Another one but not totally done

I used my new "A Cardinal Christmas" for this one because I just wanted to do something with the cardinal. I used my new red riding hood cardstock and some black and antique white. I also used my bold brights water color crayons to paint the cardinal and the branch. I haven't decided what else to do to this card so any input would be appreciated. I outlined the Cardinal to make it stand out. Thanks for checking in today and I will try to make a card almost everyday(work permitiing). Have a great night.

K

As Promised

I did this card using my new Happy Blessings stamp set and my watercolor crayons and my aqua painter. The crayons were earth elements and the card stock was tango mandarin and chocolate chip and some antique white I had. The embellishments I found at Ollies Bargain outlet. Thanks for being patient with me. I am not real happy with the card but at least I finally made one. Thanks for stopping in

K

Hello

New Stamps , New in Color inks and Paper arrived today. most definately look for cards tomorrow, Thanks for all your understanding during this blue spell. I actually made an anniversary card for hubby 2 days ago but ai wasn't impressed with it so I didn't post it. I promise tomorrow I will have a card on here whether I like it or not.

K

What a find!!!!!

If any of you have a Ollie's bargain outlet near you.....Run don't walk there. They have a craft sale going on. Everything from scrapbooking to embroidery. I found so many jolee embellishments and just so much stuff I had to tell you about it. I am off to go make a card and I won't forget to take a picture this time...lol Be back soon and Thanks for stopping in.

K

Allisons 2nd anniversary candy

Check it out Allison celebrating her 2 year anniversary blogging and she is giving away some really cool blog candy so go check it out

Summer is over and hopefully so arent these blues I have been suffering from. I have tons of new stamps with more coming so I should be posting so creations this week. The new job is great I actually get 2 days off a week which is something I haven't had in a very long time. Next year (2009) the new job will bring me closer to home and believe me I just can'f wait. But I have some sense of normalcy going on right now so I will be back in the swing of things again. Let me just say I miss all of you and I am so grateful you have been so patient with me. I did make a card a couple weeks ago but I forgot to take a picture of it before I maled it out.

The comapny I work for had all kinds of Jolee embellishments for 1.19 and with my discount I got them for 95 cents so I will be posting some scrapbooking pages to. Thanks so much for stopping in.


Hugs
Kathy

Hello again

No I haven't wandered off into my own world again. I did however have 2 more deaths in the last week(Thank God they say it comes in three's so I am done for a while)
MY brother in law who I have been friends with for over 30 years passed and had a spactacular funeral with bagpipes and all I didn't attend but my daughter told me it was beautiful. Then When I first moved to NC I sat with an elderly women who was such a smart wonderful women. She let me know alot of the history of North Carolina and what it was like for her to grow up here. She on several occassions tried to pretend to steal my blue chihauha( she loved Tiko to pieces) She passed away this past week and I will let you know that I feel it was an honor to know this women. and I hope that God lets all thier souls rest in piece......AMEN

check out this blog candy

http://andreabrownjohn.blogspot.com/
If you like magnolia stamps u have to check out andrea's blog

Long Time ..........

I know I have been gone a long time. I guess I kind of took a spiral downward and got myself all depressed. Some good came of it though because I quit the job that was most of the cause of my funk....but I have another job that pays even more. Then my sister-in-law was diagnosed with cancer and died 4 days later so up to Massachusetts I went. Then while I was there my Brother-in-law was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and is not doing so well. This is the man that married my sister just last September so she is beside herself. So if I could ask all of you to keep them in your prayers I know they would appreciate it.
On a good note I did get to spend time with my granddaughters while I was up there. I will be visiting blogs and trying to get back to normal in the next few days and yes I am going to dig out my craft supplies and start crafting again. Thank You all for the notes of concern and I promise if I get in that funk again I will let you all know so you can snap me out of it. I miss all of you and cant wait to see what you have been up to in the last few months.

