

Here are the entries from the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop! Click here for details on how you can join us next month! There's a free stamp set up for grabs for one lucky participant!

1.	Carole Rinear Chesser	19.	Mary Collins
2.	Taylor VanBruggen	20.	Karen Giron
3.	Pattie Goldman	21.	Laura Jean Nygaard
4.	Wanda Guess	22.	Vicki Fields
5.	Margie Cortina	23.	Kelly Collins
6.	Amanda Kowalker	24.	Kristie Wilson
7.	Natalie Houston	25.	Lisa Petrella
8.	Bonnie Ratzloff	26.	Tangii Crain
9.	Jasmin Owsley	27.	Terri Trotter Early
10.	Tracy Clemente	28.	Stephanie Kraft
11.	Jen Carvajal	29.	Lori McAree
12.	Rebecca Ednie	30.	Jessica Willison
13.	Monika Davis	31.	Lesa Smaligo
14.	Cassie Trask	32.	Debbie Carriere
15.	Jodi Collins	33.	Libby Hickson
16.	Michelle Van Patten	34.	Jessica James
17.	Chris Loritsch	35.	Sankari Wegman
18.	Nancy Jensen

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Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.



Stamps: TE Sew Happy
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Cameo Coral, Vanilla, October Afternoon Thrift Shop
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Spots: Craft Cameo Coral, Close To Cocoa Craft, Old Olive Craft, Ruby Red Craft
Accessories: Stampin Up! Wood less Pencils, Color Spritzer Tool, Maya Road Chipboard Pieces, Primas, Ribbon, Stampendous Class-A-Peel Stickers, Ribbon, Pop Dots, Mini Circle Punch, Mini Pop Dots, Prismacolor Gray Marker