Birthday Wishes

I love the new colors of cardstock that Stampin'Up! has come out with....I heard alot of moans and groans about all the retired colors, but you just "gotta" love these new ones.....this one is daffodil delight...heck just the name alone draws my atttention!  The designer paper I used is the new Gala Greenhouse...the entire pack of paper is beautiful, I cut around some of the flowers on one of the designs....the butterfly is the SU butterfly punch...I stamped with daffodil ink on white cardstock, then punched it out, the stamp set for the butterfly is a level one hostess set called Punch Potpourri...the ribbon used is also Daffodil Delight...I finished the inside of the card as well...the sentiment I stamped with the new SU Early Espresso...funny but I always used Choclate Chip, then they came out with Soft Suede, so I was always grabbing for that,  now I find myself using the Espresso all the time....see ya later!!

Sweet Sixteen Sparkle Tag~Crepe Paper At The Forum

This tag serves as  double purpose~my last crepe paper post at the "Forum".....next month we will have a new theme.....check us out.......I am using this tag for my sweet 16 grandaughters birthday...she is the one in pink...such a beauty.  I gathered 8 layers of ruffles using some Jenni Bowlin crepe paper ribbon, the bottom layer has polka dots on it.  The background of the tag is a ribbed vellum which doesn't show up much in the pic.....I had fun using the crepe paper, and will find more uses for it later.

The forum link is at the left if you would like to visit...look into the creative teams Mix Media for more pretty and different uses of creative crepe paper projects.....bye!!!!

Back From Vacation~Yes Michigan

We are back from vacation...I will have something NEW to do with "paper crafting" posted tomorrow...I promise...I have to, its my turn to post on the mix media creative team forum.....and I haven't even started...yikes!!

Here are a couple of pics I took while we gone...the dog got me up early to go outside, and boy am I glad or I would of missed this fantastic sunrise over Lake Huron......all I can say is its GORGEOUS!!!  Makes you glad to be alive...no kidding...look close and the bottom part is the water reflecting the colors of the sunrise.....I can hardly believe I got such a great shot...you can click on it for a big~full view..see ya tomorrow with my "crepe paper' project!!

Hot & Cold A Bit of a Drastic Difference!!!!

I am a little bit unavailable today, so this is a "prepost".....thought I would share a bit of the winter we had, for all of us (me in particular) that have been complaining about all the heat.  This should do one of two things...either cool you off...or make you happy you have the heat instead of this mess...brrr.

The flowers are the "hot" part...could not have this beauty without it...these "pretties" are poppies from my gardens this year........hope you enjoy the photos!!!!!  Remember for a better view, you can always click on a photo to make it bigger!!

Pink Heaven Trumpet Lilies~Plant for Hope

I purchased these lily bulbs this Spring at Walmart for $5.......WOW.....it has to be the best $5 I have spent on bulbs in a long time...these are stunning...they smell so strong...about 5 times more powerful then an Easter Lily...I was afraid the deer would smell them and eat them all up!!  For every package you bought of the Pink Heaven ,30 cents was donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.....a plant for Hope!!  It's hard to describe the size, but each lily was 6" long and about as wide.....I will be looking for more of these....just had to share the beauty of these!!!

Cricut Cake Give Away

Take a peak on my sidebar.....I have a link to a Cricut Cake give away!!!  Also look thru my blog list...lots of wonderful creativeness there...and don't forget to visit  the "More Paper Then Shoes Forum" and see whats new......all just a click away!!

More of My Sunday Scraps

A busy week so far, had a friend over on Tuesday...we made 14 baby shower invites...they turned out so cute....and guess what...I didn't take any pictures!!  Yesterday I had a luncheon for my sister's birthday...the menu was all new items I never made before...fun, but a bit scarey too, as you never know if you will like them or not....lemon chicken salad...yum......fresh baked herb rolls....not only yummy, but easy.....a zuchinni and fresh tomato tart...mmmmm.....little tropical crescent cookies and a black bottom strawberry cheese pie with whipped cream...double yum!! I might post the recipes later.....no pics of them either....darn!!

Good thing I had these cards ready to post..hopefully can back into more "creating" soon......all 3 of these cards were made with bits of "scrap" I had stuck in that neverending drawer I mentioned in a previous post!...all simple...but I like how they turned out...well have to run...another busy day for me...ugh!!