BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.....

Although my St Patricks Day card says "Luck of The Irish", I apparently didnt have any. It took my this long to get Blogger to upload any photos to this blog. My friend was not having this problem, so it must have been something here.
But, anyhow, hope you had a great day last Thursday, and enjoyed some Corned Beef and Cabbage. We did and it was wonderful.
Enjoy looking at the cards.

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Happy St. Patricks Day!!!

Hello all~ I havent forgotten you, I am just having awful trouble trying to post anything for the last week. I have layouts, our class this week and some cute St. Patricks cards.
I see that I can now post, but only with words and no photos!! I guess that I am headed in the right direction??
I will keep trying until this is worked out.
Enjoy the day!!

My Moms Visit

My parents came to visit over the Christmas and New Years hoilday. When they come for a visit, my Mom loves to go and get a coffee and go to Waterfront Park. This is at the end of my little downtown area and is quite a favorite spot for both locals and visitors. We can usually go there is just a sweatshirt this time of year, but it was so cold here, we are in the photo in winter coats.
Behind us is the Cape Fear River and a fishing pier. Its a great spot for pictures, and this day was no exception.
I wanted to have my paper colors match the photo colors, and think I did a pretty good job. The papers are all from the DCWV "The Linen Stack". They are all cardstock weight and many have glitter on them. Since our family has many beach/river/water photos, this is one stack that wont just sit around my art studio. The layout was thought up as I was laying down the papers. The photo is a 5 by 7 size, the beautiful seam binding is Bashful Blue from Stampin Up. The doily edge was made with one of the larger Martha Stewart punches. Although I love those punches for their designs, they are somewhat hard to use on anything other than thin paper weight. I love how this pale beige print takes on the look of sand dollars, which picks up the watery theme. And yes, I know we are standing in front of the river, but right to the right of this photo is where it feeds into the ocean~ its the best of both worlds.

The canvas sentiment sticker is from a company called All My Memories.
I have them for years, but I really like them. The company makes them in several different themes.

The flowers are Prima Hydrangeas with a crystal glued to the middle.

I am very happy the way this layout came out. These are truly some of my fav colors.

And what could be better than a great day spent with your Mom??

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Next time I will show you whats poking in on the right~

This is so inspiring!!!

In honor of Theresa Laurens birthday this week (pictures to come later) I wanted to post this video clip to show that nothing is impossible. God is good, and Theresa has unlimited opportunity for sucess in the future.

ANOTHER YEAR???? ALREADY???

Tomorrow is my sweet daughters birthday. She will turn 17. I cant believe how fast the years go by. I am so very proud of her and all she has accomplished. We enjoy every minute with her.
Her Dad has been doing a daily countdown to her birthday for the last 2 weeks. Its changed each day by the time she wakes up. This is her standing next to the chalkboard yesterday. In honor of her birthday, I wanted to make a very special scrapbook page that we could frame. I went back in time to when she was 3, and chose one of my favorite photos of her. We have always lived near a beach, so there are many seashore photos in our house.
Heres a sneak peak~ lots of yummy texture~

And here is the completed page, all ready for framing! I absolutely love it. Its my favorite page to date!!!

Her expression is priceless, and I love how all the seashore colors blended together.

The photo is a 5 by 7. The paper is called Brilliant Blue Dot and is Bo Bunny. Its more the color of the closeup photos than this full shot, but its a beautiful color!

She played hard, the sand is even in her mouth! haha!

I distressed the edges of the sand colored cardstock (unsure of manufacturer) as you see below.

Around the bottom right corner, I added a partial border of ivory pre punched cardstock. This was in a pack by Bazzill Basics called Just the Edge.

The flowers are all Prima, but from different sets. The lace is an old piece I had lying around.

Arent they so pretty?

The journaling cards are from Tattered Angels. The larger one was sprayed by me with some Glimmer Mist from the same company. I used a color called Bubbles to age it a little, and to add a bit of blue and some glittery sheen.

I then trimmed this card in some wire edged mini pom pom in a lime green that I had purchased a long time ago. It was the first time I used it, and wish I knew where I got it, cause it was fun and easy to use. I would get some in more colors.

More birthday funess (is that a word??) tomorrow!!!
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BEST FRIEND LAYOUT

Another layout from my Madison scrapbook. I did this one in a country type style. Since the photos were taken in the fall, I thought it was a good match. For some reason, plaid and fall remind me of each other...
The jar is an unmounted stamp someone had given me quite awhile ago. The problem with unmounteds is- I always forget what company they are from. In this case, I never even knew. But there was the stamped image, lying on my work table, so I thought I would use it. I tied a bow around the rim and added the 3-d sticker to the "inside" of the jar. Photos are 4 by 6 inches, left unmounted, which I usually dont do, but liked it in this case. Paper is from my stash. The beige checker paper was torn on both sides before adhering to the center. I then used that paper again when I punched a leaf border from an EK Sucess punch I have.

The sentiment is computer generated onto white cardstock and mounted with a leafy green scrap.

Notice in this closeup, I have used some Magic Mesh!!! I purchased a few different colors of this years ago when it was popular, and of course hardly used it.
But low and behold, it worked perfectly on this page. Which is why I hate to get rid of unused supplies. Keep them long enough and they will have a purpose!! LOL

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A GIFT FOR MIMI

This week I took a little break from working on Madisons scrapbook to make a Valentine banner for my sister. It came out so pretty, I love it and am working on making myself one. Its so sparkly and colorful in real life, and I had wanted to make a banner like this for awhile now.
What better holiday than Valentines day to finally do it~ Another reason was that I just got the new rosette die from My Favorite Things and couldnt wait to play with it. I know you can make them pretty easy without buying a die but its just soo easy this way. It comes out from your big shot all cut and pre folded.

I used 7 gypsies paper that Ive had a long time, and some pink Bazzill cardstock.
To make it sparkle, I used Martha Stewart coarse chunky glitter around the edges of the rosette.

Some red twine finishes it off.

Here is the finished product!!!

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