Happy March Everyone

Just a quick little post today. Not much going on in the life of this crabbie....lol...other than I lost my job a couple weeks back. Been looking high and low for a new one. Just abit of a downer here and really don't have much creativeness going on in the brain. Do you ever get like that? I would like to share with everyone a little sneek peek that I just posted over at Hallmark Ladybug blog. You'll have to click on the link to check out the tutorial though... Well I hope everyone has a wonderful week, and if you get a chance to make something using the tutorial I just posted, I would truly love to see your project... Hugs from a snowy Charm City

WOOHOO...it's Sunday

Although Sunday's mean work the next day, I still love the laziness of Sunday's. Here's a little project that I made for Hallmark Ladybug blog. It's a Valentine's Day card/gift for our little one to give her friend at school. There was some criteria though and it was not to use "love", "hearts" and absolutely no "pink". So without those things how can it be a Valentine's day card? Well this is what I came up with. Here's a little teaser. You need to click on the link or photo to see how I finished the whole project.... and while you're there, stop on over at Hallmark Scrapbook to visit, play along with our challenges to get those creative juices flowing and check out the most ravishing photo gallery evaaaah....yes, there are soo many creative and inspiring ideas in the gallery... and take some time to say Hi. Plus don't forget and stop in at the store...some goodies are calling your name....*smile*... Thanks everyone for stopping in and I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead... Hallmark Ladybug Blog

Hugs from a brisk Charm City

Hello Blogland

Happy Monday everyone....long time since my last post...things here this past month has been really crazy busy..I cleaned out the spare bedroom...and let me tell you, that was quite a job...not to mention we left and went on vacation...and my BIL and girlfriend got married while we were there...it was such a gorgeous day....I'll post some photos on the next post...but the rest of the week wasn't so good while we were there....maybe next year we can have some good weather.... Here's a project that I made for the ladybug's blog...you can go HERE and see the tutorial...not to mention all of the other tutorials from the awesom ladybugs.... this is a little spells book I made out of chipboard...it was for a challenge over on Hallmark Scrapbook's message board...come on over and play along with all of the challenges with us...we would love to see you... this was for another challenge at Hallmark Scrapbook...I made this bag into a gel window with a stamped scene...and I used the Design Studio to cut the globe out of the center. yet another challenge over on the message board...we were asked to use the cornucopia from the Paper dolls cart...I made it into a fall plaque that I sent to someone...I hope she likes it... I have seen these little frankie bags all over the net and wanted to make one using the Cricut...I used the grass border from the paper dolls cart for the hair.... these are some stamped cards...still trying to play around with stamps and coloring.... I made this one for my BIL that just got married... here's some photos from this past Saturday at the pumpkin patch...the one on the scale is the smallest pumpkin that we had...this was our first visit here to and we loved it....think we will be going back again... I took this photo of the girls before they went into the corn maze...it was 2 1/2 acres of corn that they made into a maze...DH and I opted not to join them and just hung out and looked aroundthe farm.... this is an awesom gift that was waiting for me in my mail when we got back from vacation...a friend over at Hallmark Scrapbook made this for me...isn't is just wonderful...it goes in my kitchen so well....Thanks so much Carole...you are just the sweetest.... Thanks everyone....just a little update of what's been going on this past month... Hugs from a very sunny Charm City

It's another Sunday

hellooooooooooooooo....sorry it's been awhile since my last post. We are in the middle of cleaning out our storage room/spare bedroom and it's taking forever. We are finding things that we forgot we even had. Or things that having been missing for sometime now. Like a Leapster that we have been wondering what happened to it. WOOHOO...those babies are expensive, and I"m so glad that it's found it's way back home where our little one can play with it again. We got hit with hurricane Hanna yesterday. Flash flooding everywhere. Not to mention the winds. They, once again tore up our tiki bar. I tell ya, we just weren't meant to have a tiki bar in our backyard. But DH will undoubtable screw it back together and try for another season.

On another note, I have been busy making things off and on here in my studio. I'll post them down below if you would like to check them out.

But my best news of this post is that our eldest daughter just told DH and I that she is going to have a baby. Can you believe that? I thought babies were over until a few years down the road. But they are due sometime in April/May. So CONGRATS to Tricia and Ryan!!!!!!!! You go girl!!!!!

Here's some other news that I have been forgetting to share. I entered some photos on HGTV site for an upcoming Christmas special this year. WEll they contacted me and want to use a project that I made. And maybe another one...how AWESOM is that...but it's only a photo thingy...not how to make it on the air or anything. But they are going to put my name and location with the photo....that's ok, I'm still syked....I don't have any dates yet as to when this will air, but I"ll post as soon as I find out when it will be on...

I have been on the look out for a Halloween costume for our little one. She's into these Goth kind of costumes. Does anyone have any web sites that you could share for costumes? I try to make her a costume or even parts of it for her every year. Thanks in advance.

Well, this is it for now. A few more weeks and I"m off to vacation. I soo can't wait...oh wait, I forgot to tell ya. That my BIL is getting married at the beach while we are there. I can't believe it either. So that will be a special time. Our little one is their flower girl to. And DH is best man. It's on the beach at 11 am. If it doesn't rain it should be a great wedding day.

I hope everyone has a great week ahead...

Here's a tutorial that I did for Hallmark Ladybug Blog.

I'm sorry for the photo. With all of the rain yesterday, I just couldn't get a better shot. I will post a better one later once I can go outside in the daylight. Hop on over there and check out the blog. It's filled to the rim with awesom tutorials from the other ladybug team members. They are just the best and most creative ladies I've had the pleasure to work with. Love ya ladybugs.

These other projects I made for challenges over on the Hallmark Scrapbook site Another great place if you haven't checked us out. Right now Jody and Brad have an awesom sale going on the Cricut cartridges. So pop on over and check out what they are offering in the store. You're sure to find something that you need. I just ordered a few of the cartridges myself. And they are just the best when it comes to sending out the orders. I normally receive my orders within a couple of days too... So check them out...

Hugs from a very calm but soggy Charm City

WOOHOO

Now that I have your attention, it's Friday...not that it means anything to me this week (cuz' I'm working tonight), Fridays are normally a great day here for our little one and myself. We usually do chinese and movies.Well tonight, we aren't..since I have to work tonight, I think we are just doing some sort of take out or drive through... Here's some projects/cards that I've made since I last posted. These first two are what I made for the challenges over at Hallmark Scrapbook on the message boards. If you haven't checked them out, take a gander over and play along...we would love to see you... http://www.hallmarkscrapbook.com/phpBB2/ this was a wierd day for me. I decided to make wierd faces on the envies for decorations...I thought this would be a cute way to store some of my fav' cd's here in my studio. The above one I made using the jar cut from Doodlecharms cart from Cricut. I had so much fun making this one..the paradise words are actually printed onto a sheet of transparency film and ran through my cricut machine to make the cut..the stamps are stamped onto a piece of glossy photo paper after it was cut out from the cricut machine.. The above card I made for a friend that a new baby was just born into the family. the inside pillar actually pops up when you open the card...

this is actually a cootie catcher that I made to use for a table decoration at our daughters 4th of July party.

last but not least is this cropped image...if you would like to see the rest of the photo click on this link. It will take you to a tutorial that I just uploaded. It's my first one...

http://hallmarkladybugs.blogspot.com/

Well that's it for now...hope it won't be as long til my next post...

Hugs from a very warm Charm City