Project Sunday - this table mat is one of the first samples I saw that made me want to learn wool applique..... the noses on these guys are actually carrot buttons. 

A productive day yesterday.....the wedding programs all are finished....woo hoo!   Have a few chores to do this morning and then I'll be at Quilter's Corner for an afternoon of stitchin'.

Enjoy your day!

Photo Saturday - and yet another sunset

Crop day today - at least one of the Good Time Girls (Karen) will be here to crop today.  Yay!  I need the work time to get these wedding programs finished. 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - leaves are from SU, sentiment is Hero Arts.  Colors are white, black, limeade and not quite navy.

Have a few chores to get done this morning but then Deb and Sherry will be here this afternoon and evening for some craftin' time - yay!  Looking forward to a fun day!

Have a great day.

The card - doily image was printed using SU's MDS.  I resized it to a smaller size for the center piece.  Sentiment is from Endless Creations.  Colors are white, black and baja.

Back to work on the wedding programs....kept getting side-tracked yesterday and didn't get as much done as I had planned.  Hopefully I will make more progress today.  Have to get things ready for class tonight too.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - leaves are from Papertrey, sentiment is from Savvy stamps.  Embossing folder is Cuttlebug.  Colors are white, limeade and not quite navy.

I need to work on wedding programs today - have to print and put together 120 of them and the wedding is just 10 days away.

Enjoy your day!

The card - not much stamping on this one.  Background is printed paper,  leaves are a SU die cut, flowers are from Prima.  Sentiment is from Papertrey.  Colors are kraft and vanilla.

Today is my son Jeff's birthday.....that means a chicken and noodles dinner tonight.  So, my day will be spent cooking for the most part. 

Have a great day!

The card - the images at the top (including the background) were printed using SU's MDS.  Then I added the sentiment (from Endless Creations) and layered everything on the card.  Colors are kraft, marina mist, black and white.

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day!  I got my flowers planted, had a nice visit with Tracy on the phone and then went to Jeff & Sara's for dinner-----yummy bbq hamburgers! It was a great day.  I have a whole long list of errands to get done today. 

Enjoy your day!

Project Sunday - another wool table mat....love these flip flops.  (to answer someone's question from last week, these table mats that I've been showing you are all about 18")  

Felt much better by yesterday afternoon...thank goodness....and I managed to get some stamping done which was nice.   Not sure yet what I'm working on today, but my son Jeff is cooking dinner tonight so that's something to look forward to!

Have a

Happy Mother's Day!

Photo Saturday - couldn't resisit taking a photo of this columbine when I was shopping for flowers.....have always loved columbines....and they are, after all, the Colorado state flower :)

Not sure how much I'm going to get accomplished today.....work up in the middle of the night with a terrific headache and upset stomach.  Yuk!   I don't do 'sick'............ hopefully I will feel better soon.

Have a great day!

The card - stamped flowers are from Penny Black.  Embossing folder is SU.  Sentiment is A Muse.  Colors are wisteria, limeade and white.

I did go get my flowers yesterday, but it looks like it will be a few days before I have time to get them planted.  Have some chores to do this morning, going to a movie this afternoon, Friday night crafting with Deb tonight........aw yes, it will be a good day

Have a wonderful day!

The card - not much stamping on this one.  Leaves and butterfly are SU die cuts.  Sentiment is from Papertrey.  Colors are eggplant, limeade and white.

um.....not sure which I'm direction I'm heading today ......need to think about going and buying flowers to plant (and then get them planted) ... need to make some corrections on the wedding program (and then get them put together).....  have a class project that needs to be done......  but looking forward to dinner tonight with Jeff and Sara and Sara's parents (an early Mother's Day dinner).

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped image is from Inkadinkado. Butterfly is Martha Stewart punch.  Colors are kraft and black. 

 Deb and I are going to check out Wacky Wednesday at Quilter's Corner this morning and then have some lunch.  Ah yes.....looking forward to a fun day!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - flower is SU, butterfly is Hero Arts, sentiment is Papertrey.  Colors are saffron and vanilla.

Class this morning and then again tonight....maybe I can get a couple of errands done in between.


