Spring Friendship Card

I had such a fun weekend!! I finished a huge program for church and was able to see the final result of months of sewing costumes! It was so amazing! I also had a gathering on Saturday and met some hilarious ladies. I made this card with them. It is with the colors Breeze, White Daisy, and Kiwi. I did NO daubing...I know...shock!! I still want to, but I will resist the temptation:) I used 5 different stamp sets...ugh, no simplicity here.

Happy Cake

Whew!! I just finished a huge cake for a friend of mine. WOWZERS it was a time comsuming cake. I baked for two days, then decorated for 7 hours!!! I don't want to see or smell cake for a long while. It was fun to play with fondant. I really loved the way that the top layer turned out. The bottom layer wasn't so swell, but it worked. I just really want to learn how people cover square cakes with fondant. I was at Albertsons getting stuff for dinner tonight and saw a fondant covered square cake...with perfect corners!!! Someday...

Cherries...finally!

I have been looking for a cherry stamp for a long time. I was looking through some older stamp sets and found one that I already had!! It is in the CTMH's Random Thoughts set. It also had a cute lady bug and vase of flowers that I played with...but the cherries are still my favorites!! This color scheme was on a card I was admiring...Barn Red, Heavenly Blue, Garden Green, White Daisy, and Black. This card had a ton of layering and matting...It sure makes a difference. The lovely ribbon is from my dear friend Katie....THANKS!!! It has been sitting on my desk for months, so it was happy to finally find a home.

Girls Camp Cake

Today I am heading up to Girls Camp to see my girls. I am so relieved to not be there this year:~ I have enjoyed just visiting in the daytime. I made this cake for tonight because it's bishops' night and they always get a special treat. I experimented with banana cake...hope it's good.

Bagpipe Birthday

For my DH's birthday two years ago, we had a friend come over to play his bagpipes as a surprise for Tom. He loves the Scottish culture and bagpipe music. So, it was an incredible surprise for him. The kids were amazed at the technique, too. For this page I had to use CTMH's Holiday red, which I usually don't like. BUT, the colors of the shirts in the pictures wouldn't let me use any other red....I used CTMH's Delightful Alphabet, Birthday Bash, and July Word Puzzle stamp sets. I also used some hemp and waxy flax to tie the tag on. Other colors were Outdoor Denim, Desert Sand, and Colonial White.

Summer cards

I had so much fun making these cards from CTMH's From Me to You card kit. They are so bright and cheery!! I am glad that they let us make 2 of each so I can keep a copy of them:) These colors just make me smile! aaahhh...the little things in life.

Fathers Day Pages

Well, I finally put together the Fathers Day pages. I taught these last month at a workshop. So, we took some family photos on Fathers day and put this all together. I love the tie that the boys "decorated" for Tom:) I used CTMH Indian Corn Blue, Buttercup, and Cocoa. I really loved the quote that I found on a Papertrey Inc. stamp... I don't like the way the photos are showing up on the site. My next job is to make some kind of photo box to take better pictures in. Anyway, here they are...

Owee

I have fallen in love with CTMH's Sweet Leaf cardstock. I have been using it a lot lately. So I will post this page, but I will try to stop using it for at least the next 2 or 3 pages:) This page was fun to add all the details to. I worked on it off and on for days, so it was a little at a time:) Thanks to Miss Katie for to the amazing ribbon! It was clear and vinyl-like. Loved it! Thanks for your inspirations. This page was of Scott and his second broken arm...he was only 3. My lil' daredevil.

Stripes!!

I LOVE stripes! I saw a t-shirt on a girl at a gathering that I attended on Saturday. It was just striped, but it inspired me to make my own:) Scott was always up to something, so this busy busy boy page was perfect. I love the colors!! I used CTMH Key Lime, Outdoor Denim, White Daisy, and Crystal Blue. The Sans Alphabet was used to make the "busy busy" and the date. Yes, this is still from 2006. Maybe someday I'll get caught up:)