The little man in my life

I know that I said I wouldn't post the picture of my grandson, Matthew, on the internet, but he has my heart won and you just need to see how cute this little character is.  It is amazing to me how much he changes each time Carl and I get down to see him which is about every two to three weeks.  Here we go, drum roll please:

We call this his, "I'm ready to take on the world" picture"!

He is 11 weeks today and is a whopping 12 lbs., 11 oz.  I could go on and on but I'm sure you all get the idea that he certainly has lit up my world!

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A Cardinal Christmas

So here I was last night at 1:00 AM wide awake, tired of TV, and tired of reading.  So, I started perusing my favorite blog spots and saw this card so I had to CASE it. 

I think I'm going to make some minor adjustments to the card but all in all I was quite pleased on how it turned out (especially for a late nighter)

Recipe:  Stamp Sets:  A Cardinal Christmas and Snow Swirled.  Paper:   Christmas Cocoa DSP (Holiday Mini), Whisper White CS, Real Red CS and Garden Green CS.  Ink:  Black Stazon, Bold Brights Watercolor Crayons.  Accessories:  Scalloped Oval Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Aquapainter and Snail Adhesive.

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Twick or Tweet

Last weekend I went to a team event in York PA and we were to make SWAPs for the event.  Following is what I came up with.  Amazingly enough, Carl thought it was cute!

As in other posts, this is a layout that I saw on Stamping 411.  RECIPE:  Paper:  Cast-A-Spell DSP; Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, and Perfect Plum Cardstock.  Accessories:  1 3/8" circle punch and snail adhesive.  Stamp Set is Twick or Tweet from the Holiday Mini.

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Hello, It's Me!

I've been quite reluctant in posting as you all well know.  Hopefully that will change.  I am now a stay-at-home person, which I think my husband is starting to enjoy immensely, so I am going to have more time to dedicate to the art of rubber stamping.

My life has been quite busy and then I ended up in the hospital (freak thing), became a grandmother (yeah!!!!), etc....  I would post his picture but I'm not confident in doing that so if you see me, I'm the doting grandmother and I have plenty of pictures!

Y'all have a good day and hopefully I'll have something to post tomorrow.

See you later!

Where's my mojo?????

Just haven't been able to come up with anything lately.  I go into my stamp room and I look at my stamps and then I think what can I do with this.  Well, tonight I picked up a card that I had gotten at Convention and voila' I got an idea.  This card was super, super easy and you could do several of these in an evening.

Recipe:  Stamp Sets:  Dasher (one of our under $10 stamps) and Serene Snowflakes;  Paper:  Dusty Durango and Whisper White cardstock; Ink:  Dusty Durango; Embellishments:  Dusty Durango polka dot grosgrain ribbon and eyelet border punch.

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Greetings, one and all!

Haven't been on here for a few days.  Been busy making cards for the Jubilee that was held at Jackson's Mill over the weekend.  Great event.

I decided to make a card for the shut-in's at church that is a little different that usual.  As a matter of fact, I don't think they have ever gotten a card like this before.

Recipe:  Stamp Sets:  Grettings Earthlings and Sprinkles.  Cardstock:  Bermuda Bay, Ruby Red, Crushed Curry and Whisper White.  Paper:  Urban Oasis DSP (retired).  Inks:  Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Ruby Red and Black Stazon.  Embellishments:  Vintage Brads.  Other: Stampin Dimensionals and Snail Adhesive.

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Way Too Early To Think About Christmas

I have been blog hopping and it seems like most of the ones I have went to have been putting Christmas cards or items on their sites so I figured I might as well gone the club.  I guess you can call this my first attempt at a Christmas card.

This stamp set, Cold and Cuddly, is from the new Holiday mini.  When I saw the set, I had to have it - not typically me.  I just love this polar bear; however, the penquin and the walrus that are in the set are just as cute.  The saying is from Heard from the Heart.  The ink I used is Bashful Blue and Soft Suede.  Cardstock is Whisper White, Bordering Blue and Soft Suede.  The Designer Paper is some that I had left over from last year that is retired.  I used the masking technique.