AMAZING PEOPLE....

Hi everyone. I hope you all had a great day...I wanted to share a little something with you tonight. I had a very bad day at work today.... I let someone make me feel very bad and it really bothered me all day and even after I came home from work. I got home said Hi to my family, and got into my comfy clothes. I still was very upset...That means that I am not talking to anyone and just want to be left alone...I am usually a gabby person. So long story short, I was sitting on the couch feeling miserable when the doorbell rang.. When I went to the door a friend of mine was standing there with this wonderful basket of stamps and other toys for me...Now the amazing part of my little story, is NOT how the person made me feel bad, NOT how I let that affect me or my family, but how this person at my door for just a quick moment changed my whole weekend..What you have to understand is that she is going in for some very serious surgery Monday, and she was running errands with her kids, and thought of me.... She did not know that I had a rotten day, she just wanted to bring a gift because she is my friend and she likes my blog...lol...I wish that when mean people hurt us that they would just fade away just as quick and that when truly awesome people come into our lives that we would remember them forever.....I am sorry to go on, but I wanted you to know my friend Tracy..Think of her on Monday and say a prayer for this truly beautiful woman that would not hurt anyone...Thank you for giving me back my weekend with my family Tracy, you are just a sweetheart.... Lisa G

MY FIRST BLOG AWARD!

Thank you Amy http://athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com/ for my very first blog award..You are just so sweet and very talented!!

BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE....

Good morning everyone..I hope you have had a great week. It's Friday! It may not be that cold outside, but thanks to my Dad I no longer have to take my kids to school and myself to work in a frozen car....Yay Dad! I have to keep this short this morning as my kids want to get to school early for all the fun Halloween plans that they have.. So, my card was stamped with Miss Anya-rain,snow, shine from TGF..(love this set) CS-su-pale plum pti-spring moss CB-embossing folder-swiss dot computer font-felix tilting @14 I used my wonderful Bow easy with some ribbon that I had in my stash. My pearls are from Kaiser scrapbook. Copics-skin-E50-E51-R00 coat & scarf-V000-V15-G20 hair-Y13,Y17 fur-BG10 boots-E35.... I hope you like her. I am very happy with how this came out. Thanks for checking my blog out.Be sure to check back tomorrow, I am going to have a Halloween card that I have been working on....Have a great day, Lisa G

TOUCHDOWN.....

Good morning all, I hope your middle of the week was a good one. Mine was filled with work, cars, and Halloween costumes.. none of those were what I really wanted to be doing..However the car and costumes(thanks to the help of both of my parents) are fixed and ready to go....Thank God for parents no matter how old you are. Today I wanted to show you the card that I make for my Mom. Remember that she broke her foot a couple of weeks ago. Well I finally was able to get her card done and taken to her. I made it simple, but I thought that it looked cuter that way. If you know my Mom you know that she loves sports! We are talking baseball, football all the time! So because of that I decided that she needed a card with quarterback Ian on it. I made a broken goal post and used my computer to type up what I wanted to say. I really like how it turned out, and so did she..Here is what I used: CS-creamy caramel, yoyo yellow-SU Core'dinations chocolate and green Copics- E15, E17, E25, E27, W8, 110, G07, B26, B29, C1, C3, E50....Have a great day everyone, Lisa G

GOIN..FISHING...

Good morning everyone..Yes, I said going fishing. I know it isn't exactly the fishing season, but I just received this new stamp from TGF and I just had to ink him up...He is colored to look like my very handsome Dad...Hi Dad, Love you...(daddies girl all the way). Love you too, Mom. Ok I'll quit playing...... I told you where I bought my stamp. I used SU-cs- creamy caramel & always artichoke, my ribbon is Offray and the Copics used are skin=E50-YR00 eyes=B39 hair=N1,N4,0 boots & hip waders=YG91,YG95 shirt=B21,B23 hat=E31,E33 pole=E37 fish=G14,B69 dock=W1,W5,W8. I used stickles on the fish, but I am not too happy with how he came out.... Hope you all have a great day. Thanks for all of you encouraging comments yesterday...Lisa G

TRY A NEW THING TUESDAY!

