Glideabella!!!

Hi everyone!

It looks like a beautiful day out there today! The sun is shinning, it's still a little cold but at least it's sunny! I have to go out later to get my hair done at the Salon where my daughter works, she does a great job on my hair, but I'm not getting it cut till after the wedding so that I can put it up for the wedding. I'll try it & see if I'm going to like it up or cut it a little & wear it down, we'll see when the time comes, I want to play with it by the beginning of June & see which way I'm going to go.
Well on to today's card. This is a card that I made for Mary in New Hampshire as a thank you for sending me all those wonderful stumps last week. This is Glideabella, with a candy kiss holder & candy wrapper to match the card & I also sent her one of the mail boxes that I made. I got this idea for the kiss & candy holders from Dawn's blog & thought I would try it. I luv it, it was so easy to make, thanks Dawn for all your wonderful tutorials. She has a suspension card tutorial today that is great, go check it out! I want to make one of those when I get a chance, it looks easy.

Well I've gotta go take my shower & get ready to go out. Have a wonderful & productive day today & I'll talk to you tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by & visiting me today.

Hugs...Rita



Candy kisses holder & an oatmeal bar wrapped to match the card




Card Details:
CS: PaperTrey white, SU Pink Passion
DP: Anna Griffin
Stamps: Glideabella, inside sentiment Sugarloaf Inc.
Ink: Brilliance Graphite, Prisma pencils with OMS, Copic Spica glitter pens, CM Silver marker for blades on skates.
Ribbon: AC Moore
Nestabilities

I've been Tagged

I've Been Tagged!!

Hi Everybody! I've been tagged by Jana at "2worlds". Sorry it took so long to do Jana. So here we go!

Five things I was doing 10 years ago:

1. Working as an accounting Tech.
2. Preparing for a vacation to Vegas.
3. Enjoying a day of shopping with my daughter.
4. Just getting back from Northern California, we went on vacation there & I loved it!
5. Getting ready for my kids graduations, 1 from college & 1 from high school

Five things on my to do list today:

1. Make Thank you cards
2. Make a few birthday cards
3. Get my hubby to finish taking things out of the attic. (I know , not done yet)
4. Listen to my new Celine CD
5. Clean the house.

Five things I will do when I'm a millionaire:

1. Buy every product from SU & Gina K Designs & my other favorite craft stores.
2. Buy a house somewhere warm for us & one for each of my kids.
3. Take a vacation in Hawaii
4. Design & hire someone to make me a fantastic craft studio with lots of cabinets & lights.
5. Buy a new car for me, hubby, & my kids.

Five things I'll never wear again:

1. Bell bottoms
2. Hip huggers
3. Platform shoes (I hated these 3 items in the 70’s, heck I hated that whole clothing era!)
4. Shorts (I hate wearing them, my legs are so white, I will only wear them if I have a tan – which is rare nowadays)
5. Skinny Jeans

Five of my favorite toys:

1. Any craft tool
2. GPS
3. Digital camera
4. Computer
5. Portable DVD player

Five banes of my existence:

1. Negative People
2. People who don't want to help themselves
3. Jealous people
4. Chronic Complainers
5. Trouble makers (I think this falls under the jealous category)

I think that a lot of people have already done this so if you haven’t gotten this tag feel free to put one on your blog.

I forgot about this Blog Candy I Won

Hi everyone!

It's a sunshiny day & it's 46 degrees outside...nice & warm here in Massachusetts! At least it's not freezing like last week, so things could be worse, I'm looking on the bright side!

I forgot all about posting this blog candy I won in December from Deanna at "DeStampin'Corner", I'm so sorry Deanna. I just found it in one of my folders on my computer & realized I forgot to post it! I've already used it & I luv it, Thank you so very much. Take a look at Deanna's blog, she has some awesome ideas & is a very talented woman!

Well I'll talk to you all tomorrow, take care & thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy your day!

Hugs...Rita




SU Eventful Stamp Set

More cards for the Troops

Here are the rest of the cards that I made for the Troops & sent them all out yesterday to Beate...hope she gets them on time. Hubby was supposed to mail them Saturday morning but didn't make it to the post office on time before they closed, he did his errands first then went to the PO. Oh well, I'm sure she will get them by Thursday. Have a great day & thanks for visiting me today!




I luv the way this card turned out!








These are foam hearts from Target

Valentine Cards for the Troops

Hi everyone!

