Purple blooms

I have been struggling with feeling inspired lately, I end up stamping a bunch of stuff to find nothing working and then putting it all down to come back later. The other day while checking in on some of my favorite blogs I came across a card done by Lin (quilterlin) and felt totally inspired. I love how she used the viney, fern stamp from Hero Arts and that totally sparked my creativity! I had bought the flowers (Hero Arts) a while back but had yet to use them and I now LOVE them! I am entering this card into the Hero Arts, floral challenge for this month. The sentiment is from PTI, all other stamps are Hero Arts.

As I type this it is almost 8 a.m. and baby girl is still asleep! She was up at 5, and then back up at 6, but I put some music on for her and back to sleep she went! Now if I could have only had Wyatt sleep-in instead of crawling in bed with me at 6 to ask me to make him breakfast! LOL! He is so sweet though, he will hug and kiss me and tell me "I wuv you" it is totally worth it! I am seeking any advice for Potty training with my hard headed sweet boy! Owen was so easy, trained well before he was 3! Wyatt will be 3 1/2 and will just fuss and cry everytime I ask him to go potty. Once he is there he will usually go, but has no care to go on his own! I am totally frustrated, and don't know how to handle this, leave him be for awhile? Or keep trying to get him to go? Any advice? My DH asked if I was surprised he was so difficult, he did not walk until he was almost 2, or talk until then either. No reason for it, just because he didn't want to! Anyway, have a wonderful day!

PDCC #81

This is my entry for the Play Date Cafe color challenge.  I stamped the Hero Arts image with memento and colored with BB pens from Faber-Castell. The sentiment and background are from PTI and the background on the green is a Hero Arts background stamp. Woke up this a.m. to thunder and some rain, I love it. We need it, especially for my vegetable gardens. Until I get my DH to set up my watering system I spend a good bit of Lainey's nap time lugging watering cans to the back field. So far so good, but mother nature does a much better job!

Justrite flower

This card is made using justrite flower stamp, I stamped these when I went to visit my friend Debbie and decided this one would be perfect for the challenge. It is colored with copic and then I used diamond glaze around the frame to give it some dimension. The embossed background is from cuttlebug, and the twine is hero arts. I am also going to enter this in the new CAS-ual Fridays  and the Lily pads embossing challenge as it happened to fit these criteria as well. Funny how I ended up making a clean and simple card without even trying, but when I intended on it, I made it impossible!

PB Tall Card Challenge

I am loving the challenges on the Penny Black blog, they have an wonderful DT and so many inpirational cards. The challenge this week was to make a tall card using Penny Black stamps. I stamped the floral and butterfly images in black ink and used my copic to color on the kraft paper. Then I went back with my spica gel pen to highlight the centers and the butterfly. So glad that blogger is back up and running although it did delete my last post! We are just enjoying a relaxing weekend, work has been crazy busy with the Parade of Homes. We are hoping things get back to normal so we can see my DH before 9 pm every night! Have a great rest of your weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Floral thank you

Card: Penny black flower stamp, and sentiment, leaves and background are hero arts.Image is colored with copics.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! Owen was so excited to give me his presents. In school he made beautiful paper flowers, two cards, a piece of pottery, they even grew a marigold in a pot for us! My favorite gift of all was a sweet letter. It was so nice of the Teacher to have the kids do this, I will treasure it for sure! Owen is such a wonderful child, I am so blessed with him, he is the best big brother. He is also so compassionate about others and smart! I love being a Mom, my kids bring me such joy and laughter each and every day. Even on the toughest days, I can find something that makes me smile. I am so thankful for my three beautiful blessings!

Amongst flowers in red

Wow, it's been a crazy busy week! This weekend seems to be following the same crazy path, so I am hoping for some peace coming in the next few weeks! The card was stamped using the faber-castell big brush pens, the background script was stamped in antique linen. The impressed background is from PTI, and all stamps are from Penny Black. Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there, hope you have a wonderful day!

PDCC # 79

 

This is my entry for the PDCC #79  I had to get this stamp and a few others after I saw my friend Debbie's gorgeous cards she made with it. I love Magenta, and especially like that now they make their stamps in cling. I stamped the image and colored with copics,  matted the image on a spellbinder die cut. The background paper is from basic grey, and the green paper is actually an envelope that had the perfect green I needed from Lasting Impressions.  Another busy week here, can you believe Mother's Day is this Sunday! It seems way too early, maybe since Easter was so late!  

We went to a birthday party for a friend Sunday, it was at Moore's Creek Battlegrounds and the boys had a blast playing. Lainey was so good, she loves riding in the stroller taking in all the sites! She will be 6 months old on Wednesday, will be posting pictures this week of her. Have a wonderful Monday!

Wyatt popping bubbles