Hambo Hoedown#5

Here's my card for Hambo Hoedown #5!

Isn't this a cute masculine image? Love it!

New Challenge - Birthday Sundaes!

Birthday Sundaes is a weekly challenge blog beginning March 20, 2011.
The goal of Birthday Sundaes is to build up those birthday card stashes! I just love to make birthday cards and hope you do too! Types of challenges Birthday Sundaes will be hosting are color, supply, recipe, inspiration & technique challenges incorporated into birthday themed cards.

Go check it out: Birthday Sundaes .

Hambo Hoedown #4

Here's my card for Hambo Hoedown #4.

Cute little guy, isn't he?

Did you know that if you play along, you can get images like this for free! Well, he won't be free this time, but if you purchase him and play, the next one will be.

Come join the fun. They have great images!

BLOGGER problems...

Is anyone else having tons of problems with Blogger??

My BLOGS LIST of the ones that I follow keeps disappearing.

I've tried to find out if there are problems for more people, but can't find it out for sure. Every day, for the past several days, the list just simply disappears for hours at a time. Today it was gone for over 6 hours.

Eventually it does come back, but what a PAIN! And I wonder if it's just me? Let me know if you have been having the same problems. Please.

I've tried to contact them, but not having good results with that either! Everything keeps bouncing back to their Q&A and there isn't a good response in there.

trying to get ahead...

Well, I've been trying to get some birthday cards made up ahead of needing them, so today that was a project. i actually have about a dozen more partly completed. You know, when you find the right papers, or when using the cuttlebug and nesties, you do more than one at a time!

candy will be coming real soon.....

Hey everyone!

Just a heads up that I hope to post some blog candy later this week. I'm going to try and do this every quarter this year.

Some of the items are things I purchased early on at this hobby, and then found out I didn't like (such as stickers) and a couple are just great bargains I found and so I bought 2 - keeping one myself and giving the other away. And then a very few are things I have received as blog candy that I know I won't be using - so I hope the original giver isn't too upset that I'm sharing it on to others who I hope will enjoy them to their fullest.

So stay tuned. This will probably run until mid-March - to give lots of time to sign up.

Cupcakes anyone?

YUMMMY!!

I could eat these!

Here are some of the cards I've made with a few images I recently won at
Limited Runs. Aren't these lovely images. Nikki does such a fantastic job - you need to go there and check them out. She has tons and tons of cupcake images (plus some other images as well) but I adore these cupcakes.

And I just realized I haven't posted much except a couple of challenge cards in a while. I'm WAAY behind in posting. I make at least 10 cards a week on average, but you couldn't tell it here. I'll try and come back later today and post a few that I have pictures of. Some, sadly, get sent before I take photos. Still working on that!!

Have a great Sunday everyone!

Hambo Hoedown#3

Here's my submission for Challenge #3 at Hambo Hoedown . Love this little Pelican.

If you haven't been playing along, come join in. It's fun and easy and you get a freebie image for playing along!

Hambo Hoedown #2

Well, here's my little card for the Hambo Hoedown#2 Challenge. I'm not into monsters too much, but this one is a little cute.

Love that heart he's holding onto!

Have you checked out this new Challenge yet? You can get a freebie image when you continue playing! Go on, check it out Here .

This note card was actually one I got right after Halloween at Joann's and so I thought it was very fitting for this little monster!

I found an adorable image...

and it was attached to this challenge! So I made a card to enter.


The Challenge info is Here . Check it out. Runs through Feb 23rd I think.

Maybe I'm a little more sensitive since the birth of my granddaughter, but I'm seeing more and more babies now! But this is a very cute image.

Limited Runs free cupcake

Here's my entry into Limited Run's Challenge.

Love the little cupcake (which was a freebie - might still be), and if you have never checked this blog - go to it! There are SOOO many outstanding cupcakes to choose from. I have several of them, and would love to win more!!

There are images other than cupcakes, but I think Nikki's cupcakes are the BEST!

What are you waiting on - I mean it - go check it out!

Share the CraftySteals Love ...Win a Prize!

This Valentine's day Crafty Steals wants to share a little love to a couple special customers. We have 2 "lovely" prize packs that we can't wait to send out!

So here's how to enter: It's simple just share the Crafty Steals love! Tell your crafty bargain hunter friends... invite them to be our facebook friends, follow our blog or twitter or sign up for email alerts. Then come back and leave us a comment on how many crafty friends you "shared the love" with.

