Garage Sale Finds

I found the most pretty finds at a garage sale today. I also do tole painting so this was a treat to not paint them myself. And to think they was only a quarter each! Gotta love a deal like that. These are off of some type of farm equipment and was sanded and painted. I love the shape. And she did a wonderful job of painting them.

I also found a Home Interior picture of hummingbirds in flight. Rather large I would say about a 24x12 maybe. I love hummingbirds and to get a Home Interior picture for a dollar can't be beat.

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Lilac Planting

We have been so busy planting Lilac bushes. Friday we spent a big part of the day planting 26 or 27 Lilac bushes in our yard. We are trying for privacy and a wind block for winter months. Although we have 44 pine trees in the yard I want something smelling good and that can block and get privacy from. My sister bought me in some bushes from our old property that they bought from us. She even has more so we can do the south part of our land and finish the east side. We got most the east side done with this bunch and a small portion in the front of the yard. It had rained two days in a row before we started planting so the gound was so nice and moist for doing this. I can't wait to get the rest of the property done an them growing big so I can have my privacy in my back yard.

We planted big and small ones, so some is going to take much longer to bush out and be nice. But as you can see we have a good start. I didn't show the long angle of them. I believe we have 15 to 17 along the one side.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend too! Angel hugs

Spinning Ornage Slice

I am in a Movement Swap and I love the spinner card so much that is what I decided to make. I used the Tart and Tandy set from SU. I love to play with these spinner cards. LOL, easily amused aren't I? This is just a card front not a full card. They get so bulky if they are full cards. You can always use the back for your signature. Right now it is kind so of plan, but I didn't have a current saying for the swap so I asked a friend to send me some stamped sayings so I can finish the card when they arrive.

Supplies needed:

Only Orange and Glossy White card stock

Only Orange Ink

White Gel Pen

2 Pennies

Pop dots

Sticky strip (red liner tape)

Work window punch

1 1/4" & 1 1/2" circle punch

Easiest was to explain this card is to send you to the SCS site and they have a tutorial on it. Make some up they are fun and fast to do and the kids love them.

Thanks for stopping by

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Poll for Updates

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I just put a poll on the right hand side of my blog for you to vote on how many times a week you would like me to update. I have had a few people unsubscribe from my blog saying I update to much. So figured I would get all of your opinions on what you think on how often I should update.
Also to let you know I have not been stamping this past week. I have had a sleep apnea test done to see if I have any sleep disorders. I do but will find out more results with in the next two weeks. Glad to have that over with.
We have also been busy in the yard getting it cleaned up after the long long winter we had. Finally got some bushes planted. One snowball bush, 2 golden flame spirea's and a red flaming bush. I think they all will be beautiful when in bloom. I also weeded around the ones I had already, which is a couple of bleeding heart bushes, snowball bush, lilac bushes and another one I don't recall the name something with rose in it. And boy does that have some sharp prickles on it. LOL, it is some sort of bush but not a rose bush. We live on 1 1/3 acre of land so lots to mow. We had been working on the rider as it broke down last fall. Thank goodness that is fixed as I hate to push mow that much lawn. All and all it has been a very busy week. Yesterday we also put flowers on 13 graves.
Hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Holiday and it is a safe one.
Prayers for all those in the Hugo, MN area with the tornado yesterday. And the surrounding areas that had all the bad storms.

Graduation Cards

I got an order for 10 Graduation cards. These are my starting of them. They didn't scan well, the shading isn't showing that was done on them. Some areas are showing darker than others too, strange. Oh well as long as they look good IRL that is the main thing, right? I had to borrow a set for graduation as I didn't have one although I could of swore I did, thank goodness someone did.

I certainly hope she likes these. If not I have some graduation cards for myself that I can pass out. These are a Gift Card Holder. I am just going to show the outside as the inside is just stamped with graduation hats like the front is. You can get directions for these on Dawn Griffith's site, she has a wonderful tutorial on them. Hence the reason I am making them. So thanks Dawn for the great tutorial!

Supplies needed:

Stamp set of choice. I used a Retired set called Great Graduation

Cranberry Crisp, Basic Black and Whisper White

White Gel Pen, Black Gel Pen

Cranberry Crisp Ink Pad

Word Punch

Directions are on Dawn's Blog for the Gift Card Holders.

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Blog Candy Winner has come forward

Thanks for getting back to me so fast Miriam. Your goodies will go in the mail hopefully tomorrow. Have to make a run to town anyway.
I am one of those lucky people that still has my Mom and my Dad yet. So I still get more memories to Cherish with them. I always like to have them over on special occasions, like the holidays and parties so that my kids can also have the fun of getting to know them. We also do family parties and holidays on my side that everyone gets together but it is fun to have it just with Mom and Dad to after all the excitement of the others is over. We make them a special meal and enjoy the times, watching movies or whatever. I will miss all that when they are gone.
Hope you enjoy your candy Miriam, I added a little surprise for you in the package.
I will try and get something stamped today and share tonight in between cleaning house. Wish I had a maid and didn't have to do the house work. LOL, but I know we all wish that.
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Blog Candy Winner is....................

