Happy Mail

Hello everyone!

Hope your all enjoying the weekend. It's a beautiful day here in New England today, the sun is shinning & its 46 degrees today! Nice & warm! Hehehe!!! Spring is here & the really warm weather is on its way...soon!

Look at what was in my mailbox yesterday! My friend Carolyn sent me this beautiful card! Thank you so much Carolyn, I luv it! Imagine my surprise when I opened it just before getting ready to go shopping for the day. How fitting was this card, it was like she was reading my mind!!! You need to go over & check out her blog, she is one crafty lady! Thanks again Carolyn!







Well I finally got my signature without the box & got it to automatically post to my blog! Thanks to Allison's tutorial & a little tweaking...Yippee!!! Thank you soooooo very much Allison, you made me very happy today!!!

Well that's it for today, so enjoy the rest of your day ladies! Take care & thanks for stopping by today.


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Sympathy Card

Hello Ladies!

This is going to be a fast post today. This is the card that I made the other day for my blog, I didn't have any sympathy cards in my stash & I had just bought this stamp so I decided to make one this weekend & it was fast, just what I needed. I remembered I had this lace paper & thought that it would be great for this card. Isn't this paper beautiful? I need to use up paper that I have stashed away that I bought a long time ago for scrapbooking before I buy more. Now when I buy I am going to buy for the project that I will be working on in mind...no more saving for something in the future, because then you change your mind. Do you find that you do this too? Well gotta go. Have a great day & thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs...Rita




Card details

CS: Chocolate Chip & WW
DP: Karen Foster Antique Lace
Stamps: Rubber Stampede & inside sentiment is MFT Essential Sentiments
Ink: Chocolate Chip & WW Craft Ink
Accessories: Ticket punch, Ribbon is from AC Moore, Embossed sentiment inside I used Detail White EP & heatgun, foam dimensionals, flower is from Michaels Wedding tin of flowers.

Happy Mail

Hi everyone!

Well I did get to make a card this weekend for my blog but I thought I would post my happy mail first. Boy I'll tell ya, these beautiful cards could not have come at a better time. I was really stressed & down & these cards really took that all away after reading their notes I was uplifted to not have things bother me for the rest of the day & it worked! I just did what I could & let the rest of it wait. So thanks to both Jen & Deb for making my day! Take a look & see. Have a great day & I will talk to you again soon. Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs...Rita




This card came from my good friend Deb, this is a gate card & it's beautiful & wait till you see the inside of this card! I love the bling too, you did a fantastic job on this card Deb...I love it! Your card came on the same day as Jen's & you also put a big smile on my face when I was stressed & it made me relax with the joy of knowing that I have such great friends from blogland! Deb is going to Hawaii next month & I'm so happy for her, she sooooo needs this vacation. Can I hide in your luggage Deb? I think I can fit in your biggest suitcase, hehehe!!! Have lots of fun my friend!




Look at the inside of this card...it's so pretty! Great job Deb!




This beautiful colorful card came from my dear friend Jen I love everything about this card especially the Hawaiian language. Mahalo means Thank You in Hawaiian, doesn't that have a great ring to it? Mahalo to you too Jen for sending me such an awesome card & it came on a day that I was really stressing. It made me stop & take a deep breath & think of you over there in Hawaii & wishing I was there! Some day my friend I will get there. Luv ya & thanks a bunch!

I'm still here!

Hi Everyone!

I'm still here just very busy. Busy, busy, busy!!! Sorry I haven't posted any cards for a while, hang in there I'll try to make a couple of cards this weekend. I have a few cards that I really have to make & should have made them & mailed them out this week, oh well they will be late. First time for me mailing a card late, usually I'm early, ugh!!! Nothing I hate more than being late in anything I do, ask my kids how I hate being late, they know! I think they picked up my habit of being early for appointments, I taught them well!

This is a short post, I just wanted to stop by & wish everyone who celebrates Easter a very happy Easter weekend. Take care & I will talk to you soon & hope to have a card for you on Monday. Thanks for stopping by today!

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Ughhhhhh!!!!! How do I get rid of the box around my name???

Beach Scene

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I sure did, I'm so happy that my SU order came in & now I can get to work. So you won't be seeing a whole lot of me, I will try to stop long enough to make a card every now & again so that I can have something to post for all of you, it just won't be everyday.

I had a great time scrapping Friday with friends, & we had a Chinese auction (why do they call it that, I never understand that?). You buy raffle tickets (money went to a charity) & put them in the bowls of the items you would like to have, there was a stamp set that I really wanted so I put most of mine in that bowl. First prize called was for a tote bag filled with baby stuff & who wins that one...me! Like I need that! Hehehe!!! So at the end I donated it back so some mother could win it & the girl exchanged it & gave me a shell bracelet instead, very pretty! Then when the stamp set came along, well who do you think won that? Yippee!!!! I won it!!! I was so happy & everyone laughed! I was able to get 2 pages done on my scrapbook & cropped pictures for the next 4 pages, now I just have to put those 4 pages together. I'm happy that I got some scrapping accomplished & at least its a start.