OK, now I've complied. Please let them know I SENT YOU when you do one or more of those connections. Thanks!!

Lovely candy

OK, I just have to tell you about this candy - that I don't want you to win!!!!

Jennifer from Outside My Window just posted this, because her birthday is coming up soon, and she's giving away 16 (yes, that's right) sweet pea pieces of rubber!!

I am telling you about this so I can get an extra entry, but I don't want you to win -- I want to win. Sweet Pea Stamps are great, and the chance to get 16 of them is just too great to pass up!

So if you feel you must enter - PLEASE be nice enough to mention my name!!

Liebster Award

Yesterday I was given this award by Holly . If you've never been to her blog you should take a minute to click on her name and go visit. She is a very special lady. I'm thrilled she thinks enough of my blog to give me this award!




There are a couple of rules that accompany this award.
First you need to post about the award and then thank and link back to the person who presented it to you. You also need to let them know that you have accepted the award. Then you need to select 3-5 people to present the award to and inform them.

Holly told me a little about what she thinks this award is about or why she went along with it. The Arnold-Liebster Foundation seeks to promote peace, tolerance, human rights, and religious freedom by peaceful and nonpolitical means. She said she didn't know for sure if the Liebster award is based on the Arnold-Liebster Foundation, but was going with it by giving the award.


Here are my three choices:


Chris from Chrisd - Simple Things in Life


Karen from Have A Scrap Happy Day


Debbi from Diamond Grove

Check them out, you won't be disappointed if you pay them a visit!

Hambo Hoedown entry

Hi. Here's my entry into the Hambo Hoedown #1 Challenge. I love their images, but I'm not into Football. But Purdue is the hometown team, so I made a card featuring them.

Go check out the challenge Here (and get a freebie image too) and join in the fun.


Sorry I haven't posted much, but things have been hectic around here. Lots of snow, sleet/ice and very cold weather (we're just a little south of Chicago) and I've been busy making up Valentine's that my hubby took to his work to sell. Many of his co-workers purchased some last year - so we'll see what happens.

I promise to do better. Well, I'll try anyway!

Here's another photo of that gorgeous grandaughter of mine!
So far she isn't opening her eyes for me. Every time I get around her, she either sleeps or pretends to sleep and refuses to open those eyes. So my son took this photo for me to prove she doesn't actually sleep 24/7! Bet they sometimes wish she did!

You all have a great day, stay warm, and I'll post again soon!

Good news....

A recent comment by someone reminded me that I hadn't let everyone know!
Sorry. I should be more considerate of announcing things.

I have the results from my recent biopsy (on the other side) and this time it's good news. Just fibrious material - not cancer this time!! Hallejuah.

I do have to follow up again in six months with another double mammogram and ultrasound, but that's OK. If I continue to get good information I'm willing to do that!!
Thank you all for your continued prayers.

And now that I have this new little bundle (Dahlia!) to enjoy, life is good!!

She's here!!

Isn't she precious! Dahlia Anne Scott was born last night, January 16, 2011, and weighed 6 # and 6 oz and is 19 1/2 inches long!

top photo is grandma (me!) Great Grandma (my mom) and Dahlia.

The next is Dahlia with her long hair!

The next one is just me holding her, then my son (the daddy!) and finally the first time grandparents who are going to spoil this little girl like crazy!

Off for a biopsy again..

Well, I thought I was in the clear, but with my recent mammogram - I'm not. So I'm off for a biopsy again and hope this is not cancer this time around. Last year's lumpectomy and treatment was enough. And naturally, this is the "0ther" side now.
So keep me in prayers. I want to concentrate on this new upcoming granddaughter instead of more treatments or surgeries.

This baby is due in 8 days!!
By the way, I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but the name Steve & Karen have chosen Dahlia Anne! Isn't that cute and unusual. Well, this isn't an absolute until they see her, but it's most likely the name!

My Mom is back visiting (for a sad reason, my Uncle Gayle passed away this week) and we've talked her & Mel into staying at least til the 25th. I hope this baby comes in time for Great Grandma to see her! They both HATE the cold weather and snow, being Floridians now, but since they had to make the trip anyway, we just thought it was smart to stay an extra week, and it was cheaper to fly back after that date too.

