GINGERBREADAHOLIC

2011 Fireplace

2011-11-28T14:17:00.000-08:00

I finally managed to get the fireplace done, I have been pulling stuff out & trying to get all my gingerbread kids out and about and decided to take a break from them & work on the fireplace. My grand kids will be home today and i wanted to be all done for them.....maybe I will finish tomorrow. Hope your Christmas season is the best ever. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Another fruit display

2011-10-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

Back in June, I posted the fruit display Brandy and I made for our friends daughter's wedding. At that wedding a lady approached me and asked if we did these commercially, I explained we just do them for friends, family and church events. She seemed disappointed and mentioned her 70th birthday was coming up and she was going to throw herself a party and was so hoping we would do one for her. How can you turn down someone who is going to be celebrating her 70th.......so here is her fruit display. Her party was a hit & she invited hubby & I to stay and since we knew other couples there we did. We ended up sitting and talking until 1:40 in the morning, my cheeks hurt so bad from laughing. I am so glad we didn't pass up the opportunity to make some great new friends.

Thanks for looking! Have a wonderful creative day!

Happy Birthday Ruthie

2011-09-22T07:18:00.000-07:00

My oldest daughter made this sign for my granddaughter that is up in heaven, she would have been 1 on the 21st. Happy Birthday sweet baby! I used lliella_TeahouseMouse for this page.

Football Season!

2011-09-19T16:39:00.000-07:00

As if y'all didn't know that! My grandson is playing so I snapped a few pictures of him making his tackles. He loves it, must be a boy thing or something. I want to thank Tracy at Trixie_Scraps Designs for the cute page starter. Hope you having a great day!

I actually made a card.....and some older ones I made.

2011-09-12T16:13:00.000-07:00

This card is one I made awhile ago.....just never posted My friend Jenn has inspired me to get back into making a few cards. Not sure how long it will last.

This one is actually one I made recently, the picture doesn't show that the 2 leaves are actually 3D and popped up off the page. I am so rusty when it come to coloring. Maybe I will get the hang of it ....kinda like riding a bicycle........Maybe!!

Who knows maybe I will even get in the habit of posting again......no promise or threat (however you might take that comment) LOL.. Happy crafting and happy thoughts!

Elk

2011-09-06T17:36:00.000-07:00

We were fortunate to get a glimpse of this herd of Elk up by Big Lake. They were pretty amazing. We watched them for about 10 minutes until a noisy truck turned onto the road we were on. The truck ended up turning around but it was so noisy the herd jumped a fence and headed the opposite direction. We also saw deer, muskrat, 2 snakes, ducks, caught some fish and a coyote(we didn't catch the coyote....just the fish) on our trip in and around Greer.

Squirrel with high cholesterol

2011-09-06T10:55:00.000-07:00

My SIL and I had fun photographing this crazy squirrel who came right up to us. I guess he figured if we were going to feed him we must be OK. We had the door to our cabin open and he almost ran in there......probably wouldn't have been a good idea. He sure was cute.

Missing the cool weather

2011-09-05T16:01:00.000-07:00

We just got back from Greer where I had to wear 2 sweatshirts, long pants & i kept my shoes on to keep warm. Waddell on the other hand is HOT, HOT, HOT!!!!!!! It rained every afternoon and even though the Wallow fire went through there, it seemed to be hit and miss, the forest was beautiful. Hope you are well. Happy crafting.

Merry-Go-Round

2011-08-26T12:29:00.000-07:00

Courtney sent me this picture of our little man on his 1st merry-go-round from her cell phone. I was pretty impressed at how clear it turned out. I sure miss this little guy. I used a template from Tiffany Keetch which was a freebie. Thanks Tiffany.

Heading to Az

2011-07-13T14:19:00.000-07:00

I bought this kit from JessicaSprague.com awhile ago and never got around to playing with it. My little grandson went home to Texas a few weeks ago and decided he wanted to come back to visit so he loaded up his puppy and headed for the door. He wanted to see the cows, the puppies , his cousins and his Boppa. Miss the little guy. Hope you are having a great day.

Another Fruit Display

2011-06-28T09:40:00.000-07:00

My daughter(Brandy) and I made another fruit display for some good friends daughter's wedding. Brandy took these pictures, the blue flowers in the top were the bouquet that the bride threw. We normally just do this for close friends or church functions but a lady approached us asking if we would consider making one for her. She is celebrating her 70th birthday in October......we are going to do it for her birthday for her and hope she enjoys it.

Love the added touch

2011-05-10T09:31:00.000-07:00

DH gave me flowers for Mother's Day, he decided the flowers he gave me needed a pick me up so he went to the garden & picked 3 onions that went to seed and added them to my bouquet. I love the added touch. They do not smell like onions either and really are beautiful. My DD said when she gets married we need to plant some onions in time for them to go to seed so she can make her bridal bouquet out of them.
Here is a close up of one of the onion tops that went to seed. Pretty huh!
Wanted to show you what I did for my neighbors 46th birthday. She drives a tractor on golf courses and likes to suck on suckers so I thought this was a great gift plus it was fun giving her a little poke for growing older. In case you can't read it it says "46 Sucks". She is still younger than me so I didn't want to gouge her too much. LOL Hope your day is prosperous & happy!

Cows & Shoes

2011-04-08T11:09:00.000-07:00

Miss this little man. he has only been gone 6 days but he is so funny, I miss all his little antics.
Have a great day!

The Rock

2011-03-22T09:11:00.000-07:00

I am trying to play catch up on classes I started ages ago & somehow life got in the way of me finishing them. Thank goodness I can go back and review videos from all my classes to refresh my worn out memory on how to do certain things. This is from the 2nd Digi in Deep series that Jessica Sprague offers. This was a fun little project that is 12 X 24. Hope you are inspired & have a great day CREATING!!!

Silver Vista

2011-03-11T15:17:00.000-08:00

This page was suppose to be a road trip page but mine turned into a railroad page. Fun class!

Miss Diva

2011-03-09T14:46:00.001-08:00

I'm finally caught up with my classes. Here are my pages.

I have learned so much from these classes. I just hope i can retain half of what I have learned. I miss my friend Jenn....she is in Alaska....kissing a moose. She definitely is adventurous. Sam has a new hip and will be signing up to run a marathon in a few months. Laura should be out of school on spring break soon, not sure about all you other crazy friends....if they kept in touch more I guess I would know. Maybe a luncheon is in order...what do you think?

2 More Classes

2011-03-03T17:05:00.000-08:00

These are the pages from my last 2 classes with Jessica Sprague. I absolutely love what I learned in these classes. We are in a Shabby Chic mode which is a style that is one of my favorites. Just thought i would share....Hope you have a great time creating!

Copic Trial Run

2011-02-17T09:26:00.000-08:00

My friend Jenn teaches several Copic classes at various stores around the Phoenix area. She needed someone who had never used copics so Vickie and Jenn volunteered to be her guinea pigs. I have copics myself and have used them but Jenn allowed me to join in. Her classes are amazing and she is such a nut....fun person & fun classes. She, on top of everything, is on several design teams such as Dustin Pikes Doodle Dragon Studios, Stampendeous and Talkabout Images. She does work for Creative Impressions too. If you want to learn digi scrapping that is amazing go sign up for a class at JessicaSprague.com . Have creating!!!

Next 2 assignments

2011-02-15T12:45:00.000-08:00

Our assignment for today was to make an edgy page. The lesson was packed with fun new things to learn, my only hope is to remember half of what I learned. Thanks goodness I can always refer back to my videos on the lesson. I love how my page turned out.

Lesson 3 taught us how to put an angle to our design. Loved this lesson also. Have a great day and happy creating!

Lesson 2

2011-02-10T14:30:00.001-08:00

Can I just say how amazing the tips that Jessica gives us are. I love how she directs us to other sites for crazy and wonderful goodies, not that she doesn't provide us with plenty herself. Anyway, this was a fun project that had me going back to the video several times to watch steps a few times through until I finally had my light bulb go on....LOl. The rabbit is by Patty Knox but the rest is from the class. This isn't the style i normally would gravitate to so stepping out of my box was good.

Quad Squad

2011-02-08T20:49:00.001-08:00

I just wanted to play around with the techniques I learned today so I did one more page. Have a great evening!!

1st class project

2011-02-08T17:45:00.000-08:00

Here is my finished project from my Deeper: in Digi class with Jessica Sprague. I love what I learn from these classes. Whats even better is I am able to reference back to materials from the very 1st class I took. The classes are at my pace and jammed packed with fun and new techniques. Sounds like I am plugging for her but I am really just telling you my view point. Anyway....here is the Sexy Tractor! LOL.

