Hello ~ I couldn't decide which one to post today so I posted both of them. This cute turtle stamp is from Whipper Snapper. I have a similar one with a frog on his back. I just think these little turtles are so cute and fun to create with. This week has been really busy as my youngest is going away to college in about a week and a half. She did most of her basics at the local community college but now is moving on to work on her major. I will miss her but she won't be too far away so I will (hopefully) see her often. We have been shopping & getting all the things she will need for her room. I haven't been home to craft much but I have to get myself down to my craft room & get going on my class projects for Tuesday's class. I always take the next months samples to display so they can sign up. Hopefully tomorrow will be a productive day! Today I have a baptism party to attend. I hope I can control myself will all the yummy food. I have WW on Wednesday and don't want the scale to show anything but a loss! So far I am down 15 1/2 lbs. It's coming off slowly but surely. I wish it was faster but I will be patient as I didn't gain it over night! Have a great rest of the weekend & I will see you soon. Stay cool! TTFN

Hello & Happy Thursday. Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I have been busy & also wasn't feeling too well but I am much better now! This was a quick card made with another digital stamp from http://www.allthatscraps.com/. I think she is a cute pixie hiding in the flowers. Used some scraps to make this card. Now that I have reorganized my scraps I use them all the time! I embossed the card and used my Nestibilities for the scalloped rectangular frame. Thanks for stopping today. I hope to be able to craft later. The cable guys are coming again because our newly installed Uverse is still messed up. Wish I would have never switched! Everything always has to become a project it seems! LOL. Have a great day & I will see you tomorrow!

Monday, Monday.... Hard to believe the weekend is over & it's time to start a new week all ready! I went to a used stamp sale on Saturday. It was fun but there weren't that many vendors. The weather was quite rainy earlier so I think that's why the turnout was poor. However I did manage to but a few things. This card wasn't made with one of them though! The sale was outside of a stamp store so of course we had to shop inside too! This stamp is by Stacy Stamps. He is so cute! You can't really tell from the picture but I stamped him twice and popped him up. I colored him with some new creme chalks I also got at the store. They are nice but are hard to use on smaller images. The flowers were from Michael's. I added a little clear glaze to his nose & to his eyes to make him look more life like. I ran the brown strip of paper through my big shot with the mosaic embossing folder by Cuttlebug. It matched the little squares of corn. Thanks for visiting today & I will see you soon.

Good Afternoon! Today is a great day. The weather is absolutely beautiful. There's a cool breeze & the sun is shining. We are having a very cool summer. Temps way below normal but I am enjoying it so much! I guess we have some HOT weather coming our way for the weekend. I feel bad for the people that are having a very hot hot summer and they say a lot of them don't have air conditioning. Makes me thankful for what I have! I was looking through my newest Card Maker magazine and saw an ice cream cone card. I thought it might look cute with Tilda on the front eating her ice cream. I think it turned out well. The "ice cream" was made with a shimmery paper and I added white gel pen stitch lines for an extra little accent. The cone was put through my Big Shot with an embossing folder for the "waffle cone" texture. I sponged some light brown ink for contrast. I added some sequins for "sprinkles". The card opens up. It is 2 cones joined at the top. A spiral clip & small scrap of ribbon finishes it off.Thanks for looking! TTFN!

Hello. Hope you are having a great day! The last few days have been rough around here and I have many decisions to make. I won't go into details because this is supposed to be my Happy Place! Life can just get so hard at times. I did get good news at Weight Watchers this morning. I lost another 1 1/2 lbs. for a total loss of 14 so far. It's a slow process but one that I think I can do! I have many more to lose but I think I am off to a good start! Today's card was made with a Stampavie image from Tina Wenke (available at 7kids college fund).It's a cute image..You all know I love cutesy! I colored it with my copics and added a little stickles & stardust glitter pen for some sparkle. I am trying to use up some of my big collection of scraps and I picked these and colored my image to match. Added a scrap of ribbon & a flower and Voila! a sweet little birthday card ready & waiting for a special some one's birthday. Thanks for visiting today and I will see you real soon!

It's Monday...a fresh new week. Let's hope this week goes better than the weekend! We had a new cable/ Internet pkg. installed on Thursday and we haven't been able to watch TV since. They are sending someone out this morning to see what the problem is. I hope they can figure it out because I had several very crabby people in the house because they weren't able to see their shows.

Today's card is my first try at a Tri Shutter card. I got the directions off of Splitcoast. I love how it turned out. It looks much better in person. The green paper I used has a leaf pattern softly embossed in it. I don't think you can see it to well in the pictures. I added some punched out flowers as well as some stickers to it. The white rickrack is a sticker too. I also added some small gems for some bling! The image is a Tilda stamp from Magnolia. You know how much I love my maggies! The ovals were cut out with my Nestibilities. Thanks for coming by today. I hope your day is wonderful & filled with sunshine!

Hello! It's another beautiful Saturday! The weather is just perfect! Today's card was a quick one using a stamp by Stampendous. I cut it out & layered it on scraps from my scrap bin. I stamped it again on a piece of green card stock and cut out just the hello. I popped it up to make it more of the focal point (all though it's hard to see that it the picture!) I colored it with my copics in colors to match the paper. I also used my clear glaze pen to add a little shine to the flowers. Quick, easy card...Thanks for paying me a visit today and have a wonderful weekend. Hope you have plans to relax or do something fun!