Thanks a Bunch...

Hi guys,
     Did you all have a great weekend?  Mine was spent watching movies with Jerry and the M&Ms and a little bit of crafting Sunday afternoon.  :O)  I don't want to say it too loudly, but I think I might have found my mojo again.... Soft 'yay'!  I actually was able to make four cards yesterday, and I really really loved how all of them turned out.  That hasn't happened in over two weeks, and I was beginning to get a little worried.  lol.. I had tried just about everything I could think of, I cleaned out crafting draws, straighted out books and misc. buttons and ribbons.  I change how I store my Various refills so that I can fit more into the drawer, but until I listened to 'Mr. I Know You Better than You Know Yourself ' I really wasn't able to get much crafting in.  Luckily for me, I do have to admit that when it comes to Jerry he really does know what is usually going on inside  my head and most times how to fix it.  lol.... The Brat!  That's not to say if I tell him I need him to do something specific that he will ever get the right.  lmbo!
     Let me just say that once I put my headphones on and attached them to my ipod shuffle (that is full of Glee music, of course) I was able to calm down and just enjoy coloring and creating.  Jerry is always telling me to do that, but because my craft desk is in the corner of our living room I really hate being tuned out and rude to him and the kids.  However it just works and then so can I.  Ahhhh, I feel so much better!
     Moving right along......

 This is my first card from
weekend.  I really love how Sasha
turned out.  I paper pieced her dress
with some of the papers from this
collection and I just love how it looks
like a nice summer day with the kites
flying in the background.  I wanted you to be able to see her against all the dp, so I mounted her and the porch both on the cream cs that I was using for the card base.
   Thanks for taking the time to stop by.
I just love reading all of your comments, and I hope that you have a
great week. As of today at 12:30pm
the M&Ms are off for Summer, so they
are very excited.  :O)  Pray Jerry has a
good day as well.  lmbo!!!
    Talk at your tomorrow as I have more cards to share. 
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies:
stamps-Sasha-CC Collection 1-TGF &
Dear Lizzy-from my wonderful friend
and inspiration-Amy (Thanks again)
cs-Neenah & the Paper Studio
dp-Webster's Pages-Sunday Picnic &
Everyday Poetry
gems-mambistones
ribbon-Anthologie-WeR Memory Makers
sentiment-rub-on Multi-crafts
Inks-Memento-Tuxedo Black & Bamboo Leaves with Versafine-Onyx Black
Copic Markers:
skin-E50-E51-E53-R20
eyes-YG93-YG95-E37
hair-E31-E35-E37
lips-atyouSpica-21 lipstick
boots-E40-E41-E42-YR18
misc-W2-W1-W0

New Shelf for bling and things...

Hi guys,
     I hope that you are all having a great weekend.  We are getting ready to hit Walmart this early morning in order to stock up on groceries before Monday night when everyone in town is out shopping.  lol.. We go early so that we don't have to deal with too many people.  Sometimes it works, and other times not at all.  ;o}  Jerry just doesn't like to be there when all the checkers are tired and their are 5 or more people pushing around in the aisles. 
     I though however that I would share a little of what I have been doing around my crafting corner while my crafting mojo has been  on vacation.  This totally happened by accident last week when I was in Staples picking up some printer ink.  I always love to do a little retail therapy while I am there.  Most times I don't purchase too much, but this time I noticed that they had this adorable white shelf system for $10 (it does come in black as well, but I wanted it to match my Copic storage) and I got the wild idea that it would really help me to put away a few of my embellishments that I am always using but can never really find them when I need them.   The odd thing was that earlier in the day I had been at our Dollar Tree and found these really cute cardboard houses and I picked one up to see if I might be able to use it for something.  You all know how that goes.  Half the time Maddie gets it for her stuff, but when I picked up the shelf I instantly knew what I wanted to do. 

Mr. Moore Adhesive. He always has my backup
for me when I run out. 

The Pearl Family. Very sweet and always oragnized.

The Twines.  Young couple but very nice in their
starter home.

Mr. & Mrs. Gem.  You should see their house at
Christmas time.  lol

The Brads-Buttons. They are like the Brady bunch and
have a whole bunch of kids with different last names, but they
are all very well behaved and pick up after themselves.

