Road Trip!!!

Our weather has just been SPECTACULAR, thank God! Cooler temps and beatiful sun! So..what do we do with days like this? We take a ROAD TRIP!!! My husband and I decided to jump in our Mustang convertible and take a trip north of here to Fredricksburg, Texas. Beautiful place!

We headed up to Enchanted Rock. Not sure what we would find when we got there..but hey..it was an adventure!



Along the way we stopped a small general store, where we met "Jack", their store "keeper".

Jack is on the left...he really liked our Bella!

After picking up a Big Red and a pack of peanuts...we were on our way again.

Here we are!

Of course, I thought we were out for a day of shopping, not hiking. So we were not dressed for the occassion, but we did take a short walk along the trails so our Bella could amuse the deer! LOL

We had a great time there, just relaxing and enjoying the quietness of the country. No cell phones ringing, blasting stereos, honking horns...just nature and some clean, fresh air.

We finished our trip off with a couple of hours of window shopping, jam tasting, pretzel dipping, and buying a few goodies here and there!

Thanks for visiting today! Have a wonderful Friday!

Challenge #81 and New Release Time!

It's Thursday and it's time for a new challenge theme: Challenge #81-Red and Gold.  Those are great fall colors and they worked really well on my fall card using Farmer Crow.


Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger, Manilla Tag-Office Depot

Here are the other new releases for this week:


All of these and more super cute images are available here Meljen's Designs.
Thanks for visiting today! Have a great Thursday!!

Happy Saturday!

Hope your weekend has started out just perfect! Our weather is finally feeling like fall! Believe me..it feels wonderful! We even got some rain last week which was a blessing from God!!!
Today I'd like to share with you a little project I made using an image from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps, he's called Pumpkin Bear!


Here's  a close-up view of my gift tag/card:

Project Details: Digi Image-"Pumpkin Bear" by 2 Cute Rubber Stamps, Gift Bag-Family Dollar store, Circles-Nestabilities, Ribbon and Star Wire-dollar store, Halloween gift tissue-WalMart

Pretty fun and simple project and before you know it, Halloween will be upon us!!!
Have a great Saturday!!!

Snow Day--Really?

Well, it IS a Snow Day over at Aud Sentiments! That is the theme for Challenge #39.
Here is my card using an image by LOTV-Lili of the Valley

Card Details: Digi Image-LOTV "Build a Snowman", Circles-Nestabilities, Patterned Paper and Brads-The Paper Studio, Flocking-Studio G, Stickles-Ranger, Ribbon-Making Memories

Please hop on over to Aud Sentiments to be inspired and play along!

You could win a gift voucher from LOTV!

As always, thanks for visiting and have a wonderful Friday!

Bookmark It!!!

This past week I participated in a bookmark swap. Honestly, I signed up like a month ago, but thinking I had "plenty of time", I didn't put alot of thought into it. Until.....it got closer to the due date!!! Then I started to panic..."What shall I do?" that was my thought for a couple of days.
THEN...I remembered a super cute owl image I had from Meljen's Designs (shop).
And here it is:

and these were so easy and fun, it was easy to make more than one! (hey..that rhymes!) LOL!

Project Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Cardstock-Bazill, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio (I think).

Circles: Nestibilities, Stickles-Ranger

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great Tuesday!!!

Happy Halloween-Challenge #79

Halloween is quickly approaching, so you are going to love this new Challenge #79-Halloween! The new releases are so SPOOKY cute!!!
Here is my card using an image called Crazy Broom Witch.

Card Details: Digi image-Meljen's Designs, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Patterned Paper and Brads-The Paper Studio, Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger

And these are the new images for this week:


Please visit Meljen's Challenge Blog to see what the Design Team created and play along with this super fun challenge.

Have a great Thursday!!

Just for You

Good Monday to you! I  have once again apologize for my lack in posting. My life has just been a whirlwind lately, and I am looking forward to it slowing down. My Dad is getting better, thank God, but still has limited mobility so he still pretty dependent on us. My daughter is a high school cheerleader, so her activities and games keep me busy too...PLUS>>> this week she is up for Homecoming Queen!!! How exciting for her, right!?

We've got a Homecoming Parade on Thursday, a Senior Class fundraiser (Enchilida plates to sale), and then Friday Night Football w/ the crowning of the Queen and King!

And in between all of this I've got birthdays to celebrate: my son and I celebrated on the 2nd (yesterday), my niece and friend on the 4th (tomorrow!) and my nephews, older son's and cousins take up the rest of the month! Whew!

So...for today, I am bumping up a card I made last year with an image from Meljen's Designs.


