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!

HIMCR Challenge #58 Super Scrap Saturday

Good Morning Everyone,

Hope everyone is enjoying another weekend. Since we

have arrived on another saturday it means we begin a

new challenge at HIMCR. Challenge #58 is Super Scrap

Saturday. In my header picture is a card that I came up

with. All the papers that I used are scraps left from from

other project I have made so I'm not really sure of the

makers name......LOL... The stamp though is a Stampin

Up stamp. It always amzes me what some people can

create with just their scraps so we would really love to

see what you have created. Let us see what you have

created with your scraps by linking it up at HIMCR. The

link is below.

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/

If you need a little inspiration make sure to visit the rest

of the design team.

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin' and Stampin'

Jenscrapstoo

Angela's Crafty Spot

Now remember you have until Friday, August 17th to

link up your creation to get entered into the monthly

drawing this week. When uploading to online galleries

please use code HIMCR58.

Hope to see what you have created linked up.

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