The card - butterflies (from SU) are stamped and punched out.  A strip of patterned paper, a sentiment and some bling....easy peasy!

'Grandma time' today, Friday night crafting tonight.  All is good!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - large heart is die cut from patterned paper, small heart is die cut from embossed paper.  A little grunge in the background, a small flower punch and a little bling.  

Looking forward to an afternoon of stitching at our Wool Gatherer's group today.

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

The card - a super simple valentine's card.  The background printed paper is cut leaving a space between the two pieces where the sentiment goes.  And then, just some added punched hearts.

I made quite the mess in the stamp room yesterday, so that means that I have to get it cleaned up today.  I wish I could be a 'neat stamper' and clean up as I go....hahaha!  ......I've tried, but it just doesn't work for me!  So, that's my main goal for the day.  Looking forward to some stitching with a friend tonight.

Have a great day!

The card - let's think spring!  Some patterned paper for the background, a little added ribbon, a sentiment a layered circle and two sizes of butterflies, layered on the circle.  The butterflies are stamped first with black and then the color is added with detail stamps, then they are punched out.  I love this new butterfly set from SU.

Errands this morning, then working on class stuff this afternoon.  Tonight is movie night at Hi Fashion- something new - watching a movie, snacks and stitching. Should be fun!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - super quick and simple.  A small square panel of patterned paper, some punched hearts and a sentiment.    The square panel is popped up.

'Grandma time' today.  That's it.

Have a marvelous day!

The card - some new flowers from Honey Bee Stamps.  I stamped the flowers and leaves in black and then colored them with Copics.  Pretty darn easy!

'Grandma time' today.  Friday night crafting tonight.  (and celebrating Emily's birthday!)  Life is Good!

Have a terrific day!

The card - the vase (SU) is stamped directly on the oval and then I added the prima flowers, some twine and a sentiment.  The oval is popped up and the panel on the left is embossed.

So much to do and I don't know where to start.  I better figure it out or nothing will get done!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - no stamping on this one.  The top is patterned paper, the letters are die cuts.  Added some string and a small punched heart - oh so easy!

Off to Laura's this morning for some stitching time.  I need to work on some class stuff this afternoon, so I hope I can stay motivated when I get home! 

Enjoy your day!

The card -  a new butterfly set from SU.  This is a quick and easy one.  The butterflies are stamped and then punched out (yep, there is a matching punch).  The strips are washi tape and the sentiment is added just above them.  

Time to get some house cleaning done - just have to talk myself into getting started.  Looking forward to an evening stitching with friends!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - The background swirl is from Papertrey Ink, strips are washi tape.  Hearts and 'love' are die cuts.  Plus just a little added bling.  Super easy!

'Grandma time' today.  That's it.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - a little bit of love today......super simple - a little grunge on the background, washi tape, string, punched hearts, a sentiment and some bling.  

'Grandma time' today and overnight - yay!  That's all.

Have a terrific day!

The card - moving on from snowflakes.....I'm ready for spring!  The vase and flowers are from SU (another gift from my friend Emily!)  The flowers are stamped directly on the small panel, the vase is stamped, punched out and popped up.  (sorry, the vase didn't scan very well).  The gray stripes are strips of card stock adhered to the larger panel.  The small panel is popped up on top of the strips.

Decided to start some cleaning out yesterday.  Hmmm.....needs to be done, but now I have a huge mess.  Started with the dining room hutch.  Oh my.....such a huge pile of glass dishes that belonged to my mother and grandmother.  I have only a few that I actually use, but hard to get rid of the rest.  But, I'm determined to get rid of this stuff I never use!  Back to it today!

Have a great day!

The card - the last of the snowflakes for this year.  The background is patterned paper and I just added some die cuts, a couple strips of paper, a sentiment and a bit of bling.  Easy!

No real plan for today.  Can't seem to get myself motivated even though there's a ton of stuff on my 'to do list'.  Hopefully I can get something accomplished today!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - just a couple more snowflakes.  The dotted strip down the side is patterned paper.  The snowflake die cuts are popped up.  Some added twine and the sentiment is stamped and then punched out with an oval.  The sentiment is also popped up.

A little extra 'Grandma time' this morning while the babysitter is at the Dr's.  Then it's a free day - hmmmm....have lots I need to do, just can't figure out where to start......stamping?   stitching?   knitting?   cleaning?   laundry? 

Have a great day!

The card - super easy.....patterned paper at the bottom, snowflake die cuts popped up and an added sentiment.  

'Grandma time' today.  We get to start a new session of Kindermusik today - yay! 

Have a terrific day!