I cannot wait for some "ME" time to create some more holiday cards. You should see the new release's Melissa has in store for this week........they are SPOOKY CUTE!!!!! I cannot wait to color them up and make something. Until then..I've got a load of laundry to do! {{{{sigh}}}}

Have a blessed day and thank you for visiting!

My Little Monster

Hope you are having a great Saturday! Gonna be a warm "fall" day for us! But that's Texas for you!

Just wanted to share a card with you I made using an image from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps:


Card Details: Digi Image-2 Cute Rubber Stamps, Sentiment-Freebie from Meljen's Designs, Patterened Papter (dotted) and Brads-The Paper Studio, other-Unknown, RicRac-Unnknown

Wanna see some more adorable cards? Just hop on over to 2 Cute Rubber Stamps blog. I'm in a rush..gotta go visit my Dad...slowly, but surely, he is getting better. Praise God.

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Sketch Challenge

Happy Thursday to you! Today I'm really excited to share Meljen's Designs New Releases with you, and our new Sketch Challenge #77!
This week's releases are super cute!!!


Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper-The Paper Studio, Circles-Nestabilities, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Brads-The Paper Studio

Here is the Sketch to follow

And here are the super cute New Releases!!!

I cannot wait to see what you come up with!!!!

Have a blessed Thursday!!!

Get Well Soon

Happy Saturday to you! This is a quick post for today. I am off to visit with my Dad, still in the nursing home for physical therapy, and getting better everyday. And...my sister is coming down to visit so it will wonderful to see her!

I wanted to share a new challenge with you over at Aud Sentiments, the challenge this week is #37-Get Well Soon.
This week's sponsor is Daisy Doodles , they've got some really wonderful digis!


And here is the card that I created with my Daisy Doodles image:

Card Details: Digi Image-Daisy Doodles, Patterned Paper-KI Memories (I think!, I was using scraps), Ribbon-found a huge spool of this stuff at Goodwill, so not sure of the brand, cardstock-Bazill, stick on pearls-Recollection

This challenge ends September 27th, so please hop on over to play along and for a chance to win a gift certificate to Daisy Doodles.

Have a wonderful Saturday!!

Framed Memo Boards

Just stopping in today to show you a quick project I worked on lastnight.  I thought they turned out pretty cute and couldn't wait to show them to you. I'm sorry I didn't take "before" pictures, but I was in a rush.

I started out with 2gold frames from Goodwill (99 cents each),2 cans of Valspar spray paint (I had these) a brand new package of 4 Cork Sheets (99 cents), ALSO from Goodwill. I love that store! {{sigh}} and a package of KI Puffy Stickers from Michael's (clearance priced at $2.79).
I attached some flat head tacks to the back of my puffy stickers with some super strong glue (E6000). I used baby powder on the exposed areas to take the "sticky" off.
And here is what I made:

Here's one for a Teacher:

Linking this to:

andTatertots and Jello

Thanks for visiting today! Have a great Thursday!

Happy Birthday Lil' Buckaroo!

Today's post is sort of a "catch up" post. Because of my Dad's health, and me helping out where I can..I have fallen a bit behind in my blog posting. My apologies to my fellow Design Team members and Stamp Artist. They have been a great support to me and I thank them all!

I would like to share a card with you today using an image from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps.

Card Details: Digi Image-2 Cute Rubberstamps, Patterned Paper-Cosmo Cricket, Card and Envy-Studio G, Sentiment-Microsoft Word

Heidi is a talented artist and I really enjoy working with her images. Wanna know where to find these? Just look here: In Her Etsy Shop, Wanna play along with our challenges? Visit Our Challenge Blog. Or..do you just wanna  be inspired? Well then, head on over to 2 Cute Rubber Stamps blog.

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

New Challenge: Outdoor Fun!

Happy Monday to you all! Pretty warm outside today, but still a very pretty day!

There's a new challenge over at MyGrafico going on, the theme is Outdoor Fun!
This is the set being featured this week:



And here is my card using this set:



So please,  review the rules as some rules have changed –
Challenge Rules




To be eligible for our Bi-Weekly Challenge prize.



1) Become a follower of the MyGrafico Challenge blog.

2) All entries must be linked to the actual blog post and not to your blog.

3) Only entries posted during the current challenge are eligible

4) Entry must have a link back to the MyGrafico Challenge blog.

If your do not follow the rules you will not be eligible to win and your link will be removed.

Sorry! =(

Entries will be accepted until September 23th, midnight. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!



Thanks for stopping by today, have a wonderful Monday!

