A Punny Card

Someone very near and dear to me (Hi, Mom!) came down with a nasty case of the shingles a while back.  If you've ever had this, or known anyone who has, you know it is very painful.

I knew she would appreciate a get well card, and I could only think of one thing.

Shingles!

(My thought while driving by Walgreens and reading their sign out front that said "We have shingles shots" was..."Why is Walgreens selling shingles?  Does Home Depot know they are taking over their inventory?")  

I'm such a nerd!

To make the shingles, I rubbed a brown ink pad over soft suede paper to give it a mottled shingle look.  Then I cut it into strips and added more ink to the edges.  Then I put the strips on my ScorPal and used a soft suede marker to make the scored lines.  This gives it a nice texture while defining each 'shingle'.  Each strip was adhered to the card base with a little overlap.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Just Right alphabet
Paper - PTI white, soft suede
Ink - soft suede, real red
Accessories - ScorPal
Techniques - DTP (direct to paper)

I'm happy to report that my Mom has healed from her case of the shingles.  No doubt the laugh from my card helped ease her pain.

Do you like to use puns on your cards, or do you think puns are cheesy?

K

Cards, Cards, and More Cards

I did something today that I haven't done in a looooong time.  I played with my stamps!

I have been so obsessed with sewing lately that I have completely neglected my stamps.  I needed to make a thank you card that is way overdue, and I ended up playing for most of the afternoon.  And it was fun!

You will have to excuse the poor quality of my photos.  The editing in iPhoto is nothing compared to the Photoshop I am used to using.  Looks like a purchase is in my future.

I wanted to play around a little more with my Modern Basics set from PTI.  I have never been able to do much with it, and sadly, that hasn't changed.  The following cards are hardly blog-worthy, but they're all I've got!

This was the first card I made, and although I like the tulip I made with it, this is a great example of knowing when to stop.  I don't like the leaves.   They look so out of place.  Maybe it's because they aren't tulip leaves.  Who knows, but I should have stopped before I added them.

Next up, another card fail...

Boring.  Not much else to say about this one!

This is the best of the Modern Basics cards I made, and I actually like this one.  The photo doesn't do it justice, so just pretend it is really pretty!

This is the thank you card I set out to make today.  It is for some friends of my parents who were kind enough to give me some antique cups and saucers they had when they found out I collected them.  I scoured my stamp collection for a tea cup, and this was the closest I could find.  I like the repetition of the small image on this one.

And finally...

I bought the candle stamp on clearance the other day, and it worked out perfect with the large sentiment on this card.  I used a Spica pen on the flame, but I'm sure it doesn't show up in the photo.

Even though these aren't the greatest cards, my New Stamp Basket now contains fewer stamps, and I am happy about that.  And I can finally send the thank you card that is long over due.

Have a great day!

K

Post Without a Title

I couldn't think of a clever title for this post, so it will be title-less, if that is even a word.  I'm too tired to figure it out right now, so it is what it is.  heehee!

I have wanted to stamp almost every day for the last week, but nothing spoke to me.  I decided I was going to stamp something tonight even if it wasn't post worthy.  Just to get myself back in the groove.  Summer is always a difficult time for me to keep up with stamping every day.  We are so busy with activities during the day that I usually want to just sit and do nothing after the kids are tucked in for the night.  All the bickering and whining takes its toll on my poor feeble brain.

My card turned out to be worthy of a blog post (I think), and here it is...

The squares were punched from some of the Twinkling H20s papers I had previously made, and I just happened to have dragonfly brads in similar colors.  This card was not planned in any way.  It just came together.  Don't you just love it when that happens?!

Supplies used:
Stamps - teeny tiny wishes
Paper - GKD PL white, watercolor paper
Ink - Memento black
Accessories - Twinkling H2Os, paint brush, 1 1/4" square punch, corner rounder, 1/16" hole punch, dragonfly brads, dimensionals, SAMJ

Do you ever have to force yourself to be creative?  Or is your mojo always in high gear?  Sometimes I think I have so many options between all my stamps, color choices, embellishments, and all the 'stuff', that I become overwhelmed and can't be creative.  I tend to make a lot of 'challenge' cards, but even then sometimes I hit a wall.  Then this card happened.  I still don't know where it came from, but I'm glad I forced myself to stamp tonight; I think it turned out pretty good.

