When witches go riding

and black cats are seen,

the moon laughs

and whispers

HAPPY

HALLOWEEN!

Photo Saturday - a little fall scenery from just outside Dayton, Ohio. I was taking pictures out the car window on the freeway, not the best way to get the shots you really want. But, I got a couple that weren't too bad :)

My room is pretty much back together now. The stamps are in some sort of order and we'll see how it works on a daily basis. Looking forward to an afternoon of stamping with Judy S!

Happy stampin'

The card - medallion is from Day of Graditude (SU). Because I don't have this stamp set I printed this on vanilla card stock on the computer using MDS from SU and then cut it out. The sentiment is from Papertrey. Colors are vanilla and pear. The piece at the top is embossed with a quickutz embossing folder.

I got a little carried away with my cleaning up efforts yesterday - I ended up trying to sort and re-arrange a lot of stamp sets. Now I think I have a bigger mess than what I started with. I've pretty much decided that 1) I'm too anal 2) I have way too many stamps and 3) there's just no way to effectively arrange a lot of different sizes and shapes of clear stamps! So today I will try to get the mess straightened back up and hopefully I will be able to find everything I've moved to a different place!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - leaf is from SU, sentiment from A Muse. I inked the leaf with cajun, then sponged a bit of espresso on the edges before stamping. I used a leaf wheel (SU) on the strips. Colors are espresso, kraft, and cajun - ribbon is mustard.

I'm feeling the need to get my room cleaned up a bit before moving on to more projects. Can't seem to find anything and there's stuff everywhere. So, I'll get things reoragnized and then it's back to work on class projects.

Have a great day!

The card - stamped images are from Unity. Patterned paper is from Basic Grey. Colors are espresso, kraft and cajun. Twine is from Papertrey.

Time to get class projects done so that's what I'm going to work on today.

Happy stampin'

The card - dug out an old pumpkin stamp for this one (I have no idea what company it's from), sentiment is Inkadinkado. Colored strips are chocolate, cajun, pumpkin and peach. The strip with the pumpkins is popped up.

A make-up card class this morning and then class again tonight. Breakfast with Judy S and Diane before class this morning - yea! That's a treat for me - I love going out for breakfast and it's something I rarely do.

Happy stampin'

The card - another 'guy card'. Sponged the top part with pumpkin and curry. Colored the grass with a copic marker. Trees are stamped in black. Background is quickutz embossing folder.

I have a whole list of things to get done this week so I guess I should get started. (I might have to add 'building an ark' to my list if it keeps raining for many more days!)

Have a wonderful day!

Scrappin' Sunday - pictures from our drive over Grand Mesa. Background is a layout we did in class - just had to add the photos.

Looking forward to a day of stamping - Judy S is coming over this afternoon so that will be fun! (and maybe I can actually get something accomplished instead of just talking about it!!)

Have a wonderful day!

Photo Saturday - stopped down by the river the other day when I was out doing errands. A little surprised that the colors haven't changed as much as I thought they would have by now. But still got some nice photos of the area.

Catching up today - need to get some things finished and then it's time to get to work on class projects.

Have a great day!

The card - stamped images are from SU - paper is Basic Grey. A pretty simple Halloween card.

I really wish I'd taken the time to do my errands yesterday - but since I didn't, I have to go out in the wet, dreary weather today. Ugh. Looking forward to our regular Friday night stamping - hopefully I can be productive!

Have a wonderful day.

The card - a digital card today. I just downloaded this stamp set for MDS (SU) the other day and decided I'd try it on a card. I printed out the background, then printed the leaves, cut them out, popped them up and added the ribbon. Can't really tell that it's not stamped. Colors are espresso, kraft and cajun.

Deb got me inspired last night at stamp club so I am going to get some stamping done today. I just could not stay focused yesterday and ended up not accomplishing much of anything. Today will be better I hope!

Happy stampin'

The card - needed to do some 'guy cards' for church so I was trying to find ideas that would work. Ran across this one and decided to give it a try. The tree stamp is from SU (good ol' Lovely as a Tree). The middle section is masked off, then sponged with marina mist and old olive. Trees are stamped with espresso. Bottom edge is done with SU embossing folder.

Have some paper work to get done today, then I'm hoping to have some time to get some stamping done! I'm looking forward to stamp club with Deb tonight!

