What a fabulous 1st BIRTHDAY PARTY!! Our little Dominick looked so darned cute in the tie his mommy bought him from Me&Matilda.etsy.com. And did ya notice he didn't get cake and icing all over his face! Gramma is really worn out today, but it was sure worth it! Dominick has so many family and friends that love him to pieces!! Especially his gramma deedee!! Oh yeah, his mommy and Melissa made his cake. They did an awesome job, it was the first time they ever used fondant!! Good job girls!
I've been working on my December 2010 calendar. I have two months completed. The month of October and now December!! At the rate I'm going, I won't finish this calendar until 2011!!!
This is my granddaughter Tallie. She really enjoyed her first soccer game and they won!!
I finally sat down and scrapped a couple of days ago. It sure felt good. I have been working on a soccer banner for my granddaughters team. It took up all my spare time. But its done and now I can scrap or make a card or two. I just love this photograph of Mia. I've been wanting to scrap it for some time now. I finally found the time to do it.
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This photo was taken on Jake's 21st Birthday. I think Dominick looks very cool in Uncle Jake's shades!!
I bought this calendar a couple of weeks ago and decided I might as well start working on it. I really don't like working in order, so why would I start with January....hehehe!!! October just seemed to be the month to work on today! I knew right where this photo was, so thats probably why I started with this month first. I'm sure its going to take me until 2010 to finish it!!
Whoo-hoo! I'm so happy that I finally had some time to sit and scrap. I started this layout at the beginning of the week and finished it up just now. Dominick just started standing and walking behind his lion. He is just so cute.
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Me and Dominick
Day 111 at 365 Cards was to make a card using stripes! I used K&Company Sea Glass line of paper, dragonfly was stamped using an Inkadinkado clear stamp, string, and the button was from my cousin Rhonda.
Day 110 at 365 Cards was to make a "GUY" card using argyle!! ARGYLE.......I thought oh no, I don't have any argyle paper! Well then I remembered my ugly paper drawer and low and behold.....I found some!! Whoo-hoo! This paper is from a punch out pack from Walmart.
Day 109 at 365 Cards was to use the color scheme above. I used all scrap cardstock, Prima flower and American Crafts brads.
Day 108 at 365 Cards was to make a Birthday card for a boy!! I used K&Company Actopus to Zelephant collection. I love this line for boys!! The ric-rak is from Walmart and the buttons are from my cousin Rhonda!
Day 107 at 365 Cards was to make a girly card......we had to have the word "GIRL" on our card! I used Bo Bunny's Flirty Birds and the ric-rak is from Walmart. When I first started making this card I looked at the birds as two girlfriends yaking, but after it was made, I thought, oh my these are two love birds!! I added the buttons to cover up hearts.
Day 106 at 365 Cards was to use the above sketch. I pulled out my Que Sera Sera stuff to make this card.
I received this "One Lovely Blog Award" from two of my card buddies, Michelle and Gloria. They are both awesome card makers and both of them are very generous with their comments about my work. It is so nice to come to your blog and find that someone took the time to leave you a comment. Thanks girls, I so appreciate the award and will pass it on to others.
Day 105 at 365 Cards was to use the song "Rainbow Connections" by Jason Mraz for our inspiration. The paper I used is from My Little Shoebox, brads from American Crafts and ribbon from Walmart. 
Lisa e-mailed me these photos of our little Tommy and I couldn't wait to scrap 'em!! Just how cute is he? He just turned 9 months old. I used the K&Company Actopus to Zelephant collection, wooden letters from Michael's, I painted and inked them, buttons from my cousin Rhonda! She'll be here on the 25th for a weekend visit!! Whoo-hoo......I can't wait!!
Lisa e-mailed me these adorable pic's of little Tommy!! He's just so darned cute!
I took these pic's of Mia Sunday morning. She spent the night with me Saturday. I just love her in this green outfit!!
Day 100 at 365 Cards was to use the colors........RED, ORANGE, BLUE, YELLOW & GREEN! No pastels today! Well, bright colors are right up my ally as I love color!! I was able to make this card using scraps!!
Day 99 at 365 Cards was to use the above sketch by Pam. This wasn't easy!! At first I thought Christmas tree, but I ended up with the birthday hat! I did add a dragonfly to the top of the hat.
