Card For David...Week 24

I just loved how cute this card turned out. I used only More Mustard ink from Stampin Up. The background is a stamp from Close To my Heart, the small little border is a foam stamp from Stampendous and the lion is from Stampin Up. I used some twine to make the mane and to attach the layers through More Mustard eyelets(Stampin Up) It's sad the only time I use my sewing supplies is on cards!

On the inside I wrote "No lion we hope your having a grrreat week!" I just crack myself up! :0)

Take care and I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp!

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Here Comes The Sun!

What a beautiful sunrise we had this morning. I couldn't help but take pictures. This has been such a hard month and watching the sunrise this morning made me feel like things are looking up.

Like the George Harrison's song lyrics say: "Here comes the sun, here comes the sun...and I say it's alright!" ( Aren't the Beatles Great!)

Enjoy your day :0)

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all. I love how my card turned out. I used my new Beaded Circle Spellbinders,

Supplies Used:

Sampin Up cardstock in Whisper White, Basic Black and Galore Green. Stampin Up ribbon in Basic Black Satin.
Stamps form Close To My Heart
Ink: Black Stazon and Stampin up Galore Green
Spellbinders Beaded Circles

I wish you could see the raised spots that I highlighted on the circle. It really adds dimension. The dies are so easy to use too. I will be using these Spellbinders Dies more often now. Hope you enjoyed the card.

As always, I wish you time to be creative and most of all time to stamp!

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Card For David...Week 26

Well, another week closer to my brother David's 50th birthday. I went with the green theme since it will be St. Patrick's Day when he gets it. I made this using left overs from a monthly scrapbooking kit I got years ago. I loved the polka dot alphabet stickers it came with. It feels good to use up some of the things I have had sitting around. Since moving my craft area to another room, it feels like Christmas. It has also been a reminder how easy it is for me to hoard paper supplies! :0)

Take care and I wish you time to be creative and most of all time to stamp!

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Water In Vents + Furnace Running = Huge Humidifier

Well, like the title of this post says it's pretty damp in the house. Sadly when our home was built they didn't tie us into the drainage tile at the back of our lot. We are on a slab which now has a crack somewhere in the foundation so the water comes up into our vents. It's too cold not to run the furnace so it's like this huge humidifier. Every window in our house is covered in moisture and it is dripping from our ceilings and down the walls. What's even more scary is that it is suppose to rain again on Friday and we still have at least an inch of water in our vents. Not to mention we can't flush our toilets and showers have to be pretty much under 3 minutes...or until the water starts to flood into the bathroom floor.

The pictures are of the ceiling in my kitchen , above the kitchen cabinets where like all the other walls where it is dripping has run down, the flooring curling up, where the water flooded from our water softener and a sample of just one of my sweaty windows.

Every spring we deal with some water but this is the worst it has been in a couple of years. I think what makes it more painful to me is that we just got done painting every room in the house and putting in new flooring. Which has to be repaired now too. (we forgot to unplug our water softener and it ran a cycle and ended up flooding the area and under my new wood flooring which is even worse now than the picture on this post)I just hope after it dries out and I scrub the ceilings and walls it won't need to be repainted.

Like I told Lee(hubby) I am grateful to have a roof over my head even if it is leaking on me. :0)

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Card Night ..."Green" Theme Card Exchange

What a great card night we had. One of the gals suggested a card exchange. We each made enough cards for each person in our group. We had a theme and then it was fun to see how everyone took that theme and put it to paper. I want to tell you a bit about each "Green Theme" card...so here goes. :0)

Well, lets get mine out of the way. I'm so indecisive so I ended up making 2 cards. The Queen Anne's Lace and the leaf card. I also stamped my envelopes. I used a Signo white gel pen and did each small dot then went back over and used a glitter pen and did each small dot! It took a bit more time but the results I got doing it that way were worth it. The leaf card was just a clean and simple design. I love the look of it. I'll be sending that one to my brother this week for his "card of the week".

