Ribbon flowers

Good morning everyone, Hope you all are enjoying your

weekend. This weekend I am taking it easy. No having

to go anywhere or do anything specific. I will be crafting

and relaxing. I wanted to let everyone see what I have

been working on. In my header picture is just a couple

of ribbon flowers that I made for a couple of other

projects. The first one is made out of shear ribbon and

the other two are out of silk ribbon.

I really like how they turned out, that I will be making

more and in different colors. It is amazing how easy

they are to make. There are some great tutorials on how

to make these on youtube for those who would like to

know how to.

Wow another post from me and it's short.

Can you believe that?

Ok so I'm off to create.

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

At the Graveyard

Good Morning Fellow Bloggers. The weekend is almost

here will you be spending your weekend outside looking

at all the color that fall season brings?  Talking about color

In my header picture is my halloween card that I made a

few days ago. I consider this card a just ok card. The

reason I say that is because I really have a hard time with

using the color purple. I'll just have to keep working on

incorporating the color purple in my projects.

Anyways this is what I used to create this card. The digi

is from Saturated Canary named Fancy. I coloured her to

look like a corpse and fussy cut her for this card. The

fence, tombstone and bats are all cut using pucnhes. The

sentiment is from a Basic Grey layered sticker package.

The twine is twine I made myself using a sharpie and

embroidery floss. The cardstock is all scraps left from

other projects and probably is all Bazzill cardstock.

My critics....lol.... here at home (husband and son ) said

that I should have maybe coloured her dress more grey

or maybe even black. Oh well. So until my next post

Have A Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!

Holly Christmas Card

Hello Everyone,

Hope to find everyone doing good and looking forward

to the weekend. I bet you thought that you wouldn't see

a post today. Well it almost didn't happen. I got so busy

trying to catch up on everything that I'm behind on that

I totally forgot to post my card until now. This card is

pretty simple. If anyone would like to know how to

make the Triple layer/ decker card, a tutorial can be

found on youtube. Not by me but done by someone else.

I used just red and cream cardstock. A rubber stamp

which I bought at Craft Warehouse last year named

Holly. The sentiment stamp. Green and black ink.

 I added a gold ribbon and a button poinsettia as a

little more embellishment. I put a piece of cream

colored  cardstock inside and stamped a corner with

the Holly stamp. There you have it, a simple Christmas

card. I think tomorrow I'll show you a Halloween card.

Before I go I want to say welcome to my new followers.

Thank you so much to all of you who follow. It

just amazes me that someone would be interested

in what I blog about. Hopefully it is inspiring.

Until my next post Have A Splendid Afternoon!!!!

Lets talk Tuesdays

Hello Everyone,

Hope everyone is doing well. We

are all doing better here the smoke haze is almost

completely gone out of our area. Today I had some

things to do that were going to keep me busy all

day so I had this post scheduled to go up this

morning and as I checked in the afternoon to see

if it had posted and what did I find, that once

again my scheduled posts are not happening. Since

it didn't go up like I wanted it to I revised my post

a little. So here it is.

When I first started blogging I wanted to

share ways of how to save money while still

creating and living life. I kind of left that road for

a bit but I think with the way the cost of everything

going up I want to get on the path of creating and

living life on a dime or more like a stretched five

dollar bill..LOL.. So in talking about Tuesdays I want

to show you what I have found at a store called

Tuesday Morning. In my header picture is one of

the stamp sets that I bought for $1.99 called Coffee

Cafe. Below is another set called Faith Friends.

Not a very good picture my camera was going

dead. It also cost $1.99 . A great verse stamp

set. Below is a set called Wine and Cheese.

Also $1.99.

Just about anything can be found in this store

the only thing is that what they have on hand is

what they have. If you have someone who is into

paper crafts though it is the best place to find

some really good buys. I hope to bring you at least

once a week what things I have found there. Hope

you can find a Tuesday Morning near you. 

 Until my next post

Have A Splendid Evening!!!!!!!!

Making Lanterns

Good Morning Everyone,

Hope to find everyone doing well. As for me well I'm a

little congested and still battling a headache. I do not have

a cold. It all has to do with four fires that are burning

close by and we have been in a smokey haze for about a

week. The air quality has been bad around here. At least

today it is looking a little better outside. I hope that it will

continue to get better. Now on to what I have been up to

lately. In my header picture is a lantern that I put together.

Some of you may remember that I made something like

it about a year ago for my daughter.  These that I have been

working on are for an event that will be taking place soon.

