Rain Puddles Design

Hello all, I'm in for a quick post before my day starts off with some fun with a friend and her daughters. A little bit of bartering and then some fun in the pool! Today's card is using two challenges from Verve. My last order with Verve came with a wonderful gift bag of goodies and with some delicious paper among many other yummy stuff. I have a small pack from the same line so I know its MME's Hazel Papers. So sweet. I've been hoarding each sheet so it will last and now I have bonus paper. So fun. Anyway, I've been watching the Diva Dare Challenge and it's Sentimental About Paper . To use your sentiments and break out that fun paper you've been saving. I've got an addiction for Verve's sentiments. They are the best, nothing more needs to be said! LOL And my affection for paper is something of a serious note. I must start using it more than I already do! The second challenge is the latest Mojo Monday (#201) . It's the last week of the mon...

It's Thursday and I'm bringing you a card I made for a friend of mine! We planned a morning back in June to do a mini workshop at my house (hah, I'm talking like I'm an instructor or something) so she could create some cards for graduation and also a wedding. We worked on the graudation cards too long and the wedding card still needed to be done, so I went ahead and pulled this together. It's not a traditional looking wedding card, but I really like how it came out. My friend told me that the bride loves classical literature and the groom likes to play computer games. I really wanted to make a card that used both of those elements. I was delighted to have the help of my mother-in-law, who is an avid reader, tell me some classics that might work on a wedding card. We found a list online and as I did a sound off, we narrowed it down to three authors, two of poetry and one of short stories. Having them online I printed out my choice ...

For a few weeks now, my son has been asking for a pinãta. It began sometime in May and it wasn't really a request, it was introduced as an idea. My son has a terrific mind full of things to make and we know it's share time when he starts out with, "Hey! I have a good idea!". So we've made a pinãta and it was a grand party in our backyard. (My mind is still on vacation... I took ALL of the photos with my Macro setting from the last card photo I took. I hope the photos don't make you dizzy!) Now, once we layered the paper-mâché on the balloon and hung it in the laundry room to dry, all of the sudden the good idea became a great idea. We could go and buy a "shaped" pinãta! I really do understand and agree, because a newspaper print balloon shape pinãta is not as much fun as a colorful tissue paper fringed shaped pinãta. What to do? Make it look like a shape. What's an easy shape to make with an oblong sphere? We watch a lot of Mickey Mouse Cl...

I've got another card I squeaked in this weekend! I made this on Saturday and have let the blogger elves post it for me today, because I'm most likely watching the Women's World Cup Soccer match from our DVR! I wanted to play in a challenge that didn't have any pressure, hah! I can't believe all the sister's samples for the SFYTT challenge. I'm just inspired beyond anything. The sponsor is My Favorite Things Stamps so I started with my only stamp set from MFT, Here's the Scoop , and colored with Prismacolor markers. I did an MFT trio on this card with the Scoop girl, newer Notched Tag Die and Stamp Set  and the Jumbo Scallop Die  (Hey, I guess I've got two stamp sets if you include all the cute sentiments and tag texture stamps that come with the notched tag die). Just head on over to this post to look at the sketch details and list of sister's blogs for some eye candy. Hope your as inspired as I was looking through the SFYTT sisters...

It is the middle of July already and all my summer projects are slowly dwindling down. How are your's coming? There are always house projects to tackle, but I finished a very surprisingly arduous sewing project for a friend. A simple children's dress for a photo shoot. I hopped in her car and hand stitched the lace on to the sleeve's as she was driving over to the photographer's house. The last stitch and knot was done in the driveway! I laugh now, but boy was I worried if I was ever going to get it done. Did I mention that I started it in March? I have been putting my stamping on the back burner since the beginning of the year, hoping that I could find a way to organize my To Do list to where I would be spending more time in my art studio during the day and not so much during the sleeping hours. I think it's going to be a longer process for me, but I'm enjoying some time to get my other hobbies done, like the sewing project I mentioned earlier. Well, I just...

Time to announce the winners from last weekends Summer/4th of July blog hop! Since I love to tell the winners "YOU WON!", I've included the list Taylor sent out to us hoppers. Congratulations and happy stamping!!!!!! You have one week to claim your prize...if you haven't contacted Taylor by Friday, July 15th she'll give your prize away to another commenter! Jan Garber -   Stampendous Cling Jumbo flower and handle (will be chosen by Stampendous) Crystal Irwin -  Stampendous Cling Jumbo flower and handle (will be chosen by Stampendous) LUV2SCRAP - Karber Digital Studios - 2 digis of your choice Alison Heikkila  - Dreamweavers Stencils prize pack Chris - Ippity Kit , courtesy of Maria Levine (will be chosen by Maria) Jan-Marie   - a muse studio catalog and stamp set of your choice ($12.99 or under), courtesy of Sunghee Chon Jessica Diedrich  -  Stampendous Cling Jumbo flower and handle (will be chosen by Stampendous)...

Hello and happy weekend to all! I’m hopping with a few friends today to celebrate summer and the US holiday, Independence Day. I’m so glad you can join in on the fun and inspiration! We are starting the hop at Taylor Usry’s blog where all the details about the hop can be found. Even if you see it here in my post, she will be the official list and guidelines keeper. If you have been hopping from the start, then Mary should have been your last stop before arriving here. If you feel like a chance at a prize we have just the ticket for you! Go back to the beginning of the blog hop list and comment your way through as your creative mind catalogs all the great projects. You have until Tuesday, July 5th at 6:00 PM EST to comment on as many blogs as you can. Winners will be drawn from random comments on blogs, and announced on Wednesday July 7th (on Taylor's blog . My project today is inspired from the new mixed media trend and a few outstanding artists like Sherry C...

It's been a long time since I've posted a thing, hasn't it. My family and I sneaked away on a vacation a week after I did a whirlwind trip out to my nieces graduation. The month of June was pretty much spent outside of my house. I'm back and wanted to share a photo or two from my family trip AND to let you know I'll be back Saturday with a project for a Friends blog hop. There are 29 friends hopping and a total of 13 prizes!!!!! Get a cold beverage and hop along with us tomorrow. We're going to have a great time. Old coop (I guess) left to age quietly My son giving a calf some sweet treats. My brother with my daughter heading the cows to graze. See ya soon!