Hope you all had a great weekend. We got a lot of snow here yesterday, it's so beautiful, I luv to see the snow falling & see everything covered in white! The trees are so beautiful in white, but then everything starts to melt & get dirty, yuk! I only like it when it's fresh don't you? Well anyway, I have a couple of Valentine cards that I made Thursday night for Beate to send to the troops so that they could send them to their loved ones for Valentine's Day. I made a total of 5 cards so I will post the other 3 tomorrow. I had so much fun making these but i had to be quick about it so that I could mail them out Saturday morning. She needs to have them by the 31st. I did 5 cards in 2 hours, wow that was fast for me, usually I take 2 hours to make 1 card. Well anyway have a great Monday evening & I'll be back tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by today & happy stamping!

Hugs...Rita

Happy Mail!

I won some blog candy from Teri a few weeks ago & got this in the mail last week, how awesome is this!!! I luv Changito the monkey, & look at this awesome bird stamp & Teri made a cute card too...I luv it all! Thank you so much Teri, you made my day! Teri has so many great ideas on her blog & she is one awesome lady so go visit her blog, you'll be so happy you did...believe me!!!

Happy Mail!

Look what my friend Mary from "It's all about the JOURNEY" sent me last week! She sent stumps for coloring with my Prisma pencils. These are so much better than the one I had from China. Thank you so much Mary, I really appreciate your kindness! When you have a chance go visit Mary's blog, she has some awesome cards & projects, your going to love & appreciate her designs as much as I do!

Valentine Card

Hi ladies!

Hope everyone is healthy & staying warm. I'm feeling so much better today, the cold is almost gone (I hope). Unfortunately hubby still has his, but is feeling a little better today. It's so cold, I can't wait for the warm weather to get here, it can't come fast enough!

Well as promised here is a quickie card & boy was it quick, stamped a little on the CS slapped the lace heart on it, stamped a sentiment & I was done...10 minute card if that. I've never made a card that simple or as fast before, I could get use to that. Once in awhile maybe, it's a change of pace for when your in a hurry. Well thanks so much for stopping by today. have a great day!

Hugs...Rita



Card Details
CS: Real Red & WW
Ink: Real Red & red La Plume marker to go over the LOVE in the heart
Stamps: Studio G & Punchy Words by Gina K Designs
Paper Lace Heart from Target $ section

YOU MAKE MY DAY!

I received this from Flossie a few weeks ago & never got around to posting it till now. So sorry I took so long, but you know how it is girl! Thank you so much Flossie, you make my day also, you all do! I love visiting your blogs & seeing what wonderful creations you have made, your all so talented & you make me smile each day with some of your stories about everyday life!!! You all know how much I luv using that exclamation mark! So now instead of picking 10 names what I'm going to do is give this to all of you, some of you already have this so those of you who do not please feel free to copy this picture of the emblem & put it on your blog. You all deserve it for making my day!!!
I'll be back later with a quickie card.

Hugs...Rita

Butterfly Card!

Hi everyone!

Hope your all staying warm, it's still cold here but at least we don't have snow. That's something to be happy about, don't ya think? Here is a card I made on Sunday, I luv using those copic glitter pens, their fantastic! I need to go back to AC Moore to get 2 stamps that I decided I just have to have, I want to try a few cards with this image for the bridal shower invites & I still have 40 % off coupons...can't pass that up! Hehehe! Well stay warm & have a great night. Thanks for popping in today...happy stamping girls!




I know my brads are off, I don't know what happened, Have to be more careful next time.
Card Details
CS: Elegant Eggplant & CM Pink
DP: Creative Memories
Ink: Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Pink Passion (I water colored the PP on the butterfly with aqua pen) & Copic Spica glitter pens
Stamps: Butterfly is from Michael's $ acrylic stamps & sentiment is Punchy Words from Gina K Designs
Ribbon & Brads are from Target $ section




Close up of the Glitter from the Copic glitter pens, I don't know if I captured the glitter very in the photos but it looks better in person.

Another Mail Box!!!

Hi ladies!

