Where does time go?

Good Afternoon Everyone,

I got busy this morning taking care of paperwork so that I can get in

and get our taxes done and before I knew it time ran away from me.

Since it is late in the day this is going to be kind of a short post. Sorry

everyone. In my header picture is another mini album that I made

for a friend. The picture below is two of the pages in the album.

It looks like two pretty simple pages but if you look at the next picture

there is more to the page. Secret pockets, fold outs, and tags. Just think

these are only two of the pages.There are a five more pages that I have

not showed you.My friend just loved it. I'm so glad that she did. She's lucky because I

almost kept it for myself......LOL........I love how it turned out. Don't

forget to enter my giveaway. You have until midnight tomorrow. Click

on the giveaway tab at the top of the page and it will direct you where

you need to be. Good Luck!!!!!!!

Until my next post Have a Splendid afternoon!!!!!!

Stopped in to say hello

Hello Everyone,

Just stopped in to say hello today. All the pictures on my post today

come from different Etys shops. It's just amazing all the talented

people out there. The header picture is a Turkish scarf. The next

picture is Bride and Groom Carnival Tickets.

This last picture is I'm getting Married belt.My left hand is still pretty tender so I'm just taking it easy.

Don't forget to enter the giveaway. Click on the giveaway tab at

the top of the page and it will take you to where you need to be for

all the info. You have until tuesday at midnight. Good Luck!!!!!!

Until my next post Have a Splendid Evening!!!!!!!!

Pages of the Mini Album

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Sorry for posting so late today but last night I had an accident and I

ended up burning both of my hands. I was fixing dinner and I was

draining the pasta when the pan slipped out of my hands common

reaction I grabbed it with both hands water and pasta went flying

everywhere and my hands got burned good. So typing is a little hard

pecking away with one hand. The header picture is two pages of the

mini album I showed you the other day. Below are more pictures

of a couple other pages. Ok back to my hands. In 1998 I had an auto accident that pinched some

nerves in my hands and every now and then my hands will lose their

gripping ability. It doesn't happen often but when it does it's an all day

thing. I just go with it. My right hand fared better but I think that it is

so use to hot because of the tortilla making that I do. My left hand not

so well. The tips of my fingers are very sensitive to everything. I guess

I should tell you that they did not blister or anything like that. I have

some medical training and it came in very handy last night. I have worked in the emergency room of two hospitals and I know how

to handle bad burns. All I can say is cold water, burn gel, Ice and repeat.

So as I said no blisters, no skin falling off, just very sensitive. For a while

I will be one hand pecking till my hand feels better.

Don't forget to enter my giveaway. Click on the giveaway tab to get to the

right page. Not many days left. Good Luck!!!!!!!

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!

My Tags

Hello Everyone,

Hope everyone is staying safe, warm and dry today. I know I am. The

sun has been out here the past few days and has been melting the snow

so we are walking through puddles of water just about everywhere we

go. I was so happy when I went to the post office and found my January

tags from Velma Griffens' tag swap were here. In my header picture is

one of the tags that I made. Below is all the tags I received. I love to see all the talent out there so in the next few pictures are just

a few of the tags that I got close up. One of the Ladies did a matchbook

album and put all the tags in it.

In the picture below the tag with the key on it I actually watched the

tutorial she did on how she made it. The tutorial is on Youtube. Some of the other things that I did in the last week was that I turned

48 years young. One of my sons took me out to dinner one night then

my husband took me out to dinner with some of my friends and my

adopted grandaughter Marian the very next night. My son bought me

a cartridge for my cricut that some of you are going to be jealsous about.

I noticed that on the Cricut web site they have daily deals and one day

I was amazed to see that they had the cartridge Tags, Bags, Boxes and

more for sale. My son got it for me. Now before you all get to upset It's

not the actual cartridge but it is an online app. I can use it in the Cricut

craftroom and then just hook up to my cricut to the pc and cut what I

want out. So I really do have access to that cartridge now. Woot Woot.

See I told you out there that I had a lot to talk about lately...LOL...

