Festive Friday

 Hello & Happy Fri-YAY, Friends!

The weekend is finally here! 

This week seemed to drag out more than usual for some reason. 

Yesterday I was to have a lunch date out with my dear friend, Miss Emily but she had a family issue and needed to go home. She really did not want to but I told her to go...family comes first! We can always schedule our lunch date for another day!

Since today is Friday that means it's time for a Festive Friday Christmas Card!!

I have so many great retired holiday stamp sets that I really want to ink up and create a card with this year! Today's card uses the Wandering Words stamp set that my friend Deb was parting ways with. I snagged it up and have loved inking it up!

Card Details:

Stamps: Wandering Words (retired), Words for the Season (retired 2025) Beary Cute (retired 2023 snowflakes inside)

Ink: Night of Navy, Balmy Blue

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Very Vanilla, Beary Christmas DSP (retired 2023)

Accessories: Winter Snow EF (retired), Circle Layering Framelits (retired), Waves Rhinestones (retired), Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Such a fun set that I am so thrilled to add to my collection!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day ahead!

~Wendy

Day of Gratitude

 Hello & Happy Thursday, Friends!

Today I am sharing a card that I made last week using a stamp set that my friend Deb left me borrow. I made a Fall card recently with stamped off images I had in my stash for quite a few years and I mentioned that I was going to ask to borrow that set again. I picked it up last week and got busy inking it up! The stamp set is called Day of Gratitude which is long retired.

Card Details:

Stamps: Day of Gratitude (retired), Wplus9 (Inside Sentiment)

Ink: Always Artichoke (retired)

Cardstock: Always Artichoke (retired), Very Vanilla, Diecuts With A View- Earth Prints Mat Stack (retired Ben Franklin)

Accessories: Textured Tree Rings 3D EF, Nestibilties -Labels Eight Dies, Always Artichoke Grosgrain (retired), Always Artichoke Enamel Dots (retired), Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

~Wendy

Sophisticated Sled

 Hello & Happy Wednesday, Friends!

Today I have a Christmas card to share with you using the Sophisticated Sled bundle that retired from the Online Exclusives quite awhile ago. This set is a beauty and I'm so glad that I got it. I made this card last year and never posted it. 

Card Details:

Stamps: Sophisticated Sled

Ink: Pecan Pie, Versamark

Cardstock: Lost Lagoon, Basic White, Country Woods DSP (retired), Winter Meadow DSP (retired)

Accessories: Sophisticated Sled Dies (retired Online Exclusives), Greetings of the Season Dies (retired Online Exclusives), White Embossing Powder, Silver Trim (retired Online Exclusives), Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

The sled & ice skates really bring back lots of memories from years ago when I was young! We use to get some really good snow storms back in the day and they would close off the street beside our house for the kids to sled on because it was a huge hill. I remember having this type of sled and rubbing wax on the metal glides so it would go easier in the snow. I also remember going ice skating at the canals down at the Susquehanna River. I had a hard time standing on ice skates which took a bit to master! It was definitely easier to roller skate than ice skate! LOL It was still so much fun!

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My thoughts today...

Fall Arrived last night at 8:04 pm! We had such a rainy, dreary day yesterday. I did not do too much as I am giving my hands a short break from crafting. They've been a bit bothersome, maybe from the change in the weather. We did not get out of the 50's yesterday. Quite a shock to the system! Today it is still to be chilly (mid 60's) with an east breeze off the ocean which will continue to keep it cool, cloudy and breezy most of this week. Fall has definitely arrived! Enjoy & have a great day!
~Wendy

Thanksgiving w/ Riley & Company

 Hello & Happy Monday, Friends!

There is a chill in the air this morning after a muggy, cloudy, rainy day yesterday!

I think that Fall is on the doorstep! 🍁🍂

Today I am sharing a card that I whipped up with parts & pieces from my image box.

Do you remember the Riley & Sophia Moose stamps that were out years ago? I don't exactly remember when they were out but they were just so cute! I remember when we lived in Missouri, Shawn took me and my friend Vicki Burdick up to Shawnee, Kansas to a store that carried these stamps. I grabbed quite a few of them but over the years I haven't touched them. I have a whole drawer filled with them. I pulled out the Thanksgiving ones and made a card with them.

Card Details:

Stamps: Riley & Company, Pleasant Pheasants (retired sentiment), Acorny Thank You (retired sentiment)

Ink: Memento Black, Pecan Pie, Stampin Blends-Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Basic Black

Cardstock: Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Basic White, Reminisce Patterned Paper

Accessories: Everyday Arches Dies, Stylish Scroll EF (retired), Low Profile Gold Dots (retired Online Exclusives), Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Vicki, if your reading this, do you remember going to that store?

We had so much fun that day! 

I have so many different Riley & Sophia stamps that I hope to pull out and start using again. They were a huge hit and I do believe that they are still in business but I will double check that!

