Searching for a Rainbow

Spring

2012-01-20T14:58:00.005-07:00

I know it is just the middle of January, but I am so looking forward to Spring time. Lots of exciting things are happening.

My granddaughter is having a little boy the last of May and my niece is getting married May 12. I am going to be involved in giving a bridal shower and a baby shower. My dear friend, Pat, at One Little Spark, is helping me design the invites for both showers. She takes orders for the invites and favors and makes them for you, or you can buy all the supplies from her to put them together yourself. One Little Spark takes phone and email orders and ships anywhere within the continental United States, so you need to visit Pat with your invitation and favor needs.. My dear friend Debbie has offered to have a fundraiser in my son, Scott's memory, also this Spring. We will be raising money for a local charity. I was blog hopping trying to get ideals of something that I could make and contribute to the craft sale when I came across Kolleen's, Design By Night. You will be inspired by all the creative things she makes. She has a lot of free tutorials. Please go visit her and leave her a comment. She inspired me to make my own little earrings for the craft sale. Thanks for visiting.

A Red NOSE

2011-12-02T08:48:00.004-07:00

A red Nose, no I don't have a cold or allergies.

It isn't I that has a red nose. It's Rudolph. Remember last month I made little Pilgrims for Natalie to take to her Kindergarten class, so for the Christmas party this month I made Reindeer Noses. I included a red one for Rudolph. I saw different variations of this on different blogs, so I really don't know who to give credit to for the ideal. Anyway, I am a winner in little Natalie's heart. Thanks for letting me share this morning.

HOW MANY PILGRIMS WILL FIT IN THE BUCKET

2011-11-12T13:59:00.004-07:00

The answer..... Just enough for Nat's K-1 class. I made these for her to take to her class next week to hand out as a Thanksgiving treat. I found the template for these little cuties at http://lauriefurnell.blogspot.com/p/freebies.html

Laurie has other freebies that are also adorable. Please go visit with her. You will stay awhile if you do. The template is sized for the large regular size Hershey Bars. I scaled it down to fit a little .49 oz size bar. I think the teachers will thank me for that. ;) On the back I put a little sticker on it with Nat's name on it. In the picture I noticed I had some trimming to do, but you get the ideal of how cute they are. Well at least I think so. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. It in a beautiful fall day in the NC foothills. Thanks for visiting.

Where has the time gone?

2011-11-04T10:24:00.004-07:00

I know it has been about 10 weeks since I posted. I have been busy, and busy with creative things, but my camera isn't cooperating like it should, so when I would want to post, I would get discouraged with the picture. So I would just walk away. But I have some exciting news I would love to share. I guess you can tell by the picture, that someone is going to have a baby. And of course you all know it isn't me. I have crocheted these little wash cloths for the little one. Don't know whether it is a boy or girl, so have to use the variegated colors till next month. I have printed so many crochet patterns off the Internet in the last week, and have hopes of doing all these little special items. I am going to be a Great-grandmother! And you are right, I'm not old enough to be a Great-grandmother. But really I am that old. My Grand-daughter Amber that got married back in the summer, shared this great news with us. She is due early summer. Anyone that really knows me, knows that I am ecstatic about this. I am like a child, I have no patience. I want it here now!!!. But then I wouldn't have time to make all my little projects would I? You can see a picture of Amber in the post before this one. As beautiful as she is, the baby has to be something special. But then that is the grandmother in me talking. *wink*

6 Days and counting

2011-08-21T13:23:00.004-07:00

On August 27th, my beautiful granddaughter will marry. Happy tears flow even as I write this. It will be an outdoor wedding, and we are hoping for lovely weather. Amber is the daughter of my son Scott who passed away. My husband and her mother's father have the honor of giving her away. Since we have 5 sons, my husband never thought he would have an opportunity to give away a bride, so he is so very proud that she asked him. The pictures include a couple of her engagement pictures, shower pictures and some of the things we are making for the wedding. Enjoy

BONNET AND SHOWERS

2011-04-17T07:45:00.005-07:00

Donna challenged all us girls that had her BONNET template to blow the dust off of it and make ready for the Easter Parade. I have been working on a little gift list book for my Granddaughter. She has set her wedding date. August 27th is the big day. I am making the little book, for her to keep a record of all the shower gifts she gets. I used the leftover scraps from the little book to make my bonnet card. So here are the Bonnet and SHOWER gift book pictures. Thanks for dropping by.

Monday April 13, 1987

2011-04-13T17:05:00.003-07:00

24 years ago on a Monday morning, Allan and I wed. Why a Monday morning, you ask. Well, a dear friend, (that I worked with) in a joking way, told Allan that we shouldn't mess up a good weekend, just wait till Monday. We followed his direction and had a little private ceremony at 11:00 on a Monday. Sadly, that dear friend passed away 2 years later. Every year on our anniversary, we always remember Rick and make a toast in his memory.

Our marriage has been so very blessed with friends. Some I brought into the marriage with me, some Allan brought, and some we gained together. These long time friends, new friends, even my cyber friends, is what has held us together this past year. Like I said at the beginning. Allan and I are blessed, with each other, beautiful family and special friends.

One special friend, surprised us this afternoon with a wonderful pound cake. Thank you, Carolyn, for this wonderfully delicious cake. No, I did not eat all that by myself, I've been good, I've just had 2 pieces tonight, but then the night isn't over yet is it?

2 Post in One Month!!!!

2011-03-26T07:59:00.002-07:00

Hard to believe, that I am posting 2x's this month. Just 3 years ago I was posting every day. Circumstances change we way we do things don't they. Spring is officially here. We have had some pretty weather, but it has turned cool and damp and rainy this weekend. My dining room table can be seen by everyone that drives by my house. The road is right beside that end of the house. Neighbors make note that I haven't changed my tablescape in awhile. I do not do elaborate tablescapes, just simple, but people do comment, when they are tired of the present ones. *wink* The basket was part of a floral arrangement that I received for my birthday back in February. The dried pink filler was also part of the same arrangement. The greenery was the top section of a old topiary that I was about to discard. The ceramic eggs were given to me by a dear friend over 25 years ago. I think of her so lovingly every time I unwrap them this time of year. The little candy baskets were cut using the Cricut. I used the Tags cartridge, and cut the popcorn box in a 4'' size. It also had the flower cut on that same cartridge. I cut various sizes of the flowers out of the scraps from where I cut the boxes. Added the layered flower a ribbon for a handle and grass and candy. This will be taken to our family Easter Dinner next month. There are 28 of these little "suckers" I can't believe it took me all day to do these. But then the Cricut, just cuts so fast. Blame it on the Cricut, I say. *wink* Thanks for visiting. HAPPY SPRING.

Babies

2011-03-10T21:54:00.003-07:00

Two Babies to be exact. Little twin boys. A friend's niece had them this week. Oh what joy. My friend asked me to make her a card. This is what I came up with, with help from a Hallmark Card program that my son's bought me. You choose your sentiments, backgrounds and the such. I printed it out, and trimmed around them and popped them up a level, added my own bows and was finished. Below is picture of inside of card.

Hope

2011-02-27T19:11:00.002-07:00

As most of you know last week was a hard week for my family and myself. It was my son's birthday and also the 1st anniversary of his death. I want to thank all who said a prayer or remembered Scott in some way. Donna a Blogger friend, has a wonderful blog called "My Backdoor Blog" She honored me with a post this past week. I would love for all of you to visit it, and her older post as well. You will enjoy all her "writings" Maybe one of these days, I will be blessed to actually meet Donna, and we can share a real HUG. Please visit her at My Back Door Blog

Mother Nature

2011-02-26T08:18:00.003-07:00

Mother Nature is teasing us here in the foothills of NC. 75 degree temperatures and the daffodils are blooming. But I do know it may just be a tease. We have had major cold weather in March. Here is a few pictures of some cards I have put together this week and a little folder to gift them in. As you can tell I am thinking summer and the beautiful flowers that it brings with it. Thanks for looking. The paper is by K&Company.

This Post is for Donna

2011-02-08T15:31:00.006-07:00

This post is for Donna at ButternutSage. She has encouraged me this week to get motivated and post something. Thanks Donna, I needed that push. The first pictures show the "after" results of

this:

The next set of pictures are made from K&Company's Garden Cottage Collection. The first is a box I made for my SIL who is battling cancer. I thought it would be nice to have something to put all her get well cards in. Inside I also placed a little packet of blank notecards for her to use for thank you notes. The second picture is of the little cards, I made.

Thanks for visiting today.

It's Cold in NC

2011-01-23T11:27:00.013-07:00

I have quite a few family members and friends with January Birthdays. So here are some photos of some of the little remembrances that I made for them. The first pictures are of a little journal I made for my beautiful Niece, Jennifer.

Here a some birthday calendar cards. It has the whole year calendar on it, and can be used for a desk calendar, long after the Birthday is over. I used a photo easel card for the base. The free printable calendar can be found at Tip Junkie.

This is a little Dry Erase coloring book, I made for my Granddaughter. Just print off the pages and slip them inside page protectors.

I linked to Made by you Mondays at Skip To My Lou

Cindy has a lot of great links to visit.

Also linked up at The Tattered Tag K.I.S.S., please visit with Cindy also.

Another Link for you is Get your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog. Go visit.

Be Mine

2011-01-13T17:25:00.003-07:00

Right before Christmas, Cammie had some blog candy. It was Echo Park's Be Mine line, and I won. Here are two little projects I made using this collection. Just in time for Valentines Day. Pat at Southern Breezes reminded me of the little triangle box that Beate at SCS has a tutorial on. The other is just an altered mint tin. Make a point to visit Cammie and Pat today, they have so much inspiration going on. See what Pat did with the triangle boxes. They are so adorable. I wonder if I am on her Valentines candy recipient list? *wink*

Away For Awhile

2011-01-11T12:49:00.005-07:00

Seems as if I have been away for awhile. So Janet and Karen, this post is for you. Thanks for still believing in me enough to keep checking to see if I have updated. Above is a picture of what the snow in NC looks like .

