Welcoming Fall with some Handmade Cards

 

Happy Tuesday!! You know, I used to create cards on a regular basis. I was a stay-at-home wife and Mom and made cards for many Digi Stamp companies. I would also create cards to sell at a near by craft store. Then about 4 yrs ago, my last chick-a-dee flew the nest and I went back to work.

I LOVE my job, I really do! But some days, I miss my leisurely days of getting up, having a cup of coffee, putting some clothes to wash, and then pulling out my craft supplies to create the day away!

 

These are some cards that I have created in the past few weeks:

 

 

 

Card Details: Digi Stamp Image by ALL THAT SCRAPS, Patterned Paper: The Paper Studio,

"Hello!" stamp-Studio G, Ink: Staz-On

Card Details: Digi Image: Unknown, I will have to look up and link later, Happy Halloween Stamp: Studio G, Web Border Punch: Martha Stewart, Patterned Paper: The Paper Studio scraps

Happy to be doing what I love!!!

 

Love what you do, Do what you love!

 

The Perfect Evening.....

So Happy it's Friday~~~~ Yesterday I had THE perfect evening!

Got home from work and hubby had gone to help the Pastor with an errand. So I decided to make the most of my evening alone.

Made myself some pork dumplings and ate them on my favorite plate:

While watching a wonderful movie:


October Baby
I highly suggest this movie...its wonderful!!

And then....made a long over due Birthday card!!

Card Details: Digi Image; All that Scraps, Paper Scraps-The Paper Studio, Cupcake charm: Recollections, Sentiment Stamp: Studio G, Cardstock: Bazzill

 

And now...time for a long, hot shower and then I will crawl into bed to REST!

Thank you God for my wonderful evening!

Hope your Friday is a blessed one!!

 

Wow!! I made a card today!

HI there!! Well, today is Martin Luther King day!! That means that I have the day OFF from the office! I am so happy to be home. I have laundry to do and some house cleaning to do, but I had to put my priorities in check and MAKE A CARD first!!! It has been forever since I've sat down to make a card....I was in complete heaven this morning! {{{sigh}}}}



 

 

Card Details: Cardstock-Bazzill, Patterened Paper-My Mind's Eye, Digi Image-All that Scraps, Ribbon-Offray, Bling-The Paper Studio, Sentiment-Create with TLC

 

The day is so beautiful out! The sun is shining and it's warming up!!!

Enjoy your day! Be blessed!

 

Thinking of You

Good Friday to you! Boy the Christmas countdown continues and I will scurrying this next week. But for today, I'm going to take a break from my Christmas cards and share a card I made for a friend using a stamp from All that Scraps.

Card Details: Digi Image-All that Scraps, Patterned Papers/Button-Cosmo Cricket, Sentiment-Studio G,

Bakers Twine-Sew Easy Fancy Floss, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Misc-Machine Stitching

Have a great Friday! I've got a couple of last minute Christmas crafts to share wih you. I'll either post those later today, or on Saturday!

Linking this to:

Wednesdays Challenge-Anything Goes

Another HOT Day!!

Gosh, it's been so dreadfully HOT in south Texas this week! I can hardly stand to be outside! So..I've been spending alot of time inside crafting and cardmaking.

I don't know about you, but every time I bake cookies I have someone in the house that declares themselves the "Cookie Tester", so I guess it's only appropriate that I present them with a card.

Card Details: Digi Image-All that Scraps, Sentiment-Create with TLC, Patterened Paper-Doodlebug Designs, Ribbon-Offray, Circles-Spellbinders Dies

Linking to these challenges:

HappiChallenge-Anything Goes

Come and Get it Challenges-Anything Goes

Craft our Passion Challenges-Anything Goes

And another card I'd like to share with you is this cute image from Melissa of Meljen's Designs.

This is Billy the Cowboy Bear, available at the Whimsy Stamps Store.

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Patterned Paper-Cosmo Cricket, Twine-Walmart

Thanks for visiting today! Please check back tomorrow for our new releases from Meljen's Designs and a fun new challenge!

For now....stay cool!

I Never Met a Cupcake....

I never met a cupcake I didn't like? How about you? I love chocolate on chocolate and red velvet with cream cheese, but really...any flavors are just lovely!

