Simple, but rather pretty. Butterfly is from SU's Great Friend set. Pattern paper is from Walk in the Park (SU). Colors are baja and basic grey.

Today - going to dinner this afternoon at my cousin Betty's - yum! Need to get the lawn and flowers watered this morning - then maybe get started on putting the kits together for this coming week's classes.

Have a wonderful day!

Here's another card with the Big Birthday candle set from SU. Patterned paper is Delicate Dots from SU. Card base is saffron.

I think I am going to spend the entire day stamping today. It's been two weeks since I've had a day to stamp and I received some new stamps from Papertrey while I was gone so.............. it's going to be a play day for me!

Enjoy your weekend.

Stamp set is Echoes of Kindness (SU) Colors are pink pirouette and black.

Today - not sure! I'm having a hard time getting back into a groove. The last two days have gone by without much getting accomplished. I think I'll try to work on class projects - I do have projects that need to be done for classes next week.

Enjoy your day!

Just a few pictures from my trip to the mid-west. I didn't really get any awe inspiring scenic pictures on this trip, but I have plenty of just ordinary pictures to do scrapbook pages with. Our first sight seeing stop was in St Louis, where we stopped to see the Gateway Arch.

Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri We rode to the top of this in a tiny little 'pod" on the inside of the arch. At the very top (630 ft) there were windows with some awesome views of the St Louis area. This is a view of St Louis taken from the top of the arch.

This is from the Indy 500. It was really hard to get good pictures of cars whizzing by at over 200 mph. I think this picture was when they were running under a yellow flag so they were going just a bit slower. We were sitting on the straight away just after the 4th corner and before the start/finish line. It turned out to be a great place because 6 out of the 8 wrecks happened in our viewing area.

I'm back! Wow - what a trip. It went by too fast, as vacation always seems to do. The Indy 500 was totally awesome! I will have some pictures to share in the next day or so.

Today's card is an easy one. Stamp is from Penny Black. Colors are Baja and chocolate.

Today is my day to get myself back in the 'real life' groove. Unpack, laundry, trip to the grocery store.

Have a wonderful day!

A Sense of Time (from SU mini catalog) Stamped the clock on printed paper and cut it out. The clock works are stamped with baja on baja paper.

Flying home later this afternoon. Darn - I already know I am not ready for vacation to end.

Enjoy your day!

Echoes of Kindness today. (SU) Colors are baja and black. Strips of Parisian Breeze printed paper. Ovals are nestabilities.

I have no idea what we're doing today - something fun no doubt!

Happy Memorial Day! Hope you are enjoying the holiday weekend!

Touch of Nature (SU) stamp set - Pairsian Breeze paper. Pretty simple, but nice.

Today - BIG day today! We will be attending the Indy 500! Woo Hoo! This should be really fun and a terrific new experience.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

Another card with the Big Birthday Candle. I really liked this layout (copied, of course) Paper is Sweet Slumber (SU) Celebrate is from Celebrate Everything.

Today - I think we are spending the day in Dayton, OH. Tracy's boyfriend, Tony lives here and the plan was to spend the night in Dayton on Friday night. So, new sights, new photo opportunities.

Enjoy your weekend!

Stamps on this card are from Papertrey Ink. Paper is from SU (Guava & Blush)


Today - we should be arriving in Richmond, Indiana today. Tracy has a soccer game tonight so I hope we will be able to attend that! Haven't seen her play in a soccer game since she was in college so it will be fun!


Have a wonderful day!

More of my favorite paper - Parisian Breeze. Stamp is from Echoes of Kindness (SU). Card is kraft with baja accents.

Today - seeing new country today. Eastern Kansas has got to be better than the western part - so here's hoping for some new photo opportunities today.

Enjoy your day!

A fun card! This is a SU set - Big Birthday Candle. My friend Judy S was kind enough to loan me this set to play with. I used the outline part of the set and stamped on printed paper (Sweet Slumber) and then cut the candle out. Added some glitter to the flames. (hint - don't use glitter under a fan!)

We're off this morning to Indiana. We are taking my Mom's car to my daughter Tracy. Then we will be flying home. I am looking forward to this trip - I haven't driven any further east than McPherson, KS, so we will be seeing some new country.

Have a wonderful day!

I just got my order from our Stamp Club so had to play with this new set - Sense of Time (SU). I think this one is going to be a lot of fun. The minute part of the clock is cut out, sponged on the edge and popped up. Used a grommet on the right hand side, punched a hole in the center and tied some string through that. Added some brads and there you have it. The Celebrate is from Celebrate Everything (SU) Colors are Kraft and chocolate.

Today - laundry and packing! We're leaving bright and early in the morning. I will schedule posts for the days I am gone, so you will have something new to see each day while I am gone.

Have a great day!

Love the colors in this Walk in the Park paper from SU. I used cameo coral, basic grey and baja for this card. Butterfly is from SU's Great Friend set.