Hope you all had a great holiday weekend! I am finally starting to get over my cold, I'm about 50% better. I haven't been sleeping well because of the cold. I went out yesterday to Michael's, AC Moore & my favorite store Target to get a few things that I needed...ha! When you say few things, don't you always spend more than you intended? I know I do, I'm like a kid in a candy store, I could spend hours in these stores just looking around & finding something that I need that wasn't on my list! I was only gone for 3 hours & when I got home I was so tired that I could barely keep my eyes open. I went to bed early & slept like a baby last night finally! So forgive me if I didn't get to post yesterday, I had every intention of posting this yesterday. I made another mail box, post-it, & a card on Sunday! I was in creative mode on Sunday & went to town making these, but I won't post the card till tomorrow, since I haven't made anything since then. Right now I'm in the process of looking for stamps that I need for the invitations & other things that I need for that, can't go into too much detail 'cause the knowing eyes might be looking! Hehehe!!! Can anyone tell me where I can buy 3" x 3" envelopes? I have looked everywhere but can't find them.

Have a great day & thank you so much for popping in.

Hugs...Rita



Post-it Recipe
CS: scrap Cranberry I think it's CM but not sure & WW
DP: Basic Grey-Perhaps
Stamp: Autumn Leaves Flower
Ribbon: AC Moore
Buttons & crystal from Target $ section



Details
DP: Basic Grey-Perhaps, Frances Meyer-Wildwood Bouquet
Stamps: Michael's $ acrylic stamps, SU Warm Words & Autumn Leaves Heart
Ink: Basic Black, WW craft ink & Prisma pencils with OMS
Ribbon & little hot stuff heart all came from Target $ section & Michael's
Ric-Rac came from A.C. Moore
Dimensionals
I ran the ric-rac through the Xyron machine, then attached it to the mailbox, it was much better than applying glue to box.




Side of the mail box




The front panel




Inside of the front panel




The back of mail box.

Target Mailbox!

Hi everyone!

So sorry I haven't posted in awhile, but I have a cold that my DH gave me. I thought I was in the clear 'cause he has had this cold for 2 weeks. Over the weekend I started with a horrible toothache that just would not quit, I had been taking advil for the pain with a little relief. I figured I would wait till I went to the dentist on Wednesday for a cleaning, by Tuesday morning the pain & throbbing went away & the tooth just felt like it was frozen & sensitive - no more pain though, strange, very strange, he took x-rays & could not see anything, so he could not do a thing for me. It could be the beginning of an abscess, time will tell, its still a little sensitive but every once in awhile a little throbbing, so I have to look out for swelling & call him right away. I have another appointment next week for a filling, so I'll see how it goes. That has never happened to me before. Then on Wednesday night the cold began & I have been miserable ever since. I hope it doesn't last as long as hubby's, I hate colds, don't you?

Well on a lighter side, I did manage to get something done today for you. I made another post-it cover (I luv those things) their so easy to make. I'm going to try another one that I cased from Julie that includes a pen holder, should be fun! I also made one of those fantastic mailboxes from Target that's only $1., that was so much fun to make, I luv how it came out. I have a few more I want to make & will post them over the next few weeks. Well that's all for today, I'm going to go rest on the couch, drink some liquids & watch TV. Have a great weekend ladies & thanks so much for dropping by today!

Hugs...Rita



Post-it note cover details
CS: WW, Cranberry is a scrap, & Paper Reflections Patriotic Blue
DP: K & Co Classic K Designer Mat Pad - Bailey
Stamp: SU Event Full
Ribbon & Crystal from Target $ Section
Ink: Basic Black, Le Plume marker in Black & Copic Spica Glitter pens




Mailbox Details
DP: MM Be Inspired Stripes, CM Floral paper
Stamps are all G Studio from AC Moore
Ribbon: AC Moore solid ribbon & fibers
SU Scallop punch
Dimensionals (inside panel heart is on dimensionals)
Ruby crystal is from Michael's
Target $ Section: Mailbox, Foam hearts, Printed Valentine ribbon, & plastic XOXO
What a great selection & deal I got over at Target for my valentine cards & projects.
I sure do luv TARGET!!!




Inside of the front panel




Front of the Mailbox




Back of the Mailbox

Birthday Card & Fun in a Bottle!

Good afternoon ladies!

Hope you all had a great weekend. I got a lot accomplished, first I had lunch with some very special friends of mine that I used to work with, we had a great time. It's always great spending time with friends, we don't get to see each other often enough, that's the one thing I miss the most about not working. I need to get a part time job to help support my stamping habit, hehehe!!! Hopefully I'll get one soon, with any luck! Saturday night & Sunday I spent upstairs working on my son's birthday card & projects that I was making for him. I gotta tell you, I'm really happy the way this all turned out. Thanks to my good friend Flossie for doing a tutorial on this fun in a bottle project of hers, I always loved it, but didn't know how to do it. Thank You Flossie! Go check out her blog, she's one talented lady, your going to love her!!!