Have a wonderful day!

The card - floral image is from SU - newsprint background is Hero Arts.  Colors are limeade, marina mist and white.

Do you ever feel like there is something important that needs to be done, but you can't remember what it is?   That's the way I've been feeling the last couple of days......I wonder what it is that I'm forgetting to do?   I guess it will come to me eventually (or else it's all in my imagination!).  I do need to get some yard work done....I'm not forgetting it, just trying to ignore it....... maybe I can talk myself into it today :)

Have a great day!

Project Sunday - not sure why, but this pumpkin table mat is one of my favorites so far. 

Yesterday pretty much turned into a do-nothing day.......I did a little stitching, but spent most of the day reading.  Guess I needed a break :)   Think I will try to get some weeds taken care of in the yard this morning and hopefully get some stamping done.

Enjoy your day!

Photo Saturday - have no idea what kind of tree this is but I noticed the huge, beautiful blooms on them when I was at the quilt store the other day and had to take a picture.

No idea what I'm doing today - the house is clean (well, mostly), the laundry is done and I have nothing that just has to be done today.  Oh my.... but  I'm sure I'll think of something.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - one more smooches card!  Loved the simplicity of this one.  I stamped the leaves with olive, the tulip is stamped with real red, cut out, popped up and I added a bit of bling above it. 

Need to get some chores done this morning but then we're going to the movie this afternoon - finally going to see The Hunger Games.  Friday night crafting with Deb tonight. 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped images are from Unity.  Sentiment is Hero Arts, butterfly is  Martha Stewart punch.  Colors are kraft, daffodil, pear and vanilla.

The wedding program is done and ready to take to the bride for proof-reading.  Have a few things to finish up this morning and then it's time to do some errands. 

Have a great day!

The card - floral image is from SU.  The stem is stamped on top of the script background.  I embossed the flowers in white, cut them out and popped them up on top of the punched out oval.  Colors are kraft and limeade.

A day for multi-tasking....laundry, watering the lawn and working on wedding programs.  Those three things should keep me busy for the day!

Have a beautiful day!

The card - super simple - tulips from Hero Arts, embossed in white on black.  Added a sentiment (also embossed in white) and some white ribbon. 

Need to finish up the projects for tonight's scrap class and then move on to projects for May's card classes.   I just can't wrap my mind around the fact that it's the first of May....time is going by much too fast!

Have a lovely day!

The card - script background is from Hero Arts, floral stamp is Stampabilities.  Senitment is $1 stamp from Michael's.  Butterfly is a SU die cut.  Colors are white and old olive.

There's a lot of stuff I need to get done this week so I better stay focused.........today I need to finish up the class project for tomorrow night. 

Have a wonderful day!

Scrappin' Sunday - this is my first attempt at a 2-page digital layout.  (using SU's MDS)  It's a very simple layout,  but I discovered it was more time consuming than I had thought it would be.  I need to work on figuring out some ways to make it go faster :)

Well, I only got one of the things done yesterday that I had planned on.  Got the grocery shopping done and that was it.  Not sure why, but I had absolutely no energy yesterday - spent most of the day reading a book.  Guess I needed a rest.   Hopefully I can get a little more accomplished today.

Have a great day!

Photo Satuday - a view of the grand valley and bookcliffs taken from Colorado National Monument.  My house would be a tiny little speck behind the rocks on the left :)

Time to get serious about class projects.....and go to the grocery store....and maybe get some laundry done....and then tonight maybe I can get some stitchin' done too!

Have a beautiful day!

The card - very simple.....stamped image is from Inkadinkado.   Colors are black, white and pear.

Had quite the productive day yesterday....now I have to clean my table off before I can do even one more thing.   Time to think about class projects for May too. 

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped image and embossed frame are from SU.   Colors are white, black and razzleberry.

Wow, this week is going by much too fast!  It's been nice to have a week with not a lot of commitments, but it doesn't seem as if I've gotten much accomplished.  That's ok though, it's been rather relaxing.  I do need to get some stamping done though, so that's my goal for the day. 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - the stamped image is from Inkadinkado.  I embossed the image in white on some Tim Holtz printed paper, then sponged some kraft here and there.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  Colors are kraft, marina mist and vanilla.   Guess this one will just be a sample - discovered I had the writing on the paper upside down!

