A Couple of Birthday and a Few Valentine's Day Cards

Good Morning Everyone! For those of you wondering where I've been...I'm here...I just haven't had time to keep up with my crafting much less keep up with my blog. This is going to be a short posting but I did want to share a couple of birthday cards along with a few Valentine's Day cards with you. Let me start by apologizing for the poor quality of the pictures...I don't know if it's the lighting or the settings on the camera but they all look washed out. I don't have the luxury of time to post the details for each card but for the most part they were done with my Silhouette...gosh I LOVE that machine---

That's it for now...don't give up on me. I hope to be back posting on a regular basis soon. Thanks for stopping by...enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

Happy Anniversary From Donald and Daisy

Good Morning...I hope you are having a great week. Here's an anniversary card I'd like to share with you and take the opportunity to to say "Happy Anniversary" to our good friends Kathi and Bob. Made with clip art that I found on line and a few cuts from the Silhouette on line store, I had so much fun making this card--- 

That's it for today...thanks for stopping by. Remember, I will be out of touch while I am working on a project for my son but hope to be back soon...til then enjoy your day!

A Few Birthday Cards for Our Grandsons

Good Morning Sweet Blogger Friends! I hope you are having a great week. Just a quick posting to share the birthday cards I made for our grandsons. Made with clip art I found online and the print and cut feature of my Silhouette. Kind of corny I know but I'm sure they will love them. They love getting cards from me...my daughter in law has a decorative basket in their room with every card I have made for them---

These are for the twins...since I couldn't mirror image the card because of the "3" I decided to flip-flop the paper. Recently my blogger friend, Kim from Colorado asked if I ever duplicate my Christmas cards and this is the reason I don't. I get so bored with it that half way through the second card, I am so tired of looking at it---

That's it for now...thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

A Few Qiuck Misc Cards

Good Morning Everyone! I was going to try to get these posted last week but have been sick with the flu.. I have spent the better part of last week either in bed or just laying around. Hopefully I will turn the corner soon. I haven't had much crafting time over the last month or so...these are cards that were still on the camera so I thought I would download them.and share them with you. A last day of school card for our oldest grandson who LOVES Yoshi. For those of you who don't know who he is, he is the character in the game Mario Bros. I thought this clip art that I found online was perfect. I did a print and cut with my Silhouette---

 A cross-stitch bookmark that my husband did that went with the card. This will be perfect for his summer reading of the chapter books we got him---

When I made Jeremiah a recovery card of Lightening McQueen when he had surgery a few months ago, Nathaniel wanted to know where his "Buzz" card was. This was the thank you card I made for the twins for my husbands birthday.. Again made with clip art I found on line---

My husband's Uncle and his wife will be moving to a retirement cottage home July 1st...this is the card that will be mailed later this week. The house is a Silhouette cut that I made into an easel card and used a scallop cut for the roof. If you take a closer look, you can see I put their unit # on as the  "house number" to make it personal--- 

A retirement card for a blogger friend for her neighbor who is a judge---

That's all I had on the camera but have a few more cards that need to be photographed. As soon as I get a chance I will take the pictures and get them posted. I tried to visit my favorite blogs this morning. Sorry if I missed you...I'll try to catch you next time. I'm going back to bed! Enjoy your day and have a great week!

OK...OK...I'll Take 10 Lashes With A Wet Noodle

Greetings Everyone!!! I know I've been MIA and I'll take my lumps. Blogging is a lot of work and with the lack of participation via your comment over the last few months, I am finding myself making excuses not to blog. I don't know if I've gotten lazy or just become bored. Remember...YOUR comments are MY inspiration  to keep up with my postings. Anyway...with that being said here are a few cards made with my Silhouette, Spellbinders dies and a few punches. Starting with the Mother's Day cards made for my aunt, daughter in law and my good friend Gigi--- 

 A wedding card with box for my brother in law and his new wife Libby---

 A few cards made for my blogger friend Shirl---

 And a get well card for my youngest grandson after having eye surgery---

That's it for now but will try to get back later in the week to post a few more. Those of you that are kind enough to leave comments, I will be sure to visit your blog sometime this week.

As Promised...I'm Back With The Rest Of My Easter Cards

Good Morning...As Promised, I'm back with the rest of my Easter cards...Whoo-Hoo...that's TWO postings in one week! I was hesitant to post this first one because it didn't photograph well at all. The background is washed out but the oval Spellbinder frame, the shroud on the cross and the butterfly is in your face bright. No matter what settings I used on the camera it turned out the same...HORRIBLE---  

This one didn't turn out much better. You can't tell from the picture but the flowers and eggs are printed twice, once on the background , then again cut and popped---

And finally, Pooh Bear Bunny for our Disney friends, Kathi and Bob. I hope they have received it, it was mailed on Monday---

Now with Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and Easter out of the way, maybe I will have a little more time  to work on something new and different. Until next time...Enjoy your day! Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter!

Once AGAIN...I Am Finding Myself Apologizing For Being A BAD Blogger

Good Morning...Thanks for stopping by. I hope you had a great weekend. Once again I am finding myself apologizing for being a bad blogger. It seems like there just isn't enough hours in the day and I am finding myself on the Internet less and less. I have a couple more Easter cards to do but I wanted to share with you the ones I have already done. For the most part, they were done with my Silhouette--

 Oh yes...here's the St. Patrick's Day card I made for our Disney lovin' friends Kathi and Bob---

That's it for now...I won't promise when I'll be back to post the rest of my Easter cards but will try to get back before Easter. Till then...Enjoy your day and thanks again for stopping by!