This is just one of the items that will be used for the event.

I have been working on other things and you will get to

see them down the road. Below are a couple more pictures.

The link below is the post from last year which gives the

directions on how to create these on your Gypsy if you do

not have the cartridge with the lanterns.

http://snowflakedreams1.blogspot.com/2011/10/thinking-and-creating-outside-box.html

This is only one of ten. So see I have been busy crafting

along with trying to keep an eye on dad which he has a

Drs. appt. today. Also I had the water pump go out in my

washer and that had to be replaced and it is working again.

I better get going I have so much to do before I have to

run with dad to his appt. but before I go

A reminder that you have 5 days left to join in over at

No Matter Which Challenge Blog. The theme is Die Cuts

and or Punches.

Follow the link below

http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/09/challenge-2.html

We would really love it if you joined in.

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

Halloween tag

Good Morning Everyone. Hope to find everyone rested

and ready for a new week. I'm as rested as can be and

ready to go even though this is a busy week for me. It's

pay day today and that means pay the bills and buy the

groceries along with the everyday things that need to

be done. To top things off we are going to be warm this

week. The temperature will be in the 80's all this week

which is kind of unusual for this time of the year. I

guess all our tomatoes will ripen and that will mean more

work  this week putting up tomatoes. Oh well.

Ok so in my header picture is another tag that I made

about a month ago for the tag swap that I was part of

this month. This tag has so many crafting elements. I

ink distressed, stamped  and embossed the tree, stamped

 some of the grass, added more grass free style, punched

out the moon, iron fence, and the tomb stone, and added

a ghost embellishment. Can you believe I made ten of 

these for the tag swap? Yes I did make ten of them. I

am happy with how it turned out. I hope everyone who

got one of them likes it.  I received my tags from the

swap and they are just amazing. Well I'm off to get

things done. Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!

 

New Tag

Hello Everyone, hope everyone is enjoying their day. It

sure turned out to be a beautiful day today. The sun was

out and we climbed back into the 80 degrees mark. This

is going to be a quick post my arm is giving me trouble

again. In my header picture is a tag that I made almost

a month ago.This tag is for the tag swap that I am a

part of. Like I said before, I do have alot of projects that

I have finished it's just taking the time to get pictures of

them taken. It also has to do with all the life interruptions

that happen around me.  I kind of went simple on this

one, but I like how it truned out. Hope you do to. Until

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

Fun with my new punches

Good Afternoon Everyone! Hope to find you all doing well

I know a little late in the afternoon for me to be posting my

blog but I went grocery shopping with dad this morning

and time just got away. I had posted earlier in the month

about all the punches that I had bought over at TJ Max. I

thought that I would share with you what they look like 

when all punched out. Today I'm going to start with the

Halloween ones since it will soon approach us. In my

header picture is what the "Halloween Candy" punch 

looks like. Below is the Martha Stewart punch

" Jack-o-lanterns"

Next is the EK Success punch "Pumpkin"

Last is EK Success punch "Bats"

Sometimes you wonder if maybe you really liked it or not.

I was debating whether I would keep all of these but after

trying them out I decided I will. My friend was hoping that

if there were some that I didn't really care for that I would

sell them to her. Now I have all kinds of ideas rolling

through my brain as to what I'm going to make using these

punches. I can't wait to get started. Until my next post

Have a Splendid Afternoon!!!!!!!!!

What do you do?

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Hope to find everyone doing well today. I'm trying to

not let the wind blow me away. We are having some

really nice wind storms right now and the dust is flying

like you would not believe. Lately the dust has been

flying around in blog land too and it seems that it is far

from settling down. In my header picture is a digi of

several that I have been working on. This digi comes

from Cuddlebug Cuties.

So here is where the dilema begins. There are a couple

of blogs that I follow and there has been a buzz about

digis being stolen by all rights and being sold by not

the artists who created them. There has been talk about

law suits, lawyers, infringement rights. Now this has 

me a little worried. I have bought digis and have aquired

some of them free by using a reputable sight that lists

freebies every day and directs you to the artists blog. I

have several cards that I have made using the digis but

I'm afraid to post them now I don't want to create a

bigger problem then there already is. Like I said I have

the recipts for my purchases and I also have the proof on

my p.c. as to the freebies that I have downloaded. Before

I post any of the cards that I have made with these digis

I am going to contact each artist and make sure that it is

ok for me to use. I know this is going to be more work,

but what do you do ? I am just going to make sure to

cover all my butt. I hope the dust in blog land

settles down soon.

