Naughty....but Nice!!

Wow!....I made a card....two even....but both the same! This is SU Holiday Lineup set of elves, checking up to see if you are being naughtly or nice before they start on your christmas list! I think I found this ribbon at Michael's after Christmas sale last year, of course knowing it would come in handy some day for something. The border punches are from Fiskars and Martha Stewart.

Last night my Kristen surprised me by coming home early from university....I was expecting her today! What a wonderful surprise! She is home for 6 days to get some studying done in the quiet of her own home before exams,...and of course to spend some quality time with her mom.

They are predicting snow for today.....let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!

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Have a great day.

Help!

Help!!

I just want to spend some time at my craft table with paper, stamps, and ribbon!! I'd like to spend some quality time with my husband! I miss my girls! So many people and obligations calling for my time... I feel so pulled in every direction right now...I feel no peace.

God give me your peace.

And He speaks....'Be still and know that I am God'.

Happy Birthdays!

Today two special ladies in my life celebrate their birthdays! My Mom and my oldest daughter! Yup, it's Happy Halloween and Happy Birthday... to the two witches in the family! This is the card I made for my Mom while stamping with a friend the other night. She has her very own store right in her basement...punches and dies and ribbon, oh my!! I used flower soft on the Queen anne's lace, giving it that 'wow' it needed. Thank you my friend for a fun night of sharing, laughter, and eating nuts off the floor! And for helping me create this beautiful card for my beautiful mother.

God's Promise

No card today, but a picture (not a very good one) of the beautiful rainbow we saw last night at supper time. For a brief minute or two it was a double rainbow, and then it all disappeared behind the clouds. This picture does not do it justice by far, but the colours were so vibrant I just wanted to look at it as long as I could. Did anyone else see it?

Double Whammy

A couple of cards to post today. The first is one I made at a recent Stampin Up party I went to. This owl punch is sooooo cute I just had to order it.....can't wait until it comes in!!! Did not put a sentiment on, because I'm just not sure whooooo to send it too yet!

I saw a card using this layout on a blog and decided to give it a try....not hard at all really. I used my large circle and scalloped circle from spellbinders. It was fun to do something other than an ordinary square or rectangle card....I will definitely do this style again.

I'd like to say I'll be back in my craft room again tonight.....I know there are more cards I should be making....but you know what tonight is.....biggest loser nite!!! I always feel so quilty, like I shouldn't be snacking while watching it....what would Bob and Jillian think?!!

Enjoy your day!

Look who's three!

Just a quick post this morning. I made this card for my nephew's 3rd birthday. The idea came from a Paper Crafts magazine from 2005.....yes I've had the page tagged that long, and just finally got around to making it. The background I typed on the computer and printed off....I personalized it by adding his name and age....tied 3 balloons together with a ribbon and stuck them on top! I hope he doesn't rip the balloons off and try to blow them up....they are water balloons and very, very hard to blow up....believe me I tried! I like the finished card....but next time I think I`ll try bigger balloons!

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Have a great day!

My Book Worm

Good morning....and a rainy one at that!

I am taking a chance posting this card, as I sent it last week to Brittany and am not sure if she has received it yet.....snail mail definitely comes by its name honestly!

This is another Bella stamp, perfect for my english major who seems to have her nose in at least 5 or 6 books at once. I hope she likes it, and the surprise inside.

I didn't make it back into my craft room last Tuesday evening.... Biggest Loser won out!...oh and lookie....it's on again tonite!

Thanks for stopping by. If you're out and about today, don't forget your 'ducky' boots and umbrella. Me personally, I would just love to crawl back in bed on days like this.

Spoil Yourself Silly!!

Today I spent some time in my craft room and finished up some more coloured images that needed to be made into cards. I know, finally, hey!

This is Bubblebella, enjoying a relaxing bath....only thing missing is the glass of wine!

I glittered up the bubbles and raised them, the sentiment is from a Penny Black set.

The plan for this evening is to do more of the same....although I just realized 'The Biggest Loser' is starting tonight...oh dear, what to do?!

Oh, and Congrats to me....this is my 100th post!!!

Gefeliciteerd!!

This post has 3 cards all with dutch sentiments. These are 3 of the 6 I have ready to take to the store tomorrow for those customers who love 'all things Dutch'! It's nice to be able to offer dutch greeting cards for those who like to send cards to family or friends in Holland, or just close by. My dutch sentiment stamps were a good investment for me...I seem to use them alot. And my boss thinks it's great we now offer greeting cards in addition to the multitude of other goodies in the store. But I must say, it's easier to keep the shelves stocked than the card rack full.... Thanks for visiting my blog today.

1 Corinthians 13

Another wedding card. I had this really great dp of 1 Corinthians 13 in my stash, perfect for a wedding card. I used the silhouette image again, added a scalloped edge, some ribbon and rhinestones. Kinda of pretty I thought.

This morning I am going stamping at a friends house. Probably won't get much stamping done, but the fellowship and laughter with friends is good therapy. Yesterday I received a text from Kristen that she is in health care at camp with strep throat...it's all I can do to keep from driving up there, because I'm her mom and she needs ME to take care of her....or maybe it's just my need as her mom to take care of her. But she assures me she is in good hands...and God's hands.