On to my card, I luv the way this card turned out. This is a birthday card for another dear friend. There are four of us who share the same birthday but different years of course. We all worked together too! So hopefully this year we can get together & go out to eat, its always fun getting together with them, we usually have a grand old time. Well anyway, I had so much fun making this card, I cut out the image & put it on dimenionals along with the hat. I luv it, I almost hate to give it up! But I will of course.

Well that's it for today ladies. Thanks for stopping by today & I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Hugs...Rita




Card details

CS: SU Very Vanilla, Papertrey white, CM Pesto,Cloud & Mediterranean
DP: CM Sand
Ink: Basic Black, Brilliance Graphite Black, Bashful Blue & Prisma pencils & OMS
Stamps: By the Seashore MFT, Birthday sentiment from Stamping Bella
Accessories: Copper brads MM, & dimensionals

Victorian Beauty!

Hope everyone is having a great day today! It's 43 degrees & sunny, a beautiful day here Massachusetts. I made my appointment for alterations on my dress so that's one less thing to worry about & come off my to do list. Sorry to say I'm not really getting a heads up on the cleaning thing...just not in the mood. Do you often feel that way too or am I the only one? I have to be in the mood to clean house, not that my house is dirty, just dusty, hehehe!!! I do need to get it done, company is coming so that is my incentive to get going, if I don't get it done today I will definitely be cleaning tomorrow...like a crazy woman! It will get done!

I made this card a few days ago & it reminds me of the Victorian age, don't ya think? I luv this card & that ribbon is to die for, I luv it! I also bought the Chocolate Chip ribbon when SU had the 2 for 1 deal & I'm real happy I got it. I cased this card from Corie . When I saw this card that she made I knew I had to make one, I had the same paper or something similar, so I set out to make mine & I so much enjoyed making this elegant card & the best part was that it was so easy to make. So enjoy!

I'm off to try & be productive...maybe clean house or maybe stamp or maybe blog surf (no supplies yet), don't know what I'm in the mood for today! Oh well, we shall see!
Have a great day ladies & thanks for visiting me today!

Hugs...Rita







Card details

CS: WW, River Rock & Purely Pomegranate
DP: Junkitz Mom Bouquet
Sentiment: Make a Wish by Gina K Designs
Ink: Bravo Burgundy
SU Purely Pomegranate Satin Ribbon

Cute Little Doggie Face

Hello everyone!

I'm trying to get things done around the house this week like cleaning the house & catching up with the laundry because when I get my SU order I'm going to be a busy bee for quite some time. ;o) All the things my daughter has in mind for me to do as well. I still have to get together with her & think of how we want to decorate for the rehearsal dinner (Hawaiian beach theme). Oh well that will be later, other things come first. I think I need to make an appointment for my fitting for sometime this month...OK I need to write that down to call tomorrow & schedule that or else I'll forget to do it, OK that is written on my to do list.

Here is a card that I made for a very dear friend of mine, she loves animals & she is a crazy person. When we get together I need to wear DEPENDS because she has me in stitches laughing all day. If your ever down, all you need is her & she will get you out of your rut in no time, honestly! She sometimes reads my blog so I can't say her name in case she sees this. I love her dearly & she's like a second daughter to me. This image I received from Jen & was so perfect for this friend. I'm real happy at the way it turned out & I know she will luv it!

Thanks for stopping by today & I hope you have a fantastic day today!

Hugs...Rita





Card details

CS: Creamy Caramel & Blue Bayou
DP: K & Co. Classic K Bailey Mat Pad
Stamped Image is from Jen
Sentiment is Village Arts Press
Ink: Prisma pencils with OMS & SU Basic Black
Ribbon: AC Moore

It's All About Friends!

Hello Ladies!

Hope you all had a great weekend! It was very windy & rainy here Saturday, but Sunday was nice & sunny. I can't believe our electricity did not go out for more than a few seconds a few times during the day in all that wind. Sometimes there's only a little wind and it goes out for hours, maybe they have finally fixed that problem. Well anyway I'm grateful for little favors!

I have a cropping to go to this Friday night & I can't wait, I promised myself that I'm only going to work on Jessica's engagement scrapbook, I need to get that going or I'm going to be in big trouble rushing around at the last minute trying to get it done. I know I work well under pressure but all this has a way of piling up on you, ya know? I'm trying to kick myself in the butt to get motivated but I can't manage that by myself...Hee! Hee! I need you girls to come over here & kick me to get me moving, Hehehe!!! Anywho, that's my plan for Friday, so wish me luck, there won't be much talking on Friday for me...yeah right!!!

Now on to my card for today. I made this card for a blogging friend, just because, so I sure do hope she got it already 'cause I don't have many cards to post right now. I'm trying to at least make a card every now & again while I'm busy doing stuff for the wedding, etc. So please bare with me. I feel so lucky to have met so many wonderful people here in this wonderful community of ours who have become such great friends. I thank all of you who come to visit me, you all inspire me & I have learned so much from all of you. Thank you so much for stopping by today & have a wonderful day!


