Welcome to the weekend, any exciting plans? Last night we met friends for a night out to listen to the band No-Bad-Ju-Ju, it was a nice mix of old and new music. While sitting there waiting for the band to start we noticed the ladies beside us and a rather large drink one of them had, it’s a special… Read More: FMS188 »
Don’t know about you, but I surely had my days mixed up this week, thinking Wednesday was Tuesday and Thursday was Wednesday – guess these short work weeks have a tendency to do that to you. One think I know for sure is that today is Friday, woohoo !!! After work we are meeting friends for happy hour –… Read More: MOJO399 »
Todays card is one I completed for the Splitcoast Stampin Up Creative Crew project for June 2015 – Holiday Focus – June is the time for graduations and Father’s Day, make a fun fold card that is for a grad or dad in your life. For my choice, I picked a ‘Building Block’ card made for my cousin Shari… Read More: Congratulations Erika! »
Did you survive the Memorial weekend? Hope you had a great time know matter what you did. Here the weather started in the low 70’s on Saturday and by Monday ended up with temperatures in the mid 80’s with in/out sun and some humidity. The weather combination Monday was perfect to take that first dip in the pool. The water was rather chilly, or shall… Read More: CYCI#71- Retiring In-Colors »
Happy Memorial Day 2015! In memory of many, in honor of all. thank you to those who gave all, so that we can have all. God bless the U.S.A. Made with the new Sprinkles of Life Photopolymer stamp set with matching Tree Builder punch available June 2nd. Sprinkles of Life is the new Ronald McDonald House Charities stamp… Read More: Memorial Day 2015 »
Happy Birthday to my favorite nephew Jake, he turns 17 today! I stayed up late Friday night until just after midnight so that I could send him a Happy Birthday text! Here is a picture of Jake, rather handsome devil, isn’t he. He seems to be taller each time I see him. I hear he now wears size 12 shoes and is… Read More: Happy Birthday Jake »
Ready for the weekend, I know I sure am. Unfortunately the weather will not be warm enough for swimming, but we will be grilling out and having some homemade macaroni salad, hamburgers, hot dogs and ribs and hanging out with some friends. A great way to spend the weekend. Today’s post is for this week’s Paper Craft Crew… Read More: PCCCS145 »
Well it’s over the hump day, only two more days until the weekend. Anything special planned? The weather here has taken a turn, it’s much cooler than the humid days earlier in the week. They say the beginning of the weekend should be in the 70’s and sunny, with rain Sunday night. Doesn’t sound to bad to me,… Read More: MOJO398 »
Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend! Today’s post is for the “canyoucaseit” weekly challenge. It’s a Designer’s Choice Challenge – “May Flowers – Edition”. Check out the blog for other projects by clicking here. The minute I saw what the challenge was for I knew I wanted to make a basket of flowers. To get started… Read More: CYCI#70 = May Flowers! »
Well the weekend is finally here. I sure had hoped to sleep a little longer this morning, after getting to bed at 2:30am, but the boys (Bandit & Baron) had other plans. So while I sit here having my first cup of coffee thought it was the perfect time to write and post a blog entry. You may… Read More: FMS186 »
So how’s your week going? Today my husband is opening our above ground pool. We are switching the type of chorine we use and the pool guy says it can take about a week, sure hope its good to go by Memorial Day and that the weather cooperates. Nothing better than swimming and cook-outs for the holiday! Today’s card… Read More: CYCI#69 »
Today’s card was made special for my wonderful brother Michael and sister-in-law Diane who are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary today! To make their card I started with a card base of Whisper White and adhered a piece of Silver Fancy Foil Vellum Designer Series Paper over the front portion. The next layer is a piece of a Silver… Read More: Happy 25th Anniversary Mike & Diane »
First let start by saying Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there, hope you all have a great day. Today’s card is for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge created by Cindy. Make sure to take a minute to stop over to their blog and see other great card designs, just click here. ln making my card, I… Read More: FMS185 – Satin Ribbon Twist »
For this card, tried a new technique “Bokeh” and used the stamp set, Balloon Bash, that’s been sitting awhile on my desk. “Bokeh” is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas. However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus… Read More: Bokeh Birthday »
How’s your week going? Weather here is warm and slightly humid, not bad for the beginning of May. In the evenings we’ve been getting the patio furniture cleaned and repainted for the new seat cushions. We even needed to put the air conditioner on at night to make sleeping easier. I sleep much better in cool temperature than warm… Read More: CYCI#68 »
Today its a quick to post to give you a sneak peek of the new In-Colors, available June 2nd with the new Catalog and let you know the new weekly deals just announced. Really looking forward to see Watermelon Wonder & Mint Macaron in person! Sneak Peek of the new In-Colors for 2015-2017 Weekly Deals from May… Read More: Sneak Peek & Weekly Deals »
When you are a demonstrator for Stampin Up, a day like today is a fun one, you get to place a pre-order a variety of items from the new 2015-2016 catalog, I just placed mine! Now the wait begins for when the man in brown makes that crafty delivery. Once I have the products and time to play… Read More: April showers = May flowers! »
How’s the weekend going for you? Weather was great here yesterday, hope if the weather was nice were you are you enjoying it as well. Today is run errands day, when you open our refrigerator there is a cool breeze, sign that I need to fill it up with some good stuff! Today’s card is for the Paper… Read More: PCCCS142 »
Hope all is well with you today and the that the weather is nice were you are today. They say it’s gonna be 70 degrees here today and sunny! Anything special planned for the weekend? Visiting some friends this evening and hope to do a little crafting, that’s always a nice way for me to relax. Today’s card… Read More: FMS184 »
Where does the time go, April is over and it’s May 1st, hopefully the April showers will bring May flowers. Speaking of flowers, today I thought I would share a gift box I made using the Gift Box Punch Board & Bouquet Bigz L die. The box is made out of a piece of Park Lane Designer Series… Read More: Flower & Butterflies Box »