no valentine's card...

I did give one to hubby. Well, actually to be honest I *will* give one to him when he gets back home today. He had to go back to Saitama this week, so we didn't see him on Valentine's day. But since I really prefer not to make cards for a specific person on a specific occasion, I am giving one I made quite awhile ago. And most likely it has already been on the blog :)

So how about a birthday card?  I used a few different Papertrey sets on this card.

 

 

 

 

I like how it turned out I think. I really like the newsprint in gray. I have a hard time getting my sentiment banners to work, but I think it looks ok here.maybe?

 

Thanks for stopping by today :) I hope you had a great week and a wonderful Valentine's Day.

Starting again.

It's the start of another week. I'm sure I'm not ready. I guess I'll fake it :) At least it is sunny here. I don't know about everyone else, but sunny days cheer me up.

And how about a sunny card? heehee. I honestly didn't even plan my sunny comment to go with my card. Pure coincidence :)

All stamps are from Wplus9. The inks are from Papetrey Ink. I love how cheerful this card turned out. Definitely should brighten up someone's day.

Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope your week starts off great :)

I had

a great birthday :) Knowing that Tomio always spoils me and I will have lots of fun makes getting older pretty great :) heehee.  Kind of hard to go back to normal routine after fun days like that though....

I really like today's card. It actually took several tries to get the sentiments lined up well. I guess I'm not that good at eyeballing things...I ended up having to draw guidelines with a pencil on either side to make sure they lined up well. But in the end I think it was worth it :) All the stamps are from Papertrey's "Grunge me" set.

Thanks for stopping by today! Are you ready for the weekend? I definitely am.

chicken and dumplings :)

That's what we are having for dinner tonight :) The kids requested it, but seeing as it is one of my all time favorite foods, I'm not complaining :) We eat plenty of Japanese food, rice almost everyday really. But we still like our fair share of good old Southern food!

Card time. I did some heat embossing on this one. I pretty much always will heat emboss anything that I want to stamp in white. It comes up so nice and crisp, while just the ink is always just a little too...translucent maybe? The pretty butterflies are from Hero Arts.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! It's my birthday tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to spending the day with Tomio and the kids. Rumor has it he is taking me to Hard Rock Cafe :)

better.

I feel better. We actually made a trip to the doctor late last night, but fortunately I got some meds, and I am doing better. Pretty much took the day to rest. Glad that the kids could help out with things...guess that means they are all getting so big now :(

Haven't crafted in a few days. But I have this card I made a little bit ago. I heat embossed the flowers and the sentiment. I kind of liked how the background turned out :) All stamps are from Papertrey.

Thanks for stopping by!! I have some more rest to catch up on. I hope your week has started out a little bit calmer than mine :)

just a little.

We got some snow this morning. I think it actually snowed for about 15 minutes :) That was it, though. Not even raining or anything now. But the kids were still excited to see some snow :)

I've spent some time stamping this last week. Not as much as I'd like, but still some. And Tomio got my shelves up in my stamping room(!), I want to spend even more time there :) It is finally coming together I think. I love getting it all set up and organized.
Anyway, here is a card I made. Not sure how I feel about it honestly. I little too many patterns for me, but I decided to keep it anyway. I do like the colors :)

Thanks for stopping by!! We are about to go out to eat :) yay:)

I'm not sure...

where the weekend went?!?! It barely feels like we even had one.  I guess it's time to get back work. I'm not ready, but I'll just pretend I am :)

A bright card. Nice and cheery :) I love butterflies. These are from Sweet&Sassy stamps. They have matching dies too.

Okay--I'm off to get started on "my week". Hope you enjoyed your weekend!! Thanks so much for stopping by!