let it snow

I love snow, but only in small doses.  We most likely won't see much snow here, but when we do it's a huge event. Where I grew up in MD, if we had a good amount of snow we were usually snowed in and unable to get out of our driveway. That could mean days of being stuck, which as I got older became not so fun. Here if we get snow it most likely will melt by mid-day and there is usually no shoveling involved.

I stamped the tree from Penny Black with brown memento ink, then used broken china, tumbled glass and faded jean distressed inks on the panel. I then overstamped a snow design block from Hero arts in white onto the panel.  The Window die is from Memory box, isn't it fabulous! I love it. I have lots of ideas for this one! They have two sizes and their dies cut perfectly and are in so many great shapes. The snowflakes were embossed and sanded to create the rustic background. Here is a close up on the die and tree. Thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

Autumn foliage

Memory Box has some of the best collage type stamps. I love the ones they design. The background of the collage was colored with various orange tones of distressed inks, then edged with soot. Then I colored the leaves with copics, the background leaves is from a set by Flourishes. We have some cool crisp fall weather today, I am loving it. We don't get a traditional fall here in Eastern NC, I miss the piles of gorgeous tones of color that would fall from the trees in MD. We use to pile them up and jump off our swing into them, so fun! Raking up pinestraw into piles just isn't the same! LOL! Have a great day!

Shades of Green

A few weeks ago I had stamped the silhouette image and then moved on to another idea. My desk is full of these type of pieces. I start off in one direction and then go in a totally different one. I found the stamped piece again and this card grew from there. The stamp images are Hero arts, and the sentiment is from PTI. The band and sentiment die are PTI also, and the beautiful leaf flourish die is from Memory box.

I spent a good part of yesterday organizing my work, as much as I don't want to admit that I can't do it all, it is become increasingly difficult to find time to do my "other" job! By the time the kids go to bed, I am exhaused and don't want to do any paperwork. I am finding I am forgetting stuff and missing things so I must get a better system going. I hate making mistakes and I am really hard on myself, I just need to spend a little extra time making sure I have everything done each day. Although I would rather just play with my kids! Have a great weekend!

PDCC # 77

  

This is my card for the PDCC challenge, the label is from PTI, the bird stamp is from Memory box and the background is a hero arts stamp. Edited: I just realized I forgot to use white, will have to see if I have time to make another entry! That is what happens when I forget to write the challenges down!

Well, Easter is right around the corner, I actually had a chance to run errands Sunday without kids in tow. While it was nice, I was able to run in and out of the stores quickly. Although I was in too much of a hurry to really enjoy it! DH did awesome watching the crew, Lainey even took 1.5 hour nap for him! Here are some quick pictures of my little bunny girl! TFL!

 

Magenta dragonfly

I love paper piecing, especially with the wonderful papers that Memory Box designs, this week I am using the Minuet paper pack. It has some gorgeous blues, greens and butterfly patterns. The stamp and sentiment are both from Magenta.

Today, we are back to School, and the routine again, it has been nice not having to alter Lainey's sleeping to pick up Owen from school. Although it is hard to believe just two full months left of the school year, and summer will be here before we know it! Have a great Monday!

Blue butterfly

 

Yesterday, Wyatt and I discovered the daffodils blooming on the side of our house, and today it seems the Pear trees have all popped! I love the fluffy blooms on these trees. Spring is so close now, I am preparing my plans for a gardens and getting my orders together. I can't wait to be picking fresh veggies and fruit with the kids again. 

The card above is a mixture of different stamps, the butterfly is from Memory box, and it was colored with copics.   The two background images are from Hero Arts, and the sentiment is from PTI.

Pair of birds

Just a simple card, the bird stamp is from memory box, I stamped with a versacolor ink in Mauve. It looks less muted in person though. I forget I have all these yummy bo bunny papers, so I thought I would use one for this card.  Can't wait for CHA this year to see the new stuff, not that I need anything! Spellbinders is coming out with more dies, I love their stuff.  I am sure there will be sneak peaks of other products coming out too. Then there will be the waiting to get the new stuff...

It is HOT here again, took the boys to the local Farmers Market to pick up some corn, butterbeans and potatoes for dinner. Our gardens are doing okay, the zucchini and squash have seen better days. Even with our spraying for bugs something has devastated the crops. Have a few things we are going to try next year like separating the crops and planting a second harvest. The peppers and eggplant are doing wonderfully, but the tomatoes are hit or miss. Some plants never did anything, and some are going crazy. The plum tomatoes I planted to make sauce did not survive, but we have enough cherry, pear tomatoes are going crazy.  The cantaloupe are looking really good and so are our carrots, every year we learn something new. It is worth it thought to go out and pick your own stuff! Have a great day!