Happy Mail

Hi everyone!

I sure hope you all had a great weekend. It was a rainy one here so I ended up cutting most of my Cream CS for the wedding program folders & boy was that a job...I have lots of layers, you'll see what I mean when I finish & post the pictures. I am now in the process of embossing some of the cut pieces. I have 90 folders to make so when I'm finished with all the cream card stock I will start cutting the Designer paper pieces then I will start to assemble everything all at once. I also have about 900 pearls to attach to each folder...should be fun! At least these pearls are self adhesive ones!!! It's well worth the work though, they are so beautiful!

I have received some beautiful RAK's in the mail recently & let me tell you they were all my little ray of sunshine when they arrived & put big smiles on my face! Thank you ladies...I luv you all! That's all for now, I need to get back to work so have a great day!


From Risa

Look what was inside...I luv receiving stamped images that I don't have. I also like sending images to people too! You put a big smile on my face when I saw these images Risa, thank you so much!



From Elena


From Allison

Thank you so much ladies, you really know how to put a smile on my face & brighten up my day, I appreciate your kindness & friendship!

Cappuccino Anyone???

Hello peeps!

OMGosh I went to the most amazing craft store this week, I love it!!! This will be my go to craft store from here on out, they even carry Stamping Bella & I just received a huge order from Stamping Bella but of course I had to buy one more. This store is called "Bella Art" & it's in Johnston, R.I. which is about an hour away from me. Sarah & I were in search of DP Friday for the wedding programs & we found one style at one store & the other at Bella Art that will compliment each other inside the folder. We also found the perfect ribbon to go along with the paper at that same store. They will be ordering the paper & ribbon for me this week & I hope to have it in my hands in two weeks or sooner I hope. You know I had to buy some goodies for myself as well, it turns out they also sell Copics....sooooo I bought my first Copics at Bella Art (skin tones to start out) & I also bought a few at the other craft store in Attleboro called "Right at Home", I like that store too but its mostly a scrapbooking store with few stamps but Bella Art has lots of stamps so guess where I'll be spending my money? Yep Bella Art...here I come with my Christmas wish list!!!

Well you all know how busy I will be for the next few weeks so please forgive me if I don't post every day, I will get back to creating cards & gifts after the wedding & have lots in store for you for the holidays. I do have to create a few things for September so I will have to pause wedding stuff long enough to create those gifts & get them in the mail in time but if not they might just be a little late. Oh my, I just remembered I have to make something for my daughter Jessica's birthday coming up in two weeks. I can't forget her!!!

Here is a card I made about 2 weeks ago for a friend of Gina Wrona's (hi Gina!) who needed a little ray of sunshine. I've had this stamp for about 8 months & I had not inked it up yet but when Gina said the woman liked House Mouse I knew that I would finally get to ink this stamp. I liked the way it turned out.

Well that's it for today, I hope you all have a great weekend & thanks for stopping by today!




Inside card

Card details

CS: SU WW, Garden Green & Regal Rose
DP: Basic Grey Two Scoops Paper pad
Stamps: House Mouse "Mice Cappuccino", SU Heard from the Heart & Great Friends
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Wild Wasabi, Prisma, Koh-i-noor pencils & OMS
Misc: SU Small oval punch, Nesties, Dew Drops, Tim Holtz paper distresser, Quickie glue pen, pop dots, SU Spritzer tool & SU Garden Green marker

Award Day Today!

Good morning everyone!

Well I have been a bad girl again, I have gotten so many awards from all of you & have not had the chance to post them...so today is the day FINALLY! I'm so sorry it took so long, please forgive me. Here we go:


These two are from Risa





From Elena


These two are from Linda






These two are from Lyn





Thanks so much ladies, I'm honored and I'm so lucky to have all of you as my friends.

Have a great day everyone & thanks for spending a little part of your day with me. Talk to you soon!

The Traveling Card

Hello Peeps!

I know I'm a bad girl, I haven't blogged like for ages...oh my! I will be very busy from now til the wedding so bear with me my friends. I will try to post as often as I can. When all my wedding projects are over I will post them for all to see. I am trying to place my orders for all the supplies I need for these projects & Sarah & I still have to go to 2 craft stores to look for DP & ribbon for the program folders, she's so busy at work & the stores are on summer hours so its tough. Thank God I only have 2 kids cause that means no more weddings for me after this one, I thought I would never see the day when my son would get married but he sure surprised me & his dad & so soon after Jessica's wedding. Maybe that was the push he needed hah? Sarah is a peach & I love her like she was my own daughter. Well enough of that, onto my post.

My good friend Jen (from Hawaii) sent me the traveling Ugly Card, now to explain about this card, here is the story. Diane Forest of Little D Creations thought it would be fun to see how far this card would travel, so she named it the Ugly card (don't you just love that sentiment?) & I call it the Traveling Ugly Card. Tracy was the first person to receive it so it went from Diane in Canada to Tracy in Canada to Jen in Hawaii to me here in Massachusetts & I sent it off to merry ole England to Lyn of Spyder's Corner, now we will see where it goes from there. I thought it would be a great idea to take a picture of the card in a tourist area close to where I live & make the trip worth while for this little card so I took it to the Newport Mansions to have its picture taken there. I hope that everyone who receives this card will take a picture of it somewhere that will be interesting and give us a little history of the area where the picture was taken. If you would like to follow the adventures of this traveling card go over to Diane's blog, she will post whenever she gets news of where the card is when she hears from the person who receives it. I love this idea & think it's so much fun!

Well that's it for today, talk to you again soon. Have a great day & thanks for stopping by!


The traveling Ugly Card visited one of the mansions in Newport Rhode Island recently. It took a picture at the Rosecliff Mansion. This mansion is one of Newport's grandest, where the rich held lots of parties & they called these mansions in Newport their summer cottages. Cole Porter was a frequent house guest, composing and playing the piano in an upstairs sitting room. Its ocean views and expansive lawns create a dreamlike atmosphere. Rosecliff was built in 1902. We couldn't take pictures of the inside, I don't know why but their rules.


Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean from the grounds in back of the mansion. You can see some other mansions in the background on the left.