Crazy fun times

2010-11-10T08:05:00.000-08:00

We took our oldest daughter, her 3 boys, our son, his wife and their 2 kids to Disneyland this past weekend. Our 4 year old granddaughter loves everything princess and fairy so anytime we had the chance to see some of them we took the opportunity. I made a page for her to hang in her room. Monday afternoon as I was putting stuff away, I looked out the back window into the pasture and thought I saw a calf.....not only was there 1 calf but 2. The calf with the white dot is a heifer and the other one is a bull. We have 7 more to go so I will post more as they drop. Who knows what crazy name these will end up with. I am hoping I get the energy & mojo flowing to start posting some cards soon. Have a great day!!

Shower Gifts

2010-11-02T11:18:00.000-07:00

My nieces are having babies and I was asked to share what i did with their presents. For my new great nephew Hunter, I made a bugs and kisses theme. I used versamark to stamp worms, grasshoppers and ants on his card stock onsie tag. The onsie is 11" tall.
For my niece Hadley(?....not sure yet on the name) I made an 10 1/2 inch circle tag & then added a baby face.

The baskets are filled with clothes & various baby stuff with a portable highchair in the wrapping paper at the bottom. No this isn't all from me, my 2 daughters and my daughter-in-law went in with me.
Some of the cuter outfits i had to hang on the back so they didn't get all wrinkled up.

I did not realize it has been so long since I posted. Crazy things have happened since my last post but most of it isn't worth posting about. I really haven't made too much lately and the stuff I have done are of my dear little grand daughter who was stillborn in September.
Anyway this post is for those of you who wanted to see how I wrapped the gifts. Hugs to you all!

To-To ally Awesome Freebie

2010-05-14T11:30:00.000-07:00

Dustin Pike is offering up a freebie that is adorable. I love The Wizard of Oz and cracked up when I saw this digi stamp. He has the cutest stamps, I just love his style. Off to play some more.

Have a great day!

Happy Mother's day

2010-05-08T21:28:00.000-07:00

A little freebie for you. Hope your day is happy. Happy Anniversary to B&B...12 years! Love ya!

Teacher Appreciation Week

2010-05-07T13:13:00.000-07:00

My oldest daughter asked me to help her with a booklet for her middle son's teacher. She and the other mothers have made and given some pretty awesome gifts to their children's teachers this week, lunch, gift card baskets, flowers and chocolates, spongebob baskets(one teachers favorite). I thought I would show you how the booklet came out. DD and another mom asked the kids to give them answers to questions like "What I love most about Mrs. Davidson is...". I must say there were some pretty funny answers from liking her funny laugh to going to miss cursive(little do they realize.....they won't miss the cursive a bit (LOL). DD printed the sayings on vellum, attached to the back of the vellum with glue dots were crisp(ironed & starched) $1 bills. We used the bind-it-all to make the book, decorated the outside and realized the $100 in ones made for a thick book so we made a band to hold it tight. Once she removes the $ it will be a normal looking little booklet.

I wanted to share a little quail nest in one of my planters. My hubby turned the watering system on & the momma flew out. he looked closer and realized there was a nest so he cut the water to my planter. My flowers are slowly wilting but hopefully the little quails will make it.

Hope you all have a great day! Happy Mothers Day this weekend. Maybe I can sneak a little goodie in this weekend.:)

14 Carat Friend

2010-05-03T15:39:00.000-07:00

This doesn't have to be for easter....this can be a birthday card or what ever. There are 14 carrots so I titled it 14 carat friend. I got the idea from my friend Laura. She made a card and put 14 carrots on a tree...thanks Laura. If you want it grab it here. Hope you have a great day!

Card Fun

2010-04-29T15:14:00.000-07:00

I finally got the get up and go to make some cards and had a blast. What therapy....just what I needed. This first card is a Dustin Pike image. I colored this image long ago and never did anything with it until now. I had a really hard time coming up with what to do with image and then after playing around for awhile this is what I came up with. Another Dustin Pike image and naturally being a gingerbreadaholic....I cased a card given to me by my friend Jenn. I actually photo shopped the image onto a mask so it was hard to color but I managed. I used MS grass punch for the icicles and put dazzling diamonds on it.

This is freebie from Bugaboo Stamps. She has a Freebie Friday and gives away darling images to get you to try (and fall in love with). She succeeded.

A Cricut card...

SU stamp used to make this butterfly card.

I have more to post........later. (Vickie)

have a great day.

Great clipart

2010-04-21T06:51:00.000-07:00

Arthur has taken tons of time to preserve old pictures and clipart, he offers them at no charge for personal use only. I asked his permission to use this cute little skunk & pig. Hope you like it. You can snag it here.

Have a great day!

fonts: Bulky refuse and Niagra Solid

Independence Day and Wedding

2010-04-19T11:05:00.000-07:00

Family has gone home and the wedding is over so life is slowly getting back to normal (whatever that is--HA). I thought I would share an early 4th freebie with you. You can snatch it here. I snapped a few pictures at the wedding of the lovely bride & groom. The groom is my nephew and the last to be married in his family. His older sister was married on the 17th of April ---last year, then his younger brother got married on may 16th of last year. This wedding was the 16th of April so you can imagine what his mom has been going through. Three weddings with in a years time. I know she is exhausted and glad she stopped at three kids. LOL They have been complaining that they only get to buy grand cat and grand dog toys so now with all three married....maybe, just maybe that will change. The wedding was at Stonebridge Manor in Mesa, AZ and it was simply beautiful. Plush grounds with flowers and greenery everywhere. The bride chose yellows, oranges and greens as her color scheme. Everything was beautiful. here is a page to give you a hint of how it truly gorgeous it was.
template by Andrea diTonna
Have a great day!!!!!

Birthday cards

2010-04-13T15:30:00.000-07:00

My daughter-in-law and grandson share the same birthday so I have actually been making cards....shocking I know. This is a card for my DIL using an image freebie from Cuddly Buddy, the sentiment is a SU stamp. She likes bling so I had to use some jewels on it for her. I started this card for her but didn't like how it turned out so this goes into my pile of emergency cards. The image I believe is a Dustin Pike image.....i printed it some time ago so my memory is faded on it...it looks like his style though. You can't really see it but I used crystal effects on the toenails so they look like they are polished.

This one is for my grandson who just turned 5....he immediately tore the dragon off the card and asked if he could hang it on his wall. I thought that was cute. I used another Dustin Pike image for this card.

Have a great day!

Lucky Me

2010-04-12T09:19:00.000-07:00

I made this for a friend a while ago.....now I am sharing it with you. Download here. Busy week this week so I may not be posting every day. Have a great day!

Birthdays galore

2010-04-09T07:47:00.000-07:00

This freebie is in honor of my OLDER sister's birthday........love ya sis. download here.

Birthday Frog

2010-04-08T10:00:00.000-07:00

I was contacted by a friend who was a great neighbor for the longest time. They moved to Flagstaff & we lost contact until she found me on Facebook. Her hubby is one of the funniest guys I know and they are throwing him a surprise birthday party and have invited us. It will be great to see them. I made this for his birthday card.......he is almost a "senior citizen"...LOL. Anyway I thought I would share it with you here.
Have a great day.

Sunshine....

2010-04-07T13:17:00.000-07:00

I love this quote .... I should have darkened it up ....maybe I will post it again darker. Anyway if you like it it is yours....right here. Hope you have a sunshiney day.

Everyday Hootin'

2010-04-06T12:53:00.000-07:00

I am enjoying playing and hopefully you can use these little freebies. I love owls so decided to play around and this is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy.......download here.

Another freebie

2010-04-05T08:39:00.000-07:00

Just thought i would share another little wordart circle I made. Download here. I can't wait til saturday....my DD, her hubby and my youngest grand baby(8 months today) will be here. I also have 2 birthdays coming up on the 8th, I will attempt to post their cards when I get them done.......off to spend time with my grand daughter....Have a great day!

Easter Freebie

2010-04-02T10:49:00.001-07:00

OK.....I am trying something I haven't done before. Hopefully this will work. Here is a freebie for you. Download here.

Hope your Easter is wonderful!

Bugaboo Gift

2010-04-02T10:30:00.000-07:00

I love Bugaboo stamps. They are so darn cute & fun to play with and the fact that they share them....(especially on Friday's) is wonderful. I put crystal effects on the shell and stickled the center of the flower. The sentiment is SU! Have a great weekend!!

Another page & cards

2010-03-29T19:47:00.000-07:00

I loved the kit that I posted earlier by Lliella so I had to go buy it to make a few more pages. Michelle actually made the QP i discovered. This page is of my DGS & DGD eating "I can't believe it's not butter" spray. I wish I had used a different color on the journaling....I may go back & edit it. We have stopped buying this butter because all they wanted to do was eat it like that & it probably isn't too healthy anyway. On to the cards......

Sam made the peanut....

And the flower......

This is Vickie's card.....

One of mine.......

I made these flowers using a tutorial I found on You Tube....fun

Bugaboo stamps....adorable

Vickie's card.....