Good morning everyone. Ok this is going to be a short one this morning as I am running behind...(not a new concept for me). I tried something new today. I submitted two of my cards to All that Scraps for their weekly challenge DT...I would not usually do this, but I decided to get brave and give it a try....lol.... :D . So I sent in the card that I posted yesterday and the one that I am posting today. I hope you like it. Thank you everyone for all of your nice comments . It really gives me encouragement to try new things. Since I have started stamping and doing my blog you all have been soooo sweet. Ok I said short..lol...So here it is: My stamp is from ATS- Autumn stamp kit-Autumn Trevor & sentiments. CS- SU=pumpkin pie & Core'dinations=the chocolate box=green & brown... colored with Copics. I can not find my list that I used...so sorry...frazzled this morning..lol...Have an awesome day, Lisa G

TWO POSTS IN ONE DAY**MUST BE CANDY INVOLVED

Yes, there is candy involved....Check out Amy's blog at http://athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com/ . She has her own stamps coming out November 2nd at All That Scraps and she is giving aways these wonderfully cute stamps each week until then...So, go check her out..She is incredibly talented..Have a great day, Lisa G

MONDAY, MONDAY.......

Well it's Monday once again. My son and myself do not tend to like Mondays that much..If my week would go as fast as my weekend I would be so happy....lol...Oh well, what's a girl to do? I hope that everyone had a great weekend. My card today I made for three reasons the first is for my wonderful Friend that I don't get to spend very much time with anymore, the second is for TGF farm fresh Fridays Punch Drunk challenge and the third is because I wanted to try out this new card design from the Christmas with the Cricut blog.... So, I hope you like how it turned out as much as I do.. My stamp is from ATS-C.C. Designs-Autumn Emma Punches- Papershapers-leaf and small squire CS-SU-not quite navy PTI-dark chocolate, summer sunrise Ribbon-Offray-brown Cuttlebug embossing folder-d'vine swirl Copics-skin-E50,E51 hair-YR21,Y21 clothes-BG72,BG75,0 shoes-E34,E35 bench-E35,E37 Got to run..Kids to get to school and I am off to work. :D Have a great start to your week ..Lisa G

MINI VACATION....

Good morning everyone..I hope that you are all having a great weekend. This was my first 3 day weekend in over six weeks, so I decided to just enjoy it. I did however get to spend yesterday making a few cards. I really had a great time and was able to get gobs of things done....lol...Who would have thunk it? The first card I made was a mini kit that I won from Amy Leggate's blog...http://scrapbookingobsession.blogspot.com/ What fun! Thanks Amy! I also was able to use my Bow Easy that the wonderful Suzanne sent to me. You can check her out at http://scrapbitz.blogspot.com/ . You will enjoy them both, that is if you don't already know them...lol.. Ok lets get down to it....PP is Bo-Bunny Press-Fall festival circles. Copics used are: E17,E18,E19,E31,E34,YR15,YR18,YR21,YR24,R00,R24 Have a very good Sunday. See you all tomorrow...Lisa G

THANK YOU!!

Good morning everyone...I hope that your Thursday is off to a good start...This is my Friday, so I am in a great mood....Yah!!!!!! Ok I'll settle down...My title this morning is Thank you because I wanted to let you all know that I really appreciate you...Not only the people that leave me their wonderful comments, but all the girls with their own blogs and youtube videos that take so much time to give us so much information....I also want to thank TGF for this wonderful digi stamp that I won for last weeks drawing.....I think she is soooo cute!!! So Thank You. Have a great day, Lisa G

LATE EVENING POST...

