40 Days and Counting

Only 40 days to go until we open our cottage in Maine!  Yahooey!!!  Of course we will probably still need to shovel to get in the door.  LOL!  Last we heard it was still pretty white on the ground up there.  There is a rumor that some of our relatives still have their Christmas decorations up because "it still looks like Christmas outside, so we might as well leave up the décor".  :P

Seemed like a good time to share this card.  I've got warm beach days on my mind. :)  This lighthouse is a workhorse stamp for me.  It's great for guy cards and birthday cards, and it makes for a thoughtful image on sympathy cards.  Friends and I made a bazillion Save-the-Date cards a few years back for a gal pal.

This creation is on its way to Florida.  Where it is 82 as of the typing of this post.  I'd do just about anything to feel 62 degrees right now.  Heck 52 for a couple days in a row would be joyful!  Ah well, pretty soon it'll be stinkin' hot and we'll all forget we were ever cold.  LOL!

I'm off to bid farewell to friends at Ink About It.  The shop will shutter after a big gathering.  *sniff, sniff*  If you are a fan and want to get updates about future classes that instructors are planning in the area, please email me and I'll get you an invite to the FB page.  A bunch of us instructor folk are coordinating some fun events for peeps. :)

Hello Spring!

Hello Spring!!!  I'm so glad you finally arrived!  How long are you staying?  Please stay longer than last year.  Summer came and ran you out of town with all her stinkin' hot days after you had only been here a coupla weeks!

This is another one of the cards I made for the GYB giveaway.  All the cards have birthday greetings inside, but I thought this one could work for any kind of fun time.  Like for no other reason than to say "Hello". :)

Who will you send a random "Hello" to today?  That person that just popped into your head?  I hope so, you know that it will bring a smile to their face and to yours.  Go get that card mailed! :D

Oh Fun!

This card was originally intended to be a birthday card, but after seeing the weather in DC it seemed appropriate. :)  I'm sure that those weren't the words expressed by many this morning when looking at 10 inches of snow.  I'll admit that up here in MA we were all breathing a sign of relief.  Hard to believe that we are on the tail end of "the ides of March" and still looking at snow 'n ice.

This was an uber fun card to create because I got such a deal on the goods!  Most of the papers were from a kit I had full of BG papers and this luscious OH, FUN! chipboard sentiment.  The great deal were the pearls.  They were in a grab bag of blingy leftovers that I scooped up for $2.  Mixed feelings about that steal.  Glad to get a TON of bling for cheap, but sad because it was due to the fact that my local store is closing.  *sniff, sniff*  The last hurrah will be on Saturday. :(

I shall not let this post become a sad one though!  The closing of my favorite store and the dreadful weather will be used as a focus to reinvigorate my 50 projects challenge.  No buying anything new until I get 50 projects completed!!! (or I get distracted by something pretty on the internet. LOL!)

 

Stay Warm!

Sunshine Equals Happiness

 

Oh it is soooo true!  Sunshine can really equal happiness, especially when it bring weather that is in the high 50's. :)  A retired coworker friend and I enjoyed a long visit today.  The teahouse we were going to nosh at wasn't quite ready for us- and that was great!  We were able to enjoy sitting on a sunny bench outside while we waited for our table.  Nothing like a dose of Vitamin D with a friend!!

 



It will be short lived around here though.  We are do for a flash freeze late tomorrow night and snow into Thursday morning.  Oh well.  Such is life in New England.  If the weather was the same all the time, we wouldn't appreciate the spring blooms, summer beach days, crisp apple cider autumn days, and cozy fireside cocoa winter nights. Of course I'm not opposed to spending a year in St. John's USVI where every day is sunny and 80 and every night is starry and 72, purely for scientific purposes you know. ;D

This is one of the cards I made for the GYB giveaway.  It's all due to be posted at the end of this week.  More peeks to come (and hopefully more sunny days too!)

Happy Tuesday!

Cheep Cheep and Daisy Do's!

I've got lot's of fun opportunities and eye candy for you on this post!  Sit back, relax, and enjoy the fun. :)

Remember this set from last week?  Well, guess what!?!  I won Follow-the-Recipe honors over at Catered Crop!!!  So now I have 2 challenges for you this week.  The first is to follow the recipe based on my card at Catered Crop.  Keep scrolling to find out the other challenge...

It's Tuesday ya know!  So it's time for the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge!

This week is we're giving you the uber fun theme of OPEN CHALLENGE!!!!!!!  Remember to read the rules- no back links and only 3 post offerings please, but if you play over at Catered Crop you can enter Top Tip Tuesday with the same creation!

This card uses kraft cardstock, olive Bazzill paper, Memory Box pattern paper, wicked old seam binding, and Magenta cork stickers.  Yup you read right.  Cork stickers.  Soooo cool and sooo fun to play with on this card.  Wow, now that I look at it, this card can be entered over at Catered Crop too!

C'mon come join in all the fun!