Happy New Year!!!!!!!

Good Evening Everyone!!!! I so hope everyone has had a wonderful Happy New Year!!!

This is my first card for 2010!!!!! I just can't believe that 2009 is already over.

I spent the day doing some DT work and just had to join in the challenge at the Sugar Bowl, A wonderful sketch over there by Lilian. And the prize this time is some new stamps yet to be released!!! There is always wonderful prizes there so make sure you go check the challenge out. I know you all love sketch's.

Here I have used one of the Gorjuss girls from Sugar Nellie, she has been colored with my copics and my papers are BoBunny. The add option for this challenge is something New so I used the bubbly to have a Happy New Year card !

The flourish is from Bosskut and the branch is from MS, the flowers are Prima flowers that I got for Christmas from a very dear friend and I added some flat pearls to the flourish.

Sorry the post is really short tonight but I have been off all week on vacation and even though tomorrow is just Saturday I have to go back to work!!!!!!!!!! I so dread it but it has been so nice being off and spending time with the grand kids and family and friends. Well have a wonderful weekend folks and hopefully will see around blog land this weekend after work. Thanks so much for stopping bye and for all the wonderful comments you all leave me here and on emails, it does mean so much to me.

Big Hugs

Another One!!!

Good Evening!!! Well it is me again, after seeing my post I posted earlier (you know the long one lol) I realized I was missing a card and challenge. Serves me right for waiting so long to post them.

This one is from the fundraiser stamps by Leanne Ellis from Sugar Nellie, I have had this stamp for some time and had never inked it up and I am so ashamed to even tell that, such a beautiful image. I used the papers from Bo Bunny and a BG bling. The roses are those gorgeous flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. I have used the sketch that Claudia made over at Friday Sketchers, they are having a Christmas Blog hop for there challenge. Good think they are giving you extra time lol

Well that is it for me today, Have a wonderful evening

Thanks for stopping bye, Big Hugs my friends

A Long Post

Hello my dear friends!!! How is everyone doing after the Big Holiday?? Getting ready for the New Year?? Me I don't celebrate the New Year only because I can't stay up that late lol I get up at 3am to go to work so I am long asleep by then lol

I wanted to show you a few challenges I have done, I have not been online much so far this week and just had not posted anything so figured I had better get busy and write this up before it came a book lol

First I have a card made for my cousin's wife, She is just the sweetest person and I just love her to death. I have used the sketch by Dawny over at Papertake Weekly and have used one of my Manga girls from Sugar Nellie. I colored her with my copic's and my papers are from BoBunny.
I used punches from SU for my Simon Says Stamp wording and then my new MS border punch.

And these GORGEOUS flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, I just so love these flowers I so hope you all have went and got you some you can't beat the price for these beauties especially for all you get.

Here is another one of the Manga girls from Sugar Nellie, I soooooo love these stamps. I have used the sketch over at Mojo Monday to make this notepad it is a gift for my cousin's wife to go along with the card above. All items are the same as above put also used a spellbinder tag.


This is a card I made with one of the new Sugar Nellie stamps from the baby collection she is called Caitlyn isn't she adorable?? I have used the sketch over at A Spoonful of Sugar for this card. I used papers from My Minds Eye and have colored her with my copic's. Added some buttons from my stash.

Now this cutie is Heather she is from Sugar Nellie's Sugar and Spice collection. I so enjoyed coloring her with my copic's these images are so easy to color in and shade.

I have used the Mind's Eye collection again on this so love the papers. This sketch I used is from the Sunday's Sketch and Stamp Challenge. I have used some Prima flowers that I got from a dear friend for Christmas with brads and spacers in the center, and some raffia ribbon and added some bling from my stash.

Oh and look at this cutie, this is the vintage baby from Sugar Nellie , oh just so precious laying there. Reminds me I have to baby sit tomorrow sure hope that baby of mine is this good lol Nathaniel is at the age 10 months where he is into everything lol

I have used papers from BG and have used my copic's again (as always) The wording is from Verve Stamps, I just knew when I saw this I had the perfect image for it. I have used my sizzix die for the stars and have used pop dots under them. This sketch is from Create 4 Fun Challenge.

Now here is another beauty from the Sugar and Spice collection over at Sugar Nellie her name is Elise. My picture never took very well here because of the acetate, I have tried several times but just not getting a good one so only took 1 view. I used the acetate box tutorial over at Splitcoaststampers and have added some Reese's cups to the inside.

