Happy Memorial Day and a special announcement!

Hello and Happy Memorial Day!

I have been keeping a secret!  I'm ready to share now, so here we go...

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...we've been gardening!

Haha, just kidding!  I mean, we've been gardening, but that's not it, as you can see! ;)

Yes, we are expecting!  This last photo above was taken a couple of weeks ago. :)  Here's the bump as of last week!

Due date is around the end of August, and we're having a little boy!  :D  We are just over the moon excited!

In case you were wanting to know more about the garden... it's doing really well!  The first photo above was taken this morning.  We're growing tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, jalapeno peppers, green bell peppers, rosemary, basil, and cilantro.  We had a few box gardens at Seth's parents' house a few summers ago, and I've just missed it so!  Our apartment community decided to build some for the residents, and we jumped at the chance to have one.

I think I am most excited (garden-wise :) ) about the zucchini!  I am hoping that all goes well.  We tried growing zucchini and yellow squash before, and they were growing so wonderfully... until they succumbed to the crazy squash bug. :(  We didn't get to this point though!

Here's another view of our garden... you can see some tomatoes!  We're pleased that everything is doing so well.

That's all for now!  Thank you for stopping by, and thank you to all of our past and present service men and women for defending our country!

Field Flowers Birthday

Happy Monday!

Hope you had a great weekend!  We had fun at the International Biscuit Festival! :)  We've been all three years that they have had it now.  If there's one thing I like, it's biscuits!  I had the most delicious biscuit filled with molten chocolate... yum!  Of course, there were also some other yummy ones I tried, with local bacon.. ham.. garlic butter... and more. :)  I can't wait for next year's already, ha!

Well I'm sure you didn't come to read about biscuits!  I have a card to share... :)

Yes, I did stamp the flowers and cut them out!  The Field Flowers stamp set makes me remember just how much I love 2-step stamping.  I used the retiring In Color Poppy Parade for both parts of the flower, stamping off on scratch paper to make the "filled in" area a little lighter than the outline.

As always, thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a wonderful rest of the day!

Field Flowers Birthday card supplies:
Stamps:  Field Flowers, Creative Elements, Something to Celebrate (retired)
Ink:  Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede, VersaMark ink
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Peach Parfait, and Very Vanilla cardstock, First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper
Accessories/Tools:  Crumb Cake Designer Button, Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Stampin' Sponge

Another card!

Hi again!

Yes, two posts in one week!  Quite the shock lately, eh?  Haha!

Well, hopefully you won't get sick of me!  I'm hoping to get back into making cards and using my stuff.. then I can buy new things!  I'm so excited about the new catalog and what is to come!

Here's another card I created.  I based it a little on a card the SU! designers created for the Spanish supplement Celebrando Creatividad, changing up pretty much everything... but you might be able to recognize the basic sketch. :)

I dragged out my old Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware (which actually is still available for a great deal on the Clearance Rack!) and layered it in between Little Leaves Sizzlit die-cuts.  I added in some layered flowers, created with the Floral Fusion Sizzlits die and embossed with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions embossing folder.

Hope you like the card!  Thanks so much for stopping by.. hope you have a wonderful day!


You are simply wonderful card supplies:
Stamps:  Fresh Vintage (retired), Friendly Phrases
Ink:  Soft Suede, Pool Party
Paper:  Pool Party, Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Blushing Bride, and Very Vanilla cardstock, First Edition Specialty and Twitterpated Designer Series Paper
Accessories/Tools:  Basic Pearl Jewels, Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Labels Framelits Die, Floral Fusion Sizzlits Die, Little Leaves Sizzlits Die, Square Lattice and Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Big Shot, Stampin' Sponge

Hello and a Mother's Day Card

Hello there!

Yes, I am still alive!  Sorry for my absence!  Things have been a bit different around here - I will share about that soon! :)

I have been crafting a little, but not very much... I miss it!  I did create a couple of Mother's Day cards.  Here is one of them, based on last week's Mojo Monday and colourQ challenges:

I will be back very soon to share the other card!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope all of you mothers out there had a great Mother's Day! :)

By the way... the new Stampin' Up! catalog will be released on June 1st - earlier this year!  It is a new format, too, and I think you will love it!  If you would like to reserve a copy, please contact me today!  I will also be starting up a new round of clubs soon, so keep an eye out for that.


You are simply wonderful card supplies:
Stamps:  Just Believe, Friendly Phrases
Ink:  Always Artichoke, Pear Pizzazz
Paper:  Tangerine Tango, Always Artichoke, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, and Whisper White cardstock, Twitterpated and Pocketful of Posies Designer Series Paper
Accessories/Tools:  Antique Brad, Pear Pizzazz Pleated Satin Ribbon, Labels Framelits Die, Floral Fusion Sizzlits Die, Little Leaves Sizzlits Die, Big Shot, Stampin' Sponge