I have been working on some birthday things, and some of the birthdays have passed, but because of the bad weather, I have not been able to post the pictures. But here is a little box that Donna at Butternut Sage has a tutorial for. I used it to make a gift box for my Niece at Christmas. You really need to visit Donna and see what she does with this box, she is amazing. Tell her that I sent you to visit.

Sorry about the order of the pictures and the post. It won't allow me to do what I want today.

Bits and Pieces

2010-12-19T08:52:00.004-07:00

Just a quick post. We had a wonderful time at a friends house last night. Got to see people that I see once a year sometimes. But the conversation seems to pick right back up where we left it the year before. Sadly, one couple are dealing with major health issues, and were unable to attend. Please remember Mike and Janice in your prayers. Carolyn, fixed a "spread" that covered two big tables, and that did not include the dessert table. Turkey and Ham, potato salad, Scandavian salad, rolls, beans, the list goes on and on. We always look forward to her house at Christmas. It is truly a blessing to us. Her home is so inviting, and "homey". Thanks, Carolyn and C.W. for inviting us to share Christmas with you.

Here is the picture of the "failure" that I took for dessert. The decoration on top was suppose to be a poinsettia, well it did, but then by the time of the party, the peppermint had started to dissolve and kinda just ended up as a "nothing"

Also here is a picture of the paper balloons I made for Natalie Jo's birthday.

Natalie Jo

2010-12-16T20:07:00.005-07:00

Today is Natalie Jo's Birthday. She turned 5. Oh the excitement of a 5 year old. Natalie is the youngest of my 3 granddaughters. Time is slipping by so fast. Tomorrow (Friday) we will have cupcakes and cookies at my son's house for Natalie. She had her big party last night. These are the cookies I made for a Winter Birthday. Thanks for dropping by.

Are you ready for the weekend?

2010-12-10T15:41:00.005-07:00

Here are 3 things I worked on today. These are for 3 of my sons. I found these frames and replaced the pictures with the monograms. The computer is not being nice tonight, It is giving me problems with putting the pictures in a certain order. the first picture is of the After, The 2nd picture is the before. I used my Cricut to cut the monograms and also the flourish in the middle picture. The flourish was cut using Home Accents, and the monograms using Plantin Schoolbook. Creative Little Daisy is having a linking party, so I am linking this. It is her first "party". Please go visit with her.

Grief

2010-12-08T04:10:00.002-07:00

Here is a poem, that I have no ideal where it came from. But I thought I would share it with all of you my cyber friends. It tells what I need. When Pat wrote me last night, she said it best when said she could only help by being there if I needed her. So I will post this poem

Don't tell me that you understand
don't tell me that you know,
Don't tell me that I will survive,
How I will surely grow.

Don't tell me this is just a test,
That I am truly blessed,
That I am chosen for the task,
Apart from all the rest.

Don't come at me with answers
that can only come from me,
don't tell me how my grief will pass,
That I will soon be free.

Don't stand in pious judgment
of the bonds I must untie
Don't tell me how to grieve,
don't tell me when to cry.

My life is filled with selfishness,
My pain is all I see,
But I need you and your love. . .
Unconditionally.

Accept me in my ups and downs,
I need someone to share,
Just hold my hand and let me cry,
and say, "My friend, I care"

Author Unknown

FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON AND MY CHRISTMAS TREE

2010-12-04T12:30:00.004-07:00

Just take a look at how big these flakes were. The other picture is what I see when I look out the window in my craft room. The snow was very pretty today.

This is a picture of my Christmas Tree that I finally got put up last night!

*wink* but really that will be the closest thing to a tree in my house this year. It is really a cupcake holder, but I put candles on it instead. Yes I do tie the cushion strings to my chairs, but Miss Flossie, goes behind me and unties them. ;o)

I have been crocheting a lot lately. Everything is christmas presents so I haven't been able to post any of them. then I wrapped them before photographing them. Off to do house cleaning.

Ear Flap Hats

2010-11-22T14:43:00.002-07:00

Seems like the big thing this year for winter wear around here in NC is the hats with earflaps. I crochet one for my granddaughter and thought about crocheting my husband Allan one, but really there is no need to.

Saturday and friends

2010-11-14T07:25:00.002-07:00

Saturday was a good day. I went to Marilyn's house that lives about an 1 3/4 hours away. I rode with Melonie, a friend of 25 years. She was having a Stampin-Up party, so I attended my first "party" or "class" which ever you would like to call it. Dacia Smith was the demonstrator. We made a Christmas tag and a Christmas card. And Marilyn shared lots of homemade goodies to eat. We had a fabulous time. Melonie and I stayed long after the demonstration was over. We had lots of catching up to do. Pat did you and Donna's ears burn yesterday. We talked about both of you and your talents.

For Valda & Eileen

2010-11-12T09:29:00.004-07:00

It was hinted to me this week that I needed to update my blog. So Valda & Eileen here you go. I found this metal mirror thingey at a local small store. It had been 30 dollars, but because the mirror was broken, it was marked down to 5. Of course that ever present, but nearly dim light bulb went on over my head. My son, Darrin has a bedroom that half my house would fit into. The wall behind his bed is "naked". The bed itself is a poster bed. not real big, but still posts at the headboard. I transformed the broken mirror into a place to put his last initial. Using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge and my Cricut, I cut the letter G out and then layered it on some patterned paper. If it had been for a woman, I would have added more bling, but this is the way Darrin will like it best. 1 Christmas present finished, just about a gazillion to do yet. The last picture is for Eileen. It is another picture of Miss Flossie Mae investigating the new project. She really is a a cutie isn't she?
P.S. Eileen, I have installed new dead bolts on my doors and windows.

HALLOWEENIE

2010-10-31T13:06:00.003-07:00

Well Halloween has came and almost gone. Here are a few pics of 2 of my 3 granddaughters.

Heaven

2010-10-28T03:32:00.002-07:00

This is what I envision Heaven would bee like today. My Daddy and Scott sitting on the creek bank fishing. 11 years ago today my Daddy died. He greeted Scott with open arms in February, he had his fishing buddy home with him.

Just another Late Friday NIght I mean early Saturday Morning

2010-10-15T21:16:00.003-07:00

Hello friends. I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful colors of Fall. I just wish it wasn't the prelude to Winter. I dislike Winter. But if you have been following this blog for awhile, you already know that. I don't do winter very well. I cleanned out a hall closet today. which was much way over due. How do people collect so much junk? But today amongst my finds, I came across many many wonderful treasures. God knew I needed to visit with these treasures again. Unfortunately, years ago when we moved into this house, 20+ years ago, I stored some boxes in the basement, with intentions of unpacking them as soon as we got settled in. Like I said unfortunately, we didn't know that the basement would leak. So the treasures I found, got damaged somewhat years ago. Of course I still saved them, after all they were treasures, well at least to me they are treasures. I found Mother's Day Cards made by my 3 beautiful, wonderful sons, when they were just little boys. I cried over each and every one of them, and reminiscenced about when they were little, and life was perfect. But now there is an empty spot in my heart. There was a special message in these for me today. God knew, way back 32 years ago that this day would come, and I would need this special little message from Scott. Till I can get it professionally matted and framed, I put it in one that I found, where else, but in the same hall closet. I will hang it in my craft room, it will be my reminder, of a request a little boy made of his mother so many many years ago. My eyes sting, my heart pounds so hard as I write this blog. But there is a smile underneath. Of course Miss Nosey Pants had to investigate the "new" thing that I was making such a fuss over, she is of course jealous, because I wasn't grooming her. *wink*

Beautiful Fall Day

2010-10-09T21:08:00.006-07:00

We learned this week that my baby sister has lymphoma. Please put her on your prayer list. I needed to do something crafty to help me out with my feelings after hearing the news. I made a trip to Staples and found a leather notebook that I liked. I decided that she needed something to help her keep all her apts, doctor's names and numbers and most of all a journal to write about "her journey" . I divided the pages into 3 categories., with page dividers. The journal, the calendar, and addresses. On each journal page I put an inspirational quote. I added a place for her to put her address in case she was to misplace it. The calendar pages have a front and back. The front page, list each day and the back has the whole month at a glance with a picture of a bird. (she loves to feed the birds). I attached some ribbons, to use as book markers. I also included a personal message on one page. Then I found a lined basket to put it in, along with the extra pages. I added some tissue, a tag and made it into a JOY basket. Please keep her in your prayers as she starts this "journey".

HAPPY FALL

2010-10-02T06:37:00.003-07:00

HAPPY FALL to all of my friends. It definitely felt like Fall this morning. It was 48 degrees. Honestly, I am not ready for Fall, just because I know Winter follows all too quickly. Picking up on a writing that Donna at Butternut Sage had written, I too am in the Fall/Autumn of my life. So in my own life, Winter will follow in the near future. But Fall is full of beautiful colors, so maybe that will mean, I will see many beautiful things in the Fall of my own life. Let's hope for that. Donna has an easy sketch this week. This will be the first time I have entered one of her sketches. Maybe it is time for me to do new things, so I will start with an "easy" one. I used some scrap Mulberry Paper that I had laying around, ribbon from the top of my desk that had been there a good while and a sentiment stamp from Inkadinkado. Thanks for visiting and please go visit Donna at Butternut Sage, she has such wonderful things to share. I found her because of the most beautiful tied ribbons, that she gave a tutorial on. Tell her that her NC friend told you to visit. Also visit her at http://www.backyarddoor.blogspot.com/

Here is her sketch.

Here is my version.

Through The Fire

2010-09-17T12:27:00.002-07:00

Julie Buhler posted this on her blog today. Her husband is very ill right now. She is such a strong person.

Please take a minute and watch this video Through the Fire By The Crabb Family. It brought me comfort today.

