March 18, 2014 Patience

Patience may make the heart grow fonder but it also increases the surprise factor.

 
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Alas, in today's world and mind set this is a tough pill to swallow. In fact much of what has been placed at the disposal of the average person today makes patience almost unknown. Smart phones, computers with the Internet, overnight delivery and even charge cards are contributors. Instant gratification. I have even talked to some college grads that feel they can come out of college and get top wages right away. Few want to gain what they want with patience and labor. Experience is not free nor magical. It requires patience and time. James 1:2-4 "My brothers, consider it a great joy when trials of many kinds come upon you, for you well know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance, and perseverance must complete its work so that you will become fully developed, complete, not deficient in any way.
The New Jerusalem Bible. (1985). (Jas 1:2–4). New York: Doubleday.
This is true for all things worth having in life.

We are going to start off by saying, "I didn't write the colors down." Sorry ladies! Cherokee was a distraction when I did these so I forgot to write them down. "Cherokee not distraction. Irish fall asleep at desk. Snore loud and wake up Cherokee." Really? Where did you come from? "You not know? Cherokee figmental from imagnication." You mean figment of my imagination. "Yes. What you said." I didn't know you could have bad daydreams. Bye Cherokee. "Humpf."

The first image is from Stampland. I was out to this site and it is currently under construction but I am providing the link to it any way.

The stamped image was a difficult one to color. It was very dark and the image itself was hard to discern from the background. Once the edges were found care had to be taken not to color things that were not part of the figure. As you can see the result isn't half bad. It sure makes a nice card.

My DW had a bit of a hard time trying to use this image. I think she did an admirable creation using the image.

Next are two House-Mouse Images. Hummers are one of my all time favorite birds. This one was fun to do.

The card is done well as usual.

The final house mouse is one I had a little more difficulty with due to the number of colors and having to use pen and ink to fill in some parts that didn't stamp. It still looks pretty good I think.

Making me hungry. Used to love picnics. Then discovered picnic ants. Still like picnics but on picnic tables. LOL.
The card turned out nice too.

The camera at the time did not have the best of resolution so it turned out a bit out of focus but the card was great.

Well, it is time to wrap up for now. Tomorrow our company arrives. I need to help Jill finish getting ready. It will be at least Tuesday or Wednesday before I post again. We have no idea what her aunt's schedule is so I will comment and respond as I can. Remember to LOVE THE DETAILS.