Hope you are having a wonderful Monday!
Wanted to share a card with you that I made over the weekend.

Card Details: Digi Image-All that Scraps, Sentiment-Create with TLC, Patterned Papers-Pressed Petals (8x8 Paper Pack), Circles-Spellbinders dies, Rhinestones-Recollections, Stickles-Ranger, Misc-Ribbon

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Monday!!!

Happy Mail!!!

I have been stalking my mail box ever since I read that I won these awesome stamps!!! I love these images from All that Scraps. I love reading the ATS Blog and drooling over all the awesome creations!
To celebrate their June releases they were giving away stamps and images. I was so excited to win these!

So, now I have my new stamps and if you want some too, just run over to All That Scraps and get some for yourself! Aren't they THE cutest!!!?

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Monday!!!

Fun in the Sun!

Well, Summer has definetly arrived in South Texas! It's been extremely hot...since May! You can look over to the left of my blog and see my Weather Widget, it will give you our current weather conditions...most days...its says "HOT"!!!

Last week was a whopper and I shamefully missed posting my Meljen's Designs card for the week. So, today I'm going to make up for that and show it to you!!
But first I'd like to share a Challenge Card with you!  I am entering this card in a SEVERAL challenges. The first is over at All that Scraps Wednesday Challenge. The theme this week is anything goes.
I'm also using it  for the Wednesday Whimsie Challenge, their theme is Take a Dip!
So appropriate for our HOT weather days!!
And the last but not least, I'm also linking my card to Stamp and Create.com's "Summer" Challenge. Their prize for this month is a $25 gift certificate to Stamp and Create.

Linking this card to Papertakes Weekly Challenge for their "Anything Goes" theme.
And the challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar for their "Summer" theme!

Card Details: Digi Image-All that Scraps, Patterned Papers-the girls' paperie and The Paper Studio, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Circles-Spellbinders, Ribbon-Offray, Twine-Kimberly Poloson, Misc-Machine Stitching, SeaShells were googled clipart that I found and resized. I colored them and tied them to the twine.

My next card is a SUPER cute image from Meljen's Designs available at Whimsy Stamps

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, RicRac-Wright's, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Cardstock, Bazill, Stickles-Ranger, Colored with Copics and Chalks

Here is  a peek at last week's Meljen's Designs New Releases:

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Tuesday!

I am a Princess!

Good morning! It is the middle of the week...we are half way to the weekend! I have been so busy this week, but took some time off to finish up some cards that I couldn't wait to finish up.
I love working with Mo's images and have had these for a while. I also enjoy my images from All that Scraps. Here are my cards using these images:

Card Details: Digi Image-Mo's Digital Pencil, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Circle/Scalloped Circle-Nestibilities, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Bling Crown-Not sure, it was out of it's packaging, but I believe it is by The Paper Studio, Stickles on crown.

Card Details: Digi Image-Mo's Digital Pencil, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Circle/Scalloped Circle-Nestibilities, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Bling Crown-Not sure, it was out of it's packaging, but I believe it is by The Paper Studio, Stickles on her barrettes.

Digi Image-All that Scraps, Scalloped Music Note Paper-Sassafrass, Green, Dotted Paper-The Paper Studio, Circle/Scalloped circle-Nestibilities, Sentiment-Microsoft Word,Stickles on Angel wings, and Machine Stitching.

Thanks for visiting today. I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday. Remember, tomorrow is Thursday..you know what that means...Meljen's New Releases and New Challenge!! WooHoo...I'm so excited!

Fall Has Arrived!!!

According to the calendar, fall has arrived!!! But in South Texas I'm sure it will take a few more weeks! It has been a bit cooler....anything is better than 106 degrees!!! So I'll take 87 degrees anyday!LOL In honor of Fall's arrival I made this card using an image from All that Scraps. I bought her last year and love using her!

Card Details: Digital Image: All that Scraps, Sentiment: Studio G, Stick on Pearls: Recollections, Circle and Scalloped Circle: Nestibilities, Ribbon: Hobby Lobby, Border Punch: Martha Stewart, Stickles on Wings.

I've got some super, duper exciting news to announce on 

October 1st!!! I can't wait to share this with you! But for now, have

a wonderful weekend!!!

"Selebrating" September!!

