Good Sunday Morning~Don't Forget The Time Change

It's a cold gloomy Sunday here, just a few "bubbles" of snow...but they are predicting 60's on Thursday...I might have to be in my garden cleaning out leaves......wouldn't that be nice!

My card today is for a birthday.....made with bits of this and that from my "scrap drawer"...the bow was added where it was as, yep, you guessed it, I needed a "coverup"...I managed to get brown ink there when I stamped the sentiment...I was adding a bow...just not there......the next pic is a strange picture of my home decor give away...just a very tiny sneak peak...bet you can't guess...and it's not even close to being done...yikes...I haven't had many responses to my give aways...but to those of you that have faithfully commented...I thank "YOU" and it will worth your while...(at least I think so)....only 7 more days and I will be giving it away...along with my "paper" item...and I have only had one response to that...kind of almost makes ya want to give up blogging....but I won't...but will keep on going and will have more give aways after this one...next one will be Easter!

Soft and Simple Baby Card & First Signs of Spring

I made this soft and simple baby card...hopefully to be used for either a boy or a girl...I got my idea from a "case" from a retired SU catalog.....I changed it just a bit...added some lace and buttons...and put my sentiment on the inside....you can click on it for a better view

Look what I found in my "kitchen garden" this morning...there is hope......I planted alot of new bulbs last fall outside my kitchen slider, hoping to get enjoyment from them closer to the house then my other gardens!!

PS:  Don't forget to read about my give away on the tab above!

Simple Cricut Circus Birthday Card

Happy Saturday Morning!!

I needed a "fast" birthday card last night.....that's how I operate my life...by the seat of my pants...lol....I have cards made, but somehow rarely seem to use them or they aren't what I have in mind at the moment....one of my Granddaughters turned five and she was a having a Circus themed party......thank goodness for my Cricut....I cut out a quick tent, quick Ellie and I had my card!!!  Terrible Grandma aren't I...hahaha...but I "have to" get more organized...geez!  Whoops gotta "run".....off to my grandson's basketball game "in a few", and guess what...yep...not even dressed yet!!!!!

PS:  Don't forget to check out my give away on the above tab~OR~at the right side bar.......

Will Work For "Sunshine"

Where oh where is that Mr Sunshine????  It's snowing...of course...what else is new...right?  To  add a bit of "sunshine" to my day, I was messing around with a few mini cupcake liners to make flowers....I have several made and only one finished to share....a bright and rather large card.....I used 3 liners to make the flower...hard to tell in the picture, but it is rather "fluffly" in real life!!  the background paper had a date on it of 2007....oh my.....I really need to use up some of what I have!!!
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Thinking of You ~ And "Think Spring"

A clean and simple card...very quick too using punched circles......the inside has smaller punched circles.....the next picture is of my lilacs from last year....can't you just "smell" them...I can hardly wait!!

Guess Whooooo Loves You

I have been really~really busy redoing my creative room.....I figure at least 2 more weeks and I will have it done!  It's been a long process of sorting and giving things up~I have so many "crafty" interests and I swear once you get rid of something, you find you may need it again!! That is why my poor blog has been neglected, but I did get a new (to me) Cricut cartridge at Michael's~marked down to $9.99~I just couldn't wait and had to "cut" something!  I choose this cute little owl......but look at that envelope.....itsn't it just the cutest??  I used my "wood" embossing folder on the tree~makes it look so "real"!  I added a "bit" of velcro to close it up...works perfect!  Just a sweet little Valentine for a little one....I'll be back with more...I promise!

Once I get my room cleaned up~organized~sorted out~I will take a few photos of it for you all to see.....I lastly have to make my curtains and table skirts (remember, I showed the fabric LAST YEAR).....this is the year to get busy for me....I have been inspired by my blog surfing.....we made a trip to the Goodwill on Saturday.....my little crossover was packed to the brim...I took a deep breath and just let it go...sigh!!!

Happy Birthday

Love how this card turned out........I received a wonderful bag of ribbons from Kim Hughes (thank you Kim!) and in it was this yummy yellow ribbon, perfect for the card I was working on.......I used a few "scraps"from that bottomless scrap drawer...another card for my friend to "peddle" at the court house!

First Cards of the Year 2011

I am posting a few quick cards I made...these will go with my friend to her place of work to sell...they only sell for $2...so are reallly quite simple........I  have not been creating anything for so long, I feel as if I am starting all over......I have tons of new goodies to use...just no creative juices...I sit down at my table and cannot figure out what I want to do....I hope that changes soon...maybe I should find a few challenges to do...any ideas??  I used my new Tim Holtz Rosette die....has anyone used one of these yet??  I had a heck of a time getting it to not break as it cut all the way thru on the die...I went thru 3 12 x 12 papers just to get about 4 rosettes that were "semi" useable......if anyone has any tips I would appreciate it...I tried all kinds of things, none of which worked....but when I finally got one to work out of about 12, it was beautiful!  Also on the same card, the jewels that look royal blue are really the color of the rosette...teal....for some reason my camera changed the color on them........

