Happy Happy Birthday!

Hey there friends! Happy Memorial Day to you, here in America! It's great to have G.G. and Grandpa here over a holiday...we are so glad they can be here with us right now!!

Can we talk about how great the colors of this new Echo Park Summertime paper are?! It is literally my favorite paper right now...I am kind of stuck on it!
The Happy Happy Birthday is from PTI and I used all sorts of ink...gotta love the rainbow paper..SO happy!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Enjoy the ride

Good morning friends! I hope your day is going well! Today is my big (not really so big...but...)long awaited day! Hopefully after today my right hand will be on it's way to feeling better and no more pain! I'm having surgery today...so my posting will be a little less...well, I've scheduled 3 posts a week...for a couple of weeks. I'm hoping it won't be too long before I'm back at it! The Dr. told me to expect a fairly quick recovery...so here's to hoping!

I wanted to share a little something fun today. It's been quite a while since I started making cards--and I love this portion of my day! Today I pulled out some new Echo Park paper...YUMMY! I had so much fun, you'll see a bit of it over the next few posts. I made a set of cards for a sweet friend of mine, so here is the first one!
The colors are bright, bold and so happy...I think I'm ready for summer!! Have a great one..I'll be back to report on how things went and I'll chat later! Take care and make it great!!

You Rock!

Hey there friends! How is the world in your neck of the woods!? I hope you are all safe...and sound! There are some crazy things going on in the weather these days...good luck to all of those who have had the crazy weather and storms!!

I'm popping in quickly to share this slightly masculine card...I've been using the Tweens and Teens stamp set quite a bit lately and it is SO fun!!
I paired the image with some fun American Crafts paper...love those bold colors!! I'm pretty happy about the masculine card today, they tend to be ones that challenge me A LOT!

Have a great one!! Take care and see you soon! Thanks for stopping by and sharing a few moments with me!

Hello There!

Hey friends! Hello There! Today's card is one that we made last week in our after school card class. It was funny, I asked the kids if there was anything that they really wanted to do in our last class, "the owl" was a the top of each of their list!! This little owl has had more costumes...but today she is just being who she is, an owl! It was fun to see the kids all make their cards "their own!" Some of the owls turned into one-eyed monsters and aliens! It was so fun to see them all being so creative!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a great one!!

Thank You

Good morning friends! I hope you've had a good weekend! We have enjoyed some great baseball games, a bit of sun, a little rain, and some WONDERFUL fresh green!! I love this time of year, the trees are all busting with awesome fresh bright green foliage right now...so beautiful!!

I'm having a little bit of fun today--going into my daughters kindergarten class to do a little card class today! My daughter is beyond excited...and I'm thrilled too! We'll be making a couple of different cards today. These two--they will each be making one of them. We are going to be participating in Stephen's desire to send cards to all deployed military troops! I'm so excited for the soldiers to open these cards! They are all made just as the kids like them. Some follow the example as close as they can, some just do whatever floats their boat!

They all love the idea of sending cards to soliders...it's been great to be able to be part of this great idea!
Here are both versions--

If you are interested in joining in the fun and sharing your handmade cardsl--go here to learn how you can be involved!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I've got a bunch of stuff to share the next few weeks...I'm having surgery on Thursday!! My right hand has been having car-pal tunnel type symptoms for 8+ years! I've finally gotten so fed up with the pain I just have to get it taken care of!! So, I'll be out of comission for a few weeks, but I've got stuff lined up to share, so hopefully the scheduled posts will work as they should!!

Take care and make it a great one!

Exciting News!

Good morning friends! I hope you are doing well!! We've had some wonderful sunshine days...the flowers are blooming, the trees are sprouting beautiful bright green buds, and the birds are singing in the trees! It's amazing how a few beautiful sunny days bring out the sunshine in everyone!

I've got some exciting news to share with you today! I have the wonderful opportunity to be working and "in the nest" with a wonderful new adventure! I've had a button in the sidebar for a while now...and I'm so excited that great things are happening! I'd love for you to take a few minutes and meet some of the most wonderful birds around! I'd love for you to meet Red Fred Bodoni and the Jolly Troop! This welcoming friends have found their way into my heart! They all have a little something special that they want to share and are gearing up for some GREAT things a head!

I'm excited for what lies ahead with these feathered friends...like this...some fantastic designers are working on some paper for us all to enjoy! The paper will avaliable for download first off, and then printing will happen, to say I'm excited doesn't give enough expression!! I can't wait to have these patterns in my hands! So, here is a taste of the Red Fred line...



And then here are a few samples of our celery eating, favorite green bird, Algernon! Aren't these patterns delicious!?

I'd love you to take a second of your time...and you'll be excited that you did...promise...to take a looksie around their "nest" and see what they've been up to. There are fantastic photos of the many travels they have taken, landmarks they have been, we even found Yvette in Paris! There is so much to enjoy...I hope you'll take a second and take a peek!

Have a great day...enjoy the sunshine in your part of the world!!

Happy Bark-day!

