If the Broom Fits.......

Good morning everyone!  I hope your week is getting off to a good start and that you have wonderful things planned. 

This morning I'm here to share another Halloween card that I made using a little Magnolia Image and bits and pieces of things I just had laying around.  The image is colored using Ranger Distress inks  and it is mounted onto a card using bits and pieces of paper I had laying around from another card I made.  I added glitter to the broom and the hat band, but of course when you want bling to show up it just will not!  Also the corner pieces are from flocked and glittered paper and none of that shows either, so you will just have to take my word for it.  Bright green ribbon and some dew drops just round out the card and finish it off.   I should have taken my title and made it into a sentiment and attached it to the front of this card.  I may do that yet!

Hope you enjoy my card!  Today is Monday and sometimes can be a very stressful day, so no matter where you wind up or what you have to do, take a moment and "Breathe"!

I Will Never Forget.......

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of 911 and this morning as I sit here in my craft room sipping my coffee and deciding what I want to do today, I remember...  My husband was scheduled for knee replacement surgery that day and we arose very early to make the drive to Knoxville.  As the morning progressed I was sent to the waiting room for a lengthy wait while my husband had his surgery.  I was beginning to get sleepy and so I got a fresh cup of coffee and settled in front of the TV sitting in the corner of the waiting room.  I remember thinking,who did this anchor woman's hair this morning...Katie someone should tell you that doesn't suite you..then I noticed the look on her face and what was actually being said and I grabbed for the remote to turn up the sound.  Images of the planes striking the buildings will be embedded in my mind for the rest of my life!  People began gathering around me, some crying, some shouting, but I just sat there in disbelief of what I was witnessing!  As the day wore on and in the days that followed, as my husband recovered, I sat glued to the TV.  I watched day and night as there was very little to do for him for the first few days.  September 11, 2001 was on a Tuesday and on Thursday, my husband came around from the huge amounts of pain medications and asked what had happened.  As I told the story, he watched in horror the images still being shown on the TV.  Soon he asked me to turn it off, he just couldn't watch anymore.  But while he slept, I still watched.  I sat in that hospital for 4 days and watched history being made. 

My grandson, soon to be 14, was too little and will not be able to remember any of the story, but I can tell him my story about where I was and what I was doing when I got the news.  My own grandmother was born in 1900 and used to tell me wonderful stories about the things she had seen over the years, the first electric light in her town, the first car, the first telephone, the first picture show......all such accomplishments...
My story is one of horror and death and heros and determination, new beginnings and also new life.  I will NEVER forget!

Where did this week go.......

Good Friday morning everyone.  I told you this week was going to just fly by.  Suddenly I looked up and it is Friday and everyone is getting ready for another weekend!  I feel like I'm behind this week.  I spent a day or two just pulling things out of a cabinet in my craft room and throwing away things I had been holding onto for years.  I actually went through my paper scrap bin and cut down many many pieces of paper and card stock.  No I'm not all neat and organized but I just got tired and quit.  Maybe another day.

This morning I have a card to share that I made several months ago and I don't believe I have shared it before.  It is actually one of the cards I did to enter the design team call for Heartfelt Creations. 

This watering can is one of my favorite images and I love the flowers just spilling over it.  I used HCPC 3306 Posy Patch Garden Delights PreCut Set, HCD 702 Butterfly Corners Die Cuts, and Spellbinders Squares dies.  You can find all these products at Heartfelt Creations as well as all their beautiful images.

I stamped the image onto watercolor paper and colored with distress inks.  Cut out the image with the squares die and edged in distress ink.  Next I cut out the corner motifs and glued them to the corners of the square.  I took half pearls and colored them with a Copic marker to match the colors used on the image.  The background paper is  homemade using pearlized paint and distress ink.  My finished card measures 6" X 6".

Well ladies, that is about it for me this morning.  I hope you have a great day planned and that everything goes your way.  As for me, not many chores going on today, so I should have some more time in my craft room.  I'm seriously needing some play time and hope to have that today!  No matter what you have going on or where you find yourself, just try and take a moment just for you and "Breathe"!

