Easter Baskets

Good mornin' Peeps!

 

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter, we sure did!  Having the family over for dinner always makes me happy.  I have a cute photo at the end of this post of my hubby & Braelynn....it's so precious, I LOVE it.  If you follow me on Facebook then you saw it already but for those of you who don't have Facebook I thought you would like it.

 

I made these cute little baskets to put on everyone's plate, I always make a little something for the table for everyone for special occasions.  My son is sneaky & stole one of my eggs, I think he took one of Dan's too when he wasn't looking, hahaha!!!  Anyway, I made the chicks for us ladies & rabbits for men.  I bought a cute little soft bunny for Braelynn.  I can't wait to do an Easter egg hunt next year for her...I miss those days when the kids were little & we did that for them. 

 

Thanks for hanging out with me, have a great day!



 

 

 Easter Bunny for Braelynn!

 

I LOVE you grandpa!  Melts my heart!

 

She did this a couple of times & I was so glad that I got to capture it when she did it the second time.

Happy stamping peeps!

Graduation Cards

Hello Peeps!

Well graduations are about over now but I wanted to show you a few more that I made, I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them! The boy & girl graduates are from Hanna Stamps & are no longer available (they closed up shop, so sorry to hear that..I loved their stamps), paper I found in my stash (didn't even know I had that), sentiments are from SU.

Jessica comes home from her NKOTB cruise tonight & I can't wait to get together with her to hear all about her trip...I'm sure she had a blast!

Well that's it for today, short & sweet! Have a great day everyone, thanks for stopping by & visiting me!


Girl Grad



Boy Grad



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Graduation Owl



These flowers came from Marc & Sarah for our 40th wedding anniversary, which was 2 weeks ago...that was a complete & delightful surprise! Their soooo beautiful! Thank you so much...love you both!



Happy stampin' blog buddies!!!

Graduation Hat Box & Card

Good mornin' peeps!

Well it's that time of year...Graduations are a comin'! I made this card & Grad hat box for Sarah (my daughter-in-law), her niece is graduating from high school next month & I wanted to make her something for the occasion that I thought she would like. What does every grad want for graduation? You guessed it...money and what better way to present it than something unique. I came across this box template that Adela was selling & knew I just had to have it, it was soooo stinkin' cute! I went to work on it the minute I finished downloading the template & instructions. Sarah loved it & can't wait to give it to her niece, I hope she likes it as much as I do.

Well have a great day & thanks for stopping by, I love your company. Leave a comment & let me know what you think.


My inspiration for this card came from Frenchie, she made an adorable grad owl topper & I used her tutorial to make a card instead. I just cut the top note die cut in half, made my owl & placed it on the front of my card...real easy. Thanks Frenchie



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I bought the grad hat template design from Adela, it was very easy to create & so much fun, I used her school colors for this box.









inside...roll up money & tie a ribbon around it & you will make any grad very happy, don't ya think? I used white paper here, sad to say the day I took these pictures I didn't even have a dollar bill on hand to roll up, hahaha!!!


Happy stampin' peeps!

Owl make you feel better!

Happy Wednesday peeps!

Did you like my title? I thought it would grab your attention, hahaha!!! I LOVE my owl punch & love making owls, so this was right up my alley. Hope you like them.

Quick post because I'm about to eat & forgot to post this morning. Talk to you again soon. Thanks for stopping by today.


Get Well Wishes...I love these cards, their so stinkin' cute! I think these would brighten any ones day! I know they put a smile on my face the day I made them.


I cased this card when blog surfing one day about 6 or 7 months ago& forgot to write their name on the pic, so if you know who it belongs to PLEASE let me know so I can put a link to their blog & give them the credit.



The doctor & nurse will see you now! I couldn't resist!!! Lol!




Have a great evening everyone!

Christmas Cards 2011 Part 2

Hello peeps!

Well here are the last of this years Christmas cards. I wish I would have started earlier so that I could have used some of the stamps that I've had for 2 years & have not inked up yet. I'm making myself a promise to start my Christmas cards in June & make at least 10 a month, maybe this way I'll get to use them all up on cards for 2012...what do ya think? Is that a good plan or what? Now if I can really do it then I'll amaze myself, hehehe!!!

