Happy Friday, it’s almost the weekend, any special plans? I’ll be getting a manicure & pedicure, some of my favorite me time and attending an event for my cousin who is having a baby on Sunday. Today’s card is for the FabFri175 sketch challenge, check out the banner below. Click on image to check out their blog and play along. Personally, there are so many options with this design. Thought… Read More »
Welcome to the weekend. It’s been a few weeks since I played along with a card sketch challenge so I thought today was the perfect day to start! I’ve missed doing the PCC challenge so I thought that was a perfect way to start. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Horizontal Challenge – PCC355, banner below, click to check out their blog and play along. Today… Read More »
Happy Friday, the weekend is almost here, for some reason this four day week, seems like forty. Today’s card is for the FabFri171 Challenge Blog, banner below. I’d like to thank the team over at FabFri for picking my card from FabFri170 as a Fab Five. You can see that card here if you missed it. My card is featuring product from the Come to Gather Suite. I’ve used all… Read More »
Happy Sunday, it’s so hard to believe it’s September already – where did the summer go? Not exactly pool weather here this weekend, but I just might try, never know when I will get the chance to get in again this year. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Inspiration Challenge Butterflies & Blooms PCC349. I would like to thank the team over at the blog for picking my… Read More »
Happy Saturday, welcome to the weekend! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC348, banner below, check out their blog and play along. As I looked at the sketch I knew I wanted to use the Medium Daisy from the Daisy Lane Bundle and since I had come scraps from the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper thought why not marry the two together for the card. Here… Read More »
Happy Friday! Any special plans for the weekend? I’m starting my weekend a day early as I’m on vacation today, hopefully getting some crafting in, then Dan & I are meeting up with folks I went to high school with and going to the Pittsburgh Pirate Baseball game. Each month, the last Wednesday of the month, there is an open invitation to anyone who graduated from North Hills High School… Read More »
Hi there, how is everything going with you? We had a nice weekend here, spent some time both Saturday and Sunday in the pool and my Sunday Stampers met and we made the projects you saw yesterday featuring the Magnolia Lane Suite. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, PCC347, check out the banner below and their blog here. So, I had a really tough time… Read More »
5 weeks from today I’ll be on my way to my first cruise which provided the theme behind today’s card! When I saw the colors for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC346 Color Challenge, my first thought was a bright & cheerful beach scene. Beach scene makes me think of my upcoming cruise and my recent trip to New Jersey including Wildwood with my brother & his family! Here is… Read More »
Happy Friday! Today’s card is for the FabFri169 sketch challenge. Before we move on to the card, I need to tell you a quick story. Last weekend while floating in the pool I came up with a card idea using a circle and the chair from the Seasonal Layers Dies – when I came in the house I remembered to check the FabFri blog for the new challenge and I… Read More »
Happy Friday, Hope you had a good week, any special plans for the weekend? Today’s card is for the FabFri168 challenge, I would like to thank the design team for picking by card for challenge 167 as a Fab Faves, you can check that post out here. Here is how I put my card together using the Wild Rose Dies, part of the To A Wild Rose Bundle: Whisper White Card… Read More »
Happy Saturday! How’s the weather where you are? It’s going to be over 100° once you factor in the humidity today for us, perfect for pool time and getting my vacation manicure and fancy spa pedicure. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew CASE the Design Team Challenge. For my card I decide to case the card here, created by Terri Walker. I’ve just received the Garden Lane Designer… Read More »
Hi there, hope your weekend is off to a good start. As I start to write this post knowing what I want to say, I can close my eyes and picture my brother rolling his. Not sure about you, but I’m enjoying watching all the Christmas in July movies right now, even though I seen them numerous time. Watching all these movies gave me inspiration for my card today and… Read More »
Happy Friday! Any special plans this weekend? I have a picnic with the 76er’s which is group of classmates from North Hills High School Class of 1976. Each month we meet the last Wednesday for dinner, it’s a great way to make new “old” friends. Each summer we have picnic for anyone that wants to attending, I’ll be taking a gift basket for the raffle which includes twenty-five handmade cards.… Read More »
Happy Wednesday, have way through the week! Any special plans for July 4th? I will be spending the day resting and swimming, I have to work Friday so I’ll enjoy the down time. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew challenge PCC342, a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge, check out their blog here. For my card I decided on a simplistic card using the list of items straight down the middle:… Read More »
Happy Friday! It’s going to be a hot & sunny weekend here, perfect for some pool time! Today’s card is for the FabFri166, an introduction to the new 2019-2021 In-Colors, check out their blog here. For my card I am featuring the new Beautiful Friendship Photopolymer stamp set for the floral images which teams nicely with a sentiment from the Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp set. The floral images are all… Read More »
How did your week go? We had the living room, kitchen, dining room and hallway painted, now the fun starts cleaning and putting everything away. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Vertical Sketch challenge PCC341, you can check out their blog here. Thank you to the team over at the Paper Craft Crew for selecting my card from PCC338 as a top pick, you can see that… Read More »
Happy Sunday, hope you are all having a great weekend. It’s gloomy here this weekend, I’ve spent a little time crafting, getting a hair cut and watching some Hallmark movies. Today’s project is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge – Inspiration Challenge – Precious Pets, PCC340. For this week’s challenge I’ve opted for a Shadow Box made out of Soft Suede cardstock. The shadow box starts with a piece of… Read More »
Happy Friday, closer to the weekend. Any special plans? Nothing for me so far but you never know, things can always change at the last minute. I do need to work on this months Sunday Stampers class, so I guess I just figured out something I need to work on this weekend. Today’s card is for the FabFri165 challenge, the banner is below. Check out their blog and play along… Read More »
So how is your weekend going? We had a graduation party Friday night with some great food and I was able to spend a few hours in the pool on Saturday – my first pool time this summer! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Vertical Card Sketch challenge, PCC339, banner below. Check their blog out my clicking here. To create my card I started with a piece of … Read More »
Happy Friday to all you crafters out there! Today’s card is for the FabFri164 Color Challenge, banner below. For my card I decided on the Love You to Pieces Bundle which includes the Love You to Pieces Clear Mount 10 piece rubber stamp set, to create puzzles and other exciting projects and the coordinating Puzzle Pieces Thinlits Dies. With the dies you can create various die-cut puzzle pieces in record… Read More »
Half way through the week and for the current Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge PCC338. This current challenge is a two weeks long so why not plan along (like how that rhythmed), banner for the sketch is below. I spent a few days thinking about what to do and I kept going back to the same stamp set Happy Tails, a set perfect for dog lovers everywhere! The… Read More »
Happy Friday, have you spent anytime crafting this week? I’ve had limited time and it sure felt good last night to get some craft time in and prep for my Sunday Stampers this weekend – after card making I’ll be sharing new catalogs and special gifts with the group. Today I thought I would share with you the card I made for the FabFri163 sketch challenge. Check out their blog… Read More »
Welcome to Monday, did you have a good weekend? I spend mine working on organizing my craft room to prepare for the new Annual Catalog. One of the perks of being a demonstrator is the ability to order before a new catalog goes live. Check out my Join the Fun tab for details on joining the Stampin’ Up family and purchase products before everyone else. One of my other tasks… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend! Any special plans? I’m be working on planning by May 19th Sunday Stampers class, we will be making a Floating Frame card, but what else will we make? We make three projects and I have quite a few idea floating around my head! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, PCC335, banner below. Here is how I made my… Read More »
Happy Friday, hope you had a good week, don’t know about you, but I am sure ready for the weekend, any special plans? Today’s card is for the FabFri162 Five Color Challenge, check out the colors below. When I first saw the colors they screamed spring flowers, so the Pop of Petals Bundle (Stamp set & matching punch) are perfect for this card. Don’t forget to check out their blog… Read More »
Happy Friday, it’s going to be a rainy and soggy here today, guess that means the boys will be in the house for most of the day today, don’t need to be cleaning muddy paw marks tonight, hopefully you are having nicer weather where you are. My card for today is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC334, click the banner below to check out their blog and play along.… Read More »
Happy Sunday, hard to believe in two weeks it will be Easter, where has the time gone? Just think in a couple months summer will be here. We had a beautiful day Saturday, I was able to sit on the sun porch and catch up on watching YouTube video’s enjoying the warmer weather. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge PCC332. The banner for the sketch… Read More »
Happy Friday! How was your week? Mine was rather busy at work, but I still managed to make time for crafting. While some people may say coming up with a card design is stressful, I find it rather relaxing. Any special plans this weekend? Our Saturday dinner out last weekend was cancelled due to illness, hopefully we can do it tomorrow. Today’s card is for the FabFri160 challenge which features… Read More »
Happy Saturday to you all, any special plans? I’ll be getting a manicure and pedicure this afternoon followed by dinner at the Harmony Inn. For my birthday this year, I turned 60, my staff purchased a gift card for me to enjoy an evening out, I am so lucky to have a great group of ladies working for me! My card for today is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge… Read More »
It’s hard to believe Sale-A-Bration will be over in one week, have you gotten everything you wanted? If not, it’s a great time to stock on essentials like paper, adhesives, ink pads and refills or each that stamp set or bundle you have been thinking about and get free product as a bonus. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge PCC330, click here or the banner… Read More »
Happy Friday! This week on Tuesday we celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary so today I’m taking the day off of work and we will be having breakfast at our favorite diner and doing some running around together, never know were we might go! Today’s card is for the FabFri159 challenge, banner below. Click here to check out their blog and play along if you like. For my card I decided… Read More »
Happy Friday! Any special plans this weekend? We have a St. Patrick’s Day party Sunday afternoon/evening after stamping with my Sunday Stampers in the morning. I’ll be making my Pistachio Green Cake for the party as requested by the host. It’s a fun time and one of the few times throughout the year we see this group of friends. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge –… Read More »
Happy Friday, any special plans this weekend? I’ll be delivering a workshop order, getting a manicure and making a corned beef & cabbage dinner. On St. Patrick’s Day we always go to a party at friends and the weekend before we have our corned beef & cabbage St. Patty’s dinner at home – I may even try it in my Instant Pot! Today’s card is for the FabFri158 color challenge… Read More »
Happy Sunday, the snow is just starting to fall here today, they say 1″ – 3″ and I’ll believe it when I see it – we never seem to get the amount of snow they say – not that I’m complaining. How is your weekend going? Any fans of the soap opera General Hospital? On Saturday I did a GH Fantasy Weekend event and met 7 of the cast members,… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope you are having a good day. I’ve been busy preparing for my Sunday Stampers tomorrow, we needed to move it to my home and even made some Lemon Poppyseed and Blueberry Muffins. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge PCC327, click on the sketch to check out their blog and play along if you like! For my card I decided to highlight the… Read More »
Happy Friday! Any special plans? This weekend my Sunday Stampers will be meeting and due to a location change it’s at my house – I better start cleaning now! I’m lucky in that my husband will do the floors for me, I’ll be dusting and making a dessert! Today’s card is for FabFri157, you can check out their blog here and play along. When I saw the banner, I thought… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope you are having a good weekend. Did you see the newly released Sale-A-Bration items, if not please download the brochure at the end of the blog post – that new Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder is so beautiful. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge, PCC326, banner below. Click on the banner to check out their blog and play along you… Read More »
Hope you had a nice weekend, we went from a wind chill of -25 degrees on Thursday to 54 degrees and sunny on Sunday – let’s hope a cold is not in my future with these wild temperature changes. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC324 – a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge, you can choose any three items down, across or diagonally. Click the banner below to check out… Read More »
Happy Saturday! It’s snowy here is PA. I’ll be getting ready for my Sunday Stampers tomorrow, we will be meeting at my house, I’m looking forward to it, hopefully the weather will cooperate. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card sketch PCC323 challenge, banner below. Click here to check out their blog and play along. I’d like to thank the team at Paper Craft Crew for selecting my… Read More »