Nope, I've Not Been On Vacation

2010-09-12T07:20:00.003-07:00

But it has been a little while since I have posted. Thanks Karen for the friendly reminder. I do appreciate all my friends noticing and understanding my "down" times. I'm still adjusting to this new chapter of my life. Now to see what I have done creative. Sorry to say just this one thing this week. A very special friends son is getting married in a couple of weeks. I didn't want a store bought present, so I started digging through my things and found a mat from an old picture. I guess you can call it an altered project. I cut the R using my Cricut, and embossed it using platinum and the under layer I embossed with gold powder. I Rounded the edges and used a piece of DP. Then I added the butterfly because just the R looked too plain, and TA-DA that part was complete. I did layer the different layers with 3 D dots. It doesn't show in the picture but it gave it dimension. I then used their last name and the date in the bottom frame. I did smudge the edges of the paper that the name was on with a ink pad. It too was put down with 3D dots. Then I found a frame and pieced it all back together. Now lets see how many of you gals can see the big mistake I found in this project, after posting it the first time. email me at, scrump1951@hotmail.com and let me see how many of you looked close enough to catch the mistake. You will probably have to enlarge the picture to see the mistake.

"If I Die Young"

2010-09-02T16:08:00.002-07:00

Here are some excerpts from the song "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry.
Who would have ever thought 2 years ago when I started my blog "Searching for A Rainbow" that my Scott is now the rainbow that I would be searching for.

Lord, make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby

A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'
Funny when your dead how people start listenin'

The ballad of a dove
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket
Save them for a time when you're really gonna need them, oh

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

Another week gone by

2010-08-20T18:34:00.003-07:00

Seems as if the weeks are rushing by way to fast. I live near a High School and I can hear the band playing at the first football game of the season. They also shoot a cannon every time they score. And if I have counted right it is going to be a fairly high scoring game. It seems so long ago that my boys were playing football. I do miss those days. Scott's death has brought so many memories to mind lately.

This week Pat at Southern Breezes challenged us to do a simple card. No layers, no bling, just stamping.I took the opportunity to make a 8 pc set of 4 x 4 note cards, for a B/D present. It went so fast. The stamps are from Art Declassified
featuring "Cafe Paris". There are two in a set. The stamps were a gift to me from a special stamping friend. I used Adirondack Hand-Made Rainbow "Wildflower" Ink Pad. I stamped each card using a different angle on the stamp pad. They all came out different. You can see in the 2nd picture that I stamped the smaller of the stamp set on the inside of the card. I really like this simply stamped little set of cards. I didn't use a sentiment so that they can use them for anything. Thanks for visiting.

MADDIE

2010-08-17T18:37:00.003-07:00

Yesterday was my middle granddaughter's 10th Birthday. She had a party over the weekend, and will be having another one tomorrow. Here are a couple of things I have fixed for it. I know it is 9:30 and I don't have the cupcakes made yet, or the banner completed, or her present wrapped, or the rest of the food finished. But wanted to show you what I did have finished. And yes I do work a full day tomorrow and will come home and finish what I don't complete tonight by 6 PM tomorrow night. Everyone keep their fingers crossed that I do. Below is a couple of pictures of her never ending scrapbook that I am making for her. The front, is done in her two favorite colors purple and green. I took a couple of pictures of some of the pages also. The treat box cake isn't completely finished yet, but I do have candy in the boxes and that is all the kids care about. The other thingeys are candy coated marshmallows with sprinkles. I'll be back tomorrow with more. Oh I forgot to mention, I don't have her card finished either. ;)

It's Hot

2010-08-13T14:29:00.005-07:00

Boy it is hot here in NC. But according to the weather report, it has been hot most places this week. The wind is stirring a little now, so I hope a little storm will blown in and cool us down a little bit. It is time to post Pat's Saturday Night Challenge again. She had us do something this week, that I haven't done before. Make sure and go visit her blog to see her card. It is a keeper for sure. The challenge was to make a mini card. Hers was 3.5 x 3.5 so that is what I made mine too. I am going to make and envelope to fit it too, but don't have time right now. As you can tell in the pictures it isn't a folded card. The base is a piece of off white card stock , then a piece of Bo-Bunny Press "Shabby Princess" collection for the next layer. I used my Cricut to cut out a little nestie shape in the same base colored cardstock. I folded it about the fourth of the way down and slipped the top under the bottom of the 2nd layer. I used a marker to faux stitch around the outer edge. The little flower on top was cut out of a coordinating piece of the Bo-Bunny, "Shabby Princess" collection, then pieced on with 3 D dots. When you lift the piece that has the flower on it, up you can see where I stamped a sentiment using a MSE stamp. I used some coordinating ribbon to finish it off. Thanks for visiting.

GUESS WHO CAME TO DINNER

2010-08-11T19:32:00.002-07:00

Maybe it was Larry, Curly and Mo. Or was it the Three Musketeers. I found them in my garden. What do you think I should call them? The top one looks like a green Miss Flossie Mae.

Pat is Back

2010-08-07T09:18:00.004-07:00

I was so happy to see that Pat was back with her Saturday night challenge for this week. She has beautiful examples to show. We were to use flower soft, glitter, etc to embellish a card. I needed to make a 40th anniversary card for this weekend, so wanted to incorporate the two. Since it is a 40th anniversary I chose Ruby for the main colors. I used a digital image to print out the 3rd layer of the card, with Happy Anniversary as the sentiment. I chose Imaginations, Sonnets in cranberry to use as the 2nd layer and to make the flowers. I added a little thin ribbon just for a little more embellishment. I did take a picture of the center of the flowers to prove that I did use the flower soft. The picture of the card doesn't show it very well Thanks for checking in.

Evidently I am not Good at Reading Directions

2010-07-30T22:57:00.003-07:00

I think this will be my 3 contribution to Beverly's Pink Saturdays. Well evidently I missed this part:

Reminder - We have a weekly challenge for you to visit the blog of at least one participant that you have never visited before. Then next Saturday include that blog and a link in your post. Quite a few of you have been done this challenge, and have met some of the great Pink Saturday participants. Thank you for sharing with us.This week I am featuring four blogs of Pink Saturday participants. These Pink Saturday participants have requested to be a featured blog, and there will be up to five featured blogs each Saturday. Please visit, get to know and say hello to these participants. They have each written the following personal greetings to you.

Sorry, I have not been doing that. Somehow I missed that part. So to make up for it, I will link you to Beverly's so you can see what Pink Saturdays is all about.

The other link will be to Debbie at Simply Debbie. I am still not following directions very good. This is not the first time I have visited with Debbie. I met Debbie through Beverly's blog. The first thing I noticed when I visited with Debbie was that she was a member of a society that none of us want a membership in. Her beautiful daughter died in October 09 of cancer. After commenting to her, she returned with an email that have instantly made us friends. She lets me talk about Scott, she lets me share my bad days, my angry days. She understands the different emotions that I am going through. And she reassures me that I am ok, that all of this is normal, that is if you could call what we share normal. Having a child die is not normal. Thank you Beverly for having Pink Saturdays, and introducing me to Debbie. And Debbie, thank you for being here for me at this time in my life when there are no answers.
Now for my Pink contribution.

I have not made anything Pink this week. so I walked around in my yard and snapped a picture of a few of the pink things that I found in my garden this week. Thanks for checking in on me this week.

Pink Breezes

2010-07-17T00:00:00.002-07:00

PINK BREEZES. That is what has been going on at my house. Pat at Southern Breezes Challenge this week was to use predominately PINK on a card LO or whatever. Also, Beverly hosts PINK Saturdays. So I guess this will be a "2fer". I am still working on Madison's scrapbook pages for her birthday in August. This was taken when she was just barely 3. The moment I saw this picture when going through some old shots, I knew I could use it for Pat and Beverly's post this week. Thanks for visiting with me today. Oh yes, Pat is having way too much fun this week. She is having Amuse classes with Heather.

Christmas in July

2010-07-08T16:17:00.003-07:00

It is hard to think about Christmas when there is 110 heat indexes going on. But then maybe just thinking about it, will trick your mind into thinking cold. This week that is what Pat has going on for the challenge. I am trying to get some scrapbook pages made before Aug. 16 when my granddaughter turns 10. So I used a Christmas picture from 2006 (Yes I am that far behind) to make a Christmas page. I have a stuffed snowman that is pretty big. She was about 5 months old her first Christmas and we sit her down beside it and made pictures. Well it has turned into tradition. she even reminds me of it every Christmas. This page is part digital and part handmade. Thanks Pat for the challenge.

FRIEND, FAMILY & BEARS

2010-07-05T07:59:00.005-07:00

Friend and Family:
Along time ago I met Sharon, we were in HS together. A couple of years later we became family, when I married her cousin. Time passed and he became my ex. But the important and special thing is his family, never divorced me, when he did. Now just how special is that. I still have his family. We don't see each other as often as we should. At an occasional wedding, and seems like to many funerals. We have kept in contact more recently because of email. My oldest son, Scott and Sharon share the same birthday. Feb. 18th. If you are new to reading my blog, I need to mention that Scott left his earthly home in Feb of this year. I saw Sharon again at Scott's funeral. Several weeks later she contacted me about making something for me and Scott's daughter using some of Scott's shirts. I picked two that was Scott's favorites and the most like him. Below are pictures of what my wonderful friend presented me with. the most special part of all is that the bow color she chose was the color of Scott's hair. The thought and love that went into this gift is tremendous. I hope she knows how overwhelmed I am for this gift of love that she has given me. Especially the color of the bow. Sharon, there are no words to express my gratitude for this gift, except I love you.

The Bears:
The detail:
Sharon used the tags out of the shirt to place in "special" little places. She also used the buttons off the shirts to hinge them together. Look at the beautiful sewing skills that she has.
The bow:
A Close up of the Bears

IT'S BEEN AWHILE

2010-07-03T05:53:00.003-07:00

It has been awhile since I have posted anything. But Pat has started her Saturday night challenges again, so that gave me boost to do something creative. Plus, Donna gave me some very needed encouragement. Also some friends keep asking me when I am going to update. I did change my page a little too. I added a poem in the side bar, that I hope all of you take time to read. Thanks ladies.
Monday is my nephew's birthday, but we are celebrating tonight. Of course I am down to the wire for the challenge and his card. Pat's challenge said to make it summery and incorporate the red, white & blue. Well I got the red, white and blue part right. Here is Doug's B/D card. Happy Birthday to my only biological Nephew. Of course I have some very special Nephews in Law.See you later. Make some great memories this 4th.