Another Bugaboo....made by me

Card by Sam.....

Birthday card for my sister......I know it is a slam card.

Kind of scary chick Easter box for the grand kids.....

Marie's bday card inside...the candles pop up

The front of Marie's card from a tutorial from Valita's blog...

I do have more cards....I just need to take pictures of them. I will get them posted as soon as I do. Thanks for stopping by!

Tea Time

2010-03-29T10:46:00.000-07:00

Finally!!!! I have tried uploading this page all morning and for some reason it would not load. Talk about frustrating. Anyway this is actually a QP from Lliella. When I saw it I couldn't resist.

My DGD loves to have tea parties so it was such a perfect page I snagged it up. Thanks Lliella....your work is awesome. I actually have cards that I need to edit & get uploaded too. Hope I remember who made what, LOL. Have a great Day!

Class projects

2010-02-26T06:41:00.001-08:00

I am taking another class at Jessicasprague.com using my Wacom Bamboo tablet. Jessica challenged us to enter a contest at penscrappers.com using our tablets. I need tons of practice but I am going to keep plugging along until I master it. This class is so much fun and her teaching technique makes it easy to learn. The hand writing on this page is done upside down and them flipped right side up. Sad to say it looks better than my own hand writing. LOL. This is our second lesson....

The 4th class was so much fun and I learned a ton of things that has made my mind go crazy with ideas. I just need to start doing the stuff floating around in my mind. If you have ever wanted to learn digi scrapping be sure to go to Jessica's site and sign up for Up & Running which is her 1st set of classes. She has videos that walk you through getting started & then each set of classes gets better & better. It seems to leave you yearning to learn more.

Have a wonderful week!

Playing around

2010-01-01T20:57:00.000-08:00

I have been playing around with making a little word art, my DH had shoulder surgery just before Christmas so I haven't felt like doing much. He was then kicked in the knee by a 1600 lb steer so now his knee hurts too. Anyway, I hope your Christmas was good and that 2010 turns out to be the best year of your life so far!

Sam wanted an ATC design for the back of her ATC's so this is what I came up with for her. If you would like a copy....email me and I will send you the file. I had fun doing these so maybe I will get in the mood and start making some cute freebies up for you.

Anyways.....We ate pork for dinner to root into a prosperous 2010 and I hope you did too! Lets get this year a rocking!

Tootles!

Merry Christmas to All!

2009-12-18T21:16:00.000-08:00

Tonight was the Christmas party for my daughters church and she is the chair for the committee that put it on. Somehow, I manage to get volunteered to be a part of it no matter what the function is and tonight was no different. We spent most of yesterday preparing the fruit & veggies for the display we made and them 2 hours setting it up this evening. She just called me to tell me it was a hit. Her sweet friend Tori and her daughter Miss J are busy working on a small gift for the families. Tori also helped with the beautiful centerpieces on each table.

The backdrop was amazing also, hand made by another member of the church for the Nativity Program that happened the first week of December. It had fiber optic stars that made it even more beautiful.

The display took up a 6 foot table to give you an idea of how big it was. She expected about 300 people so it had to be rather large.

This is my daughter Brandy putting finishing touched to the bouquet in the center of the display. I hope you have a wonderful and safe Christmas season and may you prosper in the New Year.

Wonderful Friends

2009-10-22T09:19:00.000-07:00

I have the most wonderful friends. I know I have posted before that I volunteer at the Cancer Treatment Center of America before, well Alyce who doesn't stamp much with us anymore, comes over to visit and knits instead while we stamp has been busy making lap throws, knitted hats & scarfs to donate to our guests at CTCA. She made a whopping 9 throws, 9 hats and 9 scarfs and brought them over to Sam's house to give to me to take. They are FABULOUS! She used double stitch so they are nice and thick and snugly. Sweet JoAnne, donated some $ to Alyce to help with yarn for all the projects. Thanks you both for these wonderful contributions. I should add Sam has donated about 100 cards for the guests also. Vickie has donated cards too. I told you I have wonderful friends. They also make birthday's special.......I will be hitting the double nickel mark soon and Wednesday when we stamped, I was treated to a wonderful tortilla soup and salad lunch with chocolate pumpkin cupcakes and whip cream frosting.....YUMMY, YUMMY. Sam made me these adorable place mats using thread that actually sparkles. They are so darn cute. Everyone made me adorable cards too. I can't thank you guys enough for your generosity and thoughtfulness. YOU ARE THE BEST! Oops I almost forgot....Sam knitted me a adorable dishcloth too!

See the sparkle thread?

Sam's card

Vickie's card & envelope.

Laura's card

Marie's card

JoAnne's card

These are the cards we made.
Sam's card

Vickie's card

Marie's card

Sam's candy creation

My card.

Hope you all have a wonderful Halloween & week. Happy crafting and thanks for stopping by.

Redo & card

2009-09-02T06:15:00.000-07:00

I made a little fall card....6x6 so I guess it isn't little but it is a fall card. Not sure if I like it or not.

I decided to redo a family picture wall so I picked up some 12x12 scrapbook frames, made these pages from Rasberry Road Designs kits Celestial Bliss, framed them & love the look. No journaling on them, just a picture.

Thanks for peeking!

Cannon Ball

2009-08-27T20:05:00.000-07:00

I normally volunteer at the Cancer Treatment Center of America on Thursday's but my throat has been sore all day so I figured it was best to stay home & not spread any bug so instead I played all day. I have made a digi page for all of my grandkids lately except this little guy. Today was his day. I used a kit called Tiki Kit by Kay Miller. I love her style so it was fun to make this page.

Thanks for looking.........

Fun week

2009-08-27T12:55:00.000-07:00

This week DH was out of town...although I missed him, I loved the fact I was able to play more than usual. The girls and I got together on Wednesday and played too. Below are some cards we made. This 1st card was a BRAK from Sam, I did her a little favor & she made me this darling card as a thank you. Sam's Wednesday shoebox card

Carolyn's

Laura's

Mine

The rest are cards I made while the cat was away. I used a Papercraft magazine template for the shoe, the top of the shoe was placed on the fold so it opens up. I made the sentiment on the computer.

Santa made with punches, I ran white cardstock thru a xyron & them put dazzling diamonds on it before I punched out all the snowflakes.

Card base on glossy paper, stamp is obsession impressions, snowflakes are punched (MS, SU) diamond centers I grabbed at just4funcrafts.com.

Dustin Pike Santa image, Reindeer is Cornish Heritage stamp by Kim Hughes, scalloped rectangle is celebrations #5 cricut cartridge, tree is old die cut I had laying around.

I picked up a template at Gotta Pixel, the designer is Rose.li and I made it into a hybrid layered cow. Word art I made on the computer.

Thanks for stopping by....have fun this week!

Digi Itch

2009-08-25T16:33:00.000-07:00

I have been looking at so many FABULOUS pages lately that I got the itch to do a page finally. I love this picture of my DGS so I figured he was due for a page. Thanks for looking!

Word art- Music by Bethany at Scrap Orchard, Music flourish by Angel Hartline, Butterfly by Shabby Princess, Guitar-MarialaFrance paper- Cassiscreations and createwingsdesigns.

Wednesday cards & a few others

2009-08-22T10:42:00.000-07:00

I made this card using punches, the background is SU! elegant bouquet impression folder.

I love this little dog image, it is a font by Laurie's Country. I used flower soft that i picked up at just4funcrafts.com (she doesn't have it on line but if you email her she can tell you if she still has it. matter of fact i have found she doesn't have tons of stuff on line but every time I email her she either has it or can get it pretty fast & reasonable. PS...if you use the code save5 you get an extra 5% off).

Same font, different backgrounds. The circle says "Have a dog gone great day"

Laura came up with this idea. I didn't follow instructions and mine didn't turn out as cute as hers....but I am going to make another the way she did. her circle was in the middle & she used the cuttlebug folder that is a spiderweb. Thanks Laura.

Marie brought the supplies for us to case this card. I love the colors and layout. Thanks Marie

Sam came up with this adorable card using a circle of double sided paper & Dustin Pike's Santa. I used stickles on the fur & beard...love that darn sparkle. That's all for now. thanks for stopping by!

Wedding card

2009-08-22T09:55:00.000-07:00

We have some friends who tied the knot on August 1st in Vegas & for those of us who couldn't make it, there is a reception tonight. I made this simple card for them and thought I would share it with you. I do have other cards to post...just haven't taken the time to take pictures of them. My camera is having problems. It quit taking pictures & my friend Jenn did some surgery on it so at least now it takes pictures but it still isn't right. I just may have to invest in a new camera, I just hate spending the money right now. Enough whining! I need to go finish the laundry. FUN-FUN-FUN! have a great weekend.

Cuttlebug dotted swiss folder, SU elegant bouguet folder, sentiment on front PaperTreyInk, sentiment on inside SU!