Don't forget to get your name into my giveaway. You only have till

tuesday at midnight to get entered. To put your name in click on the

giveaway tab at the top of the page and it will take you to the stand alone

page where you need to leave you comment. Good Luck!!!!!!!

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!

My Mini Album

Hello Everyone,

Since I was not able to get into my blog for about seven days I'm

going to try and get all I wanted to show you in just a couple of posts.

In my header picture is my mini album that I finally finished. I had

been working on this for about six weeks. I was going to show you each

page when I had it finished but blog land wouldn't let me. I'll just let

you see that I'm done with it.

When we had our snow fall here finally it was a mess but thanx to my

dad and his snow plow it wasn't to bad for us. The city plows would

come along and bury our cars my dad would then show up and plow

them out. It made me think of my mom and something that she would

say came to mind. My mom would say I hope they don't wipe their you

know what the way the plow the roads.....LOL.....their patner must have

a real nasty job washing their under garments. I think you get my dirft.

Anyways with all the snow I did some shoveling of the walk way and a

path for my boxer to go out and do her thing. Shelby my boxer didn't

like walking on the snow which drove me nuts cause we had to drag her

out to do her business. A couple of times she did her business on the deck

GRRRRRR. In the picture above you see my ring. Can you tell whats wrong with it?

Well in putting on gloves and taking them off somewhere I lost the

diamond. I spent a whole day trying to find it. When I showed my husband

he told me well honey we will just get another one put in it. I don't know

about how any of you would feel about this but I don't want another one

I want the one that was in it. Does that make me wierd? So here is a little

tip don't forget to have the prongs checked on your rings often.

The next picture is of one of several cards that I have made. I also made

another mini album and I redid the photo frame that I wasn't to happy

with. I received my tags from the other Velmas January tag swap.

I have so many other things to show you but I'll wait till tomorrow

since this was a lengthy post. I hope that you are all staying dry and

safe. Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!

Oh and don't forget to enter my giveaway there isn't much time left.

Just click on the giveaway/ blog candy tab located at the top of the page

and it will take you to a stand alone page leave your comment there.

Good Luck!!!!

My blog is working again finally.

Hello Everyone,

It has been a wild ride lately. In my header picture is one that I got

when we were being slammed with our first winter storm. It came

in wind blowing which created snow drifts. I think all together we

got about two feet. See what it looked like on the cars in the picture

below.

I don't know if this storm that we got was part of my problems that

I was having with my blog and some other web sights but I couldn't

download pictures and I couldn't get into some of the blogs that I

follow. If I could get into other blogs to read I could not leave them

a comment it wouldn't let me. The page would freeze up. I even

went as far as rebooting my system which didn't help in any way.

Yesterday was the first day that I was finally able to leave comments

on all the blogs that I wanted with out any problems and today my

pictures finally downloaded. I'm doing the happy dance now. Gosh

I feel that I'm so behind. In the picture below is some of the other

items that are going to the giveaway box. I'm adding a rubber stamp set called Fresh made by American Crafts

and a Cuttlebug embossing folder called Feel Better with four small

embossers. The last item is a jar of Recollections gem stone butterflies

there are twelve in the jar I did open it so I could pull a couple of the

butterflies out to get a better picture of them. To be entered in the

giveaway remember to go to the tool bar at the top of the page and

click on the giveaway/ blog candy tab it will take you to a stand alone

page leave your comments there. Until my next post Have a Splendid

Day!!!!!!!!!!!

My Mistakes

Hello Everyone,

Most of you may think that all crafters are perfect at their art. Well

let me tell you I am not. Most of the time we post our best creations

and we don't tell you about the bad ones. Today I'm letting you know

about some of mine. I hope this will help someone not make the same

ones I did.In my header picture are the two frames that I kind of

told you about a few days ago. I used my rubber stamps to create

a word page. I then scanned it so I could use it several times. The

first frame when I printed the page from my printer I took the

page and heat set the ink with my heat gun. I forgot to mention this

If you do not own a high end printer always make sure to heat set

ink on anything that you will be crafting especially if you use mod

podge. I wasn't happy with the first frame because the words did

not show really good. Then I did the frame pictured above and guess what I forgot to do

(heat set it). If you look closely the words ran. Here is another little

secret I did it upside down too. I don't know what I was thinking.