Sorry I am late I should of done this last night but, got so busy I didn't get it done. So tonight is the magic night.
I enjoyed reading every ones memories of times with your Mom's. I have had so many that it is hard to pick just one. We always teased that she lived in a fantasy world as for all the holidays she always went all out and decorated. Christmas we all decorated but Mom always found more things to put out to decorate the house with. I remember many rooms being decorated when I was young. It rubbed off on us girls as we always decorate a bunch to during the holidays.
So I bet your wondering who that winner is! You all have such wonderful memories. I had my son pick a number and he chose 15 so the winner is..................................................
Miriam said...
What great blog candy! My mother gave me much love, faith, and a creative spirit. She would paint illustrations of my nursery rhymes, she made rag dolls, clothes pin dolls, and stuffed animals (always without a pattern). She painted images of the family on our picture window each Christmas and made snow sculptures of bears, elephants and many other animals. She decorated cakes for the family with a paint brush and cut marshmallows and gum drops. She handpainted ties for the men in the family. She could create anything and continued making toys for my children until it became difficult for her to see. She was a crafter before it became "popular" and contributed greatly to my interst in all artistic things.
So congrats to Miriam, please send me your address so I can get your prizes out to you.
angels5.2005@gmail.com
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Sympathy Blossoms

Running late tonight, my youngest son graduates 6th grade this weekend and they have a dance and sleep over at the school tonight. So have been there for awhile tonight and tomorrow is another busy day with the graduation mass, dinner and a program after that and dd has a pre-college thing tomorrow morning for 4 to 6 hours.

My Dad's only brother passed away on Wed night. So I needed to whip up a quick Sympathy card, and need to make another for my parents to give. This is a real quick one and I love how it turned out. I know he loved flowers and he kept them so pretty in his yard. So I did this card and the one I do for my parents will probably be a manly card. I hope this makes it in yet tonight.

Supplies needed:

Same design as the orange slice one. Love that design, and am hooked on it.

Blossoms Abound and Friendship Blooms

White and Elegant Eggplant Card Stock

White Craft Ink, Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant

Purple color gel pen

Ribbon

Directions same as the orange slices one. Except this one I used the Lilacs on and then layered.

Hope you enjoy and are getting some ideas for yourself with my projects.

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Protect your photos and creative property

This was posted on one of the groups I belong to and it is important to all of us who have blogs or places we put our creative property or our photos of family.
Protect your photos and creative property
Posted: 15 May 2008 09:50 AM CDTI read about this issue on Claudine Hellmuth's blog and wanted to pass it along, especially to those with blogs and online galleries. The "Orphan Act" is up for vote in the House and the Senate. This could affect all crafters, designers, authors and scrapbookers who post images of their work online. If passed, photos on the Internet will be subject to this new copyright legislation and this new bill will essentially make them public domain - which means anyone can use your photos, in any way, without your knowledge or permission. Claudine's post provides a link to an electronic letter that you can send to your local representatives - all you have to do is fill in your contact information. It will take you all of two minutes! Please take a moment and make your voice heard!Enjoy the day!
I already went and put in my request that this not happen, now it's your turn.
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Tart and Tandy

I am feeling better today and at least able to move my arm enough to stamp. I had surgery about a year and a half ago for a ruptured disc in my spine. They went through the front of my neck to replace the disc. Anyway, that has really been bothering me lately where that disc was that was replaced. Plus my arm and shoulder was acting up because of it. Beings it was on the right side it was difficult for me to stamp as I am a right handed person all the way. So hopefully it is going to continue to feel better so I can play.

I got inspired from Denise Mohr. She sent me a RAK today from VC. VC is Virtual Convention on the Internet for those SU demos that can't go to convention and the ones that love SU period. Really fun group, they have a faux hotel, swaps and all kinds of fun things going on just like you was really there. This is my 5 or 6th year of being on this fun group. So thanks Denise. I am going to show her card and the one I made as I loved it so much I wanted to case it but didn't want to copy completely so put my own touches to it. Denise's is done with Strawberries and so cute and mine is the one done with orange slices.

Supplies needed:

Only Orange and Whisper White Card stock

Only Orange and Craft White Ink Pads

Ribbon of choice.

Scalloped punch I used the smallest one and then cut out my oranges and added to the scallops that way.

Crystal Effects for the orange slices

Tart and Tandy SU Stamp Set and Friendship Blooms SU stamp set

Orange Gel Pen or Marker

Directions:

Cut card stock (Only Orange) the long way at 4 1/4 x 11 fold in half and score one end at 1 1/4 inches. Cut a strip of WW at 4 1/4 by 1 1/4.

With Craft White Ink pad stamp the swirls from the Friendship blooms stamp set in various places on the front of the card and on the flap of the card. Then one image on the bottom of the right corner of the inside of the card. Set aside to dry as craft ink takes longer to dry.

Stamp orange slices on WW card stock and cut out. I did 4 oranges and got 2 pieces out of one.

Punch out 4 scalloped circles and mount orange slices to this. Add orange dots in scallops. With Crystal Effects add to the orange slices and set aside to dry.

Back to your main card, add your strip of WW to the inside of the flap. Only leave about an 1/8 to 1/4 inch sticking out. Add orange dots to this. Add ribbon to the flap.

Now with the orange slices dry place randomly on card. You will be cutting some off that goes over the edges, these pieces are really good for nothing so just throw those extras out. With the ones that go under the flap if you do it just right you can get both sides done with one piece. See samples for placement. Now glue down your flap and add a saying to the inside and your done.

So easy and such a cute card. These work up rather quickly even with the Crystal Effects waiting on it to dry. Not sure why my orange slices look dirty but they match the card perfect IRL.

If anyone is interested in joining VC this you can join by going to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vc_rocks/

Hope you enjoyed the project for today and thanks for sticking with me while I posted very little.

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