I Really Am Back This Time!

So I last posted in March of 2016...that was nearly 5 1/2 years ago!!! Oh my goodness.  There have been so many changes in my life in that time.  Some great  & some horrible.

I will make my "list" as short as I can to bring everyone up to speed.

                    

My son Kevin and his wife Kelly were married and they had a son, Ethan who was born in 2017. They have a daughter also, her name is Violet and she was born in 2020!

                                         

                  AREN'T THEY ADORABLE?!

                                 Next up is my daughter Kristin

Kristin is now a Flight Attendant!!!  She loves it and flys all over.  I will admit I am a wee bit jealous.  So I sometimes live vicariously through her 😂😂😂.  She is going to work on getting her pilot's license and so she will be working on that in the next couple of years.  She is hardworking and so I have no doubt she will achieve her goal. She did have to move out to Denver Colorado and that, of course, is very hard but we do talk a lot and text often!

Eric & I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary this year. We are still very much in love and truly happy. 

We purchased our first home this year! Just moved in November 2021. We love it. 

 That about does it for the really good news.

In July of 2021, my mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 ovarian cancer.  She passed away on August 17, 2021.  She was 88 and probably the most caring and loving woman I will ever have the privilege to know. I miss her so much and it has been so hard.  She will never visit our new home which saddens me immensely, but she fills our new home with love regardless.  I have her in my heart and she is always here with me.  I love you mom and miss you so much!

I do not want to make this a sad post so I will move on and show you some of the crafty items that I have been working on!  

Some Christmas cards I made last year and this year. Just a few of them here:

I made some silly and random cards too.  I got a Wizard of Oz stamp and die cut set so they were very nice to have. 

My goal here is to try to come on here so much more now. I want to create more and just get back in touch with my friends who I knew from long ago on here and also hoping to make some new ones!  I think I really lost touch with my creative side and now I think it is time for it to show itself! 

Until next time (which won't be too long). 

Christmas 2013 - Cards and Home Decor

Where do I start off at when I haven't been here for over 6 months!?  I have been slammed at work is where I have been, dealing with some not-so-fun emotional junk and now feeling better again with everything!

Eric and I are still living in our town home and going strong!  My kids are growing up still so fast.  Kristin is living on her own, Kevin just Friday got a new car.  So all is well with family this season.  

I hope you are all doing well and enjoying your winter season holiday(s). Now the first thing I want to show you is my wreath snowman door-hanger.  I saw it first on pinterest and fell in love with it, soooo 

TA DA!!!

Our Wreath Snowman Door Decor

The front of our home with some of the lights on in front, 2 candles in top windows, snowman wreath & in our bay window you can see our tree



I have also been creating a few cards here and there.  These three are just a small few of what I have done.  I know the first two are similar but I really love this stamp.

Meowy Christmas

Tabby Kitty Christmas

Cany Cane Wishes

I have also been making some Birthday cards for SCS (SplitCoastStampers) b/c I am on their B.R.A.K committee.  Here are a few:

I also made another Scripture 8x8 page.  I really am happy how it came out.

I will be back later on in the day with another post with some "How-to's" for some of these and more.

I have really missed being here and I hope you will welcome me back into the blogging community because I cannot wait to start reading your blog posts again!

SMILES!!!

Card Organizer Tutorial, Project Life, Cards and Cricut ---Oh My!

Hi there everyone!  I made a card tonight and a birthday calendar last night, got a package from Cricut yesterday with 2 new cartridges from my rewards points, getting a lot of things ready for 2013 Project Life and made a new type of book...I'll explain that one.  So what I am trying to say is that I have been very busy and full of Crafty Mojo lately and I am loving it! So let's get started.

Well the card I created tonight as well as the Birthday Calendar I made last night are both for my new manager Wendy.  I have to tell you that I think this new job is going to work out beautifully.  There is a lot involved but I have faith that I can do this and do it well.  She actually took me out to lunch Monday too!  She paid, which I didn't really know what to say but I thanked her and we ate and got to know one another a little better.  Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that the first "real" job I've had in many many years is going to work out and I love it already.

Onward to the card...I created a tri-fold card that is a bit different than the usual tri-fold 

I love how it folds in this way.  The fussy cut poinsettia is what holds the card closed.

I hope she likes it.  Please do not think I am being a "kiss-up"   to her since I am giving this to her, we are having a Christmas party Friday and I would just feel less weird if I had a card for everyone.  Which I have 3 more to make for the guys.

The 2 Cricut cartridges I received yesterday are

Florals Embellished & Nursery Rhymes

I had close to 3000 points and when I saw this Florals Embellished on there I wanted it and I had already been looking for Nursery Rhymes.  There are some amazing cuts on both of these cartridges.

But wait...there's more...

Project Life is something that I have wanted to do since I saw the kits on Amazon last year.  But they were IMPOSSIBLE to find anywhere.  They were always sold out of every theme that I wanted/liked.  So I was on Amazon the other day and what do I see...YES!  I was ecstatic, I wanted the Clementine Core Kit and that is precisely what I got.   So what I am doing to get ready for this is getting everything in one place so that I can grab and go at it instead of sitting and wondering about if I have what I need or where it may be, etc. This way it will be a more convenient way to do this. I have joined up with a group of others who are also going to be working on Project Life and we are going to be doing blog hops and everything together so stay tuned for that information.  Also I want to gather some stamps, coordinating cardstock (since I see now that the Clementine Cardstock is again sold out...ugh), some embellishments and some other odds and ends to put in my little PL tote box.  

Now all I did so far was the first and last pages which will most likely be changed in the future.  

Little Tutorial on a Card Holder/Organizer 

I have a questions for you; What do you do with all those cards you receive?  Do you toss them? Put them in a shoe box or tote? Display them? Cut them up to reuse some other way?  IF you are looking for some way you can display and hold your cards at the same time without taking up a ton of room here is what you do.

You start off with some 12x12 patterned paper (2 sheets)

some 7x10 patterned paper (2 sheets)

6 pieces of 5x7 chipboard or two pieces of 7x10 chipboard

Crop-O-Dile or hole punch you like

Scotch Liquid Adhesive

Paper Trimmer

Binder rings or ribbon

Some embellishment

Now what you do is this

Take the 12x12 piece of patterned paper flip it over so that the pattern you like is facing outwards

Glue on the 2 pieces of the 5x7 chipboard like shown and add the third piece in the middle of the two - the reason there are three pieces is for extra sturdiness on the covers

You want to repeat the above steps twice to make your front and back covers.

You will then cover your chipboard with the 10x7 piece of chipboard and glue 

Next, fold in the top and bottoms of the 12 x 12 paper and do the same with the remaining two sides.  It's kind of like wrapping a present.  Glue down

You will want to punch holes in your book

Then fill it using your old cards by simply punch a small hole in them.  This way everyone & you can reminisce anytime looking at your cards

Now this was a long post but hopefully you enjoyed what you saw here today!  Hope you come back soon, thank you for stopping by and I hope that you have an awesome day today!