Today ended up being pretty productive towards the end. I had lofty aspirations to print 2 colors today, but I didn't get started until 6. After sleeping little last weekend and most of the week, and good sleep in was in order. Printing was mostly good though. I took my time since I was starting fresh with my new Boxcar Base. I removed the yucky masking tape from the roller rails and made nice new layers of tape. I measured the height with my roller gauge and I replaced the tympan paper. All treats, but things I should do more. I was priveledged with time since it's a holiday weekend.
The choice of ink today was green. I've been wanting to print the new miss you tree plate. The new base turned out great. It took a little adjusting, but I was printing away in no time. I also printed my diamond design so I can add the cake topper bride and groom with an additional color. Ohio and XOXO came next.
I also made bookmarks with the XOXO that I'm pretty excited about. Lastly, I printed happy birthday to rerun my pink and green cupcake card. I can only locate 1 more card, so I must have sold the rest! It was going pretty smooth until it wasn't. For the first time, I actually damaged some of my type. After 20 or so excellent prints, I couldn't get the happy birthday to print anymore. It appeared to not be inking so I removed the masking tape, but that didn't help either. I realized the type had shifted out of place and every time I made a pass on the press I was squashing my little "!". 
After straightening it out and replacing the ! with another, I got a few more printed, but they still weren't perfect. I decided to throw in the towel. I blame the 2 White Russians I had while printing. That's right, Coury decided to buy the liquor for White Russians last night after dinner and the only reason I bring it up is the words he said "We're not going to regret this!" I thought it was the funniest thing after enjoying a lovely dinner and splitting a bottle of wine. I'm regretting starting on the vodka before finishing my list of cards though! Overall, not much was lost and much was gained. I'd still like to pump out more of my Pear Blossom card and finish the cupcake birthday cards this weekend. I meant to bake cookies for my friend Amanda's birthday party tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a busy day. I think I'll tackle orange tomorrow (Giraffe and Pear) and Pink Monday (cupcakes and XOXO)
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