"Smile"

Sometimes I just need to make a "pick me up" card....this weekend I was in the need for it.....this happy fat cat just makes Me "smile".....I hope it does you, too!

We went  to our county fair Friday night to see "Bullarama"......I have never seen bull riding IRL before.....there were 40 cowboys riding, one of which we knew...Mason....too bad he was thrown...I had so much fun......when we got up Saturday morning we noticed we had a tree fall in the night...I am sick about it, it was protecting my gorgeous shade gardens.....now they are all exposed to the hot sun ...but am thankful it didn't fall on any of us!  I am off to the casino to console myself.....I should just go and buy more TH stuff.....but I "need" the break from  "real life".....wish me luck!!

Back From Vacation~Give A Hoot

Hey, do you "Give A Hoot"??...I am back from vacation...lol...!!  I needed "something" to get me in in the creating "mode" again and this little "hoot" was staring me in the face from a stamp drawer!!  He is one I purchased from "M's" awhile back....I used SU Blush Blossom (now retired) cardstock for my base and a scrap of also retired SU DS paper....I used some metal spiral things under his google eyes...just a quickie card, but I need somethng to motivate me.....

HOOT HOOT~Owl Punch Card

Wow...its been over 8 days since I posted last...and me, whom usually posts daily...its summer, its busy, what can I say.....we were on vacation, got home to dry and weedy gardens, dusty house......so have been busy with all that boring and not so fun stuff!
Yesterday while I was weeding the UPS man showed up with my Stampin' Up! order.......what fun...new papers, new punches, new stamps...well some anyhow, not alot (have to watch my budget)...but enough to make me "happy"!!!

In the box was the new "owl" punch.....what a lot of fun this is going to be.....you will see this guy show up here and there over the next few weeks!  And look at him......all you see on him is on one punch!!!  Fun....also the cardstock I used is a new color "Daffodil Delight"...love the brightness of it....the background paper you see I used for my "photo shoot" is the new "Gala Greenhouse"...so pretty!  The ribbon is some I picked up at a garage sale for 10 cents.....25 yards of it...so it will show up for Halloween, I am sure!!!

I will be back with more tomorrow......have some neat stuff I have just started working on.....two birthdays...two so very different cards..also have some neat flowers from my garden to show you!!  See you later or tomorrow!!

Summer Heat = Summer Flowers = You Have To Smile

Geez oh' Pete its it hot out!!!  My poor flower gardens are suffering......thought I would make them "Smile"...what else can they do.....hopefully rain tomorrow!

I used the Stampin' Up! Extra Large Fancy Flower punch and a 1 1/4" circle punch for these flowers...I embossed both the flowers and the centers on cord-in-nations paper and sanded them....love the ribbon...one of my clearance finds somewhere........see you tomorrow, maybe!!  Stay cool!!!.

New Month~New Goals~New Card

Happy July One!!!!   I  am happy to see June behind me, it wasn't the best, so on to a new month...a new month of goals for me.....one is to do at least one scrapbook page a week and finish one a week that I have partly done...that can't be too difficult...we'll see!
Do you have alot of unfinished projects, something you started and it wasn't "going anywhere" so you set it aside to finish later??  I have a drawer full of such things...so this morning as I was working on another project (and set it aside as it wasn't going well...lol)...I decided to open the drawer and pull something out and "finish" it!!  I pulled out this card from last year..it has a bunch of layers....I left all sentiments off,so it can be used for any occasion.....one done.....a drawer full to complete!!

On another note.....I have another blog...I have neglected it for quite sometime...but "brought it back to life" yesterday...if you would like to  visit its Nellie Doodle Cottage   a totally different blog from this one...I was using it to sell some of my creations~vintage finds and etc.....it's back up and running.....hope to have a few of my linen dolls I make on it this month...see you tomorrow...I hope!!

Baby Shower Tag~Matching Card & A Chicken Noodle Soup Thank U!

I had a baby shower to attend a few weeks ago.....the theme was "Zoo Animals"........I used my Cricut to make a tag and then saw the most darling card on another blog (not my creative idea) to use the Stampin"Up! word window punch to make the crib rails...isn't it cute.....I just love it!

The thank you card "Pecked Just For You" was for a friend that made me some chicken noodle soup when I was sick...inside says "thank you" (of course...lol)!!!  Clean and simple!!