It's been a week!

2010-06-12T09:00:00.000-07:00

I didn't realize it but it has been a week since I posted anything. So that means it is going to be a long one this time. It is hot and humid in the Foothills of NC, and it is just the middle of June. Can you believe the year is almost half gone. I will always reflect back on 2010 with great sadness, grief and loss. Friday was a good day. My granddaughter Amber (Scott's daughter) came to spend most of the day with me. We started out with breakfast. Oh and what a breakfast it was. We had waffles, biscuits and gravy, hash browns and bacon. Breakfast would probably be my favorite meal of the day, if I could eat like that all the time. It is usually fruit & cereal. After consuming all that delicious food, we went to the cemetery. We sat and talk a long time, each sharing their personal feelings. Amber even done the chauffeuring, so it was a very good day. She even shared her Starbucks Capichino. We do not have a Starbucks where I live, so she stopped on the way and got us one. Yes the 1500 calorie kind ;) but we shared. She is so tiny she could have 5 of those a day and it wouldn't bother her. Last week was my Mother's B/D so we had a small impromptu family gathering. I forgot my camera but I will share a picture of her at a recent wedding.On the way home, we stopped at a roadside produce stand. We got cantaloupes (the best of the season) a watermelon, peaches (yum yum) and cukes. My cukes did not do good this year yet. I came home and picked my first mess (that is what us Southerners call a picking of beans) of green beans. Pat, I am eating those for you!! Also here are pictures of her homemade cards. One from me and 2 others from my sons and then the 2 little granddaughters. Oh and the best part, homemade cupcakes. Mom loves that wax fruit candy. I found little miniature ones. I flavored the cupcake and icing to match the candy slice. I thought they looked festive. They didn't taste to bad either. Have a good week. Thanks for letting me share.

Pink Saturdays

2010-06-05T00:00:00.002-07:00

Beverly at How Sweet The Sound has a weekly "PINK SATURDAYS" I have been checking in on there Saturday post for a while now, and decided to join along this week. I planned on making a scrap page for Madison's scrapbook this week so it all fell into place. Some of you have already seen the photo of the pink tennis shoes, so I used it and another picture of the girls and just put pink everywhere. Thanks for looking. Please go look at all the different pink items she has to show you.

Sunday Sketch

2010-05-30T18:37:00.002-07:00

Here is my 365cards Sunday Sketch.
I use papers from The Linen Closet Matstack. The flower from the bridal section at Michaels. The ribbon, and pearls came from the top of my desk. ;)

Summer Nights

2010-05-30T07:19:00.004-07:00

And the summer nights are upon us down here in NC. The humidity is beginning to rise. Pat's Saturday challenge is about summer fun. One of my happiest memories is when the boys were little, and I showed them how to catch fireflies. since Scott's death, I reflect back a lot about their childhood. Good, wonderful, happy times.

I used Cricut's Stretch Your imagination cartridge to cut out the canning jar and the fireflies. I used Plantain School house for the grass. I cut the canning jar out of the clear acetate, then the jar lid out of silver foil paper and roughed it up a little so it would look like one of the old "timey" type lids. I adhered the jar with3d dots, also the fireflies underneath the jar, and in the night skies. the others in grass were just stuck on. I hope you get out this summer and catch some fireflies. Be young again.
And yes always remember to catch and RELEASE those little wonders.

Around My House

2010-05-29T20:39:00.003-07:00

My Mom, Sister and Niece came to visit today. As they were getting ready to leave, we walked around the house so Mom could see my flowers and garden. Ashley, my Niece took some shots with he phone camera. She takes better shots with it then I do my real camera. Hope you enjoy seeing them.
A shot of a wind chime in one of my Maples

The Clematis winding around my light post

And finally but most important. Miss Flossie Mae using her best manners for our company.
Thanks Ashley for sharing these today.

365 Cards Sunday Sketch

2010-05-28T05:11:00.002-07:00

At 365 they have a Sunday Sketch challenge. Go here to see the sketch. I have all the elements of the sketch on it, just not in the same order. The paper was a scrap, so I have no ideal where it came from. Well everything on it was lying on my table. So this should qualify for a scrap challenge too if there is one out there somewhere. ;) Oh the main difference was that I made a first aid kit instead of a card. oops.

Shades of Brown

2010-05-27T14:58:00.003-07:00

Shades of Brown, that is what my yard is going to look like if we have a dry summer, and don't get lots of rain this summer. But on to the Southern Breezes challenge this week. It is none other then "Shades of Brown" We have a friend that has a birthday next week and masculine cards are so very hard for me. He is a fantastic fisherman, always out fishing my husband. (Allan my DH, doesn't know I am sharing that) The image is digital, and I tweaked the image a little with some brown pencil. I went on to,layer it on 2 other shades of brown. I finished it off with 3 multi shades of brown buttons. Thanks for looking. I am off to do my rain dance now. ;)

All Natural

2010-05-26T04:02:00.003-07:00

At 365 cards, the challenge was to use something from nature on the card. This is a set of cards I made for a birthday present. I wanted to use the same base card and color scheme on all of them. She will have to hand deliver them because of the embellies. I have them in a padded mailer with card board protectors to send as the gift today. Birthday tomorrow. I am cutting it close I know. The photo below is zoom in on the card that qualifies for the challenge. I used the dried leaf spines on it. thanks for visiting.

Me and Mine

2010-05-23T08:00:00.004-07:00

Today's post is nothing to do with paper, ribbons, embellies or the sort. I just wanted to share a few pictures of pictures of the things around my yard. The others were taken on my granddaughter's 21st birthday, back on the 3rd of May. Enjoy!!!
I always try to grow some nasturtiums because my mother always did when I was growing up.

Miss Flossie Mae just had to get in the above photo

The North 40 Feet that is (wink)

The first picture is of Amber my oldest Granddaughter on her 21st birthday, with the middle granddaughter, Madison. The second is of Amber and the youngest Granddaughter, Natalie.

Paint Chips

2010-05-19T14:29:00.004-07:00

This week Pat is having us make a card using paint chips. Boy Allan was glad to find out the chips were for a card, and not me deciding that we were going to paint. I chose Spa Blue, Birds Nest, Sundress and Clay Ridge chips for my graduation card. I used the blues on the front and the greens on the inside. I cut the word Dream out using my Cricut Design Studio, so the letters would be all connected. The flowers came from Michaels in the bridal section. The other accent down the side came from my sewing basket. Then just 3 stick on pearls. On the inside I used the green chips to make a pocket on the left side to hold money or gift card. I finished it off with a graduation sentiment.

Flower, Southern Breezes and RAKS

2010-05-14T08:52:00.005-07:00

This is a picture of one of the newest flowers to open in my garden today. Isn't it beautiful.
RAK's how much they mean to people. I am going to have to start doing better and do more of them myself. I have a friend whom I have never met, but has sent me a beautiful hand crafted card, every week since my son ,Scott died. Now I have to admit that I have never been that kind to anyone. Her gifts of love has taught me a valuable lesson. Her RAKS brings a smile to my often sad face when I open up my mailbox. Thank you Pam (Mugsy Creates) You are definitely one of a kind. And her creations are divine. Plus, she remembers I love purple and flowers. Please go visit her blog, she has such inspiration to share.

Now on to Pat's weekly challenge. It was a recipe. We were to have 3 layers circles, and like images on them. It is that time of year again, when Mom's vacation is over and the kids get out of school. ( I wished I could go back to that time in my life). So I chose to make a T/Y card for a teacher. I know teachers are probably absolutely tired of apples, apples, apples but I did a card with them on it anyway. ;) And yes I know pink and red doesn't go together, but honestly (and Flossie Mae is a witness for me) it looks that color in the picture only. I have a green and red dotted bottom layer, a red middle layer, and a green top layer. I used my Cricut to cut the little circles and the little apples. I used a Thanks sticker, distressed the circles a little glued down the apples, drew on the leaves, added a red ribbon, and popped the circles on with fat glue dots.

Strawberries & Chocolate

2010-05-07T20:19:00.005-07:00

Two of my favorite things are Strawberries and Chocolate. So you know I just adore chocolate dipped strawberries. I plan on fixing some for Mother's Day lunch. Well I am going to fix them, whether I have enough to share at lunch, will be the question, cause I will tend to sample as I make them I am sure.

This week for Pat's challenge we were to make a spring card. Always when the Irises are in bloom, I start looking for road side markets, displaying the big juicy red berries. That is one of my favorite things about Spring. I happened upon THIS blog, and she has free strawberry box templates. She also has two different cards you can print out that coordinate with the boxes. I took the downloads a step farther and cut several of the berries out so I could layer them with the 3d dots. I also cut out the front of the 1st card, and layered it on black and green paper, and added a black polka dotted ribbon. I used the front of the 2nd card to use as the sentiment on the inside of the card, layering it also and added a cut out berry to finish it off. In the third picture of the inside of the card you can see that I used Sakura Glaze black pen to emphasize the seeds on the berries. I put the strawberry candies and kisses inside these, cutest little boxes. Everyone needs to hop over to her Blog - Schlosser Designs and see all the neat stuff she has to share.

Warm Weather

2010-04-30T20:56:00.003-07:00

We had really warm weather today, frost this morning and then temps in the 80s this afternoon. I think a big patch of thunderstorms are rolling our way. I hope they slow down until after 4 on Sunday. Monday is my granddaughter's birthday party. She will be 21 on Monday. It will be so bittersweet. It was her Daddy that died in Feb. It is another "first" we have to face. Everything has changed since that day. Nothing will ever be the same again.

Pat's challenge this week was to use black with just a pop of color. Well I kinda sorta went by the rules. Amber, my granddaughter loves black and pink, so for her party, I made a giant card for her. I hope everyone that comes to the party will sign it and add some good wishes to it. I used poster size card stock for the black base and white layers . The letters were cut using my cricut with the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. The pink and black flower was made using wrapping paper and the tutorial found here.