I know, I know...I spelled Celebrating wrong, but it looked so much better with an "S" since it's for September!!
Today I made a card for my sister. She absolutely loves the month of September! She has even declared it National Apple Month!
Here it is in her words: (I'm sure she won't mind me posting her quote on Aug.31st)

"Tomorrow marks the first day of my favorite month, September. I refer to her as the "Apple month". I love to incorporate apples in our daily meals and drink natural applejuice. I also refer to September as the "quiet month". She drifts in and out barely noticed like the first leaf drifting with the first breezes of Autumn. She is like a fine lady gracefully entering a room. Hail to September!"


So...here is my card for my wonderful sister!!!

Card Details: Digi Image: All That Scraps, Sentiment: Studio G stamps, Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Ribbon: WalMart, Misc.: Machine Stitching, Copics to color

I also wanted to show you a cute little container of Sixlets I found at WalMart. They are pulling out all the Halloween candy and I just love looking at it!!! I think I might decorate the lid with a cute digi stamp and send it to my son in college!!!

They even come with the ribbon!!! I can just see these decorated really cute and then put on a teacher's desk!!! They had other flavors but Sixlets are my fave!!!

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Friday!!! And a safe Labor Day weekend!

Yea!!! It's Friday!

***Sorry I am late posting this morning, I don't know what happened to my pre-post....?????


Here is my card for today's challenge over at Raise the Bar. The challenge this week was to use these techniques: Torn, distressed, ripped, broken, etc.....
I made this card for my sister for her birthday. She actually had a birthday a couple of weeks ago, but was on vacation. So yesterday I finally got to see her and gave her this card with her gift.
I tore the top border on my yellow floral patterned paper, and distressed around my fence image.

Card Details: Digi Images: All that Scraps, Patterned papers: Basic Grey 6x6 pad, Border Punch: Martha Stewart, Circles: Nestabilities, Brads: Making Memories, Misc.:Ribbon, Stickles

Have a wonderful Friday. I am looking forward to seeing your entries for our challenge!!!

Happy Birthday!

Made this card this morning for a very special friend. She will be celebrating her birthday this week and her favorite colors are pink and brown.

Card Details: Digi Image: All that Scraps, Sentiment: Studio G, Patterned Paper: The Paper Studio, Ribbon: WalMart, Rhinestone Flower Brads: Making Memories

Thanks for visiting today. Have a blessed Wednesday!

A Couple of Thank You's!

I have a few minutes before heading out this morning. My kids are done with school, but NOW my 16 yr. old will begin her summer college classes. So it stills feels like a school morning. Oh well!! I wanted to share with you a couple of sets I made last week to hand out in the office at their school.
I made 6 total. Here are two of them:

Card Details: Digi Image-All that Scraps, Patterned Paper-K&Co.Sentiment-Studio G, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Misc.-Machine Stitching, Ribbon, Lady Bug Charm, Stickles on Wings

Lotion from Bath and Body.

This one was for the school nurse:

Card Details: Digi Image-All that Scraps, Patterned Paper-K&Co.Sentiment-Studio G, 

 Misc.-Pink Velour Flower-WalMart, Stickles on Wings

Antibacterial Hand Cleanser from Bath and Body

Have a blessed Tuesday!!

In Honor of EMS Week

I read somewhere that this week is EMS week! And although I love our EMS providers, I don't have a card with an EMS crew, but I have made 2 cards featuring Nurses! A friend of mine asked if I'd make her a couple of cards for friends that are nurses...so here they are:

Card Details: Digi Image-"Nurse Nora"All that Scraps, Patterned Paper-Cosmo Cricket, 

Sentiment-Studio G, Misc.-Twill Ribbon, Heart Charm, Square Brad, Machine Stitching, Glossy Accents

                                             
              Card Image: Digi Image-Pure Innocence/Heather Ellis, Sentiment-Unknown, Patterned       Paper-Cosmo Cricket, Misc.-Machine Stitching, Ribbon, Glossy Accents

Thanks for visiting tonight~
Have a wonderful Thursday!!!

Take time for a Sweet Stop!!!

