It's All About The Journey

Digital Books Done & a Smiley Box to share.

I finished the digital books for Molly and Darcy. I am so excited to have them both done almost a month before Christmas. If I have time I will be doing two more for 3other grandchildren. I would like to share the last two pages in their books with you. I know that you would prefer to see a card and I hope to be able to stamp soon. It seems like forever that I have been writing that on my blog. But I do hope to be able to stamp soon.

Both Molly and Darcy loved riding their bikes. Darcy still does. However, now that Molly has gotten her drivers license she prefers to drive her Mothers car.

 

I'm sure that the girls will be very happy with the books that I made for them.  So 2 down and 3 to go. The papers, frames and font are all from FotoFusion.  I love the colors on these papers.

Next is a Smilebox I made of the photo shoot that Wayne & I and  Molly and her boyfriend,Brian had takne last Saturday. We had an awesome time that afternoon posing for the camera. Colleen, Wayne's daughter took our photos. I think she did an excellent job especially when working with me. I was quite tired that day.

You might have to slow the photos down. I tried from my side and could not get them to go with the music that I chose. I hope you enjoy looking at them.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I hope that all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. Wayne and I enjoyed the day and the dinner. Wayne was a huge help to me in getting the dinner prepared and the clean up after we were finished eating. As for the rest of the weekend I'm not sure what we will be doing but I hope to be able to create a card. :)I do apologize for not posting as often as I used to but not being able to stamp is one of the reasons. Another reason is that I have had a lot of family things come up so I have been quite busy. If you are subscribed to my blog then you will know when I update it.  Until I post againn make sure to  keep smiling. :)

A Christmas Card & I've Been Tagged

I have been busy,busy,busy. I wish that I could spend more time making cards but with the holiday coming up and so many appointments to go to I have some days where I feel like I have to remember to take a deep breath and just let it all be.  Today, I was able to paper craft another Christmas card. Although it was not made using all of the awesome stamps that I have it still felt good to be able to make a card. As for stamping........soon, very soon. :)

I have also been tagged by two wonderful women and I will get to that in a moment. Here is my card.  Hope you like it. Don't be afraid to be honest and tell me what you would have done differently to it. I love constructive criticism.

 

To make this card I used Christmas Cheer designer paper and Christmas Cheer Grand Adhesions from K&Company. I love this collection. It is so vintage and the colors are beautiful. When I fell and fractured my elbow and sprained my wrist I went out and bought lots of papers and matching elements so that I could at lest make cards due to my not being able to stamp. So I have lots more to make.  I used Handsome Hunter card-stock from Stampin'UP! for the base of the card and the large scallop. I did not like the scallop plain so I used Florentine gold glitter around the edges. The glitter is from  Martha Stewart.To finish my card off I used a decorated cream and gold satin ribbon. I purchased this ribbon at Michaels. I think that this card took me all of 15 minutes to make. I loved that I was able to take  a little of my  time to make this card. It was a joy to make.

Speaking of cards. There is only one spot left for anyone who would like to make a card using my very first and perhaps my last card sketch. You can find it here. So if any of you have 10 minutes to make a card for my UHU challenge I would be very grateful. If it sounds like I am desperate it's because I am :) Shameful, I know. :0

Okay I have been tagged by two wonderful and very gifted women. The first person was Elizabeth from Altered Book Lover. Elizabeth is a very talented woman who is quite gifted in the art of altering books and other items. Stop by and say hi to her.

The idea of this tag is  that I have to tell 6 quirky things about myself, then tag five other friends. OY this is a tough one for me. I will then do the second tag and then tag 5 people. If you would like to only do one of the tags please do so. I am  tagging 6 people because I did both tags.

Quirky

1. I talk to myself. Even when Wayne is home I talk to myself. It drives him crazy. 

2. I can not wear clothes that fit tight.

3. I carry anti-bacterial hand wipes or gel with me where ever I go.

4. Every thing I wear is fragrance free including my clothes. (Quirky but not of my choosing)

5. I will not eat white bread. Is that considered quirky? Not sure.

6. I never let the gas tank in my car go below a quarter.

 

This next Tag is from Becky of Hemidemisemiquaver Design Blog. I thing that just about everyone knows Becky. Not only is she a wonderful paper crafter and cardmaker but she is also an opera singer with a voice that I can listen to for hours. 

In this tage you are suppose to list five things for each question.

Things I Love:  My family, music, paper crafting,walking and God. Not necessarily in that order.

Things I Don’t Love:Spicy foods, people who are not nice, the economy right now, cold weather and tight clothing.

Songs on my iPod: Annie Lennox, Bruce Springsteen,Cold Play Sarah Brightman and Peter Gabriel.