Hugs...Rita





Card details

Card Base is from Amuse
CS: Navy Scraps & WW
Stamps: Coffee cup is from Stamping Bella, sentiment is Inkadinkado
Ink: Stazon Black, Prisma pencils & OMS & Copic glitter pens
Accessories: ribbon from Michael's, & Flower bling is from Target $ section

Under my Umbrella...ella!

Hello everyone!

Hope your all having a wonderful day today! What a great fun day Jessica & I had yesterday! I'm happy to say that I finally found the DP & envelopes that I had been searching for & that is a BIG relief to me! Those 2 items were driving me bonkers, I was searching for some paper to go with Pink Passion that I liked & the envelopes in the size I needed, it seems the size I was searching for is not a standard size, all the envelopes I could find were either too big or too small, I went by the size that came in a package of card bases & envelopes that I bought at Michael's soooo...I just bought 2 packages of 50 at 30% off just so that I could have the envelopes, the card bases I will use for something else eventually! I had to do it that way cause I was sick of looking. We also found some two tone ribbon for the charity cards that we are making for the wedding. I found my shoes but...when we went to the bridal salon to pick up Jessica's veil I found another pair of shoes that we liked better. Now I don't want to give up the pair that I just bought & I know hubby will not like it if I bought another pair of shoes that I might or might not wear with this dress & since I had already spent my money on the other pair of shoes & other things & these shoes have to be ordered, so I passed on ordering them for NOW!!! Hee! Hee! I will more than likely return on another day when I come up with the money (their not cheap!) & order them then. What can I say, I'm me!
We had some lunch & had a great day together! We got a lot of errands done & finally got home around 5:30 so it was a long day. Now I just have to wait for my SU order & then I'm in business. I forget a few little things that I need but it's no big deal I can get them next week.

Sorry, I think I rambled too much there, may have repeated myself a few times, oh well! On to my card. Like the catchy title? I see this stamp set & right away I think of this song & can't get it out of my mind! This is one of the cards I made the other day, I like how this turned out except I think I should have done something else with the sentiment, not too sure about that. I love this ribbon that I picked up at Michael's, I have a few different colors of these plaid ribbon spools for a dollar. The plaid colors are so beautiful in real life. Well thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a great weekend everyone!

Hugs...Rita




Card details

CS: Regal Rose & Papertrey white
DP: from my scraps
Ink: Brilliance Graphite, SU Not Quite Navy, Le Plume markers & Copic Glitter pens & White gel pen for polka dots
Stamps: Hanna, sentiments are from Stamping Bella & inside sentiment is Make a Wish stamp set from Gina K designs
Ribbon: Michael's

Flower's will be Bloomin'

Hi Ladies!

So sorry that I've been MIA lately, been a little lazy lately about making cards ;o) I guess I needed a break. I've made up for it though, I made 4 cards yesterday & will post them over the next few days so bare with me! I will be on & off for awhile & blog surfing when I can over the next month or two, we're getting closer to the wedding date & I have lots to do & need a kick in the butt to get me motivated. I think I'll be fine once I get all my supplies here so I can get to work, I'm still searching for a few things & it's driving me crazy!!! Until I find them I'm going to be a crazy person! They say size doesn't matter, ha! It does matter when you want perfection! Get your minds out of the gutter girls, I know what your thinking! Hehehe!!! I'm talking craft stuff here ladies!

Anywho, on to my card. I made this card for my SIL's birthday. I didn't want anything real fancy because she will just toss it, so I went for simple & no frills! This is good for her, I thought flower stamp 'cause we are all yearning for Spring! I cut out the front of the card with the nestabilities, glued that cut out to the inside of the card then layered with some Wasabi CS & the main image with a sentiment inside, added some ribbon & walla...card is done! Good enough, so I'm happy with it for a card that I know will be tossed. (she throws out all cards). She won't look at this so I'm good.

I'm going out with Jessica (my daughter) tomorrow to look for my shoes & she needs to pick up her veil then bring it back before the wedding to be pressed. She got the veil at another bridal salon. Then to the Country club to pick out the right pink ribbon for the chairs. Then go to Michael's & a scrapbook/craft store in Attleboro to pick out ribbon for charity cards & other stuff I need & hopefully stop for lunch somewhere before we continue on to other errands we need to get done! Sounds like a full day to me...whew!!! It's so much fun though & I love it all, especially spending time with Jessica!

Well that's all for today, thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great evening!

Hugs...Rita



Card details

Card Base: The Paper Company Cards & Envelopes - Ivory Diamonds, got these at Michael's on clearance for a $1. but it's paper not cardstock, (kind of flimsy, glad I only bought 2 pkgs). Next time I use these I will adhere it to CS to make it sturdy.
CS: Wild Wasabi
Stamps: Snag' em stamps & sentiment from Hanna stamps
Ink: Basic Black, Le plume markers & Copic glitter pens
Accessories: Nestabilities, ribbon (Target) & dimensionals




This is what the card looks like opened.