Weekend fun

2009-08-17T09:50:00.000-07:00

I had some time to play this weekend so I drug out images that I have that have been sitting around with no ink on them. I have had some so long I don't remember who the stamps are by,I should have written it down at the time I stamped them but I didn't. I love the images though.

This monster is a Dustin Pike image. This was fun to color.

This is a font that thought was too cute not to color. Hope you had a great weekend too. Off to irrigate for the next 20 hours. I am going to try to play a little more in between switching borders & fighting gophers. LOL

Wednesday cards

2009-08-13T15:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was lots of fun! We haven't stamped in about 2 months so it was really nice to get together for some girl time. This 1st card was what Vickie came up with...sort of. I didn't pay very close attention & cut my image out wrong so I had to improvise. Vickie just got this new SU! stamp set called Good Cheer. We all loved it.

Laura's card was awesome too. I am not sure who's stamp it is but I love the delicate flower and Laura's color combo is wonderful.

What can you say....Sam found this adorable template in a Cards Book and cut the template out so we could case her card. Love the 3 dimension on this card.

This is my card, we used a Dustin Pike image, hard to see but he has stickles on him and another type of stickles for the snow. his scarf, nose and the birdhouse are popped out. Prisma markers were used to color him. That's all the cards we had time for and the company was great. Thanks to all for your wonderful shoebox ideas!

One More

2009-08-12T08:32:00.000-07:00

I love this picture that my daughter took. Brandy has an knack for capturing the cutest poses in her pictures. You can see more on her blog here. Last one for today...again have a great day!

New Grandson

2009-08-12T06:58:00.001-07:00

I did my & pages....even if I did cheat & use quick pages from the Shabby Princess ultimate baby album Prince (www.theshabbyshoppe.com). I decided not to journal too much because there is a journal page that coordinates with the album that I will fill in. I did change the saturation level to make the pages more vibrant. I was so blessed to be a part of his birth, Mommy, Daddy and baby were wonderful in their combined effort during this miraculous experience. Love you all!

Off to stamp today....if I remember how. LOL Have a great week!

Exciting Week

2009-08-11T15:26:00.000-07:00

I made this page before we flew out to San Antonio but just didn't have time to get it posted. I started this over a year ago when I was taking a class with JessicaSprague.com . It was a bonus class to show you how to have your type fit into half a circle. Most of the page was completed but it was put on the back burner & forgotten about. I found it and decided to finish it.
Frog is from Joanne Cinnamon Mydigitaladdiction.com , Snail is by Irene Alexeeva at irenealexeeva.blogspot.com word art is by mterasawa at designerdigitals.com called buggiboo, butterfly is by kyh at crafty accents, overlay by kimikreations.

I am trying to get some pages done of my newest little grandson Jackson to show him off to the world. Hopefully tomorrow. Sweet dreams!

A Little Digi

2009-08-03T11:38:00.000-07:00

I had a little fun today creating this page of DGS with the chickens. I have so many older pictures I need to get done so I am going to try to scrap 7 pictures a week to try & catch up. I love this cluster frame using Sara's RiseNShine .

Here is a brag book QP for a challenge at Gotta Pixel . I love these cute kits by Kristmess, Colie's Corner and Kathryn Estry.

I am off to Texas in the am for the birth of my newest Grandson. Have a great week!

Relaxing Wednesday

2009-07-29T19:49:00.000-07:00

Today we went to Laura's house and enjoyed visiting and catching up on what has been happening in each others lives. I miss our chatty Wednesday stamping sessions! We didn't stamp today just visited, ate lunch & had a show & tell session. These are a couple of the cards I made to take.

I used the cricut to cut this ladybug out, she sits on top of a folded card and her wings lift to reveal a message before you get to the inside message.....I just haven't thought of what I want her to say.

This card is a Dustin pike image intermingled with some grass from a cricut cartridge and some punched leaves.

Here is a birthday card for my friend Rachele.....I went & totally missed her birthday so I had to send a belated....I guess it is better late than never...Happy Birthday Girl, Isn't it you 3rd or 4Th 29Th birthday? LOL Hope it was happy!

I love this little bird, just a fun everyday card using SU! DS papers. Thanks for stopping by!

Jenn....my mojo pimpette

2009-07-22T10:37:00.000-07:00

Where do I start? Life has been a little hectic around here. We went to Texas for a week, my camera broke, we had a death in the family, we are in constant communication with our youngest daughter who is due any day now, I have been going to a boot camp, we had a calf come down with pneumonia, a lame cow and it is hotter than the hubs of Houlihan around here. With that said......I really wasn't in the mood to blog or craft but my friend pushed me daily to get motivated & kept my spirits up. She pestered me to get my mojo back in the groove & talked me into splitting a fantastic deal on Dustin Pikes digital stamps. I have been playing around with making cards & now she is pestering me to post so here I go......thanks Jenn for the love & shove.

I modified a tutorial on SCS of a tea bag holder to hold soup packets instead for a get well card.

Sam sent me this brak...very cute card...thanks Sam!

This is a picture of my ribbon. Laura did this to her ribbons & Sam loved it 7 copied it and when I saw how much room it saved, I just had to case them...Great idea girls, I love being able to see what I have at a glimpse. Hope Y'all have a wonderful inspirational day!

Debi

2009-07-16T20:26:00.000-07:00

Today, Debi went home to her Father. She put up a courageous fight that amazed us all. We love and will miss you dearly sweet girl.

Happy Birthday Jenn

2009-06-25T07:42:00.000-07:00

Today is my friend Jenn's tenth-29th birthday....LOL and I just wanted to give her a huge shout out. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLIE!!!!!!!!. Hope your day is extra special! Hugs!

I forgot to add credits:

Frames are by Cherie Shields

Buttons by Kristmess-Kristina Messier

Paper by Kathryn Estry-campin Stuff

2009-06-17T15:25:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted much cuz I haven't done much lately. Here is a page with a kit called Decadence by Mel Hains at http://www.scrapthatidea.com . I used a template by Christina Brown Designs that is such a fun template. I love the dots everywhere. Have a great day!

3D Card & More

2009-05-31T06:40:00.000-07:00

Rachele, Jenn & I finally were able to coordinate a play day, seems ages since we 3 have gotten together & we had a great time I must say. Rachele came up with this 1st card, hard to see but we scored the front at 1/4 inch intervals which gave it a nice texture, Rachele decided to use crochet flowers which I have not used before. they added a nice little touch with the button centers. Cute card Rachele....thanks!

I made this card for a wonderful friend, Laura, who FINALLY went to have her knee fixed. She has had problems for as long as I have known her it seems. She is out of the hospital now & recouping at home for several weeks so I hope to get up to see & stamp at least once with her. Anyway this is a get well card I made for her using Dustin Pike's image of a BooBoo Dragon.

This is the card that the creative brain came up with....that is Jenn from Just4funcrafts.com. I went to the store one day & she showed me a card by a major card company that a friend had give her so we decided between the 2 of us we could come up with a similar template and made a cupcake card gift holder (I will have to post that too...I forgot to take pics of it). Anyway Jenn decided to take it one step over the top and came up with this flowerpot card for us to make. Her card is actually more in bloom than mine and Rachele hasn't posted hers yet but it were sure fun to make.

This card obviously will not fit in an envelope so I am going to have to make a box to send it when I make another one.

My track is a little loose on this so it slides a little more off center than I like but inside there is room to add a little gift card holder or simply add a sentiment. Love my card Jenn, thanks for your creative brain!

Last card was made using the Wild card cartridge, I should have inked it more but didn't....next time. Thanks for stopping by & happy stamping!

Award Time

2009-05-19T17:25:00.000-07:00

OK , it's been awhile again but i have been playing a little bit and thought I would show you. I was inspired by a mother/daughter blog called Craftiblog.

They have a tutorial for this unique card so I had to play. I love the way this card turned out. paper is SU! ant the rooster is Sizzix. Sentiment made on the computer.

Wednesday when we got together Carolyn brought this card for us to make...she cased it from SCS but couldn't remember who so if it is yours....yell so we can give you credit.

I made this crazy card with the Cricut Wild Card cartridge. Nothing fancy just a little different.

The flower pot card was an inspiration from another blog tutorial by Stephanie Luman.

I thought her idea was cute so had to try it. Thanks Stephanie.

Dustin Pike has these adorable digital stamps so i had to buy some from him. I love this little monkey with his cheeks stuffed. Fun digital stamps, he has some freebies too so go check him out!

Marie brought this card for us to make on Wednesday....easiest card i ever put together. She stamped it and had it all cut so all i had to do was assemble it. Thanks Marie, love the colors!

This is the card we made that Sam came up with. Again I love the color combo and this monkey is adorable. Great card Sam!

