Another week, another Tag Tuesday! Be sure to check out the other submissions.

This week, it's all about music. I looked ahead for my tag, hoping to get just a little head start on the holiday season.

The Angel Company's new catalog is coming out in July, so that means discontinued/retired stamps from the current (2009-2010) catalog. TAC is offering these at 25% off!

See the discontinued stamps here. (Prices shown have already been discounted.)

If you have the 2009-2010 Inspiration Book & Catalogue and you want a hard copy of the list, email me (link in the right sidebar) and I'll send you the list in PDF format.

These retired stamps are available through June 25, 2010 or while supplies last, whichever comes first. Online ordering is available - it's fast and easy!

ETA: The link above doesn't seem to work in Microsoft IE (although it works fine in Firefox and Safari browsers). If you get an error, you can see the stamps by clicking HERE then click on "Final Farewells" at the bottom of the left column. Or, you can get a better browser and download Firefox (it's free), HERE. Thanks for looking!

I'm late, I'm late! And for my "own" challenge! Louise over at Kard Krazy requested ideas for themes for her weekly Tag Tuesday challenge and for this week (last week?) she chose one of my ideas - doodling! For this she sent me a lovely ephemera package that I'm dying to play with. Thanks, Louise!!

This idea has been rolling around in my brain for a couple of days and I finally got it down on paper. For my doodling, I drew the background flourishes with a VersaMark pen and embossed it in black. (I left the stray specks of embossing powder; I like the look.) I then inked up the tag with Scattered Straw and Faded Denim Distress Inks, and added my image. I added Black Diamond Stickles to the flourishes for more bling, then used a white gel pen to add additional flourishes. To me it sort of looks like a fancy headdress for my vintage lady.

DH went birdwatching this morning and took the camera, so I had to scan my tag. I was afraid it would look fuzzy because of the dimension of the brads, but it's not too bad.

Be sure to check out all the wonderful submissions to the Tag Tuesday challenge!

I had the occasion to make a graduation card this year for a family member (I think I need to make another one, have to check on that). And you know me, I rarely do anything traditional, so here is my take on it.

I used a light-weight cardstock for the base because it's the color I wanted for the card, so I had to shore it up a bit. To do this, I decorated the inside of the card also. Not something I usually do.

...as sung to the tune of "Anticipation" by Carly Simon.

Some of you may remember that I went on an art cruise last October. You might also remember that I never did show too many projects I made from that cruise, although there were a lot of cool classes taught by both Tim Holtz and Wendy Vecchi.

That's because I haven't finished most of them.

But this weekend has been a crafty weekend. It's been rainy and hot and just good days for staying indoors. So DH and I decided to finish some projects from the cruise.

We decided to work on one of Wendy's projects, a cool cork bulletin board. This is Wendy's sample from the cruise (along with her hand):

Thanks to Sarah for sharing this photo!

We had everything in our kits to make everything Wendy had on her board. Many people finished theirs in the workshop on the cruise. Not me! I think I spent too much time cutting stuff out. Anyway, this is what I came home with...

And I hate to say it, but I didn't even finish the background part. (I'm slow! I admit it!) I remember I did spend a lot of time in class on my grungeboard letters - and I had a lot more than what's on Wendy's board. Here's my finally finished piece:

You'll notice that I didn't put as much stuff on mine, but I did get the art chick in. All stamps by Wendy.