You're Positively WONDERFUL...

Hey there all.
     Just a quick blog post to share with all of you that don't have to head off to a  party before the big game.  Jerry is planning on watching, but I am hoping to put on my headphones and some Glee Music so I can start crafting away.  We'll just have to see as the kids have their friends coming over again today and I really didn't get too much down yesterday.  Seriously, I think we spent more time laughing with these kids than any other thing at all.   lol...
     I don't know if any of you knew about my other two blogs that I have, but as I did put up a couple of posts on them today I thought I would just remind you that they are there and if you have a chance to check them out that would be so great.  The first one is of some of  the creations that my M&Ms make and now I even have a drawing that my Daughter's boyfriend Daniel made.  You can check that out here.  My other blog is about our cats of course and it is called  Pawpawrazzie.  You can check that blog out here.
     So for today's card, I used a couple of new stamps from The Greeting Farm and did a little bit of body swapping to have a little different look to my card. I then used some of my Die-Namics to add a little flourish as well.
     I hope you all have a great day.  I for one don't really care who wins the game, but I always love the commercials and of course I like to see the half time show.
Talk at you all tomorrow.
Hugs, Lisa G

 Supplies:
stamps-Awareness Anya & Sitting Wonderful-TGF & Happy Everything-LF
cs-Neenah-classic crest solor white
dp-Tea for Two-Cosmo Cricket
Die-namics-Fancy Flourish
buttons & accents-MME
pearls-Basic Kaisercraft
inks-Versafine & Tuxedo Black-Momento
Copic Markers:
skin-E50-E51-E53-R20
hair-E50-Y32-Y21-E33
dress-YG93-R32
boots-T7-T9
chair-W2-W1
hearts-R32-R24

FFF -Ribbon and/or Lace challenge...

Hi guys.
     I have so many things that I want to share with all of you, but just in case you really just want to see my card today and not have to suffer through all my prattle,  (lol)  I will get to my card first thing.
     When I came home last night from work I was checking out The Greeting Farm blog and read what this weeks challenge was and  I had the perfect idea  jump into my head.
     I pulled out my Blush Heart stamps from The Greeting Farm and stamped them out on some Pure Poppy card stock with my Lady Bug Red  Memento ink just to make them that much more redder.  I then fussy cut them out and used my Tuxedo Black ink pen to outline them.  My thought is that they are stamps after all and why not let them be the focal point of my card.  :O)  I then grabbed some of my Washi tape as accents and a little ribbon with some gems to add a little sparkle.  You can't really tell from my pictures, but I used some foam dots to pop up the hearts and I think this one is good to go. My idea was to make a card look like the ones I used to make for my Mom and Dad when I was little.  You remember those, right? lol...   Anyway, I am very happy with how this turned out and I really had fun using these stamps in such a different way.
      Because the hearts are stamps I am going to enter this card  in this week's Farm Fresh Challenge over on The Greeting Farm Blog.
 

Supplies:
stamps-Blush Heart-TGF & Happy Everything-LF
cs-Neenah classic crest solar white & Pure Poppy, True Black-PTI
seam binding-stash
Washi Tape
gems-KaiserCraft
inks-Lady Bug & Tuxedo Black-Memento
edge distresser-Heidi Swapp
Months of the year sticker pack-The Paper Studio












     Ok, now if you have hung in there with me I have a couple of very exciting things to share with all of you guys.  First off is the fact that I have finally reached 150 subscribers and I can not tell you how much each and everyone of you means to me.  :O)  Truly you are all just fantastic and it always makes my day to come home and read all of your wonderful comments. I am trying to decided what I want to do to celebrate this with you all, but when I do decide I will be sure and let you all know.  In the meantime ":Thank You all from the bottom of my HEART"
    The second thing I wanted to share is small, but a very fun thing that Jerry and I did with the M&Ms last night.  You see Madison is obsessed with the fact that when she gets a car she wants to buy a Mini Cooper. (Yes, my Daughter thinks she is rich!) However, she is smart and has already started to save for it.   Anyway, the car lot that we bought my car from has had one sitting on their lot for the last couple of weeks, so we went over and asked if we could test drive it.  They were very nice and let us drive it around for a little bit.
     It is a little red one with a white roof, and it really is a very cute car and I must say really fun to drive.  It is a stick and I haven't driven one in a couple of years, so I really had a great time driving it.  Anyway, the whole point of sharing this is the fact that you would think we had taken Madison to Disney Land.  She was so happy to be in it and to get the chance to drive around in her dream car.  She came home and started texting  all her friends to let them all know about it.  She has to wait a couple more years before she is old enough to drive, but at least she is getting an idea for what she wants and what it is going to take for her to get it.
      If you've made it this far I thank you for letting me carry on.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I will talk at you later.
Hugs, Lisa G

Thinking of you...

