What's Been Happening

So I decided to post this today instead of waiting.....my puter is up and running so I thought I'd just post it now....... I thought I would share some photos of what we have all been up to this past year...hence my disappearance from my blog...Things here have been so crazy crazy...and

I mean that in every aspect of the word....CRAZY!!!!! Our home is a stopping point (Hotel MD Crabbie)...lol...for our family members...2 weeks we get a visit from my FIL and his doggie...and then when he leaves my Mother comes in for her monthly visit of 2 weeks....we have had a graduation party, birthday parties, pool parties and even a visit from family that came in from out of town....not to mention spring hit and we all know what that means....YARD WORK!!! YUK!!! I am so SICK of yard work right now....

this is our youngest GB....she is so dawling it isn't even funny....

and here she is again...

and again....lol..

and here's her older brudder...lol brother...don't mind the blue carpet...it's on the list of things to redo...it matched the blue walls but now has to be replaced....

and again...

we played romper room

had little sessions with Grandpop...

and after a long day, they were wiped out and crashed...lol...

we celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary back in May...and even my birthday just the day after...

we also celebrated a few birthdays....this is my FIL and MIL...we went to visit and celebrated her bday at the home this year....

she really enjoyed her cake and everyone singing to her...

and this  is the last bit of wall paper that has been up for the past 10 years....I can't believe that I finally ripped it all down and painted the walls....photos posted below of what I did ...

and amongst all of this madness here, we even made it to the beach for a day for Spring Fess....look at everyone else that had the same idea we did....do you remember the club we go to for our St. Patty's day parties...well this is the outside beach area in the summer....it's a rockin place to hang out...you have waitresses that come out to your table and serve you in the water....now how fricken cool is that....

while at Spring Fess I even found a new hat for DH for next years St. Patty's Day party....

we even made it to a Japanese Steak House...DH had never been to one. He just loved the show....

just  a photo of the wall I did using the raggin off technique...the picture in the background is actually a picture inside an open frame....I needed something to put on this wall until I get my wall fountain and this is what I came up with...the frame had an oil painting of the beach inside it so I popped it out and just used the frame...

I painted one wall as an accent wall using a brown....

and this is a vase that I have had for years now...I don't know if you can tell, but it is actually a boobie vase...lol...I bought it as a joke for DH....if he ever got to missing my boobies, he would have a substitute...lol....
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This has been one crazy past year....this past week, DH and I had a bad experience with my FIL...he ended up falling out of bed in the night and couldn't get back up and layed there for a couple of hours....thank goodness I heard him as I was leaving for work that night. DH and I got him back into bed....but let me tell you, this was a huge scare to us...and it really opened our eyes that our parents are at the stage where they need help with just basic living things....it's a stage that neither DH nor I are ready for....we went out and purchased a new bigger bed for the guest room and a new living room set....this was done so that it would make it easier for them to get up and out of....we even made Dad go with us to make sure what we picked out would be OK for him....so now I get to empty out the guest room, paint and redecorate it....I hadn't planed on this til after Missy went back to school in September...I was hoping to take a couple months off from doing anything...guess it just wasn't meant to be.....

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Well blog friends, if you've made it this far, thanks for hanging out and reading what's been happening here at Hotel MD Crabbie....I truly miss all my friends here, all of the challenges and all of the wonderfulness that everyone makes...I'm hoping to be back in swing soon....after this redo of the guestroom then there's only my pantry, laundry room left to redo....other than the carpet....oh and the master bath....but then I think I will be spent...and sick of remodeling....I hope things on your home front hasn't been as busy as it's been here....some days I don't even get to breathe...I wake up, work my ass off and then go to bed....without even coming into my playroom for some R&R....well I'm off to clean the guest room...my FIL just left earlier and my Mother will be here in a couple of hours...not to mention I'm going out to mow grass for DH before it gets to hot...it's going to be in the 100's today....Hugs from a very hot Charm City.....

HDH Movie Madness Challenge

Happy Thursday Peeps...today I'd like to share my card I made for Haunter Design House for the Movie Madness challenge...ENJOY!!!!

Here I used a digi stamp from Spesch Design Stamps called Zombie Alice...I absolutely loved this image when I first seen her and knew I wanted her. I originally was making this card into totally something else but this is what I finished with, an easel card....the rest of the stamps are from my stamp stash...I colored everything in using distress inks...and again, I was abit heavy handed using the water...

here's just a closer view of the front of the card....

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Well I hope that you all stop by HDH and see what those lovely Minions created this week...they, once again, rocked this challenge....,I
 will be back next week with another challenge card...and I'm hoping to post some photos with a family update to what really has been going on here on the home front....until then, have a safe and sunny day.....hugs from a very HOT and Sunny Charm City....