Happy Friday, hope you are having a good week. This weekend my Sunday Stampers will be meeting so I’ll be sending Saturday getting ready doing cleaning, checking supplies, and getting a dessert for us to enjoy. Today’s card is for the FabFri155 Sketch Challenge, banner for the sketch is below and click here to check out their blog and play along. I’m featuring three current Sale-A-Bration items on my card:… Read More »
Happy Saturday. Here just north of Pittsburgh we are expecting a snow storm today into tonight and tomorrow with an estimate of anywhere from 8″ – 16″ of snow. My Sunday Stampers were to meet this weekend, but I postponed until next weekend for everyone’s safety. Today’s post is a card for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC322, a color challenge. I’ve decided on Petal Pink, Coastal Cabana and Berry… Read More »
Hope you are having a good week so far. Today’s card is for the FabFri154 challenge – this challenge features 5 colors, see the banner below for the list of colors. I thought about it for awhile and when the new Well Written Framelits, part of the Well Said Bundle I knew exactly what I wanted to do for my card. Click here to check out the FabFri blog and… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope you had a good week and that your weekend is off to a good start! I’m prepping for my Sunday Stampers next weekend and planning to watch some football and hockey. We are finally having some winter weather so a pot of homemade vegetable soup is in order. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card sketch challenge, PCC321, banner for the sketch below and you… Read More »
Happy Sunday, hope you are having a good weekend so far. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew PCC320 Sketch Challenge. The banner sketch is below and you can check out their blog by clicking here, or clicking on the banner. I thought with Valentine’s Day a little over a month away this was the perfect time for a Valentines themed card. I’d like to thank the folks over… Read More »
Happy New Years Eve! – any special plans for tonight? We are having a nice quiet dinner at home (lobster tails, green bean casserole and chocolate cake). It’s hard to believe this is the last post for 2018, where did the year go? It’s amazing how time just flies. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch challenge, the banner for the sketch is below and you can check… Read More »
Happy Friday. Yesterday I went to have my new driver license photo taken. I was number 196 and they were on 182, it actually went faster than I thought since numbers 190-194 magically disappeared, now I’m good for another few years! Todays card is for FabFri153, a sketch challenge. Banner for the sketch is below and you can click here to check out their blog. For each challenge they pick… Read More »
Happy Sunday, how’s your weekend going? I’ve been using this weekend as holiday prep, making sure I have all the ingredients for our annual Christmas morning monkey bread and Broccoli & Rice casserole I make for Christmas dinner, getting the gifts together for the Christmas Eve grab bag and most important – my Christmas manicure & pedicure – Red with Sparkles! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge… Read More »
Happy Friday! Today’s card is for the Fab Friday 152 color challenge, you can check out their blog here. When I first saw the colors that make up this challenge, I thought of the Buffalo Check background stamp and a Christmas image. To get started I used Shaded Spruce ink to stamp the Buffalo Check stamp on Very Vanilla card stock, used the Dark Pool Party Stampin’ Blend Marker to… Read More »
Happy Saturday, any special plans today? I’ve already done my food shopping and need to run a few errands before going to a holiday party this evening. Everyone is to dress as their favorite holiday character, I have my costume ready, I’ll post a photo next week, need to keep it a surprise for now, but here is a hint – there is a character named “Karen” in the story.… Read More »
Happy Saturday, it’s December 1st – hard to believe Christmas is just a few weeks away, I better get a move on with baking, gifts and sending out my cards – hopefully some of that will get done this weekend. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge, PCC316 – check out their blog here. I’d like to take a moment to that the group at PCC for picking… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you were able to enjoy a long weekend. I’ve been on vacation from my day time job since Wednesday and go back to work on Tuesday, it’s been nice doing some Christmas shopping and enjoying down time watching Hallmark movies! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch PCC315 challenge. I’m featuring the First Frost Bundle (First Frost Stamp Set & coordinating Frosted Bouquet Framelit Dies)… Read More »
Going – going – going – gone. Due to such high demand and not being able to restock inventory before the holidays, Stampin’ Up! has deactivated the following three products: 147816: Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper 147890: Festive Farmhouse Elements 147811: Santa’s Workshop Enamel Elements Though they don’t yet have a fulfillment date, all backorders for Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper, Festive Farmhouse Elements, and Santa’s Workshop Enamel… Read More »
Happy Friday, how was your week so far, looking forward to the weekend? I know I am! Today’s card is for the Fab Fri Challenge blog, check it out here. Below is the banner for this challenge, why not play along! For my card I started with a Very Vanilla card base. I’ve added a 2¾” x 2¾” square of Garden Impressions designer paper, and frame, created from two layering… Read More »
Happy Saturday, how’s the weather were you are, it’s cool and rainy here. I plan on catching up on some projects, preparing for the Stampin’ Up! 30th Anniversary celebration in Orlando next month and have an event this evening. Tomorrow will be filled with football and running errands. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC312 Inspiration Challenge, the picture just screams fall to me! Don’t forget to… Read More »
Happy Sunday, it’s to be a cold morning here in Pittsburgh, around 38 degrees, but perfect weather to have a fire and enjoy my morning coffee on the sun porch. Today card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge – a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge. After thinking for a day or so, I decided on the 2nd row down and across: Leaves – Fancy Fold – Baker’s Twine. The leaves are from… Read More »
The calendar says October, but the temperature day is to be in the 80’s and humid, surely not a fall day temperature wise in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card weekly challenge, banner below for this weeks. Check out their blog by clicking here. The card I’ve created features paper from the All is Bright Designer Series Paper and Merry Christmas to All Stamp Set,… Read More »
Happy Friday. I’ve had a busy week and not sure about you , but I am looking forward to the weekend and a little extra sleep! Today’s card is for the FabFri147 challenge, you can check out their blog here. My cards started with a base of Blackberry Bliss card stock, a former color that’s back as part of the color refresh in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog. The mat is… Read More »
Today was a sad day, if you follow me regularly you know over the summer I really enjoy my pool time on the weekends and this afternoon we closed the pool. The cover is on and it’s taking its nap until May 2019! The positive thing about a closed pool is that hopefully I should have more time to craft on the weekend. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft… Read More »
Hope you are having a good weekend, the first weekend of fall here in Southwestern Pennsylvania is definitely fall like. Friday was in the mid 80’s, sunny and I was in the pool, now it’s 70 during the day and close to 50 at night, the weatherman/woman could not have planned it any better. Just don’t as me about Pumpkin spice! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge,… Read More »
Rain, rain, go away and come back another day . . . While unfortunately area’s of the country are doing without rain, it started here early Saturday morning and as of Sunday night it’s still raining, without a break – even the dogs don’t want to go out other than to do what’s needed, let’s just hope the creek at the back of the yard can handle all the rain… Read More »
Happy Thursday, it’s hard to believe August & summer is almost over. I’m on vacation for a few days from my day job with lots of things to do like dinner with friends at a winery, day trip with my husband and some parties over the weekend, not to mention pool time. Here is a cute picture of Diesel and Nitro with their “outside” balls sitting with me while I’m… Read More »
Happy Thursday, one day closer to the weekend! Any special plans? We’ll be watching the Steeler game Saturday night with friends and hopefully the weather will warm up for some pool time. When I saw that the Paper Craft Crew challenge this week was a fun fold I decided on a Z-Fold card, that has panels added so that I could have 5 rows of animals just hanging out together.… Read More »
Happy Friday! I’m on vacation today and spent the day out and about with my husband. We had a nice late lunch at the Central Diner. Diner’s are great for us because he can get the breakfast he likes and I can have a sandwich, salad or maybe even some appetizers. I’ll be spending the rest of the day prepping for my Sunday Stampers this weekend, we are meeting here… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend! Last night plans were rained out, which is ok with us as we really need the rain, our yard had cracks it was so dry. For some reason every time it’s rained it seems to split and miss our neck of the woods. Hopefully the weather will be better today. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge PCC302 and I’m… Read More »
Welcome to the weekend, any special plans? I’ve had my coffee on the porch and now I’m planning the balance of the day. I have Stampin’ Up! orders to deliver to my monthly club members, food shopping and pool time planned so far, what about you? Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge, PCC301. Below is the banner for the challenge, why not pick your favorites and… Read More »
Happy Friday, let the weekend begin! Have any exciting plans? I’m still not sure what we are doing but a road trip just might be planned for Sunday since Monday is a vacation day for me. This evening it’s hamburgers on the grill and silver queen corn from a local farmer, we just love the tender sweet white kernels and supporting our local farmers in Western Pennsylvania. Today’s card is… Read More »
When I first saw the Color Challenge for the Paper Craft Crew challenge #299 the first think I thought of was the beach – all the colors: Lemon Lime, Yellow, Pink and Blue. Below is the banner for the challenge, you just might want to check it out here. For my card here is what I decided on: Lemon Lime = Granny Apple Green for the Card base including the… Read More »
Happy Monday, how was your weekend? We had hot & humid weather so I spent time in the pool, including a little night swimming. I also made time for a manicure and pedicure in preparation for next weekend, it’s my high school reunion picnic Saturday and Sunday Stampers gathering, let’s hope it’s not as hot & humid this coming weekend. Today’s card was made for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch… Read More »
How was your July 4th? It was extremely hot and humid here is PA. At 10am it was 84 degrees and I was in the swimming pool enjoying pool time with the boys (Nitro & Diesel). With the heat we prefer not to have the dogs out to long and morning is always better than mid-day. After a few hours I came back inside and put today’s card together, I… Read More »
Good morning. It’s back to work Monday, after a four day weekend it sure is tough. The four days just flew by and I finally was able to get some crafting time in Sunday. I’ve been participating in the Paper Craft Crew challenge for a while now and this one was a tough one for me, finally Sunday the pieces just all fell together. Here is the banner for the… Read More »
Happy Friday. Any special fun plans for the weekend? I’m hoping for a nice relaxing one, next weekend we have graduation parties and my Sunday Stampers meet. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge, PCC295, check it out! Today’s card started with me deciding to use the High Tide Photopolymer Stamp set to create a beach scene on the largest of the Layering Circle Framelits for the… Read More »
Hope everyone had a nice weekend checking out the Stampin’ Up website looking at all the fun new products that are part of the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog release. Here is sounded like it would be a cool rainy weekend, glad they were wrong and I managed to get a couple pool hours in both days thanks to the sun and did a little crafting as well. Today’s card is for… Read More »
Happy Sunday, hope you are enjoying your weekend. I’ve spent 2-3 hours each day since Thursday in the pool, I plan to continue this until I go back to work on Tuesday. We’ve also been grilling a lot, first steaks and ribs, today it’s hamburgers with homemade macaroni salad and baked beans. My card for today is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #293, design below, check out their… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend. Had fun yesterday with my Sunday Stampers, when making the card using the Gotta Have it All Bundle, of the six people there no one made the same card, each person put their own twist on the card. Check out that post here. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Square Sketch PCC292, you can check out their blog here. To… Read More »
Happy Mother’s Day to all! Today is a day to recognize all the amazing, strong and compassionate women we know. To all you women out there, hope your day is special. ♥ My card for today is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC291 Challenge. Click on the image to check out their blog and play along if you like. For my card I decided on using products from… Read More »
Hi there, hope your weekend is off to a good start. We had a nice breakfast, I did some food shopping, had my hair cut and made today’s card. Hopefully the Penguins will win the hockey game tonight and all will be good today. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC290, it’s a pretty cool sketch. When I saw the sketch I first thought of the… Read More »
Happy Sunday, hope your having a good weekend. Weather here is rather on the chilly side and not a lot of sun, makes me just want to curl up on the couch and watch television. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge 289 – April Showers bring May flowers. For my card I decided on the Baby Shower theme for a soon to be here little boy. … Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope you will be having weather as nice as we are today! Nothing is better than sitting out on the sun porch while I’m writing this post. Plans for today include enjoying this nice sunny weather and going for the manicure/pedicure! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC288 Rustic Floral. I missed last weeks challenge with all my traveling for pleasure and work, but it… Read More »