The 'simply enjoy it all stamp' that I've been using is a Studio G stamp, made by Hampton Art.  It is a wood mounted stamp and I found it  in the display bin of $1.00 stamps  at Michael's. 

A play day today - Judy S and I are going to breakfast and then a little shopping.  Oh yes - life is good!

Enjoy your day!

The card - tulips are from Hero Arts.  (sorry, not a great picture, but if I lightened it up it turned the pink a funny color)  Colors are kraft, pirouette pink and vanilla.

I think today is going to be a stamping day.  Running out of cards to post so I better get some done, right?  At some point I do have to put the basement back together since I have class tonight.  (we used the tables and chairs for the dinner on Saturday and it just needs to be straightened up) 

Have a great day!

The card - script stamp is from Stampers Anonomous, sentiment is $1 stamp from Michael's, flower is from Penny Black.  Card and strip are both vanilla, and both are sponged with kraft.

Gosh, it seems like I have a fairly free week coming up....oh my....I guess I better make a plan or else I will end up wasting the week away. 

Have a beautiful day!

Project Sunday - one more finished applique project.

I've had a great time the last couple of days visiting with cousins I haven't seen for over 20 years.  Have a bit of cleanup to do after yesterdays event, but then I'm spending the rest of the day doing something fun....stitching, stamping, maybe both!

Have a wonderful day!

Photo Saturday - sunset on Thursday night.

Another memorial service this morning - this one is in town and the dinner after is here at the house.  (luckily I don't have to do the food!)   So, I'm off to do a few last minute clean-up jobs!

Have a great day!

The card - stamped image is from Inkadinkado.  Embossing folder is from Crafts Too.  Colors are black and white.

Going to a memorial service in Eckert this afternoon.....never a fun thing, but I will be seeing some relatives that I haven't seen for a very long time, so that will be nice. 

Have a great day!

The card - a little more from the SU smooches line.  The vase is razzleberry (cut out and popped up).  Flower stem was inked with razzleberry, daffodil, limeade and indigo markers.  Sentiment is from AMuse.

Cold and wet this morning....had no idea it was going to rain last night....sure glad I didn't get around to washing my windows yesterday :)  Need to get a little housework done this morning and then get ready for class tonight.

Have a great day!

The card - this is the card I did for our Shoebox club last week.  The stamped image is from Magenta.  Sentiment is from AMuse.  Colors are poppy, white and limeade.

More yardwork today...... I'm on a roll!

Enjoy your day.

The card - more from the SU smooches line.  Colors are island indigo and limeade.

Yard work today......no more excuses.  I did get the mess in the basement cleaned up yesterday - woo hoo!  About time :)  So, today I will start trimming the rose bushes.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - paper, flower and vase are part of the new smooches line from SU (the stamp set is called Bright Blossoms).  Sentiment is from Endless Creations.  Colors are black, red, limeade and white. 

My original plan was to start on the yard work today, however it's cold and still wet from the rain, so I guess I shall get some household stuff done instead.  The mess in the basement is still there so I think I will tackle that this morning and then get ready for class tonight. 

Enjoy your day!

Project Sunday - another one of my finished wool applique table mats. 

Cold and rainy this morning so it's a good day to stay in and get some stamping done  That's the plan for this morning, then it's on to the quilt shop for some stitchin' time this afternoon.

Have a wonderful day!

Photo Saturday - Colorado National Monument

Crop day today - think I will get started on Jeff & Sara's wedding album. 

Have a great day!

The card - flower image is from SU, sentiment is from AMuse.  Colors are kraft, black, marina mist and white.

Haven't quite figured out what I'm doing today - I still need to load some stuff back onto the computer so that may be my first priority today.  Looking forward to Friday night crafting with Deb!!!

Enjoy your day!

The card - image is from SU (printed with MDS) I used the labels die from SU to cut out the image.  Colors are blushing bride, white and kraft.

