DILLY BEANS STAMPS...

Good morning everyone. 
I hope you all had a great Holiday weekend for those that celebrated it.  I for one was happy to have Monday off  just to get in two days in a row.  It was nice.  The sun was shining all day yesterday.  I am just hoping that it starts to get warmer during the nights so that the pool will retain some of that heat that the sun is adding.  Boo Hoo,  I know such troubles in life....  lol....
So, moving right a long let me get to today's card.  This card is made with one Megan Suarez's awesome digi stamps.  You can purchase her stamps here.  She is a very gifted artist that I think you will find she has quite a bit of different digi stamps for all kinds of things.  I have put up her blog picture on my sidebar so that you will have a quick link to her shop/blog... So this stamp today is #183 Framed Flower Girl and I had so much fun coloring her.   I loved that I was able to make her as big or as small as I wanted to.   I picked out my papers first then decided to use similar colors that were a little more intense so that she would pop off the card.  I was even able to use my new Rock Candy Stickles.  They are super cool and really made the center of my flower have some added dimention.   
I really love how she turned out and I think she is going to be the perfect card for a friend of mine that I did not get her Birthday card in the mail on time. :O(   I am the worst when it comes to getting things in the mail.  Anyway, my friend loves bright colors, and I can't help but think of her when I see this.
So, be sure to head over and check out Megan's awesome stamps. 
Well as you know I have a super busy day ahead of me so I am going to skedaddle.  Have a great day and I will talk at you tomorrow. 
Hugs,  Lisa G

Supplies:
stamps-#183 Framed Flower Girl-Dilly Beans stamps & Happy Chef-TGF
cs-Neenah & black-AC cardstock
dp-Sugar Rush-Basic Gray
gems-e.line-Prima
black ink-Kaisercraft
Copic Markers:
skin-E50-E51-R20
hair-110-C9-C7
eyes-YG97-YG95-YG93
eye shadow-B66-B63
lips-R43
flower-RV13-YR04-YR07 & Rock Candy stickles
leaves-G82

Hugs, Lisa G

MYSTERY MONDAY WITH KIMLAYU

Hello everyone.  
I hope that you are having a great start to your week.  I don't have to work today so I am hoping to get some crafting done.  That and a little relaxing as come Tuesday morning we are going to be swamped at work. 
So as today is May 30th this will be my last post as the Farm Fresh Face May guest over on the Greeting Farm's FFF challenge blog.  I just have to say a big... "THANK YOU"  to both Jessica and Rachel for letting me have this wonderful opportunity.  I really had such a great time playing along.  I really am a huge fan of the Greeting Farm and I just feel so honored to have been a part of such a great team. 
Ok let me get on with it so that you all can hopefully spend your day doing what you have planned.
As you may know by now today is  Mystery Monday over on the Greeting Farms FFF challenge blog and Sparkle picked out a wonderful card by Kimberly Yu to CASE.  I love her card and it has so many elements that I really wanted to try out.  The stitching part of was one of them,  but I couldn't find any of my threads so I went with writing in my stitches.    I also found in my stash that I do have small banner stamp from the Lucky Bunnies set so I wiped off the sentiment and then stamped in the word that I wanted.  I then used some of this wonderful flower ribbon that my friend Amy Young had given my a while ago.  I am so loving this trim.  lol.....  I added some bling and it was good to go.  Overall I am very pleased with how it turned out.
That's it for me today. Have a great Monday everyone and  I will talk at you tomorrow.
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies:
stamps-Checky Cherry Pie, Lucky Bunnies & Happy Chef-TGF
cs-Neenah & red-White Christmas-We R Memory Keepers
dp-free digi-stash
Spellbinders-standard circles small & petite scalloped circles large
flower trim-from Amy Young
gems-accents & details
fluid chalk-bisque & blush rose-ColorBox
Copic Markers

SUNDAYS WITH LUCY, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER....

