Sing a New Song!

Ever had one of those days where you think, "Crud....really!?"  Today was one of those for me.  I have this great mechanic, he is a mobile auto tech, so the fella comes to you wherever you might be.  Wonderful!  Today, I called and asked him to give my car a little check before a road trip I'm about to take. Welllll........it wasn't a good check up for the little Chevy.  $300, yup, just like that.  *snapping fingers*

One thing that really just makes me a nervous wreck is car troubles.  For many years I was a single mom and was always nervous about taking my car to a shop where I never knew if the mechanic was taking me for a ride.  Ya'll know what I'm talking about.  Now, I have a good mechanic, but all those negative feelings pop up whenever I need work done on the car.  It helps to write it now, so I can say...ok, it's not that bad. Thankfully, we are able to fix this problem BEFORE I'm on my road trip.  Right?!

Ok, let's end this post with some fun stuff.  Would you like that?  I would!
This week's Summer of Color at the Kristen's blog Twinkle Twinkle is yellow.  Ooooh, do I have something for you!  I was so excited to finish this.  It came out so much better than I could have imagined.  My twinny is starting a new chapter in her life, one morning I woke up with this quote in my head: "Sing a new Song."  She's not much of a singer, but, that saying can work for anyone.  Here's the project:

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Isn't it lovely!?  It came out so much better than I ever could imagine.  This is an 8 x10 canvas with acrylic paint in yellow and orange.  A few music sheets collaged onto the canvas and painted over again.  I used some Tim Holtz stamps around the edges with Walnut Ink distressed ink.  I added the bird stamps that I could die for!!  I added the metal frame for accents (I get a bonus entry in the summer of color yipee!)  Yummy.  Here's a close up:

I stamped my sister's named on the canvas to personalize it and it just happens to be right next to a little birdie.  First thing my sister said was, "the little bird is singing my name!"  I didn't correct her, why spoil the moment. *grinning from ear-to-ear.*

The swirlie-cues (I don't know what to call that, so that's what I'm gonna call it!) were a nice accident.  It was another bird stamp, different from the others that didn't quite stamp a clear image.  I thought, "Oh well, let's just cover it up with this one..."  And Viola!  A wonderful accident.  I used gold stickles on the swirlie-cues.

Because this chapter in her life will bring my twin some hardship, pain and struggles, she needed a little encouragement.  I added those often used stamps "Believe" "Hope" and "dream" along the edges.  What fun! What fun!

For a finishing touch I added the words "sing a new song" with thickies stickers.  Love. love. love.

Just to make my loyal followers (all 19 of you!) smile, here is one of my favorite pictures of the two of us:

And just so you don't think it's a photoshopped picture...because we do look so much alike! Here's a shot of us walking (this was called the Rudolph Run/Walk, hence the red nose.)

I love my sister, Jaymie.  We are in a family of 6 girls, we are numbers 4 and 5 in the line up.  Soon, you'll hear more about the other sisters!
That's all for now peeps, have a wonderful Tuesday!