K

Mmmm, Chocolate OLW

It's Wednesday, and that means it's time for Susan's One Layer Wednesday challenge.  This week, the challenge is to overlap an image and a sentiment.   I had several ideas come to mind, but this is the one I ended up completing.

The sentiment says "Man cannot live on chocolate alone, but woman sure can. - author unknown".  Now isn't that the truth!

I have not been able to find a chocolate kiss stamp that I like, so I made my own.  I traced around a real Hershey's kiss, then cut the shape out of a piece of scrap rubber.  At least I'm using some of the rubber I've been hoarding since I first started buying SU! stamps over 14 years ago!!   heehee!

Once again I used my SAMJ for placement of the sentiment and image.  I off-stamped the kiss one time so it wasn't so dark.

Supplies used:
Stamps - hand cut chocolate kiss, amuse sentiment
Paper - GKD PL white
Ink - chocolate chip, black marker
Accessories - SAMJ

Have a happy day!

K

It Doesn't Pay to Go to Bed Early

I have been fighting a nasty cold for well over a week, and have been burning my candle at both ends as usual.  I was so exhausted after I got the kids to bed last night, I went to bed, too.  I was in bed before 9:00.  That never happens.  Ever.

I was hoping to get a good 8-10 hours of sleep.  My body could definitely use it.  So I was a little peeved when I woke up at 2:00am, ready to go for the day.  After all, I had gotten my usual 5 hours of sleep.  Who needs more than that?  Apparently not me.

As I tried to go back to sleep, I heard a faint cry coming from my craft room.  I tried to ignore it, but it wouldn't stop.  It was saying something about an unfinished project waiting for me.  Tossing and turning wouldn't get my card finished, so I got up and came to my cave.

Here is what I finished.

I know this looks familiar, because I cased myself.  I got so many nice comments on my other butterfly card, I decided to change it up a bit with this one.

I used the Twinkling H2Os technique that Susan (LateBlossom) posted on her blog.  If you haven't tried this yet, I highly encourage you to try it.  It is so easy, and you can use it for so many things.  I used cold press watercolor paper, so there was a lot of texture before I ran it through the Cuttlebug.

The CB pretty much flattenend the texture, but you can still see a little variation in the color.  To add some distressing, I lightly sanded the embossed area.  I love SU! paper, and use their colors exclusively, but if you want to have a white core show through when distressing, this is a great technique to use.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Teeny tiny wishes (this has quickly become my go-to sentiment set)
Paper - GKD PL white, cold press watercolor paper
Ink - Memento black
Accessories - Twinkling H2Os, paintbrush, butterfly embosslits die, sanding block, half pearls, dimensionals, ribbon, SAMJ

I hope you enjoyed Susan's Twinkling H2Os technique.  I know I will be using it for many things.

K

Black and White with a Splash of Color

Here are some cards I made tonight that are primarily black and white. I added just a touch of color, and next to the B&W, it really makes the color pop. I love how black can have that effect.

I got this stamp in a huge lot of stamps I bought on ebay just for one other stamp in the box.  There were a lot of great stamps in there, and I think this one is a classic.  I'm not sure this needs a sentiment, but if I add one, it will be on the right side under the ribbon.  After I uploaded this picture, I decided the cherries needed something, so I embossed them using a Versamark pen and clear EP.  It looks a lot better.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Cherries, checks, & posies
Paper - GKD PL white, basic black
Ink - real red, wild wasabi
Accessories - 1 1/2" circle punch, scallop circle punch, gingham ribbon, dimensionals

I can't get my printer to print on the 120# cardstock I always use for my base, so I had to hand write the sentiment.  No matter how much I practice, when it comes to writing on the card, I always mess up!  Guess that's why they call it hand made!

I made my own shadow stamp by punching out a piece of excess rubber with the oval punch.  I almost had to make another one tonight because I couldn't find this one that I had made long ago.  Now it has it's own home!

Supplies used:
Stamps - Michael's $ stamp, hand made shadow stamp
Paper - GKD PL white
Ink - Memento black, wild wasabi
Accessories - Zig writer, SAMJ, post-it note for masking his skinny legs - that was fun!