Hugs
Kathy

Happy Mail I got a week ago!!!!

This is a card I received about a week ago from a very talented women named Dawn. I am sorry Dawn that it took me so long to post it. I love the card!!!! It is so pretty and it made my day. You guys need to go check out her blog it is called dawns stamping thoughts. You will be amazed at how talented she is. Keep up the good work Dawn.
My business leadership conference only has 3 more days to go and it is really interesting and I am learning things that I am surprised at...lol
Thanks for stopping in today.

Hugs
Kathy

wow who would have thought

Wow who would have thought I would have so many visitors!! I am pretty excited. So when I reach 20 thousand I will offer some blog candy and those of you who know me can just imagine what I will offer, I like to treat my visitors well. So please keep checking in and before you know it there will be blog candy. What do you think of a pay it forward, I could offer one now or do you think I should wait? Let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping in and I want you to know I appreciate you all and if you email me and tell me your birthdays I would like to send a card to all my faithful people on thier birthdays.
You guys are the best.
K

I love birds

After watching my hummingbirds and goldfinches I just felt like using my Little birdie set from su. It didn't turn out as lavish as I had planned but its an ok card. I used my su water color pencils and a blender pen. The card stock is perfect plum and I think Lavender lace and of course a little whisper white. I used cb floder for the embossing and some brads I picked up at HL. Thanks for checking in and I promise to post more regularly but not on friday's because that is my late night. If I can whip a card up in the moring before work or even tonight I will post it. You guys are the best

K

Happy Mail....Exactly what I needed!!!!

I recieved this card yesterday from Simone over at Daily dose of Spazz. It was a blogger rak from splitcoast stampers but I frequent her blogs between daily dose of spazz and scrap your crap. This card is absolutely adorable and just what the doctor ordered...lol I realize I can't sit around and wallow in self pity so tonight I made a card but I can't post it until May because Its for a challange over at Scrap Your crap and that is part of thier challenge.

I just want to let you all know that I appreciate your comments and prayers. Tom and I did file charges and the Bank is putting my money back as they investigate each transaction and find out it truly wasn't us. Well I am back to my craft table(dining room table) and I will post a card tomorrow night or if I get it done tonight I will post it. You guys are the best and thanks for thinking if me in the last few weeks.

Hugs to you all
K

Hey Thanks for being here

I know I have been neglecting my blog lately, But I think I have a good reason. I don't know how I made it through this but let me tell you what happened. First off for those of you who don't really know me......I am a very kind hearted person..When my son got out of jail I let him come stay with us and straighten his life out, build his credit....get a job...all that kind of stuff. Well he did it and he is doing really well. He got himself a new car....credit cards...and is getting ready to move out on his own. I like to think he learned his lesson, which I really think he did. So now on the flip side....My stepdaughter is having a rough time so I convince my husband to let her come stay with us and we will do the same for her that we did for my son. She moves in a few weeks ago and has been keeping me busy. so last saturday I go on my online banking to tranfer some money around and much to my shock both my accounts at that particular bank are empty( as a matter of fact 1 is in the negative) so OMG what the heck happened here!!!! I fly to my master bath to find my bank card thinking I lost it....but its there. I tell my husband and he thinks I typed something in wrong and I go back and type my account again. Same thing comes up. Well Lo and Behold his banl card is missing and so is his daughter. Now I can't prove it was her but she disappeared the same day all the withdrawals have been done. How did she know the pin number you ask? I asked the same thing and my children responded "MA Tom has had the same number since we were little kids" Omg I never realized he kept the same pin number over 20 some odd years. What do we do Press charges or learn from this? I feel like my heart has been ripped out because I tried to helps someone ine need. Am I nuts? What so I do? Thanks for stopping in and listening to me. Miss all of you

campaign

So my friend called me and asked me If I wanted to go to High Point and see Bill Cinton speak? Off we went thinging we wouldn't even get in. Well we got in and we were 4 rows away from the former president. I listened to his great speech and realize he is a pretty funny guy. Can you believe I even got to shake his hand and tell him I was a Massachusetts native. I have some pictures of him to post. I will edit them tomorrow and poat them. I have never gone to a political rally in my life but it was pretty exciting and Bill Clinton is quite a speaker. Thanks for stopping in today and I promise I will post a card tomorrow.
K