 

Back to School Challenge

Happy Saturday to you! The weather has been just beautiful lately here in south Texas. Cooler nights and cooler mornings spell....R E L I E F!! LOL

Today I'd like to share a challenge with you going on over at 2 Cute Rubber Stamps, the theme is School.
I used this cute little Lunch Box Turtle from Heidi's collection available in her Etsy Shop.
I'm having trouble with blogger, so I hope this works. Please join us and share your "school" creations with Heidi and the rest of our Design Team. Thanks for visiting, and have a wonderful Saturday!

Hook'em Horns!

Oh one of the many things I love about Fall!!! Football!!! I prefer high school football because my daughter is a Cheerleader. But I do watch some college football, especially when it's the TEXAS LONGHORNS!
Only because I've got a longhorn myself..he's entering his 2nd year there and loves it!!!

Meljen's Designs is up to Challenge #75--Get Sporty!. I used Little Football Boy on my card:

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Patterned Paper and Brads-The Paper Studio, Cardstock-Bazzill

And here are the 2 new images for this Just Sporty Challenge:


Sorry for my late posting. I am still tending to my Dad. He has been moved to a center for Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy. I spent lunch with him, he says he gets so lonely and bored. He's just not used to sitting still, he was always doing something, so this adjustment is really hard on him and all of us. Thanks for your prayers and kind words.

Have a great Thursday!!

Beautiful Brides

Well, through all the rushing around all week, I forgot about posting on Monday morning! So...a day late, but here it is!!!
A couple of weeks back I was invited to be on the Design Team for MyGrafico!! Super exciting, right!? I am so happy to be working along this talented group of ladies!

Featured this week is their collection of Beautiful Brides, these were designed by Olilia.


Aren't they stunning!!? I had so much fun working with set. I created this set here:

Project Details: Digi Image-MyGrafico, Cardstock-Bazill, Circle Dies-Spellbinders, Patterned Paper and Silver beads-The Paper Studio, Misc.-Ribbon and Paper Doily.

Please visit the MyGrafico Challenge Blog to meet the other DT members, be inspired by their creations, and play along in our current challenge:  Challenge #110---Back To School, this ends September 10th.

Here's an update on my Dad...and prove there is POWER IN PRAYER!! He is doing much better, he has regained movement on his left side. They have ruled out a stroke. Whatever bit or stung him on his left hand left him paralyzed on the left side, BUT...it seems it was temporary. When we went to visit him on Friday he was moving left leg up and down...so ready to jump out of bed!! LOL

Thanks for visiting today and have a blessed Monday!!

Life can be hard.......

I just wanted to come in and explain my absence. Explain why I haven't been blogging as much. I've hit a bump in the road. As one of my best friends says: "This too shall pass".....and I know it will. It may take time.

I have faith in God and in His timing...so all I can do is pray and take it One Day at a Time. Or as my late grandmother's favorite song goes..."Un Dia La Vez".

Here's the English version:

http://youtu.be/1Y1wtgLAytA

Anyway....here's my story in brief.

 My Dad was rushed to the hospital on Saturday morning.

It's such a long story, but to make it short, he is being treated in the hospital for a possible stroke, and a possible spider bite to his left hand.
My brother found him face down on the living room floor, his hand super swollen and had 3 large water filled blisters. He said he was trying to kill a bug or spider earlier in the day.
Every day I've been traveling an hour each way to visit him. He is partially paralyzed on his left side. He cannot walk or feed himself. Mentally he is all
there...as sharp as a tool. Sarcastic at times because he can't have a cigarette. :/ On Tuesday we all spent the day with him, it was his 69th Birthday.

We couldn't do much, but I know he enjoyed our company.

This is one of the hardest things I have been through. 1 1/2 weeks ago, he was driving the tractor and herding the cows, and now...he's helpless. :(

I promise to be back on track soon. I love creating  cards and crafts, it's always been an outlet for me.
Again, thank you and God Bless all of you!

New DT and Challenge!

This past weekend has been like a rollercoaster ride for me! During the past week I learned I was a new member on several design teams...I am super excited. THEN...on Saturday morning, my life turned upside down. My dad, who was this rough and tough cowboy, suffered a stroke. He is still in the hospital, so if my blog posts and challenge entries don't seem up to par, this is why. I don't have alot of "me" time, and emotionally and physically I am drained. I have faith in God that He will pull all of us through this!

My entry today is for a new Design Team that I am now on: MyGrafico. This week's theme is Challenge #110, Back to School. I love this new challenge...seems like lots of fun!

Please check out the DT's samples for some really cute ideas and inspiration!

This is what I made using the Back to School Bus.

And here is the collection:

Challenge ends September 10th at midnight. I cannot wait to see what you create!!

Thanks for visiting today. Have a blessed Monday!

Blast from the Past!!!

Good Friday morning to you! This week at Meljen's Designs we were asked to share the very 1st card made as a Design Team member!

