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!!!

When life gives you bottle caps....

make bows!!!! I actually purchased these blank bottle caps and added my design, but I'm sure recycled bottle caps would work just as well!!
Here are some Halloween Bottle Cap bows:

Details: Images from patterned paper by The Paper Studio.

I also bought a couple more of these candy jars at Walmart and added some digital images.

Thanks for visiting!!! Have a terrific Friday!!!

Halloween Jars and Gift Bags

HI there!! Happy Thursday!!!!
Today I'd like to share some jars and gift bags that I made this week. The jars were actually left over from some Teacher Appreciation gifts I made. I spray painted the lids black. Found some cute vintage images online and added stickles to make them sparkle. Then tied on a bow, chalk, felt and glued a glittery spider to the lid.
Here they are:

And here are the gift bags I used with some of the same vintage images. 

I found these bags at the dollar store!!

I added my image, ribbon, and some silver star garland. I love using this stuff!!!

Thanks for visiting today! Have a great Thursday!!!

Trick or Treat Sweets!!!

As promised, I will be showing some cute Halloween treats this week. Today, is some simple, wrapped up Hershey Bars. I love giving these to friends, coworkers, and kids!!!
I've wrapped them up in some left over green tissue (I used this previously for some "team candy bars"--shown at the bottom of my post).
Then I added some patterned paper, ribbon, and a stamped image.
Fun, fun, fun!!!

Details: Patterned Paper: The Paper Studio, Sentiment: Studio G, Ribbon, Green Tissue

Here are some "Team Bars" I made for a friend. She's gonna give these to the football players.

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

Halloween Treats

Good morning!!! All week I'd like to show you some halloween treats....not tricks! that I've been working on. Today  I will begin with these goodie bags. I found these adorable mini soda cans at WalMart. The 7up cans have a cute Frankenstein face on them. The Sunkist drinks have a cute pumpkin face on them, and both change colors when chilled!!! So fun!!!! I just had to buy some and make some fun goodie bags. I've included a mini bag of microwave popcorn and some candy. I finished these off with a cute bow and some adorable tags by Whimsie Doodles.

And here's the whole bunch:

I think these are so fun and cute! What a great gift for a friend, coworker, teacher or child! 

Thanks for visiting today! Tomorrow, I will show you some cute candy bars I made!!!

Have a blessed Tuesday!!

I'm still here...

I am so sorry I have been unable to post lately. My computer is "out of commission". I am actually borrowing my son's laptop and I have such a hard time typing on it! lol
I have been working on some fun fall and halloween projects for the shop. I wish I could post pictures but then I'd have to figure how to put them on my son't laptop!!LOL
I'm hoping my sweet, sweet, sweet brother will fix my computer this weekend. He is a whiz when it comes to computers!!!
I promise to be back soon~~~
Have a blessed Friday!!!
These are just some nice pictures I googled...I love my labs. I have two of them...a yellow boy, Cash, and a chocolate girl, Holly.

Happy Birthday!

Wow! Friday already!!! This week just flew by! Today is my mother in law's birthday! I have a really special mother in law, she is like my 2nd mother! A real blessing! This morning I baked her a cake and have made a couple of birthday cards....not sure which one I will give her yet, but I think I'll let the kids decide.

Digi Images: Pure Innocence, Patterned Papers: The Paper Studio, Border Punch: Martha Stewart, Ribbon: WalMart, Scalloped Border: Jumbo Scalloped Scissors, Misc.: Stickles

Sentiment: Microsoft Word, Inside Sentiment says: "Wishing you a Wonderful day!"

Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful Friday!!!

Trick or Treat Sweets!!!

Halloween already? I know, I know!LOL
 Honestly, I don't do much for Halloween, my kids are all grown, but I do love all the Halloween and Fall candy that comes into the stores.
Last week I showed you these that I found:

Well, I bought a few more of them an decorated them with some new releases by Whimsie Doodles
Here they are:

I had also bought this cute lollipop so I made a matching gift tag to go with it:

All images are my Whimsie Doodles and are super cute!!!

Have a great Labor Day and thanks for stopping by!

Linking this to Made by Me Monday over at Creative 2x Mom's blog. 

"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!

Goodbye to Summer

Well, today is officially the end of summer. Although, down here in south Texas it will still feel like summer for the next few weeks!
I love fall...I love the colors, changes in the weather,  fall foods, holidays, etc. !!! So I can happily say good bye to summer!
I have to admit, I haven't worked on any new projects so I don't really have anything to show you today. And...I can't find my charger for my camera ( I think my kids hid it!) so I can't really take any new pictures.
With that being said, I will leave you with some fun, summer pictures! Summer was great...but I'm ready for fall!

Have a blessed Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Wishing You an Outstanding Birthday!!

A special person I know is having a birthday this weekend so I wanted to make her a special birthday card!
I love this image by Mo Manning!! It's like 120 degrees outside, well...not quite, but it's super hot in Texas right now, so I figured I'd stay in and make some cards.