Finally, I get to the award! My sweet friend Rachele gave me this award which i really don't think i deserve but i will take...LOL. Here is what you do

The Lemonade Stand Award

Rules for this Award:

*Comment on this blog

*Cut and Paste this award logo and use it on your own blog

*Nominate a blog you feel worthy of the award

*Link to your nominee within your blog post

*Comment on their blog to let them know they have received the award

*Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation

I am passing it on to Jenn at Just4funcrafts who is always an inspiration and driving force to me! Thanks Jenn!

Thanks for stopping by!

2009-05-01T07:08:00.000-07:00

Wow, where has time gone. I have been pre-occupied with my new volunteer program and my niece. I have been volunteering at The Cancer Treatment Center of America. My niece who is battling breast cancer is being treated there so I have spent a great deal of time down there. I don't think I have been to my stamping group for almost a month now and I miss my friends very much. Miss Jenn at just4funcrafts.com has prodded me almost daily to get my mojo in gear but I think my mojo went on a long vacation and didn't tell me where it was going. Jenn keeps posting these knock your socks off cards using Dustin Pike's digital stamps and I think my mojo got wind of it and decided to cut it's vacation short. Anyway, trying to get back in the swing of things, I finally printed out a freebie from Dustin's site and made this little card. I did cheat a little, the background paper is really a wallpaper border. it just screamed at me that it loved the Monkey so I caved in . The tree and leaves are from the cricut wildcard cartridge. The sentiment and cardstock are SU! Little brown vines are waxed linen from just4funcrafts.com. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by! Sorry the picture isn't the best!

Charity Collab for a Family in Need

2009-03-26T14:17:00.001-07:00

CHARITY COLLAB:
Bouquet of Pixels designers created this charity collab for Linda's (Linda's Dream Designs) nephew and his family. Linda is a designer here in our store.
Here's a little of their story: Joey and his wife, Karri, have 5 children: Kylie (12), Emily (10), Nathan (9), Cayden (8), and Braden (6). They were among the families tragically affected by the tornadoes in Oklahoma in February 2009. They had a fire in their home during these storms, and they lost everything. They were unable to afford insurance and are, therefore, left with absolutely nothing. Their fire was due to the grass fires that happened and the storm winds stoked the fire that caught their home on fire. Thankfully, nobody was home at the time it happened, and they are all safe. They are staying with family for a short time.
We will have this great collab available only until May 1st, so grab it at the low price of $4.99 now!
You can get it HERE
**ALL PROFITS FROM THIS COLLAB WILL BE DONATED TO THE FAMILY MENTIONED ABOVE**

These are two pages I made using this HUGE kit. Lots of fun stuff to play with. The 1st page is for my 6th grand baby who is due in August. As you can see, we have have our 5th grandson which makes an official basketball team. We can't forget the one cheerleader though. Love those kids!

I Give a Hoot

2009-03-24T07:51:00.000-07:00

I love this new kit out at Bouquet of Pixels. The kit is called I give a Hoot by Inkin Creations. The colors are wonderful with lots of great papers & elements. DH is in the 1st page, we went to California this past weekend & I snapped his picture as he was standing on a wall....just like a little boy, he is still young at heart. LOL The second page is my DD, SIL and 3 of my grandsons. I made them sit together for a picture & this is the only picture out of about 12 that I got them all looking at the camera & smiling. I love this picture. Thanks for stopping by for a peek.

Busy, Busy, Busy

2009-03-17T17:10:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Life around here has been rather busy lately, we have seven babies on the ground now. There is a possibility of 3 more but I think it is only going to be one more. The last two heifers didn't take I believe which is OK. They need to be a little older anyway. We have 4 bull calves & 3 heifers. The girls have been named but we are still waiting for the boys names....decisions, decisions.....My 2 year old granddaughter decided on Twinkle little star for the 1st heifer, the oldest names the 2ND one Rosebud and the youngest grandson named the 3rd heifer Princess Leya(not sure of the spelling on that one). I just wanted to share the new babies with you & then I can get back to cards & layouts....which I am really missing. I do get to go stamping tomorrow. Have a great day!

Number 2

2009-02-28T11:42:00.001-08:00

Today is a good day for #2, (not the body function....sick) but for the 2nd Annual BrownTown Hoe Down. We are going to our friends for a big shindig with a live band, BBQ, Petting zoo, pony rides, fire pit, dance lessons, blue ribbon bake off, checker contest, sack races, pinatas, pin the tail on the donkey....the list goes on. They are known to throw the best parties around and we love spending the evening with good friends, family & the opportunity to meet new friends. I did a page for the Browns using KathrynEstry_CowTownCuties Kit. Love this kit! This morning we were surprised with our second calf. This is Brindles first calf and she is turning out to be a good mama...thank goodness. She does need to teach her little heifer that eating from the wrong end can get messy if done at the wrong time...LOL. Hope to have some more stuff posted in a few days. I have 3 of our 5.4 grand kids here until Sunday so I am busy having fun with them. I do have a few more cards to post....til then have a great weekend!

The fun has begun!

2009-02-19T09:50:00.000-08:00

I was really surprised to find this little girl in the pasture this morning. I didn't expect any calves til the end of next week but I am not disappointed by any means. New babies always make me happy. The momma is CoCo. Not sure what this one will be named. Our grand kids always name the calves. We have Popsicle, Cupcake, Brindle, Veal, Daisy. Pansy, CoCo-no-nuts, Dora, Butterscotch, A red cow that never was names, 1314 & 1291(dairy#'s assigned to them) and now this little heifer. Just thought I would share. I do have some cards to share too, I just need to take pictures of them. Have a great day!

More Valentines

2009-02-12T07:15:00.000-08:00

My neighbor Vickie, who happens to stamp with me too brought me this cute little Valentine goodie. It is self standing, filled with goodies & has a secret pocket with a sentiment inside. Very cute idea Vickie, thanks for being so thoughtful!

I made a hybrid Valentine popcorn goodie using Serene by RW Be My Valentine Kit at Bouquet of Pixels.com . This was a fun project to make. I love this kit, it has so many nice elements & papers....go check it out. FYI...as of this post it is on sale too, not sure when it will be back to regular price.

My next project is another for DH. he loves to munch on nuts so I thought it was appropriate for me to make him a present telling him I am nuts about him.(smile). I used a variety of punches, nestabilities, cricut & creative elements to get the layers...the acorns on the heart are a Quickutz die and the words & nuts on top are on a printed background that says I am nuts about you that I did in photoshop. Hope my Valentine likes it. I am sure he will make some comment about how this gift is worth hundreds of dollars(because of all the tools it took to make it) and if he does I will explain that these tools are MUCH cheaper than paying a therapist & they will provide years of therapy for me...(smile). Have a Happy Valentines Day! Thanks for stopping by.

Sweets for my Sweet

2009-02-10T13:06:00.000-08:00

I made this little box of sweets with photoshop, the background paper & ribbon are flat but the scallop is made with a Martha Stewart scallop punch. I picked up the Vial-ette's and the self curling ribbon from just4funcrafts.com. The sweet is stamped with a SU! stamp & the ovals are punched with mega & giga scalloped punches. Thanks for looking.

You're the Man

2009-02-10T10:49:00.000-08:00

This digi kit is HUGE! Great masculine Kit and you could get it free too....check it out here at Bouquet of Pixels. I made these pages for DH & DS. They are feeling a little low since it has been FOREVER since they have been drawn for anything. Thanks goodness you don't have to be drawn for fishing. LOL. You're the Man is the name and there are I believe 18 different designers who went in to make this great kit. Tons of papers & elements to choose from...go check it out.

I haven't been posting due to the fact I have gone over my allotted bandwidth time & my upload & download speed has been reduced to dial up time for the next 30 days. It takes me about 2 hours to download 40 MB . Stinks to be me! I understand why they do it but I just can't stand to pay $100 a month to up my time so I will just have to learn to control my urges to download so much! I am going to try to post again later. I have made a cute little treat and want to share. Have a great day!

Be Mine....

2009-01-24T13:07:00.000-08:00

Here are the two pages from the kit Be Mine by Moon Designs at Bouquetofpixels.com. The first is my DGS Tate when he was 18 months old. I love how this kit offers items that can be used for non Valentines pictures. I used my DGD feeding the calves for the second LO. Very fun kit to play with. Thanks for stopping by.

Tube Card

2009-01-23T13:23:00.000-08:00

I made another card for DH to match the red hots in his tin. Again I used a tube that I snagged from Just4funcrafts.com . The paper is SU!. I used the retired canvas background stamp and cuttlebugged it with the heart folder. The black punch is 1 1/4 SU and the black canvas circle is a Martha punch. Not sure on the heart, I have had it for years. Tiny brads on hearts are from oriental trading, and my sentiment is using a justritestamp.

I do have 2 more pages & a poppin' project to upload but I am stretching it with this post.

will post more soon ....I snagged a fun kit at BouquetofPixels.com that I have been having fun with....It is called Be Mine by Moon Designs. Post it as soon as I get some more bandwidth to upload it. Thanks for stopping by!