Just a quick note

Christ is Risen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ALLELUHIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Mail

I got home from work rather late tonight,feeling pretty tired. What is that box on my counter??? Oh Yeah I remember I ordered some of the new stamps from Gina K!! Pretty sweet deal too because you buy 3 and get s special stamp set free. I am so excited!!!!!!!!!! I just had to tell all of you. Now I need to get off here and cut the stamps and If I can do it quickly enough I will make a card with them and be back. If the card isn't on here tonight it will definately be posted tomorrow when I get home from work. Of course it could be a long day because we are having an audit and those audits take for ever. Hopefully we score a hundred, but I know one department we are vulnerable in. Geesh there has got to be a break here somewhere...lol life in retail....What can you say...lol.
Thanks for stopping in and checking on me.

K

dahlia fold flower

I like thise card even though I didn't take a great picture of it. I used wild Wasabi cs and some flowers for you dp. and the stamps are from su and they are called celebrate everything. I added a little sparkly brad to the center of the dahlia fold flower and a little bling around the word celebrate. and the ribbon is from one of Jody Morrow's many swaps. Thanks for stopping in and I hope you like the card.

K

Whew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I finally finished the folds on the Dahlia fold flower and let me tell you they have to be pretty close to perfect or the flower doesn't look right. I realized after like 4 days that I should do it on a hard surface instead of on my lap...lol Tomorrow I will finish the card off and post it. I am quite pleased with the way the flower came out and I think You will be too. Oh yeah I got a job offer tonight that sounds very promising. If you know me I currently work about 70 hours a week as a salaried manager and I am not happy putting my crafting off until I am not to tired to do it. When My company closed 2 yrs ago I never thought getting a new job would mean putting what I love on the back burner.. Well I guess I kind of know its on the back burner but not to the extent this company has put it. I mean I am physically exhausted everyday when I get home from work. I go from my professional clothes to my pajama's everyday. My family hates that I spend no time with them and my friends have the same gripe, I used to stamp with my friend Cheryl a few times a week before and now I don't get to stamp with her at all. We use to ttry every technique there was and have so much fum. I hope this job pans out and gives me some sense of normalcy to my life again. Thanks for listening and checking in. Tomorrow you will see my finished card.

K

I am glad you asked!!

http://ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/flowercard.htm

Several of You asked me where I got the template for the 3d flower and I realozed I should have posted it. So tonight I seached the blogs and I found it. I actually saw the flower on Melstampz blog and she posted the link to the flower. I hope its ok that I post the link to where I found it. Thanks for stopping in tonight, I am still working on that dahlia fold flower. It seems the folds have to be exact or the flower doesn't look right and I am using such a small circle I guess that makes it more difficult. But even the ones that weren't perfect look great..so as soon as it is perfect I will post it.

Can I just say?????????????????

I am seeing all these new scorepals and I have to say I am a little upset. I bought the scorepal when it first came out and I have to say I love it, But I often wished it had more measurements for scoring. Now they have come out with one that has so many measurements. My Dh would probably kill me if I bought another. I mean Less then a yr ago I spent 39.95 for it and told him how much better my scoring would be and never dared to tell him that I wished for more score lines..lol Don't get me wrong he really doesn't mind me spending the money on what I want but he always tells me not to be the first one on the bandwagon because they always enhance the original ones...Lol please don't tell him he was right. Ok thanks for listening to me, I couldn't help it after visiting several blogs and seeing the new and improved scorpal. Thanks for stopping in

K