HDH142 Music Mayhem Challenge

Happy Tuesday bloggers.....I have been trying to post this card since yesterday....it looks like my connection is having a fit lately.....today I have a card I made for the challenge over at Haunted Design House. I have been asked to be a GD for this month....Thank you so much Masterful Mistress and Minions...It is a real honor....so for this week's challenge, we were to create a dark/twisted card using music as your inspiration.....ENJOY!!!!

I made this card using Witchy Woman from the Eagles as my inspiration....I know what you're thinking...it's not twisted...but I did try to make it dark...I tried to make it seem like she had fire in her eyes and such but it truly didn't not come out as envisioned....KWIM!!!! I used the witch from Starving Artist --stars and crow from Inkadinkado--pot from Studio G...alphha's from Making Memories....distress inks...Stickles...and I used the Tonic distress er tool to scratch the background....

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I hope that you all make a mad dash over to see what the Minions have put together this week...they will knock your socks off as they did mine....they are truly--truly artists....Well, that's all I have for today....I hope you all have a sunny day...Hugs from Charm City...

HDH141 Butchered Blueprint Challenge

Good late morning blogland...I promised I'd be back with another card... and today's card is for the challenge over at HDH...as you can see it's a butchered blueprint challenge.... have you been over at HDH lately and checked out what the Minions have been up to? If not, you truly should...their creations simply blow me away....they RAWK each and every challenge....here's my card for the challenge....ENJOY!!!!!

here's the butchered blueprint at which I turned 90 degrees...

not a gruesome card like all of the creativeness from the Minions, but a simple Halloween card...I used paper from My Mind's Eye...MS border punch...skull ring was a prezzie at which I trimmed off the ring part and added some rhinestones and distress stain....

Well I hope that everyone has a wonderful and sunny weekend...I think we are getting rain here...thank goodness...I am so tired of watering everyday...lol...Hugs from Charm City...

A Big HELLOOO and KK # 136 Challenge

How the heck are you all on this beautiful sunny summer day? I know, it's been such a long time since my last visit. Far to long for me. I know I mentioned last time that I was hoping to play more...but as things have been turning out here on the home front, it has gotten crazier than ever. And when I say crazier, I truly mean that in every essence of the word....CRAZIER!!!! LOL....
Anywhoo, yesterday I was surfing and visiting all of my favorite spots and came across 2 challenges that I want to play with...one of them is posted below for Kraftin Kimmie and the other one I will be posting tomorrow....so you have to make sure you come back in the a.m. to check it out....it's a fun gooey sketch challenge....any guess's on whose challenge it is???

For the KK challenge we were to use our favorite KK stamp EVAH!!! Well when I first got into rubber stamping, KK was one of the first I had a pleasure to play with. The expressions on the faces is what got me. I simply just love them..ALL OF THEM!!! ....I couldn't choose just one stamp and had to use two.......ENJOY!!!!!

I have absolutely loved loved loved the expression on Charlotte's face ever since she came out...this just screams my day sometimes...how about you?....I paired her up with some StampScape stamps to make the background scene....I colored everything in with Prisma pencils and added some Stickles...

This is the inside where I used Drucilla... my other fav KK stamp....the voo doo doll and her expression is perfect for many types of cards....I love how she dares you to do it...lol..cuz you know deep down she wants to stick the doll......I was thinking this would be a cute retirement card....or what about a happy divorce card...lol...this would be from the newly divorced wife to her newly divorced husband....it's her standing there in front of the house (front with Charlotte) she got in the divorce with the kids, and on the inside Drucilla standing there daring him to try and live the life at the beach that he's always wanted to do...lol...I know I'm weird...

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Well peeps....this is all I have for today....remember to stop back tomorrow and check out my next challenge I'm playing with....I do hope you all have a sunny day.....Hugs from a very sunny Charm City....

Let's Party

Good Morning Peeps---Happy Saturday to you..I hope everyone is healthy and happy today......Today is suppose to be nice then turn into rain later around dinner time. It's that time of year again where I dust off the diet plan and get back out into the yard again. I have cleaned off the patio and have all of my pots ready to add some pretty flowers to them. I have yet to start on the re do of the living room, but it's coming...I can't wait and just wish it could be done already...lol...I have so many ideas I just hope hubby will be feeling them to...kwim..lol...we'll see...

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Well, today I have a card that's been sitting here on my desk that I wanted to share...a girlfriend asked me to help plan her hubby's 40th and this is a proto type..I'm working on a couple more so that she could have a few to choose from....ENJOY!!!!

I wanted to do a manly card so I dug into my scraps of goodness (meaning older and dusty supplies) and played around with a casino type party...I rubber stamped (Paper Artsy) the image onto water color paper and edged it with ink...same size acetate for top layer and sprayed Krylon frosted glass spray to make a window feel...billiards sign from Karen Foster...paper from My Mind's Eye...tore a zipper in half to add to top border with some snaps that I found...greeting from Inkadinkado with Studio G club and spade stamps...I made the corner brads to kind of re fleck a bullet and used a silver round brad topped with an upholstery tack with a pearl...so what do ya think? Did I achieve it...lol...a manly rustic old time feel??

here's a side view...this is where the birthday party info would be tucked inside....

