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… Read More: FMS189 »
Happy Hump Day, boy has the weather changed around here, 80’s and humid on the weekend and needing long pants and jackets today – hey it’s summer not fall. Bring on the warmth and sunshine please. I’ve been lucky enough to be asked to be part of the Splitcoast Stampin Up Creative Crew Group for the May-August 2015… Read More: CCREW0615CF – Birthday Wishes »
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… Read More: CYCI#72 »
Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend. For me Saturday was busy with running errands and visiting friends, Sunday was busy with some housework and moving all the retiring product out of my main stamping area and marking the catalog to know which stamp sets, punches, embossing folders, thinlit and framelits I have, what about you do… Read More: Butterfly Birthday »
Welcome to the weekend, any exciting plans? Last night we met friends for a night out to listen to the band No-Bad-Ju-Ju, it was a nice mix of old and new music. While sitting there waiting for the band to start we noticed the ladies beside us and a rather large drink one of them had, it’s a special… Read More: FMS188 »
Don’t know about you, but I surely had my days mixed up this week, thinking Wednesday was Tuesday and Thursday was Wednesday – guess these short work weeks have a tendency to do that to you. One think I know for sure is that today is Friday, woohoo !!! After work we are meeting friends for happy hour –… Read More: MOJO399 »
Todays card is one I completed for the Splitcoast Stampin Up Creative Crew project for June 2015 – Holiday Focus – June is the time for graduations and Father’s Day, make a fun fold card that is for a grad or dad in your life. For my choice, I picked a ‘Building Block’ card made for my cousin Shari… Read More: Congratulations Erika! »
Did you survive the Memorial weekend? Hope you had a great time know matter what you did. Here the weather started in the low 70’s on Saturday and by Monday ended up with temperatures in the mid 80’s with in/out sun and some humidity. The weather combination Monday was perfect to take that first dip in the pool. The water was rather chilly, or shall… Read More: CYCI#71- Retiring In-Colors »
Happy Memorial Day 2015! In memory of many, in honor of all. thank you to those who gave all, so that we can have all. God bless the U.S.A. Made with the new Sprinkles of Life Photopolymer stamp set with matching Tree Builder punch available June 2nd. Sprinkles of Life is the new Ronald McDonald House Charities stamp… Read More: Memorial Day 2015 »
Happy Birthday to my favorite nephew Jake, he turns 17 today! I stayed up late Friday night until just after midnight so that I could send him a Happy Birthday text! Here is a picture of Jake, rather handsome devil, isn’t he. He seems to be taller each time I see him. I hear he now wears size 12 shoes and is… Read More: Happy Birthday Jake »
Ready for the weekend, I know I sure am. Unfortunately the weather will not be warm enough for swimming, but we will be grilling out and having some homemade macaroni salad, hamburgers, hot dogs and ribs and hanging out with some friends. A great way to spend the weekend. Today’s post is for this week’s Paper Craft Crew… Read More: PCCCS145 »
Well it’s over the hump day, only two more days until the weekend. Anything special planned? The weather here has taken a turn, it’s much cooler than the humid days earlier in the week. They say the beginning of the weekend should be in the 70’s and sunny, with rain Sunday night. Doesn’t sound to bad to me,… Read More: MOJO398 »
Well the weekend is finally here. I sure had hoped to sleep a little longer this morning, after getting to bed at 2:30am, but the boys (Bandit & Baron) had other plans. So while I sit here having my first cup of coffee thought it was the perfect time to write and post a blog entry. You may… Read More: FMS186 »
So how’s your week going? Today my husband is opening our above ground pool. We are switching the type of chorine we use and the pool guy says it can take about a week, sure hope its good to go by Memorial Day and that the weather cooperates. Nothing better than swimming and cook-outs for the holiday! Today’s card… Read More: CYCI#69 »
Today’s card was made special for my wonderful brother Michael and sister-in-law Diane who are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary today! To make their card I started with a card base of Whisper White and adhered a piece of Silver Fancy Foil Vellum Designer Series Paper over the front portion. The next layer is a piece of a Silver… Read More: Happy 25th Anniversary Mike & Diane »
First let start by saying Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there, hope you all have a great day. Today’s card is for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge created by Cindy. Make sure to take a minute to stop over to their blog and see other great card designs, just click here. ln making my card, I… Read More: FMS185 – Satin Ribbon Twist »
For this card, tried a new technique “Bokeh” and used the stamp set, Balloon Bash, that’s been sitting awhile on my desk. “Bokeh” is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas. However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus… Read More: Bokeh Birthday »
How’s your week going? Weather here is warm and slightly humid, not bad for the beginning of May. In the evenings we’ve been getting the patio furniture cleaned and repainted for the new seat cushions. We even needed to put the air conditioner on at night to make sleeping easier. I sleep much better in cool temperature than warm… Read More: CYCI#68 »
When you are a demonstrator for Stampin Up, a day like today is a fun one, you get to place a pre-order a variety of items from the new 2015-2016 catalog, I just placed mine! Now the wait begins for when the man in brown makes that crafty delivery. Once I have the products and time to play… Read More: April showers = May flowers! »
How’s the weekend going for you? Weather was great here yesterday, hope if the weather was nice were you are you enjoying it as well. Today is run errands day, when you open our refrigerator there is a cool breeze, sign that I need to fill it up with some good stuff! Today’s card is for the Paper… Read More: PCCCS142 »
Hope all is well with you today and the that the weather is nice were you are today. They say it’s gonna be 70 degrees here today and sunny! Anything special planned for the weekend? Visiting some friends this evening and hope to do a little crafting, that’s always a nice way for me to relax. Today’s card… Read More: FMS184 »
Happy Hump Day, two more days until the weekend! Last evening I spent some time on the computer checking out various idea’s on Pinterest and came across some Stampin Up color combinations. One combo that really tickled my fancy was Cherry Cobbler – Wisteria Wonder – Whisper White. I would never of thought of that combo, but it… Read More: Bordering Blooms & Weekly Deals »
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… Read More: PCCCS141 »
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… Read More: FMS183 – Any Occasion »
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… Read More: PCCCS140 »
How’s your weekend going? So far so good for me. I’ve been asked to make some graduation cards and spent the day working on those. Once they are shared with the graduate I’ll be posting the card. Also spent some time getting ready for my Sunday stampers tomorrow and thought I would share one of the cards we will… Read More: Flower Side Step Card – Updated »
Butterflies Thinlits are Here and a Special Offer! Stampin Up realized you may have be disappointed that you were not able to purchase the Butterfly Thinlits in time to receive Sale-A-Bration rewards–especially in the discounted bundles. Therefore, from the day Butterflies Thinlits are again available (today) through April 30, we are bringing you two special offers Get the Butterflies Thinlits at… Read More: The Butterflies have landed !!! »
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… Read More: FMS182 »
Living just north of Pittsburgh, I am a born Pirate-Penguin-Steeler fan and all teams have the colors black & gold. For family or friends who are big sports fans I really enjoy making black & gold cards. Today thought I would share a birthday card made with the Striped Scallop Thinlit – one of the new weekly deals… Read More: Black & Gold Birthday »
Happy Monday, hope you all had a nice weekend. The weather here was beautiful, instead of crafting I spent some time out in the yard, it’s not that I like yard work, but it was just too nice of weekend to be inside. Not to worry, I’ll be back crafting this week in preparation of the Sunday Stampers… Read More: It’s Your Day »