I also played a little for the first time with my Prisma pencils, I guess it takes some getting used to, but I also think that I need a better stump for the OMS. I was reading a thread over at SCS & they said that the stumps from China (the one that I have of course) are not very good, I need to get Tortillions stumps or the ones from Taiwan, they are better. I figured I would try it with what I had & see for myself, well I think their right. I have to find those stumps somewhere, does anyone know where I can get them? I'm not ordering anything from the Internet for awhile so it has to be a store around here, would Jo-Ann's sell them? The only one Michael's sells is the one I have from China that's where I got it. I think I will like using the Prisma pencils once I get it. Oh well I will try again another time.

It's snowing here right now & hubby just went out to shovel 'cause the storm is almost over & he wants to get a heads up on it now. It's so beautiful when its snows, don't you think? I'm going to go back to my craft room & try to make a card or two. Thanks for stopping by today & have a great Monday!
Sorry for the picture quality, it's a little fuzzy & I don't feel like going upstairs & trying to take more pictures.


Hugs...Rita





Card Recipe:
CS: WW, So Saffron, Paper Reflections Patriotic Blue
DP: HOTP Blue Confetti
Stamp: Beerafella
Ink: Basic Black, Le Plume markers & Creative Memories Copper pen for beer
Birthday Plate by K & Co.
Foam dimensionals
SU ticket punch



Cover for post-its.
Post-it Recipe
CS: WW, Really Rust, Paper Reflections Patriotic Blue
DP: K & Co. Classic K Designer Mat Pad Bailey
Stamp: Beerafella
Ink: Basic Black, Le Plume markers & the beer is colored with the copper pen from CM
Ribbon: Michael's
Button is from a package I got at Target (I just happened to find a baseball button when I was looking for small blue buttons in the package) & the M (Marc) is left over from letters I used on his remodeling album



Everything that went into the bottle minus some of the packaging. The basket of course would not fit, so I used this to hold the bottle, also I could not fit the golf towel, so I put that in the basket with the bottle.




Left side of label




Middle section of label
I used Scrapbook Word & balloon Stickers that I had for the Label




Right side of label

Grandma Will Be There In Spirit!

Hi everyone!

Well we got an errand out of the way today that is going to mean a lot to both me & my daughter. My mom passed away the day after Christmas last year, she was 95 years old & led a great long life. My mom had this emerald ring (she loved wearing rings) she used to wear this one all the time & I gave it to Jessica to remember her grandma. The ring was scratched & banged up & in need of a good cleaning. Jessica thought it would be a great idea to have her grandma with her on her wedding day in spirit. Gotta love this daughter of mine...she's so sentimental & thoughtful! So we went to the our Jeweler & had him clean up the ring as best he could & she is going to have the ring put into her bouquet so that her grandma will be with her in spirit on her wedding day. What a great idea, hah? My mom would have loved it!!!

Well I took a few things out of my craft room, just enough to get to my 2 tables so that I could start stamping again. I will have a card for you on Monday. I am going to take the weekends off from blogging until after the wedding so that I can work on scrapbooking & wedding things. I have way too much to do & need to get started on that stuff as soon as I order some stuff for those things. Take care & enjoy your weekend ladies. Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs...Rita

More Christmas Cards

Good evening ladies!

Well tonight I decided that I really need to get into my craft room to do some work, I need to start working on a card & project for my son for his birthday next weekend, so I'm going to move some of those plastic bins into the other room. This weekend that's what I will be doing & will post it on Monday if I'm done, so wish me luck! Here are two cards that I received last week or was it the week before...I don't remember, hehehe!!! Anyway here are the pictures, enjoy! Thanks for stopping by today. Take care & I will be back on Monday with some cards & stuff, I promise!

Hugs...Rita




This gorgeous card came from my friend Teri. WOW! This was the first thing I said as I opened this card. It's so elegant & sparkling, looks better in real life. I absolutely love this card Teri. Thank you so much. Check out Teri's blog, your going to luv it!



