Spring Fever.....

I'm beginning to feel the fever! The temps here yesterday were in the 60's and I loved it. I got outside and pulled weeds in a flower bed and saw a few things beginning to go green and I have to tell you, it made me feel so good. I have been wanting to spend some time outside and I was able to figure out some of the things that I need to be doing. Lots of work to do....I'm looking forward to getting started.

Here is my card for today:

I used several stamps from Flourishes; The doves are from the Doves and Holly Set #69. The limb and the birdhouse are from another set(Home Tweet Home Set #42) also from Flourishes; and the saying is from a Clear Art Stamp set that I have from back in 2007. I cannot, for the life of me, remember the name of the set. Old age must be setting in.

• Card Stock from Gina K Designs
• Martha Stewart Border Punch
• Score Tape
• Copic Markers
• Little Piece of string
• Twinklets Diamond Dust
  
  
  These are the Copic Markers that I used. I have several of these markers and I love each and every one. They last for such a very long time and you can blend them nicely to add shading where you want it. I'm just not very good at it yet. I just keep working at it every day.
  
  Well this has become a very long post and I didn't mean to Ramble on and on, so I'm going to get another cup of coffee and browse some of the blogs I love and see what everyone else is doing.
  
  Have a blessed day!

Monday, Monday.....Life is Good!

Well it is Monday once again and I'm not sure where the weekend went! We had dinner with our kids, and their kids and my sister on Saturday night and celebrated some of the birthdays and things that we sort of missed along the way and spent catching up time with all. We had such a wonderful time!

OK, this is a picture of a box that I made to hold cards or anything that your heart desires. I used a piece of homemade mulberry paper that I have had for years and do not remember where i got it. As you can see it has botanicals mixed between the layers; then I sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (English Ivy and Vintage Pink) Vintage Pink is my new most favorite color! I used Spellbinders dies for the Medallion and an image from the Winged Friends Digital Download from Two Peas In a Bucket. I used Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Rose, and Aged Mahogany for the Butterfly, then sprayed with Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist and then covered it in 3D Crystal Lacquer for dimension. I just love the aged...vintage pink look! Hope you enjoy it.

Ok now you can go to work, as I am not! I have been laid off from work for 1 month and I'm not bored yet. I really love being able to do what I want, when I want. Not such a bad life. Oh well I know this will not last but I'm truly enjoying this time and I don't think I'm supposed to. Ha

Happy Saturday....

Happy Saturday to all of you! I hope you are ready for some beautiful weather...We are so looking forward to these few days of sunshine. Yesterday was a wonderful sunny day and I totally enjoyed it. It was still a little cool, but after all the Brown and mud and snow and rain etc. etc. Well lets just say most of us are ready for Spring and it is just around the corner.

I hope you enjoy my card for today. I used Cuttlebug folder and embossed the card base, which is Gina K Card Stock. Then I used Spellbinder tag dies for the next layers (I used a little of the Ranger Distress Ink in Tattered Rose to give it a little grunge look)and then I took the Coffee Filter technique I learned from Sherry Cheever and used a Spellbinder Flower Die and added some little seed beads to the center. A little white ribbon for bows and you have it! Oh yes, Thanks again Sherry for this technique. Sherry's blog is listed at the right side of my page....Walking on the Bad Side. You should visit her blog. She is a very talented lady and she likes a little grunge just like me.

Ok....Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the weather wherever you are and I'm hoping you all have sunshine!

Moving Right Along....

While I was opening boxes and going through supplies, I found a couple of aprons I purchased long ago when painting on fabric was IN. I decided since Copic Markers are pretty permanent I would stamp on the fabric and color with Copics. I used a die ink in dark brown and a stamp from Stampin-Up 2005 Garden Collage and then I used an iron to heat set the image then colored with Copics. Be sure to heat set the image again after you use the Copics. I did 2 of these and one had more dense woven fabric and the image didn't do as well. You need a tightly woven fabric or be sure a really soak the stamp before you try to stamp.

I apologize for the terrible picture, as you can see my photo skills are not improving much.

Well it is Finally Friday again and we are looking forward to a beautiful weekend with warmer temps and lots of sun. Just a hint of Spring here and we are loving it.
Have a Blessed Day!

I love Lilacs!!

When I was a little girl, a hundred years ago, My Grandmother had this huge Lilac bush in her yard. Each and every Spring it would be full of blooms and she allowed us to pick as many as we wished. I loved the smell of the flowers then and I still do. That was one of few things that she allowed us to pick, as she was very particular about her flowers. I have a Lilac bush in our yard now, but Max was forever more chewing on the limbs of the bush and it only had maybe 3 blooms on it last year. I'm hoping now it can grow and give me those beautiful blooms that I remember so well.

My card recipe is:
Gina K Designs Cardstock, Spellbinders Dies, Lockhart Stamp, Copic Markers, White Ribbon and a Martha Stewart Edge Punch.

As you can see I'm kinda hung up on Spring right now. I'm so wanting to be outside some during the day. There are so many projects that I want to do. Right now I'm having to be content with working on craft projects inside the house and that is not all bad either. I've almost finished the crochet project for the dresser scarf and have begun working on a tablecloth that I had started with cross stitch and embroderie.

More later, have a Blessed Day!

Watching the weather....

No pictures today, Yesterday I spent the day watching the weather. It did a little bit of everything here all day long and I just didn't feel creative. So I sat in my chair and worked on a cross stitch tablecloth. I have an idea for a new card so I'm planning on working on that today. Some days it is just hard to get motivated....
Have a wonderful Day!

EASTER TAG.....

This is an Easter Tag I did using vintage things. I found some old lace and beads that were used for wedding dresses and decided to use them along with a vintage photo that I had.

Supplies list:

Tissue paper and cardstock made using Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist; technique
from Linda Duke (Linda's works of Heart) Her Blog is listed on the right side of my blog. Green Ribbon from Ellen Hutson, LLC...Spellbinders dies for the pendant and vintage photograph from my archives. I used Score tape for sticking everything on because I wanted it to stay in place. Sticky Stuff! I distressed the tag with Tattered Rose Distress Ink from Ranger.

I hope you enjoy this, as we pass into the Spring! (Slowly pass into Spring, as we have another front coming out of Texas tomorrow with more snow on the way)