Getting Senile

2010-04-23T18:34:00.004-07:00

Well it is after nine, and I was suppose to have had my card for Pat's Saturday Challenge posted by nine. I rushed and took pictures, then rushed to go to blog. After about 10 attempts, I finally remembered what my password was to this account. I kept trying to use my passwords to face book and hot mail, and the such. So after a Duh and a slap on the head, I finally got logged in. Pat's challenge was to "cut something out". Well I am bending the rules, by not actually even doing a card, but using an example from another project I am working on. May 3rd my granddaughter will be 21. We are throwing a party for her, and I am working on a banner for it, plus a scrapbook. Yes I have known about her birthday for 21 years and just now trying to fit 21 years into a 2 week period. I have definitely turned into a procrastinator. But here is a picture of several of the letters I am working on for the banner. I cut out the letters using my Cricut and the Platin Schoolhouse cartridge. Everyone have a good weekend. It is suppose to rain here.

It's Late, It's Late

2010-04-16T22:12:00.003-07:00

I know my submission for Pat's challenge is late, but just remembered that Friday had come and gone, and I hadn't posted yet. This week she said for us to make a card, using our favorite colors. Well, everybody that knows me, knows that my favorite color is purple. so here is a simple birthday card using Memory Box, Party Time stamp set. Thanks for checking in on me again this week.

Just a Farming

2010-04-09T17:26:00.003-07:00

And I don't mean on Facebook either. Here in NC we had such a beautiful day. The sun was out and the temperature was a little below average for this time of year, but just perfect for Farming. I tilled up my little patch of garden that is in my backyard. I ran out two tanks of gas in the tiller, getting the ground so soft and weed free. I now have onions, potatoes and 3 different kinds of salad lettuce planted. I found several sunflowers coming up from last year in the garden. I did enjoy being outside today. I did take time to work on a card for a special birthday that I am late on. Last Saturday was Carolyn's birthday and I let it slip by. I feel so bad about it. Carolyn was one of the first phone calls I made, when I found out about my son's death. Her and her husband were right there taking care of things that had to be done from the very beginning. So here is her belated birthday card. She understands and still loves me, even if I am late.

Pat's challenge this week was to use one of her favorite techniques, which is piecing. I used papers by Sassafras, the Sunshine lollipops collection. I cut out the little bird from on pattern paper and used a foam dot to pop it on what looks like a tree on another sheet from the same collection. I also cut an extra flower out and popped it over the other one. I cut out around the shape of the top of the paper then attached it to another pattern, still using the 3d dots. So we have about 3 layers going on. I finished it off with a chocolate colored satin ribbon. Happy Birthday, Carolyn.
P.S. The birdhouse was a gift from one of my son's neighbors. I walk by his house everyday while walking their dog Bondo. Isn't it such a wonderful RAK.

Bunny Rabbit Tails

2010-04-02T15:00:00.002-07:00

This week at Pat's Southern Breezes Saturday NIght challenge we were to either make a card or treat holder for Easter. I chose to make a treat holder, something to hold some things for the little girls in my life. I do not remember who's blog I saw these on originally. I am sorry for not linking you to it. I found these little chocolate covered marshmallows too, I thought well some bunnies are chocolate. Enjoy.

What can I say

2010-03-26T15:48:00.007-07:00

How can I ever relay how overwhelmed I am with the continued outpouring of love and prayers. My family and I are so thankful for all that everyone is doing. . This has been a bad day, and sometimes I feel like people probably would like to hear something different from me. Believe me, no one wants that more then me. Just when I think I am going to make it through the day, it comes right back eating at my soul. I was just randomly checking out some sites today and came across this one. Thank you Cathe. It still amazes me how God puts people in your life at just the right times.

This week at Southern Breezes, Pat wanted us to use a piece of clothing as the inspiration for a card. Well I found this cute little cardigan and loved the colors. Plus Donna at Butternut Sage, has this great little template. So I combined the two and made my clothing inspired card. Along with several others. I have an addictive personality if you can't tell. I loved the color combo of the yellow with turquoise. Thanks for listening and again thanks for the support everyone is giving

Sunshine, Wonderful Sunshine

2010-03-19T12:59:00.006-07:00

It is 72 degrees as I write this post. What a blessing this sunshine is. Scott would have been right outside in this sun, under a hood of a car. I have lots of beautiful memories, they still make me sad at times, but they are still special. Seems like everything I do or say, I associate it with Scott. Scott would like this, Scott wouldn't like this, my mind never strays far from thoughts of him. It is so ironic how people are brought together. Earlier today I was in the floral section in the store, and there was a older lady there. Of course I could only smile and nod at her, afraid to say much, afraid my voice would break, see I was there buying flowers for Scott. She said isn't it hard to buy flowers for our loved ones that are no longer with us. I nodded and she said she had lost her husband about 10 years ago, but had also lost her son 4 years ago this May. She was still visibly shaken. I just grabbed her and hugged her and we held on to each other for a minute, then I got up the courage to say that I had just buried my son 3 weeks earlier. Well we hugged again. We talked awhile, and then we shared stories, and we had so many many things in common. God put her and I both there at the same moment to give each other strength while we chose flowers for our sons. She told me that I would only learn to live with this, but never accept it. I want to again thank all you wonderful friends , who's prayers are lifting my family up. There is no way we could have ever have gotten this far without God and friends.

Now on to Pat's challenge, This week we were to use a shape. Well I took the easy way out again and used one of the first basic shapes that we learned as a child. The SQUARE. This card is for a special person that was a part of Scott's life. She too has a hard road ahead of her.
I also made a couple of spring wreaths today. One for Scott and one for my front door. On Scott's wreath, I made a little bird's nest out of twigs and moss and then added little plastic eggs.
The bow on the wreath for my front door, was on a beautiful floral tribute for Scott. I saved it just for this reason. I also made a birds net out of moss, for it. I added the eggs and also a little bird.

Baby Steps

2010-03-12T20:08:00.003-07:00

Since Scott's death, I am a new person, learning to live in a new world, one in which he does not exist. So I am just beginning to take baby steps each day just to get through to the next day. My friends have told me that they have missed my blog and the bits and pieces of what goes on in my little part of the world, and at my attempts at being creative. They say, that I started this as therapy when I had another loss, and that I should begin again. I will take baby steps with this also. I'm afraid that some days, I may not have pleasant things to say, or I may just ramble on making no sense what so ever. My dear friends please be patient with me and continue to keep us in your prayers.

I am starting back by participating in Pat's Saturday Night challenge. We were to make a treat holder. When I said baby steps I meant baby steps. I decided to just take a decorating bag fill it with Easter treats, and tie it off with ribbons and cut out little leaves that looked like carrot tops. Well that was my intentions, We settled for just a bow.

Thank You

2010-02-27T23:09:00.002-07:00

There is no way to express my thanks to all of you. The prayers, the notes, the floral tributes, the visits, the moment of silence you may have had in his memory. These are the things that sustained me and my family this past week. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. I am starting a new chapter in my life. This is a chapter, I hoped I would never have to write. But for some reason, God chose me for this particular heart retching trial. It will be an uphill battle the rest of my life. It is a chapter I hope none you ever have to write. Again thanks to all my friends and family.

Prayer Request

2010-02-21T21:26:00.005-07:00

Shelia's son, Scott, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 21. Please keep Shelia and her family in your prayers during this very difficult time. May God comfort her and give her the strength to get through this.

We love you Shelia.
Pat

It's late, really late

2010-02-20T16:05:00.003-07:00

Here is my Saturday night challenge from Pat at Southern Breezes. Dead line was yesterday at 9 PM but her being the nice person she always is, takes into consideration that people have circumstances that prevent them sometimes from meeting the time frame. You know like unscheduled naps and the such *wink* This week it was to use embossing, and really because of being busy this week, and the naps (I can not lie) I took the easy way out and embossed this birthday card with Glossy accents by Ranger. I will be back later with some pictures of some things I have been working on this week, And no it isn't a picture of me sleeping. ;)

It's On, It's On

2010-02-18T05:05:00.002-07:00

I always welcome Ash Wednesday. Here in foothills of NC, we have Hibriten Mtn. Every Ash Wednesday the Cross is lighted. It reminds me that in about six weeks nature will start sprouting it's new spring colors. Sometimes under a blanket of snow, but at least they are sprouting. Courtesy of Frank Stevens Photography, here is a picture of the cross. Also on Thanksgiving night, the mountain lights up with A Star. I can look out my back door and see this exact picture. Aren't I blessed, with the reminders of God's love at these seasons.

But MA, it's Valentine's Day!

2010-02-15T14:04:00.003-07:00

That is what Flossie Mae kept telling me all Sunday morning. Her beau, came visiting, and I would not let her out of the house. As you can see in the first picture he has been gallivanting around for days. His little face shows signs of new fight wounds. I could not make her understand that he had been cheating on her. " HUMPH", she says to me, "well it is Valentine's Day". She said, that I was just jealous because my DH forgot what day it was. *wink* The pictures aren't very good, the reflection from the glass messed them up.
For the little grand-daughters I crocheted them each little caps. They are the tight fitting kind, and when on their heads the little butterfly shows up really pretty. I also made them little necklaces out of Shrinky Dinks. I added a little ribbon rose, and used red ribbon for the chain. Also here is a picture of my dining room table that I had set for Valentine's Day. Thanks for letting me share.

Are you tired of hearing me talk about SNOW

2010-02-12T17:56:00.003-07:00

Well I am tired of talking about snow. What is it about the weekend and snow? Anyway as I write this, it is snowing again. Where I live, we aren't suppose to get snow this often. Okay, I will hush now.
Now let's move on to Pat's Saturday Challenge which is:

How did you get into stamping and what were your favorite stamps and inks to work with? This should be fun for all!! When your project is finished simply link to it in the comment section of this post. As always, anyone, anywhere can play along! Have fun!!

