I love it when the colors start to change. There are some trees just down the road from me - every year I say I'm going to take picture of the beautiful colors, but I never get to it! Hopefully this will be the year!

blank cards?

Do ou have a lot of blank cards? I do, I like them because when I need a card, I can reach for the balnk stack, find the perfect one, add a sentiment and I'm good to go. I like to have a few on hand with the usual sentiments, but this card has so many possibilities that I didn't want to decide when I made which sentiment to use. I used a card sketch to make this card, but of course I don't remember where I found it! The paper is from Sweet Slumber pack from SU and the owl is from LAD, The Great Outdoors.

good bye summer?

Is summer really gone - today was so cold at the bus stop! I'm not quite ready for such a drastic change in the weather. This image is from the Aug LAD Monthly Mix - such a fun little butterfly.

Sunflower

I made this card in honor of my GIANT sunflower we planted this year. We had no idea if it would even grow - 5 of the 6 we planted didn't survive the tranplanting in the spring. But this one - it has done very well. I will have to take a picture of it - it is as tall as our house. Crazy! This is a tri-fold card and of course - I love the dots! Have a wonderful weekend!

In a bind?

I am so loving this new image from LAD - it's one of the Sept singles - being released today. I love the LAD little people and this little guy is the perfect addition!

Christmas already

I've begun to work on Christmas cards..here is one of the ones I made this week,

an apple a day

one of my favorite images from the Sept Mix - Something to Crow About - I love these little apples. School is almost here and my little ones are excited to get started!

mixin' it up again

I love this tree - it's from the Sept Monthly Mix - Something to Crow About. It's so versitile and I just love that you could use it for any holiday or occasion. I also love this paper - I've again been trying to use up the scraps leftover from big projects. I can never seem to use them all up! But that's ok when it's one of my fav - I just love the grren strip across this card.

Mix it up!

I am loving the Monthly Mix stamps from LAD - such a great assortment of useful stamps and you know how am I about it must be useful. I love this little bird and the colors are a bit of a departure from the norm for me - this paper is one of my favorites. I wanted to pull the brighter colors from it and the buttons helped to pull it all together. I'm finally using my 'stash' of favorite ribbon. It must be used in order to buy more! At least that is what I keep telling myself so that I will use it!

So FUN!!!!

I got the new Monthly Mix from Lizzie Anne in the mail today and couldn't wait to ink it up! There were so many choices! It fills up two cases! First up is the owl in the tree - I just love this little guy! I also love to make my animals a color other than what is expected.

This card is a pocket card - great for a birthday gift card or really any reason for gift giving. The gift card can go in the pocket and I can add a sentiment across the bottom when I'm ready to use it.

Go to Lizzie Anne to get all the details on the Monthly Mix and see how you can get it for just $25!

Good Luck!

Don't you just love this little cheerleader from LAD? We all need a little cheer in our lives at some point!

Party Animals!

Happy Anniversay Lizzie Anne! Today only Party Animals is 40% off so head on over to LAD and get yours! This is one of my favorite sets - I reach for it just about every time I need a birthday card. It is great for just about anyone! Happy Birthday!

July Single

It looks pretty plain - huh? but it's for my girls. Everytime I am at my table stamping - they ask me to stamp them something - usually it is one of the little people from LAD. So I made them a box full of stamped images for them to color. (Did you see the cute new cheerleader? - LOVE her!) Now i can just hand them one - or maybe even give them the whole box!!!!

Summer Fun Kit

Summer fun kit

Stir sticks - also help remember whose glass is whose

Close up of hand sanitizer bottle

I was up for the Project of the Month for LAD today - I decided to make a Summer Fun Kit - the possibilities are endless! I put a popsicle kit in mine along with a water bottle and drink mix pouch, hand sanitizer, spray on sunscreen, chapstick ( i got the idea for this here, changed up the dimensions and such) drink stir sticks, and a card (include a fun popsicle recipe in here). What a fun little gift for someone or just to have all together in one spot of your house - you summer fun kit!

Starting today is Lizzie Anne's Anniversary Celebration - lasting through the 14th. Great things are in store this month! Everyday a different set will be spotlighted and on sale - so be sure to check it daily to stock up on all the great sets!

Here's a few more popsicle recipes:

Watermelon Popsicles

2 cups watermelon cubed remove seeds

1 cup apple juice

Blend in blender until smooth. Pour into Popsicle molds and freeze.

Multi Layer Fruit Pops

2 Cups sliced fresh strawberries

¾ Cup sugar, divided

1 1/3 Cups fresh peaches, sliced

2 cups diced watermelon

Puree in blender strawberries and ¼ cup sugar. Pour small amount in molds or paper cups about 1/3 full. Put in Popsicle sticks. Freeze. Puree peaches and ¼ cup sugar in blender. Pour over frozen strawberry layer. Freeze. Cube watermelon and remove seeds. Puree watermelon and ¼ cup sugar in blender. Pour over frozen peach layer and freeze.

This one would be fun to alternate fruit and yogurt or ice cream layers!

I copied an idea I saw on Meridith's blog forever ago... I think it might have been a Valentine's Day card - but she used several different sentiments and stamped them all over her focal panel with different inks. I love it so much and so - here is my rendition using Everyday Sayings. I also used SU's new in color ribbon - I just LOVE the polka dots and the new color of Bermuda Bay. It looks so different to me in person than it does in the catalog!

Hang in there

I love this chandelier from LAD In the Parlor. I stamped it in white ink and embossed it with a sparkly silver embossing powder, then i used my ink sponge and sponged a little white ink all around it so it would "glow" if you will. Love the sentiment as well!

Sparklers for all

such a fun new stamp from Lizzie Anne! This is one of the June singles and I just love it. You can't tell in the picture, but my sparklers are very sparkly! They also have a coordinating digi paper. This stamp makes me want to send out cards for the 4th of July!

another paint chip

so a couple years ago (let's be honest - i still do it!) I was a on a kick to see what i could use for embellishments that didn't cost anything. paint chips are one of those things - they come in just about any color imaginable - they are so easy to use! my brown backing to my flower is a paint chip cyt with a nestabilities die- some stores have larger paint chips that others :) I used LAD Everyday Sayings for the sentiment. I love this set because of all the different fonts - so fun! what do you like the re-use as embellishmenst?

You're a Lifesaver!

I just love this new additional the line of Little People from LAD. Her hair is just too cute!

Father's Day

Father's day is approaching...what are you doing for Father's day? I have no ideas. I love my dad and want to do something special for him. I wish that he lived closer and I could spend more time with him, this card is perfect for him. I wish that I could just show up at his door for Father's Day. I will always look up to my dad, he's a pretty cool guy.