More yard work today - hopefully I will be able to finish it this morning. Have a lot to get done today and tomorrow - we leave on Wednesday, so I'm getting down to the wire. Class tonight.

Happy stampin'

This is a card Roni did at stamp club last week. I did one a while ago like this, but I loved the color Roni used on this one. (baja) The Manhattan Flower embossing folder from SU was used on vellum.

Whew - I am finally finished with the rose bushes! Oh yea! I still have some bushes to trim and some weeds to get rid of, but it is such a relief to have all those rose bushes done! I am taking a break from 'hard labor' today - Deb is going to come stamp for a bit and I am going to enjoy some play time.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

It's pink! Yep, a little out of my usual color zone, but what the heck, it's pretty! Stamp is SU's pocket silhouettes, butterfly punch is Martha Stewart, scalloped rectangle is nestabilities, patterned paper is SU. Colors are Pretty in Pink and Pirouette Pink.

More yard work today. Oh boy!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Used some inchies for this card I gave to Jeff for his birthday. Paper is from SU (thanks Sherry!).

Back to the yard work today. Still have lots to get done before we leave for Indiana next week!

Happy stampin'

Found a couple of new stamps when I was at Hobby Lobby last week - this is one of them. It's called Waving Wheat and is from Stampabilities. Printed paper is from SU (Parisian Breeze) and I used one of SU's new jumbo grommets. Happy Birthday is from Hero Arts.

Tomorrow is my son Jeff's birthday, but since he is going to be out of town we're doing dinner tonight. So.......today is a cooking and cleaning day.

Have a wonderful day.

No stamping! Thought this was kind of fun and could be done with a variety of colors and paper. The flower is a die cut from Sizzix (Flower Layers). I sponged the edge of each flower, curled the edges up a bit and layered them. Fun and easy. Colors are celery, saffron and bashful blue.

Back to the yard work today. More rose bushes to trim. Class tonight.

Have a great day!

Simple, but elegant. Stamp is Soft Summer from SU's mini catalog. I used the outline stamp and colored it with a blender pen. Happy Birthday stamp is CTMH. Background is cuttlebug embossing folder.

Class this morning, errands this afternoon and class again tonight. Full day.

Enjoy your day!

SU's Great Friend & On Your Birthday. Colors are Regal Rose & Basic Grey. I used a light grey from Bazzill for the card.

Yard work today - I've put it off far too long - it's time to get the rose bushes trimmed.

Have a great day!

Happy

Mother's

Day

Today's card is done with stamps from Papertrey Ink. I really like the images in this set (Life). Colors are baja and Artichoke.


Have some chores to do this morning, but looking forward to this afternoon - Kris and Darilyn are coming to crop. I am hoping to finish up my pictures from Yosemite.


Have a great weekend!

Pocket Silhouettes (SU) - Going grey, basic grey and regal rose. Pretty simple, but I liked these colors together.

Got all my flowers planted yesterday - whew! Took longer than I thought - I think the older I get, the slower I get! Now it's time to start trimming the rose bushes (past time, actually), so I will get started on that this morning.

Have a wonderful day!

White on white with a touch of color. Stamp is from SU, Cuttlebug butterfly.

Planting flowers today - the day got away from me yesterday and I didn't get to the planting part. Looking foward to Stamp Club with Roni tonight!

Happy stampin'

Another card with SU's Touch of Nature. Background is a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Have to go get a haricut this morning, then I am going to go get flowers and hopefully get them all planted this afternoon.

Enjoy your day!

I dug out a very old SU set for this card - Touch of Nature. The images are all stamped in black and colored with Baja. The background image is stamped with baja on baja paper. Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink, embossed with white.

Working on class projects today. My goal is to get the rest of my projects done so I can start on yard work tomorrow.

Happy stampin'

More Papertry Ink stamps - colors are riding hood red and kraft. A simple and easy layout.


Lots of chores to get done today, including laundry and cutting and bagging class kits. Class tonight.


Have a great day!

Super simple - stamps are from Papertrey Ink - colors are rust and vanilla.

Have a couple of things to finish up this morning, then Deb is coming to stamp this afternoon. Yea! It will be a good day!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

One of SU's new sets in the mini catalog (Soft Summer). This is a two-step stamp - I stamped the outline stamp and colored it with a blending pen, then stamped the solid image with eggplant and cut the flowers out and popped them up. Colors are Old Olive and Eggplant.

Working on class projects today.

Happy stampin'

A touch of spring today. SU's Great Friend set (from the new mini ctalog). Colors are bashful blue and celery. Printed paper is SU's Delicate Dots.

Back to the yard work today - events conspired against me yesterday (totally not my fault) and I didn't get the weeds sprayed. So.......today it is a must because they are predicting rain for the next several days.

Play time tonight though, so I have something fun to look forward to!

Enjoy your day.