Happy Thursday, one day closer to the weekend! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge PCC286, a two week challenge, running until April 10th. I’ve decided to highlight Sale-a-Bration products on the card for the sketch, which you can see below, play along if you like. My card features: Tutti-Fruitti Card base & Envelopes ($50 USD SAB item) Bubbles & Fizz Designer Series Paper ($50 USD SAB… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend, any special plans? Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Color Challenge, PCC285, use 3 of the 4 colors and Neutrals as needed. For my color selection I decided on: Tempting Turquoise So Saffron Wisteria Wonder Neutral – Copper Embossing and Soft Suede for coloring the basket My card features the Stampin’ Up! (Free with $100 USD order) Sale-a-Bration item – Blossoming… Read More »
Happy Friday! Any special plans for St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow? We have an annual party we go to with our Irish friends, I make my Pistachio Bundt Cake with green batter, this year I even have shamrock shaped cake pans to use! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge PCC284, the banner is below. This was a fun card to put together, don’t forget to check… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend! I’ll be working on some special projects as well as a trip to the nail salon for a manicure and pedicure, what colors will I pick this time? Don’t forget tonight here in Pittsburgh we “spring” ahead the clocks one hour for daylights savings time – the evening will start to have more light – yeah!!! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft… Read More »
Hope you all are having a great week, we are just a few hours away from starting the weekend, yeah! So I have a story for you, this past weekend when I woke up I remembered a dream I had about a card I made. I checked through recent cards I made and it wasn’t there – that’s when I realized I needed to make the card. It had embossed… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend. We are suppose to have another wet weekend, I don’t know about you but rain rain go away come back another day – doesn’t the weather know we need sunny days on the weekend! Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge PCC281 – Big Sentiment. Don’t forget to stop over and check out their blog, you might just decide… Read More »
This Wednesday was a rainy dismal day here just north of Pittsburgh, why can’t we just have snow in February? The rain makes everything messy especially when you have two German Shepherds who love to play outside. I thought why not make a cheerful fun card today which is what I did for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, check out their blog here. For my card I started… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope you’ve had a good week. For me it’s been a long week, between working 10-12 hours each day for the day job and having a bad week with my sinuses, seems like all I did was work or sleep, and I hate being a mouth breather! Last night was the first since Sunday when I didn’t have soup and toast for dinner. I’m finally feeling like myself… Read More »
Happy Saturday, any special plan? I’ll be resting and playing with my Stampin’ Up! order that arrived yesterday. I’m looking forward to trying the new Brusho Crystal Colours and Barn Door Bundle, look for some projects this month. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew weekly blog challenge, this weeks is a card sketch, you can see the banner below. For my card I decided to use a variety… Read More »
Happy Friday! Don’t know about you but I am looking forward to the weekend. Unfortunately the sun we have today will not last the weekend so they say. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC277, thought I would use a Valentine theme since the banner below used hearts for the die cut/punched out images. Steps on how I made my card: Stamped the ‘dot’ stamp from… Read More »
Happy Saturday to you! Any special plans? I will be preparing for my Sunday Stampers gathering tomorrow and enjoying dinner out with my husband this evening. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Color Challenge, the banner is below. For my card I decided on this colors: Cherry Cobbler Powder Pink Silver Foil My card starts with a Cherry Cobbler that I stamped around the edges with the solid… Read More »
Happy Thursday, hope you are having a good week so far. I’m rather excited, tomorrow my brother and his family are coming to visit for the weekend from New Jersey. The last time they saw our dog Nitro he was 10 weeks old, now he is 2, as for Diesel – my nephew Jake saw him at 8 weeks and now he will see him at a year old, they… Read More »
Happy Saturday, baby it’s cold outside! This morning I woke up to -2° F with a real feel of -11°F – that’s a little too cold for me, luckily we don’t have much snow, I still plan on venturing out later today to run a few errands after being cooped up in the house all week. Have you checked out the new Occasions catalog and Sale-a-Bration brochure? If not check… Read More »
Happy Saturday, are you ready for the big day or still planning on running errands today and Christmas Eve? I’m hoping that I’m done as a do a final check on everything today. I’m the Broccoli Rice Casserole maker for Christmas and we always have Monkey Bread Christmas morning, better to know now if I’m missing an ingredient, then when I start cooking. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft… Read More »
Hello there, hope you had a great weekend and are looking forward to a wonderful holiday season. I’ve just gotten back from a four day Girls trip “Christmas in Nashville”. Had a great time and will share a few pictures in a future post. Today’s post is for the challenge over at the Paper Craft Crew blog. First I would like to say thank you to the Paper Craft Crew… Read More »
Happy Monday, how was your weekend? These are always busy times in December and for me it’s only two sleeps until my girls trip to Nashville for Christmas – that should be a lot of fun! Remember today, Monday December 11th – Free shipping until 11:59 PM MT. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #271 challenge, check out the banner below. Click on it for a… Read More »
Happy Monday, hard to believe three weeks from today is Christmas, how close are you to being ready? I still have ways to go! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. The banner below is the design for the card. While the image has flowers, my first thought was snowflakes, then decided to use one of the stamp sets on the retiring list – Beachy Little… Read More »
Well November sure has been a rather busy month for me. As someone who works in finance the first week and a half is always busy every month, but this month I attended the Stampin’ Up On Stage 2017 in Salt Lake City, came back home for about 24 hours and out again for a four day business trip, which included late nights. It was so nice to be back… Read More »
Sometime I wonder just were did the weekend go? Saturday was spent doing laundry and making sure I have everything needed for my trip to Salt Lake City for On Stage Live on Wednesday. When I get back from that trip I’m home for about 24 hours before I leave on a business trip f so I need to make sure my clothes are ready for both trips. Sunday was… Read More »
Monday again? Time sure flies on the weekend. It was cold and rainy here perfect for homemade vegetable soup and chicken & dumplings. I’m almost done with all swaps for On Stage which starts November 9th and all the projects needed for the next few Sunday’s of Christmas, I sure had a busy craft weekend! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge PCC265. With all the Christmas… Read More »
Thursday was an extremely productive day for me, I used a vacation day to do some crafting! Not only did I make the card for today, designed products for this Sunday of Christmas, my Sunday Stampers class this month, finished all swaps for Onstage in November and cards for some future posts. I was even able to sneak in a haircut! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Color… Read More »
Happy Monday, another weekend under our belts, hopefully you enjoyed yours as much as I did mine. Weather here was beautiful and I had time for a manicure and pedicure, oh how I love getting them. This week it’s a Square Sketch challenge over at Paper Craft Crew, here’s the banner: For my card I decided on the Ribbon of Courage Bundle. With this bundle, stamp and cut a support… Read More »
Happy Saturday, any special plans? I have errands to run and need to prep for my October Sunday Stampers class later this month. Hard to believe it’s October already. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge, banner below. For my card I’ve picked right down the middle: Baker’s Twine – Fall – Punch/Die Cut and used the September Paper Pumpkin Kit since the theme was Fall/Thanks for… Read More »
Hope you had a nice weekend, we had some of the nicest weather, not to hot and not to cold, just perfect for morning coffee on the porch and sitting outside in the evening! Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Color Challenge PCC261. Fun how when I first saw the color selection I was a little stumped, but when I looked again this weekend, after first thinking of… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you had a great weekend. We watched a lot of sports this weekend, the Steelers and Penguins played neither of which managed to win, guess there is always next time. Sunday was my monthly stampers meeting and tomorrow I will be sharing the projects we did. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #PCC260 challenge. Don’t forget to check out their blog and play… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend, hope you have some fun plans. I’m hoping to get a bunch of crafting done and enjoy the beautiful weather. Stampin’ Up! is having there OnStage event in Salt Lake City in November and I have about 100 cards I need to make for various swaps (trading cards with other demonstrators) and I’d like to make sure they are all completed by the… Read More »
Happy Sunday night, hope you’ve had a good weekend and to those in the path of Irma, praying that you all are safe. We closed the pool Saturday as the weather has been rather cool, night temperatures in the 40’s and highs in the 60’s/low 70’s – not exactly pool weather. The water was really cold! I did enjoy the mornings, cuddled under a blanket on the porch having coffee… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope your weekend is starting off good. The weather here is beautiful, just wish it was a little warmer so I could get some pool time in. Temperatures are in the low 70’s, more like the beginning of fall. I was a little stumped when I first saw this week’s challenge over at Paper Craft Crew – Back to School. We don’t have kids so for me Back… Read More »
Hope everyone had a nice weekend, mine was four days and now back to work Monday morning. Lucky for me, it’s a four day week this week and next, with another four day weekend! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge, PCC256. Banner for sketch below, click on it for a link to their blog to check out their design team projects as well as play along.… Read More »
Hope you had a nice weekend, it’s a short work week for me as I’m on vacation Thursday & Friday, nothing special planned, hope to get some pool and crafting time in, we might even go to the Rogers Flea Market Friday morning and have some fresh hot Amish donuts! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge PCC255, the banner is below. Thought I would use the… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you had a nice relaxing weekend. Here is southwestern Pennsylvania it was more like a fall weekend than summer, highs only in the low 70’s. Saturday was filled with errands and I spent some time Sunday doing a little crafting, including making todays project. When I first saw the Paper Craft Crew Inspirational Challenge – Backyard BBQ, I was rather stumped on what to do. While laying… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope your weekend is off to a good start. After a few humid days, this morning was much cooler with a slight breeze, perfect for coffee on the sun porch while reading all my favorite blogs. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge – Choose any combination of 3 colors for PCC253. The banner is below, click for a link to their blog to see the… Read More »
Here is my first “Christmas in July” card and the timing is perfect, the week of Hallmark Christmas in July movies comes to an end Sunday night as I watch the movies and make my card. We just love Christmas, my husband and I start decorating mid November and enjoy having the house decorated by Thanksgiving. For my first Christmas card I decided on Real Red and Emerald Envy, with… Read More »
Happy Tuesday! The theme for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Challenge fits me perfectly when it comes to the Daisy Delight Photopolymer Bundle (Daisy Delight Photopolymer Stamp Set and matching Daisy Punch). You see, I was late to the party in ordering it (not until end of June) and late to use it (Monday night). Most demonstrators preordered it and when the catalog went live June 1st, due to so… Read More »
Don’t know about you, but a three day work week is great, Monday – Wednesday – Friday all in a row. Hope everyone had a good July 4th. I was able to get some pool time in and relax with friends. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge #250, Tic-Tac-Toe, you get to choose any three items down, across or diagonally. Click on the Paper Craft Crew banner… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope your weekend is starting off to a good start. After all the rain yesterday today is beautiful and sunny. I’ll be getting ready to host my Sunday Stampers at the house tomorrow and have a manicure & pedicure scheduled later in the day, a monthly treat to myself. What do you treat yourself to? Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC249 challenge, the… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you had a great weekend. I was able to spend time in the pool both days until the thunderstorms rolled in Sunday afternoon, then it became chores and craft time. It’s always best to get pool time in when you can on the weekend, no guarantee the next weekend will be as nice. Todays card is for the FIRST Inspiration Challenge for Challenge #248 with the Paper Craft Crew. The… Read More »
Happy Friday! Today’s card was a fun card to make. I’m using some of the new products from the annual catalog. Now I must admit when I first saw the Embossing Paste in the catalog it did nothing for me, but once I watched the Stampin’ Up! video it jumped into the top 5 must haves for me, it’s smooth, easy to use and dries really fast. The video is below… Read More »
