Good Surprise!

For Mother's Day I decided it would be fun to surprise my mom.  So I called my brother to find out what he was doing for her.  He was planning on taking her out to dinner.  I thought it would be fun to surprise her at the restaurant.  I sent her a card and told her that I was sorry I wouldn't be able to make it and that we would do something when school was out and we had more time. Then I drove to meet her at the restaurant.  She was so surprised and happy that she cried!  I brought her a little gift.  I had a stamping class at my place on Saturday and I decided to create something since there were left over materials.  It was unanimous that I give the creations to my mom for her birthday.  

 I really liked the way they turned out!

Happy Mother's Day

Last Sunday, Jane came over and we stamped for a while. It was really nice having her here to stamp with, she is so creative and talented. I was able to use her Clear Dollar Stamps which were so much fun. Since Mother's Day was a week away I thought it would be a good idea to make some Mother's Day cards. Here's what I created.

Today is also Ruby's 1st birthday, it's hard to believe that she is one already. We went to the Dog Park for her birthday.

Hope everyone has a great Mother's Day.

Busy, Busy, Busy

No time to create this week. I had to get ready for a garage sale and take care of a few other things. The garage sale went pretty good. The rest of the stuff went straight to Good Will. I finally gave Stretch (my red-eared slider) away this week. He is living in a kids' swimming pool with two other turtle until his pond paradise is finished. Hopefully he will be happy. It was really hard for me to give him up as I have had him for almost 9 years. Moving to a smaller apartment I won't have any room for him:-( I am trying to sell his tank/stand/canopy and have had some interest just not the right person yet.

Brae is doing well, he is finally cone free and my bruised legs are very happy. Now we get a little break before Ruby goes in at the end of May. I was able to get her surgery done for free!

Stinky Sweet

I really love the image and sentiment of this stamp but don't love the card I made with it. You will be seeing more with this little guy in the near future, either here or in your mailbox! I can think of several people who need to receive a card with this little guy!

I watercolored the image and added some stickles (glitter) to the petals of the flower. He is just adorable.

I am so ready for Brae's cone to come off. His incision looks great but I want to just make sure the cone stays on for at least 10 days. They really recommend 14 but the bruises on the backs of my legs from that thing say that 10 is sufficient! Ruby hasn't been eating well since Brae's surgery. I am not sure if it's because she isn't with him all day or because it's getting hotter outside or because she is going to come into heat? Who knows with that one? So when I went to the feed store I chose a different food to see if that would appeal to her. I don't have to worry about Brae, he eats anything and in 3 seconds flat! I am not sure he had time to taste that something was a little different:) A very nice neighbor gave me a sliding glass door dog door last night. It is really nice but Brae might just be a little too big for it, we will have to see when the cone comes off. Ruby likes it already!

Have a great day!

Happy Bird-Day

I love my new Pun Fun stamp set. Here is a card I made for Beate John's Weekend Sketch Challenge.

SCS Sketch Challenge

Last week I was wanting to make cards for the secretaries at school. I was falling short in the creativity department so I decided to check out the sketch challenge on SCS. Still having no idea what to create I decided to look at the sketch challenge gallery to see what other people created. I found this card and loved it. So I was off to make the card with my own personal touches. So I found the papers I was going to use, got everything cut out and when I went to stamp is when I remembered loaning my Wild About You stamp set to a friend. Oh well, the secretaries ended up getting water bottles! My friend sent the stamps back with her adorable 1st grade messenger and I finished the cards up on Sunday. I used the wish big sentiment and plan on using them for birthdays that are fast approaching!

Flap Card

After seeing this tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers I decided I needed to try one. I didn't have a Coluzzle so I thought I would just trace a circle shape and cut that out. Even though that worked, I wasn't pleased with the results so with money from my last class I ordered the Coluzzle. I had purchased some thin magnets and was ready to go. Well, my magnets weren't nearly strong enough to stick to each other, let alone through layers of cardstock. So I hunted down some of the magnets that the tutorial suggested. Most places were out of stock so I finally found some on Ebay. I was happy when they came yesterday. I would like to use this card and possibly a 2, 5, 7, 10 box for my May stamping class. Here is the card I made, both closed and open.

A friend of mine suggested putting the magnet behind the paper on the front flap of the card instead of behind the paper on the inside of the card, I think I will try that on the next one I make!

Brae and Ruby are doing okay. The cone is driving me nuts, he keeps bumping into me with it and it hurts. The incision looks like it is healing well, counting down the days until he can be a normal dog again!