Another Heartfelt Creations Wednesday!

Good morning ladies, hope you are getting your day started.  Here at my house, it is Heartfelt Creations Wednesday and I'm so excited to share my card with you.  I have been having so much fun working with these wonderful stamps and I love how this card turned out.  The products I used from Heartfelt Creations are HCPC 3407 Botanical Floral 2 PreCut Set and HCPC 3312 Uplifting Scriptures Precut Set.  Of course there are some Spellbinders dies used because I can't seem to do a card without them. 

If you want the specifics on this card you can go over to the Heartfelt Creations blog and get all supplies and instructions.  While you are there, be sure and have a good look around.  The design team has some wonderful creations for you this week.  Also you can visit each of the design team's blogs by clicking on their names in the right hand column of my blog.  There will be lots of inspiration for you, I promise!

Well that is about it for me this morning.  If you enjoy my card, please leave me a comment.  I love hearing from you!  Have a great day and we will talk again soon!

WOYWW #118

Well ladies, another week has just gone flying by and it is again time to share a tiny little bit of my mess with you.  Each week we all converge over at Julia's blog and link our pictures of our work desk.  I've always been a little timid about showing the real me and letting the world know just how big a mess I really am.  So here we go, this is my space this week!  I've been working on a card or two and have quite a few things pulled out to play.  I've been cutting some areas out of a embossed paper and can I just say, my poor hand is not very steady any more!  So probably this will be my last attempt at this particular technique!  I know practice makes perfect, but sheesh....I don't think that will help me at all. 

Why don't you go on over to Julia's house and take a look around at some of the links.  It's quite wonderful to be able to see what everyone has going on.  It's a classic "I'll show you mine, if you will show me yours"!
Now I'm off to see what everyone else has going on.  So grap a cup of coffee and settle in and have a look around!

You Mean so Much to Me.....

Good morning everyone!  I hope you had a wonderful long holiday weekend!  We totally enjoyed it in our household.  Much needed rest and lots of crafting for me!  I spent two days just playing...you know....trying new papers, colors, ribbons, etc. just to see how it works!  I had so much fun and learned a lot of tricks for using some of the products I already own.  I hate to keep spending when I have lots of things that I need to use before I buy more.  Well, as I'm saying this, my card does use one new thing I purchased.  I just couldn't resist this new embossing folder!  It is a Cuttlebug folder (Madison)  I just love it and you will be seeing it many different ways in the coming days!  I love the iron works look and feel to it; and I also enjoy making white on white cards.  I stamped my sentiment on watercolor paper and cut out using a Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two die and popped it up just a little to add a little dimension.  I just didn't want it to totally blend in with the background.  My little butterfly is from Martha Stewart and once I punched it, I added stickles to give it a little glitz!  My sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations and the item number is:  HCPC 3382 Magnificent Cardinal Rose PreCut Set.

I love the way the card turned out!  Simple but still quite elegant and could be used for a woman or a  man.  I left the inside of the card blank so I can write a note when I mail this one.

Well I think this is all for me today.  Be sure and check back tomorrow because, believe it or not, it will be Heartfelt Creations Wednesday.  We will be zooming right through this week!  I hope you have a great day and that the sun shines wherever you are!  Be sure and take a moment out just for you and "Breathe"!

Birdhouse.....

 Let me begin by saying I'm sorry for the lopsided photo!  I wanted to take the picture at an angle and boy did I ever!   I have been visiting YouTube lately looking for new ideas and I came across some of the most gorgeous bird houses!  So I found myself a free download and made my very first little bird house!  They are the perfect size for making ornaments to hang on your tree.  I found some other templates and will probably do some for my girls as well as myself for the holidays.  This one is sort of Shabby Chic and I love the way it turned out.  I painted the roof green and then used Ranger Distress Crackle Paint in Picket Fence and I did some of that on the front also.  Lots of Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and leaves and some beads and a little key painted to match and it is ready to go.  I like this idea as you can make each one your own depending on how you choose to decorate.  Why don't you find your own download and make one for yourself or maybe two! 

Have a wonderful day and try to find some time to be creative!