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Happy Friday everyone! Hope everyone had a good week. Its so pretty outside here today I have all the doors open and the laundry hanging outside on the line. Its been a productive day here I have done some laundry and cleaned. And we got our Tv fixed, the screen was messed up. Cant understand though why on earth they get a 1400.00 dollar screen for our tv when we only paid 800.00 for it....lol All total the bill was almost 2,200 for a 800.00 tv. And no we did not have to pay a dime we had warranty on the tv at best buy. Firm believer in warranty's on tvs..lol The Geek squad guy was great and he got it fixed but had he told me how much it was going to run I would have said hey how about we call it done and credit us for our tv and well just get another one. We could have saved them that expense and we could have got a little bigger tv it would have been a win win...lol Oh well lesson learned next time I will for sure ask how much even if its not coming out of our pockets. So that has been my day, here in a bit I am going for a bike ride since its so nice.  After the much needed rain we got this week it nice to see the sun and it be 70 plus outside. But the lake is now over the normal level so that is a blessing considering we was 7 ft below normal. I guess I can say lest out part of Texas is getting out of the drought. We have to mow this weekend with all the rain its got pretty tall. And we have more weeds than grass so we have to work on that....lol Anyway thought I pop in and share a card I made. The stamp I used is from the Michael's 1.00 area stamps. I thought it turned out pretty cute for only being 1.00. I colored some parts in with a blender pen and ink pads. Will say blender pens are pretty handy to have around if you like to stamp images. I also added some glossy accents to the eyes to make them dimension. Anyway hope everyone has a great weekend and you are having wonderful spring weather as well. :) Supplies will be listed below thanks for looking

Supplies used

Studio G stamp For owl and saying

Blender Pen and ink pads

Stazon ink

Stickles ( on bow and wings)

Glossy accents ( for eyes)

Martha Stewart loop border punch

Sew easy fancy floss (Bakers twine)

Making Memories Eyelet charm

Unknown paper scraps.



Patches of Pink Design Team and link up Party

This month the Patches Of Pink designers were asked to make something spring themed. I was super excited to see the theme cause spring is one of my favorite seasons. I love Spring! Enjoy sunshine and the warmer weather, opening the doors and letting fresh air in. Spring is normally when my bike riding starts again but I have been able to bike ride since late Jan because its been a really mild late winter. Which I am a little scared to see what summer will be like for us...lol Last year here in Texas it was so bad here, very little rain over spring and then almost every day of summer we had triple digits. We had a bad drought and many wild fires. But this year so far we have done good for spring we have had pretty good rain showers and lake levels are coming back up.
We have had to start mowing the yard, its green and growing like crazy and the roses are already budding with soon to be roses. Soon will be enjoying fresh cut roses again...lol My favorite things to do in spring is get the flower beds cleaned up and fresh mulch put in and get some fresh flowers planted. Last year we planted our first big vegetable garden and it did great during spring but the heat got to it and we did not get alot off of it. So this year I think we are gonna plant a smaller one to see how it does. Our yard has a garden area that is fenced off so it just begs to have something in it...lol But we are not gonna go over board like last year.

Garden last year not long after planted in Spring

So that brings me to what spring theme project I did for Patches of Pink. Since I am was sure we be making lest a small simple garden I made some garden stakes to mark the plants. Thought that was spring like...lol I bought the stakes at Michaels and then did some stamping, Since they will be outside I used stazon ink. And to make it even more weather proof you can seal it with spray sealer. I am not sure how it will do but I figured I give it a try, last year we used paint sticks and a marker...lol I wanted to have something a little nicer.

Now make sure to hop over Patches Of Pink and post your latest spring themed projects for the Patches of Pink Link up party. Love seeing the wonderful projects that everyone links up. Thanks for looking and hope everyone is having a great spring so far.

Supplies

Wood garden stakes from Michaels

Garden twine

Black Stazon ink

Stampology floral boarders stamp set

Hero arts poly clear fanciful swirl alphabet stamp set

unknown butterfly stamp

Get well card

Happy Friday! Hope everyone has had a great week so far. Its been a fast week, did not realize till yesterday that I had made anything to post...lol Wish I could say its been a busy week but it has not been. Got to get a little biking in beginning of the week and since its either been super super windy or raining. We had a old front come in Thursday so its kinda chilly....lol Was really enjoying the 70's even if it was windy. Anyway the good thing is more time to craft right...lol

I made this the other day and thought I post it. Its a get well card for DH grandmother. She had to have surgery and it ended up being more involved than that thought it would be. So her recovery will take a little longer. Bless her heart she is not the kind to sit around she likes to get up and do things around the house. So I'm sure she will not enjoy the recovery so want her to know we are thinking of her. Anyway thought I pop in and share it with everyone. Hope everyone has a great weekend it will be raining here so we wont be doing much...lol Thanks for looking:)

PS. Used my sewing machine yes I know its not pretty but trying to learn to sew with it. Sewing has always been a weakness for me so making a goal to learn to get better with it....lol

Supplies used

Prima flowers

Glitter

Stickles

Tattered angels glimmer mist

Martha Stewart Gem stone

K & Company Gems

Tim Holtz distress ink (Broken China)

