Experimenting with background stamps

After enrolling in the Stretch Your Stamps class, I dug through my background stamps and made a couple cards:

Cards using DeNami stamps

I recently won a blog contest over at the Denami Design Blog, which gave me a $50 gift certificate for their online store. I bought a few stamps with my winnings, and this is what I made with them:






I couldn't resist the fruit stamps, seeing as it's summertime. And aren't the Chickies so cute?

Visit from a hawk

Another bird of prey visited my yard again. It looks about the same shape/size as the previous one, but with different coloration. I hope to see this bird again, because it was quite the magnificent sight.

More hummingbirds

This particular hummingbird was quite patient with me, allowing me to take many pictures of it in my backyard. It helps that the yard has so many African lilies, which do a wonderful job of attracting (and distracting) birds.

July 4th Moon

The moon looked stunning the night of (America's) Independence Day.

Fireworks (July 4th)

Here are some more pictures from my family's fireworks celebration. All of these were from fireworks that have been sitting in our garage for about a year now. (We had a lot of stuff leftover from last year.) I'm surprised how potent they still are.

Light Painting (July 4th)

For July 4th, my parents and I had fun setting off fireworks in our yard. Somehow, it's legal in our city, and it has been for the last couple of years. However, we had the most fun with sparklers, because of the ability to do light painting with them.

My dad made a heart for my sister, who is studying abroad and thus can't celebrate American holidays here with us.



My mom and I did some light painting together. For those who watch Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra, this looks a bit like fire-bending.



The three of us went crazy, making all the shapes we could, in the time the shutter stayed open. This was the result.