Hope you had a nice weekend, it was rather rainy for us on Sunday, perfect for a little crafting and some television. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge 246, link the image below to check out the design teams ideas as well as other crafters, who knows you may even decide to play along. For my card I used the Eastern Palace Specialty Designer… Read More »
Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew 245 Challenge -Tic Tac Toe and features some of the new 2017-2019 In-Colors and new Happy Birthday Gorgeous Bundle from the Annual Catalog that goes live June 1, 2017 at 10am MT. After looking at the board for a few days, I finally settled on diagonal top left to bottom right: Bright Colors Berry Burst (new 2017-2019 In-Color, available June 1) Lemon… Read More »
Happy Saturday. Today I thought I would combine a sneak peek of a new stamp set (Crafting Forever) and In-Color (Berry Burst) with the Paper Craft Crew challenge PCC244. The new stamp set and In-Color will be available for purchase June 1st, when the new Annual Catalog goes live. Click on the image below to check out the Paper Craft Crew Blog for other cool ideas. Here’s how I created… Read More »
Happy Sunday, last night’s hockey game did not end like I hoped, the Penguins lost, not to worry, it’s a seven game series. On a more positive note, what we thought was a pool liner issue turned out to be a pool cover issue and every time we thought we were draining water off the cover, we drained water out of the pool. Bring on summer, I’ll have a pool!… Read More »
Happy Sunday, hope you are having a good weekend. It’s rather cool and rainy here, hopefully today will have some sunshine. Perfect time to make some homemade soup and spaghetti sauce for dinner and the freezer. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge 242, a color challenge. Click the image below for a link to check out their blog. For my card I’m using a Night of Navy… Read More »
Hope you are having a great weekend, it’s rather warm here today – mid 80’s, sunny and humid, they say by Wednesday it may be around 60 degrees. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge and I’m featuring one of the retiring stamp sets, Flower Patch, a photopolymer set featuring 19 stamps with a set of matching framelits Flower Fair, which are a separate purchase and… Read More »
So how are you today? I’m not bad, it’s Friday and I took a vacation day! Last night we were with friends watching the Pittsburgh Penguins win round 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. I was hoping to sleep in today and I did, a whole 45 minutes. For some reason the dogs just don’t understand “sleep in” and need to go outside at the scheduled time each morning, oh well,… Read More »
Happy Monday, welcome to another week. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Metallic Embellishment Theme challenge, PCC239. Click on the image below for a link to their blog to check out their designs and play along if you like. For my card I decided to feature the Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing folder with Silver Foil Sheet and the Urban Underground Embellishments. The stamp set is Suite Sayings… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch challenge #238. Click on the image below to see the cards made by their design team and other crafters, you may just want to play along yourself. For my card I am featuring the Happy Celebrations stamp set and Cupcakes & Carousels products. To create my card I started with a mat of Pool… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend. Saturday it was cold and rainy then Sunday was sunny and much warmer. We spent sometime Sunday working on the “mud bowl”, better known as the back yard. With all the rain we’ve had the last couple months and the dogs running around we needed to put down some grass seed and cover it with hay, with any luck new grass will… Read More »
Hope you are having a good weekend, the weather was beautiful here on Saturday, high of 73 and mostly sunny. I decided it wa a good day to get the car washed and boy does it look nice, unfortunately with thunderstorms expected today I’m sure it will get dirty quickly. Now you would think with the weather this nice we would have cooked on the grill, not us, my husband… Read More »
Happy Sunday, hope you are having a great weekend. The card and St. Patrick’s Day treat bags were really enjoyed by the kids at the party, I’m already thinking about next year! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #235. Click on the image for a link to their blog to check out their design teams cards and play along if you like. To make my card… Read More »
Hope you all had a great weekend. Did you remember to set your clocks ahead one hour? I’ve spent mine doing some chores around the house and attending my cousin Shari’s wedding. Later this week I will share her card and thank you cards I made as a gift to the happy couple. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew PCC234 card sketch. Don’t forget to check out their… Read More »
Hope you are having a great weekend, it’s cold here but the sun is shing. Before I get started with today’s card, I want to take time to thank the design team over at the Paper Craft Crew Blog for picking my cards as Top Picks for challenge 229 and 231, click on the numbers to see those cards. I am truly honored to be picked! Today’s card is for… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope the weather is nice were you are – it’s going to be in the upper 50/low 60’s this weekend, really looking forward to that! Today I thought I would post a card I completed for the Paper Craft Crew weekly challenge. Below is the banner for this sketch challenge, after some thought the past couple days, I finally came up with the card I would like to… Read More »
Happy Valentine’s Day Eve, are you prepared with something sweet for your sweetie? What do you prefer? Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Theme Challenge . . . LOVE . . . Love is so much more than Valentines Day… It is a reflection of individuals we love or events that represent LOVE in out lives! There are many different ways you express love for someone in your life, today’s card is… Read More »
While doing a little internet surfing I came across the SUO Challenges blog (SUO = Stampin’ Up! Only) and thought I would join the fun. It’s February, which means it’s time for Valentines! Cards, gifts or treats and treats helped me come up with the idea for my card. How many of you like the little candy hearts with the words on them, I know you are raising your hand right… Read More »
I’ve officially jumped on the “Hey Chick” bandwagon! I’ve sIf een so many cards made with this stamp set I just had to place a qualifying order to get one, as it’s a Sale-a-Bration item, free with a $50 purchase from Stampin’ Up! While I am doing more traveling for work than I have in the past, I’ve decided that when I’m in town I will try to participate in 1… Read More »
Happy Saturday everyone, hope you have a fun filled weekend planned. Last weekend we brought home our new puppy Diesel, thought you might like to see a picture of him, he is a 8 week old German Shepard. Here he is with my nephew Jake who was in town visiting his girlfriend and stopped by to drop off some birthday cookies for me and meet the new little guy, aren’t… Read More »
Hope you all had a good Saturday, we went to our only concert of the ‘summer’ Jason Aldean and had a great time. Opening acts were One Thousand Horse and Thomas Rhett, they all put on great shows. Since the weather was so nice yesterday we even went earlier and tailgated! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge, a Color Challenge. When I saw their post it was the same… Read More »
We sure have had a strange week of weather, the last few days mid afternoon while the sun was brightly shining the rain came pouring down for no more than about five minutes, with rainbows following. For some reasons rainbows always make me think of family and friends who have passed away and puts a smile on my face. It’s been a while since I’ve participated in any blog challenges, but… Read More »
It’s been awhile since I participated in a blog design challenge, but when I saw the new Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge this week, I knew I need to play along. I’ve had some flowers from the Botanical Builder Framelits sitting around looking for a home and today’s card is it! Here is the banner for the challenge, please remember to check out the blog to see all the other designs… Read More »
Hope all is well with you this week, it’s a busy week for me with work as its a quarter end close and when you are in finance is means some late nights. After a rather stressful day nothing is more relaxing for me than design and put together a card. Today’s card is for the Can You Case It weekly challenge. I’ve not participated in a challenge for quite… Read More »
Happy Monday, welcome to another week, any special plans? Don’t forget this coming Sunday is Valentine’s Day, a great time to show some love to the special people in our lives! Today’s card is for the CanYouCaseIt weekly challenge, this week it’s a sketch by Elizabeth. When I first saw this sketch I though of the two sheets of paper from the Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper, a Sale-A-Bration item,… Read More »
Happy Ground Hog Day! It’s a big day here is Pennsylvania, hopefully Punxsutawney Phil will not see his shadow and winter will be ending, I’m ready for warmer temperatures, how about you? Today’s card is for the CanYouCaseIt weekly challenge, this week it’s a color challenge, you can see the banner below. I would like to take the time to thank Elizabeth for picking my card from the week #104… Read More »
Happy Sunday, hope the weather is as nice for you today as it is here, it’s in the low 60’s and the sun is out. I’m just sitting her relaxing on the sun porch enjoying the beautiful weather watching the planes high in the sky go by wondering just were the people are going, hopefully somewhere fun! While checking out a few blogs I saw the banner for the Freshly Made… Read More »
Happy Hump Day, we made it half way through the week, only two days until the weekend! Hopefully the east coast will have an uneventful weather weekend. I’m looking forward to some crafting time and a massage I have scheduled for Saturday! Today’s card is for the CanYouCaseIt weekly challenge which happens to be a sketch this week. After a little thought I decided on a masculine Valentine Card using… Read More »
Happy Wednesday and Birthday to me! I’m one of those people who enjoy advertising their birthday, how else do you get presents? I’m also known for spreading out my birthday over a week or so, again why not? Rule number one in our house is no cooking on my birthday, so cereal and fruit for breakfast and my husband will be taking me out to dinner. Fun fact, today is also… Read More »
Hope everyone had a nice Christmas and was able to spend time with family & friends. I enjoyed Christmas morning, that special breakfast and Skyping with my brother & his family. Even though we are miles apart they always seen close when I can watch them opening presents! Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to get my craft mojo back on! For some reason for the last week or… Read More »
Happy Monday, how was your weekend? Did you know today is one of the largest card mailing days of the holiday season, are yours in the mail? I’ve mailed all the ones I normally do and have special cards (like today’s) that I will hand out on Christmas to my relatives along with a special treat! This morning before work while having my coffee, I checked the Mojo Monday blog… Read More »
Happy Saturday, welcome to the weekend, any special plans, holiday parties? enjoying the warmer weather? Here is Pittsburgh we could hit 70 degrees (the normal temperature should be about 41 degrees), Woo Hoo ! I will be spending time on the sun porch today, enjoying the Christmas decorations and beautiful weather! Today’s card is for the Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #26, a sketch created my Maggie, one of the team… Read More »
Getting ready for the holidays? Last night I made some cookie dough, tonight I will roll it out and up (for pinwheel’s) and Friday night I will slice and bake it. It sure makes the process at lot easier when you break it up like this? I’ll be sending a batch to my nephew Jake in exchange for a batch of his Chocolate Chip cookies! How are you doing on… Read More »
So how has your weekend been? Do any Black Friday/Small business Saturday shopping, I did. Happy to say while I might have been away from the computer for a few days, I’ve completed a large chunk of holiday shopping. House is completely decorated and a large pot of homemade spaghetti sauce is on the stove today. I plan on spending today crafting and watching some football. Today’s card is for… Read More »
Happy Pre-Thanksgiving Day, will you be spending the day preparing for tomorrow? I plan do to as much kitchen prep as possible and pick up the pumpkin pie, might even get my new tires installed today, we’ll just see how that goes. Have you taken advantage of any of the sale items this week as part of the Online Extravaganza? Click below to check out the online store. Now… Read More »
How’s everything with you? It’s been a while since I last posted. I’ve been busy with work, making holiday cards in the evening and dealing with my car. My goal is to have as many cards as possible done by Thanksgiving so I can enjoy December and not feel rushed to get things done. As for my car, tomorrow I need to take it back to the dealer to have the hood… Read More »
Happy Friday the 13th! Today’s card is for the Can You Case It weekly challenge. For my card, I decided to switch from a portrait to landscape version of a layout. To make my card I first started with the Festive Fireplace Bundle, stamped, colored (with various Stampin Write Markers I have purchased through out the year) and die cut with their matching die. For the fireplace you do need… Read More »
Happy Wednesday, we have made it half way through the week, it sure was rainy here yesterday and the rain will be back on Thursday. I have some errands to run, so today after work seems the best time, at this point they say no rain but you know how that works. Today I want to give a few friends a call I haven’t talked to for awhile, I had… Read More »
Happy Monday, how was your weekend? I had a pretty busy one, visited a few Holiday Craft shows where I picked up a Pumpkin Roll and some birthday gifts, stopped at a few consignment stores, Home Goods, Dollar Tree and food shopping – and that was just on Saturday. Sunday I decided just to take it easy, catch up on watching some You Tube video’s and watch a few Hallmark Christmas movies! Today’s… Read More »
Happy Friday, how’s your week been? I’ve been busy at work with little time for crafting this week. I’m looking forward to the weekend as there are Christmas Craft shows and special events happening all over our area. Hopefully I will be doing some shopping, I just love to decorate for Christmas. At the one craft show there is a man who comes with the best Pumpkin rolls, sure hope… Read More »
Happy Wednesday, half way through the week. They say today we should have temperatures in the mid 70’s, what a great fall day, I hope to spend my lunch hour enjoying it! How’s the weather in your neck of woods today? Today’s card is for the MOJO Monday 422 challenge, you can check out their blog by clicking here. When I saw the layout for this card it just screamed… Read More »