Valentine Goodies

2009-01-19T15:47:00.001-08:00

I made DH.....my Hottie a little tin for Valentines Day. I picked up the windowed tin and the Vial-ette that the red hots are in at Just4funcrafts.com . I also snagged the pink ribbon from the shop....I love that ribbon, it is self curling so it always looks pretty. I used a SU! sentiment and circle punches for the peppermint patties, Martha's punch for the band and justritestamp for the hottie sentiment. Fun project.

Renata released a darling kit Serene by RW-Be My Valentine in the BOP store that is darling ...lots of goodies & fun papers. I had to have it too, love those hearts. I ended up using them for 2 of my kids weddings. The first is DD with her hubby and them the second is my grandson with the flower girl. They looked so cute looking out onto the pasture where the cows were. My brother snapped this shot. They looked so serious it was too cute not to scrap.

We didn't stamp last Wednesday and Sam decided to sew instead....she ended up in the emergency room getting 25 stitched in her hand. She ran the fabric cutter right down the top of her hand.....I saw her stitches yesterday & man it looks like it hurts. She says she is up to stamping this Wednesday though so I am holding her to it...LOL

Happy Thought to you all!

Lazy Blogger

2009-01-14T07:52:00.000-08:00

I really think I am a lazy blogger, not because I don't want to post but I get frustrated with my issue with my download time so I put stuff off when I really should post. Anyway I have a few things to share with you all.
Marie came up with this card at our last stamping session, We used SU! Certainly Celery, Tangerine Tango CS, Embrace Life and Best Yet Stamp sets. Great card Marie....Thanks.

I came up with this card, I love the clean look of the white cs with the bright pink ribbon & paper. I picked up the dragonfly brad from just4funcrafts.com ant the flower is from Mike's bridal department.

Miss Jennifer Dove invited me over for a play day & we made these cupcakes. I love how these came together. All supplies were compliments of Ms Dove who just happens to own just4funcrafts.com and you know when you own the store there are supplies plentiful. She is a great enabler too....I have some fun things in the works which I will post as soon as I get them finished.

I made the little box with some acetate I had in hand and just banded it to hold the top on.

This is Vickie's cute little card. Love this card for one of the grand kids. Thanks Vickie!!

I wanted to share my weekly stamping buds with you all. We were missing JoAnne who has been sick. Fell better soon JoAnne!

This is a rare photo here cuz Sam isn't fond of having her picture taken but she was a great sport about this & it is a good picture of her. Both pictures are good of all 4 of these wonderful ladies

who have enriched my life immensely and I am so thankful for them.

Here are a couple of pages from the Cold Hands, Warm Heart Dec 2008 Collaborative Kit at BouquetofPixels.com.

We went to play in the snow a couple of days before Christmas. My brother lives in Pinetop, Az and he made a slope for my grand kids to ride sleds down & DH had to try it out too. He sometimes enjoys being a kid but most of all he enjoys playing with the grand kids.

DH & DGS in another shot, playing on the hill.

That's all for today, enjoy your week!

Ahoy Mates

2009-01-05T05:01:00.001-08:00

I love this kit ...Ahoy Mateys by Serene By RW. It is at Bouquetofpixels.com. I also used two masks by atomiccupcake.com. The colors were perfect for my pictures. These are three of my DGS's. Just a short post, Thanks for stopping by.

Doggy Daze

2009-01-04T12:09:00.000-08:00

I don't know about you but I will be so happy to get back into the routine of normal life. The holidays seem to be hectic anymore. I haven't even gotten to stamp lately & I am having withdrawals..LOL. I did get to scrap some last night and I picked up this adorable kit at Bouquetofpixels.com called Doggy Daze. The kit was made by Designs By Mel. I love the picture of the pups so I made another page with it and then my second page is my DGS being attacked by all 4 puppies. They were showering him with tons of "Puppy Love". The last picture of him says it all.

We are stamping on Wednesday and celebrating Vickie's "29th" birthday. We can't tell how old she really is but 29 seems close enough. Happy Birthday Vickie! Hope to have some wonderful cards to show you soon. By the way if you digi at all hope on over to see the wonderful freebies & fabulous kits in the store. I finally took some time to snag some goodies myself.

Happy New Year All!!!!!!!!!

Cards & Gifts

2008-12-20T20:06:00.000-08:00

The beautiful cards keep coming in and they are all wonderful. I just had to show you how talented my sweet friends are. Each card is is so much prettier in person, I wish they showed the sparkle and dimension in the pictures. Thank you all for the beautiful cards. Sam made the 1st card. She knows me too well..the envelope was fabric with little gingerbread people on it too....adorable.

Carolyn's card is one I would have cased for our stamp group.....guess since she stamps with me I can't though.

Laura who went back to work and isn't able to stamp with us much anymore made this 1st snowflake card and Marie who does stamp with us had close to the same idea as Laura, both great cards.

Cathy sent this one....I am going to have to get hold of her for this one. It is simple but stunning.

Thank you all for the lovely cards.

I made this little purse with the cricut for my DGD. It has goodies inside and she loves purses & shoes so just right for her!

Laura showed us how to make these bells with a 6x6 piece of paper that you fold to form a bell. I took it one step further to make it into a little Christmas tree with Martha's branch punch.

Wednesday, JoAnne came up with this adorable card with Santa's suit. The white had flock & dazzling diamonds on it with thick gold embossing powder for the outline. We made a wire hanger for his coat. Thanks JoAnne.

Carolyn came up with this card last week & I lost it in my stamp room(What a mess it was & still is) The trees are embossed and the middle tree is cut out & popped up. We backed it on gold metallic paper which made it pop. So much prettier IRL.

Thus was our impromptu card on Wednesday, it was fun to just go crazy with out any guidance. I wish I would have backed each tree in solid CS but hind sight is 20/20.

This is a side view of the trifold cricut box I made into Santa boxes for my DGSon's. They each hold a little treat and were so much fun to make & easy too. I used the paisley nestabilities for the hat, the snowflakes that make up his beard & the fur on the hat were made using paper I ran thru the xyron & then sprinkled with dazzling diamonds. I then punched out the snowflakes & man do they sparkle. His face is SU! Blush Blossom paper punched with the mega scalloped circle punch. Eyes are 1/4 inch SU! circle punch & I sponged Rose Red cheeks on him.

His moustache is from the SU! long big shot die I purchased from SU! I cut the curls off, glued them down & free handed his little nose.

This amazing little container was hand painted by Jenn at just4funcrafts.com. She sprayed the tin with a matte spray to take the sheen off & then painted the tree & gingerbread kids climbing up the tree & peeking out from behind the tree. Inside she put battery operated lights that flash or stay solid. The poinsettia flowers on the top is a new line she is going to carry in her store along with the tins....(shhh...use save5 for a 5% discount) I LOVE this tin...it is too stinkin adorable. Thank you Miss Dove!

Love all the ribbon too. What great friends I have. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

Fun with Cookies

2008-12-19T04:59:00.000-08:00

Yesterday my 5 grand kids came over & we decorated Gingerbread houses. I bought 3 house kits this year instead of making them from scratch. I was really surprised that more candy made it onto the houses than into their stomach's. They did an awesome job & it was fun. They left me a house & each family took one home.

This is what I have been up too. I made 33 bags and toppers for the 66 dozen cookies that my DIL & I made. We then delivered them to clients of a friend

The bags were from PaperTreyInk, I used SU! Top Note dies for the toppers, cuttlebugged them with snowflakes, punched out snowflakes from paper I ran thru the zyron & put dazzling diamonds on. Made the tags with Photoshop & then punched then out with scallop punches. I bought some wired garland & cut lengths of it to spiral around the bow & added snowflake ornaments. They are filled with 2 dozen cookies & various candies.

A card post is on the way along with some digi pages. Hope you are having a very Merry Christmas season.

I was grounded again

2008-12-12T08:03:00.000-08:00

Sorry I have been gone so long but I was grounded from uploading.....I was too close to violating the Fair Access Policy again so I self imposed my grounding to keep me from getting in trouble. Anyway I am still close but I feel I can breathe a little now.

Here are two pages I made for my CT at Bouquetofpixels.com I used Helly's kits Titled "Dear Santa" I used pictures of my DGC for both layouts.

I made this card using SU!'s rub ons & on the inside I stamped brown snowflakes. The brads & ribbon I picked up at just4funcrafts.com (used save5% for a 5% discount).

I made this card so long ago & I cased someone who I was sure I wouldn't forget but when I went to look at the page I printed there was no credits as to who I cased so if it is you please comment so I can edit this to add you.....sorry about that. This picture is blurry too but out of 4 pictures it was the best.

Here are some gingerbread boy cards I made with a template I cut out using a wooden gingerbread boy off of my Christmas Tree. I took this card for our stamping group to make. Don't know why but I love these little guys.

