Thank you for your Hospitality

Good mornin' Peeps!

I just stopped in to upload a card I made for my niece to thank her & her hubby for making us feel right at home when we visited them in Texas in May. She loved it & I'm happy with how it turned out. Without even thinking about it when I made it, she mentioned it goes with the colors in her living room...must have been in the back of my subconscious mind I guess. Thanks again Pat & Gary for having us! We Love & miss you guys. I used the Parisian Lace doily die that I got from Papertrey Ink, I LOVE that die!

Hope your all having a great summer..gotta go. Have a fabulous day & thanks for stopping by!

Bride & Groom Wedding Card

Hi Peeps!

Hope you had a fabulous weekend! Here is the other card that I was talking about on the previous post. I love this card...it makes an awesome wedding card & it's so easy & fast to make. I love easy, don't you? This idea I saw on Dawn's blog & just knew I had to make one. I love it, it's so darn cute!!! Click HERE to see Dawn's video.




OK, from here on out my pictures should be nice & clear because I have a NEW camera that I love!!! I did a lot of research & found the perfect camera for ME. I don't know about anyone else but I DON'T need to be confused with all the high tech mumbo jumbo buttons that some cameras have, I JUST wanted a good point & shoot camera & wanted IT to do all the work for me...focus, etc. KWIM!?! Whenever I go to click the button I always ended up moving & the picture always came out blurry but this camera fixes that for me whenever I do that, now thats a great feature! The reviews were fantastic so I decided to buy this one & its been true love ever since...we were made for each other! I really wanted the RED one but BEST BUY did not sell the RED one & I decided I did not want to wait to get it in the mail since I was leaving for Texas in 7 days (when I bought it back in May) so I got the black one. I know what your saying right now...well Rita what's the name & make of this fantastic camera your raving about, inquiring minds want to know. It's the Nikon (I was always a Canon girl, but I gave this a try & glad that I did) Coolpix L120 & here is a picture click HERE. It also takes videos but I need to find out how to upload videos & use PSE 7 (that's what I have & have NO idea how to use it). I've had PSE7 for about 2 years & have not used it till I was forced to use it with my laptop (about 1 month now) because my old photo software won't work with the new laptop. I was using my OLD desktop to upload & crop photos then transfer them to my laptop (more work for me) until the card reader died on that PC. Now I'm still trying to figure out how to crop on the PSE7 software & I do get to do it but I'm sure there is an easier way than the way I'm doing it. Oh well the job IS getting done. Now that I've burned your ear off your probably getting sick of me so I will end it here.

Thanks for listening & come back again, I sure love your company & would love to hear your comments.

Texas Vacation Slide Show

Here's our Slide Show of The Alamo & The River Walk in San Antonio Texas. We went to visit my niece Pat & her husband Gary in May. They showed us around Texas & made us feel right at home. We had a fabulous time, thanks so much for taking such good care of us...we love & miss you guys! Pat is only 18 months younger than me & we were more like sisters growing up than aunt & niece. Her sister Joyce (the one that got married last year in San Diego), Pat & I were called the 3 stooges by my mom because we were always together.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Rubber Band Emboss Technique

Good mornin' Peeps!

I'm back & I hope to post a few times a week instead of everyday. This way it gives me time to create, blog surf & spend time with my hubby & do everyday chores.

Well my craft room is just about finished, I need my son to put up the gel bars I bought from IKEA & my ink shelf & I'll be all set. Once I figure out if the drawers I set up work with what I have inside & I'm comfortable with it as is or move things around again I will make the labels for each drawer & bin. I also have to stamp my inventory into my binders so it will be easy for me to look for a certain stamp or theme & know where it is instead of wasting time looking for something. It's NOT the room of my dreams but its a lot better than it was & looks pretty too. I will take some pictures for you to see. If I can figure out how to upload a video onto my blog I will make one for you so you can see how I organize everything.

I have been making cards & getting them ready to sell at my daughter's salon where she works so I have lots to show you. I bought a small spinning card wire rack to place on a counter or table at the salon & I hope to sell them so I can support my crafting addiction, hehehe!!!

I found two pictures in my old camera that I took before I re-organized my craft room, I guess I forgot all about them. I will show you one today & the other one next week. This one is a technique I got from a video over on Gina K's Stamp TV called rubber band embossing. Click HERE to see the video tutorial. I had the roller for the brayer already & it was easy & fun to create this unique background. My picture is not too clear, it's a little fuzzy (old camera) but once we get past this card & the next one (I will post it Monday) the pictures will be much clearer with my NEW camera (I LOVE it!).

Well thats it for today folks. Thanks for stopping by & I hope you have a wonderful weekend!