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 :)

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!!

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.

still alive

Life has been crazy. I do have some cards and things to post, but alas I must sleep. Hopefully tomorrow will bring some good posting and surfing time. Hope your day is great.

Happy, Happy, Happy

Some people just need HAPPY cards. Layers, cuttle bug embossing and some ribbon and stickles can fit that call.

My nephew's birthday is this week. He totally needs a happy card with a hint of mischief. This house mouse stamp fits the bill for him.



Another friend has a 40th birthday this week. She is very sassy, so the card needed to match. I think it does. I love the groovy paper. They saying was perfect too.


Finally, I have a friend that just got some great career news. This happy card will mark the occasion well. The turtle cracks me up.


Nothing sappy for frilly here. Just a happy set of cards. I hope you like them!

A friend of mine said there is not enough of me on here. Hmmm, what to say. Today was all about hanging out with friends, grading, and a card making evening. Now I am watching Trading Spaces which I recorded earlier. I am SO glad Page is back. The exercise march has been on hold lately because I hurt myself. I thinik it is time to get back though. Yep, that is enough sharing :)

Have a happy day!!!

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.

You can do it

No cards today. However, I had to share. On the quest for getting in shape, I broke out my "You Can Do Pilates" DVD. You know what? I CAN do pilates! No, it is not the best DVD or the hardest workout, but it taught me some basics. I will see if I can feel it tomorrow. The up side was that it was relaxing. After a hard work day and having to chase down Delilah because the yard people left the gate open, I needed it.

I do have a picture for you. My brother gave me a fake alligator for Christmas. If you are tempted to ask why, just remember the post a few posts back with the picture of Bubba the Gorilla that I got from my parents. These things just happen :) Anyway, Delilah loves the alligator. Here is a picture of the two them for your amusement.



Hopefully tomorrow will be a card making day. Have a great one!

Delilah thanks yous and Valentine Buzzzz

This Christmas, Delilah raked in a ton of gifts. I figured it was only right for her to send out thank you notes. I got three made tonight. It is hard to see, but I colored in the bones the little dog is holding to match the color of the bones the person gave her. The purple card is my favorite of the set.


I also got a start with my Valentines cards with this cute bee from Gina K. It was so much fun to color. I was getting tired, so I kept the card simple. They are fun though.



Have a great week!

BTW, another mile and a half walked today!!!!

What a week.

Work was so crazy this week, I did not get to stamp once. I realized last night that it might be part of the reason I did not feel good and was so cranky. I must be more careful in the future :) I did manage to get another 3 miles or so walked this week. That is good. Today, I spent the day hammering nails for Habitat for Humanity. The family was such an inspiration and so happy about their house. I am not a great carpenter, but I had a good day. It called for a shower and nap when I got home. Once I got up, managed to clean my stamping space some and get a few cards made.

I got some new stamps from Gina K today, so I started to break those out. These are from the Carlyn King, Collection 1. They are fun images. I need to work on coloring them some, but these quick cards will work for the stream of card needs this week :)


The first is a birthday card for Delilah's friend Jazzy. It might be that Cynthia just wants me to send her a card, but she emailed and reminded me it was Jazzy's 2nd birthday. So, I made a birthday card for that spunky little dog. Of course it is from Delilah :)


The next is a birthday card for a friend with a birthday that is tomorrow. The card will be late, but I will stamp a late birthday sentiment inside, so it is all good.


The last is for a friend that will be having surgery soon. I want to try and cheer her up a little. I know it is heavy on her mind.



Hope you like them. Have a great rest of the weekend!

Happy card for a thank you

There was a Gina K sketch for her release party that inspired this card. It was a good way to use this happy Target dollar paper and coordinating piece of chip board. It also was a good excuse to make a happy thank you note, and use my Gina K stamps.

It is a pretty simple card with a couple of layers, a little coloring with markers, and some stickles on the flowers. I ended up distressing the paper. I probably would have skipped that, but my cutter blade is dull and I was not happy with the crispness of the edges at first. I needed to even it up.




I hope you like it!

I am back on my exercise program. I managed to get two good workouts in last week and one minor workout moving a friends plants inside. Yesterday was a little more than I wanted. A friend of mine and I took Delilah for a walk on some local trails. We must have taken a wrong turn because our little 45 minute walk ended up being a 2.5 hour trek. The good news is I am not too sore today. The better news is that it takes my miles walked for the year total up to 10 miles. I am rewarding myself at 100. Stay tuned for the progress.

Soft birthday card

I have a friend with a birthday Saturday. I decided to use it as a chance to ink up a stamp that I had not used. It is from the Wreath of Roses set. I think it has been retired for a while, but I thought it was so pretty, I bought it over the summer. I used the Cuttlebug to emboss two of the layers. The top two layers are on dimensionals. I water colored the roses. In side is a simple script happy birthday and a small scroll of the same roses.



It was wierd tonight stamping alone tonight. I miss my mom as a stamping buddy. It was fun to play and make cards together.

Hope you all have a great day!

Happy New Year

It is almost new year. I hope that in 2008, you keep all your resolutions.
I hope you and your family are blessed with good health and happiness.
I hope you have a few happy surprises too.

Happy new year!

Playing with new stamps

Mom and I checked out the clearance bin at Hobby Lobby :) We each found a few. We also thought we would play with her new sets from Christmas. Here are the results.



I really like my new mouse stamps. One is perfect for birthdays.



The other can probably be used for an array of things. I made one a thank you and the other a general card.



I also played a little with Mom's Garden Whimsy set. It makes pretty soft, girlie cards.




It also makes a nice bright card too.


Mom made several cards too. Of course Garden Whimsy was on her list to use.



This might be my favorite of the night.

So was her new birthday cake stamp.


In case you wonder what dad does while we stamp, here is a shot. He just hang out until we show him the cards, then he says they are great. (Mom trained him well. :) )


Hope you like them.