Have a great day!

The card - stamped images are from Unity. Card is vanilla and craft. Super simple.

Class this morning and again tonight - a couple of errands in between.

Happy stampin'

The card - Halloween is getting closer! This is another card I did with Judy's stamp. Same colors as the other one, just a different layout.

The last two weeks I have had a bad case of CRS (can't remember stuff - that's the clean version) So I think today I need to get my house picked up (I still haven't finished unpacking my suitcase), the laundry done and all the other good old household chores. I'm hoping if I have my house in order my brain will go along! Here's hoping anyway. Class tonight.

Have a wonderful day!

More photos today - I did these simple photo collages with SU's MDS program.

The wedding was held at this lovely home of freinds of Tracy & Tony's. The yard was beautiful although we thought the trees would have been a little more colorful, it didn't really matter. It was a great place for a wedding. Jeff, Sara & I were privileged to be house guests here - it was great! Ben & Becca were great hosts!

The Bride - what else can I say. I was a little teary at some parts of the day but restrained myself from sobbing :) I got to help her get dressed and found myself a little teary as I was doing up the buttons on her dress! And of course there were parts of the ceremony that left me a little teary! But Tracy was oh so beautiful and the ceremony was awesome. They did a great job planning the wedding!

The happy couple. I am so happy for them both. Tony is a great guy and I'm glad he's now 'officially' a part of our family!

Crop day yesterday was great fun - I actually got quite a bit done. The food was awesome - Tamara brought a delicious chicken/dressing casserole dish, and we had salad, garlic bread and some yummy cheesecake for dessert. Wow - those girls feed me well! We missed you Karen!

Today I have no commitments, no place I have to be, no class - oh my! I guess I'm ready for a bit of a break as it's been a little hectic, and I have another full week coming up. I do have some things I need to get done, but I'm going to take the day as it comes. Maybe a little r & r today.

Have a great day!

Photo Saturday - and here's the bride. I just loved Tracy's dress - it was absolutely perfect! I'm working on some photo collages so I can show you more wedding pictures tomorrow.

Today is crop day - the 'good time girls' are coming so it should be a fun day.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - leaves are from SU - stamped and embossed with gold on rust, then cut out. Colors are rust, chocolate and mustard.

Errands this morning - a trip to the grocery store is a must! Then I'm hoping to get some stamping done - it feels like it's been forever, so I need to get back in the groove.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - Deb did a card like this at our stamp club last month using Halloween paper - I liked the idea so I decided to try it with some fall paper. This paper is a line from Basic Grey. Just strips of paper glued to white piece, then cut with the top note die. Simple and easy! Card is dusty durango and espresso.

I'm having a hard time getting back to 'real life'. Kept thinking yesterday was Monday, forgot to meet the girls from class for dinner and can't seem to focus on what needs to be done. Good thing I had things fairly well organized before I left or I would really be in bad shape :) Tonight is our Shoebox Club so I have a bit of work to finish up on my project and then I can re-group and figure our what else needs to be done!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamps are from Papertrey. Colors are olive and peach. Background is embossing folder from Quickutz.

I'm back! Oh. My. Goodness. What a wonderful week! We just got back last night and the whole week is just a blur right now so I don't really have my thoughts together very well. But I will say the wedding was absolutely wonderful!!! Tracy was a beautiful bride and wore the biggest smile the entire day! (Tony seemed to have a bit more of pre-wedding jitters, but Tracy was about the calmest bride I have ever seen) Everything went perfect - no glitches at all! Awesome wedding, great fun and I loved being the mother-of-the-bride (Tracy's friend Jessica spoiled me the entire day!) You will hear more later (my class students will probably be bored to death hearing about the details). Oh, and pictures.......the photographer took over 1000 photos - now those I can hardly wait to see! I hope I have something on my camera I can show you soon though. My friend Judy S had a special song waiting to play in the car on the way home from the airport - an old song titled 'mother-in-law' by Ernie K-Doe - too funny! Only Judy would think of something like that! Gotta love it!

So, now I have to try and get myself together enough for lunch with a friend and then class tonight.

The card - stamps are from SU - paper is Basic Grey.

On our way home this afternoon - we don't have quite as long a layover in Denver on this return trip (thank goodness!) so we will be home fairly early tonight.

Have a great day!