Christmas Truck

Vintage trucks have been popular this year, my neighbor has a very old black truck in her yard and she added a Christmas tree in the back of it.  It has become a photo op this year, I know at least 300 families have stopped and taken their Christmas photo in front of it.  I love watching them from across the street, especially the little kids who can't stand still long enough to get their picture taken.  Thanks for stopping by!

Wonderful Christmas

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!  My internet has been down for a week and just got it back on about 20 minutes ago.  We had a wonderful day yesterday with all the kids and grandchildren, it was a house full which makes my heart happy.  They each had an initial stocking...Joe, Heather, Shelby, Sadie, Chad, Katie, Ava, Riley, Seth, and Dalton.

Hello Cupcake

Doesn't this cupcake look yummy!  This stamp set is free with a $50.00 Stampin' Up! order and if you like the ribbon, you can get them both for FREE if your order totals $100.00!  As an added bonus, I will send you the precut cardstock to make 3 full size cards.  Thanks for stopping by!





More Paper Pumpkin

Here is the second card from this months Paper Pumpkin.  Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas Paper Pumpkin

This card was made with the November Paper Pumpkin.  The kits just keep getting better!  The snowflake and tree embellishments weren't in the kit, they are part of the Santa's Workshop on page 19 of the Holiday catalog.  Thanks for stopping by!

Making Spirits Bright

Love this little snowman, I usually use it for my gift tags but decided to use it on a card this time.



Stampin' Extravaganza

Time for saving 10% on almost everything in the annual catalog but just until the 28th!



Project Life Christmas

Today I have another card made with a  Project Life card.  Thanks for stopping by!

Let it Snow

Have you tried the Project Life card sets to make cards with?  They make it so quick and easy to put a card together.  Thanks for stopping by!

Apple Cider

I can't seem to stay on a blogging schedule lately.  My husband has been sick and we have had to travel to Kentucky to see the doctor with him nearly everyday for the past two weeks.  I had my craft show this past weekend and it was wonderful to see so many of my customers and catch up with them.  This little pouch holds an Apple Cider mix.  I made them in red with a green apple as well but they sold out so I don't have one to show you.  Thanks for stopping by!

Thinking of You

Today I have a very clean and simple card, just realized I had sold all my sympathy and thinking of you cards and with a craft show coming up had to get some made.  I also used this one for yesterday's card class.





So Santa

Sorry I have been such a bad blogger recently, I have been preparing for a soon upcoming craft show.  For this card I used the stamp set So Santa.  thanks for stopping by!

Hello Friend

Good Thursday morning!  I pass by an older ladies house every day on my way to work who has a lot  of yard ornaments but one caught my eye...it was a colorful tin rooster.  I have admired the rooster for some time and one day last week she was out in her yard so I stopped to chat with her.  She said she found the rooster in the some trash someone had set out for pickup.  It was rusty but she thought maybe she could fix it up with a little paint, and she did!  I offered to buy it from her but she didn't want to part with it.  Now, this lady is probably at least 80 years old and she rides a scooter around town with her white ponytail flying in the wind...love it!

I'll love you forever



Today I have a baby card made from  another Memories and More card.    Love this quote.

Fall Birthday

We have a lot of Fall birthdays in our family.  I made this card for my oldest daughter, Heather.  She will be 42 on the 19th of this month.  She loves decorating for Fall so I think she will like this card.  thanks for stopping by!

Thankful

Today's card was made with Project Life cards and stickers.  I use them often on cards, I love getting double use out of them.  Thanks for stopping by!

Merriest Wishes

Hope you enjoy this simple Christmas card.

Sorry I have been absent so long.  My girls are on Fall Break and are home so I have been busy with them plus they have both had birthdays to celebrate.  Shelby turned 20 on October 3rd and Sadie turned 15 on October 4th.  My oldest daughter, Heather, also has a birthday coming up on October 19.  When Sadie was being born it was almost midnight and the doctor asked Shelby if she wanted her sister to share her birthday and Shelby said no so he slowed the deliver so that Sadie would be born on the 4th.

More Elves

I am going to use these elf cards to leave notes from Santa under the tree for my Littles this year.  Thanks for stopping by!

Santa's Workshop Memories & More

Aren't these little elves the cutest!  This is my favorite Memories and More card set so far.  I love that you can use them for scrapbooking or card making.

Christmas

Sometimes I get in the mood to just color something...this was colored last year but it got lost in my "to finish " stack until this week.  Thanks for stopping by!

Let It Snow

The little elf stamps are adorable!  Love this sled image as well, it is from the Alpine Adventure die set.  Thanks for stopping by!

Detailed Deer

Here in Southern Illinois deer hunting is a very popular sport, so much in fact the schools allow for deer days during deer season for those who hunt.  We live in a subdivision and it is not unusual to see 3-4 deer in our back yard every day.  I have made several of these cards for my  Fall craft shows since they are always popular.  Thanks for stopping by!

Farmhouse Christmas

Love, love, love this stamp set! It is a lot of die cutting to achieve this but so worth it.  My favorite image is the truck of course because my Dad had a truck like this.  Thanks for stopping by!

Clearance Rack

New items have been added to the Clearance Rack! 

More Poinsettias

While I had the dies out I made a couple more Christmas cards. 

Thanks for stopping by!



Pretty Poinsettia

I am not sure why this photo turned out so dark, I tried to lighten it but it didn't work very well.  I am starting early to prepare for my November Craft show.  I look forward to it every year but last year I wasn't able to be there due to illness but thankfully I am good this time.  Thanks for stopping by!

Grateful

A clean and simple Fall Shaker card for today.  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Harvest Blessings

The Country Lane Suite in the Holiday catalog is for sure my favorite.  The stamp set along with the Tin Tile embossing folder and the Galvanized Metal Paper makes for a beautiful card anyone would love to send or get in the mail. Thanks for stopping by!

Fall Birthday

Today I have a Fall card.  I love Fall especially if I get to go "home" to Eastern Kentucky during this time of year.  I had a trip planned but not going to make it this year, my doctor doesn't want me driving that far by myself (I have a sneaky suspicion that my husband had something to do with it as well). If you have never seen the Appalachian mountains during fall, you should make that trip...it is beautiful.  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Fall

We have had a beautiful Fall morning here in Southern Illinois, I sat outside and ate my cereal for breakfast and watched the birds come and eat their breakfast.  Love the combination of Cajun Craze and Blackberry Bliss together.  Thanks for stopping by!

Fall is in the Air!

I saw a card similar to this on Pinterest done by Julie Scapara  and made this 3-d version for the craft show I do each Fall.  I really like how they turned out.  I have made 9 so far and added miniature Hershey Bars in them.  Thanks for stopping by!

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.

Thanks a Latte #2

Today I have another coffee card to share. I am still working on craft show projects and am actually making progress.  Last year was such a disappointment because I was going through Radiation treatments and didn't even get to be there.  Thankfully my sisters and daughters set up my booth and took turns working it for me.  They did a wonderful job but I was so disappointed not being there, I have many customers that come every year and I enjoy seeing them and chatting with them.

Bubble Over

I love these colors together!