Let it Snow

Love this DSP, the snow flakes are flocked and the snowmen are  so cute!  This is a quick and easy card with very little stamping.  Thanks for stopping by!

Making Christmas Bright

Have you started thinking about Christmas yet?  I usually start my Christmas classes in July so that we can get enough cards made  before December.  I start out with simple cards and try to make them more elaborate as December gets closer. I really like this one, very clean and simple since the bulbs are made with a punch which is much faster than die cutting each one.  Thanks for stopping by!

You Can Do Hard Things

This is one of the cards we made at a recent class and I think it was a bit of a challenge with all the little pieces for some of the ladies.  I love intricate, tedious things but not everyone does so I will have to take that into account next time.  Thanks for stopping by!

Feel Better

I love the Petal Promenade DSP but wasn't sure what to do with this particular piece....I think it turned out good though. 

Today was first day of school for my kiddos. Dalton never smiles nor poses for pictures but Ava loves getting her picture taken.  I think these photos reflect how different their personalities are.

He really knows how to smile, I have seen him do it but not for the camera, that silly boy!

Christmas Cheer

A clean and simple Christmas card for today.  I am a little behind on starting my Christmas cards, I usually start them in July but too much going on this year.  My Shelby came home for the weekend to visit with her grandparents from Alabama.  Although she spent most of her time with them, it was comforting knowing she was upstairs in her bed at night and Sadie was VERY happy to see her.  Sadie has missed her the most but she will start back to school tomorrow so that will help hopefully.  Thanks for stopping by!

Back to School

I saw this idea on Erica Cerwin's blog and knew I needed to make these for my littles to take to school on the first day.  I made 25 of these for each of them to take.  I thought the bus was the perfect stamp since the brownie on the inside is a bus!

These are made by Little Debbie.  I have been a terrible blogger lately mostly due to getting my Shelby off to college...she is only two hours away but it has been a hard two weeks of not seeing her every day.  I miss her so much!  My Sadie goes to High School this year and Dalton and Ava are in 3rd grade and  at the Intermediate School...lots of changes and adjustments for all of us.  thanks for stopping by!

To See Far is One Thing...

This stamp set, Lilypad  Lake is in my top five as far as favorites from the annual catalog. The sentiment on the inside says "to go there is another. I am working on getting 25 of these done to donate to the Cancer Center Gift Shop.  Thanks for stopping by!

If Life Gives You Lemons

Love the sentiments in this stamp set! On the inside it says...Chuck them Right Back!

Picnic

This stamp set brought back some  very good memories from my childhood.  There was an older lady, named Rada Day who lived in our community who had only boys but had always wanted a girl, she was also our mail carrier.  My sister and I used to wait by the road for her to drop off the mail each day so we got to know her.  We grew up in Eastern Kentucky and we had very little opportunity to do anything "extra".  Rada  would drop off boxes of magazines at our mailbox when she was through reading them or she would put fresh peaches or apples in our mailbox sometimes.  We loved it and when she asked our Dad if we could come to her house for a sleepover, you would of thought we were heading to Disney World we were so excited.  She had big plans too... we had a picnic on the veranda wearing fancy hats, painted pictures, cut flowers from her garden and had a lesson on flower arranging, and cooked a big meal which we  ate on her "fancy china".  Rada has been gone for a long time but I will never forget her.

Back to School

It's almost back to school time.  Most years I have been anxious for school to start but this year my Shelby will be in another state attending college and my Sadie will be starting High School and Dalton will be at the Intermediate School.  Ava is the only one staying  at the same school for another year.....hard on me seeing them growing up so fast.

Sunny Days Ahead!

I stopped at a lemonade stand one day last week which reminded me that I had not ever inked this stamp set up.  The kids at the stand were so excited as I was their first customer so I bought me a lemonade and then went home and got my girls and made them go buy some as well.  It wasn't the best lemonade I ever had but I enjoyed watching the kids have fun.