     The very next day I ran back to the Dollar Tree to see if they had and left and realized that they came in a few different designs and sizes.  Well, what fun.  I picked up five of them and decided that I could use my label maker to put on each house so I could glance up and know what was inside.  Well, I thought most people put there names on their doormat or on a sign on the front of their houses so I went with that them.  So, in my little neighborhood of embellies we have the The Brads-Buttons family and Mr & Mrs Gem (they are very kind).  Just up the stree Mr Moore Adhesive lives by himself and some of his relatives drop in once in a while.  As he has a rather good size side yard his is very kind and lets all of the Cuttlebugs store their embossing folders there.  The newest couple to the neighborhood is The Twine family and they are just starting out, so they have a small little house just on the next corner while the Pearl Family have a very nice brick home that has been pasted down through the family. 
     As you can see it's not a big neighborhood, but it really has helped to keep everything right in my reach.  As most of you already know I don't have a craft room more like the left corner of our family room.  I miss the idea of a room all my own, but I really do love working while my kids are out here doing their things at the same time.  lol... 
    Well guys, I will leave it at that.  I was going to do a video on this, but I just couldn't  get YouTube to work for me and I was getting tired of waiting, so we are going to go with a blog post.  Thanks to everyone who takes the time to drop by.  It really means a lot to me and I am hoping to get a few more cards up and running this week to share with you all. 
Have a wonderful Sunday, and I will talk at you tomorrow. 
Hugs, Lisa G

Happy Anniversary....

     I know, two posts in one day.... I must be sick.  No, it's just that today is a very important day for our family.
     Today is my Mom and Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary!  I am not going to share their card yet as I would like them to get to see it first, so if you are looking for a new card to see you can check out the one below this post. 
    In the mean time I just wanted to wish my Mom and Dad a very
     Happy Anniversary!!!   I love you both and I hope that you have a wonderful day!
Hugs, Lisa, Jerry and the M&Ms....

thanks a HOOt

Good Morning everyone. 

     I hope that your weekend is off to a great start.  I am hoping that it will be a nice day today so that we can get some much needed outside time in today.  I for one am so ready to take a nice long walk.  All week we have either woken up to rain or no warmer than 44 degrees.  We have been going on little walks as the wind and the cold just are not my favorite combo for a walk.  I know, I'm just too picky.  lol...

     So I thought that I would finally get around to showing a new card that I managed to make this week.  The M&Ms received a couple of cards for their graduation and they needed a few 'thank you' cards to send out. So, because my mojo seems to be on vacation I pulled out a couple of my old 'Cardmaker' magazines and found this very simple, but quite fun card to make.  I decided that my 'EP' Times & Seasons paper pad would be a great color scheme to go with and with the 'Hoo Loves You' stamp set from TGF it really didn't take too much to put this little card together.  It also give each M plenty of space to write their part of the note. 
     Ok guys, have a great weekend.  I finally took some pictures of my little crafting corner make over, so I will be sharing those with you all tomorrow.
Hugs, Lisa G
 

Supplies:

stamps-Hoo Loves You & Flutter Heart-TGF

cs-Neenah, AC Cardstock & pearlescents-Colobok

dp-Times & Seasons-EP

Spellbinders-classic oval & classic scalloped ovals lg

Taylored Expressions-Keeping Tabs die

gems-mambistones

tinyattacher-TH

Copic Markers-YG95-YG91-B99-E29-E31-0 & ml-SP 0.03

design by Heidi Wunderlich-Cardmaker magazine 11/11

We have Graduates....