Hi everyone. Just a quick post before I head off to bed...I found some clothes pins today at our dollar tree and thanks to Amy Rysavy at http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/ I found a great way to sort all of my loose ribbons. Check out her videos, she shows how she stores her ribbon on her 2nd craft room tour post...I love it...My ribbons are all neatly wrapped on them and now I can see what I have instead of digging..lol..I took a couple of pictures to show you...This is by no means all of my ribbon, but I did not want to bore you...See you guys in the AM...Have a great night, Lisa G....Thanks Amy for all of your great ideas.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Hi everyone...Today I have to wish my sweet little niece a very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Today is her 5th Birthday, and yes she sure has a personality to go with this picture...Isn't she just a cutie patootie? Happy Birthday Andi!! Well I don't have my project done this morning, so please check back later today...Have a great day everyone, Lisa G

LISTS, LISTS AND MORE LISTS.....

Hi everyone..I hope you all had a wonderful Monday. Mine was a very quick one...I don't have a card to show you today, but I do have a little project that I ran across a couple of months ago and thought that I really needed to try it....First let me say that I too, am a list maker..I always have to have all of my information on various things put into binders under categories. I love to keep lists of what I need and what I have and what I want....lol...I am talking mostly of my crafting things..You know what I am talking about(important things). Well for those of you who suffer from a list fetish here is a really cute solution to your affliction..lol... I hope you enjoy...

A THOUSAND SHEETS OF PAPER BLOG CANDY!!!

Hi all , you have to check out Amy's blog candy over at http://athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com/2009/10/sweet-november.html She has designed some awesome rubber stamps that will be available Nov. 1st (yay!!) at ALL THAT SCRAPS.....SO hop on over and check her blog out.....

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS....

Hi everyone. It's not rainy anymore, but it is Monday..Blahhhhhhhhhh. I can not believe how fast Mondays seem to get here..I always try to get caught up on Sundays and that makes the day just fly by...What can you do? Well as always on most Monday mornings I am running behind on time, so I will be quick about this one. My stamp is from the Rock the Farm set at TGF, stamped with Momento-tuxedo black ink on CC Designs Copic Quality Paper White from ATS. CS-SU-creamy carmel & brocade blue... The flower is Heidi Swapp that I cut apart . I used Stickles-Diamond around the flower to bling it up.. I forgot to take the picture of the full inside before I wrote the message to my friend, sorry..Copics used are: SKIN-E50,YR00 HAIR-E15,E17,E19 HAT-Y21,Y23,R81,R85 SCARF-R81,R85 OVERALLS-B93,B97 SHOES-E77 PAILS-C1,C5,O ROAD-E55,E57,G24,G28,O & 0.03 COPIC MULTI LINER.. I hope your day is a good one, Lisa G

SURFS UP DUDE

Hi Everyone. I was going to wait until tomorrow to post this card, but I just could not wait. I had a great afternoon yesterday. I half listen to, half watched the movie Twilight on my computer while I colored and designed a couple of cards. I got soooo much done. This card is for AmyR's Friday sketch. (amyrs76).. I first have to say the when I stamped this little guy I normally would have just stamped & colored him...However because of Amy's awesome videos (most specifically her one on adding a sidewalk) http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/amyr/ I decided to see if I could draw in a wave for him to ride...I am soooo happy with how it came out..THANK YOU AMY!! Not only did I post this for the Friday sketch I decided that it would really apply to the Farm Fresh Friday contest at the TGF gallery.. On the inside I made the waves as a pocket so you could either put a gift card or money in it for the Birthday Boy. I hope you like it. Here is the list of products: StampS- Surfer Ian-TGF, Hey Dude-My guy Ian-ATS. CS: PTI-spring rain, SU-brilliant blue. Cuttlebug embossing folder-D'vine swirl. Copics-Skin-E21,E50 Hair-E33,E35,E37 Shorts-Y17,YR07 Surf Board-B04,B06,YR04,YR07 Wave-B21,B24,O Have a great day, Lisa G