The card - this is one of my favorites.....simple and easy too!  The background is stamped at the top and the bottom.  I sponged the edges of a flagged  strip and added it across the center.  The snowflake is popped up.

'Grandma time' today.  Yay!  Celebrating our friend Deb's birthday tonight!  Fun!

Have a great day!

The card - I stamped a snowflake in the middle of the background, added a strip of white across the middle and then added the snowflake border die on top of that.  I die cut one small snowflake in a different color and added that on the right.  The color of the card is Sahara Sand - much prettier in real life than it shows in the scan!

Oh gosh, I seem to have a day with no plan and no pressing commitments!  Hmmm....whatever shall I do?  The laundry is done, the house is fairly clean....... I should be able to find something to do to keep myself occupied!!  We'll see!!!  (there's probably something important I'm forgetting to do!) 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - layered snowflake die cuts, a sentiment and a little 'snow' stamped on the background.  Easy!

Chores this morning, stitching at Laura's this afternoon and then a Christmas party that was postponed when I got sick in December.  Sounds like a good day to me!

Have a great day!

The card - a little black and white today.  I stamped the wreath twice without re=inking to get a shadow effect.  I punched it out with a circle and popped it up.  The background on the right is printed paper and the stems behind the circle are cie cuts.

A haircut and errands this morning, class tonight. 

Have a great day!

The card - just some background stamps (SU) with a die cut (SU) and an added sentiment.  

I have an unexpected free day today - hmmmm....guess I should be figuring out what I can accomplish!  I for sure need to start with the laundry.  After that we'll see.

Have a wonderful day!

The card - background is printed paper.  I stamped a couple of snowflakes on the background, then added the die cuts and strips of card stock.  A little added bling and done!

'Grandma time' today.  Friday night crafting tonight.  All is good!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - moving on from trees to snowflakes.  My friend Emily gave me this SU snowflake stamp set and dies for Christmas and I just had to make some cards with them before winter is over.  I used a grunge stamp in the background and then added the snowflake dies on top.  The sentiment is added at the bottom - easy!

Looking foward to a day of crafting with some friends.  I need to get myself organized though, have so many things to work on I don't know where to start!  Hoping for a super productive day!

Happy stampin'

The card - one more tree card .  The top of the background is printed paper, the bottom is a piece of white torn acorss the top.  Added the die cut trees (SU) and a sentiment.  Easy!

It's going to be a stampin' day!  I was in and out of the house most of the day yesterday running errands.  Today I plan on staying in and getting lots of stamping done!  (that's my goal anyway!!!)

Enjoy your day!

The card - this is another one that actually looks better in real life.  It would make a good 'guy card'.  The background is printed paper and the trees are stamped on the top panel, torn at the bottom and sponged on the edge.  

Off to an appointment this morning.  No plans for the rest of the day...oh oh.  Looking forward to stitching with friends tonight.  I have so much to get caught up on - I'm on a mission to get everything done that I started before I got sick!!!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - hmmmm, not so sure about this one.  I attached the 'happy' die cut before I embossed the background, but I think it would have been better to have added it after embossing.  It looks better in real life, but still.......

'Grandma time' today.  That's it for today!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - just a cute little snowmans on an embossed background.  Quick and easy!

'Grandma time' today.  Friday night crafting tonight.  Life is almost back to normal!  Yay!

Have a great day!

The card - background on square panel is navy blue printed paper with some torn white at the bottom.  The white tree is die cut (SU) and popped up.  

Time to get the house cleaned up a bit.  The Dr said no strenuous activity, so I guess I'll try not to get too carried away.  LOL!  Our Shoebox Club is tonight and we're celebrating a couple of birthdays, so that will be fun!

Enjoy your day!

The card - an old stamp from Inkadinkado.  The bottom part of the panel is embossed leaving the top blank for the stamped images.  (I should have added a little bling!)

Beginning to feel almost normal.  Not so tired and sore - yay!  Have a couple of errands to do today and looking forward to stitching with friends tonight. 

Have a wonderful day!

The card - some patterned paper and trees - simple and easy.

Have Hudson for a while this morning, the babysitter has a Dr's appointment.  He'll be here to help me with class this morning...... lol - not sure help will be the right word!

Have a terrific day!

The card - couldn't let winter go by without some snowmen.  Love my snowmen!  Background is embossed, added some washi tape and just colored the snowmen a bit with copics.

'Grandma time' today.  Probably nothing exciting today - it's so cold and still snow on the ground, so we may have a nice quiet indoor day!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - background is embossed, brown piece is a wood paneled piece of patterned paper.  Trees are stamped on smaller panel, matted and popped up.  An added sentiment that is punched out with a small piece of bling.