Clean and Simple

This card I made a while ago, just never posted it. I think it falls into the CAS (clean and simple) category. I used the SU In Full Bloom set for this card as well but coloured it with watercolour pencil crayons for a change. The sentiment is a stamp I picked up at Hobby Lobby.

All my dutch sentiment cards at the store are gone, so I really need to get crackin' on some more of those....and maybe some Christmas cards too!

Upsy Daisy

If this card looks familiar it's because I copied the layout from a card we made at a SU class a few years ago. That was when I kept all my cards just incase I wanted to make them again. Then I got smart and realized I could take pictures of my card.

The flowers are from SU Upsy Daisy stamp set, pumpkin pie and barely banana cardstock, ribbon and a butterfly charm. I brought this card to work yesterday, along with a bunch of others, and this one is already sold. It's pretty exciting when some else likes what I make!

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Enjoy your day.

In Full Bloom

You know how sometimes you sit down to make a card and it takes hours to make just one? And then there are the days when everything just seems to flow and fall into place a whole lot quicker....yesterday was like that. This is one of the cards I made using an old SU set In Full Bloom. The scallop along the edge is actually on the back of the card. I punched it first and then folded my cardstock...a neat idea I saw on another blog.

I had a wonderfully productive day. More to post in the next couple of days!

Thanks for looking. Have a wonderfully productive day....or not...just go outside and laze in a chair with a good book. I'm off to work. Bye.

My Neighbours Flowers

First I must thank my neighbour for her wildly overgrown flowers on the side of her house, it helped me finish this card. I had already coloured the flowers yellow and they were, well, boring. As I sat staring out the window, the flowers next door waved at me "look, aren't we pretty...add some orange...then your flowers will be pretty too!" So add orange I did....much better. Stamped a second image of the flowers, coloured just the bottom few, cut them out and raised them. I really love the 3-D look. The ribbon idea is copied, I wanted to try that too. Was going to add a sentiment but went with the brown pearls instead.

Thanks for stopping by. I think I will go outside and see if any more flowers in my neighbourhood speak to me!

Another Wedding!

Another wedding card! Very simple and pretty. The background was stamped lightly with teal ink from SU using the diecut from spellbinders labels 8. The flowers I purchased at the SGD garage sale, a whole bag full! They have a bit of sheen to them, impossible to see in the picture. Added some ribbon and rhinestones to finish it off.

My Birthday Girl!!

Today my baby turns 18 years old!.....eighteen! My sweet little girl has grown into a lovely young lady. The words on this card describe her perfectly, for she is all of these things and more....respectful, ambitious, funny (for sure!) confident, adventurous, determined, energetic....loving, caring, spontaneous, and most importantly, loves God. So today I am going to visit her up at Muskoka Woods camp where she is working for the summer, and whisk her away overnight and all day tomorrow!! I am so excited to see her and have some one-on-one time catching up and just hanging out! See you in a couple of days.

A Wedding Card

This is the first wedding card I have ever made. I love the silhouette stamp which I picked up for 1/2 price at SGD...good deal!! The layout was one I have used before on another card, but it worked really well with this stamp too. The dp is from my stash and the cardstock from SU. Looking at it now, I suppose I should put some black embroidery floss through the button holes....still can. Overall, I love the way it turned out....for a first-timer that is! Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Not my Friend!

This card is not my friend!! I admit it turned out quite pretty in the end....but while I was making it nothing seemed to be working for me....that was yesterday. I watercoloured the image and then cut around the sand, dog and girl because I knew I wanted to mount it on this great blue textured paper and have the girl and the dog popped up, but the sand glued down. Once that was done I ran it through the cuttlebug and made it round. Then I mounted it on one colour, then another,and another....oh, maybe if I scallop the edges...nope, didn't like that either. Let's try some patterned paper for the background....or maybe not....maybe just a small piece of dp and a plain background. Lets see, I have so much paper laying around I think I've lost my image somewhere in this mess. I know....how about just walk away!! That was yesterday.

Today, I went back into my craft room and had it finished in half an hour using pieces I had cut out yesterday. Today, it looks fine.

Yesterday was not my friend either. Good thing it's over.

Today was much more productive. Let's do today again tomorrow!!

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Thinking of you

Well the first thing I did this morning was stick my head out the front door to see if the weather people were right....they were. The humidity is gone, for now, so I took a big breath of delicious fresh air and came back in to open the windows! Unfortunately I have to spend the day inside at work.

I think this stamp is so pretty. I used it at a friends house, but wish I had stamped a few more....or maybe I should just put it on my wish list. The layout idea came from Mojo Monday.

Thanks for having a visit to my blog today.

Have a great day!

Adorable Hedgies

Happy Wednesday!! Yesterday I finished up a couple more cards with my already watercoloured images. I just love these Penny Black hedgie stamps! Pretty easy card..... I cased the bow and button idea from a blog I follow. I'm noticing a lot of cards with buttons on them again. Brings me back to my childhood when all we had were the scraps our mothers would let us use....old fabric, ricrac, felt, buttons, and white glue.....oh, and lets not forget cheerios! And we would create a masterpiece that was much to heavy to hang on the fridge....! We've come a long way, baby! Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day! Let's go and see if there are any cheerios in the cupboard.....