Hero Arts stamp set Every day sayings

Studio G stamp set
Cricut Accent Essentials for borders cut at 3/4 inch

Unknown scrap pattern paper and card stock

Target 1.00 card kit

Hello hope everyone is having a good week so far. This week seems to be going by so fast for some reason...lol Guess its cause I have been working around the house and getting some bike riding in as well. So that is what I have been up to but I did make time to craft a few days ago. Meant to have this up sooner but my computer has had a mind of its own this last week...lol Anyways last week I was in Target as normal (one of my favorite stores lol) and had to stop by the 1.00 area. The 1.00 area is one of my favorite places to just stroll through and see what kind of handy or crafty items I can find. I found this card kit and it just called my name. I love bird cages so just had to get it, and it was only a 1.00! It included enough to make three cards. It has some ideas on the back but I come up with my own.

Most the card kit was pretty good the envelopes are kinda thin so I chose not to use them. I used the card and trimmed it to fit a long skinny card. What I used for this card from the kit was one card which I used as patterned paper for the card.  The black gems and the black bow, also used the bird cage art that come with the kit. The things I had I used were the prima flowers and the black ribbon, black card stock, and metal accent. Here is what I come up with.

So next time your in Target don't just go by the 1.00 area thinking they don't have anything good. Yes you have to pick and choose cause some of it is not worth even a 1.00...lol But they do have some cute stuff. I have got some cute little storage tins there that I love to keep small stuff in. Well thanks for stopping by and looking. :)

Birthday card

Hope everyone is having a good week so far, this week is going by fast here. Been busy doing stuff around the house and weather been so nice in the spare time been bike riding. It was 75 today! It was so nice outside I took almost a 2 hour our bike ride. I did not mean to forget about the blog though and till today I did not realize I had not posted since the Patches of Pink design post. I am so sorry about that. Thank you for staying with the blog and not leaving me...lol
Anyway thought I post a card I made for my dad his birthday is Friday so this was the card I made for him. As I have said before I am always getting stuck on male cards, but with him I am kinda lucky cause he likes fishing and old cars and such so I have something to work with...lol

This was what I come up with, was trying to not go over board with the fishing theme. This was made of all scraps I had on hand. The art I have had for years and decided it was time they got used. I don't love the LO of the card, was having a mental block I just could not get past...lol Keep looking at card sketches trying to get ideas and it was just not happening. But when you need the card your making you have to get it done....lol Well thanks for looking and want to take a min to thank those who joined the blog and now are following the blog. So happy to have your here. :)

Supplies used

Unknown scrap paper

Recollection Kraft paper

Tim Holtz Distress ink (tea dye)

Stickles- diamond

Hero arts stamp set-Birthday message

We r memories keepers Sew easy fancy floss bakers twine

Patches of Pink Design Team Post

I am so excited to announce that I am now one of the Patches of Pink designers! I am new at this, I have never been on a design team so this will be a learning experience for me....lol But I am so happy and excited to have been picked to be apart of the Patches of Pink design team and work with these talented ladies. So now for the first post this was what I made.

The theme was Valentine's day we could make anything Valentine related. I of  course I made a card...lol I love card making,  anyone who has been on my blog knows most post are cards. For this card I wanted to make it a little different, I had done so many cards this past month with the main part being hearts so I decided to not really go over board with hearts on this card. I had used this paper on another valentines card. And I just loved the gray and pink together. I think those are my new fav colors to use  together. I hope you can join in the fun and hop over to Patches of Pink and look at all the lovely Valentines day ideas. And you can create your own project to link up party as well to show off and play along with us. Would love to see what all you create! Thanks for stopping by and make sure to go over to Patches of Pink. Supplies used will be listed below. And if you want to get to know me a little bit, check out my about me. Of course I love to craft but I have other interest as well just in case you like to read about those.

Supplies used

Pattern paper-Deja View sweet romance

Bazzill basic paper- color Passionate

Making Memories flowers and brad

Tim Holtz distress ink fire brick red

Color box Chalk ink for gray ink

Stamp set for hugs and kisses- Inkadinkado Chelsea sentaments

Stamp used for heart-Hero arts poly clear Paris

Happy Valentine's day!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone, hope you are having a great one. For us its just another day....lol But lest it was pretty today, got a bike ride in which was nice cause I did not get to get out any last week to cold and to it rained. Which was good we needed the rain here in Texas, but our grass will need to be cut soon, dread that...lol Anyway since it was nasty out last week I got to get some crafting done. I kinda had a mental mind block going. I hate when get stuck and I don't have any ideas going. I like to try new things when making more than 1 card like for Valentines. Anyways this is what I come up with thought I share it. Thanks for looking :)

Supplies used

two sided pattern paper-Deja Views Sweet Romance(grey hugs & kisses)

Pink card stock-Bazzill basic paper (Passionate)

Recollections light pink card stock

Martha Stewart loop punch

Cricut Picturesque for butterfly

Michael's 1.00 stamp(You hold the key to my heart)

Grey chalk ink

Grey ribbon

White embossing powder

Stickles

Gems