This is my Christmas card from Vickie, she told me she cased the idea from here. Thanks Vickie....my 1st Christmas card this year & it is handmade. Love it.

This is the inside of the card....the picture quality is terrible. Goes to show you you shouldn't take pictures at 5 int he morning in a room with poor lighting. LOL I used a Whippersnapper stamp I picked up last year .

The front of the card has lots of SU! Dazzling Diamonds on it (just like the inside) The snowflakes & the pink frame are loaded with diamonds. The girls want to make this next time we stamp but the diamonds will have to be applied at our own homes cuz Sam's DH Will doesn't want to go to his manly job full of glitter. LOL I don't know why he doesn't want to sparkle at work....do you?

This is our shoebox card that Vickie came up with. I think it is adorable and she came up with the idea from my blog header which cracked me up. Thanks Vickie...now why didn't I think of that?

I wanted to post the card that Carolyn brought for us to make but I didn't get a picture of it for some reason so I will post it next time.

OK and I have to share with you my DD who's DH just got stationed at Lackland AFB for the next 4 years has called to tell me she is having a baby in August.......I am really excited for my 6th grand baby but they are too far away......guess I will be visiting San Antonio, Texas quite a lot in the next 4 years.

I hope to post more before Christmas but in case I don't make it....Merry Christmas to All!

Christmas Wishes

2008-12-02T07:32:00.001-08:00

I love this kit by Kathy Goldstein. It is titles Christmas wishes & right now it is 25% off. The 1st page was taken a few years ago at my friend Mrs. Brown's house. They set up this fantastic display & have Santa at their home on Saturday night's from the 1st Saturday after Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve. Tate & mommy were in line to sit on Santa's lap in his real life size sleigh.

I love the picture of my oldest DD's family. This was taken on this huge rock we have in our backyard....it was known as Cody's rock for the longest time.

I have some more cards but thought I would wait until after tomorrow to post them since I will have even more since tomorrow we are stamping! Til then....happy crafting.

Grand Opening & QP Freebie

2008-11-28T11:24:00.000-08:00

Go check out the new store Bouquet of Pixels, Black Friday is just the start. Lots of new goodies & fun to be had. There is also a freebie.

Finally cards!

2008-11-24T11:27:00.000-08:00

I haven't seen my stamping friend Cathy for it seems FOREVER so we decided to get together & stamp one day. She is also a SU! demo & she had some other sidelines & her downline there to play too. This card was one of the two projects we did which I love. I didn't take a pic of the other cuz I forgot about it until I started typing this......I will post it soon though. Cathy had us use a SU! Kraft envelope which we folded for this card. She used the SU! Big Shot die to cut the scallops for the envelope flap. All products are SU! that went into this card. I ended up adding the peace stamp & paper to the opened envelope part after I came home. The pull out card we left blank to put whatever we wanted so I decided to all the scallop square stamp & punch to it. Fun card Cathy....now I need to order some of these cute little envelopes ( believe it or not..........Sue Ann doesn't have these envelopes yet. Lordy, Lordy there is at least 1 thing in the catty that Sue Ann doesn't have. I guess by now she does though...LOL we love you Sue Ann)

I used Pearl ex and versamark for the background and then added some stickles to make it shine a little more. I then punch out the white snowflakes using shimmering white SU! cardstock, adding stickles to those too.

This card was inspired by Donna Mundinger at Popsicle Toes.

Her stuff is amazing...go check her out. Sam sent me her link. I used SU! DS paper Holiday Treasures for the background, the SU! Top Note Bigz Die, Martha Stewart punch with various shades of green paper & cs for the tree. I also used the Gingerbread cut outs that my good friend Jenn cut out for me.(She knows I love gingerbread).

Thank you Jenn!!!! Sam & Donna to for the inspiration.

I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

All That Jazz

2008-11-21T11:07:00.001-08:00

I love the bright colors in the new kit, All That Jazz, I picked up at Bouquet of Pixels. The picture of my little niece just screamed for me to get that kit. I love bright colored kits. Both pages were made with the same kit.

We are having a going away party this weekend for my DD & her DH. They just celebrated their 1 year anniversary & her DH went and bought her another ring to compliment her wedding ring. WOW she sure does sparkle now. He told her it is a combined Anniv & Christmas gift. He cracks me up because he has such a hard time trying to keep secrets from her. He couldn't stand it & gave it to her early.

I do have some cards to post, I just need to get off my lazy rear & upload them....soon.

Have a great weekend.

Goodies----

2008-11-18T15:01:00.000-08:00

I couldn't resist making a Thinking of you box for a friend. I used the template I designed for the Halloween boxes and decorated it with the digi kit After the Summer which was designed by Serene by RW. You can see the kit here. I filled it with sizzle paper & Reese's mini p-nut butter cups. Yummy, one of my MANY chocolate favorites. We stamped last week but I was so wrapped up in other things i haven't posted the fabulous cards & goodies yet.

Carolyn came up with this amazing Christmas card. It is so beautiful in person....I wish pictures showed the true beauty. Jo Anne bought a stamp at the convention that came to town a few weeks ago & Carolyn borrowed it to make this card for us to create. We embossed the SU! Night of Navy ink with Transcendence from TAC & used stickles on the stars. It just sparkles.

Sam created this gorgeous card using Pearl-Ex and versamark. WOW does it ever POP in person. It is so pretty IRL.

Vickie spotted this turkey , I think from SCS and we played around with it. There is a peppermint patty in the middle. Fast & fun to make. The gals were over the top last week. We won't be stamping until after Thanksgiving so I am sure we will be doing more Christmas cards. Thanks for taking a peek. Hope your imagination flows!

Life in the Country

2008-11-17T13:08:00.000-08:00

I am really excited at the fact that we have a possibility of 11 new calves being born this coming Jan/Feb. Last year was not a very successful year. Half of our calves were stillborn. We think the bull was too big and the calves were too large for our cows. The bull we used this year is smaller. My husband nicknamed him Shorty and there were plenty of jokes made about him. He did the trick though so hopefully this will be a better year to come. I used the same kit on this layout, After the Summer made by Serene by RW at BouquetofPixels. I love the rich colors in this kit. Thanks for looking.

Exciting News

2008-11-16T11:02:00.000-08:00

I was asked to join a CT for a new store getting ready to launch in December. I was honored to receive this invitation. The store is Bouquet of Pixels. If you are wanting to take a shot at joining a CT here is an application.

This is my first layout using After the Summer by Serene by RW . These are my DD's. My youngest DD is getting ready to move to Texas with her hubby who is in the Air Force. She has never lived anywhere but AZ so this will be a new adventure. I just hope she doesn't get homesick. I know I will sure miss her but at least Texas isn't so far away I can't visit. What makes me sad is my grand babies will be so far away when they are born. Thanks for looking.

Back in the saddle

2008-11-11T14:22:00.000-08:00

Sam challenged us to come up with a card with this tree template. This is my version. I used SU! DS paper, cardstock and a level 2 hostess set. The flowers are from the bridal section at Michael's. The sentiment around the package says "a little something".

Marie gave us this card idea, I love how this card turned out. Pictures never seem to do the cards justice for some reason. Thanks Marie, great card.

Miss Vickie found this card (I think on SCS) but not sure. Wish I knew so we could credit the originator. I love that fact that Vickie can spot & replicate the cutest dad gum cards. He was so much fun to make. I used stickles on his eyes to make them sparkle. Thanks Vicki for the cute card.

If you digi scrap, Summer Driggs always gives away the best kits. She is so generous & this month the kit she has designed is free too but she is asking for donations to help a baby girl named Breezy and her family battle with cancer. I made this card for Summer because she is truly showing kindness from her heart. Thanks Summer!

Here are 3 more birthday cards I didn't get posted due to the craziness life threw at us this past 2 weeks. Laura sent me the green card which has crystal effects on the flowers, beautiful card Laura, Thank you! Alyce sent me the middle card, love the softness of this card. I love Alyce's style. Thanks Alyce. Marie gave me the pink & black card which is very beautiful in person. Thanks Marie. I am going stamping tomorrow so hopefully I will get back in the swing & post at least once a week again. Til next time.....Happy stamping!

Prayer update

2008-10-29T16:38:00.000-07:00

We lost Randy, please pray for his family.

Barb is out of ICU recovery and doing well. Thanks you all for your thoughts and prayers.

Hugs,
Lois

Prayer Request

2008-10-28T18:32:00.001-07:00

I don't normally post anything like this but I am asking you to keep two very dear friends of ours in your prayers.

Randy was involved in a roll over accident Saturday, he is in critical condition with multiple things going on. He is going to have a long recovery and if you could keep him and his family in your prayers I would really appreciate it.

My second request is for a long time for Barb, she had a heart attack at the age of 54 on Sunday and underwent bypass surgery today. It is so hard for all concerned to see her go through this and prayer is appreciated.