Well if you made it to the bottom of this post thanks so much for sticking it out lol I am so sorry I just hadn't posted some of these earlier.

Hope you all have a great week and be safe and have a Happy New Year if I don't make it back before then.

Thanks for stopping bye and sending big hugs

Family Pictures!!!!!!!

I hope everyone had a Wonderful Christmas with time well spent with your family and friends!!

I had a few pictures I would like to share with you of some of my family. This is my brother and I here.

This is my Aunt Rosie and Uncle Wilburn along with my brother and I. This is one of my dad's brothers. My parents are gone and have been for many years now so I just have some family on my dad's side left.



This is my Aunt Pearl and Uncle Tom along with my cousin Kathy from S Carolina. Kathy's parents are in the picture above. My Aunt Pearl and Uncle Tom were in a very bad car wreck several weeks ago, my Aunt is doing pretty well right now some trouble with her back but my Uncle Tom, broke his breast bone and has had some other serious injury's, so he is very slowly on the mend and is not getting around so well. Uncle Tom is my dad's other brother and he looks soooo much like my father. Today would of been my father's birthday, he would of been 83. Happy Birthday Dad!!


This is a picture of me with my Aunt and Uncle, We had to set him down he got a little dizzy, he is just not up to pare at all.

Now this is my cousin Kathy with her parents and my brother in the back.

And here is my daughter Rachelle with her husband Jeremy and son Nathaniel and daughter Kirstie. This was at the there church Christmas Eve where my granddaughter had her program.


And here is Kirstie singing at her program, the church is huge so we were so far away from her so this picture sure didn't turn out very well.
Well I hope you all had a wonderful time with your family.I know I did and so hated to see my cousin leave yesterday, I always have a blast when she is in.

I also want to thank each and everyone of you for always visiting me and leaving comments and also for all of you that email me with your lovely comments. It so means the world to me and I so appreciate it so much. I know I have not been a good blogger and I am so sorry for that I do try to visit you every chance I get but working the hours we have worked this year has not left much time for the fun things. We are all waiting to see what the New Year brings to us as far as hours and work.

Thanks for stopping by and big hugs!!!!!!!!!!!

Last of my weekend crafting!!

Good Evening everyone!! Thanks so much for stopping by. I finally finished a couple of projects I started awhile back today, nothing like waiting till the last moment on a few gifts lol
This one is just a basket I made with one of my new Sugar Nellie stamps she is called Erin. I have colored her with my copic's and used the MS butterfly and of course used those gorgeous roses from WildOrchird Crafts, I can't express enough how much I love these and how many you get for the price, these are just wonderful and I have to say they are the sweetest people so very nice and they service is fantastic.
The papers I used are from Heidi Grace. I am not for sure where I got the pattern for this basket I wish I had kept that part so if you know who it is please let me know so I can give them credit.
These are a couple of Magnetic post it note holders I started some time back for a couple of the girls I work with. They are from the Manga Collection from Sugar Nellie.
I have used some Spellbinders dies for them and prima flowers.

Well hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!! Got to go back to work tomorrow but hey only have to work for 3 days !!! Yippee!!!!! Thanks again for stopping bye, Big Hugs

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!!

Oh I forgot to post one with my post today. My bad.
I made this card with a digi set from Verve!!! I think the stamps she has is just beautiful!!! The verses and Julie's art is just gorgeous also. I could spend hours going through her blog.

Here I have colored the mittens in with my copic's and have used some glamour dust on the snowflakes. The papers are from BoBunny and I have used the sketch by the talented Tiets. The sentiment is also from Verve and I have used the MS snowflake border punch and snowflake. And the charm snowflakes were sent to me by a very dear friend. The photo corner is from SU.
Well that is it for me now I promise lol Have a great evening. Hugs

Are you all ready???

Is everyone ready for Christmas??? I know I am not I still have to get a few things and am still doing cards for my friends.

I spent some time today doing a couple of challenges. This first one is for Sketch Saturday. I used these gorogeous glittery papers from BoBunny and the gorgeous Sarah kay stamp is from my winnings from Bev's candy, isn't this one a beauty??/I used the MS snowflake punch which I added some tinklets too, and border, and my starform peel off's and added some flower soft on the stamp image.