Favorite Food or Drink: Chinese,Italian, omelets, Decaf coffee and diet 7 Up soda.

Here are my tags.

Tami Wood

Cheryl Horton

Rita Santos

Dottie Kinnear

Keri Serieka

Joan Bardee

Have fun ladies.:)  Don't forget to tag 5 people.

I have some new portraits to share with all of you. As soon as I get more time I intend to make a new smiley box using some of the portraits.  I hope to do that very soon.

Brr. It has been so cold here in NH. Today we did get to 40degrees and that was nice but unfortunately too cold for me to walk in. I keep telling myself that we have been lucky not to get the snow yet but I miss walking outdoors so I guess not having snow isn't making me feel that much better. :) At least when it snows I will be able to go outdoors and take pictures. I hope that all of you have a wonderful week.  Smile. :) 
 

A Winner & Butterflies

I could not get Random.org to work for me today so I had Wayne choose a winner at random for me.The winner is ........ Cheryl Sims .Congratulations Cheryl. :) If you would please send me your home address I will be able to get your set of stamps out to you ASAP.

I was blown away with how many people are cutting back on Christmas. I should not have been but I was.  If any of you read all of the posts as I have then perhaps you have learned some excellent ways of cutting back during this tough economy. I know that I will be using many of the ideas that I read not just while times are tough but even when our economy gets better. And it will get better just not as fast as we might all like it to. I was sad to read that some of you have been out of work or have recently lost your job or have a spouse who has lost their job. I could go on and on about this subject but I wont. At least not here. I hope to update my personal blog within the next few days and write about the different ways that we can all cut back.  Thank you to all of you who took the time to write and share some really good ideas. I wish that I had a stamp set for all of you.

My post is also about a butterfly/flower photo that I took this summer and what I have done with it. I did another post like this one last month I think. This time I changed it a bit. I hope that you like my ideas.

Like many people I take lots of photos of nature and like lots of people I develop my photos and then store them away only to be forgotten. Last month I decided to share how I used to make my own cards using my photos and then expanded the idea into making them using materials I already had instead of buying the cards that my photos could slip into. Well not only have I made a card using one of my favorite photos but I also used it on a digital scrap page and I had note cards made from Shutterfly.

The first thing that I did was make a card.

 

To make my card I used my photo as my image. I used  Old Olive and Basic Black card-stock from Stampin'UP!I used Versamagic on  the Paisley Backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farmsand stamped it onto the base of my card. The ribbon is from May Arts and the sentiment is MSE! stamps.  I had all of the materials that I needed to make this card so it was cheap and very easy to make.  The adhesive that I used on my card is from UHU glue.

Next I took a photo of the note cards that I ordered from Shutterfly. I have to tell you that I am quite impressed with the quality and the customer service. I intend to order more using different photos and then giving them away as gifts. It's nice because you  get a set of 12 with the envelopes for 9.95. I can split them up  into a set of six and Voila! I have 2 gifts. :)

 

This card looks so much prettier in person. I could not get the photo the way that I wanted it and I did not have lots of time to keep trying so this was the best that I could do. The colors on the card are much more vibrant.

Lat but not least I made a digital scrap page using this photo. It is simple but I really like how it came out.

 

The digital paper that I used is from Lumapix. I added a washed out frame and a quote and that was it.  Another quick project. If you visit my blog often then by now you know I *love* digital scrapbooking.  I have finished both books for my granddaughters. Now all I have to do is wrap them up and they have a Christmas gift that will last then their life time.

On a personal note I'm doing well. I still have more healing to do but I am so happy that I have been able to stamp a little more. I'm also doing other things that I was not able to do. Funny how we can take the simple things in our life for granted.

I have been walking as often as possible. I walked on Sunday and Monday. Both days it was only 42 degrees and both days it was quite windy. I admit that yesterday had me thinking that my days of walking outdoors would be over soon at least for awhile. Today it was only 34 degrees so I decided to take a break. Although it is suppose to be the same temperature for the rest of the week I just might try walking and see how I do.  I  will be getting my flu shot this Thursday.  Friday I have an appointment and then on Saturday Wayne and I are going to have our portraits done at sears by Colleen. My oldest granddaughter Molly and her boyfriend are coming up this way to have Colleen do their portraits too. Then Molly and I are going to have a few of just the 2 of us together. It should be a fun day. :)  So that is how the rest of my week is looking for now. Can you believe that Thanksgiving day is just one more week away? Yikes! I'm not quite finished shopping for what I need that day. I suppose I ought to hurry up . :) Okay enough of my being a chatterbox.

I hope that all of you are having a good week with warmer weather then we here in NH are having and I hope that your all set for Thanksgiving day. Stay warm and stay healthy. Smile. :)