Well, here is mine, from wayyyyy back in September of 2010. It's so hard to believe it's almost been a whole year. I guess time does fly when you are having fun! LOL

I am SO excited about fall. It is my favorite season! I have already begun working on my fall crafts! Yesterday I started working on some Halloween hair bows and necklaces. And then..I started working on a Fall wreath! I will share photos with you soon.

Bring on FALL......and the Fall weather too!!

Have a wonderful Friday! Tonight is Friday night football for us!

Giveaway!!!

I just found this blog, and basically fell in love. I've been browsing and want to share this giveaway with you.




You an win a $35 gift certificate by visiting Dandelion Wishes: Taking Back Monday Giveaway

Imagine winning a gift certicate to this lovely Etsy store! Such pretty eye candy!!!

Ash At Home

   

Have a wonderful Thursday evening!!!

Blog Candy Alert!

The Crafter's Cafe is giving away this awesome blog candy!!! To enter, click on the link! Also..If you enter after seeing my post, please let them know I sent you and leave me a comment letting me know too.

Thanks so much!

And, tomorrow is a very exciting day! First of all, it's the first day of school for us, and I get to share

some exciting news with you! Fall is just around the corner, so I have been working on some new projects! I'll share those too!

Have a blessed Sunday!

Going Gothic!!!

In all honesty, I have never considered myself a fan of the "gothic look", guess cause I'm so girly! BUT...when I saw the New Releases for this week from Meljen's Designs I just fell in love with this

Little Goth Girl!

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Card and Stickles-Studio G, Bling, Flowers and Zebra Paper-The Paper Studio, Cardstock-Bazzill

The theme this week for Challenge #72 is Sparkles, Shine and Glitter! So I got to use this adorable image and not only have a cute Gothic look, but...I got to be girly too!!! he,he!

And here's the rest of the gang:

These go perfectly with Monday's freebie:

These images and this week's challenge is a super fun one! I cannot wait to see what you create!

I'm linking this to a challenge over at Aud Sentiments--Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great Thursday!!!

Thinking of You

Thank goodness it's Friday!!! I'm not even sure why I love Friday's during the summer months, I guess because it's the ending to a hard working week!? LOL

Today I am sharing a card I made using an image from Meljen's Designs, this one is called Mushroom Mouse.

Card Details: Digi Image-Mushroom Mouse, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Buttons-Cosmo Cricket, Patterned Paper-Unknown

Thanks for visiting today. Have a wonderful Friday!

An Exciting Announcement!

I've got some pretty exciting news to share! I was thrilled to receive an email from Heidi of 2 Cute Rubber Stamps yesterday. She informed me that I was selected as one of her new DT members!

How cool is this!? I cannot wait to get started on challenges and meet the other wonderful DT members!

Have a great Monday!!!

Challenge #70-Back to School

Well, it's August! We all know what that means..."Back to School". I love this time of the year. My kids are mostly grown, two in college, on left at home and this is her Senior Year! So bittersweet! But I still love browsing through the Back to School section at stores. I love the smell of new spirals, pencils, erasers, etc. Yep...call me crazy, but I love school and office supplies! LOL

Anyhow, this is the theme for our Challenge #70.

Card Details: Digi Image-Meljen's Designs, Sentiment-Microsoft Word, Patterned Papers-Cosmo Cricket (scraps), Border-EK Success, Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger

Melissa created some really cute images to go along with this challenge. Aren't they just adorable!?

I used Apple for Teacher, but also love the Desktop Mouse! And the Checkered Apple Frame would look so cute tied onto a little gift or for a special not tucked inside your child's lunchbox! So, hurry on over to Whimsy Stamps and take a look for yourself. Then scurry on over to Meljen's Challenge Blog to play along with us! The Design Team has really come up with some super cute creations!!!

Have a great Thursday! And if your heat is like mine....stay cool!

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!

Ladybugs Bring Good Luck

This is what I have heard..."Ladybugs bring good luck", and right now I need some good luck!!! These last 2 weeks of July have been very stressful and I'm ready to say "Goodbye"!
So with today being August 1st, I can only pray for better days. My car is home and according to Chevrolet is as "good as new". Okay...we will see.

My daughter, who is a high school cheerleader, has started MINI Cheer Camp today. The cheerleaders host this every summer as a fundraiser. It's so cute to see those little girls dressed up little cheerleaders. I remember taking my daughter when she was about 4. She's been cheering ever since!

Well..enough chatting. Here's my card for today:

Card Details: Digi Image-Bugaboo, Sentiment-Create with TLC, All papers used-Scraps, Border Punch-Martha Stewart, Brads-The Paper Studio, Bling-Recollections, Ribbon-Offray, Stickles-Ranger

Have a blessed Monday! Thanks for visiting!