Another sympathy card...

Here's a card I made for my Aunt Jo.

My Uncle Gayle passed away on Monday, and because of something new going on with me (I may write about this later on) I will be unable to attend the funeral or viewing, so I hurried up and got this card ready for my Aunt Jo.

Uncle Gayle was my Mom's last living sibling. This is hitting her pretty hard. I made arrangements for her and Mel to fly home (back home again in Indiana - USA! where the weather changes every day) amid all the new snow and even talked them into staying an extra week or so - who knows, maybe that new Great Granddaughter will arrive while they are still here! Wouldn't that be nice.

Wink Wink Ink celebrating....

Their first birthday! Isn't this a cutie image. Anyway, this is a month long celebration and you can check it all out Here !

They have some adorable images and now a new blog to show them off!

Challenge post!

Here's my entry into the Designed 2 Delight Challenge for January.

Isn't this a cute image. And its free for now! And I just did the text on the computer.

The challenge runs til Jan. 13th! Check it out Here.

Some goodies

Pixie Dust Paperie has a giveaway going on until the 11th of January. Check it out Here .

They have some wonderful Kits.

Want some more candy ...

My friend Chris has some candy available for a few more days. Now part of me didn't want you to know about this, but then I figured I should start the New Year off being nice. Plenty of time for me to get back to my selfish ways later on.

So... what are you waiting for, go check it out. It's listed on my sidebar and ends on January 8, or you could just click on Chris's name - it should take you there!

Happy New Year from me!

Celebrate - being a new Grandma (first timer!)

Here's a card I made for the StampFairy Challenge.

The theme for this week's challenge is "Celebrate." This could be New Years, a Birthday or any Special Occasion - You must have a sentiment stating what kind of celebration (i.e. Happy Birthday, Happy New Years, Happy Valentines).

I hope they understand how much this being a Grandma is a celebration for us! This new little one is due in just 22 days!

when you are ill...

Here's another card using a House Mouse image.
I love this little image, and it seems like I've been needing "get well" cards quite a bit recently. So this makes a very cute one to send.

I'm going to enter this one too. Since I had to make it up anway. A former classmate friend has just had some surgery, and I think he'll like this one.

Mousy cards...

Here's one of my favorite House Mouse images. Such a cute card for even guys!

I'm entering these into the House Mouse Challenge.

Help if you can... and just enjoy this story

Please go check out Nikki's post Here and contribute if you can.
What a loving memory of her mom. I try to talk to my Mom every day, as she is getting older and starting with Alzheimer's we believe. As a teenager I didn't care for my Mom at all, and she understood and just waiting for me to "wise up". Don't know what I'd do without her. Stories like this remind me to treasure her while I can.

Merry Christmas again.... with snow this time

Here's a photo looking out my back door this morning! Perfectly covered with a light amount of snow!

Merry Christmas!

Well, things have slowed down here finally.
I've been busy making cards, but then the actual sending of them has taken up so much time. And in the middle of all that, I had a baby shower for my son and his girlfriend (expecting that first granddaughter in January!!) and although fun - it was a lot of work. And to top it off, I forgot to take any pictures. DANG.




Just when that was over, we got news that our friend Bucky had passed away. I had to stop and make a couple of sympathy cards for his special ladies (daughter Stacy and wife Gayle), and then we had to drive a few hours to go to the viewing - couldn't stay for the funeral as that was this morning - and our family are all coming here for Christmas, with me cooking the dinner.

I think I've written about Bucky before. He's most recently been battling cancer but he also had a kidney transplant almost 35 years ago. He's strong-armed this cancer for about 18 months when they told him he'd maybe get 12 months. But he's at rest now, God Bless him, and in no more pain. And when chatting with him (or Gayle), always asked how I've been doing since the breast cancer.

So it's been rather hectic.
I came home last night to learn I had won some blog candy at Tickled Pink! Soooo looking forward to that! And getting back into posting. Sorry it's been so long really. Next week I hope to put up a few photo collages of some of what I've worked on. They won't be very good as the actual cards have been mailed off (or in a few cases - sold) so I only have small thumbnail sizes that I keep to show off. but there have been so many that even I am still amazed.

For now, Simply Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my followers, family and friends.

LPSC99 - the last one

Here's a card I made for the last Little Paper Shop's Challenge #99. And Julia, this one is for you. I'm sorry to hear that the store is closing.