We're celebrating 3 birthdays at our Shoebox Club tonight - and I still have to finish 3 gifts and come up with a project.....uh oh..... guess I better get to work :)

Have a great day!

The card - stamped image is from SU.  I inked the stamp with markers, then used the oval embossing folder from SU.  Then I punched it out with a Marvy scalloped punch and added a layer with a bigger scallop punch.  The paper is from Fab Scraps.  Colors are razzleberry, artichoke and vanilla.

Oh my, so many things to do I'm not sure where to start.  Guess I better finish bagging the class kits first and then move on from there.  Maybe I can even multi-task and get some laundry done at the same time :)

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped image is from SU.  Patterened paper is from Basic Grey - I just picked a couple of random matching colors of card stock to use as accents.

A busy day today - class this morning, then a haircut and errands this afternoon, class again tonight. 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - leaves are from Papertrey, sentiment is Hero Arts, flower is SU.  Colors are razzleberry, olive and white.

It's going to be a busy week...lots of things going on......I need to focus today and get my cards finished for card class tomorrow.   And I'm looking forward to our SU get-together with Deb tonight.

Enjoy your day!

Wishing you a

Happy Easter!

Photo Saturday - close up of peach blossoms (can hardly wait for those yummy Palisade peaches!)

I guess playtime is over for this week - darn! - I've been having such fun the last couple of days.  But, now it is time to get some work done around here.  I must get the dust and dirt from the construction cleaned up a bit since I'm having guests for dinner tomorrow. 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - image is from SU - I printed it using SU's MDS, cut it out using the labels die cut and then colored it with copics.  Colors are daffodil, pear and basic gray.

Aw...another play day for me!  Judy S and I are taking a little road trip to Delta/Montrose today.  Have to check out a quilt store in Montrose and we're even going to try a new place for lunch.  (we're really getting adventurous :)  Then I'm meeting Sherry and Deb for a little shopping here in town and then Deb and I will spend the rest of the evening crafting. 

Enjoy your day!

The card - stamped image is from Penny Black.   Colors are wasabi and poppy.

Loved the movie yesterday - went to see Mirror, Mirror with Julia Roberts - a real 'laugh out loud' movie - just what I needed!

Grocery shopping this morning, but so looking forward to the rest of the day.  Deb & Sherry will be arriving this afternoon for some shopping, visiting, and stitiching - woo hoo - can hardly wait!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - I used an oval punch for the eggs and then embossed them.  'Grass' on the bottom is a die cut from Memory Box.  Butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.  Background is a sizzix embossing folder.  Sentiment is SU. 

Gosh, what a week!  Computer issues just throw me for a loop.  But, it's fixed and I'm back in business.  Turned out I had a really nasty virus (well, the computer did, I didn't)  They ended up having to wipe the hard drive clean, which means I'm starting from scratch again - my job this morning will be re-loading all those programs - again! - seems like I just did that :)    But I'm going to take a break this afternoon and go to a movie with Judy D.  I'll probably need the distraction by then :)

Have a wonderful day!

The card - tulips are from Hero Art, sentiment is SU.  Colors are wasabi and daffodil.

Cutting class projects today and hopefully getting some cleaning up done in the basement - have to get at least a bit done since I have lass tonight.

Have a wonderful day!

Stamped image is from Penny Black.  Colors are peach and white.

The computer seems to be working ok now - here's hoping it will stay that way.   Love technology, but it's a real pain when it doesn't work right - it's amazing how much I rely on it!

Lots to get done this week so I better get started - class projects to do, Easter cards to finish, laundry, and on it goes.  I need to get things caught up this week because I'm going to have to start thinking about starting the yard work next week.  (I'm just thinking about it this week, have to work myself up to actually doing it :)

Have a wonderful day!

Project Sunday - my first completed wool applique project.   Have a couple more I've finished in the last couple of days so I will be showing more of these projects :)

Having computer issues - ugh!  I'm pre-posting a couple of days worth while it's working just in case........ I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to take it in for some work.

Hoping to get in a day of stamping today.

Enjoy your day!