To All My Local Peeps.... :)

I am Chairperson for our school fair. If anyone is interested in participating, please email me!!

Thanks for stopping by...

p.s. This is also the reason I have been a bit silent lately! But, I promise to be back soon!!

OWH Veteran's Day Blog Hop...

The Ode of Remembrance

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

Well, if you arrived here on your journey through the Operation Write Home Veterans Day Blog Hop...WELCOME! OWH does so many wonderful things for American servicemen and women! I am thrilled to be participating in this hop! If you have not come all this way from the start of the hop, click here and you will be taken to the start!

As millions of Americans remember the sacrifice and courage that our military has made and the freedoms that they afford us by that commitment, we honor them with these pieces of artwork. My brother proudly serves in the United States Marines and so I dedicate this post to his service to our country.

On to my cards...
My first card is the card I made for my AnyHero Card. I was fooling around with my Cricut Home Accents cartridge and never ever saw this flower medallion before! I absolutely love, love, love it...how did I ever miss it?? Anyways, I cut out the brown medallion, faux stitched around it and used a Studio G sentiment stamp in the middle. The pattern paper is from a Paper Wardrobe pack called Winter Casual. And then I used some corduroy ribbon which I don't remember where I got and some Olfray green ribbon on top. And finally, I added three green gems to the bottom.

The second card is my Valentine's Day Card. I also used the Cricut Home Accents cartridge on this card. I cut the "love" sentiment and the tag. The pattern paper is actually a pack I bought at Target's Dollar Spot. And the "Hit, me cupid" stamps is a Studio G. My favorite part of this card is the ribbon on the top of the tag which is pink CAMO!! How cute is that! Imagine what those terrorists would think if they saw that pink camo! ;)

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and for your next stop you will be going to visit, Patti!! She has three darling kids and wait until you see what she has created! Bee-U-T-FUL! :)

Thanks for stopping by...

Over The Top...

My sweet friend, Michelle at Everyday Me sent me this cute award!

The rules are this: I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word.

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Your hair? easy
3. Your mother? LOVE
4. Your father? LOVE
5. Your favorite food? lobster
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? peppermint mochachino
8. Your dream/goal? starting
9. What room are you in? craft room
10. Your hobby? paper
11. Your fear? injury
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Here
13. Where were you last night? PTA meeting
14. Something that you aren't? angry
15. Muffins? Homemade
16. Wish list item? cricut expression :)
17. Where did you grow up? mostly massachusetts
18. Last thing you did? coffee
19. What are you wearing? Jammies
20. Your TV? on
21. Your Pets? Brownie-dog, Shirley-cat
22. Friends? amazing
23. Your life? wonderful
24. Your mood? relaxed
25. Missing someone? oh yeah
26. Vehicle? Grand Cherokee Ltd
27. Something you're not wearing? jewelry
28. Your favorite store? Michael's
29. Your favorite color? Red
30. When was the last time you laughed? 5 min ago
31. Last time you cried? last week
32. Your best friend? Fun
33. One place that I go to over and over? Walmart :)
34. Facebook? yes
35. Favorite place to eat? Miyako Sushi

Here are the people I'm passing this award on to:

Caryl at http://stampsnstitches.blogspot.com/
Katie at http://kbstamps.blogspot.com/
Lisa at http://adornmentsbylisa.blogspot.com/
Dawn at http://craftydawn.blogspot.com/

Play along ladies, if you like...

A huge, heartfelt Thank You to all our Veterans...

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.

Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

A big thanks to Operation Write Home for the above avatar! Don't forget OWH Veterans Day Blog Hop is this Saturday!! Y'all come back now...

FireCracker Designs by Pamela Week #4...

Sadly, this wraps up my stint as Guest Designer for FireCracker Designs by Pamela. I have had a lot of fun and hope y'all enjoyed what I came up with!
For this weeks projects, I made two cards. I also made a video to show you how I created the background embossing resist image.

Here's the card...

And here's the video...



For my second card, I used the same stamp set, Escape the Daily Grind and I think it turned out sweet and girlie!

I want to thank Pamela for a great experience and hope y'all go visit her store for some really cool stamp sets!!
Thanks for stopping by...