The Last of My Valentine's Day Cards

Good Morning...Happy Hump-day! I hope you are having a good week. So far, my week is going pretty good and has settled down from a few weeks ago. I had been on the fence for a while about the Silhouette Cameo and after "talking" to my blogger friend Kim in New Jersey I decided to take the plunge. Not that I used my BossKut Gazelle a lot, I really missed making shaped cards with it. When my computer crashed last summer and I had to upgrade to Windows 7, I realized just how much. Long story short, when I first got this amazing machine it worked great. I had so much fun playing with it and could see the endless possibilities it had to offer. After 4-5 days it started cutting ragged and missing cuts all together. I called Silhouette and after a few minor adjustments it seemed OK...well that was with the "test" cuts that were made while I was on the phone with them. I got up one morning ready to set the world on fire...no matter what I tried to cut, all it would do is tear the paper...if it cut at all. I can't tell you how much paper I went through trying to make the simplest of cuts. After countless attempts I called Silhouette. I spoke to the same girl that had helped me though the adjustments and she acted like she didn't believe me so I sent her pictures. They sent me a new blade that arrived Monday. Meanwhile, I went to a local Scrapbook store to purchase a new mat and blade. So far, so good but I can see this is going to be a high maintenance machine. Since mid January, I have gone through 2 blades and 3 mats and have only made 3 cards with it. This first Valentine is one of them, I will share the other 2 with you sometime next week. The lattice background and layered heart is a Silhouette cut while the Cupid is a Quickutz die. I added a few punched flowers with Martha Stewart branch punch and a Spellbinders tag--- 

For our Disney loving friends, a quick Valentine using Cricut Micky Font cartridge and a heart/scallop Nestibility. The sentiment is computer generated using Walt Disney font---

Because we always get our dogs groomed for Valentine's Day, I made a quick gift card holder for the groomer using the fire hydrant from Scrapping Cottage, a paw print punch and circle/scallop Nestibilities---

That's it for now...Thanks for stopping by. I will try to get back the first of next week to share with you the birthday and thank you card I made with the Silhouette Cameo...til then, have a great week!

I Hate To Post and Run...But...

Good Morning Everyone...I hope you had a great week. I know many of you are wondering where I have been...it's been a heck of a week...or two and I'll explain in my next posting. I hate to post and run but I wanted to share a few birthday cards and Valentine's Day cards with you while I had a chance.  I've not been able to visit my favorite blogs or those that were kind enough to leave a comment from my last posting but will try to this weekend...til then here are a few cards I've done since my last posting---

I'm Back With More Christmas Cards

Good Morning...I hope you are having a great week.  I fully intended to get these posted this weekend but you know how life gets in the way sometimes. I used Spellbinder Nested Mittens and Cuttlebug Snowflake die on this quick and easy card. The edge punch is from Stampin' Up, but I don't remember the name---   

For our Disney friends, I took a clip art image that I found on line and put it behind the small Memory Box Window die that I sandwiched a piece of acetate between two layers so that I could frost the windows. The embossing Folder is Sizzix Brick Texture Fade and the snowflakes are Cuttlebug die---

Another quick card that I used Memory Box Country Landscape and Star of Wonder die. The embossing folder is Cuttlebug Swiss Dots. Yes, I know the star is crooked, but I fixed it before mailing---

 For this last one, I used Memory Box Virtuoso Music die and a Penny Black image colored with Copic Markers.You can't tell from the picture because it is a little washed out but I put Stickles on the hats. The sentiment is computer generated---

Thanks for stopping by...I'll be back later in the week to post more Christmas cards...hope to see you then. Enjoy your day!

A Few More Fun Christmas Cards and A Disney Thanksgiving

Good Morning Everyone!  I hope you are having a great start to a great week! Here's a few more fun Christmas cards I'd like to share with you. I used the Gingerbread Doll die from Peachy Keen/Scrapping Cottage, Punch a Bunch Holly and Cuttlebug Snowflakes. The sentiment is computer generated--- 

This next one is for our good friends Gigi and Eduardo...the inside says "We know which one of you is naughty but we love you anyway" They will get a kick out of it and it will let them decide which one is naughty and which one is nice...lol!. It didn't photograph very well...if you look very close you can almost see the layers of snow that I used Heat and Stick then glittered it. In real life you can see the layers. The sweet penguins are a die from Peachy Keen/Scrapping Cottage. I'm not sure where the Naughty or Nice Circle word came from but it was a freebie...if anyone knows who's it is, please let me know so that I can give them credit---

Here is the the money holder for our dog groomer. I used the Christmas Puppy and Shih Tzu Peeker from Scrapping Cottage, Peachy Keen holly stamp that I colored with Copic Markers and Martha Stewart Branch Punch. The sentiment, along with the background words are computer generated--- 

And last but not least, here is the Thanksgiving card we sent to our Disney enthusiasts friends Kathi and Bob. We mailed it last week so they should have received it by now. Very much like the ones I did several weeks ago but I used Disney font  for the background and added a Mickey head cut with Cricut Mickey Font cartridge---

That's it for now...Thanks for stopping by. I'm sure I won't be back before Thursday so let me take this opportunity to wish everyone that will be celebrating a very Happy Thanksgiving. I for one have so very much to be thankful for. Thank you for your continued support...enjoy your day and have a great week!