First of all I will tell how I got into card making. My older sister had started playing with it some, and it caught my attention, but then, Pat came into my life. Even before I had ever met her, I knew a lot of special things about her, and felt like I had known her all my life when the time finally came for us to meet . We had a mutual friend (Emily) that shared things about the each of us with the other. How many of you have noticed the quote at the top of my blog? This is the story of that quote. Tragedy struck and we lost our very close friend, Emily. So through tragedy, I was united with Pat. Through our inconsolable grief we were brought together. and found an instant kinship. Pat brought the love of stamping and scrap booking & card making into my life, along with her friendship. That has been 4 years, and we both feel as if we have been a part of each other's lives forever. We both have so many separate memories of Emily that we love to share with each other. Emily will always be with me, because of Pat and Emily's sister, Dee.

Along with Pat's friendship and love of stamping she introduced me to so many friends that I have never really got to meet. There is Robyn (BFF), Pam, & Donna, just to mention a few.

So now on to my card for the challenge. In the beginning I had not acquired many stamping goodies, so I relied on clip art and things like that to make my cards with. So this card came from a card print program that my sons had given me for Christmas. I rearranged it, and added my own embellishments to make it more personal. After layering it on the pink card stock, I scored the left hand edge at 1.5 inches. I cut another piece of the pink card stock at the same measurements, stacked the two together, and punched the two holes to thread my ribbon through. I think I like the look of the hinged side. So I went back to my roots, by using a digital image and added a new way of displaying it. Thanks for letting me share the card, and mine and Pat's story.

Another snow day

2010-02-05T18:28:00.003-07:00

I got another snow day today. I just worked Wednesday and Thursday this week, because of bad weather. I did get to work on Pat's Challenge today, so it will be on time for once. The challenge was to make a card using a mish mash of techniques, embellishments, and mediums. I should have reread the instructions better, because I did not use any techniques :( But this is what I came up with. I used leftovers from other projects, that was lying on my desk. It isn't quite what Pat had in mind, but I promise I'll do better next time. I have had a ball this week playing with Outlines stamps. I had stamped this little rabbit and colored it earlier in the week, but just never used it on anything. The ribbon, and pearls was leftovers too, as was the card stock. I finished off the inside with a little portion of the stamp. This qualifies the card for the challenge today at 365 Cards too. Thanks for coming to visit with me today.

Thinking Spring

2010-02-02T20:40:00.010-07:00

With all this yucky, dirty snow on the ground, all my attentions have turned to Spring, and being able to play outside in my little vegetable garden and flowers. Since this isn't going to be possible for awhile, (the dreaded forecast is that we will have more winter mix this weekend), I made a little note book to keep garden ideas, planting dates, and the such in. I just recently got my hands on some stamps by Outlines. They are so great. I love the Spring and Easter ones. I will share with you some of the things I have made with them, since I have had a 4 day weekend because of the snow. I had so much fun "coloring" and cutting out the cutest little bunnies. I think I got carried away with the little bunnies. *wink* The first pictures are of the little garden notebook. I stamped the Outlines stamp of this wheelbarrow overflowing with beautiful flowers from the garden, then used all kinds of mediums and embellishments to bring emphasize the beauty of the stamp. I divided up the pages and added MS month tabs, so I could plan ahead month by month. The notebook I picked up at Big Lots, and it had this ugly looking cover. This Outlines stamp, really made a big difference. On the inside of the back cover,is another little bunny. That is because the real bunnies in my real garden, usually get the first of the tender vegetables. So, this will remind me of that fact every time, I make some new notes in my journal.
Next is a little tag card I made using two different masked Outlines stamps and then layering them together. Again I used different pens and pencils to "color" my little Easter Egg. Boy I wish I could make real ones that had all those beautiful designs on them.

And third, is pictures of some napkin rings, I made using the little rabbit. I used pale pink flocking on the tail. As you may have guessed by now, I have simply fell in love with the little fuzzy bunny. I think these will really dress up my Easter Sunday tablescape. The grandchildren will particulary love them. I have more ideals for these little bunnies, so come back and visit closer to Easter.

Guess who is 29

2010-01-29T03:40:00.002-07:00

Happy Birthday to my BFF. Robyn at jerzgirl4ever.blogspot.com is 29 again. Have a great great day.

The Nerve!!!!!

2010-01-27T18:34:00.003-07:00

The nerve of those weather reporters!!!! They are giving a winter storm warning for Friday night into Saturday. I do not understand how "you all" Northerners can stand all the cold weather and snow. I am so ready for Spring already. One good sign is that we are making Valentine Cards, so then will come the St. Patrick's Day cards, then the Easter. And Easter means SPRING!
This week at Southern Breezes, Pat's challenge was to use a stamp that isn't a valentines stamp and utilize it as one. Her example is really cute. I used a little stamp I dug around in my stamps and came up with from Inkadinkadoo. This little country angel is holding a star balloon. I masked the star and substituted some little heart stickers, and added more balloon strings. I printed Happy Valentine's Day on photo paper and then layered it all together with 3-d dots. I usually do not show the insides of my cards, but I switched the inside and front sentiments, added a MS heart sticker that I glittered by sprinkling the glitter on the sticky side and then adhering it with a glue dot. That way I didn't have to get up and find my glue. ;) Thanks for letting me share and keep your fingers crossed that the weather people are wrong with their forecast.

Simply Friday

2010-01-22T21:11:00.005-07:00

I could not think of a title for today's post, so Simply Friday will have to do. I can't believe it has been a week since posting. I am going to begin with Pat's challenge. She suggested that we make a multi-folded card. I chose to make a diamond fold. I found it at honeyheads.blogspot.com I did not put a sentiment inside because I don't know how I am going to use it. The next pictures are those of my sister and niece's birthday presents.The round one can hold a flame less candle. It has a hook on the back, so it can also be used as a wreath. The rectangular one, can either be a picture frame or a holder for the little candles. These buttons are from our mother's button jar. I also included pictures of their cards.

Happy Birthday, Darrin

2010-01-15T01:00:00.002-07:00

35 years ago today, Darrin, my youngest son was born. I still can not believe that I am old enough to have children that old. But I am. Happy Birthday, Son, it has been an awesome journey.

Now to Pat's challenge for this week. (And let me verify, this is not my son's B/D card), It was white on white with just a touch of color. I saw, this butterfly lying on my desk (along with the kitchen sink *wink*) and thought, I need to incorporate that into this weeks challenge. I do not have a butterfly embossing folder, so I just turned over a sheet of patterned butterfly paper and what did I have, embossed butterfly paper and white at that. I just used the round scalloped nestability die cut to make the frame, and layered white on white. Then I attached the silver butterfly and the silver blings for my touch of color. You can not see in the picture, but I used the butterfly paper as the background where the silver butterfly had landed. Thanks for taking a peek today

January 8, 1956

2010-01-08T18:32:00.006-07:00

That was the day that my baby sister, Valda was born. Which by the way made me the MIDDLE CHILD!!. But it turned out Okay. This picture is of her first birthday. I'm on the left, and our older sister, Rita is on her right. Happy, Happy Birthday Dear Valda.

I also need to post Pat's Challenge. This is not Valda's birthday card, she looks at my blog, therefore I had better not post it or her gift yet. Pat suggested that we try something NEW for the first challenge of 2010. I have to confess, I have another obsession, that I have not shared with you. I love pretty paper napkins. I have bunches. But I do not use them, I know that is awful, but I always think I'll need them for something special someday and I won't have them. So you gals that know me, make sure that if something happens to me you are suppose to have a big party, and Please use the pretty paper napkins. ;). I did break into one of the packages for this challenge. I had to use 3 of them (faint) to get the effect I wanted. I saw on a blog where they used your basic plastic wrap to seal 1 ply of the napkin to card stock. Just separate the plys, then position the napkin on top of a piece of card stock that you have put a piece of plastic wrap on top of. Cover with some old papers or the such, and iron, using medium heat, till the design is adhered to the card stock. I then cut some different layers out of the other two napkins, to give the design some depth. Attached a ribbon, and I was good to go.

Another picture I want to share tonight is one of what my DH did special for me today. This is a pic of MY basic food groups. He went to an indoor farmers market, and brought me back some of my favorite, fresh veggies and a special little treat. Chocolate covered almonds. I guess I'll keep him. *wink*

New Year

2010-01-01T14:51:00.002-07:00

I finally got to go up to my Mom's today, and take her gifts. The weather was too bad last week at Christmas. Some places up there, look like a war zone, where the weight of the ice on the trees just snapped the tops out of them. My mother was without power for 5 1/2 days. She stayed with my sister so she stayed nice and warm and spoiled by my sister.
Pat's challenge two weeks ago was to make a calendar and she gave us two weeks to finish it up. I made one and posted it, and thought I would share another one. I raided my Mother's button jar awhile back, and thought I would make these calendars for my cousins, and share some of the buttons with them. It is a little acrylic picture frame that has the little base on the back so it will stand. I thought they could use them as desk calendars. The ribbon strap will hold 6 months at a time. They will have to change out come July. Hope you enjoyed looking. See you back later.

One Cold December Morning

2009-12-29T01:00:00.003-07:00

In Memory of Emily
07/08/1956 - 12/29/2005

A cold December morning began like any other.
But ended with shock and fright.
We waited, many days, and then the news arrived
The shock set in; the grief began.
It wasn't what we wanted to hear.
That smile was gone forever.
Each minute we felt it more and more -
We were full of anger, full of grief.

Now four years later on a cold December morn
Still felt by some, the pain hasn't stopped
Where are our answers?
How different would our world be today
Had this event not occurred.
If the shock we never would have felt,
and the nightmares not so vivid

Would we be happy,
Would we not have cried?
Or had she lived, would things be different
Not for us, but for her?
Her death horrific, unacceptable.
Who can answer our questions,
Who can tell us why.
Without a doubt we'll all find out
And in our knowledge
we will finally let her go.

I miss you Emily,
Love, Shelia

To read more about Emily you can go to here.

"Miss Flossie Mae went a courtin"

2009-12-25T13:04:00.004-07:00

Remember awhile back I posted some pictures of Miss Flossie Mae, watching for her "beau". Well I finally caught a picture of them visiting with each other through the back glass. As you can tell her "beau" is about 10 years old, and on his 9th life. He is quite the man about the neighborhood. He has so many scars on him, he is such a wayward visitor. Of course, me, being the Mother I am, thinks she could have done a lot better.

