Tuesday Sympathy

Good Morning Ladies! Are any of you affected by the snow storm?  We did not have snow but the winds really howled on Friday evening.  It was windy most of yesterday and finally settled down in the late afternoon.  Now we are supposed to have sunny weather for a few days.  I hope all of you in the northeast are doing okay. My card today uses the sketch challenge at Try Stampin’ on Tuesday    Unfortunately…

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Sketch Frenzy Friday – swirls and medallions

Happy Friday Ladies! Well I think I am on the right day now.  It is Friday and that means it is Sketch Frenzy Friday.  Our sketch this week was created by Maria Vanderform.  When I saw this sketch I went my usual path – don’t do the obvious and do a heart.  So I went a different route in looking at the sketch.  I decided to use a swirl for the banner.  I also wanted…

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Late Night Stampers – Hearts

Happy Monday Ladies! Well we never got the great weather we were supposed to get.  It was dreary here again yesterday.  That is okay as I used it to work on a few projects. Monday means the beginning of a new challenge at Late Night Stampers.  This week our challenge is all about Hearts- we are to use a heart on our project.  I decided that the pretty flower paper in Twitterpated designer series paper…

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A new idea and a new technique

Hello Ladies! Our weather has been gorgeous the past few days.  I am hoping it holds up so I can get outside and work in my flower beds a little.  Need the clean up the dead stuff from winter so it is all set for the Spring. My card today was inspired by a card that was submitted for our Late Night Stampers Challenge.  I loved the way Jennifer C used the lattice die to…

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Let it Snow!

Hello Ladies! I love snow!  I love watching it fall.  I love the trees glistening in the sunlight.  I love how the world is white and everything is calm and peaceful.  I love the quietness when you go outside.  So as you can see I love snow! We have not had any this year!  I keep watching the weather forecast but it is always north of us.  I decided to make my own snow in…

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Coloring Down the Lines – Perfect Plum

Hello Everyone! Are you all busy getting ready for tomorrow?  There is so much to get done before the big feast!  I hope you will take some time to check out our blog hop this week. This week we had the following color choices Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, Rose Red    OR    Perfect Plum, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard I decided to use the second color combination.  For some reason those colors just appealed to me…

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