Happy Birthday to a Dear Friend!

Hello Peeps!!!

I want to give a BIG shout out to a dear friend who is celebrating her birthday today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANDI!!!

Hope you have a fabulous day! Love you! Will let everyone know when our next get together will be, I hope to send out an email soon.


When I saw this image I knew I had to have it, it was the perfect stamp for a friend of mine. I had Sandi in mind for this stamp because she loves horses & loves walking them whenever she can at a local horse farm where she lives. I bought this image about 2 years ago but never had the time to color it around her birthday...there was always something pressing at the time. This year I was determined to make this card, so before I started on the wedding invitations I made Sandi's birthday card first, put it in an envelope, addressed it & it was ready to mail out when the time was right. I hope she likes it!





Stamps: InStyle Barn Girl & PTI Inside and Out Birthday

That's it for today....have a great weekend!

Happy stampin' peeps!

Cruise anyone???

Good mornin' Peeps!

Like my title? Well it's a hint to let you know what else I've been working on lately. Jessica is going on a New Kids on the Block Cruise next month...don't ask, she's been obsessed with the band ever since they came back on tour & Donnie Wahlberg came on a TV series (Blue Bloods). The big VIP fans (yes she's one of them) call themselves....wait for it...Blockheads!!! It all started when she was about 10 years old & New Kids hit the music industry, she had to have everything New Kids, she was in Love with Donnie back then & it never ended. She had night shirts, towels, bed sheets, posters, you name it she had to have it & of course being the mom that I am, I bought it for her. Anyway, back to my project. She asked me if I could make some post-its with pens for the cruise since they won't be able to use their phones (OMG...nooooooo)on the ship to keep in touch. This way they can write a note & leave it on their cabin door to let their friends know where they are & where to meet up. Could I PLEASE (the magic word)come up with some sort of design with a cruise ship on it. It took me awhile to find the ship that I liked but I finally did, thanks to my fave stamp store Bella Art...thanks again Maryann! Jessica & her friends love them & so mom is a hit once again! I love it too!!!


Here's a picture of when she met Donnie...dreams do come true if you wait long enough. I love this picture!


Have a great day & thanks for dropping by & spending a little part of your day with me!

Made 12 of these for Jessica & her Blockhead friends for their cruise.







The stamp I got from my local stamp store (Bella Art) it's by A Muse, Musical Notes are MFT dies, I composed the wording on my computer, printed & spaced it out a few times on my card stock, then stamped the ship, colored with copics & cut them all out. I used various DSP, Post-its & the little pens I bought from Staples.

Happy stampin' peeps!

Happy Mail

Good morning peeps!

This is an early post today...I need to get ready to go out & spend the day with my hubby. He has a few days off & we're going to go spend the day at the Cape & enjoy this beautiful weather. I got some awesome happy mail & would love to share it with you today.

Have a great weekend & thanks for stopping by!

OMG....look what I won from Michele Boyer's blog! I couldn't believe I won this fabulous case...it's a lot bigger than I thought but I LOVE it! Thanks again Michele!


Looks like I need to buy lots more copic markers to fill this baby up! I have enough to fill maybe 2 or almost 3 of these baskets...better start making a list of the ones I want...there goes my wallet!


I put some of my markers inside one of the mesh baskets so you could see what it looks like. I love this case!!!



Birthday card from my best friend Sandi, she doesn't have a blog but she makes such beautiful cards. Her style is with a needle & thread. I always look forward to receiving a hand made card from you Sandi. Love you & can't wait for you to move back to our neck of the woods.


close up....look at that detail, she does amazing work on her cards! Thanks Sandi, I love it!!!


Easter card from Gina. Thanks Gina


Happy stampin' peeps!

This is what I've been up to lately!

Well hello there peeps!

So sorry for not posting lately but I've been so busy making my niece Kim's wedding invitations. I won't be able to show them to you until after the wedding in September. I don't want to have her info of the wedding online & I don't know how to blurr out the wedding info on the pictures. All of the samples I made have some info on them too, so that has to wait to be posted also.

We booked a condo on Maui for the wedding FINALLY & I'm so excited....it's beautiful!!! Now we need to book our flight & car rental, hope to do that Friday. For my friends in Oahu...sorry but I won't be able to visit you this year, the cost to go over to your island on top of what we are already spending is more than we want to spend this time. Hopefully I can talk Dan into going to Oahu next year. That will take alot of talking & pleading but we shall see, if not we can always meet in Vegas. We are going to spend a few days in Vegas before flying to Maui & another few days there on the way back before flying back home.

Here's a look at my assembly line...time to get to work! Have a great day & thanks for stopping by today!


Time to put them all together & get them mailed out by Friday I hope.

Different angle

Happy stampin' peeps!

My Awesome Good News!

Good mornin' Peeps!!!

Did you have a nice Easter? I sure did, I had my kids & sister over for Easter dinner & we had a fabulous time! Grab yourself a cup of joe, sit back & relax, it's going to be a long post today. I have so much to tell you!

First, I have such AWESOME & exciting news...for me at least! If you follow me on Facebook then you already know some of my news but I have more to share with all of you today. Well, the exciting news is that I'm finally going to be a grandma!!! We found out a few weeks ago that it's going to be.......wait for it.....A GIRL!!! Yippee, we are ALL so excited...here's a pic of my little granddaughter at 19 weeks:



I think she's going to be a gymnast, if this ultra sound is any indication, hehehe!!!
The first ultra sound pic Sarah sent me I just cried looking at it...they were tears of joy though & I couldn't stop looking at the picture for weeks & yep, I cried every time. Thanks so much for letting me share my exciting news with you today.

Now onto my creative part of this post & the reason you stopped by today.

A card I made for Sarah. This digital stamp is from Saturated Canary. Isn't this the cutest image for a mom to be? I love it & knew I had to get it for Sarah & she loved the pickle on top of all that ice cream! Love you to pieces Sarah & your going to be a great & loving mommy! She is going to be one lucky little girl to be loved by such awesome parents, grandparents & so many family members!!!


Sentiment is a digital freebie from Mary Anderson. Thank you so much Mary, I knew I wanted to use your sentiment for Sarah's card the minute I saw it on your blog.



Here's the card I made for Marc. This Digital image is from Mo Manning, I fell in love with this image the minute I saw it & knew I wanted it for Marc, he's going to be an awesome daddy! Love you Marc!



Altered box I fixed up for a little baby gift I got Marc & Sarah, just a couple of bibs that say Grandma loves you & spoiled by grandma & a onesie I found that said Grandpa's little girl!


close-up



Jessica & Steve brought me a bunch of tulips, my favorite flower, & some awesome desserts, their so thoughtful & sweet! I love you guys soooooo much!!! Marc & Sarah brought some yummy desserts too, so we had a sugar high going on over at the Santos house but they were soooooo good!



Sorry this post was so long. Have a great Monday everyone & thanks so much for stopping by & sharing a little part of your day with me, I so appreciate your company!