I found this set recently at Michael's in the $ bin, and since my daughter loves penguins, I figured I had to get it.  Someday if I'm feeling particularly creative, I'll draw an iceberg for him to stand on.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Studio G (Michael's $ bin)
Paper - GKD PL white
Ink - Memento black
Accessories - Copics, SAMJ

Thanks for stopping by, and make it a great day!

K

Guy Card and some Simple Daisies

My brother's birthday is tomorrow, and like usual, it snuck up on me, and I didn't have a card made for him.  I was going to make it last night, but nothing came to me until I was lying in bed trying to go to sleep.  It was already almost time to get up, so I thought I'd better stay in bed and wait 'til morning to make it.

I used the new Espresso cardstock that SU is adding to their core colors this year.  It is so rich in color, I already know it will be my go-to brown.  I didn't think I would like anything better than chocolate chip (how could I like anything better than chocolate?), but we're talking about coffee here!

Isn't this a great color combo for a guy card?  I will have to file this one away for future reference.  You could substitue navy, artichoke, riding hood red, eggplant, wasabi, Baja breeze, or Pacific point for the embossed panel, and it would still be a great combo.  Don't you just love the espresso and suede together?

Supplies used:
Stamps - Angler, teeny tiny wishes
Paper - naturals ivory, espresso, not quite navy, soft suede
Ink - Memento rich cocoa, creamy caramel
Accessories - CB folder and machine, linen thread, HS edge distresser, dauber


Then I was playing around with my Both Way Blossoms set that I have had for at least 3 years.  I only know that because it retired in 2007.  Can you believe it had never seen ink?  I have too many sets in that situation, so I am trying to use them so I can decide if I want to keep them.  After all, I have to make room for the new sets I don't have yet!  heehee!

It may be a little hard to see, but the center card has a frame around the image made with my scor-pal.  I was just playing around with different frames to make a one layer card.  I made one image panel and colored in the leaves, but decided to leave these black and white with just a pop of color from the flock.  As I am cleaning out and reorganizing my craft stash, I am finding all kinds of fun things to use.

These don't have sentiments stamped on them yet.  Too many times I have a card I want to send to someone, but it has the wrong words, so I thought I'd wait to put them on until I know who I am sending them to.

Supplies used:
Stamps - both way blossoms
Paper - GKD PL white
Ink - Memento black
Accessories - Glue pen, flock, gingham ribbon, glue dot, scor-pal, Zig writer, SAMJ

I think I'll keep this set!

K

A Purging Find

I was prompted to purge my craft supplies after I read a post on SCS.  That will be a different post, but today, I wanted to show you what I made with one of my discoveries.  Shoved way in the back of one of my drawers was a pack of 6 flower brads I had bought at Target's dollar spot many moons ago.  As I looked at it, a card idea popped into my head, and this is what I made...

Two very quick and easy cards that are cheery, bright, and colorful.

Supplies used:

Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper - GKD PL white

Ink - Memento black

Accessories - felt flower brads, scor-pal, glue dots, SAMJ

Enjoy your day!

K 

Feeling Punchy Today

I got my XL Two-Step Bird punch that was backordered from SU! today, so I had to make a quick card with it.  I also stopped by Michael's today and got a few punches and some more ribbon since they were on sale.  One can never have too many punches or enough ribbon!

I love how this ribbon coordinates perfectly with tempting turquoise and Pacific point. My whole idea for this card was planned around the ribbon and my new border punch.

After I cut the circle out of GKD PL white cardstock, I sponged the whole thing with So Saffron.  Then I masked the sun with a 1 1/4" circle punched out of a sticky note and sponged more saffron, then pumpkin pie around the edges, being careful not to go all the way to the sun.  Then I removed the sun mask and softened the sun edges by sponging a little more saffron around it.

The branches were punched twice from old olive and garden green and layered to create a little dimension.  I sponged the bird with turquoise, then Pacific point just around the edges.  Half pearls were colored with Copic markers to match.

