All the details

Ever have one of those weeks where you want to curl up in bed and pretend the world will go away??? That has been mine. I decided some stamping therapy would help tonight. It did :)

So my mom's best buddy has the same birthday as my dog. Mrs. R. is pretty fun loving so we pick on her about it quite a bit. I decided that this year I would send a card from Delilah and I. I actually really like the way it turned out. It is pretty simple but the embossing and dots on the ribbon seem to tie it together well. I added a little stickles on the candle for some shine. I wanted it to be from the dog too, so I added a little bone brad at the top of the otherwise pretty card. Inside I wish her a happy birthday but divide her age by 7 (sort of like we multiple a dog age by 7 to figure out their comparative people age). I guess great cards are all in the little details.


Last year I made my sister-in-law a whole box of cards for Christmas. She loved it and tells me all the time how she is using them. She also has started hinting that she wants more. I decided to start early this year so I would not be scrambling at the end when I am trying to grade finals, shop, make and mail Christmas cards, etc. Here are the first four of the year. I am not positive what occassion they are for, but she will find a good use.


BTW, then I came down stairs to take pictures of the cards, I busted Delilah who decided my bed was better than her own :)

Sometimes you just need to make your own card

There are times when only a homemade card will work. For example, Hallmark does not make a "Sorry my dog ran through your screened" card. Delilah did just that the other day. There is a big doodle size hole in my friends screen out back. I was mortified. Delilah has no idea she did it. I made this card to mark the occasion and deliver the Lowes gift card we bought to pay for the damages.



Also, her dog sitter did a great job staying with Delilah last week so I made her this card.


Finally, I had a baby card. Nothing too original here. Just a cute little baby card.



Hope you are having a good day!

Sleeping doodle

Today Delilah went to get a bath. The groomers put little bows in her ears. Normally she has them out in minutes. Today she has not cared. Here is the sleepy doodle.


I was playing with my new camera last week and took these too. You will see by the end, she was totally done :)

back in a big way

Sorry I have been MIA all summer. I decided to redo the house and it has been all consuming. My digital camera developed issues but I have replaced it. Life is good again. I hope you all are still out there. Lots of my own stuff to post but first a great stack a stamp set of cards from last weekend. Check these out!



It was a great set of really diverse cards. For the SU fans out there, you will notice the theme was retiring stamps. Loved the cards. Here is the whole set!

Here are some cool birthday cards. We punched out the shapes of the cards from a 12X12 sheet with all kinds of shapes and got to keep the other pieces. Really fun versitle cards.


Here are some really elegant cards. What a great sympathy card and a pretty delicate birthday card. Love the colors. I will miss them. Love the stamp set too. Glad a good friend has it.


Here is my first criss cross card. Love it!!! I must do more of these. A little bit of a pain but well worth it.


I love these two bright cards that I can use for almost anything. So fun. I love it when I remember to stamp the enevlope too.


These two are great. Love the layout and hardware. I wish I had jumped on the hodge poge stuff sooner. The images were fun too. It is the perfect baby card for a new baby coming soon.



These two little cards were so fun. Don't you love the mini card for a boy birthday! It rocks.


Anyway, it was a great night of fun and fellowship. Once again, my demo and her daughter rock. I wish everyone was a blessed as I am with a good person to lead the way on stamping.

In other news, a huge branch fell on my roof. Here are some shots. It is hard to see with the big trees in the background. They are taking it off in the morning. The main tree is suspect. This might be a battle.






What would a post be without a shot of Delilah. Such a good girl!

Hope you are well. Look for more posts soon.

Graduation!!!!!!

Tonight Delilah graduated from doggie school!!!!! Here is a picture of her in her graduation hat. I was proud. She was happy. It is a great day for goldendoodles everywhere!!

paper giggles and a muddy puppy thank you note

So the last pink cards helped with the cheering up, but some frowns are tough to removed. Here are two more. How can these silly monkey's not make someone smile. I mean a monkey with a sparkley banana on his head would make me smile :)

What about a monkey holding flowers?? In case the monkey was not enough, I put instructions on the tag.


Also, this is the last week of Delilah's doggy school. I am in charge of picking up the "teacher" gift. I figured I might as well make the card. Delilah was a muddy puppy this morning, so that inspired this muddy puppy thank you card. What do you think?



Have a great day!

Pretty pink smiles

I have a couple of friends that are having a tough time. I decided to make two happy cards for them. They are both girlie girls so it was all pink for the day. Some coordinating paper, the cuttlebug, and the markers make it all good.

The first one is made from some stamps from Micheals. I love them, especially that little giraffe.



For the second, I wanted to see if I could pull off a card without an image stamp. I just used my curvy words get well stamp. I think I like it.


It has been a while since Delilah made an appearance. She needs a haircut. Poor thing. Still cute though. Those big eyes always make me feel better.



Have a good day!

Two cards and a doodle

I finally made it up stairs to stamp after being sick for about two weeks. It felt so good that I made two cards :)

Both for a friend that has been ill. I am WAY behind sending them to her. She will be all well before I get things to her.

