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!

The card - floral stamp and sentiment are from SU, border script stamp is Limited Edition. Colors are vanilla, peach and pear.

This morning we will be meeting for brunch and after that who knows. Guess the afternoon & evening is up for grabs.

Have a great day!

Scrappin Sunday - when I was looking for a scrapbook page to post today I realized I had never posted this layout of Tracy & Tony's engagement pictures. So I guess today is a good day for them! These are some of the pictures I took when Tracy & Tony were here for Thanksgiving last year.

Today is the big day! (10.10.10)Never having been the mother-of-the-bride before it should be an interesting experience! I am so excited for Tracy! It will be a fabulous day, I'm sure!

Enjoy your day.

Photo Saturday - a bit of fall color on Grand Mesa.

A busy day today. This morning we will be sitting up and decorating for the wedding. This afternoon includes a trip to the Air Force museum, then rehearsal, dinner and then a get-together at a local watering hole (King's Table Bar & Grill). Maybe a little pool?? (haven't played pool for years, but I just might have to give it a try!)

Have a wonderful day!

The card - floral stamp is Stampendous. Background stamp is Limited Edition. (stamped with Crumb Cake) Card is espresso, accents are olive. Flowers are colored with olive & peach markers.

Today I will be helping Tracy get ready for a get-together tonight. (I think my help is going to consist of cleaning her house) Everyone is invited to stop by their house this evening as they arrive in town for a bite to eat, games and hanging out. Sounds like fun to me!

Happy stampin'

The card - pumpkins are from Unity. I stamped them with cajun on some distressed paper from Kaiser Craft. Background is a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I inked the inside of the folder to make the words stand out a bit more.

We're on our way to Ohio! Yea! I hope I haven't forgotten anything important. (don't you always fell like that when you travel? I do!) We will arrive this afternoon (we have a 3 hour layover in Denver - yuk!), go to the place we are staying, then meet up with Tracy and Tony for dinner.

Have a great day!

The card - a really simple one today. Card is vanilla, strips are dusty durango and chocolate. Leaf is stamped with dusty durango, cut out and popped up.

A few last minute details to attend to today (mostly things I forgot to do the other day) and then all I have to do is pack my suitcase. Woo hoo! I'll be setting up posts for each of the days that I will be gone, so you won't miss me too much!

Happy stampin'

The card - leaf stamp is from Papertrey, saying is Penny Black. Colors are sahara sand, black and marina mist.

Time to get the laundry done and figure out exactly what clothes I will need to pack. If I can get myself organized today all I will have left to do tomorrow is pack my suitcase. Class tonight.

Have a fabulous day!

The card - stamped image is from Stampers Anonomous (Tim Holtz) Colors are expresso and kraft. Twine is from Papertrey.

Only 3 days left to get myself organized before we leave for Ohio. Can't believe it's almost here! Have a few errands to do this morning and then class tonight. Somewhere in between I need to figure out what else needs to be done in the next few days.

Have a great day!

Scrappin' Sunday - a really old layout - this one just makes me laugh (in a good way!) Judy D and I were just driving around town one day taking pictures to scrapbook (the millinium, ya know!) There was a guy set up in a parking lot selling pumpkins and we decided it would make a good photo op - I'm sure the guy thought we were really crazy posing for pictures on his pumpkins. It was great fun! The pumpkins are die cuts, the scarecrow is paper pieced (check out that tye-die shirt!) Good times!

I'm looking forward to an afternoon of stamping with Judy S - hopefully I can actually get some cards put together!

Happy scrappin'

Photo Saturday - more scenery from Grand Mesa.

A little yard work this morning and then I think I'm going to try and get some stamping done.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - time for a little Halloween. This is a Stampendous stamp that I borrowed from my friend Judy S. I think these witches feet are just so darn cute! I used some copic markers to color the image - paper is some I found in my stash.


Today - um........I think I'm going to Judy's to dig through her closet and see what clothes I can borrow for my trip. I didn't have much luck finding anything and I really do not want to go shopping again. Hopefully this little excursion will include going out to lunch!

Happy stampin'

The card - stamps are from Papertrey. Colors are navy, olive and mustard. The card front is embossed with a quikkutz embossing folder.

Yard work today - yuk! But I've put it off long enough and it needs to be done. I don't want to end up looking at shaggy bushes and weeds all winter.

Enjoy your day.

The card - flower stamp is from Unity, sentiment is from Papertrey. Lined paper is from Basic Grey (the rest of the paper is SU). Colors are olive and cajun.

Haircut this morning. Then I guess I will try to get some shopping done. I still have to find a top to wear with my skirt & jacket (for the wedding). Didn't think that would be such a problem, but I'm not finding what I want. Hopefully I will get lucky today!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped image is from Stampendous. Sentiment is from Papertrey. Colors are vanilla, cajun, mustard and olive.

I am amazed at the beautiful fall we are having - cool nights and warm, sunny days - Wow! It's great! Household chores today and class tonight.