Supplies used:
Stamps - none
Paper - GKD PL white, pacific point, old olive, garden green, tempting turquoise, black
Ink - so saffron, pumpkin pie, tempting turquoise, pacific point
Accessories - Nestabilities, wizard, XL Two-Step Bird punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1/16" punch, Scallop Diamond edger punch (ek success), sponges, dimensionals, ribbon, half pearls, Copics

Toodles!

K

My Own Layout

It isn't very often that I come up with my own layout.  I usually take bits and pieces from other cards I've seen, or use a sketch from a sketch challenge, but this card just came to me one day.  It was floating around in the big void of my head for a long time before it actually made it to paper.  The CAS61 challenge at SCS to stamp only the sentiment was the perfect opportunity for me to use it.

This card is also to honor SU!'s announcement of their color renovation this week.  These are all colors that will be in the revised Brights color family.  I am very excited about their color revisions - so many of the current colors are old and tired and need to go away.  And I am very glad they chose some of my favorite In Colors to be core colors.  My stockpile of cardstock won't go to waste after all!

Here is my card...

Don't you think these colors look great together?  I think the Brights family is going to be my favorite.  What a refreshing change from the garish bold colors of the past (well, almost past).  The new Brights family includes real red, tangerine tango (returning In color), pumpkin pie, daffodil delight (brand new color), old olive, pacific point (returning In color), tempting turquoise, rich razzleberry (current In color), melon mambo (current In color), and regal rose.

Supplies used:
Stamps - PTI out on a limb sentiments
Paper - GKD white, melon mambo, old olive, patterns pack II
Ink - old olive, regal rose
Accessories - Nestabilities, Wizard, trio flower and spring flower bouquet punches, old olive satin ribbon, dimensionals, liquid pearls, dauber

Thanks for stopping by today.

Toodles, K

I stamped again!

It has been a long time since I have stamped anything.  I have had lots of ideas, but just can't make any of them into a card.  It seems I always get 'stuck' on something and can't put it all together.

I really liked the color challenge this week on SCS - CC264 bermuda grey saffrons, so that is where I started.  I also wanted to try the dessert option to make a smooshed flower.  I had no idea how to make one, but played around until I got a half-way decent looking flower.  It was really fun to make, and adds a lot of dimension to the card.

To make a smooshed flower, punch several layers of any flower shape out of cardstock or patterned paper.  I stamped a background stamp on this one in saffron ink to give it a little texture.  Then just smoosh it up!  I curled the edges, rolled it into a ball, and just played with it until the paper was pliable enough to shape it a little bit.  You may want to take it a little easier with patterned paper since it isn't as heavy as cardstock and it may tear.  But that would be ok, too.  It would just be more distressed.  Sponging the edges after you smoosh it up gives it a nice distressed look.  Starting from the bottom up, I used my Tombow mono-multi to adhere the layers together just in the center of the flowers.  I did one layer at a time and gathered the center a little on each flower and let it dry before adding the next flower.  Gathering it brings the edges in little, making the 'petals' slightly smaller.  Use as many layers as you want, then just pop a button or brad in the center, and you have a beautiful smooshed flower!

Supplies used:

Stamps - Medallion, boho backgrounds, PTI out on a limb sentiments

Paper - Bermuda bay, so saffron, basic grey

Ink - Versamark (for medallion), basic grey, bermuda bay

Accessories - scallop circle punch, button and half pearls colored with Copics, Nestabilities, ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

K

I'm a CAS Guest Designer!

Things have been busy over at Splitcoast with the CAS Spring DT search.  It was really fun this time as Jen chose an Olympic theme for all the challenges.  I didn't even make the first cut, but then Jen asked me to be a guest designer during the month of March.  I was so honored!  How could I say no?
All the guest designers were to make a card for the Closing Ceremonies and the new DT reveal.  Jen provided us with 3 sketches we were to choose from.  I chose this one http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1357465?&cat=500&ppuser=178156&sorttime=all&sortby=l&way=desc  Here is the card I made.

I usually don't use black for my base layer, but I really think it makes the card on this one.  Talk about pop!  I love this card!

Doesn't it feel good to make a card you really like?

Both butterflies are stamped with apricot ink; the small one on white cardstock, the larger one on apricot cardstock.  Then I stamped the flowered butterfly with white craft ink and embossed with white detail EP.  The dots on the small butterfly were inked with a Versamark pen and also embossed with white detail EP.  Both butterflies were cut out by hand.  The swirl and sentiment were both stamped with white craft ink and embossed with white detail EP.

