The Big Day!

Hello everyone!  Sorry it's been so long since my last post, things have been very busy at home, wrapping up outdoor projects and work, just getting back from a business trip to Florida.  I haven't had time to get any creative work done and I'm hoping to put an end to that very soon.

Here is our back deck that we stained from top to bottom over memorial weekend.  I also bark mulched all of my flower gardens and extended my vegetable garden out 5ft x 20ft, rototilled it and got everything planted.

Here I am at Epcot enjoying the beautiful 93 degree weather the day before the conference kicked off!
















My daughter attended her 7th grade semi-dance the night I flew home from Florida.

I have a very busy weekend ahead too...today is my cousin Christie's wedding that my daughter & I are both in so I want to thank Christie & Brian for inviting Alyssa & I to be a part of their very special day and I would also like to say Congratulations and Best Wishes for a very long and happy marriage!  (Pictures to follow on Monday)

Here we all are at the rehearsal last night at the All Souls Chapel in Poland Spring, ME.










We also have Father's Day on Sunday and my husband & I are throwing a big BBQ for my father and father in-law.  Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's out there!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Happy Memorial Weekend!

I'm so excited for the long weekend!  Looks like great weather on Saturday and Sunday and maybe some showers on Monday and Tuesday but still great temperatures.  My husband has project after project planned for us. We are hoping to get the pool opened, the vegetable garden planted, the flower beds weeded and new bark mulch spread.  I would like to get the trim painted on the house but after the deck staining last weekend he wants to wait....he really doesn't like painting.  Hopefully I'll get a little crafty time too, need to clean up my scrapbook room and I want to do some cards for the June stamp of the month and play some more with the Dotty for You paper.  So I hope everyone has a great memorial weekend and the weather stays bright and sunny and warm.  Happy crafting everyone!

Hello Card

Hello!  I really liked the colors that were used in the Wishes How-To Book.  BUT I didn't have the exact paper pattern or colors but think this card came out ok.  This is the last of the cards I had made while I was scrapbooking up North with my mom.  I used some of my scrap papers and followed one of the layouts in the How-To Book, Wishes.  I added stitching, some brads and ribbon to finish the card.

Busy Busy Busy

Hey everyone,  sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's been crazy busy around my house.  My cousin flew in from California on Thursday so I went to see her on Thursday evening.  Friday evening I had a CTMH gathering in South Portland with a great bunch of ladies, thank you Charleen for having us all in your home!

Here is one of the cards we made at the gathering.













Saturday I participated in my first 5K walk/run this weekend and finished in 40 minutes, not to shabby for a slow jog and fast walk :  )P.  A big shout out to my close friend Candice who participated with me!

I also went dress shopping with my daughter to find a dress for her upcoming semi-formal dance for school.   To finish up the weekend my husband and I stained our two decks by hand.

Phew, I'm exhausted just telling you about it.  Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and had great weather like I did!

Sending Warm Wishes

I used the "A Garden" CTMH stamp set for this card and got my inspiration from the card shown on page 73 of the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book.  I really like this stamp set, it seems so dainty to me.  I used a bigger card than what is shown, just seemed to need more height to me.    

I used the CTMH markers to color in the images on the tag I cut out with the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I also used the Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out my card base.  Can you tell that I don't do anything without using the Art Philosophy cartridge!

Happy Birthday Card

This card idea came from the Originals How-To Program Book, it's amazing how many great ideas you can find in these books. 

I jazzed my card up a bit by adding the vase with flowers which I cut out the shapes from the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I brightened up the colors by using the Dotty for You paper pink polka dots.  I added the ribbon bows off to the side and tied them with white embroidery floss.  The Happy Birthday is from the CTMH Card Word Puzzle stamp set found on page 23 of the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book.  This stamp set is amazing because you can create so many sentiments!

Here is a closer look at the ribbons and the vase with flowers.

Celebrate Today Card

I think this stamp set is so cute!  It's the CTMH Paper Lantern stamp set found on page 90 of the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book.  The Idea Book shows the laterns on a box made from the Art Philiosophy Cartridge, very cute. 

My card is made from left over scraps that I had kicking around from Stampin Up paper (sorry but I really like their paper) and some extra ribbon I picked up somewhere.    If you like the stamp set as much as I do, Check it out here!