Happy Monday, welcome to the week. Not sure about you, but it takes me a few days to get use to it being lighter earlier in the morning and darker sooner at night. I forgot the change one of the kitchen clocks and it through me off this morning. Fun story about the clock in my car, a few years back in spring I couldn’t figure out how to change the clock… Read More »
So how’s your weekend been, have many trick or treater’s on Halloween? remember to set your clock back an hour? Having a nice evening Saturday (mid 50’s and clear) made for a lot of trick or treater’s in the neighborhood, around 140 (neighbor across the street counted them), most we have had in a long time, normally we average around 70. I enjoy seeing all the cute costumes on the little… Read More »
So how was your Thursday, mine was just fine, a few meetings at work then a roasted chicken with glazed carrots for dinner, yum! After work today we plan on adding a few Halloween lights to the front yard in preparation for Halloween. We normally get about 75 kids, since its Saturday this year have a feeling we may just get more. Today’s card is for the Stamp Ink Paper… Read More »
Happy Wednesday, have way through the week and three more day’s until Halloween. Tonight I made a Halloween Fun Funfetti cake, it’s white inside with Black & Orange sprinkles, orange icing and sprinkles on top. Today’s card is for the MOJO Monday weekly challenge, it’s a Tall & Skinny card which measures 3.5″ x 11″ – scored at 5.5″ for a top folding card that fits into a normal whisper white… Read More »
Brrrr, it’s cold outside. Happy Monday, hope you all had a great weekend. It’s another cold morning here, I needed to turn the furnace on, hope I will only need it on for a few hours this morning. Today’s card is for the Can You Case It weekly challenge, this week is a sketch challenge. I’d been looking at my washi tape this past weekend and decided when I saw… Read More »
It’s amazing how fast the weekend seems to go when your busy. Hard to believe it’s almost Sunday night, looking forward to kicking back and watching the Hallmark Good Witch Halloween movie I taped Saturday night, might even have some popcorn with it! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge Sketch weekly challenge, which just happens to be a color challenge. Don’t forget to check out their blog.… Read More »
Happy Wednesday, did you place your order yet for your wish list stamps? There is only three days left of the 15% off sale (not including bundles, rotary or clearance sets), might want to do some shopping today. My card for today is for the CanYouCaseIt weekly challenge. As soon as I saw the colors involved I knew immediately what I wanted to do! Don’t forget to check out their… Read More »
So how’s the weather in your neck of the woods? It’s getting cold here, we might even have our first frost tonight and see a snowflake or two, something I am just not ready for. I’ve even had to break out my closed in shoes vs. wearing my flip flops or sandals. I had a great Friday working on numerous projects and making a great dinner (corn casserole with barbeque chicken,… Read More »
Happy Friday! It’s a good day for me as I’m on vacation today! I plan to prepare for my Sunday Stampers Group and start working on some holiday cards for some special people. Last night I did another DIY workshop at Home Depot and learned about making a mosaic mirror, it’s given me a few ideas. Now on to some card making . . . Today’s card is for the… Read More »
Happy Wednesday, half way through the week, how’s yours going? Today’s card is for the Can You Case It weeky challenge, Halloween Edition. I’d like to thank Rochelle for picking my card from challenge 89 as a Design Team Member pick, you can see that original post here, now let’s make a card . . . Not only do I have a card for you but a Witches Hat for my pumpkin… Read More »
Boy was that an exciting end to the Monday Night football game last night, Steelers won 24-20 in the final seconds and I won my fantasy game! It’s this first win for the Steelers on the west coast in ten years. Little tired this morning, but a cup of coffee or two and I’ll be feeling better. Today’s card is for the Fab Friday challenge. To make my card I started with… Read More »
Are you ready for some football? As a Steelers fan I’m ready for some Monday Night Football. It’s gonna be an interesting game, let me explain. I participate in a fantasy football league (I’m 3-1), both myself and my opponent each have a player in the game tonight (both players are Steelers) so while I want the Steelers to win, I sure hope Bell scores all the touchdowns and not… Read More »
It’s Sunday night and I’m sitting down to right this after a busy day. My husband has been wanting Potato pancakes for dinner for awhile and tonight was the night, they were good bet messy to make, atleast for me. The best part of the meal turned out to be dessert. If you check out Pinterest you may have seen a fall dessert called “Apple Roses” – super thin slices of… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend. Don’t know about you but its been a busy late night week for me a work. I’ve not had any time to craft this week until this morning, now that I’ve made my card for todays post I feel a little better. I’ve some errands to run and hope to make another card or project today. Card for today is for the Stamp… Read More »
Happy Monday, welcome to the work week. Hope you had a nice weekend. I made a few cards last night in preparation for this week. Work will include some longer days as it’s month/quarter end close and I’m in the accounting field. I wanted to make sure I had a few cards to post this week and it was one of other nights when the idea’s just poured. Today’s card is… Read More »
It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m enjoying the sunny day here, it surely makes you feel like doing more things. When the weather is cold and damp I just don’t feel like doing much, though I did make some awesome beef vegetable soup, it was so good I did not even need or want noodles with it! Today it’s a meatloaf and homemade mashed potatoes (vs. the bag/box kind). Now on… Read More »
Happy Saturday, it’s rather cool (low 40’s) and rainy but we are still having our yard sale today, thank goodness we have a carport to hold it under. I’ve actually sold some of the cards I’ve posted on my blog, which sure makes me feel good! Today’s card is for the Stamp Ink Paper challenge “Card Makers Choice” and is inspired by and for all the people that have come out… Read More »
Happy Friday! Thursday was a nice sunny day here but on the cooler side, I even had to break out my wooly slippers, my toes were freezing in the house. I’m not a fan of closed in shoes, my knick name in high school was toes since I’ve been known to wear flip flops in the end of winter – outside! Today’s card is for the Mojo Monday weekly challenge.… Read More »
Happy Thursday, it’s a nice cool morning here, perfect if you ask me, nothing better than sitting in my favorite chair with the windows opening, a cool breeze and a hot cup of coffee! Unfortunately we are in for a rainy weekend which is a bummer as my husband has planned a yard sale, hopefully it will all work out ok. Today’s card is for the Can You Case It… Read More »
Happy Tuesday, hope you are having a good week so far. Today’s project is for the Global Design Project, Case the Designer by Louise Sharp. They say you can be inspired by anything on this card. What inspires you in this card to make it your own project. I used the theme of Christmas and colours of Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Gold Glimmer. Here is the banner: I created… Read More »
Welcome to the weekend, any special plans? I did not get to do any crafting since our plans changed, but I did sneak in some time already today to complete todays card. Hopefully I’ll have additional time later today. The card for today is for the Stamp Ink Paper Color Challenge #15, you can see the banner below. Last week my card was chosen by Andrea as a design team… Read More »
It’s Friday and what makes it even better is I am using a vacation day today! Funny how you can still wake up at the same time the alarm normally goes off. Nothing special planned, might drive to the outlet mall, I haven’t been there for a while and of course try to get some crafting time in, have a few idea’s I’d like to try with the new Festive Flower… Read More »
Happy Thursday, hope you are all having a good week. Last evening we closed the pool for the winter, such a sad day. This weekend we will put away the balance of the “summer” yard furniture and get ready for fall/winter. While I really do love my time in the pool, I also love to have the house decorated for Christmas (we start in mid November). Now on to some… Read More »
Yeah for me, I won again this week in my fantasy football league – 48 to 11. Years ago we started the league in my office at work and while most people now work for different companies we’ve continued the league as a way to stay in touch. Not to brag, but last year I won the league, not bad for a girl! Today’s card is for the Can You… Read More »
So how’s your weekend so far? This morning while getting ready to leave for my Sunday Stampers group, I saw these guys in woods behind my house and just needed to snap a photo, like how they are looking at me as I look at them! Tomorrow I will share with you the cards we made today, make sure to stop back. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew… Read More »
Happy Weekend Eve (better known as Friday). Before I share today’s card, thought I would share with you the finished project from the Ladies Night Workshop at Home Depot last night. This weekend I will be painting, decorating and putting in the front yard. It was a lot of fun to make, I was able to use power tools and even ran into someone I knew at the workshop. Looking… Read More »
Hope all is well with you today. Weather is perfect, wish it would stay like this, cool at night and upper 70’s during the day. I’m really looking forward to this evening, I’m participating in a ladies only workshop at Home Depot to make a Rustic Decorative Pumpkin Stand. I saw the post on Facebook and decided to give it a try. I’ll let you know how it goes Friday. Card for today… Read More »
Hope you week is going good, weather here has improved since the weekend and its warm and sunny again! I’ll be working on my Sunday Stampers Cards this week during the evenings, coming up with the final three cards we will make, one for Halloween, Fall and Christmas featuring stamps from the new Holiday catalog. Stop back Sunday to see the cards we made. My card for today is for… Read More »
No one likes having to make a sympathy card, unfortunately this past weekend I needed to make one to send to a friend who lost his mother this past week. I knew I wanted a light and cheerful card that hopefully puts a smile on his face. I thought the design for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch was perfect for an elegant. My card features the Heartfelt Sympathy Photopolymer… Read More »
Hope you are having a good weekend, I’ve enjoyed mine. I’ve had time to make some cards, do some fall cleaning and even make a new fall wreath for the front of my house. Dinner dishes are clean and now it’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy my Sunday evening. Card for today is for the Freshly Made Sketches weekly challenge. This weeks sketch is by Jen M. I decided… Read More »
Happy Saturday, its much cooler and rainy here today compared to what it was like last week (hot, humid & sunny). It’s the perfect day for some crafting (I have a special birthday card to make for next Saturday) and make something warm and comforting for dinner, just not sure what that is yet. Today’s post is for a brand new card challenge site formed with Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all… Read More »
Two days done and two to go in the work week, feels good to be half way thru. Tomorrow is the opening of NFL with Steeler vs. Patriot game around 8:30pm, looking forward to that as well as the Pirates play at 7pm and AJ Burnett is starting after being out with an injury, looking forward to the evening of Pittsburgh sports! Hopefully both will have a winning outcome! Now… Read More »
Welcome to the short work week, four day weeks seem to fly by, gotta love that. Tonight I have my fantasy football draft and I’m looking forward to it. I was lucky enough last year to be the league champ! Since it’s Tuesday that means Stampin Up has new weekly deals, don’t forget to check them out. Click on my Weekly Deals page to see them. Today’s card is for… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you are enjoying the long weekend! I’ve been doing a little crafting, swimming, spending time with friends and using my new pressure cooker. So far I’ve made a Peach Cobbler (had the left overs over ice cream) and Bar-b-q ribs, with homemade sauce. I’ve starting understand how to use the pressure cooker. Looking forward to making a variety of dinners in it! Today’s card is for the Freshly… Read More »
Happy Friday! Not sure about you but I’m sure looking forward to the long weekend. I’m planning on trying my new Pressure Cooker for a Peach Cobbler and some spareribs. Tonight after work my husband and I are planning an evening of take-out and night swimming. The water in the pool is starting to get warmer and perfect for night swimming. Do you have any special plans? My card for today… Read More »
Wednesday the half way point of the week, not sure about you but I am looking forward to the Labor Day weekend. The weather here is hot and humid with no chance of changing until sometime next week so the official last weekend of summer will be a great pool weekend! I’m already planning nice simple meals so I can spend my time swimming and crafting, two of my favorite things! Today’s… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope all is well with you. It’s nice to be back in the groove at home again. Last night I had a nice dinner with my husband for his birthday. For a few short months we are the same age, then in January I become the older women. Today I am looking forward to some time for card making. They’ve opened a Home Goods store close by and I… Read More »
Happy Friday, don’t know about you but I’m looking forward to the weekend. I’ll be working on getting ready for my Sunday Stampers workshop on Sunday and packing for a business/vacation trip. The first five days are business, followed by four vacation days including a trip to Wildwood New Jersey with my brother and his family. Today’s card is for the CanYouCaseIt weekly challenge, created by Billie. For my card… Read More »
Happy Monday. Yesterday was not a good softball day, the team was one and done in the final day of the tournament. Made some good nacho’s to eat while watching the Steelers and Pirates since both were on Sunday night at 8pm. I had the baseball game on, fell asleep and missed the 9 run 7th inning. Oh well, maybe another day. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew… Read More »