Digital Image: Mo Manning, Sentiment: Microsoft Word, Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, Cardstock: Bazzill, Green Pearls: Recollections, Border Punch: Martha Stewart, Misc: Ribbon: WalMart, Glossy Accents on Balloons, Dress is Paper Pieced. 

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful Tuesday!!!

A Bittersweet Day!

As you can see, I haven't been blogging daily and let me tell you why......I've been so busy with my  kid's lives this past week. I've got one starting his first year of college and though I am super excited for him, I am sad to see him go. I'm going to miss seeing him drive up after school with his little sister in tow, I'm going to miss listening to his music as he rides along with me, frankly, I'm just going to miss his presence in our household.

He is packed and ready to head off to begin a new chapter in his life, as I look at his boxes of belongings I can remember the day I dropped him off for his first day of  Pre-Kinder...he was fine. He didn't cry he was ready to go. 
I have a very strong feeling today will be the same. 

My son, Josh, on the left! Hook'em Horns! His bestfriend since Pre-K, is an Aggie!

God Bless You Son! I love you and will miss you. 
Love,
Mom

Cards for the College Kids!

I'm back!! Gosh..it's been a week since my last post! I have been so busy getting my 2 sons ready for college and my youngest daughter ready for high school!!! I feel like I've been on a roller coaster and I'm yelling "Let me off!!!" LOL
Today I have 2 cards to show you. A friend of mine asked me to make some cards for her girls who are returning to college. They both have long, blond hair so I just knew this image by Mo Manning would be perfect!!!
The colors I used match their dorm colors.

Card Details: Digi Image: Mo Manning, Sentiment: Microsoft Word, Patterned Paper: The Paper Studio, Ribbon:WalMart, Clip: Making Memories

Card Details: Digi Image: Mo Manning, Sentiment: Microsoft Word, Circles: Nestiblities, Felt trim: Unknown, it was swap gift, Pearls and Patterned Paper : The Paper Studio

Thanks for visiting today! Have a blessed Wednesday!!!

Should I call this one "Wild Child"?

After spending many hours working on an outfit...I feel like I should name it! "Wild Child" came to my mind after creating this outfit! I used a technique from a pattern by Brassy Apple, then I embellished a tshirt to go with the jeans...and then, I couldn't stop there.....I had to make a matching head band!!!

       I'm linking this outfit to a really cute site: Night Owl Crafting, I find the cutest inspiration here!

 I think this one will go into my JustUsGirlz etsy shop.

Thanks for visiting tonight!!! I'm posting this early for Thursday because I just know my kids are gonna have lots to do. And when they have lots to do, I have lots to do!!!

Have a Blessed Wednesday night and an even better Thursday!

One Last Back to School Project...And Bows!!!

I promise!!!!LOL I know I've gone crazy making back to school gifts, but hey, they are SOOOO much fun!!!!
Lastnight I made these pencil bundles using a new image from Whimsie Doodles. I had all these pencils in my closet. I keep a rubbermaid box of school supplies in my closet to replenish my kids' supplies, but for the past couple of years they've been using mechanical pencils, so I figured I'd put my stash to good use!
I'm using this project  for a challenge over at Paper Playtime

I recycled some cans from lastnight's dinner and decorated them really quickly, can you tell!?LOL

Digi Image: Whimsie Doodles, Sentiment: Microsoft Word Art, Ribbon: WalMart

And one more project........
I've always seen these giant buttons at WalMart sold in 3's. They are so cute, but I couldn't figure out what else to do with them....then I thought...Hairbows!!!!!

So...I made 3!!! he,he!
**Sorry for the glare..it's not even 10am and the sun is shining so brightly! Gonna be another HOT day!

Aren't these buttons the cutest!? I wish I could figure out more uses for them. Any suggestions? I'd love to hear them!!! 

                  

Crafting with Erasers!

I found these felt chalkboard erasers at the dollar store the other day and just knew something cute could be made out of them. You can use this eraser on a dry erase board also.
I found this sentiment in my new PaperCrafts magazine, it was on a "back to school" card. But I just knew it would be perfect on these erasers.
I painted the top with black acrylic paint, and then used my white gel pen to write the sentiment. I then used my E-6000 glue to attach some buttons. I think I clear coat or sealant will make it last longer, I'll apply that tonight when it's not 101 degrees outside!!!

Happy Monday!

Wow! I am up bright and early this morning. Well, it's not bright outside...yet! BUT...it's early!!!!
So...I sat down with some hot tea and did my favorite thing......read some blogs!!!!
Look at what I found:
A giveaway from  Kisse Girl at Inside My Own Private Idaho.


Click on the link above to enter!!!! Ends August 13th!!!

Have a great Monday!!!!

Take Note!

So sorry I am late posting today, I had a busy morning. 
 I did manage to finish up a few more Teacher Gifts...this is what I made with the Post It Notes!!! I found these at Dollar General, a pack of 2 for $1. Great deal!!!

Here they are all wrapped up and ready to give!

Thanks for visiting today! Have a blessed Tuesday!