I thought this photo was so cute! This is Michael and Sally's boxer, Juno, playing with the neighbors new puppy.
Day 96 at 365 Cards was to use fabric!! I used this cat fabric to make a quilt a couple of years ago.....the quilt is still not finished!! But anyways.........I love this fabric and I think it made a cute card!
Day 95 at 365 Cards is called Wacky Color Wednesday! We had to use Pink, Blue & Orange!
Day 94 at 365 Cards was to get our inspiration from the ad above.
I've scrapped this photo once before, but I found this cowboy paper and thought why not scrap it again!! This is Tommy at 3 months. This is one of my favorite photos of him.
Day 92 at 365 Cards was to use the above sketch by Pam. I've used this felt birdie once before on a card and I had one left, so I just had to use it today!! I love that little guy!! I guess its a boy birdie, looks like one to me.....hehehe!
Day 89 at 365 Cards was to use a watermelon on your card or at least use watermelon colors. I printed this image from yahoo images. I used Graphic 45 paper for the background, AC cardstock, ink and the ribbon was recycled from a gift. 
GOD BLESS THE USA by LEE GREENWOOD
Our little Tommy aka: Dominick loves to squeeze his bottle and of course the milk splatters all over his face. Lisa and Kelly were able to capture this darling shot of his milk dots. I used Safari Trek by Reminisce, brads are from American Crafts, Cuttin' Up Cricut cartridge for the lettering, AC cardstock, Fiskars border punch and ribbon from good 'ole Walmart.
Day 85 at 365 Cards was to use the above sketch by Pam. My card is a 4 x 5, made with Brazzill Basics paper, scallop punch by Marvey Uchida, Prima flowers and brads from my stash. I love this dotted swiss paper that I picked up at the beginning of the week. Long breaks from work can be very dangerous to my pocket-book!!! Enjoy your day!
I received this neat little award from my friend Rose, please take a minute and drop by her blog, My Happy Place. She's an awesome artist and is always so kind to stop by with comments that always put a smile on my face. Thanks Rose!
Kelly and Michael earned their Black Belts in April of this year. They are both very good at this sport and have earned a spot on the competitive team for their studio.
Day 83 at 365 Cards was to make a matching envelope to go with our card. I kept my envelope simple, so I would be able to mail it.
Day 82 at 365 Cards was to do up 3 edges of our card! I sewed on a double row of lace. I did two rows because I so messed up my card and I was trying to save it....hehehe!!! I kept it really simple to let my edges do the talkin' on this one!
Day 81 at 365 Cards was to use 5 squares. I used 5 square metal brads. I was able to come home on a break from work today, so I got my card done!! Whoo-hoo, now I don't have to rush home from work tonight and make a card!!! But, now I have to go back to work......poor me!!! 
Shawn and Mark are my fav's for tonights Ballroom Trophy!!!
Day 80 at 365 Cards was to use PLAID!! I've had this paper from My Mind's Eye for some time now. As soon as I saw today was plaid day, I knew exactly what paper I was going to use. The flowers are Prima's (my fav's), the ribbon came from either Michael's or Walmart (I can't remember), the brads are from American Crafts.
I just received this award from my friend Jaime at Scrap Crazy Dive. She has an awesome blog, please take a minute to go see what she's been up too.
This is a photo of my cousins Ron and Rhonda. They are brother and sister. Rhonda e-mailed me this morning saying that Ron was picking her up and they were going for a ride and breakfast. For most of you this would seem like a normal little morning ride. But for my dear cousin Rhonda, this is one awesome day. She has lost 150 lbs. this past year. She wouldn't have been able to take this ride last year. I'm so, so proud of her. She looks FABulous and look at that smile on her face!!! I love you sweetie!! And a big thanks to her daughter, Karilyn for sending me this photo!! I'm all excited and I'm not even there to enjoy this big event!! I love you guys!!
Day 78 at 365 Cards was to create a card using this sketch. This wasn't the easiest sketch to use. I really couldn't get my creative juices flowing this morning, but this is my attempt at staying true to the sketch.
Day 77 at 365 Cards was to use a piece of note paper. This was the closet thing I had to note paper.