The wolf card my sister Mary did. She worried so much that her's wouldn't be good enough(she is just learning to stamp) but I thought they turned out great. I would have never thought to stamp a wolf in green! She used Bazzill textured cardstock for her card base and the shimmery sheen it had really made the card.

Until my next post I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp!

Card For David...Week 30

Well, 20 weeks down! I can't believe it's only 30 more weeks till David turns 50. Been there done that. Turning 50 wasn't bad at all but I don't know how I will feel about turning 53! LOL :0)

I try to send a little gift now and then. I thought with this card getting a make your own pizza kit would give him a laugh. I rarely if ever eat pizza(one of my least favorite foods) so after I was done I asked Lee "what do you think, does it look close enough to a real piece of pizza?' He said looks pretty good , I guess you could have used the picture on the box to see what colors you needed." Well...duh!!! Sometimes I don't know why my brain isn't turned on! :0)

The Card is made with a Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers rubber stamp. (try saying that 5 times fast! ) I computer generated the stamp saying. (sometimes I just crack myself up...hehe) Stamped using Chocolate Chip ink pad from Stampin Up and colored in with an assortment of markers from Stampin Up and Close to My Heart. I applied all the color using a Color Brush Blender Pen from Zig. I just touched it to the tip of the marker and then took a little off on a scrap piece of paper then applied and just kept layering the colors. The cardstock used is all Stampin Up in Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip and Rose Red.

Now to the post office!

I wish you time to be creative and most of all time to stamp!

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Goodbye Sam

Everyday my sister and I talk we catch up on the happenings of the day but sadly today when my sister called she let me know that her dog Samson aka Sam died in his sleep last night. When she woke up for work and bumped him and he didn't move she knew. She had just had him in last week to the vet. Even they were shocked at his sudden death. Like me she has never had children and I guess we treat our pets like they are our children. I feel such sorrow for her loss.

Lee talked with her for a few minutes and told her he knew it will tear him up when Jasper goes. I know how he feels. A friend and I were talking about how it seems more like our pets rescue us than the other way around. :0)

I wish I could find the picture of Jasper sitting by Sam when we took Mary to the airport but alas it is not to be found. This isn't the best picture of Sam but he loved to go for rides!

So goodbye Sam....thank you for being a loving and friendly dog but most of all for saving Mary.

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Card For David...Week 31

I'm a bit late in sending this card for my brother for the week but I guess as long as he gets it that's all that matters. :0) Since my taking Michelle Zindorf's beginner and advanced brayer technique classes it seems that's all I really want to use to make cards! I think David will really like this one. I followed Michelle's online tutorial for this card.

I used all Stampin Up supplies except for one of the ink pads for the direct to paper technique is from Close to My Heart color Brown Bag.

Thank you to my sister who lent me this stamp set. It is from Stampin Up! called Nature Silhouettes.

Take care and I wish you time to be creative but most of all time to stamp! :0)

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Sadness Thru Tears and Laughter

Last night was the showing of My Uncle and today the services were held. It was wonderful seeing all my family even under the circumstance. I sometimes forget how large my Mom's side of the family is. To share funny and touching stories about my Uncle Kenny and each other was a soothing salve.

The minister talked of many qualities my Uncle had but one above all else he heard time and time again from everyone was how he never forgot to tell you he loved you. So many people (me included) forget to tell our family and friends we love them and appreciate them. My Uncle Kenny never forgot to say it. He lived his life full of love not just saying it. He helped everyone he could. He was always thinking of others. I'm better for knowing him and better for having such a good example.

I talked to him the week before and his last words were "I love you and tell Lee I love him too." I hope as the days, months and years now pass by I will remember to never let too much time pass by to tell my family and close friends how much they mean to me and should I leave this world for whatever reason those I leave behind will know how I feel about them in my heart and how much better they have made my life.

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