Made by Wendy Bellino: July 2016

Sunday, July 31, 2016

One Little, Two Little, Three Little Inchies!

I hate shopping. My mom knows this and would set me up in the dressing room and bring outfits for me to try on. Her famous saying when I would look at something and turn my nose up was, "You can't tell what that looks like on the hanger! Try it on before you say no!" She was usually right.

Instead of saying "no" to the dress, I said "no" to the sketch. Honestly, I would have skipped right over this card sketch if it hadn't been the challenge card for the Club Scrap July Idea Deck Challenge.

Too many little pieces, and a lot of cutting and gluing!

Well, guess what?

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They turned out pretty darn cute! I even cranked up my Cricut to cut out the sentiments.

I used three coordinating patterned papers, so I didn't have to do anything but cut, fold and glue.

I'm glad I didn't leave that card hanging on the rack!

Wendy

Challenges entered:

1. Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog Challenge #281 Anything Goes

2. Club Scrap 7-2016 Idea Deck Challenge 3 Clubs Card (any deck)

How Does Your Garden Grow?

I'm not the gardener, my husband is. I appreciate it and will help pick vegetables and water plants, but the only thing I can keep alive is ivy. Wait! I have a poinsettia at work that I have kept alive for a year and a half. It looks kinda puny though. I'd rather arrange the patio furniture, paint the garden signs, and lie in the hammock after all the work is done!

This is the extent of my gardening skills, making a card with little seed packets! I colored them with watercolor pencils and distress inks. They're so tiny!

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Lazy Sunday...YAWN...time for a nap after all my hard work...

Challenges entered:

The Ribbon Girl July Card Challenge

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 365

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Club Scrap 07-16 Card Sketch Challenge

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♫Keep Your Eye on the Grand Ol' Flag!♫

July 4th, the birth of American Independence... Fireworks, parades, BBQ, watermelon, homemade ice cream, APPLE PIE! Here's a card to commemorate the day!

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“The foundation of American life rests upon the home and the family.” ~ Herbert Hoover

From my family to yours, Happy Fourth Ya'll!

Wendy

Challenges entered:

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 432 - Add a banner/flags

Just Add Ink #318..."Just Add S"

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Club Scrap 07-16 NBUS Challenge "Stars and Stripes"

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Life is like a bowl full of cherries.

Cherries make me think of my grandparents. My Papaw LOVED cherries...fresh cherries (especially Bing cherries), cherry pie, cherry ice cream, and chocolate covered cherries! They took me to Europe when I was 17 and Papaw would always recruit me to help find a street vendor who sold fresh cherries on our adventures. I was introduced to author Erma Bombeck by my Memaw who had a dog eared copy of " If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" next to her living room chair. Erma's articles were featured in most of the magazines Memaw subscribed to: Good Housekeeping Reader's Digest, Family Circle, Redbook, McCall's, and even Teen magazine. (Most of them I read cover to cover because I was bored, since those were the days before unlimited cable TV and the internet!) I didn't appreciate her humor then, but almost 40 years later (25 years of marriage and two grown children) I think she was HILARIOUS!

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The quote on this card makes me think of Memaw's kitchen. Like Erma, she was a 1950's housewife but she was pretty prolific with a pen and paper (or an Ipad)! She started writing a blog in her 80's. (Click here to read her blog). Her stories were short and sweet, but leave you with a clear vision of her memories as well as her meaning behind the post!

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I'll leave you with one of my favorite Erma quotes...

"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart."

Wendy

Challenges entered:

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