It's Saturday, which can only mean it's time for another fun sketch from The Sweet Stop. Last week was their 1 year Anniversary! How sweet is that!!?
Here is the sketch for this week:
SSS53:

And here is my card using this sketch:

Card Details: Digi Image: All that Scraps, Patterned Papers: The Paper Studio and My Mind's Eye, Cardstock: Bazzill, Felt floral ribbon: Recollections, Sentiment: Studio G, Metal Flowers: Targets $1 spot (last year), Border Punch: Martha Stewart, Circles: Nestiblities

Be sure to visit The Sweet Stop to play along and for your chance to win!!

Have a Blessed Saturday, and as always, I love reading your comments.

Sweet Stop Saturday!!!

It's Saturday...and you know what that means!!! It's time for another Sweet Stop Sketch from
The Sweet Stop!! Here's my card for this sketch SSS 51:

Card Details: Digi Image--All that Scraps, Patterned Paper--The Paper Studio and K&Co., Flowers--Prima, Brads--The Paper Studio, Circles-Nestibilities and Marvy Uchida circle punch, Sentiment--Studio G, Ribbon--WalMart, Misc. Machine Stitching, Stickles, Chalks

Here is the sketch so you can play along!

If you visit The Sweet Stop you will also get to meet the new Sugar Babies!!!

Have a wonderful Saturday, I look forward to seeing your card creations, and I really love reading your comments!!

Happy Monday!

Whew!! We have survived another Easter! And how great it was! The Lord has Risen!! I love starting out my Easter morning with sunrise service at 6am. I love hearing the sermon about Jesus' resurrection. And then, finishing off the service with a delicious breakfast! Then...we head home for a morning nap...and we all rise and are ready to go to enjoy our Easter day!!! It was great!

So......now it's Monday and my "Honey To Do" List is so long! I hope I have enough hours in my day to finish it  off!!!

I'd like to start my day by reading up on some of my favorite blogs! This one caught my eye because she is giving away some awesome Blog Candy! Yep, Kellie has this awesome Swiss Pixies Kit to give away!

I hope I win!!!! :)

BLOG CANDY--ENDS APRIL 23rd

Best of luck to you!!

Sweet Stop Saturday!!

This is Spring Break week and we are out and about today, but I will tell you all about our trip later.
I want to share with you my card sample for this week. I actually had to "kill two birds with one stone" this past week because I was trying to prepare my card samples for my design teams and I wanted to make a card for my sister's wedding anniversary.
This brings to mind a time I was reading to some first graders and we had a lesson to cover. I found a book that discussed butterflies, our lessson for the week, and it was reading hour for the day...so I told them "I'm gonna kill two birds with one stone." Can you imagine the look of horror on their faces!!??LOL Oh my!!!!!!!! After I said that I had alot of explaining to do!

So today, please visit The Sweet Stop and take a look at all the wonderful card samples. The Sugarbabies always come up with some wonderful creations!!Then, try this sketch for yourself and please, please share it with us!!!
Here's the sketch for this week:

And here's my card for my sister and her hubby:

Card Details: Digi Image: All that Scraps, Sentiment: Microsoft Word, Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, Flowers: Prima, Bling Rhinestone: The Paper Studio, Bling Swirl: Recollections, Border Punch: Martha Stewart, Misc.:Machine Stitching and Copics.

Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful Saturday!

TGIF!

Wow Friday!! There are so many things to be excited about today! First off...Spring Break vacation starts TODAY!!! My daughter has Cheerleading Tryouts TODAY! And TODAY I get to show you not ONE, but TWO card samples!
Here's my first from the Raise the Bar Challenge Blog. The theme this week was to GO GREEN!  Joni wanted us to use the color green on our cards or something recycled. I chose both!!!
I used an olive shade of green and some ribbon that I snatched off a gift that my daughter received. 
Here it is:

Card Details: Digi Image-All that Scraps, Patterned Paper-K&Company, Ribbon-recycled, Sentiment-Studio G, Cardstock-Bazzill, Misc-Copics and Pop Dots

The next card I get to show you is for Ethereal Forest Designs Blog. This past week we had our first ever Blog Hop, that was so much fun!!!

Here's my  card for this week:

                                     

Card Details: Image and Sentiment--EFD Store, Patterned Paper-K&Company, Misc-Heart Punch

Please visit the Ethereal Forest Designs Store to get your own images and sentiments!!!

Thanks for visiting today, your comments are greatly appreciated!

Have a wonderful Friday!