Thursday, September 20, 2012

Craft Room Messy!

OH MY!
Yep---it was REALLY this bad!
My Craft Room...
in dire need of some

I am reposting this pic
in response to
Tamra--this is my entire room!
There's a closet behind me--which was as disastrous
and the door to the room
in which I am standing
to take this photo!
Lol!
Well-maybe not!
It's not this bad now--well, sort of not.
Surgery this summer
sent fibro flaring-not sleeping-depressed-no energy cycle
into overdrive.
Pray for the poor (new) doctor I will see this afternoon
that he will have a magic pill
to put it all back on track and in better perspective.
Of course WINNING your give-away would help, too!
 
Oh-and Tamra?
CONGRATS on the new addition!
She's a cutie!
 
Until next time,
happy stamping and scrapping!
Blessings,



Tuesday, September 18, 2012

A little magic...

So...
my friend Theresa has a birthday
a week and a half ago...
bad friend that I am
I just delivered her card and gift
yesterday!
I whipped up a little magic
thanks to
Being black on black-this is really hard to see...
but that top part--that has "For You" on it?
It's attached with a wee little brad on the right-hand side
to that top panel...
 
"magically" swings up and out of the way
to reveal this...

I found a cute little black tote bag
that came with a white and black polka dot ribbon
run around and knotted in the front-
a ribbon that whipped out quite easily
and since my friend is crafty too,
I knew she'd be able to easily trade out
the ribbons for whatever holiday...
but since halloween is coming up
I chose to decorate it for that...

I added a little feather hair clip
(shhh-don't tell!)
and then made the little back cat on a broom
in front of the moon pin
and attached that...

Before I could get it all put together however
I had a little help from my own
BLACK CAT...

he went head-first into the shopping bag
to check out the feathers...!
Needless to say---
I hung the bag well out of reach
until I delivered it yesterday!
Lol!

I thank Dawn for sharing her card idea-
and give credit where credit is due!
Came across not one but two instances of
"thievery" this past week--
work done by several different people
posted on someone else's blog
with absolutely no credit given to them whatsoever.
I am a follower of Mo's Digital Pencil as well
and Mo Manning, artist behind those designs
had hers lifted again by a company no less!
Sad. Sad. Sad.
You will see ideas shared here-
but you will also see CREDIT GIVEN to the appropriate parties
for those ideas
and I always try to give them a heads up
that I gave them a shout out on my blog!
 
That's it for today.
Gotta fly on out of here and get ready
for our groupies tonight.
Meeting here and I need to clean up some cat hair
and start cooking up some supper!
Until next time,
happy stamping and scrapping!
Blessings,


Thursday, September 13, 2012

Remember this post...?

 
Well, I got an e-mail today from
 
 
and I WON!!!
 
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE
 
this stamp set!
And I really really REALLY
did I emphasize that enough---
REALLY
needed a "positive pick me up" today!
Thanks, Ann!
 I will put it to good use--I promise!
Blessings,

A Quick Sweet Treat...

NOTE: typical of how things are going for me...I just realized that my colors on my "Pumpkin Teeth" Treat holder are reversed----so---don't do as I did-do as I say...colors from bottom to top should be---CREME BRULEE and then SUNSET and then WHITE! Geesh...
Candy Corn Treat Holder!
 
How-to:
I inked a strip of plain white cardstock
4 1/4" x 6 1/2"
with Close to My Heart Sunset and Creme Brulee
(Put down the Creme Brulee ink first and then overlap
with the Sunset...)
 
Next put adhesive on the two long and one short side
Roll the short ends together to form a tube
 
Pinch one of the long ends closed
Put your TREATS INSIDE
Then just pinch the other long end closed in the OPPOSITE direction
Done!
Confused?
Just Google "Papercrafts-Sour Cream Holder"


The PUMPKIN TEETH printable
I got from Stacy's blog
I altered it a little by adding a flap
and stamped that with "treats"
I just made a slit across the top
put a flap of cardstock in
adhered it to the back of the tag
and stamped "treats".
Punch a hole in the holder and tag,
tie on.
Raffia would be my first choice
but since these will be for preschoolers-
ribbon is safer.
I will fill these with candy corn
and probably some of the little pumpkins--
then again-maybe not-little people just might choke
on the pumpkins! Candy corn safer...as long as no corn allergies!
 
Now I am going to go hide somewhere.
fibro flaring
no energy no strength
no mojo
nothing nada zippo.
 
Until next time
happy stamping and scrapping!
Blessings,
 



Monday, September 3, 2012

A day for the birds...

Hubby decided we'd take our little row boat out today
to a park about an hour from home...
we'd not been there before
 
it was very quiet, secluded
a few kayakers
but not much wildlife
and all the trees appeared to be dead!
Strange!
A gentleman there said there'd been a beetle infestation
and a storm that pushed salt up the river..
If we're right--this is a small green Heron...
 
 


 
 
 
My tour guide and rower...
 

 
Came home to butterflies in the garden...



 
and at supper time this guy showed up
on our back deck...

thankfully
the two cats out there didn't get him---
or vice versa!
We *think* this is a juvenile Cooper's Hawk?
 
Until next time,
happy stamping and scrapping!
Blessings,


Saturday, September 1, 2012

Feeling Witchy...


overtired, overdid
and feeling a little witchy...
 
and found this giveaway
of a WICKED stamp set
at
 
I LOVE this CTMH set!
It had to have been one of the most popular
and I am getting in the mood
for some Halloween happenings...
pumpkins, cool air,
little black cats...
wait-what was that bump?!
 
Until next time,
happy stamping and scrapping.
Blessings,