So many

I can't believe how many of my co-workers are pregnant at this time it is like an epidemic.  Last week there was a baby shower for two of the girls and this is the card that I made.

Patterened Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - I scream for ice cream
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollections
Stamp:  Saturated Canary - Pickles and Ice Cream
Sentiment:  TLC, Create
Crystal Lacquer on pickle and cherry
Pisma pencils
Ribbon: stash
Flower:  Recollections
Circle Punch:  EK Success

Challenges
Sweet Wednesday Sketch - Sketch 157
Saturated Canary - Anything Goes

Too cool

It's hard to believe today was my son's last day of school and summer break is here.  There are days that time seems to pass too quickly.  It was a gorgeous day today sunny with a slight breeze.  For my card, I used a Bugaboo popsicle image and covered it with Crystal effects and Liquid Applique.  I had fun with that.

Patterned Paper:  Bearly Mine, My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Core-dinations, Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - revel

Border punch:  EK Success

Spellbinder:  Eyelet Circle

Charm:  

Flower:  Recollections

Ribbon:  JoAnn's

Crystal Effects

Liquid Applique

Divine Twine

Challenges

Mojo - Sketch 244

Bugaboo - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - Charms

Colour Q  140

Just Inspirational  http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
sponsored by Bugaboo

Waiting for the parade

The first digital image that I ever purchased was one from Mo Manning and I just love her images. She takes ordinary events and turns them into priceless images that you just have to get.  I knew when I saw the stamp of "Waiting for the parade" that I had a picture of my son back a few years ago with our neighbor watching the Memorial Day Parade.  It just brought back a flood of memories for me.

Patterned Paper:  Authentique

Cardstock:  Bazzil & Recollectioins

Stamp:  Mo Manning - Waiting for the parade

Brad & Star chipboard:  Recollections

Ribbon:  Michael's

Spellbinders:  Small & Large Standard Circles

Challenges

SFYTT - June Sketch

Mo Manning - Anything goes

Trevor with neighbors Jacob & Steve 6-27-99

Just a few minutes

This last week has been a whirlwind.  We had a friend of my husband's funeral and wake to attend on Monday and Tuesday which was difficult for him since he died of the SAME cancer my husband has.  They were college classmates so there were pictures of them together and they were in the UW-Marching Band.  It was overwhelming that 2500 people attended the wake and about 1000 for the funeral.  My husband knows a lot of people just like this friend because he was a teacher at a local high school for the band program whereas my husband taught music at the local college for 35+ years.  My mother-in-law, who is 87, was in a car accident on Tuesday where she was driving and was hospitalized with a leg fracture so my husband went with his sister to visit her on Wednesday since she is about 70 miles away.  We went to visit her in the nursing home where she is getting rehab on Saturday.  So needless to say, my husband didn't keep up with his fluid intake this week so Sunday night I had to take him to the ER to get fluids again.  I feel like all I do is nag him to drink and try to add flavoring to bottled water so he will drink it.  I did spend a little time today making these cards because I needed to escape.  Hopefully this week will be better.
We have new neighbors across the street so I made the first card using the color for Skipping Stones Challenge.  My second card uses the sketch for Sassy Cheryl.  And then I thought I better have a sympathy card on hand so I used Chupa's sketch and the CR84FN55 colors for this card.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Mediterranean Sea, Under the Boadwalk
Cardstock:  Paper Company & Recollections
Stamp:  Melonheadz - Moving day
Spellbinder:  Large standard circle
Buttons:  stash
Ribbon:  JoAnn's

Challenges
Verve: Viva La Verve Sketch June Week 1
Skipping Stones :

Patterned Paper:  Nitwit- Hey cupcake
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Core-dinations, Recollections
Stamp:  Sassy Cheryl - Sassy Sally's Big Cupcake
             Just Rite
Ink:  Memento, Black Tuxedo
Stickles
Buttons:  Papertrey
Ribbon:  Offray
Spellbinders:  Small & Large standard circles

