Mom's lastest creation !

Mom and I have been taking classes at Buffalo Stamps & Stuff for just over a year learning some wonderful copic marker skills. The image is a Mo Manning and she colored the image with copic markers. This is mom's latest card and I HAD to share it with you...I am so proud of her !  How lucky is the person that gets this card?  Great job Mom!

Invitations, place cards, cake topper and some summer flowers

Jim and I were working together at the dining room table which is also used as a craft table, conference table and drafting board.  LOL  This day we were sharing the space.  Jim was doing calculations on blueprints and I was putting some invitations together.  These invitation were a great deal of fun to make.  I used a screen door die cut kit from  Buffalo Stamps & Stuff.

 I LOVE the way it turned out.  We have invited 10 of my mother's girlfriends from high school.  This group of lovely ladies have been gathering together on a regular basis for over 50 years!  I was lucky enough to join them for a few of there parties and I so enjoyed the spirit and joy of friendships that have lasted over the years.  They call themselves the Girls with the Grandmother faces.  Jim and I with the help of a few of my favorite girlfriends are going to have a dinner party for them next week.  I picked this image from Phindy's Place because she looks just like me.  :)  Also, one of my favorite parts of our home is my screen door and I added a thin wood welcome sign.  I hope they can tell just how thrilled we are to do this dinner party.

The wedding that I have been helping with asked if I could make one of my whimsical cake toppers.  Of course I said, sure!  They told me a bit about the characters they wanted and here they are.  A teacher and a Buffalo Bills fan.  They were made with polymer clay and baked as directed on the package.

The place cards were doubled as a thank you (on the back), and held up with wine corks.  I sanded a flat edge so that they would stand easily and cut a slit into the other side of the cork. The bride had someone make these lovely wine charms that we tied on.  I punched the corners with a fun edge punch and distressed the cards.

 Just for the joy of looking at at rose I have include this wonderful scented rose. 

This Gerber daisy was given to me by Rox and was planted in a special place to greet you when you come to visit.

A summer wedding and a puppy tooth !

One of the weddings that we are invited to this summer, the theme is wine and the centerpieces are wine bottles.  I created some wine labels with a list of the couple's favorite wines.  I used a wine stamp with Distress Ink, bundled sage and put them through the printer for the words.

I discovered a neat idea while I was distressing another project (the favors...pictures coming soon), instead of distressing on scrap paper, I used a sheet of acetate from an old report of Jim's.  It works WONDERFUL.  Now, some of you may think...duh, use your craft sheet from Ranger...but, I am one of those crazy gals that create and have fun in every room of the house and currently my craft sheet is buried alive.  LOL

Putting together a new image from Mo Manning...to be continued.  Really.   :)

While Peter visited last weekend we found one of Bella's teeth and we made a booklet for Peter to take it to school for show n' tell.  Someone else has a missing tooth.  :)

Jim suggested he take it to school in an old fashioned film container...I came up with this idea.  LOL
Gotta love those old film containers.  Have an idea of what to do with them?

NEW graphic 45 paper, a spin on Wizard of OZ...loving it !

Graphic 45 came out with a NEW collection of papers and I just had to make a 3D project.  This picture was the first step of deciding what areas to cut and pop.  Buffalo Stamps & Stuff has the collection so go and check it out.

It is hard to see the 3D effect but if you right click you can make this image bigger.  Then you can back arrow to return to the blog if you want.  Have a GREAT day and keep being creative !

YIKES, where is the dining room table? LOL

Well, I decided to "play" at the dining room table and it sort of exploded?  LOL  My goodness it does get out of hand quickly.  But, it is sooo much fun.

While taking another class at Buffalo Stamps Stuff, Sheridan Road I found some AWESOME Penny Black stamps.  (with the exception of the bride & groom)  Now, the images are nearly finished and I MUST create the cards.  I know, I know...I just LOVE inking the images and I promise to follow through on the cards and update here.  Ok, so the pressure is ON now.  :)  Have a wonderful day !

Sunshine has arrived and decided to stay for a bit !

Just took a wee bit of time and HAD to ink this image to match this Melissa Frances paper.  It reminds me of summer and fun dresses.  :)

Bella and I went to the farm and we went for an RTV ride with Mom and Peter.  We stopped in at Matt & Molly's to check out the new stables for the horses.  Amazing, just amazing.

Mom finished another beautiful piece of stained glass, you just have to LOVE the vibrant colors.

Today we had some SUNSHINE !

Although it was 3pm before it showed up...the most amazing thing happened today, the SUN showed up.  It has been raining for weeks and the SUN has surely been missed.  My goodness, even the ducks have been pissed!  LOL  It was glorious, fabulous, vibrant, warm, welcomed, desired, craved, needed, wanted and oh, SO happy it made us!  Please come and stay a bit...warm the ground (oh heck, DRY the ground.  Our lawn now needs to be harvested, mowing will no longer do), dance upon the garden, soak into our souls, lighten our hearts and PLEASE stay for a visit, as long as you like, PLEASE.
Maybe, I should tell you how I really feel?  LOL  Bella and I headed up north to visit my parents and pick up my grandson, Peter.  We had a wonderful time and you can see the sunlight glowing on Bella & Peter...ahhhh.  The SUN is my muse today and I OH SO hope it is tomorrow too.  :)