The first is my new fun pun stamps from SU. Love the whale. I think next time it will be better. I was having coloring issues tonight so I covered him up with glitter. Pretty cute though. I love rich regals blues. They are great with this stamp.




The other is simple and clean with a little bling. I like this hostess set with friend on it. I think I will use it a lot. Sometimes one word says it all doesn't it. The cuttle bug really added a nice touch as did the little rhinestones.


I just had to post this shot of Delilah. I had tossed the moose on her bed earlier in the day. When she went to nap she just curled up around him. Too cute. She has been a good dog taking care of me the last week or two. Today I took her for a short walk. We were both pretty happy.


Have a good day!!

This is what happens when I am sick for too long

When I am l trapped in my house for days, I have a tendency to get a little punchy. Poor Delilah, she was a good sport.

Here is the issues. I got to thinking the other day, maybe Delilah does not like riding with the top down on the car because of the hair in eyes. I know that I am happier with a hat and some shades on with the top down. So, I did want any compassionate (and slightly nutty) dog owner would do. I bought her a matching hat and glasses. They were pretty cheap and turn out not to fit well. However, the results were hysterical.

Here is the whole outfit.



I was pretty sure the glasses were to problem since they would not stay up without smashing hair in her eyes, but I wanted to be sure I tested one item at a time.






As you can tell, Delilah was not a fan of the glasses but will tolerate the hat.

I know that is not a truly happy dog, but look at the top of it. Her little ears come out of the top. Come on, that is cute!!!


Just so you don't think she is abused, here is a picture of a happier Delilah playing with the love bug a friend of mine gave her for Valentines Day.



Hope this brightened your day!

Finally a post

I have been swamped with work lately. I finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel. Then I got sick last week. I mean nasty virus with fever sick. Yuck. I am on day five of the fever. Ugggg. I am so annoyed. I must be a little better because I am board and annoyed. That is progress right???

My dog has been taking good care of me. However, the other night I fell asleep on the sofa. I woke up a few hours later and did not see Delilah on the floor where she usually is. I finally thought to look in my room. Here is what I found. Silly dog. I had to shove her over so I could sleep on the bed too.


Well, a little over a week ago I had a GREAT workshop at my demos. I cannot wait for my treasures to come from my order. However, here are the cute things we made.



The little box was fun. I think my goofy friends and I were taxing on poor Victoria (my demos daughter who was working to help up). They are really cute though. The candle was cute too. We had some rub on woes, but all lived.

I LOVE this blue birthday card. It was so happy. We used that spray thing with a SU marker. It always makes me laugh. I will never own one, but it is fun every once in a while.




This card is stunning in person. We stamped the butterfly on the paper and on vellum. We added some sparkling power on the vellum and embossed. So cute!



It was a really fun night. Two friends took up stamping. There were lots of laughs. It was GREAT!

More to come. It is time to go back to bed for now.

Ramblings and Grumblings

This was good weekend. A little stamping, some exercising, some time with friends, and some work. All in all, it was a good few days. I got a new Pilates DVD. I must say that I have a few muscles I had forgotten about. Today they are reminding me that I have them :)

Since it was a day off today, I decided to get Delilah a bath. She was smelling like a dog and we cannot have that :) The dryer they use broke and she had to be blown dry by hand. The good news is she is really white and fluffy. The bad news is that she is beat from all the grooming and primping.


They put a clip in her hair. I managed to get her to let me take a couple of pictures before she worked it out of her hair. She was grumbling about that little clip the whole way home.


Here is Delilah in her full fluffy glory. She could barely muster the energy to go outside.


Hope you have a great week.

Workshop Wonders

My demo had a workshop tonight. It was wonderful. There were great projects, great company, and great fun. Here are the projects.



I always show them to Delilah when I get home. Here she is checking them out.



Yep, she approves :) You cannot see the wagging tail, but it was going.


This is the first card I made tonight. I love this new stamp set. I forgot to write down the name, but it is GREAT. The colors are so nice. The metallic pencils are SO fun. What a pretty, pretty, look. Those things are like magic. I always love the cards I make with them. I might just have to crack and buy them soon.


We also made this brownie box. Too cute right??? The added touches with the gel pen make such a difference. Dee cut the circle for me. What a great demo!!! She helped with my bow too. Dee is the BEST!! The other ladies were jealous that I outsourced some of the key elements.



I have been in love with this elephant stamp since the demos online started giving sneak peaks. I was super excited to see it out tonight for a card. Isn't it cute. I also love that we learned to tie those cute bows.



I don't have a good close up of the little triangle box for Hershey's kisses, but it is GREAT. That stamp set is one of the new ones too and is super cute. Dee's daughter was helping us with that project and the first card I posted. She has the patience of Job with all of us. She is really wise beyond her years.

I must delve into the new catty tomorrow. So many treasures and I just got my paper copy. It is much better than the online version.


Have a great weekend!