Maybe I'm just becoming forgetful in my old age. Oh well. So now

I will be going back to the drawing board with this which means

I'll be sanding it all off and re-doing it. So if you don't hear from me

for a couple of days I either forgot that I have a blog or the frames

did me in......LOL........

Don't be like me and forget to enter my Giveaway/ Blog Candy

click on the giveaway tab at the top of the page and it will take

you where you need to be to get the low down on it.

Until my next post, if I don't forget about my blog....LOL....

Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!

The other goodies that arrived

Good Morning Everyone,

This is a quick post today because I'm off and running. I have a few

things that need to be done and then a meeting tonight. In my header

picture is some of the other items that I received to add to the box for

my giveaway/ blog candy. In the pictures below are close-ups of the

rest of the goodies.

So now into the box goes in some large button brads from K &

Company, 100 mini brads in purple and blue, Martha Stewart

bakers twine and Hampton Art clear stamps. Thank you Valerie

from Pinterest.

To enter the Giveaway/ blog candy click on the giveaway tab at

the top of the page which will take you where you need to be to

enter. Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!

Word Collage

Hello Everyone,

Or maybe I should say good afternoon/ evening. Sorry that I am

posting so late today. The reason for being so late today is that this

weekend I was a little under the weather. I caught some type of

stomach bug so today I was playing catch up.

Earlier in the month I talked about taking a little different direction

in my blog and my creations. I talked about how you would be seeing

some gradual changes. In my header picture is a word collage that I

created. It seems that Subway Art and Word Collages are the in thing

right now. I took a good look at these different art forms and thought

to myself how could this be done without spending a lot of money.

This is what I came up with

As many of us paper crafters we have an assortment of stamps so I

took out all my word stamps and some Staz On ink and I just started

stamping on some scraps. I then moved on to and 8" x 11.5" white

cardstock. Here is a closer look at it. As I thought about it more I wasn't satisfied with it just being on

cardstock because that limited me to what I could use it for. Since

I have a scanner I scanned the page. I then printed my design to

tracing paper. (Tracing paper is a little heavier than tissue paper.)

Now with it on the tracing paper I could do all kinds of things with it.

I put it on a frame. It wasn't completely dry and I didn't want to mess

it up by moving it to get a picture. I'll show you what it turned out like

another day. With there being so many talented people out there and the in

thing changing so fast I want to try and help those out there that

are on limited budgets to be able to create by thinking outside the

box and using what you have. I hope that this helps others keep up

with the ever changing craft world.

Don't forget to enter my Giveaway/ Blog Candy, click on the tab at

the top of my page where it will take you to the page with the info

you need. More items will be added to the Giveaway/ Blog Candy

box in the next couple of days.Until my next post Have a Splendid

Evening!!!!!!

Giveaway/Blog candy sponsor

Good Morning Fellow Bloggers,

As some of you know I am hosting a giveaway/blog candy on my blog.

I have been hard at work getting sponsors for it. Packages are starting

to arrive. In my header picture is one of two packages that arrived from

two different sponsors. This package comes from and ebay shop. Roxie

sells fibers on ebay. I buy my fibers from her and just love them.

Roxie decided to be a sponsor and send me a package. In the next

picture you will see what I received

I was so amazed by her generosity. The plastic bag holds an array of

fibers, lace, charms, buttons, ribbon etc. She calls this her Valentine

package. In the next photo I opened the bag so I could get a better

picture of everything it contained. See all the goodies and I still haven't

gotten to the cute santa bag. Now on to the Santa bag. This set is what Roxie calls her Christmas

set. I opened it up just so I could get a picture of everything that it

held inside. See below. Like in the commercials but wait there is more. If you leave a comment

for the giveaway/ blog candy and leave me your e-mail address you will

receive a code that you can use. This is how the code works if you spend

$10 in her shop you then use the code and receive an extra ten yards of

fibers. Let me tell you if you haven't checked out her shop yet you really

need to. Her shop member id is 8553rml. Here is a direct link to her ebay

store

http://www.ebay.com/sch/8553rml/m.html?item=290572084028&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648&_trksid=p4340.l2562

Just to give you an idea of her prices on fibers there are different sizes

of fiber packages. You can get a 40 yard package for $6.99 that is alot

of fibers and in many colors. There is a 30 yard packages for $3.99. She

also has packages for $2.99. If you get a chance go check it out.