Surgery is over, it all went fine.  Not much pain, just a little soreness and discomfort.  Taking regular ol' Tylenol, no pain pills.  Already bored with laying around and doing nothing for 2 days.  I think I'm going to try to get some stamping done today.  Thanks for all the well wishes!

Have a great day!

The card - just a simple winter card/  The background is embossed  (SU)  The trees (SU) are stamped on a small panel with some added twine and a sentiment.  The panel is popped up.

Hope you all are enjoying the beginning of a New Year!  I'm cooking dinner for 12 people - looking forward to a great afternoon with friends and family.

Tomorrow I go to the hospital bright and early to have my gall bladder removed.  I'll be taking a bit of a break from the blog .....I'll be back next week!

Happy

New Year!

The card - background is embossed with snowflakes (Tim Holtz)  Skates are from SU, I colored just the holly with copics.  Quick and easy!

'Grandma time' today.  Going to lunch with a friend and hopefully it will stop snowing sooner rather than later.  I've already shoveled once, looks like I'll have to do it again - yuk!    Hudson and I will have a nice, quiet, New Year's Eve at home while his parents celebrate having a night to themselves :)

Have a safe and 

Happy New Year's Eve.

The card - I embossed the large snowflake on a piece of patterned paper for the background.  Two white snowflakes are punched out and popped up on top of the large snowflake.  An added sentiment and a little bling.

More 'Grandma time' today.  Hopefully I can get the rest of the Christmas decorations put away and the winter stuff out.  Making tacos for dinner tonight for my daughter-in-laws birthday.  All that should keep us busy!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - just a simple winter scene (an old stamp I found in the drawer).  Stamped in black and colored just a bit with copics.

More 'Grandma time' today.  The babysitter is on vacation all week - lucky me!  No big plans, but there's a couple of errands that we need to do.

Have a terrific day!

The card - background is embossed.  Trees are stamped with light green.  White tree is die cut and popped up.  Just a little added bling and a sentiment.  (this would make a nice thank-you card also!)

Hope everyone had a great day yesterday. I had a marvelous day.  Ate too much, but it was worth it!  Hudson was just awesome - made the day even that much better.  Another great Christmas day!

Today is a 'Grandma day'  Not sure what we'll do - have a couple of errands to do, so we'll see how the weather is - looks like it's spitting snow.  It might just be a stay-at-home day.

Enjoy your day whatever it entails!

Wishing you

Love,

Joy 

and Peace!

The card - not a great scan, sorry.  The background is a large embossed snowflake.  I added some smaller punched snowflakes and a couple piece of patterned paper.  The sentiment is stamped and then punched in the oval shape.

Getting better every day.  Finally able to eat something besides jello and popsicles!  Had some applesauce and a baked potato last night - yay!  Things are looking up!  It is a rather bad time to not be able to eat, but it's all about being with people I love, so food is just a small part of the whole thing.  (although, it does seem like it's the major part sometimes, doesn't it?)  But all is good. 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - woke up to some of the white stuff on the ground this morning.  It looks very pretty (and cold!)  Not much happening today - Hudson will be here, we'll make a last minute trip to the grocery store and tonight we're breaking tradition and instead of going out for dinner, we're going to look at Christmas lights and then go to Jeff & Sara's for chili and watch the football game.  Go Broncos!  Looking forward to it - it will be fun!

Have a safe and happy

Christmas Eve.

The card - this card really didn't scan very well.  But....I stamped the trees in light green on the background, then embossed it.  The bottom white piece is torn across the top and embossed also.  The leaves are a die cut (SU) and the merry die cut and christmas stamp are from Hero Arts. 

Well, looks like surgery is in my near future.  Gallbladder being removed on January 2.  They're waiting for my pancreas to heal a bit more, I'm still having issues keeping food down.  So, for now it's jello and popsicles.  But, I am feeling much better, (as long as I don't eat all is good.!) 

Looking forward to a 'Grandma day' today.   Nothing too ambitious, but I do have a few errands to do, so we should be good!  Friday night crafting tonight (I may be doing more visiting than crafting, but that's ok too!) 

All is Good!   (I am SO glad that my son and daughter-in-law are hosting Christmas at their house - yay!)

Have a GREAT day!

The card - little of this and a little of that!  Printed paper, some background embossing, pretty gold ribbon, punched holly, some bling and a sentiment.  Whew!  Not my usual thing, but kind of pretty in real life.

