May '14

Sorry all, today is not our usual project.

The above picture looks somewhat freaky, but anyone who plants potatoes know these little gems are what is going to bring me some AMAZING red potatoes in a few months.

With my two days off this week I just HAD to work on the garden.  For those that do not know I have two veggie garden spaces.  Just one area, the smaller of the two, I can plant 40 tomato plants with plenty of room to walk and grow! The second is almost 3 times the size, thanks to the hubby expanding my area this year.

Here are a few more things I have been up too.  Our house has a lovely wrap around porch and it is in need of rearranging.  This has been on my list since the weather began to turn.  The clean up and rearranging has begun... I am soooo excited!!

and more planting... a few plants matched with a few seeds this will look fantastic!!

Don't worry I have been in the craft room too... 

Sandy let me come over and check out her e-cutter.  

I have been thinking of adding this to my "collection" of tools. We checked out all the goodies that Stampin' Up! has for your e-cutter and were very pleasantly surprised.  Thanks SU!!

Well enjoy your weekend and the beautiful weather we are supposed to have in the Midwest.  Think of me while I am at work. uugghh

Have a Great day getting Crafty!!

 

Weekly Deals... May 20

    

Okay, so here is my trouble causing for the week, BUT

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Any questions email, call or text. 

Have a Great day getting Crafty!!  

 

Sketches

Have you ever heard of other card makers using sketches? 

BUT just can not figure out where to begin??

Well, here is my thoughts... from the beginning.

I love OWH sketches, there is a new one every week, they come out on Sunday.

I donate all my unused cards to them, for the soldiers. I have a badge on my sidebar.

Anyway, So, the first thing I do is pick a theme.  

Continuing with my graduation theme from the weekend.

Then, I look at the shapes on the sketch, NO you do not have to be exact.  

I like the three "strips" here the first thing I thought of was ribbon. 

Now, what can I do with the rectangles....HUMM??   Again, the first thing that popped into my head was Apothecary accents, the long piece.

Now into the craft room I went.  

Picking colors, ribbon and of course little pretties too.

Ohhhh the juices are flowing now... The sentiment was easy, I have been looking for a reason to use this one:

Here is my version.. can you see the sketch??

The new In Color ribbon became my "strips".

and the sentiment fit perfectly in the 6th from the smallest circle framelit.

The inside was just left simple with three new punch flower from the new Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack.
 

Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey and Blackberry Bliss look just amazing together.

 I do hope that this little step by step helped.  Any questions just email me.  I will do my best to help!

Have a Great day getting Crafty!!

Graduation

Happy Sunday!!

Today is another Graduation card.  This one has a different approach.

I know I will get some grief from a few followers because....

YES, IT HAS BUTTERFLIES!!

Have you tried mixing ribbons yet?? 

If not, WHY not!!

  

Have you every embellished your ribbon?? 

Why not??

The sentiments are mixed here, one retiring and one new!!

Why is a butterfly good luck if its upside down?? Someone please explain!! 

To me, it is falling, I don't know.

Have a Great day getting Crafty!!

Graduation

Here is a gift card holding gate card.

Love the picture right?? haha sorry, I have no idea what happened.  

To hold your gift card, just add a 1 inch strip of cardstock.  To secure that strip I used sticky strip. 

You could even put cash in this pocket. Notice that even the gift card tucks in and unable to be seen from the outside.

A gate card is a simple different fold, you can off center it, going wider on either side.  

For this card both sides are even, scored at 2 3/4.

The stamp used here is from Perfect Pennants, originally it said, Make a Wish.  But Dream seems to fit better for graduation. 

Using Gorgeous Grunge and the new Banner Punch covering the word 'Wish' was easy.

Have a Great day getting Crafty!!

Weekly Deals... May 13

 

 Here is this weeks trouble.

 

Happy Mother's Day

Today is a day we thank our Mother's for all they have done for us.  All the sacrifices, the tears and hard work they have gone through to bring us were we are today!!

I am sad today, because I can not go see my Mom or my Son.

Well, my poor car finally decided that over 200,000 miles was just enough.  So to find a "new to me" car, the saga begins.  I really HATE car shopping!! 

Anyway.... back to our female role model that taught us what to do and not to do to get through each day.... And bring us to where we are today.

Can you see it??

Here is a closer picture..

using the new Fancy Foil Designer Vellum you are able to create a "window" to see the inside.

Happy Mother's Day, Ladies!!

Using the gold bakers twine you can actually "pull" out the gold and it looks like thread.

Note the notches on the sides to hold the twine in place.

    

This card is definitely one you can mail.

Dontcha, just love the little gold hearts??

I know this looks like the one from stamp camp, right??  To be honest I received a store bought card for my birthday and it had a vellum overlay.  This is what inspired this card.

Yes, I did, using the new Heart punch from the itty bitty pack.  That acts as a way to open the front.

Using the hearts from the My Mother set to add a design to the background.

Mom, I love you!! 

I hope everyone is treated like 1 in a million today!!

Have a Great day getting Crafty!!

Ohh wait, I almost forgot!

Blog Candy Winner:

   Here are the entries....

And the winner is.....

Congrats, Rebbecca!!