Hi guys.
I sure hope that your all have a great Holiday weekend.  I didn't do a Sundays with Lucy as I wasn't really sure that too many people were that interested in our silly little cat.  However I have received several emails lately about it not being there.  Of course that doesn't include the phone call I received from my Mom complaining about it.  So,  even though it is late I thought I would share Lucy's newest box. 
We had been over to the grocery store the other day and they had six packs of Coke & Diet Coke on sale, so we bought two cases of them.  Jerry finished putting the first case in the fridge to get them cold and when we turned around Lucy had decided that it was going to be her newest bed/box.   She has always had a thing for boxes and I am just happy to see that this one fits her a little better than the last few.  
Ok guys  I have to get back to my cards so I will talk at you later.  Be sure to check back in tonight after 10pm as I will be posting my last card for my Farm Fresh Face of the month of May.  
Have a  great evening.
Hugs, Lisa G

FARM FRESH FRIDAY-WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE HOLIDAY?

TGIF! 

I do have to work tomorrow, but that's ok as we are closed on Monday and I totally intend to enjoy the day off.  As I mentioned yesterday we are suppose to go to the M&M's choir concert today, but it will depend on if the rain stays away.  lol.. I guess we'll see. 
As I am typing this up on Thursday night for tomorrow's challenge I had better get right to my card so that I can get to bed before to much later.   Over on TGF's FFF challenge blog today you will see that the challenge is to make a card of your favorite Holiday.  I think it took me longer to come up with my answer than it did to make my card once I had the answer.  As you can see I picked Halloween.  Now, this has not always been one of my favorites as Christmas has always been my number one.  However ever since the kids were born I would make their costumes and then it got to be were after we had taken them out to Trick-or-treat and show all of the families their cuteness they would start deciding what they wanted to be for the next year's Halloween.   I have been scrapbooking this event every year since the first one where Mitchell was a little ghost in his jammie.  Then when Madison came along Mitchell was a polar bear that could walk all by himself and Madison was a strawberry complete with painted on seeds.  Even now at 12 & 13 they both get every excited to come up with something to be so that they can go to the local church and play games and get candy.  I used to think this was too old for it, but they are very good about letting the younger kids get their candy.  So, thanks to my M&Ms I just love Halloween now.  I see a whole different side of the holiday than I ever did before.  How could I NOT pick Halloween.  lol....
So head over to the Farm Fresh Challenge blog and check out what the awesome DT has decided for their cards.  Don't forget to play along too so that you can win more of The Greeting Farm's awesome stamps.  
Well everyone have a great weekend.  I will talk at you tomorrow. 
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies;
stamps-Halloween Witch
cs-Neenah & Kraft-the paper Studio
sentiment tag-left over from my Daughter's t-shirt (Halloween time)
clear gems-painted with Copics to make them black-e.line
grosgrain ribbon-details& ACCESSORIES
black ink-KaiserCraft
Copic Markers

ENJOY...

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Good morning to everyone. 
I have to start off today by telling you that I think Mother nature has decided to let us know that she will pick when it is summer and when it isn't.  lol... Every since we let the kids swim Tuesday after work it has been raining to some degree.  Mind you I am not in anyway complaining... I would rather put up with our rain any day than to ever have to live through any kind of tornado or be within 100 miles from one ever ever again.    I am truly praying for each and everyone who has been put through that this past week or so.  When I was about 7 or 8 we lived in Georgia and we had a tornado run right next to our home.  I will NEVER EVER FORGET it or how scared I was at the time.  Gee, do you think that might have something to do with the fact that I really don't like the movie  The Wizard of Oz?  Yes, I admit it,  I absolutely hate that movie.  My kid's have never even seen it as I really do not think it a good movie for little kids to see. lol
My boss loves to make fun of me, but I am finding out that there are a lot of closet Wizard of Oz haters out there.  :O)  Sorry, I didn't mean to ramble on this morning.  So, let me get right to my card.  I have no clue as to what I did with the card I was going to post, so I sat down after dinner last night and used my newest addition to my Greeting Farm Stamps.  Yes, I have finally purchased OA-My Favorite Thing.  I have always thought that they were very sweet looking but I have been busy buying the Creepers and Anya and Ian so these guys have had to wait their turn.  As I was in a time crush I decided that I would start off with little Amelia here. She wanted to send a friend of mine a little something so we used her on the card. I really really loved coloring her and her hair. Talk about fun.  Now, for another one of  my little secrets.  I was so crunched for time that I didn't even make an inside to my card.  :O(  It just feels so wrong, so today when I get off work I am so going to get that done. 
Ok guys, I have rambled long enough.  Have a wonderful day.
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies:
stamps-)AO-My Favorite Thing & Happy Chef-TGF
cs-Neenah & the Paper Studio
dp-lime twist-Life of the Party-MME
satin ribbon-details & accessories
pearls-studio His & Hers
Spellbinders- large octagons
fluid chalk-chestnut roan-ColorBox
Copic Markers

SCHOOL'S OUT!!!!

