You Are Special

This is for the Mix It Up Monday Challenge on Stamp TV...to use pink, grey and ivory. I used GKD ivory cs with Basic Grey Olivia dp. I chose the GKD Melanie's Buds & Vases stamp and colored with Copics and Sakura glitter pens. Then cut out with curved rectangles by Spellbinders and added some pink, grey ribbon, colored some white pearls with pink and grey copics, added some butterflies, hearts and stamped with Angel Pink, London Fog and Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I used Martha Stewart lace punch on the inside.

Thinking of You

You Are Special

I've been published

It was pretty exciting to get notified that I have been published in Scrapbook News and Review online for July for two of my 4th of July cards and one anniversary card! What a thrill to actually be published!!! It made my day!! Thanks to Scrapbook News and Review....lots of good motivation on that site! ( Here is their website.)

Here are the 2 cards....

Thank you to Marie

There are three things one must do to accept this "Sweet" award.

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this wonderful award and make a link to their blog.
2. Name 7 random things about yourself.
3. Pass this award on to 8 wonderful cyber friends.

This is a special thank you to Marie....I greatly appreciate your stopping by and honoring me with this blog award...HOW thoughtful, kind of you....and it makes me so HAPPY to know someone stops by and visits my blog! I LOVE to create and see what I can come up with...and so nice to know someone enjoys looking at it!

Thanks Marie and Hugs to you!
The Joy of Cards

I need to share 7 random things about myself with you...

• I love to travel and enjoyed my second trip to Ireland this past spring with my niece. We had a great time and saw sites we hadn't seen before and enjoyed BEAUTIFUL weather! I HOPE she wants to go on another trip next year! I also have a best friend not far from where I live who loves to take jaunts and we have been having a wonderful time this summer jaunting around Wisconsin to places we hadn't been before. WHAT fun!
• I just had my patio redone with a wonderful deck and wrap around steps and then new landscaping done. I LOVE it and have enjoyed sitting out on the patio so much more so far this summer! The plants and flowers are blooming and the birds are singing! MOST relaxing ... and such a nice place to bar-b-que!
• I am retired after 37 years of teaching first graders. I thoroughly enjoyed my job and the children. It was a very rewarding career. Unfortunately times have certainly changed and right now education in Wisconsin is NOT the place to be. We have government at its worst and they have inflicted horrible attitudes toward teaching presently. They fail to realize that if some teachers hadn't taken the time to care and teach them they would NOT be where they are today! Hopefully new elections will take care of this....but it will take LOTS of rebuilding of trust!
• I had my first cards published this month! THAT was exciting!!! It was in Scrapbook News and Review online and included two 4th of July cards and one anniversary card. IT is mighty exciting to receive  that notification!
• I have met some of the nicest, friendliest, creative people online doing stamp activities. IT is so much fun getting to know people and receiving inspiration from their creations. I thoroughly enjoy checking out all of the "news" on these spots! Thanks to all of you!
• I found a NEW knitting project to do -- making dishcloths out of Sugar 'n Cream and Peaches 'n Cream yarn. What fun! AND you complete them quickly -- usually in a night or two! Guess what people are going to get for Christmas??? HMMM?? The last one I made would make a PERFECT pattern for placemats...hmmm?? Another idea perhaps?
• I enjoy shopping, visiting new and old places, watching movies, listening to music, organizing rooms (just redid my living room and LOVE it!), reading, playing with my 2 kitties, crafting, keeping busy. I am so enjoying retirement and always can find something to keep me busy. I am delighted to say yes...I am retired and I have turned the page into this next chapter of life and am finding it is an exciting place to be!

 And next to pass this honor on to 8 cyber friends....

•  Vicki at All I Do Is Stamp
•  Geri at Geri's Cards
•  Carla at Carla's Stamping Spot
•  Janeen a  A Little Bit of This and That
•  Linda at  paynehollercards 
•  Selma at  Selma's Stamping Corner
•  Olga at    Craftieodamae
•  Joan at Joan's Gardens 

What a fun way to share a little about myself and to mention some of my cyber friends who have GREAT sites to visit! Thanks for stopping by!


Barb


 

Happy 4th of July

This is for 2 challenges today...the first is for Tina's Glitter and Flock Challenge on Stamp TV. The other is for Speedy Cat's at Mark's Finest #62 for Patriotic theme.

I had a great time with this one..LOTS of sparkles!!! I used Best Creations Inc dp..I Love America and GKD navy cs. Did some blue, red, gold embossing on the front and along the edges added some glitter on the frame. The stamps were from a variety of companies ... Northwoods, Bad Ace Trading Co., Door Co rubber stamps, Stampendous. Did some ladybug red Memento ink on the star template, used Paris Dusk and Lady Bug ink for stamping, used Sakura glitter pens for color,  added some ribbon from Michaels, Dress It Up Buttons with glitter, stickers and bling!! AND HAPPY 4th of July!

Patterns in the Sand

This is a seaside challenge...to create a seaside picture. I used GKD lemon drop and ivory cs, dp was from K and Company. I used the Martha Stewart pansy punch and cut out the image with Spellbinders curved rectangles. The stamp is from Stamps Happen. Colored with copics and Sakura glitter pen....added bling, flowers, ribbon and 3 purple hatpins.

Summer Fun

Here are 2 cards that I made for a barbeque picnic party...one is for an invite and the other is for a thank you for helping out. On the invite I used Simply Chic stamps and Crackerbox Palace Stamp on the front for the invite. The cs is GKD red hot, Karen Foster dp Ants on Parade, colored with copics and added some ribbon and white shiny embellishments.

This one is a thank you card...I used GKD Cute As A Bug stamps with ivory, red hot cs, Goodeberry dp, colored with copics, die cut with Spellbinders labels 5 and double ended tags. The inside stamp is a Hero Arts stamp.

Drop Me A Line STVFRILM1

This is for the Free For All Friday Challenge at Stamp tv. Lee gave a recipe to follow ..
2 Embellishments -- I used hemp cord and ladybugs
3 Images -- a Meljens digital design, frog from Judith Stamps and Fishin' Hole from Craft Lounge, Drop Me a Line sentiment from Cracker box Palace doesn't count as an image
4 Colors - Grass Green, Little Boy Blue, Razmataz Berry, Pumpkin Spice cs and it is the same 4 colors in the dp by Nikki Sivils Bella Blue and Oscar Too
5 Layers -- blue, dp, green, white, green
I colored with copics and sakura glitter pens.
I think I got it all! This was a fun challenge and will cost a fortune to mail! :-)

Drop Me A Line

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