Thanks for taking a few minutes out of your busy day to come & visit me today, I sure do appreciate it!

One of my favorite Christmas cards that I made this year! It's a new Whimsy Stamp that I fell in love with this year & just had to have it! This card came out great...it's so pretty, if I do say so myself!





This little fella is a Whipper Snapper Stamp & he's one of my favorites!!! Snowmen & penguins are my favorite winter stamps...their too stinkin' cute, I'm obsessed!!!



I needed to come up with an idea to put lottery tickets in, (instead of those envelopes that you get from the lottery) so I came up with this idea. I should have put the DSP on the inside before I adhered the pocket, oh well, next year. I like how it turned out though. I saw Dawn's video for the Santa & used that for the front...he's so cute & I love his pom-pom!!! Dan loves getting scratch off tickets in his stocking every year, so I hope he enjoys my presentation! He'll be more interested in scratching than looking at the card...but I know he will comment & appreciate the card!


inside...I sure hope he wins something! He loves getting these in his stocking!



Favors for my guests who come to visit us this year. Got the idea to put them all in a basket from my good friend Sally (thanks for the idea Sally)otherwise I would have just made the ones for my family & put them on each place setting...but this is sooo much prettier!


The men are getting the snowman with the Patriot's hat for their favorite football team!



Have a fabulous Christmas everyone! Take it ALL in & enjoy your families & friends this holiday season! I love you all...Merry Christmas!!! See you again sometime next week.

Christmas Cards 2011 Part 1

Hi Peeps!

Sorry I haven't been around for awhile but oh my, I have been soooo darn busy. I've been out & about so much & this week is crunch time for me. I needed to get going on my Christmas cards & get them in the mail this week or I was going to be dead meat. I also got all my gift wrapping done too this week...so now I NEED to get my house cleaned by Saturday morning, so everything can be nice & fresh smelling! I have a few cards to share with you today & then more tomorrow before I take a blogging break for a few days. I hope you enjoy today's post & I will see you again tomorrow!


I just LOVE these Elf Shoes....their just too stinkin' cute!!! I've been seeing so many of these around the blogs lately & just had to get on the bandwagon & make some! I found a video tutorial by Frenchie here and here. Oh my gosh...once you start you want to make a bunch & that's what I did & they are so easy to make & sooooo much fun too!!!






Love the color & design of this card. This idea is from Renee, she is such a gifted crafter with so many beautiful cards for inspiration...go on over there & take a look for yourself!



I really love the sparkle on this one...similar to the one below but with a little more detail. I cased these 2 cards completely from Dawn Olchefske...she's another amazing crafter.



Clean & simple - It's crunch time for me & I need some clean & simple cards to get into the mail ASAP...I just mailed the last of my Christmas cards out yesterday, whew...I've never been this late EVER! Sure glad that task is over with. I love how this one turned out.


Thanks for dropping by...have a great day!

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.

Raggedy Ann

Good mornin' Peeps!

As promised here is Raggedy Ann...isn't she so cute? I luv her!!! She's a great birthday card for a little girl & Andy is great for a little boy. Here is the tutorial for Raggedy Ann...give these cards a try, you will love them!

Thank you so much for spending a little part of your day with me, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I always love having you here & appreciate all of you. Happy punching!!!





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Raggedy Ann & Andy




Have a great day!

Raggedy Andy

Hi peeps!

Oh my goodness, I had sooooo much fun making these cards! It was awesome seeing Raggedy Andy & Raggedy Ann come to life!!! I ended up making 4 sets of these cards, 1 set for my daughter, daughter-in-law & 2 sets for me. I will post Raggedy Ann tomorrow so stay tuned for that. Here are the links on how to make these awesome Sliding Pop-Up cards & a video too at the bottom of that link. Here is the link on how to make Andy. The faces are stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps...these are so darn cute! I love how these cards turned out!

Well thanks for stopping by today & have a fabulous day!





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Happy punching peeps!