Hi guys.
     TGIF! 
      Sorry I haven't been around most of the week.  I don't even have the excuse of saying that I was at work and very busy.  lol... I have been off since Tuesday, but we have been super busy with the M&Ms' graduating from 8th grade.  That and the fact that the little bit of time I did have to be creative was spent searching for any and all mojo that I might have had once upon a time.  lol...  I don't know were it went, but I am so hoping that it comes back very very soon. 
     Anyway getting back to the graduation.  It was so weird when all the kids started to walk into the auditorium to 'Pomp and circumstance'.  It just gives you such a weird feeling to know that it's your kids.  I know it's only 8th grade, but with all the way our M&Ms have come this last year Jerry and I could not be prouder if they were graduating from Yale or Harvard.  lol..  I'll need to be medicated when that day comes.
     It was really cool as my Mom and Dad as well as my Sister and Brother-in-law were all able to come and be there with us.  Then at the end of the ceremony they started to play the song 'We are Young' and all the Graduates put on sunglasses and walked out singing.  They did this for their Principle as he as this is his last year at their school as well.   It was just very very fun. I wish that I had better pictures of that, but I was busy clapping and singing to the song as well. 
     The school then hosted an 8th grade social/dance for the kids.  When we went back to pick up the M&Ms it really reminded me of when I graduated and the feeling that you get from it.  They were all running around in their fancy dresses and heals while all the boys were still wearing their ties and dress slacks. Just so cute.  (sorry, Mom moment here. lol...)  You all know how much I gush about my M&Ms, well just imagine working with me.  lmbo... Yes, they HAVE to listen to me as they are trapped with me for over 9 hours a day. As Sheldon would say "bwa ha ha" 
     Thanks for listening to my weirdness.  I hope you all have a great weekend, and if you see my mojo could you please send it home.  I really miss it.  :O) Talk at you tomorrow.
Hugs, Lisa

Of course the wind was blowing!



Ashlee, Madison, William and Mitchell after Graduation having a great time.

Supplies:
Two adorable teenagers-Mine

Happy Birthday Chris !!!

Good morning everyone.
     This is going to be a none picture post as I was SUPER busy this weekend and I have also been really obsessed with working on my SMASH/Copic info book.  I'll have pictures of that later this week.  lol...
     I did however want to wish my Sister a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY , as today is her 49th Birthday!  Sorry Chris on this here blog we share our ages and that only means that you are getting better line wine.  lmbo.....We were born exactly 3 years and two week apart, so growing up we used to spend a lot of our time with each other and mutual friends.  (Sometimes to Chris' irritation!)...  As close sisters can be there were times when we didn't get along so very much.  I know, your totally shocked.  Did I mention that Chris is a redhead?  Well she is and we do not look anything a like.  As kids Chris was the redhead and I was the brunette and our baby brother (almost 39) was a blond.  Dad used to tell us that Chris was the mailman's and I was the milkman's.  You just have to trust our weird sense of humor.  lol... He also told me that I was part Indian and Chris wasn't.  That made me very Happy at the time and very upset when I found out it was a fib. 
     So, getting back on track as a redhead there were times when Chris would make me so mad that I would tell her they should call her an orange head.  That of course would really get to her which at the time I would be very satisfied with.  So when Chris was having her first son we would joke and say if that Baby came out as a boy with red hair we would put him back in and let him brown up a little more.  Well it was a boy (my first Nephew and my Baby) he was a redhead and you would have thought the whole thing was my idea.  Now I have my first Nephew that is a redhead and my last Nephew(my Brother's Son) who is a redhead as well.  Needless to say I have totally changed how I think of all those orange headed people (lmbo) and I have my Sister to thank for that.  
     I love you Chris and I hope that you have the best Birthday!  I am not sharing a picture of your card as peaking is not allowed around here.  lol... You just have to wait! 
     Ok guys, if you have hung in there for all of my reminiscing I hope you have the time to wish my big sis a Happy Birthday as well.   Have a great day and I will talk to you later.
Hugs, Lisa G

Paw paw-razzi

Hi guys, I know it's late but we have had a very busy weekend and it just occurred to me that I haven't shared any of the weirdness that is the three cats that we live with.  So, I thought that before I set to work on a couple of cards I need to make I would show you some of Casper's funny little photos from just this past week. 
     He is such a funny little boy and he loves to sleep!  He will be running from one end of our house to the other when all of a sudden his is all done with it and he just kind of falls over where he is at.  I guess when you're tired you might as well stop what your doing and get your Zs in.  lol...
     As you can see he loves to sleep upside down, around chair legs and just about anywhere he sees fit to..  We love our white little ghost and we are happy to share him with you all. 
     I sure hope you have all had a great weekend. 
Talk at you tomorrow. 

I promise you,  this is his choice to lay like this.  We did not make him, and everytime I would take his picture he would jut look at me like "Do you mind, I am sleeping here?"  lol...

Hugs, Lisa G