2009-12-25T06:46:00.001-07:00

The Christmas Gift of Knowing You
The Christmas season fills our hearts with joy;Bright, happy days bring special kinds of pleasure.We're wrapped in the excitement of it all,The sights, the sounds, the smells, the tastes we treasure.
Yet when we have some quiet time to thinkAbout our finest blessings all year through,We focus on our family and our friends,And appreciate the gift of knowing you!
By Joanna Fuchs

Merry Christmas from our house

Can you see her?

2009-12-22T15:03:00.006-07:00

Just a little post to catch up. Here is a picture of Miss Flossie Mae when she finally went out and checked out the snow. Well she really didn't get her paws wet, she walked along where the roof kept the snow off the deck, then moved to under one of the chairs. She doesn't think she likes it very much. She just don't understand all this hubbub over some wet, cold, white stuff.

Can you believe that Pat at Southern Breezes gave us two weeks to get our challenges finished. Well it is Tuesday, and I have already finished mine. Talk about not procrastinating, that is certainly me on this challenge. Well to tell the truth, I made the challenge the opportunity to finish out a little package I was making up for a friend. This is a CD calendar. I did not put the calendar behind the clear plastic, but taped it to the front, and then on the back did add just a plain piece of pattern paper, so you could not see the tape. The reason it ended up on top was because I kinda, sorta cracked it a little when taking it apart. But it turned out ok just the same. I made the little calendar by using a free template from somewhere and printed them, cut them and then bound them at the top with binding compound so they are stuck together like a little pad would be.

The last picture is of some little tidbits I put together for some gift bags, for some people that I am going to lunch with tomorrow. I don't actually work with them, but across the street, and they always include me in their little things, since I am the only woman in my office. They are special people. Included is some homemade pumpkin butter, an altered day planner, and a cone of hot cocoa mix with marshmallows. Thanks for visiting. My immediately family will be celebrating Christmas tomorrow night. Once they grow up and have families of their own, it is so hard to get together. But am blessed I have tomorrow, and everyone can be here. And one of my sons is even making his "out of this world" BBQ for our supper. I'll do the sides. It is some good BBQ.

Is it a blizzard at your house?

2009-12-18T18:00:00.000-07:00

It is here. The above picture Allan had taken about 6. And is suppose to continue till tomorrow until 6 pm on Saturday. Report said we might get up to 10 inches. I even got to leave work early today. so I have cleaned, and played, and wrapped packages. Just had fun.
Pat's challenge tonight was to use a new technique. Oddly enough, I realized I had never made a Pop-up card. Here is a simple little Birthday card, for a little friend, who is having a birthday right after Christmas. Sorry I forgot to take a picture of the front, and I had already put the camera up. I just took a folded card and made 2 equal snips on it, then attached the pkg that I cut out with my Cricut, using 2 sided paper. So simple. I will definetely be doing more cards like this.

Blue Cupcakes

2009-12-17T19:59:00.005-07:00

Well you can see the above picture isnt blue cupcakes, but are some snowmen I made with little powdered sugar donuts, candy corn and mini chocolate chips. The kids just giggled.

These are some of the things I put in the treat bags. I put cotton candy in little bags, then made a topper that said "Let it Snow" The other little baggie says, "Let's build a Snowman" It has instructions to color, cut and glue them together.

The snowflake stamped treat bags.

Madison, the older sister, after helping me set the table up.

Natalie blowing out her candles on the blue cupcake.

Natalie with her Dad & Sister, showing off her banner.

Our dear dear little granddaughter turned 4 yesterday. when I arrived at her house, she told me that she would never, never be 3 again, that she was 4. She had told me earlier that all she wanted was blue cupcakes, so that is what she got. Blue Cupcakes. I hope you enjoyed the party. ;)

One of those days.

2009-12-13T13:58:00.002-07:00

Saturday really fit that phrase. If you read my last blog you are aware of the fact that I had a funeral to attend Sat. afternoon at 2. Before that, my neighbor had a little get together which I was invited to at 11:00 AM. Then at 6:30 PM another one to attend. Well to begin with, I was late to the 11:00 o'clock one, not arriving till 12. OK so after arriving at 12, I needed to leave at 12:45 to get dressed and drive to the funeral. So all I had was 15 minutes to get dressed. I was already ready with makeup and everything, just needed to put on my skirt and sweater. Right off the bat, I saw a run in my hose. Since I was wearing a long skirt, and knee boots, All I needed to do was to find some nail polish. All I could find was some red, no clear to find. I finished that task, finished getting dressed, re combing and spraying my hair, and off to get my boots. Oh, I had forgotten I hadn't worn them yet this season and they were in the closet, in the bedroom that I don't use. Then I realized I had set all the Christmas totes in front of that closet, after bringing them up from the basement. I moved them out of the way, reached in closet and grabbed my boots and put them on, put all totes back, cause of course I had slid them just far enough out of way to get closet door open, thus blocking the door into the room, so I had to move them back so I could get out the door. Well then realized my long black dress coat was also in that closet, I had to go through moving those totes all again. I had allowed myself time to get there 30 minutes before the service, so I was still 15 minutes early. But when I got there, and they were directing us to park in the grass, I knew the church would already be full. I had to walk in soggy ground from all the rain, and I kept feeling as if I was off balance, but just thought it was where my heels were sinking down into the soft ground. I knew all along that this was going to be an emotional service, and meant to make sure and take some Kleenex. Because of rushing, I had forgotten my Kleenex, I didn't even have a piece of paper towel or anything in my bag, cause I had changed bags earlier in the day to a smaller one, just putting essentials like keys and such in it, planning on carrying the smaller one just to the service and then the party later on that night. On the way into the church, I walked in with an acquaintance, and she had extra Kleenex. OK I was all sit. The church was filled to capacity, but I finally found a seat. The church was so warm I had removed my coat before sitting. I had a crew neck sweater on, and a scarf tied in front and it just was so uncomfortable, really irritating. Got through the service, fidgeting with the neck of my sweater the whole time. After the service, we were all invited down to the fellowship hall, to speak to the family, and have some refreshments. I had to walk down steps to the fellowship hall and kept thinking something must be on my right boot, maybe mud, I thought, It just didn't feel right when I was walking. Nope it was clean, I met with the family, limped back to the car and got home. First things first, I began to remove that aggravating sweater that had irritated me all morning. Well no wonder, I had it on backwards, and the tag was rubbing against the fat on my neck. Luckily I had the scarf tied in front so the stitching of the tag didn't show. But the shoulder seams sure did. They were half way down my chest area. OK now to take off the boots. Hmm, something is wrong here, I thought when I begin to unzip them and just one of them had a zipper. Well I know you have figured it out by now, I had worn two different black boots, both were knee high, but one had a thinner and higher heel, while the other one was a chunky heel. Oh yea, the toe of one was pointy and the toe of the other was more squared off. Of course Allan thought all this was just hilarious, I did not see any humour in it at all.

Well Robyn took my title!!!!!

2009-12-11T19:53:00.005-07:00

I had it all planned out to use TGIF as the title for my blog tonight, but Ms. Robyn got to it before me. Imagine that *wink* But like her, this week has been a busy one indeed for me too. But I still have tomorrow to conquer, before relaxing Sunday. Saturday will be a sad day, as I will attend the funeral service of a dear older friend, in the afternoon. But as the day begins to wind down, will attend an annual Christmas Party at the home of a special friend, Carolyn. Remember she is the one that made that decadent cake for Allan and I for our anniversary back in April. I always enjoy her home and parties so much. On to Pat's Saturday Night challenge. SHADES OF BLUE was the theme for this weeks card. Well I'm one not to always follow directions, so I made something else in shades of blue. Next week our youngest granddaughter will be 4. I made a banner for her sister's birthday back in August, and I do the same for each child. Luckily, Pat's challenged fit right in with my plans for Nat's banner. Since her's is a winter birthday and she emphatically reminded me she wants BLUE cupcakes, I decided to use a snowman theme. I will show the rest of the party favors after her party on Wed. And if you go to Robyn's post, you will see that she even chose the same theme for her card. Honestly we have not even hardly corresponded this week. You know what they say about great minds. Heheehee

Brrr

2009-12-04T19:26:00.000-07:00

To start you off, I want to share a picture of Ms. Flossie Mae. In this one, she got up from her usual sleeping area (the small paper tray that she hangs out of) to look at her Beau that usually makes his way up our driveway 3 or 4 times a day. Flossie being a inside cat, has never actually met him except for looking him face to face through the sliding glass door. They sit and stare at each other and meow once in awhile. She senses his presence in the driveway, and watches from the window till he gets out of sight, then she dashes to the back door to greet him. She is so funny to watch.

We are suppose to have frosty weather tomorrow. And by frosty weather I mean SNOW. Now I'm not like Pat at Southern Breezes I do not look forward to the first snow of the season except for the fact that it makes it a little closer to the last snow of the season. So I decided to make lemonade out of lemons or in this case, Spiced Tea and just sit back and enjoy the snow. That takes us to Pat's challenge. This week we were to see how many techniques we could use on a card. Instead of a regular card, I utilized the challenge to make some toppers for the Spiced Tea Mix I made. I used the 6x4 inch bags for the project. Now to the different things used to put it all together:
Digital Image
Layering
Pieced hat and nose
Rub ons - Snow rub ons used on the white card stock
Glitter on the hatband
Coloring on the hatband, nose and cheeks
Snowflake brad
Dimensional dots
Fake Snow effects on hat
Merry Christmas Stamp
Then attached with a ribbon

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAR DEAR SISTER

2009-11-28T06:26:00.005-07:00

This is is going to be a real long post. It is about my sister and her birthday and includes Pat's Saturday Night challenge. Just bear with me. Let's do Pat's Challenge first. We were to use a recipe of 2 papers, 2 stamps, a ribbon,a punch and to finish it off some glitter. The glitter is on the little flower.