Happy stampin'

The card - Tree stamp is from Stampendous. Embossing on scalloped edge is from a quickutz embossing folder. Colors are espresso, vanilla and peach.

I can't believe that I only have a week and a half before we leave for Tracy's wedding. So, I need to re-group today and figure out what all I need to get done.

Have a wonderful day!

Scrappin' Sunday - an older layout with pictures from Glade Park. It's not too dated, but there is some eyelets and a slide frame on there - both of which I haven't used in a long time!

I'm thinking I'm going to take a break from 'work stuff' and just spend the day stamping for fun today! It's been a while and I need to get some fall cards done.

Happy scrappin'

Photo Saturday - taken on Grand Mesa a couple weeks ago.

It's way too early to be up, but I'm awake (more or less) and can't go back to sleep. Have some projects I still need to get done so I may work on those today.

Have a great day!

The card - stamped image is from Stampendous. Colors are daffodil, navy and olive. (the colors look a little off in this picture - it's much prettier in real life!)

Boy, did I over sleep this morning. Not sure what's up with my sleeping pattern - must be the full moon - I keep waking up during the night and can't go back to sleep for an hour or so. Very annoying!

The wedding programs are done! Yea! I think I'm done with the paper crafting for the wedding now until after the event. Today I need to get my room straightened up - I've made a rather large mess this week. Have to get it in some sort of order before tonight!

Answer to someone's question about Wednesday's card - the background on the card was done with an embossing folder. I think it's from Sizzix.

Have a wonderful day.

The card - stamp is from Hero Arts. Colors are kraft, cajun and garden green.

Back to work on the wedding program today. It's printed and cut, now it's just a matter of putting it together.

Have a great day!

The card - stamped images are from SU. Colors are espresso, kraft and cherry cobler.

It's supposed to rain today, so I guess it's a good day to stay inside and work on wedding stuff - still have to do the program and figure out the guest book.

Have a fabulous day!

The card - this is a layout I copied from my friend Sherry. She did a card like this at our last stamp club meeting. Thanks Sherry! The leaves I used are from Hero Arts, the saying is from CTMH, ribbon is from May Arts. Colors are mustard, cajun and navy.

Taking a break from class projects today - the projects are done, they just need to be cut and bagged (a job for another day!) Have chores to do and errands to run.

Happy stampin'

The card - dug an old stamp out for this one - SU's pick a petal. Have had it forever and not used it much. I stamped the petals with versamark on cherry, and on olive for the leaf. Stem is grosgrain ribbon. Printed paper is from Basic Grey. Card is espresso.

A little more work on some class projects today and then class tonight.

Have a great day!

Project Sunday - Since the invitations have been mailed and received I guess I can show them to you. Picture on the right is closed, bottom picture is open. The paper is actually a cream colored textured paper. (sorry, the pictures are not that great!) The small cards on the rightare stacked in the pocket and contain all the information for the weekend.

Back to work on class projects today. Now I have to start thinking Christmas - that's not going to be easy with the temps in the 90's and sunshine!

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

Photo Saturday - pine trees reflected in the lake - taken up on Grand Mesa last weekend.

Working on class projects today. I'm on a mission to get all my class stuff done so I will have time to concentrate on wedding stuff.

Have a great day!

The card - poppy stamp is from Inkadinkado. I inked the stamp with olive and poppy, stamped, then colored with the same colors with a blender pen. Script paper is from 7 Gypsies. Ribbon is May Arts. Colors are black, kraft (stripe paper) & vanilla.

Class projects & wedding stuff - those are the things I will be working on for the next few days. Looking forward to Friday night stamping!

Enjoy your day!

The card - I used a variety of stamps on the small panel - can't even remember which company they are from. The sentiment is from CTMH. Colors are cajun, mustard and espresso.

Gosh, I must have worked too hard yesterday - I slept in an hour past when I normally wake up this morning. Had a great day though, got a project done that I was pleased with which doesn't always happen! Wish I could do more of the same today, but alas, there is laundry to be done, errands to run and a class tonight to get ready for.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - image is from Stampington. Judy S bought this stamp over for me to play with - it was fun to color, but then I had a heck of a time figuring out what to do with it. Decided a simple layout was the best.

Need to do some yard work, want to work on class projects - oh my, a dilemma- you can probably guess which I will end up doing!

Happy stampin'

(Peggy: ha! ha! I hope you and Judy are having a wonderful time!)

The card - flower stamp is from Unity - inked with markers (daffodil & pear). Card is espresso, daffodil and white.

Need to get things set up for class this morning, maybe some stamping this afternoon and then class again tonight.

Have a great day!

The card - this is the card I did for our Shoebox Club last week. The idea for this card came from the lastest Paper Crafts magazine. Stamps are from Papertrey. Colored strips are chocolate, cajun, tangerine and peach. I glued the strips to a smaller piece of white, then stamped the leaves with versamark. Card is kraft.

