My Perfect 10

Welcome, Little One

My Mom asked me to make her a baby girl card to send to a friend of hers that just became a Grandmother. I have been so into the fall colors it was a little hard to get back into the pastels. I kept reaching for pick and brown when I first started. So I went through my stash and found this cute Lockhart stamp which I had not inked up yet. Then I dug some more and found my pad of Garden Party paper and got to work. My image and sentiment are both inked with Stazon Jet Black... Read more →

Small Gifts

I am still on the autumn theme tonight. It must be the cooler breeze we enjoyed today. I really like this time of year. I can enjoy some of my favorite treats like a nice Chi Tea Latte and a slice of pumpkin spice bread. Yummy! This is going to be a thank you card for someone who shared some lovely papers with me recently. I used three different sets from Saltbox Studio to make this one. That is one of the great things about Saltbox stamps they mix and match so well! First I stamped the berry branch from... Read more →

Autumn Wedding

Tomorrow at work there is a bridal shower for one of our First Grade teachers who has planned an October wedding. Now even though in Florida that can still be a beach wedding I decided to go with a fall theme for my card. I just love the colors of autumn. For this card I used two of my very favorite Saltbox Studio sets Tweets and Tweet Houses. I stamped the Church with Versafine Black Onyx and then made a mask. Next I stamped the branch with Palette Burnt Umber ink on top of my masked Church. I colored my... Read more →

Autumn Greetings

Fall is here, sort of....as fall as we get in Florida anyway. I wish we had more of a change in seasons but I can't complain with year round beach weather now can I! To celebrate the beginning of fall I made a card using one of my favorite Saltbox Studio stamps. This wreath just reminds me of my parents home. I stamped the wreath on kraft cardstock with Burnt Umber Palette Ink and colored it with Koh-I-Noor colored pencils and Gamsol. The orange Vintage paper and sheer french roast ribbon are both by A Muse. The square layers were... Read more →

Proud Moments!

I just got home from Toby's Open House tonight and it was a pretty special night full of "Proud Moments"! The first one of the night was the one he has been waiting for all summer long. You see about two weeks into the summer vacation we got Toby's FCAT (Our state standardized test) scores and not only did he pass but he gained over 100 points in each subject! This meant he had won a brand new laptop!!! Which he was able to pick up tonight. Out of about 300 students only 20 earned the laptops this year! I... Read more →

Party Favors

Jessica and her friends are all very into reading. Right now they are all reading the Twilight series for about the twelfth time. They even have they own book club. Before the beach we stopped out for pizza and all they did was talk about the Twilight books. Well now they are even moving on to writing their own short stories together so I thought making them their own personalized journals would be the perfect party favors. I found these great fabric covered journals at Target for only $2.49 but I could only get three black for her friends Jessica's... Read more →

Fun In The Sun

This afternoon I took Jessica and her friends to the beach for some birthday fun in the sun. We have had such terrible weather the past few weeks that it was nice to see the sun again. I think the girls turned into fish for a few hours, they hardly got out of the water. These are Jessica's three BEST friends. (Jessica is in the white tank top.) They do everything together, and they are with each other every weekend. I am so glad she has such good friends! I had fun with them all today and they even told... Read more →

It's a Slumber Party

Sorry for the lack of posts again this week, it was another busy one and I was still not feeling 100%. This cold really took a lot out of me but hopefully now I can get back to normal...whatever that might be. This is Jessica's invitation to her slumber party tomorrow. We held off on her party a week because of my cold and all the hurricanes that were heading our way last weekend. But the weather this weekend is supposed to be perfect! I thought Jammiebella from Stamping Bella would make a perfect slumber party invitation! And of course... Read more →

My Baby Is 13 Today!

I officially have a house full of teenagers now, my youngest has crossed that bridge to a TEEN! I have to admit I am feeling a little blue this weekend by her big birthday, which took me a little by surprise. I think it's just been a year of BIG changes, my oldest starting college, Samantha turns 18 in two weeks, Toby turned 16 last month, and now Jessica turning 13. That is a lot to take in one year! No wonder I have so many grays. *wink* I made Jessica's special card using iPodabella since as a "teen" she... Read more →

Tracy's Sketch Challenge Thursday

I have seen Tracy's sketch challenges for the past few weeks but I just couldn't find the time to play along. Well tonight since I was feeling a little better I made time to play. I am so far behind on cards I need to get out because of my cold last week, I thought this quick sketch would be the perfect tool to help me out. First here is Tracy's sketch. Now here is a thank you card I should have gotten out last week...shame on me! I pretty much left the sketch as is because I think my... Read more →