Happy February first everyone!
     Can you believe that it is already February?  Where oh where does the time go?   I can not believe that my M&Ms are already into their second semester of High School.  :O)
     Thank you everyone for the well wishes yesterday.  Mitchell and I both headed back to school and work and we are both feeling a lot better as of this morning.
     So, I think as I still need to get ready for work I had better get right to my card for today.  This is one of those cards that I really just put together as I wanted to play around with a few of my stamps that hadn't been inked up yet.  I grabbed my new  WS - Gracie from The Greeting Farm and then I pulled out this cute frame from  Lawn Fawn that I have had for at least two months and still had not used.  Once I put them together it reminded me of looking at a picture of an old friend and how you might start to thinking about that friend. With that in mind I decided to make this a 'Thinking of You'  kind of card.
     I also wanted to leave the picture as my focal point, so I left the rest of my card pretty simple and you'll even notice that I didn't even use a gem for the whole card.  Yes, I did use one little enamel dot so it would look like a tack in the wall where the picture hangs.  :O)   I really had fun with this one and with the fact that the whole card was really made just for me to color and not have a specific need in mind.  It is fun from time to time to just play and not worry about it going to someone or for that matter being made for anyone else.  :O)
     Hope you like it and I hope you all have a wonderful Friday.
Take care and I will talk at you tomorrow.
Hugs, Lisa G

supplies:
stamps-WS-Gracie-TGF & Fanciful Frames-LF
cs-Neenah classic crest solar white & desert storm
dp-Miss Caroline-Dilly Dally-MME
enamel dots-Winter Wonderland-MME
computer font-Candy Buzz @ 14& 20
Spellbinders-Ribbon Banners
crinkled seam binding-stash
Copic Markers:
skin-E50-E51-E53-R20
hair-E31-E35-E57-E59
eyes-YG97-YG93
hat-BG57-BG53
shirt, jacket & leaves-YG17-YG03
rose-R27-R24
background-YR31
frame-T7-T4 & at you Spicas-06melon, 03red,21lipstick & 08turguoise

FFF Challenge-Message Me

     Well hi there.
     I almost think I need to re-introduce myself.   It feels like forever since I last  posted anything or even felt like touching my computer to get to any ones blogs.   :O)  I have been so sick with strep this  week and I didn't even get out of bed today until a little after 4pm when Jerry got home from picking up Maddie from school.  Unfortunately for Mitchell he has been sick with the same thing and he too has been on the couch since Sunday.   I won't go on complaining as who wants to read about that.  All I can say is that I am very thankful at this moment to feel so much better.  I can not wait to head back to work tomorrow as I feel like I have missed out on so much this week.  lol... Never thought I'd  ever be happy to be heading back to work.  However, you just don't realize how good it is to get up and participate in life until you can't.
     So, enough about all that.  I actually had a few cards that I made up this last weekend and one of them was this card that I want to enter into the FFF Challenge over on the Greeting Farm  blog.  The challenge is to use paper that has words already written on it.  Well, come on... if you've bought any of the 6x6 paper pads in the last couple of years I am sure that you will be able to find something in your stash. lol..
     I did use my copics to color up little Sadie here, but I honestly don't know what I did with my list, and I still don't feel that good to try and figure it out, so I will just post my card and let it go at that.
     If you have the time be sure to check out the challenge as it really was a fun card to make and I think you would love it as well.
     Hope you are all well and I will talk at you later.
Hugs, Lisa G

The inside is completely made out of scraps that I pieced together and I have to admit that I am very happy with how it finally came together.  :O)

supplies:
stamps-Sadie-TGF, Happy Everything & And a Partridge-LF
cs-Neenah Solar White & Desert Storm
dp-Madison Avenue-Lost & Found-MME
bling-Zvo
Copics

Final Thank You card for the week...

