More Gnome Shamrocks

 Hello & Happy Saturday, Friends!

It's a dreary morning here in Pennsylvania! It's quite foggy out with a chance of showers off & on today. Shawn is out for the day at a fishing tournament. He has been itching to go fishing the last several weeks but it's just been to cold & windy. He was up very early and drove almost 2 hours to a place called Limestone Springs. It's worth the trip as I have been there. It's a nice setup and the scenery is so peaceful. I'm hoping he has a fun day & the weather is decent for him.

Today I am sharing a set of St. Patrick's Day cards I made for the card rack using that adorable gnome paper from Hobby Lobby! I kept these simple by letting the paper do all the work!

That paper is so fun!

Card Details:

Stamps: A Wish For Everything (retired)

Ink: Garden Green

Cardstock: Basic White, Garden Green, The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby)

Accessories: Greetings of the Season Dies, Garden Green Twine (retired), Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Today I am back to my stamp table to start a new shelf of organizing. My lists for each holiday/occasion is growing but it will definitely help when it comes to adding sentiments to a card. I haven't gotten to my Christmas sets yet which I think will be the worst since I have SO many! LOL I'll be glad when it's all finished.

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Celebrate the Miracle

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

It's a rainy morning here in Pennsylvania and we are up early after a late night up watching football. Our team played on the west coast for Monday Night Football and usually when they play that late we watch the first quarter or 2 them head to bed. Since Shawn is on vacation this week we were able to stay up but it was tough. With a lack of sleep this morning we are happy that our team won! 

Today I have a card to share that I made with a stamp set that is on the Online Exclusives list called Celebrate the Miracle. I never made a card for Hanukkah and I purchased this set about a year ago so I needed to ink it up. I put a spot on my card rack for Hanukkah just incase one of my card customers needed a card for this occasion.

Card Details:

Stamps: Celebrate the Miracle (Online Exclusives), A Wish For Everything (retired)

Ink: Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Versamark, Gold Embossing Powder

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Boho Blue, Basic White

Accessories: Distressed Tiles 3D EF, Circle Layering Framelits, Heat Gun, Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I forgot all about making this card but yesterday when were out shopping I was reminded when I seen a huge selection of Hanukkah items in a store. The Hallmark Channel also plays Hanukkah movies every year with some great stories behind them! 

Speaking of the stores....yesterday when we were out shopping you would have thought is was Black Friday, the stores were packed and the lines at the registers were long! I think from today thru the Christmas season the only store I will be going to is the grocery store. Hobby Lobby was the worst with only 3 registers open and lines running back throughout the store. We waited in line longer than it took to shop and it was just too people-ly for me.

Anyways, today I am gonna make my deviled eggs & pumpkin pie for our Thanksgiving and get that off my to do list. Ryan specifically asked for deviled eggs and how can I say no, we all love them! Do you have a favorite thing you like with your Thanksgiving meal? 

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

Happy St Patrick's Day

 Hello & Happy Thursday!

A yukky, rainy day is forecast for today.

I've got a set of St Patrick's Day cards to show today that I made to send out to friends.

Card Details:

Stamps: A Wish For Everything

Ink: Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green, So Saffron

Cardstock: Granny Apple Green, Basic White, Sunshine & Rainbows DSP (SAB 22)

Accessories: Tasteful Textile 3D EF, Circle Layering Framelits, Impression Obsession Clover Die, Gold Gilded Gems, Gold Shimmer Ribbon, Glue Dots, Mini Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I seen so many cute cards made for St Patrick's Day using this paper so I had to give it a try!

I hope the recipients loved them! 

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My thoughts today...

Happy St Patrick's Day to you!

~Wendy

Trio of Valentines Day Cards

 Hello & Happy Thursday!

I promised today I would share the last 3 cards made using an old Tuesday Morning Sketch.

Sentiment from Lots of Heart

Sentiment from A Wish For Everything

Sentiment from Lots of Heart

Card Details:

Stamps: Various Stamp Sets 

Ink: Real Red

Cardstock: Real Red, Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, From the Heart Specialty DSP (retired)

Accessories: Tasteful Textile 3D EF, Wrapped in Texture EF, Heart Punch Pack, Ornate Frames Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Red Rhinestones, Red Twine, Dimensionals, Stampin Seal+

And here are all 5 cards...