Challenges
Sassy Cheryl - Sketch

Paper:  Bearly Mine: Plaid & Floral Breeze
Cardstock:  Recollections
Sentiment:  Doodle Pantry
Embossing:  M-bossibilities
Spellbinders:  Pennants
Pearls:  Recollections
Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges
Chupa - Sketch 62
CR84FN55  http://cr84fncolorchallenge.blogspot.com/

Floral birthday

Well I worked last night, and decided to do a card before I go to bed since I needed some down time after the night I had.  I made this bright card using this weeks Color Throwdown and Skipping Stones sketch.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Spring 12
Cardstock:  Recollections
Cardbase:  Paper Cuts
Stamp:  Skipping Stones
Ink:  Close to My Heart - Hollyhock
Button:  stash
Twine:  Divine Twine
Spellbinders:  Large standard circle, large scalloped circle

Challenges
Skipping Stones - Sketch
Color Throwdown

Papercraft Star - Birthday Challenge 98  http://papercraftstar.blogspot.com/2012/05/challenge-98-birthday-card-or-bag.html

Feeling Hot Hot Hot

Hot pink that is...that is the Splitcoast Friday Free for all Challenge this week.  I made a card using the Mojo Sketch and Guylou's image called "Gabrielle and Ribbon".  I colored the ribbon pink for breast cancer, I added a doily which is part of the Guylou's Challenge, and ice stickles on the angel's wings.

My second card is for the Bugaboo Challenge this week which is a color challenge.  I used the "flowercan" image in where I was able to color the flowers several shades of pink.  I used this week's Stella Sketch.  I have been lucky to be sponsored as the Biggest Fan of the month so check out the website.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye - Inde Chic - Saffron

Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollections

Stamp:  Guylou- Gabrielle and Ribbon

Flowers:  Prima & Recollection

Ice Stickles

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Doily - Little Yellow Bicycle

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch #242

Guylou- Doily       guylousinimitabilitystore.blogspot.com

Splitcoast- F4A118 - Feeling Hot Hot Hot - Hot Pink

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey - Olivia

Cardstock:  Basic Grey - Oliviia, Core-dinations, Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Flower can

Sakura glitter jelly pen

Bling: Paper Studio

Spellbinders:  Large & Small Standard circles

Border Punch:  Fiskar

Twine:  Twinery

Button:  stash

Challenges

Stella - Sketch 111

Bugaboo - Color Challenge

Scrap Creations - Bingo

               Glitter pen (on ribbon above heart) & paper on circle, circle die cuts, button

On the floor

Every now and then it is good to shock and surprise your teen-agers just so they understand what it is all about.   Last evening, my cats were being playful and I thought they looked adorable so I got down on the floor and was taking some photos of them.  Both of my kids came in the family room and said to me, "Mom, what are you doing on the floor?" like there was something wrong with me.  When I explained myself they just gave me a look as if I was crazy and I thought it was wonderful because that is how I many times feel in conversations with each of them.
For my first card I used this weeks Splitcoast Sketch along with the Colour Q challenge colors to make this card.  I added Crystal Effects to the water in the bottle to give it a shiny effect.  My second card is for the There She Goes Challenge which is a birthday and sketch challenge.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - I scream for ice cream
Cardstock:  Bazzil & Recollections
Stamp:  Inkadinkadoo
Sentiment:  Close to My Heart
Ink:  Memento, Rich Cocoa
Twine & Jute:  Ribbon Carousel
Buttons:  Stash
Crystal Effects
Spellbinders:  Large Standard Circle

Challenges
Splitcoast Sketch - SC386
Colour Q 138

Patterned Paper:  We are Memory Keepers

Cardstock:  Core-dinations, Recollections

Stamp:  There She Goes

Sentiment: Close to My Heart

Ink:  Memento, Black Tuxedo

Chalk:  unknown

Flower:  Prima

Border Punch:  EK Success

Ribbon:  Michael's

Challenges

There She Goes - Birthday & Sketch

Here are a few pics of two of my cats.

Casio

Snookie