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… Read More: Jolly MOJO428 »
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… Read More: Mint Thank You SIP#26 »
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… Read More: CYCI#98 – Tag a Card »
Happy Sunday, Are you working on: Ppurchasing and wrapping holiday gifts? Wondering what to do for small items or gift cards? Have left over “non holiday” designer series paper? Why use this paper to create some pillow boxes or treat bags? Today’s project shows a square pillow box and treat bag I created for the Christmas holiday that uses left… Read More: Outside the Box with Designer Paper »
Happy Birthday Jackson! Today is my cousin Lisa’s, son’s birthday – he is 2. Thought I would share his shaker birthday card with you. Lisa has two boys and one of the reasons I purchased the “No Bones About It” stamp set was knowing it would be great to use for their birthdays! The card starts with a base… Read More: No Bones Birthday »
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… Read More: Flowers for SIP#24 »
Happy Thanksgiving! I am grateful for each one of you for taking time today to visit my blog, have a great day! Thought you might enjoy these fun facts to impress your family and friends with today: The first Thanksgiving was held in the autumn of 1621 and included 50 Pilgrims and 90 Wampanoag Indians and lasted three… Read More: Happy Thanksgiving »
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… Read More: Snow Place like #GDP012 »
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… Read More: Grateful for SIP#23 »
Each month I have a group of ladies who meet to stamp the 3rd Sunday of the month, they are called my Sunday Stampers, today was our November date. Thought I would share with you the cards we made. First is the Festive Flower Card: Card base is Sahara Sand, stamped with Sahara Sand ink using the flower… Read More: Nov 2015 Sunday Stamper Cards »
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… Read More: MC with CYCI #94 »
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… Read More: Let it Snow with #GDP010 »
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… Read More: Make a Wish for PCCCS#169 »
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… Read More: Clean & Simple for SIP#21 »
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… Read More: Grateful for MOJO422 and Weekly Deals »
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… Read More: Sitting by the Window for CYCI#93 »
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… Read More: For you PCCCS168 »
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… Read More: Hello SIP#20 »
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… Read More: Celebrate MOJO421 »
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… Read More: Washi tape and a Flower for CYCI#92 »
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… Read More: Tree Leaves for PCCCS167 »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend. I’m sitting out on the closed in sun porch and it’s not so sunny, the rain has started and I can feel a cool breeze. The breeze is ok because I can also smell the big pot of homemade spaghetti sauce simmering on the stove. With rain in the forecast thought… Read More: Lovely as a Tree – FMS209 »
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… Read More: Acorny CYCI#91 »
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… Read More: Merry & Bright PCCCS#166 »
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… Read More: Shake a little Tide with SIP#18 »
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… Read More: CYCI#90 – Spooky »
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… Read More: FabFriday74 »
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… Read More: MOJO419 Black & Gold Christmas »
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… Read More: PCCCS165 – Grateful Heart »
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… Read More: SIP 17 Halloween Floral Birthday »