This beautiful card came from my dear friend Jen go check out her blog she has some awesome ideas! I luv your card Jen & the sparkle is super...you know I luv sparkle girl!!! Thank you so much Jen!

Handkerchief Bonnet!

Hi Ladies!

Well here are some pictures of the Christening bonnets & poems. She had gotten two of these bonnets & yes I did use both of them for her Christening. Didn't want to jinx this by only using 1 bonnet & then she picks the one I didn't use, so I HAD to use both. She has plans for the other one, I guess she's like her mom she doesn't want to jinx tradition. Hehehe! Will tell you about that after the wedding, nothing like getting teased hah? I hope I remember all that I want to tell you after the wedding. Think that I will remember all this in a few months...I don't know, so you will have to remind me people!!! I think this is a fabulous idea with these bonnets, don't you? So we will have to snip those stitches & make it into a hankie, that's the next step!!!

Well talk to you tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by today. Enjoy your day!

Hugs...Rita


This is the back view of the first bonnet. I like this one the best.



This is the side view of the first bonnet.



This was the poem presentation that was in the box of the first bonnet.



This is the back & side view of the second bonnet.



Front view of second bonnet.



This is the poem that was in the second box with the other bonnet. Same poem but not as fancy a presentation.

I'm Still Here!

Hi everyone!

Yes, I'm still alive! Thank you all for inquiring with your concern. I hope you all had a great Holiday Season! Now it's time to get back into the grove once again, I'm having a hard time doing just that, I think I need a good kick in the butt! I need to open my new stuff & start playing, but I have been trying to organize my craft room. I have also been running around looking & making plans with my daughter's bridal party for some place to have the bridal shower. Waiting for the final OK on that one place I think the girls decided on (I hope) so that I can start thinking of stamps to get & making samples for the shower invitations. Then picking the one that we will be using for the invite. In the mean time we just started (we got one side done) cleaning out the attic looking for the handkerchief/bonnet we used for Jessica's Christening (finally found that), you snip a few stitches & use it as a handkerchief (something old) on her wedding day. It was a handmade handkerchief stitched as a Christening bonnet, then you use it on your wedding day, there is a poem that comes with it that explains it all(someone gave these to my kids when they were born. The one for my son will be given to his bride to use. What a great idea hah? So now we are going to do the other side of the attic one or two boxes a day, I didn't realize how much stuff was up there, there are so many toys & stuffed animals & whatever...I saved so much from when my kids were small, even school papers. Original GI Joe's! Books & papers from when my hubby was in college. It's amazing! So my craft room is stuffed with the stuff that was in the closet to get to the crawl space to open the little door to the attic...stuff is everywhere so I can't get to my crafting for about another week. Then I will return in force. I do have to work on that bottle that Flossie made a tutorial for, you know the soda bottle. I'm doing that for my son's birthday & stuffing it with golf things. I also have to make his card, so I have to get that room done by this weekend...his birthday is a week from Saturday. No hurry there huh?

A lot of stuff that I will be making I won't be able to put on my blog because my daughter looks at my blog almost daily. I will have to post those things after the shower & wedding. I can't even tell you when that is right now, 'cause the all seeing eyes are looking at this, right Jess? I can at least tell you that the wedding is July 12th & will be here before we know it. This was a long winded post, so now that I burnt your ears off I will let you get back to making those wonderful cards that you all make. Take care & thanks for stopping by today.


Here are a few pictures we took Sunday of hubby in the attic, enjoy!

Hugs...Rita




This is the crawl space in the closet in my craft room that leads into the front attic, if you think this is small you should see the tiny one in my closet on the ceiling, it's even smaller than this one.



Well we know he can fit through, but can he get back in? Of course he can! Hehehe!!! When I put all this stuff in there I never gave it a thought about how old we would be when we got it out & if we would be able to. It's a good thing we did it now & not in another few years!



Jessica watching her father in there & laughing. Awwwwe! He's doing all this for me "she said"! Yep, she was always daddy's little girl, he would do anything for her, she had him wrapped around her little finger & still does to this day!



Hubby in an awkward position in the attic crawl space. He's right up against the slanted rooftop, its really small in there, that's why it's called the crawl space...hehehe!!! He's a trooper! It's amazing how much stuff I got in there.




This is what my craft room looks like right now...it's a mess. I have stuff in here & in my daughter's old bedroom. All this stuff goes into the closet in my craft room. That's not even counting the clothes that goes in there.