This card here is for Paper Take Weekly a wonderful sketch over there by Dawny she always does wonderful sketch's. I have used papers from MME. And this adorable image is from the new Sugar and Spice collection at Sugar Nellie. I just love these so easy to color and so adorable. She is called Mackenzie. I have colored her with my copic's and added some photo corners and used my new MS border punch. I made my flower from the retro punch and used the MS branch punch along with the leaf.

Well I do hope you all are having a wonderful weekend and are getting ready for the holidays. If I don't post anymore later I want to wish you all a wonderful Merry Christmas. Hugs my dear friends

Mina's Sketch

Oh I tell you I have tried over and over to get a good picture on this card but it is just not meant to be!!!! I get a glare every time so sorry about the picture folks.

My card here is for Just Magnolia. We have a wonderful sketch this week by Mina.
I have used one of the Christmas Tilda's and have colored her with my copic's. My papers are from BG and the ribbon is from my stash. The wording is a peel off from Starforms.
BUT!!!!!!!!!
Check those flowers out!! I just got these today from Wild Orchid Crafts!!! OMG these flowers are the yummiest!!!! I could not believe how many you get for the price and such gorgeous colors. I want you to know I ordered these and they were shipped the next business day and I had them here in the USA within 5 days!!! Now you talk about service!!! You all HAVE to get some of these flowers and you will NOT find a better price for these.

My oldest Grandson

I hope this scheduled post goes off today as it was a rush job but just wanted to show you the pic's of my oldest grandson Dyllon. He is wrestling now at school and they had a match in the town I work in last night so Grandma just had to go watch him. I have to say it sure made my stomach ache lol To stressful for me to watch to many of them lol

Dyllon is in the blue and yellow outfit, he was wrestling for Brown County, Indiana. Man my boy is growing up soooooo fast he is a young man now.

Thanks for stopping bye to look. Hugs

Winter's Butterflies

Hello my dear visitors!!! I hope everyone is staying warm. It sure has been cold here, and I am so not ready for this kind of weather. I need to be a bear in this kind of weather and just hibernate lol

Today at Whiff of Joy Challenge blog we have a sketch for you by our talented member Bev. I have used Willow with the sled here and the sentiment is also from Whiff of Joy this is from the Winters stamp Kit and the whole kit is just gorgeous. If you all missed out all you have to do is go to Whiff of Joy and you can order these separate.

My papers are from BoBunny and I have used some brad snowflakes and also MS punched snowflakes. The ribbon is from my stash. Well I do hope you all come and join in with us at Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog , this is our last challenge for the year.

Thanks for stopping bye dear friends. Big Hugs

Some Sugar Nellie for you!!!

Well the weekend is about over and time to get ready for work tomorrow but wanted to post some challenges I got done today. I finally got all my shopping done yesterday and after doing all the chores last night I had the day to play some today.

Here is a card for Friday Sketchers, a wonderful sketch by Carole. I have used Bubbles from Sugar Nellie from the Home Grown collection isn't she a doll???? I have colored her with my copic's and have used papers from K&Co and one of my new MS border punches, I just love this one. I added some flat pearls to the top of it and used my retro punches to make some flowers. I used stickles on the bubbles.
This card I made with the sketch over at Sketch Saturday. I have used Callum from Sugar Nellie also from the Home Grown Collection, You all will just love these stamps so if you have not bought yours yet oh you must get on the ball and do so they are soooooooooo easy to color, and just the cutest. Callum has been colored with my copic's and I have used papers from SU and my wording is from a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp which NEVER leaves my desk lol I also used a MS border punch on this card , the punches for the wording are from SU also.

Now this project I made for a gift card I needed for Christmas. I used the tutorial at Patty's Blog to make it. The papers are from BG and I used the Pine tree border punch from MS on the band that goes around the gift card. The wording is a peel off from Starform. Now my image is from Sugar Nellie it is Peace Angel from the Diane Dude collection. I colored her in with my copic's and added some glamour dust on her wings.

This picture is the gift holder opened with the band.

And this picture is of the holder closed.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I got to do some shopping with my dear friend and had a wonderful time. 8 days and counting till I am off work for over a week and am so ready for it.