So how’s your weekend been so far? I’m getting ready to go watch some softball, hopefully my husband’s team “Badd Newz” will have a good run and get to play in the finals for the Cranberry Cup, wish them luck. Thought I would share a special picture from the celebration yesterday, it’s my Aunt’s and Uncle on the Sutterlin side of the family (my dad) – in order left to… Read More »
Happy Friday! It’s been a busy work week and the weekend is rather filled as well. We have the Cranberry Cup Softball Tournament Saturday and Sunday, a party Saturday night and some general errand running to do. One thing I’m looking forward to is sleeping out on the sun porch tonight, the temperature is going down to around 60 degrees and I just love sleeping with a cool breeze blowing… Read More »
This coming weekend is the annual Cranberry Cup Softball Tournament in our community to benefit deserving families. My husband has a team in the tournament and we’ll be seeing friends that just had a baby girl. I’ve used this weeks CYCI sketch as my inspiration for the card I will be pairing with a baby size Pittsburgh Steelers fleece blanket I made as a gift for the baby. Don’t forget… Read More »
So how’s everything with you today? I’ve had a pretty busy day, it started with making French toast for breakfast, hanging in the pool for a few hours, making a bunch of cards and dinner. Hanging in the pool may not seem like busy work, but when I saw the weather forecast for next weekend (trust me, it’s not pool weather) I wanted to make sure I got a few… Read More »
For only being a four day work week, it seems like it has lasted forever, really glad tomorrow is Friday. I’ve a lot of crafting to do over the weekend. While I’ve been glad that I work indoors since it’s been so hot & humid, the weather makes for warm pool water and I’ve enjoyed some late evening swims. The pool seems just like a bathtub before you need to… Read More »
I really enjoyed convention last week and now it’s back to the daily grind. It’s amazing how it takes a few days to get back to ‘normal’ after a trip. The weather here is so hot & humid here in Cranberry that I don’t want to venture outside, good thing I have work and laundry to keep me busy. Hopefully in a few days the weather will get cooler, I’m looking… Read More »
Thought I would sneak in making one final card before I leave tomorrow for the last Stampin Up Convention in Salt Lake City. The convention starts Thursday and ends on Saturday, I will be joining Ann, Linda and Valory from the 24/7 Stampers. As the week goes on, I will be posting the cards I made for some of the swaps I am participating. Today’s card is for the Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #6, Tic-Tac-Toe –… Read More »
Who doesn’t like a good cupcake for their birthday? Afraid of all the calories, then today’s card is just for you! My card is for the MOJO Monday 406 challenge, sketch by Julee Tilman below. Check out their blog here. My card features the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper Stack and matching Washi tape. The cup cake was created using the Sprinkles of Life stamp set and replaces the star in the… Read More »
Happy Friday eve, an interesting way to look at Thursday night. Friday marks my last day of work until July 28th, it’s vacation time and the Stampin Up Convention next week. Looking forward to see old friend and hopefully making some new ones. Before I get to far into tonight’s post, I would like to thank Justin and his team at Stamp Ink Paper Blog for picking my submission for challenge #4 as… Read More »
So how is your Tuesday, mine is pretty good. Next week I will be going to the final Stampin Up Convention as we know them today and my badge and bag voucher came in the mail. I better get to finishing those swaps, its closing in on me! Today’s card is for the CanYouCaseIT weekly challenge, check out their blog here. First a little background on how I came up… Read More »
In a few short hours it will be Friday, the day before the weekend, yeah!!! It’s been a busy night here as my brother and his family arrived for a four day visit. My nephew will be a senior in high school this year so they are doing college visits (Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh) and visiting me as well. Since I needed to work a little later… Read More »
Happy Wednesday, half way through the week and one sleep away from my brother and his family coming for a visit. They are doing a college tour trip with my nephew and will coming into Pittsburgh tomorrow and will be spending a few days with us before leaving on Monday. While visiting I plan on letting my niece, and fellow crafter, loose in the craft room and will feature her… Read More »
Hopefully were you live you were able to enjoy fireworks last night. For us, next weekend is when our community has their annual community days and fireworks, we watched some firework shows on television and they were great! I enjoyed the 4th by doing some craft projects and spending a few hours in the swimming pool, it was a great day for that! Today is food shopping day, when you… Read More »
Hi there, how’s the weekend going for you? It rained here all day Saturday and there even was a tornado that touched down about 2 miles from our house. Happy to report no one was hurt, but quite a few trees and power line were taken down. They said winds where 65-80 miles per hour. Today the temperature may only hit around 60°, way to cold for the end of… Read More »
Well it’s Thursday and we are one day closer to the weekend. After I beautiful day on Wednesday, back to rain again today, hopefully the weekend will be drier. Any special plans for this weekend? At this point mine is rather open but we all know how fast that can change, maybe something fun will pop up! Today’s card is for the Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #2, don’t forget to… Read More »
How’s your day going? No better way to end the day than making a card and posting it on your blog. Some people can’t believe how I fit this all in, but after a full day of work I find it rather relaxing to make a card. Normally I already have a layout planned and after a few tweaks a card is usually born. Todays card is for the CanYouCaseIt… Read More »
Well here we are one day into another work week. It was a pretty good day work wise and the weather is perfect this evening to be sitting out on the sun porch, not to hot & humid for a change. Today I received an email from the airlines regarding me about my flight to convention next month (like I’d forget). Funny think is it will be here before I know… Read More »
Todays card is for the CanYouCaseIt weekly challenge, this week is the “Summer Fun Edition”. What do you think of when someone says ‘summer’? When I think of the summer one of the first things that come to mind are the ice cream cones we would get to end the evening on the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey. From age 6 until around 25 each summer I would spend a… Read More »
Hi there, how is everything going with you? Do any stamping or crafting lately? This Sunday morning I was busy with my Sunday stampers and took a nice nap in the afternoon once I put away all the supplies. When stamping is at my house we seem to use soooooo many supplies, best I guess that’s the advantage to the stampers of been at my house. In the evenings I’ve… Read More »
Hi there, how’s the week going for you? I’m sitting here watching the CMT Music Award show red carpet show waiting for the show to start. Looking forward to seeing some of my favorite country artists perform, that includes Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood. For Carrie it’s her first performance since having her baby earlier this year. Today’s card is for a new Challenge blog that started this… Read More »
Happy Saturday. I’ve a busy day planned today, need to do some food shopping, need to make a card for graduation party Sunday and have a 60th Birthday party tonight. Tomorrow I will share the card and gift for tonight. Weather here to day is cloudy but they say it will get sunny and less humid as the day goes on. Let’s hope they are right! Hope you have some… Read More »
So how is everything with you? Things are pretty good here. Looking forward to the weekend, hopefully the weather will be better than they say, rain should only be allowed Monday-Thursday is my option. My order of new Stampin Up products came, I treated myself to 2nd day delivery so will have some new stamps to play with over the weekend. Look for some cool cards in the future days.… Read More »
Well today is the day – the new 2015-2016 Stampin’ Up Catalog goes live. Hopefully it will not take to long to place my order today. I’m sure there are stampers who stayed up late last night so that they could place their orders just after 2am MTN time (when the catalog should be active). I did set my alarm 20 minutes early to place mine 🙂 My card for… Read More »
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 32oz. drink called the “Tropical Lifesaver”, it’s made with Coconut Rum, Orange Vodka, Dekuyper Melon,… Read More »
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 – I can hear that bourbon & coke calling my name…. Today’s card… Read More »
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 I say down right cold, but once you go use to it,… Read More »
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 Card Sketch challenge. For my design, I used the retiring Lullaby Designer… Read More »
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, just maybe not pool weather. I’m hoping for clear skies and cool… Read More »
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 I used the Berry Basket Bigz L Die and Coaster Board to create… Read More »
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 be asking, why did you get to bed so late, well let… Read More »
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 is for the CanYouCaseIt weekly challenge, you can check out their blog… Read More »
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 put a slight twist on the design and instead of the banners… Read More »
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 temperatures 🙂 Today’s card is for the” Can You Case It” challenge,… Read More »
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 Craft Crew card sketch challenge. Don’t forget to stop over to their… Read More »
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 is for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. This week Kim is challenging… Read More »
Don’t know about you, but in these days of texting and emails, sometime it’s just nice to have a card handy to send that special thank you to that someone special. We all need to send more thank you cards to let people know we appreciate both the small and big things they do for us! I used this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch to help me create a great card to… Read More »
Hope all is well with you today, it’s Saturday morning, I’m sitting here having my coffee catching up on things. Thought I would start off with a quick card post. Not every card needs a theme when you start it, sometime it’s nice to have a card that based on what sentiment you stamp inside can be used for a variety of occasions, that’s what todays card is all about.… Read More »
So how’s your Monday going? Work was busy today and after dinner, I sat down closed my eyes and woke up an hour and a half later, hopefully I can sleep tonight. Getting ready to watch the season finale of Scorpion but wanted to get my card posted today. Remember tomorrow the retired list posts, stop back tomorrow and check it out. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card… Read More »
Each morning when I wake up I like to have a cup of coffee and check out some blogs before I start my day, it’s nice to see what some other demo’s are doing. This morning I came across the sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and just knew I needed to participate. My card is one of those that just “popped” into my head the minute I saw the sketch. I… Read More »
Happy Friday night, Welcome to the weekend. Have anything special planned? Nothing special for me, just your normal weekend chores, hopefully some crafting time as well. My husbands softball team starts Sunday which means a few hours of alone time for me at home, love the man but also love some alone time!♥ Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew challenge, you can see the sketch below. For this… Read More »
Happy Thursday, hope your week is moving along nicely. We just finished a few hours of some nasty storms. The creek behind our house is much higher and moving rather fast, I’m sure in a few hours all will be back to normal. There was a lot of rain in a short time. I even was three deer in the woods, haven’t seen any for quite some time. Today’s card… Read More »
It’s been a busy week at work and now its a busy Saturday. I’ve been making desserts for Easter Sunday dinner at my Aunt Helen’s and doing some last minute shopping. For the desserts I decided on Shot Glass Cheesecakes, Pistachio Bundt Cake & Congo Bars (chocolate chip cookies made in a sheet pan). Everyone brings something and we have a great time together. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft… Read More »
Today is March 31st, the last day of Sale-A-Bration 2015. It’s not to late to place an order to receive one of numerous Sale-A-Bration items. So I thought for the last day I would make a card for the Mojo Monday Challenge using Sale-A-Bration items. The card is a Tall & Skinny – mine measures 3½” x 5½” and is filled with layers. To go along with the card, I used the… Read More »
Happy Monday, I wanted to get in a couple more cards before Sale-A-Bration ends tomorrow and thought the Can You Case it weekly challenge had the perfect sketch to use. Butter was this weeks special guest designer. You can see the sketch below. For this card I used one of my favorite newer Sale-A-Bration items, Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Paper, which comes in a 6″x6″ paper stack. I used the… Read More »
Happy Saturday! There was snow on the grass when I woke up this morning, not sure about you but I’m ready for spring and warmer temperatures. Today I will planning my Easter desserts for next weekend, making sure I purchase what I can in advance. Made some macaroni salad last night and plan on making ham today and wings tomorrow for dinner to go with it, yummy! Hopefully will have… Read More »
Today is Purple Day – an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide! Did you know that when a dog is diagnosed with epilepsy they are treated with the same drugs as humans. Our first husky, Snowman, had epilepsy and I would go to the local drugstore to have his prescription filled. Here is a picture of him, he lived until he was 15 years old. The little guy with him is… Read More »
Happy Saturday! Today was a nice weather day here, temps actually hit the mid 50’s, the sun was in an out, but still an overall nice day. I did some crafting, making a few requested cards, I will share at a later day and some for posting now. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge #136, the sketch is below. For this card, I decided to… Read More »