Medical update:  still having issues.  Scheduled to see a surgeon today.  My Dr is pretty sure it's my gallbladder and it will need to be removed.  Liquid diet til then.  Stocked up on jello and popsicles - yum!  I acutally will be relieved if that's the problem, they can take it out and all this will be over!  I'll try to keep you posted.  Thanks for all the well wishes.

Have a great day!

The card - a super simple one.  Background is embossed.  Holly is from SU and I just added some bling for the berries and some twine.  A sentiment finished it off.  

Well, my little bout of illness wasn't quite done with me like I thought.  Stomach issues returned on Saturday and my son ended up taking me to the hospital.  They decided I was having pancreatitis.   Anyway, I got better, came home on Monday, had recurring symtoms Monday night.  Scheduled for a Dr's appointment this morning.  I seem to be ok as long as I don't eat or drink anything -  I really didn't want to gain back weight during the holidays, but this is a little extreme.  Here's hoping they can get it figured out.  Christmas is fast approaching and I'm missing all the fun!!!!!

Have a great day and think Merry thoughts!

The card - Tree is from SU.  Merry die cut is from Hero Arts.  I added the little sentiment part with just a rectangle and added a piece of bling to the top of the tree.  Easy!

Well, I had to cancel out on our party last night.  Spent the whole day on the sofa, mostly sleeping.  Thanks for all the well wishes.  I don't deal with sick very well, since I hardly ever get sick.  Just one of those days I guess.  The group was all kind and decided they would just postpone it until next week.  (yep, great friends!)  Feeling much better today (although my stomach doesn't feel quite back to normal) but I'm good.  Which is a good thing since it's a 'Grandma day".

Have a wonderful day!

The card - trees are from SU.  I stamped off before stamping the background trees to make them a bit lighter.  The front tree is stamped and then die cut and popped up.  The bottom is a piece of white that is torn across the top.

Oooh...not feeling so hot this morning.  Spent most of the night in the bathroom....yuk!   Not sure what's going on, but I don't need this right now.  Christmas get-together tonight that I really don't want to miss.  (and dessert and presents are at my house)  Guess I'll see how I'm feeling later this afternoon.  (after some more sleep)

Have a great day!

The card - (much prettier in real life)  The background is embossed.  I added a torn piece across the bottom..  Holly is a punch with added bling.  The sentiment is stamped directly on the torn piece.  It doesn't show in the scan, but I used some 'Wink of Stella' on the trees - looks really pretty!

Time to make some more peanut brittle.  Hopefully I can get a couple batches made this morning before my friend Ann comes over to help me with some knitting issues!  I really want to figure out my Christmas cards too!  I never got any sent last year, so I'm bound and determined to get them done this year!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - Background is printed paper.  Merry is a die cut (Hero Arts) and Christmas (Hero Arts) is stamped directly on the printed paper.  Super easy!

A day of catching up and trying to figure out what all still needs to be done in the next two weeks. 

Have a great day!

The card - background is embossed, white trees are die cut (SU), green tree is stamped and then die cut (SU).  There is an extra piece of white across the bottom that is torn at the top.  The sentiment is stamped on the torn piece.

'Grandma time' today.  Hoping to go see Santa today. 

Have a great day!

The card - background is embossed (SU).  Trees and 'Peace' are die cut.  The big tree is attached flat, the two smaller trees are popped up.

'Grandma time' today.  Friday night crafting tonight.  All is Good!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - Merry  Chrismtas is a die cut/stamp set from Hero Arts/  Some flagged pieces of patterned paper and some twine make for a pretty quick and easy card!

Sorry I've been out of touch for a few days.  Ran out of stamped cards and just haven't had a chance to get any made.  It's 'that time of year'!  I'm finding that I'm more unorganized and discombomulated this year than usual.   Not sure there is a solution......I shall just muddle on and hope for the best - hahaha!

Looking foward to an afternoon of stitching at Wool Gatherer's today.  (I haven't even had a chance to do much stitching!)  I should get something accomplished today since I have friends coming to craft tonight too.  Here's hoping for a productive day!

Happy stamping!

The card - stamped image is from SU.  I used a piece of patterned paper and stamped the trees directly on the paper.  Added some twine and a sentiment.  Easy!

Cleaning up and re-organizing after my event last night.  Going to a Pampered Chef party tonight at a friend's.  Haven't been to one in a very long time - it will be fun!

Have a wonderful day!

The card - stamped images are from SU.  The flowers are stamped directly on the background, the milk can is stamped on a piece of gray card stock, shaded a bit with copics, cut out and popped up.

Having a Thirty-One event tonight so need to get my house in order.  (and yes I did get the outside decorations up yesterday! yay!)

Have a great day!