Bright and Cherry

I still can't color. Comfortably anyway, so I've been doing a lot of saying cards and making lots of little flowers out of tissue and crepe paper. You could say it's my new obsession. Crepe paper is so much more stable and forgiving than tissue, but it's a little harder to come by in my area as we have no party supply store. I do love orange these days too. Hopefully in another couple of months I'll be able to use my copics again. Can't wait! Thanks for looking today.

Many Thanks

Not much to say today. Just thought it was about time I post a new card. Hope you enjoy!

Put one foot infront of the other

Where have I been for the last few months. Those who know me already know what a horrible few months its been for me and my family. After suddenly losing my Mom on January 27th I just wasn't sure how I was going to go forward. Then on February 26th I nearly lost my thumb in the dogs collar. I grabbed, he turned, my thumb tore. My fault. So here we are in April and I'm still dealing with aftermath. Lots of stitches inside and out, physical therapy and an MRI this Friday. Hopefully in a few more weeks I'll be able to go back to work (no pay check stinks!) and more importantly, stamp. I need some "normal" in my life. The good news is I have some great friends who have been so supportive and a husband who is a saint. Maybe I'll do a much deserved tribute to my Mom for a Mother's Day post. It's already turning into a kleenex moment and I care not to go there today. The good news is I can use my Cuttlebug now. It's amazing what two fingers can do given no other choice. And believe it or not I made those little tissue paper flowers on this card. It took several hours but, I did it. So today and tomorrow and the next I'll put one foot in front of the other until life feels normal again. Thanks for looking today.

Baby Cards

I got the idea to make this card from Stacy's blog.
I love all of her designs and I cased this almost exactly. The theme and colors are different as is the orientation of the card. I love the way it turned out and I don't even know anybody having a baby! LOL!
I'll just add it to my stash. I'm sure it will come in handy one of these days.

Thanks for looking, and thank you Stacy for the inspiration!

Blog Update

Been trying to update my blog background off and on for a couple of weeks now. I even went so far as to remove that feature and it still shows snowflakes. I'm hoping the problem will correct itself one of these days. Haven't had too much time to stamp lately, but I managed to get a couple cards done today. One is a layout right out of the Stampin' Up catty and the other is from my own imagination. I love the new papers out for spring. Such great colors and patterns.

Thanks for looking today and have a great week.

PS Go Giants!!

Valentines Day

It's about time I updated my blog, so I thought a Valentines Day cards would be a good place to start. Just gettin' my mojo flowin' so we'll see what emerges from the craft room today. 2012 has started out with a bang. A cut in pay and a leak in the pool. Other than that everything is hunky freakin' dory! I hope you are all having a great start to your year and thanks for looking!

Winter Joy

I finally got to use one of my new Unity stamps I got from the scrapbook expo last month. It felt good to put ink to paper and I love the way this one turned out. Awesome color palate for the holidays I think. As stampers I think we are always trying to do something other than red and green for our Holiday cards. I'm sure I'll end up with a few that follow the traditional colors of Christmas since I have so many cards to make this year, but I'm off to a great start! Thanks for looking and have a warm and cozy day.