Happy Friday, one more day, not sure about you but I’m ready to start the weekend! The weather has been really nice – in the 50’s the last few days. I even when to the store in my flip flops. I’ll be getting ready for my Sunday Stampers group Saturday – – – cutting paper, checking supplies and making a few more samples to share. We will be making a Berry Basket and doing… Read More »
Well it’s Tuesday and I’m watching a rerun of the The Big Bang Theory, for some reason I can watch these episodes over and over and enjoy them each time. I just love episode #100 when Penny gives Shelton the napkin signed by Leonard Nimoy and all the gift baskets he has ready to give her, even the hug at the end. Todays card is a Color Challenge for “Can You… Read More »
It’s Saturday and the sun is out! It’s amazing how seeing the sun can make you feel just that much better! I received my Costco rebate check this week so I’ll be off to Costco soon for some shopping, mostly stocking up on items we need – TP, paper towels and ketchup – three important items in this house! What are some of the must haves in your home? Todays… Read More »
One day until the weekend, yeah!!! I’m looking forward to the warmer weather expected this weekend, temperatures in the 40’s, it’ll be a heat wave. When I saw the sketch for this weeks “Freshly Made Sketches” hosted by Cindy Hall, I knew I needed to participate. The card is an elongated shape, 4″ x 9 1/4″ size. Don’t be concerned about an envelope, you can use a #10 regular business… Read More »
Happy Wednesday, hope you are having a good week. Weather here is cold & snowy again today, but they say its gonna be in the 40’s this weekend, kinda like a heat wave. Stampin Up released new weekly deals yesterday. At the bottom of the post after the products used on todays card is the list of new deals – – – gift boxes and bags are some of the cool… Read More »
Happy Monday, welcome to the work week. How was your weekend? Do anything exciting? I spent time crafting a bit then cleaning up the mess I made doing it. On Sunday I made some really good Beef Stew for dinner. After a snowy Sunday, we may actually have temperatures in the 40’s mid week, but I’ll believe it when it happens. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch weekly challenge #133. Stop… Read More »
Happy Saturday, just getting ready to settle down and watch some television this evening. There is always a movie to watch on the Hallmark channel! In our neck of the woods it’s been snowing since about 6am and we have about 6″ of snow. It was a great day to make some vegetable soup, turn on the fireplace and do some stamping. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew… Read More »
So how is the weather were you are? We are in a deep freeze, Friday morning with the wind chill we will be around -25°, now that is cold! About the only one who likes the weather tight now is our husky, Bandit. To me its the perfect weather to work on some crafts indoors. My card today is for the Freshly Made Sketches 174 challenge, brought to us by… Read More »
Happy Tuesday! Today I thought I would create a card for Can You Case It blog – its a Clean & Quick design. Stop by there blog to see other cool design. Who doesn’t like clean & quick when time is tight! For my clean & quick card I decided to highlight the Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper, a favorite at my Sunday Stamping group this week. The card base in… Read More »
Happy Valentine’s Day, any special plans today with your someone special? Today is one of the three days I do not cook (my birthday & anniversary are the other two), we will be having Chinese food from my favorite restaurant tonight for dinner and few Hallmark channel movies to watch – perfect Valentines Day for me with my husband! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. Thought… Read More »
Well the weekend is almost over, it always seems to go to fast. Today was overcast outside but crafty inside. I was able to create the card for today, a few future posts and two of the items I will be making with my Sunday Stampers this month. Today’s card actually works for two blogs, each week I like to participate in the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge and… Read More »
Saturday night and I’m relaxing watching the Valentine movies on the Hallmark channel. Great way to spend the evening with my husband, he enjoys watching the movies with me, we will most likely put the Penguin hockey game on a little later this evening. It’s funny as you watch these movies how you see the same group of actors in a variety of movies from holiday to valentine to general subject, I just love them all. … Read More »
Well it’s Super Bowl Sunday, what are your plans for the game? making any good snacks? We’ll be having some wings and pretzel bites with cheese, yum. It was nice to hear that former Pittsburgh Steeler Jerome Bettis was elected to the 2015 Class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, an honor he truly deserves! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. Here is this… Read More »
Happy Saturday to all of you! What are your plans for today? Shoveling snow, shopping or maybe some craft time? For me, its off to the drivers license office to get a new license. After that a little shopping at some of the shops around the office since in a different part of the county and I don’t get to them all that often. There is a scrapbook store near… Read More »
So who doesn’t want to be someone’s Valentine? Valentine’s Day is a day for not only sending a card to your sweetheart, but a great time to send a card to someone who is near and dear to you, say a friend, brother, sister-in-law, niece or nephew. Speaking of nephew’s, today I received a tin of homemade chocolate chip cookies for my birthday made for me by Jake. The cookies… Read More »
So how was your weekend? Do anything special? I enjoyed a nice relaxing Saturday and my Sunday Stampers group yesterday. Watched some football with my husband and some friends, wasn’t the end of the Seahawk’s game exciting, don’t see many pro game go to overtime for the winner. My card for today is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, don’t forget to check out their blog for other… Read More »
Hello Sunshine, the perfect phrase for today! It’s cold, but bright and sunny today, which goes along perfectly with my card. The inspiration for todays card is a friend of my husband & I, Tom G. Every time he sees me, he always says “Hello Sunshine”, I thought that was a great phrase for a card. The inside can then be stamped for a variety of occasions – get well, birthday… Read More »
How’s your weekend been? Saturday was really cold with a high of about 15 degrees and the sun was out all day. Today is rather gloomy as we are expecting a possible ice storm depending on where the rain/snow line ends up. Even though my football team is out of the playoffs, I’ve been watching/listening to the games all weekend, most have been rather exciting. Last night we watched the Penguin vs.… Read More »
So how cold it is for you? Currently we are at 10 degrees, brrrr. No snow today, but they say it will be back Friday. It’s the perfect weather to sit in front of the fire, look at the new 2015 Occasions & Sale-A-Bration catalogs and make your wish list. How many items on your list? Today’s card is for the Mojo Monday card sketch. My card highlights a few of the… Read More »
So how is your weekend going? It was gloomy here on Saturday with a freezing rain warning until 2pm, good day to stay in and make a few cards for some upcoming blogs. Made some homemade spaghetti sauce for the freezer and snacks for watching the Steeler football game with friends in the evening. Unfortunately the football was not the outcome we had hoped for, still a nice evening with friends.… Read More »
So what did you do January 1st, watch the Rose parade and football games or maybe start to take down Christmas decorations? I used the day to make some cards I will be sharing over the next few days and cooking a pork roast with sauerkraut, mashed potatoes and baked beans for our traditional New Years day dinner. I enjoy looking at the decorations, they will stay up in the… Read More »
I hope you all had a nice Christmas, we have a few parties this weekend, including one at our house tomorrow to prepare for. I’ve been off work for the entire week – where did the time go, hard to believe back to work after this weekend. Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, remember to visit their blog for other card idea’s. For my card,… Read More »
Happy Friday, today after work starts my holiday vacation until December 29th. Looking forward to doing some baking and working on swap cards using the new 2015 Occasions catalog items I preordered ( one of the perks of being a demonstrator). Look for the swap card to premier on January 9th. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, you can see the sketch below. Don’t forget to stop… Read More »
Welcome to the weekend. Less than two weeks before Christmas, where has the time gone, seems like we just finished decorating. Not sure about you but I still need to finish some shopping this weekend. I did take time this week to do a little shopping. Since I started card making, I don’t remember the last time I visited a card store until this week. I am a big fan… Read More »
Tomorrow is Friday, one day closer to the weekend. Hope you have been having a good week. I’ve been busy with work, getting ready for all the vacations in my department starting mid-month. Hard to believe Christmas is two weeks from today, where has the time gone! My card for today is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, I was lucky enough to be voted one of the… Read More »
So how has your week started? Weather has been cold, but they are saying we may see some snow over the next couple days, joy joy happy joy, only my husky Bandit is looking forward to that. I’ve been busy with work and decided tonight was the perfect time for a little craft relaxation. Nothing is better after a stressful day than to spend some time crafting. Tonight’s card is for the MOJO Monday sketch challenge.… Read More »
Happy Sunday, it’s going to be cold and sunny day, better than yesterday which was cold and rainy. Plan on doing a little more Christmas shopping today for before the birthday party for Jackson today (yesterday I posted his birthday card). Saturday was pretty busy with cleaning, shopping and cooking. Made some homemade spaghetti sauce for the upcoming week and freezer – yummy for the tummy! The card for today… Read More »
Hard to believe the four day weekend is almost over, where did the time go. I am happy to report all presents are purchased, wrapped and packaged to send to my brother and his family in New Jersey, its always a good feeling to have this done, now I will concentrate on all the other gifts. Just plan on relaxing this evening in preparation for the upcoming week which will be busy… Read More »
Don’t know about you but I’m not a big Black Friday shopper, getting up to shop at 4-6am – why? I do plan on doing some shopping, but later in the day. So how was your Thanksgiving? Hopefully you enjoyed some time with family and friend having some great food and drink. Turkey, stuffing and all the fixings sure was yummy, not to mention the pumpkin pie with whipped cream!… Read More »
Happy Pre-Thanksgiving Day! Are you all getting ready for turkey day like I am this evening? I’ll be working on as much prep work as possible to make Thursday run smoothly. I just love watching the Macy’s parade Thursday morning while smelling the turkey in the oven. Tonight we have our traditional pre-Thanksgiving dinner of salad and pizza, something we started some 25+ years ago when we married. I have… Read More »
Note to self – when you hear on the news there is a chance for icy conditions, pay attention when walking out the front door. Saturday was not as productive as I had hoped. I was up rather early for a Saturday, ran a load of wash, showered, had breakfast and started to help decorate the sun porch when I had a bad sinus headache hit so I took some… Read More »
Hi there, welcome to the weekend! Hope you are all doing well and have some fun things planned. Last night we meet our friends Laurie & Walt and enjoyed the evening out with them, always nice to see friends. Today I will be putting some finishes touches on the living room “Winter Wonderland” and then it will be all ready for Christmas – knowing me between now and then a… Read More »
Good morning, hope you are all staying warm and enjoying the weekend. I ran some errands yesterday, made a birthday for a special little boy for his first birthday, will post that card December 1st and finished the Christmas swag for above our television – colors are green, red and gold. I’ll be posting a photo of the swag on Instagram – follow me at “Cqueen309”. Today I plan on… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend! Not sure about you but I had a busy week at work and look forward to some down time. I do have a busy weekend planned, need to run some errands, make some meals for next week and get ready for my Sunday Stampers Stamp Group, just love the smell of fresh cut paper! Stop back Sunday to see the cards we made.… Read More »
Welcome to the beginning of the work week. Hopefully that extra hour of sleep yesterday is not dragging you down today. Sunday was a rather productive day for me, I spent about 4 hours organizing my craft space. Need to get started on holiday cards and its a lot easier when things are organized. My card for today is a design by Rita from Freshly Made Sketches, you can see… Read More »
Good morning, hopefully you all enjoyed that extra hour of sleep that night, I know I did. The Christmas movies started on the Hallmark channel and let’s just say I was up a little to long last night. Funny how I can watch the same movie again and still enjoy it, something about the holidays – I just love them. Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope you are enjoying your weekend. This morning I went to the annual “Farkleberry Craft” Show to check out the crafts. I always enjoy seeing what others do. One women was selling scissor holders with a magnetic backing, I thought about how I misplace my scissors in my craft room and thought with this holder I can have them on my filing cabinet so I picked a cute dog patten, now hopefully… Read More »
Happy Sunday hope you are having a great day. Weather here is beautiful today – sunny, windy and warm for this time of year, perfect day to spend on the sun porch relaxing and crafting, I am working on a Christmas swag for my living room. Once I have the swag complete, I will post a photo. Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #115, the sketch… Read More »
Hi there, hope you are having a good week, one day to go until the weekend. For todays selection I stopped over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog for this weeks design by Jen M. For some reason when I saw the sketch the first thing I thought of was stars. For my design I used a card base of Night of Navy and Silver as my color selection, beautiful for a holiday… Read More »
Happy Tuesday, hope you week is going well. Today is the last day of my vacation, back to work tomorrow. I’ve had a lot of fun on my “stay-ca-tion”. Over the last few days I have done some shopping, spa time, crafting, parties with friends – including a surprise 40th birthday party, I feel rested and ready to get back to work. Today I thought I would share a card… Read More »