Day 75 at 365 Cards was to think COFFEE! I just couldn't put a cup of coffee on the front of my card today. So I went with the colors of that delicious drink!! I used papers from my scraps. I love it when I can find papers in my scrap drawers.
Day 73 at 365 Cards was to use SCALLOPS, CIRCLES & BLING! The paper is from my stash and I can't remember who its by, I cut the scalloped flower center from the paper, the pink silk flower is from Michael's, the ribbon & bling from Walmart. I also used Stickles for some sparkle!!
Day 72 at 365 Cards was to use sheet music. I decided today to make a collage card. The sheet music, the clocks and the stamps all came from SkyBluePink.com. I ordered the vintage playing card from an etsy.com shop. I can't remember which one now. I made the music sheet flower, the brad is from my stash and the lace and pearls are from good 'ole Walmart!! It was really fun doing something really different with my card making today! Sometimes we just need to get out of our comfort zone!!
I spent Mother's Day with my family at Steve and Lisa's. I started getting sick on Saturday and figured I would have to pass up Mother's Day. I got up on Sunday and felt pretty good, so I got ready, went to the store and then picked up my mother-in-law. Lisa and Steve's backyard is just so peaceful and gorgeous I want to share these photo's that I took yesterday. As you can see I didn't get many pic's of the family or of myself with my family. Thats because I got sicker and sicker as the day went on. For the most part, I just sat in the backyard and stared. I didn't want to pass my germs on to anyone, so I figured staying outside would be the best thing for me to do. When everyone got ready to leave, Lisa said, "Mom are you okay"? I said nope, I need to rest for a bit before I drive home. She took my temp and it was over 103 degrees. No wonder I felt like the pitts. So I slept for awhile and decided I better drive home. My temp had lowered to a little over 101 degrees at that point. So I'm home from work today. I felt really bad calling in today as I have been on vacation for a week. That really looks good!! I've got to go to work tomorrow, so hopefully I start feeling better.
Day 70 at 365 Cards was to use this ad for inspiration. This was a fun card to make!
No cards for me today!!! Lisa came over and she's working on a chipboard album, so I decided to make sets of magnets. I just wanted to work on something different today. And I had to keep busy as to not make to many suggestions to her about her album. This is her first one, she is not a scrapper, but fell in love with these small albums. I must say she is doing one heck of a good job. And mom has basically kept her mouth shut. When she completes it, I will post it here.
I made this card for my mother-in-law Jean. She has been a part of my life from the time I was 19. Her son and I are divorced, but her and I have kept a close friendship. We will be spending Mother's Day together along with all the kids and grandkids.
Day 67 at 365 Cards was to use A WHOLE LOTTA PINK!!
Day 64 at 365 Cards was to use the this sketch! I looked at it and thought "oh no"!! But then I looked at the scraps that I had left over from yesterday's challenge and decided to use them! I made a big boo-boo on the lower part of this card and just racked my brain on how I could fix it!! Well, I needed to take some trash out and I took one look at the grocery bag and thought to myself "why not"!!! So I cut it up and it became part of my card!
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Day 63 at 365 Cards was to use 8 flowers!! I just bought these great Prima's last Thursday!!
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Day 59 at 365 Cards was to use the sentiment.....Missing You, I Miss You, etc.
Day 57 at 365 Cards was to use this sketch. I got up at 5am today, so I made two cards before daylight!! I actually had to stop myself today, this sketch was very inspiring. I must do housework! Boo-hoo!! But if I get it all done, who knows, I might make a few more cards using this sketch!! Happy Sunday to you all!!
The sunflower card was made using Bo Bunny papers that I have had for some time. An LSS was closing and I bought a ton of paper from them. It will probably take me 20 years to use it all!! The brads I received from sb.com as a gift for an order I placed with them. They are sugar coated. Really pretty! I was in a sewing mood today, I love sewing on cards but never remember to do it. I organized my scraproom yesterday and my machine is very easy to get to now. 
My "hi" card was made using paper from Chatter Box. This was also purchased from the LSS that was closing. The inside of the card does match the outside. The outside pic was taken in direct sun and it changed colors on me. This card looks like the top photo, really rich brown. I also used Prima flowers, brad and bling from my stash. The corners on the inside were done with a Marvy corner punch. I also did a little sewing on this one too!
