Twisted Fold Gift Card

Good Monday mornin' to ya peeps! Hope you all had a great weekend! Dan & I sure did, we ran a few errands up towards Marc's house & while we were in that area we called Marc & Sarah to see if they were going to be home so we could stop in for a short visit & of course see our precious Braelynn. Seeing her always brightens our day & makes us smile. We get to see her again Sunday when they come for Easter dinner...yeah!!! Wow, 3 weeks in a row, I love it!

OK, now onto my card for today. I needed to make 2 gift cards for my neighbors. If you read my blog, you know that last month we had a really BIG storm that brought down a very BIG pine tree right across our driveway near the street, there was no way we were going to get out until we had the tree cut up. My neighbor Ed (he had the saw) & our other neighbor Glen (they live on the right & left side of us) came to help us out the next morning & it was still snowing hard. Ed cut up the tree (just enough for us to get out of the driveway) & Glen & Dan rolled the logs (which were VERY heavy by the way) out of the way onto the side of the driveway. Then came back with their snow blowers & helped Dan with his snow blower, (compared to theirs his was tiny) to clear the driveway. As soon as they lifted the no driving ban Dan & I drove to Marcs house & stayed there till the electricity came back on at our house. We wanted to show our appreciation for their help so I made a card & put a gift card inside. We are so lucky to have such great neighbors.

I found this cute design called a Twisted Gift card fold from Dawn Olchefske click HERE to see her video tutorial. It's real easy & fun to make, she also has a tip on how to cut the designer paper for this card. Give it a try & let me know how you like it.

Thanks for dropping by & have a great Monday!


Glen's card


Ed's card


inside - perfect for a gift card or a message tag


Happy Stampin' Peeps!!!

Get Well Rainbow

Good afternoon Peeps!

Well Spring is not here yet for us...so sad! More snow coming tomorrow, but I don't think it will be much, will have to check with the weatherman later. Winter does not want to go away...I NEED Spring & warm weather!

Here is my card for today, a cute Get Well Rainbow. I used an embossing folder, cloud & rainbow die are from MFT. Hope you like it!

Talk to you again soon. Have a great day & thanks for stopping by!




Happy stamping!

Grey Tie Birthday Cards

Good mornin' Peeps!

I love Saturated Canary Digi images, this one is called "Grey Tie". I just searched Krista's site & this digi is not there, she must have discontinued it but if you email her she might let you still buy it, I'm not sure but it's worth a try. She is one of my FAVORITE digital designers...she's AWESOME!!! You might just see something else you like as well.

Have a great day & thanks for dropping by & visiting!

This card I made for my niece Joyce who's turning 60 at the end of this month. It reminded me of her when she was younger, minus the tie of course. I have a picture of her & I at the beach sunbathing in our bikini's...yes I used to wear a bikini. Yep, those were the days, now it's only 1 piece bathing suits for me, hahaha!!! Old age does that to ya!



Card I made for a friend who loves 50 Shades of Grey...this card made her smile!


Happy stamping Peeps!

Get Well Doctor & Nurse Owls

Good morning Peeps!

Here's a get well card I made with the owl punch. I've made this one before & just LOVE it...isn't it sooooo cute?! Easy to make & puts a smile on anyone's face, don't you think?

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Card Sketchbooks & Blizzard of 2013 Pictures

Happy Friday Peeps!

Today I have a couple of sketchbooks that I made for myself & a friend.  You can get the PDF file for free & a video tutorial from Kristina Werner by clicking HERE.  It was fun to make & sometimes comes in handy when I have an idea in my head & need to put it to paper & see how it might look before I cut my DSP. 

Have fun & thanks for stopping by today!


                                                           Sketchbook 1

                                                           Sketchbook 2

                                                                Inside

Here are a few pictures of what happened to our yard during the Blizzard of 2013, we had a very tall pine tree fall across our driveway (thank God) & NOT toward our house or new car.  Some branches from the pines in front of the house still fell a few days later so we have a big mess on our hands & lots of work to do in a few weeks once the snow melts.  I am so very grateful to our neighbors on both sides of us who helped Dan cut up a little of the tree so we could get out of our driveway, then they both returned to help snow blow the driveway with Dan's small snow blower.  Thank you so much Ed & Glen you are both the best!

You can click or double click on the pictures to make them bigger & sometimes click again to make them even bigger (the original size).

The twin to this tree fell across our driveway.

Extended all the way across our front yard, some of the branches went into the road but the plow just swept them out of the way.

Pine trees in the front left side of our yard next to Glen's house, a lot of these branches fell off & you can no longer see the trunk of that big pine tree because of the fallen branches.

Ed, Glen & Dan snow blowing the driveway....we have the BEST neighbors!

Just missed our mailbox & the road.

Glen & Dan had to roll the logs over to the side of the driveway & they were really heavy...they had a hard time rolling them in the snow.

I leave you with Dan finishing up the driveway.  This blizzard did lots of damage all along New England, some people were without power 5 days.  As of today (a week later)  I think all power has been restored. 

Happy stamping peeps!