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well blog land....I do hope everyone has a great weekend...thanks for stopping in and I miss everyone..where does the time go these days??.....have a sunny day!!!! Hugs from Charm City...

St. Patrick's Day Photos

Happy Sunday morning peeps...I know, I know, this post is way over due...I'm sorry, but we have had some family issues come up since we've been back from the beach. This year I went all out with the light ups for our costumes. ENJOY!!!!!!

this was the group that went down to the beach this year for the weekend...vision~ all very talkative eight of us squeezing into a mini van ~ being shuffled around town~~ LOL~ that poor taxi driver didn't know what he was getting into when he said he'd take all of us~He was jammin to some Bob Marley that really set the mood...lol...

this was Friday night's glass of choice for the ladies..3 different color modes and then one with all of the colors flashing...click on photo for a direct link...

this was Saturday's glass of choice for the ladies...which I have to say is the perfect size for us...the quality is great and the price is even better....it holds a mixed drink with ice very comfortably....it has a mode for 3 different colors and one for all of the colors like above...so this really is a versatile party glass...you can click on the photos and it will take you to flashingblinkylights.com website...

now look at that mug there...if that isn't a manly man's cup I don't know what is...this was the cup of choice for the guys...same modes as above...it holds 2 beers and the quality is great....click on photo to go to their site...

~ Me and Hubby~

 ~ Pam Scott and I ~

this was a new addition this year....and they were absolutely awesome inside the club....

just goofin around

 we couldn't leave our buddy out...lol...

(look at his shoes...these were the ones I made last year..I added more blinky lights to them)

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 look at these dorks...lol...they were both the smash of the party...it's so fun to be able to go away from your everyday life and dress up like dorks and it's accepted...no worries about anything but letting loose for the weekend...sure you might regret it once you get back home, but it was fun at the time....I call it "REJUVENATING"..KWIM!!!

 Lou ( first timer~now lifer~he even applied for a job at the job fair the next morning~LOL) and Pam (his Mommie)

 I have soooo been eying this costume up the past couple of years...but I figured I wouldn't be able to find anyone to wear it.... I know I wouldn't....lol...look where your face is...in the shamrock....you would have to pull the mask off (as this poor fella did) off and on all day/night... he was so darling that I might just have to get this anyway and add it to the trunk of St. Patty's goodness that we have....I'll tell ya though, it's getting harder and harder to find hats and different kinds of wigs...it seems like I already have what companies offer every year now....same 'ol same 'ol...

 this is Lou looking snazzy...I'm telling you, he's a lifer....

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Well, I hope you've enjoyed flipping through our weekend....we really had a blast...and we are already planning for next year's weekend.....I just wish each and everyone one of you could come and enjoy it with us....I bet you would end up being a "lifer" like us....LOL....weekend is off season so it is less expensive to stay at a hotel...it truly is an adult weekend, unlike it is during the season where you have families and young teenagers out...KWIM!!! Give it a thought and if you're interested contact me and I can send you details....

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Have a sunny day...it's a gloom one here, but like they say, this too shall pass....Hugs from Charm City....

St Pats Day Light Up Purse

Well How the hell are you all here in blogland? Me, it's that time of year already and you all know what that means...YEP!!! ST. PATTY'S DAY PARTAH!!! lol....we are gearing for it this coming weekend....this year I went all out with anything light up..I ordered so much stuff that we are going to be a walking light bulb...not to mention we have added some new friends to the mix and we are dressing them up to....I know we look like dorks, but we love to have fun.....here's a link to some photos from years past....and the project below I made from a paper mache purse....ENJOY!!!!!!

 this is the front of the purse....the chain and the clover medallion was a necklace that I purchased and used it for the front and back....I have 2 clip on flashing light ups hanging....

here's what the flashers look like....they are really bright so I wanted to tone down the light and have them hung behind the clover....

this is the back...I had seen this saying on some shirts on the net, liked it so I made it for my purse....behind  the top part I added a flashing light there as well...hung it on some jump rings...

side view

top view....I kept it simple...

this is the bottom view....I only added 3 legs as apposed to 4...these are actually flashing light up rings....there are 3 different flashing modes to these to....in the photo below you can see all I did was cut holes in the bottom and pushed these through...I left them as is so I can easily remove and change them when they burn out....how smart is that....lol....

this is the inside...

closer view of that darling stamp...I played it safe on this project and used only rubber stamps.....

front with the little lights on behind the clover

this is the back and feet lit up...this looks so cool in the dark...

another look

sorry about the photo but tried to show what it looks like in a dark room.....

Well, that's all I have for a week or so....we are off to the beach in a couple of days and I really need to get everything in order....my father in law comes as soon as we get back for a few weeks again....so I have to have all of my work done before we go.....I hope everyone has a wonderful day...Happy early St Patty's Day....Hugs from a very warm Charm City