These were so much fun to make and I hope you enjoyed them!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day!
~Wendy

Halloween Matchpack Treats

 Good Morning & Happy Thursday!

The last several mornings we've been waking up to some thick, heavy fog.

Reminds me of Fall & Halloween time!

It takes atleast until noontime for it to burn off then it's been sunny & pretty warm!

Today I have another Halloween sweet treat to share with you which again uses the Ghoulish Goodies stamp set. This set is perfect for any Halloween treats with the different images & sentiments!

The measurements & tutorial I found over at Splitcoaststampers.

I stapled in my M&M packs and hid it under my Happy Halloween sentiment panel.

The top closes nicely behind the stapled part.

Project Details:

Stamps: Ghoulish Goodies, A Wish For Everything

Ink: Highland Heather, Memento Black, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody Stampin Blends

Cardstock: Basic Black, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape, Purple Posey, Granny Apple Green, Whisper White, Monster Bash DSP (retired), Gorgeous Grape DSP

Accessories: Stamparatus, Classic Label Punch, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Circle Layering Framelits, Tasteful Labels Dies, Black Glittered Ribbon, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Loved making these as it's been a long time since I last made them!

You could whip up a bunch of these in no time for your Trick or Treaters!

Hope you like!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Valentines Fun Fold

Good Morning & Happy Sunday!

I am so sorry for the lack of posts as of recent. 

As some may know we are preparing for a bathroom renovation the 1st week of February and we are on the hunt to purchase the stuff we want for in the new bathroom! 

It's very exciting and a bit stressful too as our lives will be turned upside for a bit!

I have been eyeing up a new vanity and the one I would love to get isn't in stock in the color i'd like to have. Now i'm kinda stumped and not sure what to get. Right now we have a double vanity/sink but with only 3 people living here we certainly don't need that extra sink. Plus, if we go to a smaller vanity & 1 sink, it will give Ryan more room to move about in his wheelchair.

We are going to head out today and look for another vanity and then hit Sam's Club for a few things.

I hope we find something nice!

Today I have a pretty Valentines card to share that I made for Kelsey.

I have been trying to work ahead since I know this renovation is coming quick.

I just hope I don't forget to get them addressed and mailed out!

I love this style of fun fold that Angie Juda created on one of her Facebook Lives a few months ago!

I also did a card with my stamp girls for Halloween with this style. So fun!!

Card Details:

Stamps: A Wish for Everything (inside)

Ink: Real Red

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Real Red, Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, From My Heart Specialty Paper

Accessories: Word Wishes Dies, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Circle Layering Framelits, Be Mine Stitched Framelits, Real Red Double Stitched Satin Ribbon, Rhinestones, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I hope she likes this card as much as I do!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!

~Wendy

Snickers Christmas Totes

Hello & Happy Saturday!

I'm updating really late today as I spent all day decorating for Christmas!

The tree is up and decorated as is the house.

I have not done the front porch yet. Hopefully one day this week I can get to it.

I have a cute Christmas treat to show that I made.

I had 2 bags of Christmas Snickers and so I made 15 totes.

My customers love these and I will say that these make a nice little sweet treat for the holidays!

Project Details:

Stamps: Bring on the Presents (retired), A Wish for Everything

Ink: Real Red, Versamark

Cardstock: Real Red, Call Me Clover, Whisper White, Call Me Clover DSP ( retired)

Accessories: All the Presents Thinlit Dies (retired), Circle Layering Framelits, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Rhinestones, Cello Bags, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

My bow is stamped in Versamark then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder and diecut out.

I had a bunch of them already done up and thought they would look nice on these.

We'll see how they sell...

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by!

~Wendy

Thanksgiving Totes

Hello & Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend!

It was a bit cold here so we stayed in and lit a fire in the fireplace!

I had all my ceramic Christmas Trees downstairs lit along with the fireplace and it just makes it magical! I love all the lights!