Hi guys.
     I am so glad that today is Friday.  I do have to work tomorrow, but Saturdays always go by pretty quick and  no matter what,  Friday is always Friday and that is a good thing.  :O)
     So today I wanted to share my last 'thank you' card that I made this last weekend.  Of course, I saved one of my favorite cards for last.  (I thought that way if I didn't get to post this weekend, I would at least have a cute card on my blog.)  Yes, that is how my mind works.  No kidding.  lol....
     Of course when I think of cute I always think of the Cheeky girls from The Greeting Farm for sure.  I know I always say the the Creeper Crew stamps are my faves,  but the Cheekys are a very very close second for me.  I just love the vintage/attitude/pinup kind of look to them.  So I pulled out Cheeky Geeky for this card as she looks so pretty with her outfit on and I really love practicing my coloring with her hair.    My friend has three daughters, and I really wanted to capture their gold blond hair color on this one.  I am very happy to say that when she got this card that was the very first thing she mentioned about it,  and what made me even happier was that her daughter that just started wearing glasses was the one that she felt Cheeky Geeky looked the most like.  :O)  Don't you just love it when someone that likes to be createtive thinks you did a good job? 
     Well,  I will let you guys get on with your day so that you might have a GREAT FRIDAY.  So, have a great one and I will talk at you tomorrow.
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies:
stamps-Cheeky Geeky-TGF & LawnFawn sentiment
cs- Neenah-Solar White and Desert Storm
dp-So Sophie-Graceful-MME
Spellbinders-Wonky Rectangles
sheer ribbon-details &; Accessories
enamel dots-the sweetest thing-MME
inks-tuxedo black, sweet plum, espresso truffle & cantaloupe-Memento
fluid chalk-chestnut roan-Colorbox
crochet flower-Amy Y-Thank you!
Copic Markers:
skin-E50-E51-E53-R20
hair-E50-E51-E53-YR30
eyes-B14-B12-B06
vest & hair bobs-YR27-YR23
tie/skirt & hair band-V99-V93
glasses-BG75-BG72
blouse-B0000
flour & background-T3-T2-T1-Y0000

Flying By...

Good morning everyone.
     I for one am super happy to see that it is already Thursday.  :O)  I realize that Friday would be even better, but as I work this weekend I think I'll just be content to get to Thursday so fast.  lol..
     I am going to get right to it today as I need to get in the shower so the M&Ms will have hot water for when they get up very soon.   As you can see I have yet another 'Thank You' card for you today.  This is one that I picked up the design idea from the Lawn Fawn blog.  I thought it was such a cute card and I really liked how it looked so cute, but it had such a clean look to it so I decided to CASE it. I then added a few of my own ideas to the overall card and I think it turned out to be fun but simple card.
      Another thing that I want to share with you it that all of the 'thank you' stamps are ones that the Lawn Fawn store send to you as a thank you gift each time you buy stamps from them.  I love the idea of it and I am very happy to so many choices to choose from.
     Thank you everyone for all your sweet comments. I can not wait to have a few minutes to come around and enjoy what you all have been up to this week. Until I do, I hope you all have a great day and I will talk at you tomorrow.
     As you might be able to guess I have another 'Thank you' card to share with you, but it just might get a little 'Cheeky'  lol... You'll just have to wait and see. :O)
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies:
stamps-Bon Voyage, Flying By & Thank You-Lawn Fawn
cs- Neenah, Desert storm & Aqua Mist-PTI
dp-the sweetest thing-honey -MME
twine-LF
enamel dots-the sweetest thing-blue bell smile-MME
inks- angel pink, cantaloupe,summer sky & tuxedo black-Memento
fluid chalk-chestnut roan-Colorbox
Spellbinders-standard circles-sm & petite scalloped circles-lg

So many ways of saying

Thank You!
 
     Hi guys.  So you might be noticing that there is a certain theme to my cards this week.  :O)  Well yes there is.  lol... I had  a friend of mine that asked me if I could make up a few  'Thank You' cards for her to send to her friends and family when she needs to.
    I wanted to come up with some fun ways of using stamps and other things to make them so that she would have a variety on hand.   As you can tell I did use mostly my favorite stamps, but I just had fun and really just enjoyed making them all.
     I don't know about you guys, but every once in a while I will color up a stamp and for whatever reason it just doesn't seem to be working for me at the time, so I put it away with the paper pad that I had in mind to use when I picked out the colors.  I figure that I can always come back to it and perhaps get a chance to put it to good use.  Well, this little Do Si Do Anya  just so happened to be one of those stamps.  I have to say that even though her hair isn't as pretty as I would like it to be it still worked out to be a pretty cute card.  lol... As you can see I even had a great time using the papers in an off set way to add a little wimzy to this card.
     Well,  once again I am tired and I am getting ready to head to bed, so I will talk at you guys later.  Please forgive me for not being around so far this week, but I am hoping to get caught up with everyone later this week.   Until then have a great week and I'll talk at you later.
Hugs, Lisa G

I added the year on the photo to make it look like
your Mom would have done on an old Polaroid.  

Supplies:
stamps-DoSiDo Anya-TGF , Say Cheese, You've Got Mail & Thank you-LF
cs-Neenah & Summer Sunrise-PTI
dp-Konnichiwa-BG
decorative brads - Breeze, mischievous & Rosy-MME
film strip washi tape
Memento inks
Copic Markers