I don't have many of their stamps, but I do love them. I wish I had them all in digital form.

The challenge was to make a square card. How simple is that!

sorry I've not been posting much....

I've been so busy lately, sorry I haven't posted much. First I had a big craft sale to get ready for (over 200 cards were made!) and actually that was a bust. Didn't sell hardly any because we got dumped on with tons of snow that day. Secondy, I'm having a baby shower for my son and his girlfriend and getting invitations out and things ready for the party - and Christmas stuff too -- well, it's been stressful a little but I'm loving it too. The Baby shower is this coming weekend now. After that, I hope to be back here a little more regularly.


Now, here's a card I'm submitting for The Stamping Boutique's current monthly challenge. I've actually done a couple of these recipe cards recently.

By the way, if you'd like this recipe and can't read it here, let me know. It's great. I get requests for it everytime I take it somewhere.

YUMMY candy is up for grabs until January 6 - Check it out at Crafts International Here .

My blog candty winner is,...

OK - Using a random number generator, my Blog candy winner is:

Rosalee M.

Please contact me by email (it's in my profile) with your mailing information by December 11 or another winner will be chosen. Please put candy winner in the subject!

Thank you to everyone who gave the information about what craft item they couldn't do without!

*I've heard from Rosalee - thanks everyone for playing - I hope to have more candy in the first quart of next year!

Tiny Blog Candy offering...

OK.... Here's a tiny blog candy that I'm offering until December 7.
I hope to add some stamped images to this bunch also ( a couple new to me House Mouse and a few others, incuding some CC Designs).

The only thing I ask is that you put my candy up on your sidebar (and I will be checking) and answer this: What is your one cardmaking tool you could not live without? Also, I'd love you to follow, although following is only if you want - not a requirement because I would hate someone to follow and then cancel.

After the first of the year I hope to try and have some tiny candies about every quarter. I just need to go through my stash and come up with things. It may be things that I decide I won't use or maybe even something great that I really like. But I've been very lucky winning candies and I'm very thankful for that which has allowed me to continue with this hobby I love since I've been unemployed so long (nearly 3 years now!)

Now I'm off to figure out how to add Mr. Linky - You may need to come back to add your info into that, along with your answer to the question.

BLOG CANDY IS NOW CLOSED

Award

Scrap It Girl Kimberly passed this award to me, which I thought was very sweet that she had thought of me. Go check out her blog. Thank you Kim for this award! Now that I have this award I'm supposed to follow the blog award rules: (but I'm swamped and cannot do it right now) so I'll try to do this after the first of the year.
RULES:
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award.
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards

8 Things about me:
1. I'm having my first sale of my cards on Saturday (made over 200!)
2. My childhood best friend (Laura) is still my best friend, along with Chris.
3. I have two grown sons who I love dearly and I am to have a new granddaughter sometime in January 2011.
4. I am a survivor of breast cancer (in March 2010))
5. I am organized pretty well, but also a pack rat!
6. I will do my 1st scrapbook after the birth of my first grandchild in January, already have a pink scrapbook that I recenty won ready to go!
7. I'm an avidreader, hence the moniker. LOVE murder mysteries.
8. I love these things: reading, crafting, cooking/baking, visiting on the phone with my girlfriends, making cards and surprising people with them!

Now I need to pass this award to 8 blogs.... sorry isn't completed....
This is the part that has to wait until January probably! And there are many that I haven't found yet! I keep searching all the time for new to me blogs and crafters!!

Hey, Prairie Fairy has moved back to Blogger, and she's offering some YUMMY candy. Check it out Here .

Wanna win some markers....

Here's a great opportunity to maybe get some Letraset Markers - check out Crafty Fox cards and see what kind of deals she's made. Dec. 8 is a draw date she's listed.

Happy Thanksgiving

That's all, just wishing you a very happy day filled with food, family, friends and all you are thankful for!

Bombshell Stamps has a contest...

Have you ever checked out Bombshell Stamps? You should, and now is the time. Go on, go here and see what cuties they have! They have a new followers contest going on too where you could win some of those stamps!

Wee Memories Giveaway...

I just found out about this - with a few hours left to go! Check it out Here! Yummy goodies.
Oh, wait - they've changed the date to Nov 30 - Whew.... you do have a little time left!!

