Just an Ordinary Sunday

Today was my laundry day while my guys cleaned the yard and got the vegetable garden ready to till. I was really piddling around between loads. My friend sent me this text about 3:30...We spent the next two hours making the coolest playbill! All Sheri's idea, I just used my "mad photoshop skills"! I made her a personalized gift bag to wrap it in. So proud, what a cool gift! My scrap crap...

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ALBC Week 7-The Sparkle Continues!

I had a rough week and treated myself to a trip to Hobby Lobby after work Friday. I walked around for an hour looking. Did I need anything? No. But this stamp just called out to me on the clearance rack… I had a leftover frame from my Nestabilities and saved it thinking I would make a card for the ALBC frame challenge. Glad I did because it was perfect on this card! Stickles for sparkle, Club...

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Club Scrap “Trees” Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on the Club Scrap Trees Blog Hop! If you started the hop on the Club Scrap Creates Blog, you are in the right place. If not, keep in mind that you can access the whole list of participants from there at any time. We are going to put in a pool this summer and landscape our yard. I have always wanted a Japanese cherry tree… I want one in the backyard so that I can sit underneath...

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Sparkle

  Week 7 of the ALBC Challenge is to add sparkle to your projects. I used scraps again. I have rediscovered my Cuttlebug and cut the front panel with Nestabilities and embossed the card base with the sheet music Cuttlebug embossing folder. The stamp images are from the Club Scrap All that Jazz kit from 2010. The “sparkle” is the metallic card base. All cardstock is from Club Scrap. ...

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Birthday Blessings

Twenty-three years ago at 7:15 pm my oldest son was born. It was my 22nd birthday and what a present! He was beautiful, perfect in every way.  My husband and I were just kids ourselves, and I was scared to death to bring him home! What did we know about parenting? Funny, I still feel like that sometimes. I guess God knew what he was doing when he gave him to us! We've done a lot of growing,...

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Bloom and Grow

+Valita's fresh folds & VR puppets  at http://valitasfreshfolds.blogspot.com/ makes some awesome, realistic flowers with punches. She just posted her latest video Lucky Clover St. Patrick’s Day card. I took her technique and ran with it. I was digging through my embellishments and found a bunch of paper daisies. I wanted them to jump off the page and remembered a tutorial to make...

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Big Girl Bath Wrap

My 3 year old niece wanted a bath wrap like her big sister. I saw some cute ones, but not her size. I tried to find a pattern for little girls, but found zip. So, I made my own. I measured her, and drew out my design. I used minky fabric, it feels marvelous!   I found the coolest tutorial to make the ribbon rose by +Nicci Russell ! It sewed on easily and washes great. ...

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Framed!

  I am trying to be more productive with the Club Scrap ALBC Challenge and help reach the goal of $500 for Operation Write Home. Each link (entry)counts toward one entry for the weekly prize drawings, and a ten cent donation. I have completed exactly three cards *cough*.  Well, I’m slow! They’re pretty though! My latest creation was made with scraps. I used to be an FFC Crafter for Club...

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The Luck of the Irish!

I love St. Patrick's Day, even though I don't think we're Irish. I remember when I was little we celebrated St. Patrick's Day at school. Everybody wore green and if you didn't, you'd get pinched. We made shamrocks out of construction paper and hung them in the classroom. At lunch we had green jello. Later in the afternoon the room moms gave us a party and we got shamrock shaped cookies, green kool-aid,...

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Art Journal…the Beginning.

iclassygirl.com/ +Tiare Smith  hosted an Art Journal Pajama Party Wednesday night on Spreecast. It was my first time to watch a live broadcast class. Really fun! I ended up watching while I made dinner, jumping in to comment in the chatroom in between cooking breaks. Art journaling intrigues me, partly because I am not good at it.  I don’t know what my problem is! Art journaling...

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National Nap at Work Day!

OK, I didn’t nap at work. I did watch craft videos and blog surf though. My Iphone comes in handy like that. I was surfing youtube and found this +Jennifer McGuire  tutorial: It has been awhile since I have crafted with paper and I had the urge after watching the video. After work I marched straight into my craft room, with my scrubs still on, because I WILL fall asleep if I change clothes...

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Sunday Lunch

  When I was a kid, we always sat at the table together to eat dinner. Especially on Sundays. It was a time for everybody to catch up. Dinner conversation was how we communicated. We were all so busy with afterschool activities, school, social calendars…Mom usually made dinner and my sister and I were in charge of clean up. The younger kids had to clear the table, sweep, take out the garbage,...

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Old sheets, clothes pins, and lots of imagination!

Yesterday was beautiful!  My nieces came to spend the weekend with my parents and I went to visit for breakfast. I even opened the sunroof for the drive around town! The girls wanted to make a fort in the front yard. Mom got out some old sheets, clothes pins, and my sister and dad hung them up in the magnolia tree. We had as much fun as they did! The three photo layout is from +Tiare Smith ...

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Happy Mardi Gras Ya'll!!!

Well, winter has made another unexpected appearance! The weekend was so nice, temps in the 70's...yesterday in the 30's, icy mix last night and today in the 20's! Weird! The view out of my operatory window is so dreary. On a positive note, today is Mardi Gras!  Easter in 40 days, come on springtime!&nb...

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