Now to my sister's birthday. Let's add OLDER sister to the title of this post (*wink*). She is a dear person to me, She guided me as I was growing up. She taught me so many things. And one of them was to always be the best you could be to everyone. We left home just months apart, she married in July and I in October. I moved away for several years, then back to my home town, then left town again and 35 years later I still live about a hours drive from them. But during all that time, we have never grown apart. That is the kind of family we are. Thank you Rita for being always there for me. Now on to the outside and inside of the card I made for her. Then my DH decided he wanted me to make a card for him to give to her. He is always picking on her. This is what he wanted. I did just as he said, Rita, I am not responsible. ;) Also I need to add that Rita herself is a very accomplished card maker , and it is hard to make cards for people that are so good at what they do. Here is the gift I made for her. I raided our Mother's button jar, and used them to frame a picture of my sister, as a baby with our Mother and Father. I used a shadow box type frame. I love how it came out. Down in the right hand corner you can see a small metal button. It says Jack Rabbit on it. My Daddy was a house painter. He wore "Painter Whites". Jack Rabbit was the brand and this is a button off one of the overalls that he wore.

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T05:07:00.002-07:00

May all have a blessed Thanksgiving.
Love, Shelia

And all had a wonderful time.

2009-11-22T13:14:00.005-07:00

Saturday was the baby shower that I have been making goodies for.

Busy Busy Busy

2009-11-20T19:59:00.003-07:00

This week has been busy, getting ready for a baby shower, so haven't been on line much. Pat's Saturday Night Challenge was to make an ornament. Since most of my creativity this week has leaned more towards baby things, I decided to make a Baby's First Christmas ornament. Please excuse the bad picture, lighting and everything. I will be back next week to get started on Christmas. Can you believe how fast it will be here.

Winter time favorite

2009-11-13T19:41:00.003-07:00

I dislike winter, snow, cold or anything to do with it, but have to admit there are a couple of things that can bring a smile to me when there is a winter storm going on. I love cardinals, and to see their bright red color on a tree branch during a snow storm is a beautiful part of nature. My card is based on that. I found a 12 x 12 sheet of rub on snow at big lots for $1.25. I thought it was the perfect thing to use for Pat's Saturday Night Challenge. She invited us all to make a Winter card. I googled the cardinal picture, chose a khaki color cardstock, did the rub on and I was finished. The rub ons were made by EK Sucess. Thanks for letting me share with you this evening. The first picture is one of a piece of the rub on, just to give you an ideal of what it looked like. The second pic is the finished card.

Advice for the New Mom

2009-11-08T15:42:00.005-07:00

I hope everyone has enjoyed their Sunday as much as I have. I got to go out with one of my son's for lunch. Just him and I. What a joy it was. Then after lunch I made a tag book for a Baby Shower. Robyn gave me the ideal, when I mentioned there was going to be a shower, She most graciously (because she said that is what BFF do for each other l0l ) redirected me to this correct post that inspired me. I used my Cricut to cut all the tags and centers. The Stretch My Imagination cartridge was used. I used the same cartridge to cut out the little babies with the little onsies on, and the baby rattler. I cut up colored indexed cards, and centered them on the first layer for the shower attendees to write the new Mom some words of advice. I thought using the ruled index cards would make it easier for everyone to write on. I reserved the the first page for my friend the new grandmother to write the first piece of advise. Then I embellished each page differently. I added a front and back, and some ribbon to the ring. I hope the new Mother enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it.

Gift Card Holder

2009-11-06T15:39:00.002-07:00

I just have a few minutes to post Pat's Saturday Challenge. We are leaving and may not get back in time to make deadline. I will come back later with details. See ya.

Surprise

2009-10-30T02:58:00.004-07:00

I received this award from Robyn and ScrapAddict and how neat that all three of us has the same favorite color PURPLE. Thanks to both of you for thinking of me.

The rules are this: I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word. Fun!

1. Where is your cell phone?off
2. Your hair? which day :)
3. Your mother? Juanita
4. Your father? Deceased
5. Your favorite food? chocolate
6. Your dream last night?work
7. Your favorite drink? diet coke
8. Your dream/goal? fulfillment
9. What room are you in? craft room
10. Your hobby? paper crafting
11. Your fear? death of loved ones
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? out of debt
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you're aren't? mean
15. Muffins? chocolate chip
16. Wish list item? Everything
17. Where did you grow up? North Carolina
18. Last thing you did? drink diet coke
19. What are you wearing? PJ's
20. Your TV? off
21. Your Pets? Flossie Mae
22. Friends?lifesavers
23. Your life? happy :o)
24. Your mood? OK
25. Missing Someone?Father
26. vehicle? Saturn
27. Something your not wearing? make-up
28. Your favorite store? One Little Spark
29. Your favorite color? purple
30. When was the last time you laughed? this afternoon
31. Last time you cried?Wednesday
32. Your best friend? husband, Allan
33. One place that I go to over and over?WORK
34. Face book? very little
35. Favorite place to eat? anyplace I don't have to cook!

Now I have to pass this on to 5 people - Wow! hard to narrow it down to 5 - there are so many blogs that I like to visit and get inspiration from. I am going to give this to:

Pam
Heather

Short and Sweet

2009-10-24T20:31:00.005-07:00

Short and Sweet, well I'm afraid that isn't the case. I have all week at 365 cards to post. I will start with day last Sunday's challenge and bring up to today's challenge

Sunday was the super sketch:

Monday's was to find some fabric in your home or somewhere that inspired a card.

Tuesday's was to use a ribbon, pearl and a Tag on a card.

Wednesday's was to use red, purple & brown

Thursday's was to use paisley

Friday was to use 5 stamps

Saturday's was to use some twine.

2 Challenges

2009-10-24T14:40:00.006-07:00

I am showing you a card, that I had so much pleasure to do. First of all Robyn brought me to the attention of this new challenge blog. Thank you, Robyn for the invitation to join you this week in this new challenge, also making it possible for me to have a stamp to use for the challenge and last but most important Thank you for our new found Friendship. The link Robyn directed me to is Stampin' Sisters in Christ. There challenge this week was : to make a card or project featuring the nativity or other religious theme about Christ's birth. This card also qualifies (I think) for 365 Cards, Day 237 which was to do 5 of something.
The stamp used both on the inside and outside of the card is by Inkadinkado. I used 5 (365 cards challenge) different layers alternating with different patterns of black and white. I also layered each layer with the foam dimensional dots. The stamp of Mother and Child is the religious theme about Christ's Birth. I finished it off with a few pearls both on the inside and outside. Thanks for looking and taking a minute to think about what Christmas is really all about. Ok after I finished all this, it was brought to my attention, that I didnt pay attention *wink* This does not qualify for the 365, I was suppose to use five stamps. Blame it on my age. :) Thanks Robyn for catching me trying to cheat. ;)

Witchie Poo

2009-10-23T19:59:00.003-07:00

Well here I am chasing the deadline time for Pat's challenge. Seems like there wasn't much creativity flowing through my head this week. Maybe the thoughts of the cold weather. This week at Southern Breezes, Pat challenged us to make a treat holder. This one will be for Amber my oldest granddaughter. She used to work all day in heels a lot higher then this. I did the same thing when I was young, boy am I paying for it now. Back years and years ago, to work in the offices, you had to wear suits and heels and the such. I don't see how I got any work done at all, when I was uncomfortable. Okay I am rambling so back to the challenge. This little witches shoe template is by Ellen Hutson. she was so nice to share it with all of us. Thanks for sharing some of your time with me today.

WISH UPON A SHOOTING STAR

2009-10-21T03:45:00.002-07:00

Just wondered how many of you were as crazy as me to stand out in the 37 degree cold this morning just to get a glimpse of the Orionid Meteor Shower. Oh yeah by the way, My hair was still wet from the shower. I think there is a name for people like me. But we won't go there. *wink*

Remember

2009-10-19T03:15:00.001-07:00

Do you remember this picture I posted awhile back

And then this one on Saturday

Well Pam my childhood school mate, that I recently reconnected with had this to say about Flossie?

"Is Flossie in the in or out box"
I thought that was so cute and original. and to answer her question, I guess I would have to say, it's where ever she wants to me. See, she rules this house. She owns me, I don't own her. she is sitting here reading this as I tye, reminding me of that fact. Thanks Pam for the chuckle this morning.

The Skies of the Seasons

2009-10-17T08:33:00.004-07:00

AT 365 Card Challenge today it was all about the skies. I decided to fall back a little on what Jaggs is inspiring me to do. My picture of the skies in different seasons was put together from 4 individual ones. (Sorry, I don't know where I got them). So I did half part of it digi, The rest I just used different card stock to layer it all on. I did use foam dots to put the image on another piece that was the same background color as the image. (Duh, what did I just try to explain) Anyway, I also am showing the inside of the card with the quote, and as a added bonus today, You get to see a picture of my supervisor. *wink*

Not quite as dreary

2009-10-16T19:47:00.002-07:00

It wasn't quite as dreary today, The sun did finally come out late this afternoon, but the temps are still kinda low. I think there is a chance of frost next week so over the weekend I need to work outside to prepare all my flowers for the winter. I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of their weekend.

At 365 cards today the challenge was to use a semi circle as the dominant feature on our cards. I cut both the scrolly thing and the semi circle with my Cricut, and the ribbon was from Elements, the rest from my stash. Thanks for taking your time to drop by today.

Dreary Dreary Day

2009-10-15T13:02:00.007-07:00

It has been awfully dreary in my part of the world. Hope there is some sunshine soon. The temps did not get out of the 50's today. It is early for that low temps this early in Oct. But turned out to be a productive day for me since I was home from work. I made a batch of Pumpkin Butter, and a batch of apple butter and completed the challenge card. At 365cards we had the colors above to fashion our card from. My colors do look like the ones in example but poor photography, doesn't' help. I punched out little mini butterflies out of all the colors. I chose Kraft paper card stock for base of the card, then the peachy pink for the frame. I used Best Occasions Textured card stock for my color matches. Picked up the green to make my bow, and then used brown in the sentiment. Thanks for taking time to look.