Have a wonderful evening all and thanks so much for stopping bye. Hugs

From our Family to Yours

Oh I had so much fun making this easel card. I had wanted to make one for awhile but just never had the time to and I finally made time lol So much fun!!! My card is from the Just Magnolia Challenge this week and that is to make a Christmas Card. I tell you I am so behind on making cards for me. My daughter has took most of what I have made so now I am in a rush to get mine done. Lets hope I can do it lol

I have used one of the Christmas Tilda's opening presents, she has been colored with my copic's and my papers are from BoBunny I so love these they have glitter and sparkle to them. The flowers are from a dear friend of mine (thank you so much dear I have waited to use these for a special card and now I have it lol

The wording on the bottom is from SU and on the top wording it is from Magnolia. The flourish is from Bosskut and my leaf and branch are from l-em and punch bunch. The ribbon is from my stash.

Here is the full view of the easel card

And a close up of the front

So hope to see you over at the challenge blog. Big hugs

Happy Holidays!

Over at Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog this week we have a challenge for you of making a Sparkle Card or Project. I have used this adorable Willow with Santa Stocking from Whiff of Joy. I have colored her with my copic's and added some glamour dust to the candy can and to the stocking and also to the swirls on her pants. I did add some fun flock to her fur on her coat and hat and scarf. I used my retro punches for my flowers and added a BG brad with my branch punch from L-em. The ribbon was from my stash and the metal wording I got at my local scrapbook store. And my papers are from Fancy Pants. Hope to see you all over at the challenge blog. Hugs

My weekend play time

Well the weekend is over almost!!! I did manage to get the weekend off, and after getting my bedroom finally all redone and everything put back Saturday I managed some play time the rest of the evening and today.

Here is my card for the Sugar Bowl, there is a lovely sketch this time by Lilian. I have used my papers from Bo Bunny and one of my new images from Sugar Nellie that was in my Dt package. Oh I so love this new sugar and spice collection. This image is called Raven (so adorable). If you have not ordered your images from this collection you should for they are just so wonderful to color. I have seen several out in blog land.
Anyway back to my card. I have used some snowflake punches from McGill and MS and have added some snowflake charms and a peel off from Starform for my wording. I have colored my image in with my copic's. So hope to see you all over at the Sugar Bowl!!!

This is a pizza box that I made just for fun and have used one of the Christmas images from Sugar Nellie called Christmas Eve Girl and she is from the Mary Hall collection. I have used papers from BG and SU and my wording is from Cuddly Buddly. Ribbon is from my stash and the poinsettia is from the Hobby House. My image has been colored in with my copics and I added some lace to the side of the box.

This is a card I made for a couple of challenges. Mojo Monday for a wonderful sketch and the Copic Creation and that challenge is to color a snowman. I have used papers from October Afternoon and my image if from Cuddly Buddly. Colored with my copics as always lol I used my nestibilites and punches from SU for the wording and the wording is from The Angel Company.

Another challenge here is a sketch from the wonderful Dawny P for the Papertake Challenge. I have not been able to participate with them for some time so made sure while I had some time to do so this week. I have used BG papers and an ever so cute image from Whiff of Joy this is Oakley with ornament isn't he so handsome??? I have colored him with my copics. and have used a Christmas flourish from Inkadinkado. The wording is a peel off from Starform and I have used a nameplate from SU. I so enjoy Dawny's sketch's and it felt so good to get to participate.

Well that is it for me for the weekend. I did get my DT cards done for the week also but you will have to wait and see my scheduled post for them lol Have to return to work tomorrow in the early early am so see you all around blog land this week I hope. Thanks for stopping bye and seeing me I so appreciate it so very much Hugs my dear friends

Merry Christmas

It's Friday and that means there is another challenge over at Just Magnolia. We are making a extra special Christmas Card or project. I have chosen to go for the project for a very special person. Someone who is always there doing things for you, someone who has been so generous to everyone. I just can't tell who she is yet for I want this to be a surprise for her but I am sure most of you know who she is. I have used the tutorial over at Kirsten's Blog Oh My this lady is so talented.
I have used Tilda as Christmas Angel for my card, I just love this image. Well I love them all BUT she is just so adorable.
Here is the 4 drawers with some candy in them and the card is attached to the top. My papers are from MME and I have used flowers from Prima , punches from MS and L-Em, I used some peel off's from Starform and some flat pearls. and some raffia lace from my dear friend.

Here is a close up of the top of the card.



Here is a side view and the handles I have used are some photo corners from Debbie's Die Cuts.

Well I hope you have enjoyed my special project for a special someone. Have a great weekend, I know I will as long as I don't have to go to work lol Hugs