It's All About The Journey

A Sense Of Time

Hi Ladies. I made a card today for the PPA challenge and would like to share it with you.  This weeks  challenge is PPA 44-A Skethcy Challenge.  I made a very simple 5 1/4 x 5 1/4" card.

Here is my card.

 
  

Here is what I used to make it.

All products are from Stampin'UP! The stamp set is Sense of Time. I love that this set is perfect for making cards as well as for making scrapbook pages. I used Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip card-stock. The ink is Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip. I used the new Cog punch, and the Square Lattice Textured folder. Last but not least I used Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon. Hope you like it. It truly was very simple to make.  :)

Today Wayne and I had a great time with my daughter and the children. I have some photos to share with you and will the next time I post. It is late and Wayne is waiting for me to watch a movie with him. So I had better keep this short.  I hope that all of you are enjoying your long weekend.  I also hope that you had beautiful weather like we did. Thank you very much for stopping by to check out my card. Stay safe and Smile. :)

A Page, A Necklace And A Few Beach Photos

Hi Ladies,due to my being so busy this week the days and nights have flown right by me.  It is so hard for me to grasp the fact  that it is almost June. Yikes! I wish that I could have done some stamping this week but that had to be put on the back burner due to all I had to do. I do have a few photos and one page to show you. I made this page about 2 weeks ago and it is one of my favorites.

 
I used the MDS from Stampin'UP!I love that SU keeps adding more stamp, papers etc. to download into the MDS. This page was made for a challenge on Soul Scrappers and fortunately for me SU had just released the new digital Sporting stamps.  This page is for a book that I am making for Molly. My sweetMolly is graduating on June 12th. I am excited for her but I'm sad that she has grown up so fast. I made this page the size of  8 1/2 x 11" Hope you like my page.:)

Recently, I purchased a necklace from Becky of Farmgirl Paints.  As soon as I saw her design I fell in love with it.  I love unique jewelry. I don't care if it is in real gold, Sterling silver or metal.  I would like to share a photo of what I received. Becky's pendants can be seen on the right hand side of her blog. I have gotten quite a few compliments on my new necklace already.:) Sorry about the black frame being chopped off a bit.

Becky painted the flower isn't it beautiful?  The pendant is all handmade. And it is a one of a kind little piece of art that goes around my neck. I asked her if she could put the word "Hope"  on my necklace and she did!!! I love going to Becky's blog. I always leave there feeling so good. She shares her lovely day to day stories and photos. Love it! 

Last but not least here are a few photos of  Wayne and I at York Beack Maine. We went there after my dentist appointment. Thankfully, my appointment was at 3:45pm because I'm not suppose to be out in the sun . It was 90 degrees and the sun was very,very bright. Wayne and I had to walk around to some of the gift shops for awhile due to the sun.

Finally we were able to go to Nubble Light and then off to the Long Sands Beach so that we could be closer to the water. Unfortunately the sun was still quite bright so we walked a bit, I got my feet wet and Wayne and I took a few photos. I would have loved to have stayed later but I was not able to.

 Here is a photo of  Nubble Light.  Ugh! A part of the photo is chopped off.

 

I was so surprised at how cold the water was! Can you see the shock on my face?

 
Wayne and I. Wayne did not take off his shoes so in the end they did get wet. Ha-ha. This photo was taken at around 5:30 pm and still the sun was way too strong. I am squinting in this photo.  Oh well, it's still a memory.  The sea breeze was delightful.

This weekend Wayne and I will be having a BBQ. My daughter, her boyfriend and the children will be coming.  It will be good to see all of them.  I hope that you have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I also hope that you will remember the men and women who have served and are serving to help keep our country protected.

Thanks so much for stopping by to see what I have been up to this week. Stay safe and Smile. :)

Theme Challenge-Memorial Day

Hi ladies, I learned a few things about my collection of  Stampin'UP! stamp sets. First,  I have way too many. Most of them are retired, some are current and quite a few of them are brand new. But the one thing that I was surprised at was that I had no stamps that would help me to make a card for the PPA 43 Theme Challenge-Memorial Day. I was very disappointed. I really wanted to make a card for this challenge. Being determined to play any way, I made a digital page in honor of my Father-in-Law. My FIL was a very special man. He passed away 4 years ago and I miss him very much. He was a gentle man, a kind man and I enjoyed being around him. Wayne was very lucky to have this man as his father. :) In honor of his serving in World War 2, I chose to make my page a tribute to him for the Memorial challenge.

Here is my page in the smaller format.

The next one is in the larger format so that you can read the words better. However, it has chopped off  a little bit of the right hand side of the page. 
 

 

I used the MDS program  from Stampin'UP! to make my page.

Wayne and I had a wonderful weekend. Wayne started painting the outside of our home, and he did a little gardening. On Saturday we took a trip to Home depot and to Loews so that we could buy some more plants.  I wish that I had gotten some photos of Wayne up on the ladder painting our home but I got sidetracked and spaced it.  But I did bring my little camera when we went shopping for our plants and flowers. Wanna see a few photos?

I asked Wayne to smile and he did but he made a goofy face as well. He likes to do that to me. :)

 

See what I mean?

 
This photo of  Wayne is one that I took of him when he was off guard. Ha-ha

 

 
Then Wayne took one of me.  Yes, I look like a geek. What can I tell you. :)  As you can see Wayne and I lead very exciting lives.

So that is some of what I have been up to. I have a very,very busy schedule this coming week. But Wayne and I are hoping to get to York Beach Maine on Tuesday afternoon. I will make sure I bring my camera for sure. Also I hope to have at least one card made to share with you. Until then have a wonderful week, stay safe and Smile. :)