Squigglefly challenge#75

Here's my entry into the Squigglefly challenge #75.

I wanna win the prize! It's a good one!

And I kinda miss Squigglefly. I hope they let me back on the DT in the future. I'm still needing the break, but working with these ladies was a blast!

forever since I posted...

Sorry it's been a while since I posted here. I have been making cards. In fact, this is the last one I made for 2 Cute Rubber Stamps. My hubby is the one who called him Santa Claws and I thought it fit just right!

I have resigned from that DT at this time as I've been busy and just felt it was something I needed to do. They are great images, and I'm going to miss it I'm sure.

But.... I hope to be able to do some more challenges and things, so I hope to be posting a little better.

In fact, I'll be back later to show some of the cards I've been making. I'm going to display some at a local church bazaar and see if I can sell some of them. I've got about 75 ready now, and I have plans for a few more to sell as "sets". So we'll see what happens in about 3 weeks or so. Sure would help money wise!

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by to see what I've been doing!

Your VOTE is needed for this candy

** Edited: Well, my name didn't win but it was a nice try! fun contest too.

Hey everyone, I'd really like you to go vote for the name I submitted in the Name the Monkey contest over at Some Odd Girl! (see the candy at the right)

One name I came up with made it into the Top 12! It's Monkie-C- Monkiedo!
and I'd like you to vote for mine, but at least go vote! The prize is some cute blog candy, and I wanna win! This is where you need to go vote for it: Here !

Pumpkin Bear!

Here's a little cutie I made for my 2 Cute Rubber Stamps posting today!

Isn't this little bear adorable. Heidi did a fantastic job with him. I decided to keep the background the simple colors and just a little spider web embossed plus a couple of tiny spiders. When they are this tiny I don't mind them!

Do you have little ones to get into costumes? Wouldn't this be a cute one.

My boys are grown but the youngest still does Halloween. It's kinda scary now the costumes he comes up with. They are usually from some comic book character he likes! In fact, he did a great job one year dressing up as Logan/Wolverine from the X-Men comics. Don't be scared, most days he's normal!

Not just one Blog candy - but several

There are some neat prizes to be had if you follow up at Me and the Little Rascals Blog AND at the Imaginisce blog and follow.

Not just one - but several goodies could be yours!

I'm just showing one to intice you - Runs through Nov. 30~

A New Challenge and Freebie! (sorry I'm a little late)

2 Cute Rubber Stamps has a freebies and a good challenge!
First, you can download your free digi stamp and then create something FAB and link your post URL not your blog URL :) It's that easy!
On Sunday the 31st- ONE of the entries will be randomly selected to win a
FREE rubber stamp from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps!
Want to help us out? Spread the word of the challenge and free digi! (blog, facebook, twitter, email, word of mouth, etc!) Your support means a lot! Want to see what the DT did with the free digi? Head over to the main blog here and check out what's been posted and join in! In fact, there aren't too many just yet, so the chances so far are Great!!

new candy

YUMMY candy for a 1st blogaversary!

Stampin FluffnStuff.

Closes on Oct 20.

The picture here is one I should have posted last week. That was when it went up on the 2 Cute Rubber Stamps site, but then I totally forgot to put it on my own site!

Yea, well, no one said I was perfect!

This next card is the new card for this Saturday!

I'm sending it to my brother-in-law as he likes getting cards from me. I don't send him near enough. I try sending cards for no reason, but find myself caught up in the ones for birthdays, and anniversaries, and all that til I sometimes just plain forget to just surprise someone with a card.

So I think I'm going to inform the family that starting in Janaury, I'm only sending cards to the kids and IF I DECIDED to send someone on their birthday, it will be a surprise. For them not to expect it necessarily. It's getting pretty costly to send them too. And, I only got two birthday cards last year from anyone other than my sons and hubby! And one of those was from my MOTHER!

It's not tit-for-tat, but hey, come on. I didn't even get but a very few get well cards for the breast cancer. My family just doesn't think along those lines I guess. So that's why I'm going back to just sending cards when I feel like it.

Sorry, some blogs just got to me the past few days. I guess I'm not the only one kinda feeling sorry for myself. OK - I'm off the bandwagon!

Enjoy the cards, and be sure to check out the store at 2 Cute Rubber Stamps! I'm positive there is a stamp that's just calling your name!