It's a Beautiful Tuesday Morning

Happy Tuesday....it's really early here...I've been up since about 11:45pm working....so I' am a bit tired this morning, but I wanted to do an update here before I went off to bed.

Here's the set I made for the BBTB blog for the first week of being her guest designer....

Let's get Together Set

The challenge was to use the mug from the Christmas Cheer cart from the Cricut machine. Take a gander over and see what all of the awesom designers came up with. Their designs are just so creative and lovely....

http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/

Here's a few cards that I just had picked up by Ready Set Create Cards issue.

here's her blog if you wanted to take a peek...the cards book was just awesom...very creative cards and designers ....

http://readysetcreate.blogspot.com/

Yesterday I took my mother and daughter to lunch at this Japenese steak house for lunch...it was jsut awesom...the food was outstanding, not to mention the show that they do at the grill that's in front of you...we had a perfect time together...and we even made it to Joanns for alittle shopping...

I just wanted togive a shout out to a few freinds and family for their birthdays...

Our little grandbabies Bayleigh and Noah---sorry that we couldn't be there to help celebrate your birthday....we miss you very much and can't wait to see you...

And to my nephew Christopher who is in the Army in Texas right now. Happy Birthday Chris. We miss and love you to...

And to a dear friend who has been since I first started coming onto the internet way back when. We met over at CKMB site...Happy Birthday Bonnie...sorry you couldn't open the e-card I had sent you....I'm hoping that I can make the New Jersey show, but it's not looking like I'll be able to. I might just be a last minute thing though....

Well need to run and get some shut eye. My eyelids are very heavy.

Hugs from a very pretty day in Charm City

It's a Cold Day in Charm City

Today is really cold outside for the end of April. Even though I have my window open here in my studio, I love the crispness of the air that is coming in through the window. I guess it stems back from growing up in Michigan. How cold it is there and how warm it is here. A total difference. Most winters here in MD, I don't need anything other than a windbreaker. But back home you need a full fledge winter attire...lol...I really do miss our winters there where we could play in the snow from November till the beginning of April/May. ...ok, enough of my ramblins...

I have been asked to be a guest designer (for May) from Regina for Bitten By the Bug....she is an awesom person not to mention artist...I soo love how she can just pull things together so...the colors and creativity are just awesom....If you get a chance, take a gander over to her site and check it out. And if you have time, play along with the challenges with all of us. It's going to be so fun...

http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/

I'm in the middle of trying to get a few frames made for our daughter and significant other. ..they gave these to me back in October of last year. ..yes, last year and I really haven't done much...so I vow that I will finish these with in the next week so they can add them to their BLANK wall.....they have been patiently waiting...

Here's a few things that I've made lately for the Hallmark Scrapbook site that I design for...

here's their website too http://www.hallmarkscrapbook.com/

the first one I made for the owners for all that they have done for all of us designers...they are just the sweetest people to work for...not to mention,they are so fast on their shipping when placing an order....go and check them out...I know that you won't be disappointed....

I made this from scratch....I took the idea of a coupon folder and made a big one ...I also made little scrapbook pages that they can add their own family photos and journaling...if you'd like to see the inside pages, I posted them on the site and you can go and take a peek...

http://www.hallmarkscrapbook.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=3081&cat=500&ppuser=81

and here's some other odds and ends....

sorry for the scans....the colors are way off....

Well that's it for this post....I hope everyone has a great rest of the week....

Hugs from Charm City

again...just checking

Just checking again if the e-mail is working....

More Projects

Just playing around

I think I have the e-mail working now...if anyone has a problem, could you please let me know and I can go and fix it.... Many Thanks

----Well Hello----

It's been so long...life is just way to fast these days...just wanted to pop in here and say Hi... Here's some things that I have been working on over the past few months... See you next time.... Hugs from a very nice sping day in Charm City...

Happy New Years Eve

This will be my last post of the year.....not that I had many this year, but nonetheless, it's the last one....and can you believe this year is already gone by...so many things happened that I wanted to document, but just haven't had the time to...

On a lighter note, I have photos of our newest addition to our family...Makayla Grace...she was just the most adorable little baby...quiet...no fussing....jsut blowing bubbles and wide eyed and bushy tailed....lol....

Christmas was just the greatest...I had all of the girls home for Christmas morning....not to mention the grandbabies were here also....and Bayleigh was jsut too cute....she came out and seen a bike sitting in front of the tree, and said, look mommie what Santa brought me...and then she laughed...priceless moments I tell ya....

We had a house full once again on Christmas...both families came for dinner and presents...it was so kaotic.....and once again, I ended up getting sick...yep, sick again...right now as I type this to you all....it seams like I am just destinned to be sick during the holidays and on our vacations....at least that is one thing I can count on...being sick....lol....

I want to tell you about what happened this morning on my way home from work...it's 6:30 in the morning, I'm chatting on the phone to a friend, and I'm just getting off the interstate at my normal exit. Well when I got onto the road there, I noticed a car on my side of the road, but it was facing me....I thought to myself that something must have happened...and at that moment, I see this truck on the other side of the road, hit the mediun and start doing flips in the air just in front of me. I was so stunned that this was happening....I stopped, as many others did, to make sure who ever was in it was ok...luckily, he was just shaken up....but that leads me to think that our life is just so precious....that in an instant it can all be taken away from us...if I would have just been a couple of seconds earlier, his truck could have hit me...not to mention, I could have been the one to hit the ice patch on the bridge....alot of could halves...but it still got me to thinking......

Well I hope that everyone has a wonderful New Years....here are some photos that were taken at Christmas, Halloween and then one of the girl scout troop doing a fashion show at one of the local stores at the mall.....

Hugs from a cold and wet Charm City

made this out of canvas this was a project at Mikes I made

girl scout troop fashion show

Happy Sunday from a cold and wet Charm City My day started at 3 am...I went off to bed really early last night as I wasn't feeling to well...it figures since I had the night off from work, I wasn't even able to stay up and watch nighttime t.v....bahh....but I have been able to manage to get 5 loads of laundry done, dishes, finisish up a layout, do another one and even make a Christmas card before anyone woke up this morning..so I feel like I'm in good shape for today....just need to work on a few other things for today... Our good news is that our daughter just had her baby last week. They named her Makayla Grace. As soon as I can I"ll upload some photos of her....she is jsut too darn cute....they are coming out at Christmas time to visit, so I'll be able to hold her....can't wait I tell ya..... Here's somethings that I have done these past FEW months....it's been really crazy around here lately and we just haven't had much "US" time.... these were made for a swap on Creative Express. I know that I'm really late on this, but I finally finished...and I hope that Becki likes them and will add them to her family albums....

here are some Christmas cards that I have been making....

I made these two layouts for Crop Addict for the Novembers kit...

this is one of the layouts that I was able to make this morning.....I hope that everyoone has a wonderful week ahead. I know it's a busy one here again with getting out all of the Christmas decorations and getting the tree up sometime.....