Hey friends! I just wanted to pop in today and share this card we made last week at the afterschool card making class! Today is our last class, and I've got some fun planned for the kids!!
The images are Paper Smooches, from the Birthday Buddies set. Perfect for kids cards, don't you agree!? They all thought this dog was SO cute...way to go Kim!

Hope you have a great one! I'll be back tomorrow sharing what we were up today at class!! Take care...enjoy the sunshine...and make it a great one!

You Rock!

Hey, good morning friends! I hope you are doing well! Did you have a good weekend? We had a sunny almost warm-outside day Saturday...and buckets of rain yesterday. Springtime in Seattle...it's awesome!

I'd like to share a little something we made at our card class last week, that was another HIT with the kids! I had this paper and was thinking of what to pair it with...and thought it would be fun to use my paint splatter stamp, from the "Treasured Trinkets" mix set, and the Tweens and Teens set..together! The kids LOVED this card and requested we use the paint again...and again!! I'm really having fun making things that are fun and simple enough for the kids to enjoy...I'm kind of sad that our last class is already upon us this week!!

Hope you have a great one...take care and make it great!!

LAD Design Team Challenge!

Good morning friends! I hope you are on your way to a great weekend! We are hoping for a great baseball game this morning and some fun around the yard...maybe even gettting the garden planted! Speaking of gardens...our peppers just popped their heads out of the dirt...SO fun!!

For the Design Team Challenge, we were to use this photo as our inspiration for a color challenge. Isn't it great room?! Love the soft colors with the dark contrast of the legs of the furniture!!

I was inspired most by the art on the walls...love those colors!! So, here is the card that came form this inspiration! The images I used are from the "It's good to be Queen" Monthly Mix, one of my favoirtes, for sure! I used some Cosmo Cricket Delovely paper..just simply yummy paper!!

I hope you have a great day today and a wonderful relaxing weekend!! Be sure to hop on over to the other DT girls blogs today...it's always SUCH a treat to catch all inspiration from these girls!!

Make it great!!

Thanks so much

Hey friends! My thanks today goes to the people at blogger who fixed some problem...a problem even getting into the site! I'm sure several of you had a bit of frustration with this too? Glad things are better...back to normal? We'll see!

I have a little something to share today. This week in my after school card-making class, we made a couple of cards for a very specific purpose. We are making cards to send to Stephen. He is a young boy with a goal to send thank you letters to every actively deployed service member of the U.S. Military! I told the kids about this and they got all sorts of excited! It was so great to read the notes that were written inside each card. The kids understand how great it is that brave men and women work hard to keep us safe...and I'm so happy to be a small part of saying thank you to them!
We used the Circle Circus stamp set from stampin' up, and Mixed messages from PTI. We used a bunch of circle punches...and had a lot of fun!!

Stay tuned. Tomorrow the LAD design team will be posting our fun monthly design team challenge cards...it was a fun one!

Hope you have a great day! We have sunshine here today...it is SO beautiful when the sunshines isn't it!? Make it great!!

Vintage Birthday...

Good morning! I've got another installment of what we made for our class yesterday. I pulled out some Vintage Birthday...I havne't had this set out for a while, and it's full of so much fun!!
I had a page of this great balloon paper! The kids thought this was really fun too...that always makes me feel good..when they just LOVE the things we create!
I hope you have a great one! Thanks for stopping by and make it a great one!!

You Rock...

Good afternoon friends...I just wanted to pop in quickly and share one of the fun things we'll be making in our card class today!

I used Joslyn's sketch for the week, over on the LAD blog, and then used the Little Monsters School Days stamps sets. The patterend paper is from American Crafts-Travel line, and cardstock is from SU.
I hope you have a great one...take care and thanks a bundle for stopping by!! Make it great!!

Happy Spring

Good morning friends. I hope you are doing well! I've got a Happy Spring card that is really tryingn to boost my mind into thinking brighter colors and butterflies are on their way! I guess we all know that spring in Seattle is equal to rain...but really. I'm busting out the flip flops and my kids are dying to get into shorts and capris...come on warmer weather!!

The stamp I used today is from the Spring Mix, Follow Your Dreams. Butterflies make my heart happy...I added a few that I punched with my MS butterfly punch.
I used Kendra's sketch from last week as my starting point...gotta love a good sketch!! Thanks for stopping by, make it a great one!!

You Rock!

Hey friends! Happy Monday! Wow, May 2nd...and we had a sunny day yesterday! Maybe we'll get another one here...we've had some not so warm spring weather, it doesn't feel like May at all! Hope that the sky is kind to you and yours...where ever you may be!!

I've got a fun something to share today, I love this guitar! It is from the Tweens and Teens set, from LAD. I love that it's just fun!! I have been known to use this phrase once or twice in my day...;).
I have also rediscovered my love for Hambly screens...and acknowledge the fact that I don't have near enough of them!!

Hope you have a great day! Thanks so much for stopping by...You Rock!

New LAD Singles!

Good morning friends! I hope you are having a great weekend! I am just popping in quickly to say hey and share some fun new stamps from LAD! These are the new singles for the month of May...favorite jeans...aren't they great!?
Hope you have a great one...take care!! Thanks a bunch for stopping by...