It's All About The Journey

A 10 Minute Card & A few photos

I have a card to share with you. I made it for the PPA86 - Element of Style - Embossing Challenge. My card is very simple but than most of my cards are. :)  It took me only ten minutes to make once I knew what it was I wanted my card to look like.

Here is my card.

 

 
Here is what I used.

Stamps: Crosses Of  Hope and Teeny Tiny Wishes.Card-stock:Whisper White and Old Olive.  The Dp that  I used is Paisley Petals and will be available on april first. Contact your SU demonstrator for more information. This paper is absolutely gorgeous!  Inks:Versamark. I also used gold embossing powder, a tiny pearl and a Burgundy grossgrain ribbon. All products are from Stampin'UP!

Wayne and I had our portraits taken this weekend. It was part of a birthday gift to me from Wayne. It was very important to me that we had our photos taken for my birthday this year. I do not have the special lighting or back drops so taking them myself indoors was not an option. We had quite a few photos taken here are a few of them.

 

Wayne has such a beautiful smile. :)

 

Just a fun pose.

 

One of my favorite poses of Wayne and I together.
 
 
 Another fun pose and one that shows the real me at age 60.

Yup! I  still wear jeans and hoodies. I dress casual, I live simply,I smile lots, and I do the very best that I can each and every day.  At age 60, I am "Veganish" I eat chicken otherwise I would be considered a vegan. :) I am young at heart, have much more wisdom then I ever thought possible and a lot more patience than I expected to have. I'm in a good place in my life and for that I am grateful.  That about sums up how I feel at being sixty so far. :) I hope that what ever your age is  you feel like your in a good place too.

No digital page this week  but I do have Word Art that I put together to share with you . You might be 60 or have a parent or a grandparent who is and if so then perhaps you can add it to a photo or a page you might make about someone in your life who is 60.

 
 Click here to download.

 

 
Click here to download.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit my blog. I will be back as soon as I have more to share with you. Stay safe, stay warm and smile. :) Oh and have a fantastic week.

 

 

 

 

Happy Spring!

I know I'm one day late but I wanted to wish all of you who visit me a Happy spring. Just think warmer weather is on it's way for those of us who have been in the deep freeze. That is a happy thought. :)

I had a very busy week and weekend. So I did not get to do the crafting that I wanted to. I did make a card for thePPA 85- Sketch Challenge.  Although my card was not made from card-stock,ink and stamps it is still a card and I made it using the MDS program from Stampin'UP! I can either print it out using my home printer or have it printed for me. Either way I love the result.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card.

 

  I was also able to participate in a page challenge at Soul Scrappers this week. I made a recipe page and have decided that for Christmas this year I will be making a book of recipes for the girls in our family. I am going to ask each of our daughters what their favorite recipes are and also include a photo of them. I think they will get a big kick out of it!

 

The photo that I used for this page has been posted on my blog. I still have this drink every day! It is so good and so good for me. :) I used the MDS program to make my recipe page and the word art is made by me.

 

 

If you would like to use the word art for a page or for a photo you can download it from here at 4shared.

I have 3 personal photos that I would like to share with you. Wayne took hundreds of photos of me all weekend so that I could document my special birthday. I wish I had more time to re-size and touch up more photos to share but time sure did fly by this past week amd weekend. And besides, how many photos do you want to see of mostly just me. :)

 
 This was taken before Wayne put a few candles on my cake. The cake was too small to put all of the candles that should have been put on it. :)  I have a photo of me blowing them out as  well but did not resize it it yet.

 

Wayne really spoiled me this year. As one of my gifts he gave me the IPad generation 2. Here I am holding the box.

My daughter and Molly came to see me today. Jennifer gave me a beautiful Pandora charm for my bracelet and I love it. Darcy was sick today and was not able to visit.

  
 
 Here I am with Molly and Jen.  becuase I kept getting a glare on my glasses I had to pose the way that I did in this photo. And because JenandMolly found that funny they asked if they could each borrow a pair of my glasses.

 
 

So here we are all wearing glasses. The girls had a good time with it so why not right? So there are a few photos form my birthday weekend. I hope you had fun looking at them. 

I hope that you all had as wonderful a weekend as Idid. I also hope that you have a fantatsic week. Thanks so much for wishing me a Happy birthday in last weeks commenst. It sure did mean a great deal to me.  I will be back when I have more to share with you. In the mean time remember to stay safe, stay warm and smile everychance that you get.  Smile. :) Oh and thanks so much for stopping by.

 

 

 

A Card, A Page & Free Word Art

 
Okay, I have to get more creative with my post titles. If anyone has any ideas or  suggestions for me I would love to hear them. :)  In the mean time I have a very simple card, a digital page and free word art to share with anyone who would like it.

I made my card using the PPA84-Inspirational -Easter Challenge/Spring-And Blog Candy. Oh my I messed up a bit with this challenge. I decided to use some of the colors on the straw hat that is pictured. I should have used my Easter stamps ! Oh well I just realized it so I will share what I think is a spring looking card. As you will see it is  a very simple card.

 
 
 Here is what I used.

Stamp Sets: Build A Blossom and Bring On The Cake (Sentiment). Inks:Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait. Card-Stock:Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight,and Pear Pizzazz. I used a  fabric brad from the sweet Stitches collection and a Pear pizzazz ribbon. I used the Blossom Petals punch. All products  used are form Stampin'UP!  As you can see it it is a quick and easy card to make.

Here is my page.

 

 

I made this page for a challenge at Soul Scrappers. There are some awesome challenges every week. I try to participate in as many as I possibly can. I love that it helps to keep me on track with my digital scrapping.  I used the MDS program to make my page and I made the word art for my title. If you would like to see the page larger please double click on it. :)

 

 

 
Here is my latest Word Art freebie. If you would like it for your photos or for a digital or scrap page please click here to download it.  If you have any trouble downloading it please let me know. Also please remember that this is for your personal use only. Enjoy!

On a more personal note...... I  am having a very special birthday this Saturday and I am quite excited about it.  Wayne and I will be going out for the day and then out to dinner. Although I am not suppose to eat or drink anything dairy I intend to break that rule for one day. I will be indulging in cake and eating Italian food. :) On Sunday my daughter and 2 of my granddaughters will be coming up to see me and I am very excited about that too!  All of the other children are busy on "My" birthday but I'm sure that I will see them at some point. Anyway, next week I will have photos to share and what ever else I have the chance to make.

I hope that you have a fantastic week ahead. Just think, spring is right around te corner. :) Stay warm, stay safe and Smile every chance you get. :)  Thank you so much for stopping by.