Now remember to be entered click on the tab on the top of this page

that has givaway/ blog candy it takes you to a stand alone page and

leave your comment there. You have until January 31 2012. Maybe

tomorrow I'll show you what else is going into the giveaway/blog candy

box. We'll see.

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!

A Gift and some challenges

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope everyone is doing great today. I know that I am. We still

have not had any snow that was willing to stick around which is

really unsual for us, but as many of you know that even though

my blog name is SnowflakeDreams1 I'm not a lover of snow....

lol....Ok so now your thinking why would she be talking about

snow if she doesn't like snow. Well it all has to do with my header

picture. Snow seems to invade my thoughts and creations. Kind

of crazy isn't it?

Every year I try really hard to find an ornament that is horse or

indian related for my mother-in-law. This year as I was visiting

other blogs and craft sights I found this ornament that was done

with a clear ball ornament. The scene inside was a snowman with

some trees and snow all around. So I decided I would use their idea

but with my twist on it.

Receipe

Clear glass ornament

Acetate

Cricut cartridge Camp Out

Glossy Accents

Ribbon

Acrylic whit paint pen

Soft snow twinkle flakes

Brown, green, and blue cardstock

I was real happy how the horse one turned out so then I decided I

would try a bear and a deer.

I have also linked this post up to a couple of challenges.

Ooh La LA Creations

http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-95.html

Dream Valley Challenges

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to enter my Giveaway/Blog Candy. Just click on the

giveaway tab located at the top of the page for the rule and info.

Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When anything goes

Good Morning Everyone,

Hope you are enjoying your day so far. In the header picture is a new card

that I made yesterday for a specific reason, This card has to do with some

more of the changes that will be happening on my blog. I am going to try

and get a couple of challenges done each week. The challenge was to make

a masculine card which is something that I have talked about before. We

do not make enough cards for the men in our lives. This is what I came up

with.

Receipe:

Cricut Cartridges Quarter Note and Stamping

Dazzles Music stickers

Black and white cardstock

Three white brads

Black grosgrain ribbon

Since there were a couple of other challenges that were challenging

anything goes I linked this card up to those sites too.

Here Come The Boys

http://herecometheboysblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

Pile It On

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/

Basic Grey

http://basicgreychallenges.blogspot.com/

Oh and don't forget to enter my giveaway. Click on the

giveaway tab to get to the giveaway page.

Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!

Can you see a change?

Good Morning Everyone,

Hope everyone is having a wonderful new year so far. Today I thought

I would start out with a calm picture in the header. I have used this

picture before I think anyways it comes from treasuresheart out of

Grants Pass Oregon. The reason I used the picture is that I know many

of us don't like change, I know I don't, but I did do a couple of small

changes on my blog. My giveaway now has a stand alone page so if you

would like to leave a comment to be entered all you have to do is look

at the top of my blog page you will see a bar like pictured below.

The bar will have a tabs that say Home, 2012 Giveaways, Holidays,

and Tutorials. Just click on the tab for giveaways and it should take

you to the stand alone page. Leave your comments there to be entered.

I know scary but if you don't want to look you don't have to just like

the little guy pictured above....LOL.......... There really is more changes

coming so stay tuned. Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!

Small town with a Mcdonalds commercial

Hello Bloggers,
Today I actually had a card that I was going to share with everyone but when I
got on to facebook there was alot of talk about our little home town and  Mcdonalds.
What I found is a couple of Commercials were done here in Warden,WA. with
the president of the WA. state potato commission. So exciting to see a our town
on a big franchizes commercial.  Below is one of  videos done.

There is another one called McDonalds: Potato Farmer,

Frank Martinez Just Wait  if you'd like to take a look at

it.

Until my next post Have a Great Afternoon!!!!!