Happy Monday, I’m enjoying another couple vacation days this week, so I thought I would post this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch in between projects I am working on using the Four Feathers stamp set (with matching framelits) and a request for a card with butterflies as a wreath. I would like to say thank you for being picked as a Featured Artisan for PCCCS#112! Click here to see that post.… Read More »
Happy Friday, hope you all have an exciting weekend planned, I know I do. Today I need to cut the paper and prepare for my Sunday stamping group. Have a few events to go to this weekend so I will be making some great appetizers and cards to take with me, two of my favorite things, cooking and crafting. I’m one of those that most times find cooking and crafting… Read More »
Happy Friday to me!, oops it’s only Wednesday – but if you are on vacation for the next few days it’s Friday! Yeah. I have a busy few days ahead of me with a variety of appointments and scheduled crafting time as well! This weekend my ‘Sunday Stampers’ meet so I will be finishing up the paper cutting and getting everything ready. Next week I will post the projects we completed,… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you all had a great weekend. Thought I would start off this week with my card for the Freshly Made Sketches 157 challenge. The sketch is below. My card for this sketch is clean & simple and could be used for a variety of reasons, based on the greeting added to the inside. The card base is Whisper White and a top folding card. There is a piece… Read More »
Hi there, hope all is well with you today. Last week was a very busy week at work and my crafting was put on the back burner for a few days – but I am back today with my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. Below is my card and here is how I put it together. The card base is Whisper White cut 4.25″ x 11″, top… Read More »
Well the weekend is almost over, now we are gearing up for another week. The weather was chilly here today and we actually saw a few snow flakes last night. Let me make it clear – I am not ready for snow, I would prefer cool morning and 70’s during the day. Did any of you make any cards this weekend in honor of World Card Making Day? I worked… Read More »
Happy Friday, hope you had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend. I’m sitting on my porch enjoying the evening air waiting for the rain storm to start. Today was in the 70’s and Saturday is expected to be in the low 50’s for the high – talk about a change in weather. For todays card I am completing the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #112, and… Read More »
Happy Wednesday, almost halfway through the week. Tonight is a big night here in Pittsburgh, the Pirates are playing a wild card baseball game – if they win they start the climb to the World Series, I wish them luck! The team has asked for a ‘black out’ (wear black shirts to the game), I will be wearing by black polka dot jammies as I watch the game tonight. LOL. Now… Read More »
Where has the weekend gone, seems like I was just having my Saturday morning coffee and now its time to clean up Sunday dinner dishes. While both Pittsburgh sports teams did not have a good day today, I on the other hand did – I put together a new fall wreath for outside our front door. Thought I would share a picture below. Now on to designing the new red deco… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hope you all have some great plans for the weekend. The weather here will be ‘summer’ like, so a great day to spend some time outside. My husband and I have been discussing how we plan to decorate this holiday season – we love have the Christmas tree up with the lights on in the evening. We have decided we need floral decoration for above the television, over… Read More »
Hope you are having a great day. This morning I was checking a few of my favorite blogs while having coffee and when I saw the sketch for the Pals Paper Artist 221 Challenge, I knew I needed to participate. Over the past few weeks I have been putting together different holiday cards using the Wonderous Wreath stamp set from the 2014 Holiday Catalog and I knew there was a… Read More »
Happy Saturday, hopefully your weather will be as nice as it will be here today, plan on spending some time outside since it’s suppose to rain Sunday. Today I need to decide on the final to cards my Sunday Stampers will be making tomorrow, I have some great sample cards – I will share will you tomorrow the cards I picked. Yesterday my husband and I spent the day with… Read More »
Hi there, hope you are having a good week. I’ve been busy, last night my husband & I went to the Pittsburgh Pirate vs. Boston Red Sox baseball game, boy was it a good one. Pirates hit 3 homeruns and won 9-1, Raise the Jolly Roger!! Today is my Friday for the work week, I have a vacation day planned for tomorrow! Hopefully with all the items I have planned I… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope everyone had a great weekend. The weather here was beautiful, cool mornings and pleasant sunny afternoons. Below is the sketch for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch, boy was it hard for me to come up with an idea, then BAM – I had an idea. First I needed to find the right piece of designer paper, since I wanted to use the baby theme, Lullaby… Read More »
Good morning, hope you are having a great weekend. Not sure about where you live, but the weather here sure has changed. Friday it was in the upper 80’s, sunny and humid. After work Friday, decided not to run my errands, but spend some time in the pool, never know when pool time will end! Saturday started sunny and humid, but by mid-afternoon there was a “cool” breeze and I… Read More »
Happy Wednesday night, I must say these four day work weeks are nice, already half way through the work week. Looking forward to my haircut Thursday evening, for some reason its always nice to have someone else wash your hair! Best part, will be when I get home and my husband will have made dinner, I see spaghetti and salad in my future. Today’s post is for the Paper Craft Crew… Read More »
Happy Labor Day, if you have the day off from work, hope you are enjoying it with family or friends. It’s humid and rainy here again today, not exactly cookout weather. We ended up visiting with friends last night, just plan on taking it easy today and making a few cards. While in the pool Saturday, thought about the card I would make for this weeks Just-Add-Ink # 229 challenge,… Read More »
Happy Sunday, we are half way through the Labor Day weekend. Yesterday it was nice and sunny in the afternoon so I took advantage of it and spent about 2 1/2 hours in the pool. The mix of upper 80 degree temperature ad 74 degree water made for a nice combination. While floating around it gave me time to think about two design challenges I wanted to make cards for. For… Read More »
Saturday morning I checked out the “Just Add Ink” blog and saw that they had a colour challenge this week. The colors are: Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss and Calypso Coral – from Stampin’ Up, so I thought I would give it a try. The weather on Saturday afternoon was perfect to spend some time in the pool, so I thought about the color combo and knowing I wanted to try this “Cascading… Read More »
Happy Wednesday, halfway through the work week! While my card has fall in mind, the weather today was warm and humid – not to fall like. They it should be like this through the weekend, hopefully good pool weather Saturday – sure would be nice to use it a little more before we close it up. Each Wednesday a new sketch is released for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch… Read More »
Happy Saturday, glad its the weekend. Yesterday was an enjoyable vacation day. Started the day by going to the Rogers Flea Market in Ohio with my husband. We picking up a few neat items. In the one aisle you can smell the most wonderful Amish donuts, we decided to give them a try (sugar coated for me and vanilla glazed for the hubbie), I can honestly say they were the best donuts… Read More »
Happy Thursday, my last day of work for a long 5 day weekend! Here is this weeks sketch for Mojo Monday design challenge. If you click on the sketch it will take you to the Mojo Monday blog for designs by there design team as well as other fellow crafters. Here is the card I designed. I was looking at some extra pieces just laying around on my desk and loved… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you had a great weekend, back to the daily grind! Short four day week for me, I have a vacation day set for Friday – my husband and I will be going to the “Rogers Flea Market” for the day, great way to spend time looking for some vintage items and great local produce. Will let you know it goes Saturday! This weekend I found the “Just… Read More »
It’s a beautiful day here in Cranberry Township, sun is out and should hit around 85 degrees today, perfect pool weather. My husbands softball team, Badd Newz, won their game this morning. Next weekend is the payoffs, unfortunately I will miss the games due to Sunday Stampers Card class – I wish the team all the luck in the world! Here is the sketch for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches… Read More »
Happy Saturday, sure hoping your having a good weekend so far. Last night we spent the evening at the church fair, always a good time, seeing both family and friends. They have about two dozen raffle baskets, hopefully I will get a call Sunday night that I won the Coach purse, a girl can never have too many purses! Today has been busy, getting ready for card class next weekend and some general crafting.… Read More »
Today is another challenge sketch I thought I would try. When I was thinking of what to do, I saw an extra tag on my desk, laid it down against some designer series paper and a card was born. With challenges I am finding I either have an idea quickly or it can take days, luckily this was a quick one! Here is this weeks Mojo Monday sketch challenge. … Read More »
Happy Monday. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I had a busy weekend with my husbands softball tournament, unfortunately they did not win the championship – but they had a great time playing for a good cause, maybe next year! Thought I would try a new challenge this week. Here is the Freshly Made Sketches 147 design. Here is the card I designed, I changed the layout to… Read More »
Happy Thursday, one day to go and the weekend is here, yeah! Here is a card I made for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #103, perfect to send some photo’s to a new friend from convention this year! Here is the card I made, using the Snapshot stamp I received at convention this year. Love the color combination of Basic Black – Real Red – Crushed Curry and… Read More »
Hi there, here is my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #102, its been a long week with the Stampin’ Up Convention and some added vacation days, little behind in posting updates. I will be sharing some swap cards from convention over the next few days. Here is the sketch for this week: Now for the card, I twist on a swap card I made for convention. … Read More »
Happy Friday, today at 5pm I started my vacation! Next week I will be in Salt Lake City for the Stampin’ Up Convention and some sightseeing. Looking forward to meeting up with demonstrators I met last year and the new one’s I’ll meet this year! Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch#101, each Wednesday a new sketch is announced, here is this weeks sketch. Here is my… Read More »
Hope you all had an enjoyable weekend with family and friends. I enjoyed having my brother and his family here for the long weekend, even had some crafting time with my niece which is always nice! Here is the sketch for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #100 challenge. Click on the sketch to visit the PCC blog and see other designs. Here is how I created this weeks… Read More »
Hope you are all having a nice weekend. Weather was beautiful here Saturday, spent over 6 hours enjoying my pool, so that means a lot of things to do today, but that’s ok, weather will not be “pool” weather so errands it is. Need to get ready, my brother Michael and his family will be visiting for a long weekend starting Thursday. Here is this weeks card for the Paper… Read More »
Let me first say thank you to Paper Craft Crew for selecting me as a Featured Artisan for Sketch #96, it is a honor and I enjoy participating! Sketch #98 proved to be a challenge as I decided to use every color in the piece of “Sweet Taffy” Designer Series Paper I used as the background. Woo Hoo! I did it! Here is this weeks sketch. Click on the… Read More »
Happy Thursday, it’d been a rather rainy week here in the ‘burgh, which seems to always happen when Pittsburgh hosts the Three Rivers Art Festival. Luckily the weekend weather forecast is sunny and 80, grilling, pool time and swaps for convention on my schedule! Here is the sketch for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #97. Each Wednesday a new sketch is given and the fun begins. I like to… Read More »
Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Saturday was nice and sunny, I was able to get about 2 1/2 hours in the pool! Today is overcast and we have had a few rain showers, guess that’s what we are in for today. That’s actually ok, I can work on some card designs, Monday my first order from the new Stampin’ Up! catalog arrives and I can hardly wait – its… Read More »
First let me start by saying Happy Friday, sure do like these short work weeks, even if I get confused on what day it is! Here is my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge. This card actually came together rather easy for me. I knew I wanted to use items from my pre-order for the 2014-2015 Stampin’ Up Catalog (one of the perks of being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator)… Read More »
Happy Memorial Day, let me first thank all the service men and women – past and present who have served our great country – you are reason we have the freedoms we do today! It’s been a busy weekend around here, we opened the pool which is an all day affair and had some great bar-b-q and grilled steak. This week I decided to do the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch… Read More »
Happy Saturday, today I decided to try the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. Here is a look at the sketch. Here is the card a designed: For my card, I decided to use a card base of Gumball Green(retiring) and Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper as my background and tag. I really like the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, it’s a great punch to have, all you need… Read More »
Happy Friday! It’s been a busy week at work and I am looking forward to relaxing, spending some time crafting and getting a mani/pedi, (a great way to relax). Our anniversary was this week (26 years!). It was a cold, rainy day so we decided to have dinner out Saturday night at a favorite restaurant to celebrate, no sense going out in the pouring rain My card today is for… Read More »