This morning Miss Gigi is off to the Vet for a quick check up after her teeth surgery.

She is doing beautifully and I can imagine that she feels SO much better!

So today I have another Thanksgiving treat to share!

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the 2 bags of Reese's Minatures I bought so I did a search on Pinterest and found a candy pouch that worked perfectly!

These came together really fast and were fun to make!

You will most likely see these again done up for Christmas!

Project Details:

Stamps: A Wish For Everything

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil Paper, unknown patterned paper

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Circle Layering Framelits, Gathered Leaves Dies, Gold Faceted Gems, 3 x 6 Gusseted Cello Bags, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I made 10 of these and every single one sold!

Yay!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!
~Wendy

Thanksgiving Pillow Boxes

Good Morning & Happy Thursday!

Quite the cold morning here in south central PA!

Burrrr!

Thankfully the temps are headed up into the 40's today! 

Yesterday it was around freezing most of the day. 

I didn't mind it too much as I ran my oven most of the day baking my neck pumpkins.

The pumpkin is now sitting in the strainer draining the water off.

I will measure it out and put into the freezer later to make pies & pumpkin rolls!

Miss Gigi continues to do superb!

Took her last pain pill and anti inflammatory meds yesterday.

Eating and running around like a crazy girl!

I'm thankful that everything went well with her procedure.

Today I am sharing a Thanksgiving treat that I whipped up one rainy day!

I have several packs of Stampin Up Pillow Boxes.

They are white polka dots on Kraft cardstock.

I changed the color of them using Terracotta Tile inkpad and a sponge brayer.

I left them dry about an hour then decorated them!

While they were drying I did my stamping & diecutting...

My sentiment was stamped in Cajun Craze and diecut with the Stitched Rectangle Framelits.

The piece of woodgrain paper is from the Come to Gather DSP and I diecut that with the Stitched Nested Dies. My beautiful leaves are from the Gather Together set and diecut with the coordinating Gathered Leaves Dies. I had in my stash some Copper Cord from years ago so I tied a bow and added it to my sentiment panel.

Project Details:

Stamps: A Wish for Everything, Gather Together

Ink: Cajun Craze, Terracotta Tile

Cardstock: Whisper White, Cajun Craze, Terracotta Tile, Copper Foil Paper, Come to Gather DSP

Accessories: Pillow Boxes, Sponge Brayer, Gather Leaves Dies, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Stitched Nested Dies, Terracotta Tile Scalloped Linen Ribbon, Copper Cord (retired), Glue Dots, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Alot of work went into these but I was so thrilled with them once they were finished!

I filled these with the bite sized Twix, 3 Muskateer, Milky Way & a Snickers candy bars.

The Pillow Boxes are an awesome way to to fancy up and give a treat or even cash or a gift card inside! 

I made 6 of these and hopefully I priced them to sell!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

Birthday Wishes

Good Morning & Happy Wednesday!

Yesterday had to be one of the most dreariest, rainy days ever!

My back was hurting from over doing it on Monday and I did not sleep good the night before....

I just wanted to get comfy and sleep the day away!

 Instead I made myself get ready for the day and went down to my stamp room.

I worked on some Thanksgiving cards for my card lady and called it a day.

My Sciatica is killing me and my only relief is sitting in my recliner...

Today I am sharing another birthday card that I worked on last week.

Terracotta Tile has become my favorite In Color!

I love this color because it's much softer than Cajun Craze!

The stamp set is A Wish For Everything from the Annual Catalog.

I loveeee the font in this set!

My leaves are from the Gather Together stamp set & Gathered Leaves Dies.

Beautiful bundle and one that I have loved using!

Card Details:

Stamps: A Wish For Everything, Gather Together

Ink: Terracotta Tile

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Terracotta Tile, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Terracotta Tile DSP

Accessories: Gathered Leaves Dies, Circle Layering Framelits, Terracotta Tile Scalloped Linen Ribbon, Terracotta Tile Faceted Dot, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Glad i'm getting these cards made up ahead of time!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have yourself a great day!
~Wendy