Sea You!

Good mornin' Peeps!

Hope you all had a great weekend. I'm feeling so much better today, almost back to normal after my fall, still just a little sore but nothing compared to Saturday.

A lot of people got a lot of snow from that storm we had this weekend, my nephew in Southern New Hampshire got about 24 inches & they have no power, but at least they have a generator. They may not get power for a few days. I have never seen it snow before Halloween & I sure hope that doesn't mean that we are in for a really bad winter. We only got about an inch here in Southern Massachusetts & it melted after a few hours in the sun.

Well here is the last of the birthday cards (for now). What child would not love to get one of these cards? The stamps are from Snag'em Stamps by Imaginisce (clear $1.50 or $2. stamps from Michael's) & the wave die is from MFT called "Die-namics Catch a Wave" (love this die), I also used the SU scallop punch, nesties, an embossing folder & SU modern label punch. I had some awesome paper in my stash that looked like water waves (to me anyway) from Creative Memories & combined that with other DP to create both of these cards.

Happy stamping & I hope you all have a great day!





I love how this card turned out!

Make a Wish!

Hi peeps!

OMG, I am sooooo sore today. Our day did not start off well yesterday. Dan had cooked something to bring into work for a little going away party for one of the men & had it in a crock pot & was leaving when I heard him fall & when I went out there he had lost half of what was in the pot (thank goodness he made some extra for us, which went into the pot for work), so he filled the pot again. I gathered some bags so I could scoop it up & throw in the trash, but darling hubby didn't tell me it was icy on the patio & stairs (he was busy with filling the pot again)...Thank God we only have 3 stairs ( that's enough though to do some damage). I go out there yep...I fall down the stairs hard on my BUTT!!! Hit my head, back & elbow too! Come on, I hear you laughing!!! Well after the shock of it all & hubby cleaning it all out & me pouring hot water on it, to clean it all up...we could finally laugh about it. We had rain the night before with some cold temps so it froze overnight & created ice that you could not see, until it was too late. Now my Butt is black & blue (or should I say purple) & I am very, very, sore. I think after I post this I'm going to take a nice long hot shower & take some Alieve. I have a few errands to run before we get a storm that's heading our way. I don't think we will get hit hard here but North of us will. OK, enough of that & onto my card.

This was easy to make, it's one of those quilt patch cards made with the Top Note die from SU. The sentiment is from Gina K Designs. That's it, very simple.

Thanks for dropping by & I hope you all have a fantastic weekend! Now onto my soothing shower!

Child's Birthday Card


Happy stamping!!!

4 You

Happy hump day peeps!

Today's card is a child's birthday card using this adorable digital image called "Sweet Little Donkey" by Meljens Designs...I love this little guy & you will see lots of him in the future! This digital image is available for free with a purchase & you can get him by clicking here. This cute little guy was soooo much fun to color & I loved watching him come to life before my very eyes. Do you feel that way when you color some of your images or create punch art? I hope I'm not the only one who feels that way. Now, I know how cartoon artists & any creative person (for that matter) feels when they create a character, it's such a great feeling seeing it come to life! Leave me a comment & tell me about your experience.

Hope you enjoy today's post, thanks for stopping by!







Enjoy your day peeps!

Fun Playing in the Sand

Good mornin' peeps!

Thanks for joining me today; you know how much I love your company!

Today's card is a cute digital image that was free from Angelique's blog "Sliekje's digi stamps". Please keep in mind that if you use anyone's digi images to give credit to that artist, they work hard & they deserve to be recognized, thank you. This adorable little girl is playing in the sand & makes a really cute birthday card for a little girl...don't you think? I remember when Jessica was 2 & hated the sand...she would NOT put her feet down on it...soooo she would sit in her lounge chair with her little sun umbrella attached to it & watch everything that was happening around her all day & would be perfectly content doing so. I had people come up to us after a few hours & tell me how well behaved she was & loved watching her watch the people around her like a little diva....I told them that's because she hates the feel of the sand & not really happy with going into the water either. Well that all changed by the time she was 5 & started to build sand castles at the beach & finally loved it! She's still a Diva & I still LOVE her to death...Oh & she's still Daddy's little girl, has had him wrapped around her little finger for 31 years now & counting! Hahaha!!!

That's it for now, have a great day everyone!

Revised: All Aboard!!!

Hello Peeps!

I had this digital stamp on my PC for a very long time & finally got to use it recently & I think it's from "Wild Flower Patch Kids Digital Stamps". At least that's what it says in my notes that I use to identify my pictures & digis & I got it as a Freebie over at Papercraft Planet a long time ago (at least I think that's where it came from) but when I looked it up & used the web site I had in my notes it was not there, no longer available. So if anyone knows where this digi image came from & if you have a website that I can link it to please let me know, I would love to give credit where credit belongs. So sorry for not knowing for sure, but now I make sure I put details down & names when I get freebies & I'm much more organized than when I first started stamping. Thank you for any help you can give me.

PS: Revised: Here is the link to her blog & the post where you can get this digital stamp. It was created by Jennifer Schults...so click on her name to get this free digi & while your there please thank her for creating such an awesome image. Thanks to someone on SCS for giving me the link when I asked them to help me out.

I had some traveling designer paper in my stack & found the perfect paper to go with this cute image for a little boy's birthday card, I love it!!! Let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by, I sure do appreciate it.







Have a great Wednesday!

Field of Butterflies

Good morning!