Garden Inspiration #1

I am blooming...well my garden is anyway.......I decided this week to use my "blooms" as inspiration for my projects!  My first card is featuring my "PINK" Lily of the Valley......I purchased this unique color several years ago...one little plant for $7.99...I got my money's worth as I have dozens now and share them with  others!

The other pictures I took yesterday morning...already since then it has popped out even more...a deep~dark Iris bud yesterday is a full in bloom flower today...will have to get a picture of it later. I was gone for 4 days, plus we had rain and cold temps prior to leaving for several days, so now am waaaaaaaaaaay behind in what I thought was "keeping up"......while I was gone the racoons came and ate all my Yarrows and my newly purchased last year "Pink Poodle" cone flower....and they drank a can of Raspberry Lipton iced tea, that was set down by the garden and forgotten (Lori was that you?)...no kidding, they partied hearty while I was gone........the yellow cat (Pumpkin as we call him) in the garden is a "drop off" from last year.....he is rough, won't even go into the details, but this guy has way more then 9 lives.....we are amazed he is still around, he is living in my garden...wish he would scare the racoons away!!

A Bit of Cuteness

A super quick card to share with a stamp I bought yesterday at M's........saw these on another blog last week, and just happened upon them (and a few more :>)   yesterday......very fast card...have lots of projects almost done to share this week...but had to do boring housework instead...blah!!  The wavy lines around the heart I added myself....had a smudge of ink...so the lines were a "save"!!

The baskets I made for my Mother's Day brunch......I used the basket and blooms die from SU along with the new SU embossing folder Square Lattice...I love how it looks like "basket weave"!!  I made 7 of these about midnight on Saturday.....filled with mint and white chocolate...yum!!!

More Hello Again & A Birthday Card for hubby!!

Here I am again using my favorite little SU set called "Hello Again".....that little flower just makes me "happy"!!  I used buttons for the centers this time...left a sentiment off...not sure if I want one .... if I do I will add it later!!

My hubby's birthday was yesterday....I am terrible at making "guy" cards...I find them so boring...sorry but I do...boys are fine, it's just that I rarely have any "guy" images, and the ones I do I have  I have used for him before, (not that "HE" would probably remember anyway...lol...but I did have this cute little airplane and banner to use...well its cool this morning and a bit "wet"...good time to dig in my gardens, so am off to do just that...be back tomorrow with some other goodies...and I found a couple of challenges I "have to" do...I know, I know I said I am trying to "wean" myself from them.....but some of them...well I just can't help myself...see ya later!!

I added "this" sentiment inside, as I buy him a Dairy Queen cake roll every year, as its his favorite...thought it would be perfect!!  Okay...now I'm out of here...really for sure this time..LOL!!

The Bird Bath~A Must Read!

Don't you just love 4 year olds...their little minds are so full of questions and answers....my little sweetie "Kendall" spent the day with me yesterday...she know's I am a huge flower gardener...she received Dora garden gloves and tools from the Easter bunny, so couldn't wait to help "grandma" plant...I purchased a few "crazy daisies"and we set to work...while digging I said to her "See grandma's new birdbath" and pointed behind me...she said "What's that?"...I said "A birdbath is for the birdies to take baths in"...she thought for a moment and  asked "where's the soap?"...I laughed and said "Honey birdies don't use soap, they just flap their wings and wash that way".....she thought for another moment and said "where's the towel?".......

Loads of Love Goes Girlie

I promised to be back with a girlie card from an old favorite...Loads of Love from SU.......I was on a blog yesterday and saw someone was selling "their" set...what????...never will my little truck drive out of here...so it made me get it out....put it to use......I will need a few "girlie" grad cards...these two are what I came up with.....check out the tiny door handle on one of the cards...its a little butterfly...speaking of "flying"...I have to get out of here...going to a Sunday brunch with some friends...have a nice Sunday...its beautiful here...cool...but beautiful!!

Oh The Smell of Lilac's!

 I was "visiting" my blog friend "Curt's World" (his link is on my sidebar) and he had made a card using the Gruffles House Mouse stamp for a challenge with his design team.....I had to smile, as I had the same stamp sitting on my creative table to use.......I purchased the stamp along with Violet and Lavender Flower Soft waaaaaaaaaaaay back last year...so finally got around to using it!!!  I mixed the two colors together for a "shaded" look on my lilac's...now I have to admit I did try this once last year, but really messed up my card.....so today I took a deep breath and tried again....I used tweezers to apply the flower soft where I wanted....its so "3D"...you can almost smell them!!  The sentiment is from SU...I will be back tomorrow with a cute "girlie" card using an "old" favorite.