Thank you all.
Lois

Erica's Wedding

2008-10-27T15:25:00.000-07:00

We attended our friends daughters wedding and reception on Friday. I took some pictures and made a couple of pages as a keepsake for her. It was a beautiful wedding and a blast at the reception. Her family is wonderful, we have been friends since our freshman year of high school. The brides dad(also a friend since high school) is a riot. He put a wig on with a top hat & everyone was calling him kid rock. He had no idea who kid rock was but he was a dancing fool & made the reception wild & crazy. Just wanted to share. Have a great day.

Templates are by Made by Mitzie template 020 and Yin of Yin Designs template # 33.

WOW Birthday Week

2008-10-24T10:41:00.001-07:00

My Birthday isn't even here yet and I feel like it is Christmas already. I am one of the luckiest people to be surrounded by such thoughtful wonderful group of friends. Thank you all for a wonderful week!!!!!

My SIL Deb made this purple card for me along with a **********GINGERBREAD THROW************, then she made the adorable bag to wrap it in. She knows I love purple too. I snuggled in it last night and it is not only soft but toasty. Thanks Deb!! Love it.

Sam who isn't suppose to do anything but cards, not only made me this adorable card with the fabric band but the black with pink polka dot bag is a **HOMEMADE** gift for my stamping goodies. I carried it all day yesterday to show off my goodies. Love it too Sam~Thank you!

Jenn
gave me this adorable Halloween page & card. So darn cute. You need to go check out her blog here. She does the cutest darn things! Check out her new rectangle coaster books that you can get at the store. Thanks Jenn!

Carolyn made this beautiful dragonfly card. It is so pretty in person, the picture just does not do it justice. Thanks Carolyn.

This is a card from Vickie, she even decorated the envelope to match. Too darn cute. I am going to use the paperclips for bookmarks. Love it Vickie Thank you. I just wanted to add that not only did my friends make me goodies but the made quiche, fruit salad, bagel chips, blueberry muffins, pumpkin coffee & to die for lemon cupcakes. Great Friends!!!

These are BRAK's from SCS gals, Thank you Jeanne(flyfishchef) for the sweet pink card & the green card (which says- age is only a number...(inside)mine is unlisted) is from Diane(djuseless) I was so surprised to receive these. I love getting Happy Mail. Thanks again both of you.

I cased this card form lholgate on SCS for our Wednesday stamp group. The Stamp and cardstock are SU!, not sure of the paper.

Sam cased this card from Kim Rhead at Pink Cat Studio. I love the colors, darling card Sam.

Vickie cased her card from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts.

Love this card....She also showed us a card for next Wednesday that I can't wait to make...Darling Santa card, be sure to check it out next week. Thanks Vickie.

Carolyn always finds elegant cards for us to make. She found this one in a SU! catty. I love this card and how it turned out. Thanks Carolyn! Love it.

I got a wild hair and decided to attempt to make a box with the knowledge I have gained from Jessica Sprague. I never would have tried this if it hadn't been for the excellent instruction she gives. She makes it all seem too easy & even though it took me awhile I was able to accomplish it. I had a blast & decided to fill the Halloween boxes with goodies for my grand kids. I made a template 1st & then had fun with this AWESOME freebie kit from http://cinnamonscraps.blogspot.com. She makes adorable kits. Thank YOU!!!!

The box is about 7 1/2 inches tall & 5 3/4 inches wide. 3 inches deep.

I just couldn't stop there so I played around with Mary Fran's GingerFellas

kit that I picked up at
www.nitwitcollections.com. I love this kit.......it is the same kit I used to make my blog header out of. I love gingerbread kids so you may end up seeing this kit used over & over.

Thanks for looking, Sorry this is such a long post but I had to show all the goodies that happened this wonderful week. Have a Fantastic week yourself & happy Stamping....or digi-ing!

SCS Pink Challenge

2008-10-21T11:39:00.000-07:00

I took the challenge at SCS to do a digital page using a picture as a background & incorporating pink(Breast Cancer Awareness Month) into it. I used a pic of my 2 year old DGD, made an overlay with a frame from
www.twopeasinabucket.com Cherie Mask and

the entwined overlay on top of that from Kirsty Wiseman at limegreenbogiegirl.blogspot.com.

I haven't been digi scrapping lately so the challenge inspired me.

Have a great day!

Next round of cards

2008-10-18T10:40:00.000-07:00

These two cards are from my SIL. They are both thank you cards to myself and my two daughters. Thanks Deb....pretty cards. Carolyn WOW'd us with 2 cards this week. The 1st card is using a SU! set Peaceful Wishes which is retired. I love this set.....sure now that it is retired. Love the card!

Vickie came up with this wonderful cardinal card. She used the new SU! A Cardinal Christmas which is in the Holiday Mini. You can't see but the berries have stickles on them & they just sparkle...great card Vickie. Thanks

I got this idea from Ann Clemmer . I love these great gift card holders
and Ann has a great tutorial on her blog. I uses SU! DS paper, buttons are cut with quickutz.

I made this card using SU! DS paper Holiday Treasures. I cased Melissa Phillips card.
Yep....another funeral. My son in law's grandfather passed away last Saturday so I made this card for the family. Stamp set is retired SU! Art of Life.
This is Carolyn's 2ND card. She cased from Anabelle O'malley in the Nov/Dec Paper Crafts magazine. Love the card Carolyn.

That's it for this week, I am off to my granddaughters 2ND birthday party...til next time Happy Stamping.

WHOO HOOO- Free Class

2008-10-10T06:24:00.000-07:00

I am so excited!!!!!! Jessica Sprague is offering a FREE ....you heard it FREE class, open to everyone. I have posted the flyer below with info. If you have ever wanted to experience one of her awesome classes, now is your chance. Go check out the details HERE.

Sorry some of these pictures are dark & blurry. I was taking them in the wee hours to get them posted & the lighting sucked. The cards are actually very nice in person. Marie in our Wednesday group came up with this card. The paper is actually white( I told you the lighting sucked) I even brightened it up in photoshop but when I managed to get it to white I lost the cuttlebugged detail so I decided to leave it a bit dark to show the detail. Great card Marie!

Here is the card I cased from Beate. Hers is actually a box but I thought it would make a nice card. The patterned paper is TAC, Stamp is SU!( It is one of the stamps that comes with the punch)

I just wanted to show you the bag I decorated to wrap my SIL birthday gifts in. The collar is a full 12x12 sheet of cardstock. Paper is SU! Sentiment made with a Justritestamper.

Sam was shown how to make these adorable little candy spiders from another friend Sue Ann. I believe Sue Ann cased them from SCS. They are made with 2 SU punches, the scalloped circle & the photo corner punch. Jenn and her DH came over for dinner so I made up a bunch for after dinner mints. Now I am going to make more for my grand kids, they will get a kick out of them. Whoever came up with the original did a great job!

Sam had several adorable cards so we cased a couple of them. Her sentiments are TAC stamps. Not sure of the paper, cardstock is SU!

I really love this purple card. Sam found the cutest paper and cut it all to pieces so we could use the bats. The bat at the bottom is from ribbon that she cut up. Love the cards Sam...Thanks for sharing them with us.

This last card is so pretty in real life, Carolyn cased it from a SU! catty. She had us put stickles on the branches & pine cone which just made it sparkle. Love it Carolyn. Thanks

That is all for this week, busy weekend ahead, hope you all are enjoying this beautiful fall season. Don't forget to check out Jessica's class. Happy Crafting!

Happy Birthday Deb!!!!

2008-10-04T12:06:00.000-07:00

Wednesday we make Count Dracula boxes which I have already posted so I only have Vickie's card to show you. I love the colors she used which is Not quite Navy & Silver. We used Lovely as a Tree stamp set. Blue stickles were added to the brads & middle tree. Great card Vickie....Thanks.

I made Deb (SIL) a birthday cake using nuggets. I got the idea from Laura . I decided to make a cake box for it. I used the Justrite stamps for the sentiment. The happy birthday sign was made using my Cricut. The paper around the nuggets is TAC paper. Hope she likes it.

I made these two Halloween cards which are OK........Stamp set is SU! Eat drink & be Scary from the holiday mini. My BIL smokes cigars & my SIL gave me some boxes so I altered one for her birthday. I cheated & used stickers too. She loves clocks & antique cameras so I tried to carry that theme out on this . Happy Birthday Deb!

Til nest time....Happy Stamping!

Last One

2008-09-30T11:19:00.000-07:00

These didn't turn out as cute as I had envisioned them but thought I would post them anyway. I need different white ink than kraft for sponging I have decided. I had this hair brain idea to make a Cyclops so this is my feeble attempt.

I made the ghost.....I know it is too square for a ghost but it is going to have to do for now....I am going to go clean now & see if maybe I might get so mojo back.