Like my title? Well, this card reminds me of being in a field with butterflies flying all around...it's such a beautiful sight! Brings me back to my childhood days, which wasn't that long ago, lol! Hahaha!!! What memories does this bring back for you? I would love to hear about it. Hope you enjoy today's card.

Have a great day & thanks for dropping by!

Let's have coffee!

Happy Saturday peeps!

Don't you just love getting together for coffee with friends? I do, we have our best talks over coffee & sometimes with wine too, lol!!! Here is another one of my favorite Bella stamps, it's perfect for a friend's birthday card, don't you think? I tried to make it look like they are having coffee at an outdoor cafe by placing a piece of designer paper with a scallop border on top to make it look like an awning. Sorry this picture is a little blurry with Blogger, I promise it was not like that on my PC but for some reason it came up blurry on blogger.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!

Hair Stylist Bella

Hi everyone!

Quick post today. This is a great card to give to your hair stylist for her birthday. I had fun coloring this one...love the colors, bright & cheerful which is sure to put a smile on her face. Thanks for visiting, I'm so glad you came by to spend a small part of your day with me!



Have a great day!

Anyone for Golf???

Good morning peeps!!!

Well I finally brought the card rack to the salon last night, now lets hope I can sell them.

I will be posting birthday cards for next week or two, so come back & take a peak. Today's card is golfing Bella & I love this design, I think it came out great...let me know what you think!

Well Dan & I spent Sunday with Marc & Sarah at their newly installed pool & it is gorgeous! Dan & I LOVE the hot tub...wow that was sooooo relaxing! It was in the 80's for Columbus Day weekend...the last hurrah for the pool I guess. You know where I'll be next summer...spending a day or two every week relaxing poolside at their house, lol!!!

Well that's it for today...thanks so much for dropping by. Happy stamping!











Here are 3 pictures of the card rack (couldn't decide which pic was the good one, so I put up all 3) I brought to the salon where Jessica works. I put 80 cards in it, I think that's enough & I will restock every month or so, depends on how they sell. I need to get to work & make more so I can have a big stockpile on hand.

Paper Rose Topiary at Bella Art

Good morning everyone!

To all my local friends & readers...I'm going to Bella Art in Johnston R.I. either this week or next week to make this awesome paper rose topiary...does anyone want to join me??? I saw this topiary in the store (one small $20. & one large $35.) this summer & fell in love with it, well I want to make one of the smaller ones, so I'll be calling the store to set up a time for me to attend a class, (by myself or with some of you) probably in the morning sometime. I have the die from MFT so she said to start off with the small one & then I can make the bigger one on my own once I know what to do. How about it...anyone game to come along??? Yvette, Betty, Ree, Sandi...anyone??? Here are some pictures.


This is the big one that's in the store






He helped roll the flowers & they made these for the tables at his daughter's wedding. What a nice dad!



Call me or email me ladies if you want to attend, Please let me know by Tuesday because I will be calling Wednesday to set up an appointment for the class. Have a great weekend!

Baroque Motif Anniversary Card

Hello Peeps!

Today's card is the last of the Anniversary cards & then we will move on to birthday cards. I'll be taking a picture of the card rack today & hope to post that sometime next week. I'm bringing the rack to the salon on Tuesday & hope they sell well there...we shall see. Wish me luck!!!

Hope you have a fantastic holiday weekend planned, take care, have fun & happy stamping! Thanks for dropping by today, I so appreciate it.

Mother of Pearl Anniversary Card

Good morning everyone!

Got my laptop back last night...I'm so happy to have it back! I got a nasty virus that wiped out my hard drive. Thanks to the amazing people over at the Geek Squad at Best Buy, they retrieved all of my files & software that I thought was gone forever. The only thing I had to do when I got home was figure out how to get my background, icons & theme settings back to the way I like them & it only took me just under an hour. I finally realized that the folder on the desktop contained all my icons...how cool was that? Just 1 more little thing I'm trying to figure out but it's not a problem if I don't get it the way I want it to look, it's just me being picky & wanting things the way I had it before...I'm a creature of habit! Lol!!! I figured while I was there picking up my laptop I might as well have them do the Dell desktop PC too. I want everything taken out & have them put it all back in so it will run faster & be like new again, I hope! I had to use that PC while mine was in the shop & let me tell you it was sooooo darn slooooooow! I don't have the patience for slow. So I was not on the PC much because of that, I just couldn't deal with the stress. Should get that PC back tomorrow.

Today's card is totally cased. I saw this video on Dawn Griffith's blog & knew I had to try it & it is gorgeous up close & in person. I don't know if I captured the pearl glow in the photos (I tried, click on the photos to make it bigger) but it's sooo darn beautiful!!! Click on Dawn's name & go over there & take a look at her video, it's so easy to do & I had a blast doing it. I made Anniversary, Sympathy & birthday cards with this same card but different sentiments. What do you think? Go on...go over there & give it a try, you won't be sorry!

Happy stamping!!!










Thanks for stopping by...I'm so glad you did!!!

Anniversary Cards

Hello everyone!

Short post today. I totally cased this card from Deanna . When I saw this card on her blog I knew I had to make it. Click on her name & go visit her blog, she’s an amazing crafter & you will be in awe of her work….go on, go over there & take a peek.










Thanks for stopping by....you'll never know how much it means to me that you take time out of your busy day to come visit me and see what I'm doing! It means so much to me! Have a great Saturday peeps!!!