My very first sweater!!!! (don't look Mom)

I have finished my first sweater. Well.....almost! I still have to weave in the loose ends and block it. I have come a long way baby!!! I started with scarves a few years ago, have many millions of them. Made a gazillion hats too. Maybe a dozen felted purses, then socks! And now I can add a sweater to my list! I picked an easy pattern that is knit from the top down and is basically knit in one piece so you don't have to sew up any seams. It took me a few weeks to complete but now I can't wait to make another! Once I fix all the loose ends and block it I will post a better photo! UPDATE: The pattern is by Knitting Pure & Simple and is called Split neck T Shirt for Women # 257 Here is a link to their site...it's down in the middle http://www.knittingpureandsimple.com/page2.html

Starfish on the Shore

I love my Seaside stamp set! I also like this poem and wanted to put the two together on a card. This is a card to give to someone who has made a difference in your life or just to say thanks.

The base card is Bashful Blue and opens to the side. I typed the poem and printed them out onto Shimmery White CS. Then I used Weathered BG stamp and stamped over it with Close to Cocoa. This is then layered onto Close to Cocoa CS. I cut a strip of Close to Cocoa Prints DSP and put this to the left. The starfish is stamped with Close to Cocoa onto Shimmery White and raised up with dimensionals. The Photo corner punch and mini brads finish it off.

Dalias in Green

When I saw Mel's post on SCS I knew I had to make a card with the flowers. I printed the pattern on the back of some thin designer paper I had, and cut them out. This flower has 5 layers. I then used one of my cuttlebug embossing folders to emboss the bottom of my card that is 5-1/4 x 5-1/4. Above that, I scored 3 lines with my Score-Pal. I used my sponge dauber to add some Rose Red and Certainly Celery ink to the raised portions. I used a strip of Rose Red Prints DSP and a border punch from Martha's line and adhered it above the lines. Happy Mothers' Day is from All Holidays stamp set. And the brad is my favorite part!!!! It is from K&C Company and is called K-OLOGY Hannah Stitched Beaded Brads.

No Comments???

I need some feedback. I go to other blogs and see that they are very popular based on all the comments I see when I leave one. But my blog hardly gets them. Do I need to do tutorials? And if so, how do you do the video ones? My recorder is the small tape but I am clueless on how to get it to the pc. And I do have a digital camera that has a video feature but I don't know how to do that and get a great video............Need words of help please!

Pick me Up with Wild Wasabi

I love how this turned out! I used a card from the Wild for Wasabi promotion and made it into a pocket card. The fold is decorated with a strip of paper from the Prints Pack DSP(Hostess level 1) and the striped green layer is from the same pack, and this is layered with Real Red cs. I then stamped the truck twice. Once on the same floral paper and then onto Whisper White. I cut the tired out from the white and adhered to the truck. The flowers are stamped on WW and then I embossed with some embossing markers and Clear EP. I also used a transparency for the trucks window. I used a retired flower punch and the Rounded Tab punch for the pull out part of the card. I added brads from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware kit, and added Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon.

Celebrate your New Home

This card is made with the retired set Right at Home (I still love it!) and In a Row. The word is from Everyday Flexible Phrases. I used my black stampin spot and only inked up one of the houses. I colored it with classic ink and a blender pen. The background paper is Afternoon Tea from the Occasions mini. The other cardstock is Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, and Soft Sky. The ribbon is the Wild Wasabi Striped Grosgrain.

Tins of Thanks

I made a yummy Amaretto cake for hubby to take into work tomorrow for Secretary's day and made two of these Hershey Nugget tins too. So easy! I used Jersey Shore DSP and the Die Cut Blooms. The center of the flower is stamped from the retired set, Riveting. Yummy!!!!

Some see it as JUNK.....I see it as a TREASURE!

I am often accused of being a pack rat. I save things that I know I can use later......I almost always find a use!!! Well......I have a few of these tins. I get them at the local Asian market. I really buy these things because I like the container....but these cookies were pretty good too!

So here's what I did! I covered the tin with some paper from my stash. I think this one was from Glitter Stacks. I used my Big Bite Crop-a-Dile to punch holes in the lid. I punched more holes after I took the picture. I used my Marvy Scallop Oval punch and my SU Word Window punch to cover it up since it was pretty rough. I typed the words using my computer. The flower is decorated with my SU Scallop circle punch and a silk flower. I used some of the same paper and made the flowers center with a SU Build-A-Brad. Now I need donations!!!!!!

Signs of Spring

Our weather had been gorgeous......even the rain! You know.....April showers bring May flowers! I wanted to photograph some of the signs around our house. Now if you look closely....you can see we haven't mulched yet, and some of my shrubs seem to be dying...:(

A blend of dogs!

While dog sitting, they were sometimes playing, and others snuggled together like this. Hard to tell where one starts and ends! Snowy (my dog on the left) put Chatham in his place from time to time, but now that he is back home I think she really misses him!