I won't write "embossed with white detail EP" again...I promise!

Supplies used:
Stamps - Flight of the Butterfly, Priceless, So Many Sayings
Paper - GKD white, basic black, Prints Pack, apricot appeal
Ink - Craft white, apricot appeal
Accessories - Versamark pen, white detail EP, heat tool, SAMJ, gingham ribbon, brads

I hope you enjoy my lovely card!  Thanks for stopping by!

Never More Than...

I made this card for the LSC260 challenge at Splitcoast this week.  We were challenged to use a border punch and ribbon on our card.  I noticed this layout on a card while I was at the store today, and made a point to remember it since it is perfect for my CAS style.  It is also a great way to use up some of the pretty paper I have been hoarding.  I will be making more of these in different colors!

The pretty paper on here was a RAK from my friend, Lisa.  Isn't it pretty?  Thanks, Lisa!  I made the rose red panel by tracing around the outside edge of the same die I used to cut the sentiment panel, and cut it out by hand.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Whimsical Words
Paper - GKD white, rose red, Rose Colored Glasses collection by g.c.d Studios
Ink - rose red, pretty in pink
Accessories - Nestabilities label die and Wizard, dauber, scallop trim punch, ribbon, dimensionals

Have a great day!

K

Happy Spring card

I really wanted to make a second card for the CAS54 challenge - Wishing for Spring.  Probably because I can't wait for Spring to arrive, and I want to be surrounded by the sights of Spring!  Like many of my stamps, I have had this one for a long time, and it has never seen ink.  Lately, I have been making more of an effort to use some of my neglected stamps.  Something about feeling guilty...

I am kicking myself right now because I had the perfect sentiment out and ready to use, then I forgot all about it.  It says "have a sunshiney day", and I like that so much better than "happy spring".  I may just have to make another card!

This image is watercolored, then cut out with a Nestabilities label die.  After embossing, I left the paper in the die to sponge the sky and grass, leaving a white border.  I tied a piece of thread around the ribbon to gather it a little bit under the button.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Happy Forest (Stamping Bella), Every day flexible phrases
Paper - GKD pure luxury white
Ink - Memento black, various SU classic reinkers for watercoloring
Accessories - aquapainter, Nestabilities die and Wizard, sponges, ribbon, thread, button, embroidery floss, glue dot, dimensionals

Is it Spring yet?

K

Twisted Humor

I had been looking for a realistic chocolate bunny stamp for a long time, so I was very happy when I saw this Chocolate Bunny stamp in the current Occasions catalog by Stampin' Up! It was just what I was looking for.  Then it sat on my desk for a couple weeks patiently waiting to be inked.  I've known for a long time what I was going to do with it...that's why I was looking for it in the first place.   Well, it finally met it's ink, then it sat there for a few more days waiting to be made into a card.

Then Miss Boo announced the CAS54 challenge for this week - Wishing for Spring.  Spring makes me think of Easter, which makes me think of chocolate bunnies, which makes me think of biting their ears off!  Doesn't everyone start with the ears?  (Did you know there was a reason why everyone starts with the ears?  The way the bunnies are made and rotated when they are cooled, there is more chocolate at the tips of the ears than any other part of the bunny.  I'm not making this up - I saw it on "How It's Made".  I love that show!)

Anyhoo...It was time to make my twisted humor bunny card!  My bunny was thrilled to finally be made into something useful.  His friend didn't fare so well...

Don't they look like real chocolate bunnies?  They just need those yellow and blue eyes!  The second bunny was made using the mirror image stamp.  I used Versamark ink and clear EP.  The grass was sponged around the edges before I cut the blades into it.  I tore a sticky-note to use as a template for the clouds, and sponged them with Bashful Blue ink.  The eggs were colored with SU markers and cut out.  I used 1/4" and 1/8" punches for the thought circles and outlined them with black Sharpie.  The sentiment ovals were cut out with Nestabilities and popped up on dimensionals.  I used the 1/8" punch to take the bite out of the poor little bunny's ear.

