Happy April 1st! Ready for the weekend, I know I am. I have a pretty full weekend with the puppies first vet visit, finishing swap cards for On Stage and my Sunday Stampers are meeting Sunday – let’s not forget the normal weekend errands as well. Today’s card features one of my favorite bundles – Butterfly Basics, you can’t go wrong with butterflies. This bundle comes in either Photopolymer, Clear… Read More »
Hope you are having a good week, I’ve been busy with my normal job during the day and working on card fronts for swaps I am participating in at Stampin’ Up On Stage in Salt Lake City next month in the evening. Next up is cards for the April meeting on my Sunday Stampers, we are meeting early this month due to everyone’s schedule. Today is the final day of Sale-A-Bration, great… Read More »
Happy Friday! Boy has the weather been nice here the last few days, actually in the low 70’s, it started to rain yesterday but still nice temperatures. In the morning I saw twelve deer walking through the woods behind our house, I always think that so cool! Did you know they like to lay on the ground and sleep or rest? I’ve seen that as well, looks so cool. There… Read More »
So how’s your weekend going, so far so good for me. In April Stampin’ Up! is having their On Stage event in Salt Lake City, which is a gathering featuring stamping presentations, business tips, swapping and preview of the new 2016-2017 Annual catalog. This past week on the Stampin’ Up! demonstrator site in the weekly update they announced with our OnStage event coming up fast, did we want to get involved? Silly question… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Tomorrow is the monthly meeting of my Sunday Stampers. Thought I would share with you one of the cards we will be making using the new Watercolor Wings Bundle – featuring the Watercolor Wings Stamp Set and Bold Butterfly Framelits – both new items in the catalog. To get started on my card I used the colors in the Bohemian Designer Series Paper for my color palette, there is even a… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 Foil sheet that was run through the Big Shot with the Pretty… 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 »
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 »
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 »
Today was the monthly meeting of my Sunday Stampers, we made two cards and an Easter Basket using the Berry Basket Bigz L Die – complete with plastic Easter Eggs and Candy. Below are two samples the group used to create their Pistachio Pudding Baskets. The one on the left uses the Hardwood Background stamp to add texture to the basket, where the one on the right has a handle.… 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 »
Today my cousin Lisa is having a birthday party for her son Connor, he’s 4 =- – – were does the time go. I thought I would share with you the card and matching envelope I made for him. The envelope is made using the Envelope Punch Board and a piece of the wrapping paper. I used the gift wrapping paper as the color combination for my card – Night of Navy,… Read More »
Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend. We sure needs some signs of spring, I’m over the bitter cold and snow. Keeping that theme in mind, I decided on a cheerful card with Butterflies. These dies are one of my favorite new products in the Occasions catalog. Today’s card features the Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper, one of the Sale-A-Bration items which is free with a $50 purchase (before… 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 »
Happy Sunday, today my group of Sunday Stampers meet and I’m sharing with you the projects we will be making. Each month we meet and make three projects. We will be using a variety of items from the 2015 Occasions catalog as well as the Irresstibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. The first card uses Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set, Whisper White & Early Espresso card stock, Soft Sky,… 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 »
Happy Friday and Welcome to the weekend! After work I did a little food shopping, looking forward to a nice homemade breakfast Saturday of hash browns, bacon and eggs, then on to making some meatballs for hoagies for dinner. This weekend my plan is to send some time crafting, I’ve had the flu the last few days and just wasn’t in the mood but I’m getting my mojo back. I really… 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 »
Fifty one years ago today my baby brother was born – Happy Birthday Mikey. This year I actually have a newer and improved baby brother, for Christmas he received a new hip, once he’s fully healed and rehabbed he’ll be a moving and a grooving just fine. Michael lives in New Jersey with my sister-in-law Diane, nephew Jake and crafty niece Maya. Below is picture from this past summer of Jake,… Read More »
So how is your week so far, we had about 7″ of snow earlier in the week and expect a few more inches at the end of the week. Our husky is really enjoying the snow and being out in the cold. Today thought I would share with you a Mini treat bag with card that can be inserted into the bag which then acts like the envelope. The Mini treat bag… 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 »
What a wonderful day! The new Stampin’ Up! 2015 Occasions Catalog goes live and Sale-a-Bration with it! I am absolutely IN LOVE with these products, I’m super-excited about these books, and you can start ordering from them today. If I had to describe the Occasions Catalog with just two phrases, I’d choose BUNDLED FUN and SPRINGTIME LOVE. This catalog is filled with amazing bundles of coordinated products at a discount –… 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 »
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 »
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 »
Good morning, hope you are enjoying the weekend. I had a busy Saturday – running errands, made Chili, Stew and Meatloaf for the up coming week and freezer. Also cut paper and packed up all the products needed for the cards I will be making with my Sunday stampers. Thought I would share a picture of the three cards we will be making later today (I’m posting early in the… 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, 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 »
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 39th Birthday to my godson Jason, you have grown to be a fine young man. I have to admit it seems like yesterday he was that cute little kid with blond hair riding a tricycle. Below is the card I sent Jason for his birthday. I used the Four Feathers Stamp set with matching framelits from the new 2014 Holiday Catalog. Colors are Night of Navy, Basic Gray, Pool Party… 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 Monday, Today’s card represents what I’m thinking as I watch the raining falling again today. We had rain “showers” all weekend, including at the Jason Aldean concert @ PNC Park in Pittsburgh Saturday night. The rain actually felt good, but the lightening was a little scary at time. Great concert – Tyler Farr, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert and JA where all great! Recommend if you have the chance… 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 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 »
Happy Friday, in just a few hours the weekend officially starts. Its been a rough week at work, we switched to the cloud for email and lets just say its been a ‘stormy’ cloud. I am looking forward to spending some time in pool if the weather stays sunny, next week I’ll be crafting since my order from the new catalog will be delivered Monday! Tonight we will be celebrating our friend… 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 »