Good morning all.
Did you watch the final Glee for the season?  Did you LIKE it?  Did you LOVE it?  OMG.... I won't go into any details just incase some of you haven't seen it yet,  but I really did enjoy how they put the whole thing together.  I also really really loved the songs that they came up with. Great Job!  I will also mention just how much I love Blaine and just how sweet he is to Kurt. Now all I have to do is wait for the DVD to go on sale and I am a happy girl. lol... Big Smiles!

Ok,  I had better get to today's card.  It is almost that time of year when all the kids are celebrating over the fact that school is finally over for a short while.  Where the sun is shining and you can hear kid's play in the wonderfulness of blue pools all around.  Ahhhh to dream about the fun times.   Opps, I think I got off track.  Well, my friend at work is of course thinking about her sweet Granddaughter that will soon finish up being a 2nd grader.  So that means she needs to have a School's out card for her.  Well I was hanging around the awesome FFF challenge blog when I ran right into Tasha's wonderful card..  I asked her if it would be ok for me to CASE her card and she gave me the thumbs up.  When I was making my card I ran out of room to put the 'out' part on the outside, but I think it turned out pretty cute anyway.  :O)  My friend loved the card, so I have to give Tasha a big "Thank You".   Be sure to check out Tasha's blog.  She is very talented and I just love how she colors her stamps.  I promise you won't be sorry.  lol...
Ok guys it's hump day and I have to hit the road so that I can get the kiddies to school and myself to work.  Before I do however I have to mention that the M&Ms actually swam in our pool last night after I go home from work.  I still think that the water is just a little too cold, so Jerry and I just watched.  I remember being a lot younger and jumping into Lake Pend Oreille off our boat in the middle of March.  However that was a long.........time ago and I am not that young anymore.  lol Oh, and the kids were not allowed to be in the pool for any longer than 15 minutes.  I don't need them getting sick before their big Choir Concert in the Park on Friday. 
Have a wonderful day and I will talk at you tomorrow. 
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies:
stamps-Cheer Anya-TGF
cs-Neenah classic crest solar white & chocolate-the Paper Studio
dp- lime twist-Life of the Party-MME
alpha stickers-Chatter Box & diamond Stickles
boarder punch-MS
pink gems-Offray
citrus twill lacing-creative classics-Wrights
chipboard sunflower-cut in half -from stash
Copic Markers

WILLIAM'S BOOK MARKER....

Good morning all.  Can I have another Monday May 23rd?  I have to tell you that I really had a great Birthday.  Thank you everyone for all your wonderful comments and sweet Birthday wishes.   It really made my day.  lol...   I even had several well wishes on Facebook (I am not good at that. lol...) .  Then when I got home my Sweet Hubby had bar-b-cued some chicken outside, my middle Nephew came over and we had a wonderful evening.    What can I say,  I had a wonderful Birthday.
Now as I have been rambling on let me get to today's post.  As you all know I have made my M&Ms several book markers over the last year.  Well one of their best friends asked if I could make him one in the University of Washington's school colors.  I guess that is his favorite college.   Well how could I say no!  He had a very specific hair color in mind as well....He wanted Jack to have black hair with purple and blue tips as well as eyes that were green with gold crosses in the middle.  The kids gave him his book marker yesterday and I guess that he just loved it.  Ok guys, it is time to hit the road.  Have a wonderful Tuesday and if you are a Gleek be sure to get home early so you are ready for the big show tonight.  Talk at you tomorrow. 

Hugs,   Lisa G

Supplies: 

stamp-Creepin Crew collection1-Jack-TGF

cs-Neenah, elegant eggplant & more mustard-Stampin Up with Show & Tell-WeRMemoryKeepers

grosgrain ribbon-details & accessories

Copics:

skin-E50-E51

hair-C9-C7-V09-B69

eyes-YG93-YG91-E33 & multi-liner-sepia 0.3 with Glossy Accents

shirt-V09-V17-YR24-YR23

jeans-B23-B21-0

shoes-C10-C9-C7-C5 & Sakura glaze

background & misc-W3-W2-W1-Y0000