Supplies used:

Stamps - Chocolate Bunny, Stampendous Mirror Image Stamp, Michael's $ stamp

Paper - GKD white, Choc. Chip, Green Galore

Ink - Versamark, Garden Green, Bashful Blue

Accessories - clear EP, heat tool, daubers, sticky-note, various SU markers, 1/4" and 1/8" punches, Nestabilities, black Sharpie, dimensionals

I hope you enjoyed my twisted humor today, 'cause that bunny is spittin' mad!

K

New old challenge cards

Jen, MissBoo on SCS, just announced a new search for CAS Design Team members.  We had to make and submit a card using a past CAS challenge, so these are what I made.

This was for CAS24, a color challenge to use turquoise, orange, and yellow.  I've had this Michael's $ stamp for a long time, and this was the perfect occasion to use it.  The ribbon was in my scrap jar, and I think it compliments the trees nicely.  Aren't these colors pretty together?

Supplies used:
Stamps - Studio G trees and katie &co sentiment, both Michael's $ stamps
Paper - GKD pure luxury white
Ink - Taken with Teal, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Memento black
Accessories - SAMJ, ribbon, glue dot

This was for the CAS45 challenge - "I've Got Curves".  The Cuttlebug layer was a leftover from a previous attempt at a card.  I used my Fiskars cloud scissors to make the waves, and paper pieced the whale.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Pun Fun
Paper - GKD pure luxury white, Bashful Blue, Delicate Dots DSP
Ink - Memento black, Bashful Blue
Accessories - CB D'vine swirl folder and machine, Fiskars cloud scissors
Technique(s) - Paper piecing, DTP

Which one do you think I should submit?  Let's see if you pick the same one I did!

Thanks for stopping by!

K

Thank Ewe!

Here is a card I made for the Splitcoast CAS53 challenge.  It is an retro candy inspiration challenge, and this is what I used for my inspiration http://candy-crate.stores.yahoo.net/cuwumba1.html  After looking at all that candy, I really want to eat some right now!  Thank goodness for chocolate fudge P90X protein bars!  heehee!

I used the colors from the candy wrapper for the card, and I think the scallop trim frame looks like the candy.  Mmmm...I can taste the caramel and chocolate right now!

Supplies used:
Stamps - Pun Fun
Paper - GKD white, Real Red, T. Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry
Ink - Memento tuxedo black
Accessories - CB D'vine Swirl folder and machine, SU scallop trim border and corner punches, ribbon, Copics, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

K

To My Friend

Here is a quick card I made while I was watching the first season of Lost on hulu.  (I have a lot of catching up to do!)  Well, it wasn't really that quick because I kept watching the show!

I off stamped the flowers so they were a little bit muted.  The white edge around the oval was preserved by leaving the paper in the Nestabilities die when I sponged.  GinaK does that a lot, and I really like the look of it.  The oval is up on pop dots.  They do wonders for adding dimension to projects, don't you think?

Supplies:
Stamps - Pocket Silhouettes, Every day flexible phrases
Ink - Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry
Paper - Rich Razzleberry, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP, GKD white
Accessories - Eyelet border punch, Nestabilities, sponge, SAMJ, half pearls, pop dots

I hope you enjoy it!

K

Valentine Card

Here is a valentine card I made combing two challenges from Splitcoast this week.  The color challenge, CC254, was to use Bashful blue, Soft suede and Ruby red, and the ways to use it challenge, WT254, was to cut out your image and/or sentiment.  I am loving my new Penny Black stamps that I just got, so I used this cute little doggy.  I stamped the dog 3 times, cut out one whole image, then cut out just his paws and nose.  They are separated with dimensionals for a 3-D effect.  I masked the bottom image and sponged with Bashful Blue ink.  The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.  I put a little Glossy Accents on his nose to make it shiny.  "Valentine" is my handwriting.  You should see how many times I had to practice to get it to look right!  Heehee!

Supplies used:
Stamps - Penny Black dog, JustRite small letters alpha
Paper - GKD pure luxury white, Ruby red, Bashful blue
Ink - Memento tuxedo black, Bashful blue, Ruby Red, Soft suede
Accessories - Nestabilities, ribbon, scissors, sponges, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Ruby red marker, Glossy Accents

Thanks for stopping by!  K