You Rock!

Now...what are the chances that my ONLY 'man' stamp and my only 'guitar' stamp would fit together? They aren't even from the same stamp company (the man is from Stampin Up and the guitar is from a Disney set).

I made this card for my boss. I've been working for him for almost two years now. And during that two years he has always tended to work too much and not find time for anything fun in his life. He has commented on my hobbies and how impressed he is that I find time for them. I've told him I MAKE time for them because they are what bring me enjoyment. So...he signed up for guitar lessons and he told me it was my fault. :-) That (of course) prompted a card in his honor.



Let the sore fingers begin (I briefly took guitar lessons myself when I was a teenager...I STILL remember those sore fingertips!) LOL.

Have a great day...go find something FUN to do!

Art Inspired!

I found a challenge on SplitcoastStampers that I was inspired by. We were supposed to go to a website called Art.Com and choose a piece of art for inspiration. Then make a card based on that piece of art. So...I chose this piece of art by Jon Bertelli as my starting point.



And this is the card I made using the art as my inspiration...



The stamp is from a company called Biblical Impressions. I have a set of animals from the company...and this is the first time this particular stamp has seen ink. Up until now it's been a virgin! LOL. The saying is from a clear set of stamps from Stampendous. The rest should be pretty self explanatory! Simple card but I REALLY like it.

Enjoy!

Jane

Finally a CARD!

I finally sat down and made ONE card today. LOL! I will try to do another one or two this afternoon so I have more to share during the week. But for now, this is my one and only card to share. For the most part I've been cleaning all day (the card was MUCH more fun!)

I bought this stamp at the local $1 store. It is made for little kids (has the big plastic handle) but I thought he was cute...and for $1 I couldn't go wrong. I will probably actually end up pulling the rubber off the big handle and mounting it with EZmount instead. Otherwise the handle takes up too much space. Anyways, without further ado...may I introduce you to MR. ROBOTO!



Isn't he a handsome robot?

Dinner Entertainment and Birthday Happenings

This is a totally personal post. Sorry...no creative mojo is flowing right now. So, instead I will bore you with personal stuff. :-)

This was my dinner "entertainment" last night. They KNOW who the sucker in this family is! LOL. Here are my three furbaby sweeties. The only time they are all three this close for a picture is when they are waiting for me to drop them some of my dinner remnants.



Today we went to a waterpark for my son's birthday. I have to say it was a bit of a let down. It is supposed to have this huge 'wave pool'. When I was a teenager we had a waterpark and it's 'wave pool' was like surfing waves. You would get picked up and pushed. It was probably dangerous as hell...but it was fun! Today's wave pool was literally umm...baby waves. Like the gentle ripple near the shore. It was a total let down. But the boys really enjoyed the water slides.

I had a hard time getting a picture because if you are too far inside the slide the picture is just too dark. And a split second later they are in the water. Out of the photos today these are the better ones I took.





It was a very expensive day. Not something a family could do on a regular basis. Why does everything cost so much these days?

Anyways, I am going to attempt to at least do SOME stamping this weekend. So I'll try to have something stamping related to share soon.

Jane

Quilting

I finished the next baby quilt top (looks just like the one I did previously). This one will be sent out for someone else to quilt. One time of that experience was enough for me! LOL.

So, today I started cutting the fabrics for my next quilt. I found the pattern for the quilt in a Quick Quilts magazine. It's pretty muchly just squares. There are 12 different patterned fabrics and then a white base. The patterned fabrics are cut into two size squares (larger 7 1/2 inch squares and smaller 4 1/2 inch squares). Then to each smaller square white strips are added. Then these are assembled.

I'm not sure I'm sold on all the fabrics yet. But hoping once I add the white to the mix and spread out some of the ones that I'm questionable about...hopefully they will work ok together. My other concern is that some of the patterns are on a white base and I'm wondering how those will stand out with the white added. I may have to add a border around the patterned fabric before adding the white if I really want those to pop. But I'm nowhere near ready to start putting it together yet. Spent quite a while ironing and cutting the fat quarters today. Will save the cutting of the white for another day. And then I get to actually start SEWING (imagine that!).

Anyways, here are some swatches of the fabrics I've chosen. What do you think? If there is one (or more) that doesn't coordinate...which one(s) and why?



Jane

Fishies...

Well, not REAL fishies...but close to it! LOL.

My boys started swimming lessons this summer. They've always played in water but haven't ever really learned how to swim. They've had about 8 lessons and are now diving into the water and can swim from one end of the pool to the other lengthwise. I am so impressed with them!



I LOVE this picture. He is truly airborne. Not a part of him is touching ground. And look at that form! This is my youngest and he has ALWAYS loved water.



And this is my older son. Hard to believe he was a one pound nine ounce baby! He is growing into quite the handsome young man.

Jane

Finally a Card!

Sorry for not posting more...but I haven't been doing much creating these days. I did work on my quilt over the weekend (an exact duplicate of my last one) and I did make ONE card. So that's what I have to share with you today.

I bought a new Changito stamp last week at Michael's. They had rubberstamps at 40% off so I had to buy him. He was calling my name! LOL. Of course, the pain-in-the-butt dog (yeah...he looks cute and innocent in the post below) already got ahold of this new stamp and chewed on it. Argh! The good news is that I don't think the rubber is damaged...just the cushion behind the rubber.

Anyways, without further ado...here's a card to share...



I used some paper that my friend Concetta gave me. And there is stickles on the bubble.

On a somewhat related note, my (soon to be) 9 year old blew his first bubble with bubblegum last night. He was so proud of himself. :-) The older one still can't get it.

Jane