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Hot & Spicy Featured July 20
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There is another reason that I made a CAS card. I wanted to emphasis how much fun simple can be. When I first saw this set, this is what I heard in my head.
"Not last night but the night before...24 robbers came knocking on my door... I asked them what they wanted... This is what they said.... "H" "O" "T" hot peppers!!"
Do you remember this? I volunteer and work with a lot of youth programs with scouts and our church. I am saddened that so many simple games that I played as a child are being lost on this generation. I have played these games with my own kids, but the kids in the programs have never played, jacks, marbles, hide and seek, hand clapping games or jump rope rhymes. These kids think of a game as something that has to have a cord or controller and is hooked up to a computer or television. A very sad statement indeed. If you know any little kids, I challenge you to share one of these older, simple games with them.
This is a card I made the other day using this set.
. It made me think of a giant tortilla chip. I love
Tex-Mex food. I grew up in New Mexico and Arizona.
The midwest is a nice place to live, but they don't really
know what Tex-Mex tastes like.
What they call hot here in Iowa, I taste and go, that
isn't hot. The hottest food I have ever had, was
in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I had green chili
enchiladas, that made you feel like your mouth
and stomach were on fire. I could go for some of that
right now. How about you?
MariLynn these are fabulous images and cards :-). Love the randomness of the gold embossing on the top card, and the gold embossed peppers on the black in the other one.
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Maxine
Beautiful cards again - so creative
ReplyDeleteI love these cards. The backgrounds are great but the whit highlighting brings out the Hot Peppers as if you could reach out and touch them. Thank you for letting us share these cards.
ReplyDeleteI like the gold sprinkled over the card and your giant tortilla chip card is a real winner. Good job coloring those peppers. The hottest I've had was in El Paso, TX. Yeow........set me on fire. :-)
ReplyDeleteI like the gold splashes and red lines on your first card -- bumps up CAS a little! And that second card is so creative!
ReplyDeleteI love your spicy and hot cards, but not spicy foods.
ReplyDeleteGood job with the chili peppers. I like the first card with the chili and gold speckled background.
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http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
good job with both your cards like the gold speckled background.
ReplyDeletestamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Really awesome cards, Marilyn! I am a "hot" fan and living here in Colorado, we know how to make it hot! I made a roasted green chili casserole last night and had to eat my daughter's and her gf's portion as it was too hot for them:)
ReplyDeleteWow this is fabulous. I love the gold dots all over. Great job on both cards and TFS AJ~
ReplyDeleteEspecially like the gold splattered look. I used this gold splattering on a 4th of July house shaped card I made. Your cards are HOT looking indeed. These make me think of Tex Mex food.
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"Sunshine HoneyBee"
These are both so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards, Marilynn, I love the gold!!
ReplyDeleteYou always come up with wonderful cards, MariLynn...and you did it again here.
ReplyDeleteThe highlights on the peppers really give them dimension, makes them look rounded. Great job! I didn't know you could just sprinkle embossing powders and heat and it would stick....I thought you had to have a moist base to sprinkle them on. Did you heat from underneath or did the heat gun create the randomness? Inquiring minds want to know, McGyver! : ) Your second card is quite elegant.
ReplyDeleteYour CAS cards showcase the images well. I too wonder what will happen when kids don't know how to play without technology.
ReplyDeletewow MariLynn--both of these cards are fabulous!!! Love the background you created on both of them, although totally different! Great job as always!!!! TFS
ReplyDeleteGreat cards Marilynn! I love the idea of randomly sprinkling embossing powder like you have done. I think your second card is one of the best I have seen with that sketch! Well done!
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards, especially like the first. You did a great coloring job-love the white highlights! Thanks for sharing. (I'm with you--nothing like a good game of jacks or marbles!)
ReplyDeleteLove the gold sparkle and your colors are great with chili peppers.
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