Look what you can win over on Debbie's blog!! She will be picking a winner April 30, 2009.
Day 55 at 365 Cards was to use a recipe provided to us by Pam. Here's the recipe we had to follow:
Day 54 at 365 Cards was to use at least one recycled element on our card. I hand cut the flower from the lid of a Staples copy paper box. That box had been out in my garage forever. I also just found a card challenge over at Paper Blooms that this card fit into today. I might just have to start checking out their challenges too!! I found a link to their site over on Rose's blog. 
Day 53 at 365 Cards was to use fruit!! I had nothing with fruit on it. I found this image on my Microsoft Picture It program. I am not thrilled with this card at all. It actually looks better in real life. I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist. I did some inking. I really don't like it!!!!! I don't think I was in the mood to make a card after work today. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better creative day for me.
Day 52 at 365 Cards was to use a circle, a blossom & a brad. I thought about this one all day at work today and even when I walked in the door from work had no idea what I was going to do. I started looking through my stash and this is what I came up with. I have been trying to fancy up the inside of my cards lately too. I always have scraps left from the front, so I have started using them. I kind of like the look of this one!! And once again I am not using a sentiment, as I like to be able to use my cards for all occasions. I can always add one later.
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Day 51 at 365 Cards was to use this photograph as our inspiration! Below is my creation!!
Day 50 at 365 Cards was to use this sketch. I handmade the flower using a tutorial from Lisa. Please check out her blog: What a Beautiful Mess
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My friend Diana sent me this lovely blog award today!! Isn't it cute!!! I met Diana over at 365 Cards and she is a sweetheart!! She always stops by and leaves the most encouraging comments. She is one awesome lady!!!! Please make a visit to her blog for some great inspiration. http://dianasausomecreationsetc.blogspot.com/
I made these cards for a challenge over at Pages in Time. This is a new group started by Karen Mattison. We are really getting some great talent over there. I think its going to be a fun place to hang out and share our creations. I also made these for my critique group Memories to Last. This month I chose an image for everyone to either make a card, or layout, or whatever they wanted to come up with. My family is going to pick the winner and I will send them a RAK!! I can't wait to see what everyone does with this image.
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Day 46 at 365 Cards was to make a Matchbox Card. If you would like to make this card just go to Kristie's blog. She has great instructions there for making this card. I attached 2 buttons to hold the side flap in position. I also machine stitched the lace onto the side. I actually added this lace to cover up a mistake!!! 
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If you go to Tammy's blog you will find the instructions on how to make this fabulous card!
Day 44 at 365 cards was to make a money holder. We got our inspiration from DT Gloria. Please check out her blog for details. I attached two buttons to my card and tied it with a piece of ribbon to hold the card closed. 
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Day 43 at 365 Cards was to make a Gift Card Holder. Today starts Scor-It Week. If you would like the chance to win a Scor-it mini join in the fun. For a tutorial on how to make this great gift card holder go to Pam's blog. I put these together really fast. Thats why I ended up making two. I could have kept making them with my tons and tons of scraps. But, I have other things to do today!! I was surprised just how much fun they are to make. Oh.....and I don't have a scor-it, you don't need one to make this great holder.
Day 42 at 365 Cards was to stamp our background. No patterned paper allowed!! I am not crazy about stampin'. I'm just not good at it! I don't think I own the right ink pads, I put to much pressure on my stamp and the list goes on and one...LOL!!! But in the end, this is my stamped background card for today!!
Day 41 at 365 Cards was to make a GET WELL CARD! It also had to have 5 flowers on it. The image is from Microsoft's Picture It. 
Day 40 at 365 Cards was to use SUN, SAND and SURF to inspire us!!
Day 38 at 365 Cards was to use this quilt pattern. Being a quilter I had to add a border to my quilt!! I hand cut the little birdie and used pop squares to adhere it to the center.
Day 37 at 365 Cards was to use chipboard. I'm not a chipboard fan, but I went through my stuff and found this little heart. I covered it with pink Stickles glitter. I just received this Anna Griffin paper from sb.com. It was a gift from them for a nice comment that I had left for someone. I love sb.com. Its a great place to share your work and to meet new friends.
