Miss U

Good evening everyone.  We had another down day today, rained all day.  I dragged my unimat saw out and had a day of woodworking.  But that is for tomorrows post.  Last night I put together a card with one of the images I cut with the Silhouette yesterday. 

 I used Distressed Ink on an acrylic stamp block and spritzed with water then smooshed onto watercolor paper.  The edges were distressed and the image glued on, the flowers being put on with pop dots.  This card already has a home.  I made it special for my aunt.  She is my go to mamma whenever I need something.  And at the end of the month she is moving 2 hours away.  Boy will I miss her. 

 

I even managed to squeeze in a challenge.  Mojo Monday 358.

 

happy crafting

 

dee ;o)

 

 

Chilly

Afternoon everyone.  I hope everyone is keeping warm.  This morning it was -30 here.  So glad I don't have to leave the house.  Today I'm watching Orphan Black Marathon. Momma has taken over the TV.

I have had this image sitting colored and mounted on my desk for a few days.  I just couldn't find a sketch to work with it, so I started going through my paper.  I came across a kit of paper from doodlebug that I've had a few years.  Voila, it all just fell into place. 

CHALLENGES
Sentimental Sundays - pick your favorite challenge  (anything goes)
Christmas Card Challenges - #5 anything goes
DRS Designs - #103 seeing spots
Christmas Cards All Year Round - anything goes
Jingle Belles - something old (paper kit) something new (stamp)

keeping warm

dee ;o)

Happy Tuesday

Morning ladies.  I'm a day late posting my card.  I was going to try to post a card a day over the March Break.  I left it too late last night.  DH beat me to the computer after the kids where put to bed.  He had a gaming night.  So I have two cards for today. 
Both have matching envelopes.  What a time I've had making envelopes.  When I did the easter one I discovered that there was an error in the measurements on the instructions I was following.  The flaps are too short too seal.  The birthday card is the only one I don't have to alter. 
This card covers two challenges:
365 Cards-Day 14-Super Sketchy Sunday
Crafty Card Makers-Challenge 16-A Feminine Celebration

Here is the sketch.

Happy Birthday.  This card may come in handy next month.  Both of my kids have a birthday. 
This one is for two challenges as well.
Cute Card Thursday-Challenge 103-Celebration
Cuttlebug Challenges-Be Inspired #74-Envelopes
You were to make a matching envelope to go with your card.  The inside of my envelope also has the same paper as the card. 

My son has a friend over today.  The boys are enjoying the nice weather outside today.  We've had great weather lately.

Happy crafting ;o)

House Mouse

Morning ladies.  A bit of quiet time for me.  I have the morning to myself, and a meeting at the school this afternoon with the speech pathologist.  We find out how much the little guy has improved in four years.  It's a fine line, you want him to improve, but you also don't want to loose the extra help in the classroom.  He is needing the EA less and less which is good, but there are still times that he gets frustrated and needs her. 
On to my card.  Our local craft store The Craft Nook got in some House Mouse stamps.  They are sooo cute.  I have purchased two, this is the first one.  This card is for 365 Cards-Day 352-Gloria's Sketch.  Well done Gloria, love the sketch.

This is Gloria's sketch.

Happy crafting ;o)

Card challenge 113,114

I can't believe how easy it was to whip up these two cards. Day 114 a dominant lavender, and Day 113.

Have a great day :)

Black and White

The long weekend is over. I've got everyone off the school and work, and have five minutes to myself before I have to head out.

I got the idea for this card from a video I watched on using the cuddlebug to emboss. I have always cut out with it. Here I embossed the frame on and embossed flowers into the middle. I thought the black and white would look nice, and it just needed a touch of color on the flowers.

Have a great day=)

Long weekend

Once again the weekend is here and its raining. All day Saturday, although I worked all day so it really didn't matter to me. But Randy wanted to do some tree trimming from the winter damage, he had to wait till late afternoon when it cleared.

Here is another baby card and the last one I have made. I like the cute carrage. I colored it with marker.

Have a happy evening.

Little hands

We had thunder storms this morning, with lots of rain. The ground was so wet the dog wouldn't go out this morning. I had to growl at her, then she ran straight to the cover of the bush and straight back to the house.

Here is another baby card I made. I love the little hands.

Have a great day through all the grey rain.

Cold season

I thanked my son today for sharing his cold with me. If the kids get sick I usually get it too. The soar throat, runny nose, ( I can't believe your nose can run so much), runny eyes, and sooo tired.

Here is a card to match the last one. One for a girl and one for a boy. The fox I stamped with the glue pad and flocked it. So he is fuzzy.

Keep smiling and I'll talk to you later.

Happy day :0)

happy birthday

I haven't been working on cards lately so I have had none to post. Friday night I didn't have to work so went to crop night at the local craft store. I made these three Z-cards. I got the idea from Linda Dukes site. She has a great blog.

Good Friday

Today is a lazy day. A holiday for everyone, most stores are closed today. I had a cleaning job to do this morning, but then I came home and finished my little baskets.

I got this pattern from www.heroarts.com . They have alot of great ideas. You can even download the template for this project. It was really fun to do.

Have a happy Easter

New week

This is the last father's day card I have made. Last night I finished the kids birthday invitations. This stamp came from Stampin'Up with the car stamp from yesterday. I think I got the card idea from the stampin' up idea book too. Right now I can't remember.

Have a great week

Rainy Day

It's a blue rainy day. The only good thing the rain will take away the snow. It's Sunday, a relaxing day of house work, laundry, drywalling the bathroom(still), and driving my daughter to her friends.

I saw this card in a Stampin' Up idea book. This is my favorite stamp to use for male cards. You can leave it uncolored, which looks great too.

I have to get busy doing invitations for the kids birthday party. Just haven't felt like card making this week. I've been reading Harry Potter. I have to keep on the books my daughter is reading. Just to make sure they are appropriate for her. When I went away I watched a movie on the plane. She had gotten the book from the school library. It became clear to me that they don't watch what books the kids are taking out, and making sure they are age appropriate.

Bye for now have a great rainy day

MP3 madness

Last night and this morning I've been trying to put music on my daughters MP3 player. She's had it for almost a year and not much music on it. It says its transferring but not showing up on player. I'm not that good with the computer, so it takes so long to do anything. Last night my husband showed me another way to do it. This morning she now has Hannah Montanna on 3 times. Hope she likes that one. ipods are so much easier.

This card is similar to another one I did. It's done with stickers. I got the idea from docrafts.

I'm off to work now. Have a great day.

March Break

Today is the first day of march break. A whole week with the kids home. It's started out with endless playing on the Wii, and the morning's not over.

Staying with Easter, here is another. I'm feelling pretty good about my easter cards. A few of them I did from a page map. This was one of them.

Have a great day.

Easter

I spent the weekend making Easter cards. I have to stay ahead of things. Sometimes I cann't card for a few days.

I picked up Cardmaker Magazine last week. This card was in there. There were quite a few cards that I liked. Ones done on parchment paper. Painted and pierced. I would like to learn how to do, but it means buying new tools. Some day .

Have a great day.