Thanks!

Good morning! I hope you all had a great week/weekend! Yes, today is Wednesday, but I've been a bit busy and haven't checked in yet this week!

 I am SO happy to report that yesterday when my 400+ photos arrived from Shutterfly, I got my family photo album/scrapbook for 2011 done! One of my goals for spring break was to decide what photos to print and then get them uploaded and printed! I am super happy to report that the orange box arrived yesterday from shutterfly and I spread them out all over the place and got them all in the album!!:) I am using project life to document/keep our photos so we can enjoy them, and let me tell you what, my kids love having books to look through!!:) I had surgery on my hand in May of 2011, and that cramped me for the rest of the year in taking photos and also doing anything with them! I am super excited to get my 2012 done and then start on our 2013!  

Today is our GRS design team sketch challenge! It will be all sorts of fun, it always amazes me what the girls come up with!! I have fallen hook, line, and sinker for this particular stamp. Yes, there are 4 stamps in the appetizer set, but I just have been stuck on this particular one...LOVE it.

I hope you have a great day...thanks a bundle for stopping by!

Here are the links to the other DT's blogs!

GRS Blog

Deb Felts

Jennifer Ingle

Kelli Palmer

Kendra Wietstock

Stephanie Lee

Taylor Usry
Melissa Cash

Lori Barnett

Joy Stagg

Make it an awesome day!!

Happy Birthday!

Hello dear ones! Happy day to you! Today is a fun day, it is the GRS design team sketch challenge! So, here goes some fun! I hope you have a pair of shades handy, this card is a bit BRIGHT! I got myself some of the hero arts NEON ink pads...oh my heart! They are super, duper fun!

I pulled out my Vintage Birthday stamp set...it is such a great set! It's been a while since it has seen any ink too! I thought it would be fun to use that bold ink with a slight "vintage" feel. I have to tell you how much I love this party hat! Isn't it awesome! And in neon pink, be still my heart!

I used some of my brightest rolls of washi tape for my background stripes...and the fun continues!

I hope you take a look around the other DT's blogs...the sketch is a great one! Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow for more fun!!

Gourmet Rubber Stamps

Deb Felts

Jeni Allen

Jennifer Ingle

Kelli Palmer

Kendra Wietstock

Stephanie Lee

Taylor Usry
Melissa Cash

Happy Birthday!

Good morning friends! Happy Monday to you! I've got a little bit of fun going on today! I've been telling you that this month is my birthday...SO, yes, there will be a fun little bit of joy leaving my house and finding it's way to one of your homes...Friday is the day I'll post about what you can do to get your name in the pot! It'll be a fun little package in the mail...

Ok, second bit of fun for today, is the fact that today is the GRS design team sketch challenge. We were challenged to make a "pocket/type" card, following a sketch that looks a lot like this card! I decided that since it was my birthday month...I'd bust a move and make a fun birthday card!

 The Vintage Birthday "Happy Birthday" sentiment is on a little card that pulls out of the yellow pocked. I used some of my new washi tape as the driving force behind my color scheme today. I got some new yellow chevron tape, and couldn't wait to use it!

My insert card is mounted on a fat strip of basic gray paper, and then has a bit of bright green washi, and this lovely PINK flower...from the Hello Friend stamp set. I colored it in with my copics...

If you pop over to the GRS blog, you can see the sketch and see the other girls work...ALL sorts of fun going on today!

Ok, stay tuned for a couple more glittered holiday cards and a fun birthday bit on Friday...!!

Merry Christmas

Good morning friends! Happy Saturday to you all! I'm just popping in today to share a bit of Christmas Cheer! I was talking with my mom yesterday and she got over 8 inches of new snow! Yes, all in one day...and it made me miss being at "my mountain home..." 

So, how about a bit of Christmas cheer? The GRS design team sketch had me humming and hawing a bit this month. Then I had a quick little thought. And guess what, it fell FLAT on it's face! Nope, didn't work at all! Then this fun little snowflake "sang my name" and the rest is history! 

This sweet, perfect, little snowflake is part of the Holiday Season Sampler set. Isn't it a perfect flake!? I used some pure poppy and new leaf ink...and that awesome chevron ribbon is from may arts....LOVE it!

 Be sure to check in over on the GRS blog, and check out the girls great cards...you'll LOVE them!

Hope you have a great weekend...nothing like a good weekend to clean out the garage right!?

Take care and thanks for stopping by!

Thankful

Hello dear friends! I am so happy to be popping in today! I can't believe how crazy last week was! We had a bunch of stuff going on that really took me by storm! One thing that was a bit unusual was attending the funeral of a sweet 12 year boy in our community. He was the son of my son's orthodontist. We attended the funeral...it was a wonderful celebration of a wonderful young man. His parents were so great!! I felt thankful for being able to go and attend that service.

Today is the Gourmet Rubber Stamps design team sketch challenge! I thought of what kind of card I wanted to make, and decided that on this great berry wreath stamp...isn't it great!? It is from the Circles of Christmas stamp set. You should run over to the blog and see the other girls' work and the sketch...

I am going to send this card to the parents of sweet Jackson. My heart is hurting for them and yet, I am so thankful for the examples they have been during this tragic time. I am thankful for them...and want them to know it!

I have been taking inventory of what really matters...since last week. I know that a backpack on the floor and shoes on the stairs don't matter...but enjoying every day with my sweet children really does matter. Please hold your sweet ones a bit tighter today...and be sure to let the ones you love know it!!

Take care dear friends and I'll be back tomorrow. By the way, I'm thankful for you all too!!