Now don't forget about the challenge over at

No Matter Which Challenge Blog.

The link is below:

http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.com/

Please remember to read the rules of the challenge.

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

Hello Everyone,

Hope everyone is doing well. Just a quick post today since

I'm still busy trying to catch up with everything that I got

behind on while I was with dad at the hospital, basically

the garden but not just my garden. Now I'm also taking 

care of dads' too. Anyway in my header picture is some

of the other things that I have found at TJ Max. These 

are the Tim Holtz idea-ology journals and two note pads.

The two larger journals were $5.99 each and the smaller

one was $4.99 I got two of those also. 

I found two of the note pads and grabbed those for a

$1.99. I still see a few haul videos that now TJ Max has

some of Martha Stewarts Halloween items but I just

haven't made it back in to see what else I can find.

Tuesday Morning has had some of the Tim Holtz

 embossing folders. Wish there was a Tuesday

Morning closer than two hours away. Oh well.

Now for a reminder. Don't

forget about the challenge that is happening over at

No Matter Which Challenge Blog, link is below.

http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.com/

We would love for you to join in.

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

Normal What's That?

Hello Everyone,

Hope Everyone is enjoying their Sunday. Most of you

have an extra day off of work and then hopefully every

thing gets back to normal, but what is normal? I think for

everyone normal is something different. I'm hoping that

now that we have dad home from the hospital my life

will get back to some type of normal. Oh wait some of

you may not know that my dad was in the hospital for

some time. I bet you did notice that I was MIA though.

Let me get to the pictures in my post first and then I'll

tell you about my crazy life again. In my pictures are

the punches that I have run out to get because of some

ladies that were posting about their T.J Max crafting

hauls. I managed to get in the act too and get the punches

that usaully cost around $12.99 at any craft store for

anywhere between the price of $2.99 to $5.99 what a

deal!!!!!

Amazing isn't it?  Ok now on to my crazy life. I'm starting

to believe that Labor Day for me is cursed. For a few years

close to this weekend bad things seem to happen to my family.

My dad got very sick and was in the hospital only thirty miles

away from where I live but after a few days there and the doctors

not having any idea what was going on with him my brothers

and I decided that it was time to move him to another hospital

which was now two hours away. Since I do not hold a job

I went to stay with my dad. I did a lot of sleeping on couches

to stay close until they could figure out what was happening.

My brothers would then relieve me on their days off so that

I could catch up at home with anything that I needed to. As

most of you know sometimes people don't stand up to thier

promise and one of my brothers dropped the ball. I'm totally

exhausted and mad too, but I  have so much to catch up that

I don't have the time to rest and on top of that my back is

tweeked. Now that dad is home I still have been on the

go with his follow up appointments. There is so many things

that went wrong at that time but I won't bore you with all

those details. I do want to thank my design teams sisters for

thier full understanding, for thier caring and their prayers.

To Laurie I thank you for understanding that I could not

fullfill my obligation with her team to the end of the term.

Laurie you are a beautiful person inside and out. I wish

you the best. To Suzanne thank you for allowing me to

take the time off especially with launching the new

Challenge blog. I know you needed me for this new

launch but you knew my dad needed me more. It is so

wonderful to work with the most understanding people. Hugs

to all of you. Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!

No Matter Which Challenge #2

Hello Everyone,

Hope to find all of you doing well. I know it has been a while

since I did a post but life has gotten a little rough for me with

another family emergency. My dad ended up in the hospital for

over a week. I'm not going to go into all the details about that

today because today is all about our new challenge that is

happening over at No Matter Which Challenge blog. In the

header picture is the card that I made for this challenge.

Challenge # 2 is all about Die Cuts and or Punches.

Make sure to visit No Matter Which Challenge Blog for

the rules and details. The link is below

http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/09/challenge-2.html

Our sponsor for this months challenge is

My Creative Classroom

the prize for this months challenge is

A free seat to any of My Creative Classroom classes.

The prize is good for up to one year after the winner is announced.

If you need some more inspiration make sure to visit

the rest of the design team

Marion

Tammy

Claire

Suzanne

  

Card Recipe:

Cardstock unknown (scraps)

Doily

Cuddlebug Cuties digi Mackayla

Martha Stewart Garden Rail Punch

Flower punch

EK Success layer punch florish square

Water color pencils

TPC Studios rubber stamp

Burgandy ribbon

We would love for you to join in and show us your

creation. Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!