I need to get myself organized today and figure out my plan for this week. Class projects and yard work all need to be done before we go to Ohio. Can't believe the wedding is now only 4 short weeks away. Yikes!

Have a wonderful day!

Scrappin' Sunday - a quick digital page with some random pictures from our drive over Grand Mesa yesterday. I used SU's My Digital Software - one of the features I like in this program is that you can 'color match' things to your photo - i.e.-I matched the colored strips to parts of the photos on this page.

What a great day we had yesterday! It was a gorgeous day for a drive! The colors are just beginning to change on the Mesa so we got a little of the 'summer look' along with a bit of fall. To make our day complete we had time to stop at The Scrappy Moose in Delta - Hi Carol! Have to apologize for interrupting Carol's class, but she got me inspired by the project she was teaching - (spent way more than my budget!) but I have some cool new 7 Gypsies stuff to play with!

Today I'm going to get a little yard work done, then finish up some projects while I watch the football game - Go Broncos!

Happy scrappin'

Photo Saturday - sunset last Sunday. One of these days I'm going to do something wonderful with all these sunset photos I keep taking. (just can't resisit though - they are just so pretty!)

A little r & r day today! It's been a crazy, busy week and I need a break. So, my friend Linda & I are going for a drive today - and hopefully take some cool pictures. Now we just have to decide where to go............

Have a great day!

The card - stamped images are from Unity. Colors are kraft, wasabi and cajun.

Lots to do today - a little yard work, a couple of errands, and a lot of straightening up in my stamp room so we have room to 'play' tonight.

Happy stampin'

The card - stamped images are from Unity. Paper is from (top to bottom) Tim Holtz, Bo-bunny, Basic Grey. Card is espresso. Bakers twine is from Papertrey.

Back to work on a project for Shoebox. Didn't get it done yesterday so it's got to be the priority for today.

Have a wonderful day.

The card - flower stamp is from Unity. Printed paper is Basic Grey. Colors are vanilla, kraft and black.

Well, my plan for doing some yard work this morning kind of flew out the window since it's pouring rain at the moment. I guess I will change gears and try to figure out a project for Shoebox Club which is coming up tomorrow. Also have to get things together for class tonight.

Enjoy your day!

The card - a little bit of 'fall' today. Printed paper is Tim Holtz - leaves are die cuts (sizzix) - sentiment is from Papertrey.

Fall is definitely in the air - it is downright chilly out this morning. I saw on the news last night that there were freeze warnings out for parts of the state. Ugh - not quite ready for that yet! As soon as it warms up a bit I am going to Jeff's to trim his bushes, then a couple of errands. Class tonight.

Have a great day!

The card - flower image is from SU, sentiment is from Papertrey. I inked the stamp with espresso and peach markers.

Happy Labor Day! I hope you are enjoying your 'long weekend' if you are lucky enough to have today off. It has been a 'labor' weekend for me but I've managed to get a lot of stuff done - that is always a good feeling. I have some cleaning up to do downstairs today and then I should be ready for my busy week - I have somthing going on every night this week, starting with scrap class tonight.

Have a fantastic day!

Scrappin' Sunday - although this was not the color combo I had planned on using on this layout, I found these stickers in my stash and just had to use them because the words were perfect. (laugh, friends, priceless, smile, etc)

I got all the card class stuff done yesterday - yea! Now I need to get the scrap class kits cut and bagged today. Such an exciting weekend!

Happy scrappin'

Photo Saturday - the sunflowers were going to be the orginal focus of this picture, but then the old barn sort of popped out at me so I had to include it in the picture.

The last two days have gone by without much getting accomplished. Not sure what happened, but I've had a hard time staying focused. Today my plan is to get all my class projects cut and bagged - nothing too exciting, but stuff that needs to be done. So, here's hoping I can stay on track, get that stuff out of the way and have a little time for something more fun!

Enjoy your day!

The card - flower image is an old stamp I found in my drawer - I think it was from Print Works. Background stamp is SU - embossing folders are also SU. Colors are marina mist and pear pizzazz.

Had a great time at Sherry's last night - she did some marvelous cards (as always!) Have to get some stuff finished and my room cleaned up a bit today. Looking forward to our regular Friday night stamping tonight.

Happy stampin'

The card - floral image is Penny Black, butterfly & background stamp are SU. sentiment is AMuse. Colors are kraft, black & vanilla.

Time to make a decision as to what I'm going to do today. Yard work? Laundry? Stamp? Class Projects? All of the above? Don't have a clue - I'll figure it out after a little more caffeine I guess. Looking forward to stamp club with Sherry tonight though.

Happy stampin'

The card - flower stamp is from Stampendous - sentiment is Amuse. Colors are not quite navy, pear and peach.

Today looks like a repeat of yesterday - yard work this morning and then some errands. (no fun lunch today, though!) I didn't get all my errands done yesterday so hopefully I can get the rest done today.

Enjoy your day!