Anyways, hope you enjoyed seeing my cute moose all dressed & ready for their Thanksgiving Day! They were fun to color!

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My thoughts today...

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

Thanksgiving Pocket Card

 Hello & Happy Sunday, Friends!

We are in for a dreary, rainy day today which is a good reason to be a lazy lounge lizard and just watch football. Yesterday was such a beautiful day! I needed to go get my Photo ID done then we took a road trip down to Baltimore to an Asian store to get some Beef Bulgogi. I never had this stuff until last year Kelsey introduced it to us. We've been wanting to make the trip down to get some but with Bailee not feeling well the last few months we just put it off. So, we did that yesterday (since Bailee has been doing SO much better) and I stocked up on it! I literally filled my chest freezer up with 12 containers of it! We are good to go for awhile now!

Today I am working on some dusting and putting my candles back in the windows again. Have you noticed that it is getting dark earlier in the evening? Ughh, I am not a fan of the early darkness but I am loving that Fall is just around the corner! I still have my Halloween ceramic trees & ghosts to pull out for the living room. Not sure I will get to that today, maybe tomorrow!

My card that I am sharing today is a fun one that I seen samples of last year in the Kitchen Table Craft Social on Facebook. I am not sure who created them but I thought they were so cool. It's been awhile since I made a pocket card so I gave it a go with a Thanksgiving card using retired Stampin Up! products.

Card Details:

Stamps: Seasonal Sentiment (retired 2010), A Wish For Everything (retired 2019)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (retired)

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip (retired), More Mustard (retired), Basic White, Autumn Vine DSP (retired 2009)

Accessories: Party Banners Dies, Circle Layering Framelits (retired), Stampin Up! White Diecut Tags (retired), Low Profile Gold Dots (retired Online Exclusives), Gold Metallic Ribbon, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

All I need to do is sign the little tag and mail this one out!

It went together really quick, too!

I whipped up a few of these for Christmas which I will share soon!

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My thoughts today...

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

Halloween Gable Box For Ryan

 Hello & Happy Saturday, Friends!

Yesterday I shared over on my Facebook page a box that I decorated to hold some Halloween treats for Ryan. He loves Reese's PB cups and all the seasonal shaped ones they have each year. I grabbed the jumbo bag at the store last week. I used a White Gable Box that Stampin Up! has out on their Online Exclusives offerings. These came out back in July 2026 along with their Halloween offerings. These boxes are a nice size and hold maybe 10-12 of the Reese's PB Pumpkins. Along with the candy I will be adding a few bucks that way he can treat himself to something he wants. I paired my box with some Spooktacular DSP from the Online Exclusives. It's the 1st time I opened this pack of 6x6 paper and cut into it!

Project Details:

Stamps: Oh My Fright (Online Exclusives)

Ink: Memento Black

Cardstock: Basic Black, Basic White, Frightfully Fun DSP & Spooktacular DSP (both from Online Exclusives-July 2026)

Accessories: Oh My Fright Dies (tag), Nested Essentials Dies, Ala Mode Alphabet Dies, Black Iridescent Ribbon (Online Exclusives), Adhesive Backed Bats, Ghost & Dots (Online Exclusives), Adhesive Sheets, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I am thinking of making up a couple of these boxes to sell for Halloween but will definitely be making some up for Christmas! These would be so cute done up with a Christmas Eve hot chocolate pack & some cookies! Atleast that is what I'm thinking of right now! LOL That would even be a great idea for after Trick or Treat night....a cup of hot chocolate and some cookies to shake off the chill of the night air! 

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by!

~Wendy

Festive Friday

 Hello & Happy Fri-YAY, Friends!

Today I have another Christmas card to share for my Festive Friday Challenge I am doing. Each Friday I pull out a set of retired stamps and a pack of paper and create a Christmas card to share. This will help once the holidays get closer and I am not scrambling to make cards.

For this week's card I pulled out the Wonderous Wreath bundle from 2014 to play with. I made a fun fold card with it using some retired Trim the Tree DSP from the same year.

Card Details:

Stamps: Wonderous Wreath (retired 2014)

Ink: Garden Green, Real Red

Cardstock: Garden Green, Basic White, Gold Foil Paper, Trim the Tree DSP (retired 2014)

Accessories: Wonderful Wreath Framelits (retired 2014), Tasteful Textile 3D EF (retired), Red Rhinestones (retired), Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

This set was pretty popular when it was out all those years ago! It was a favorite of mine and I do remember Audrey loving it done with Fall colors, too!

Do you remember it?

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by!

~Wendy

Birthday Cards From Friends

 Hello & Happy Thursday, Friends!

Today I don't have anything crafty to share with you but I do want to show off a few of my birthday cards that I received. My 60th birthday was 2 weeks ago today. My friends surely showered me with lots of birthday wishes that deserve to be in the spotlight, so that is what I am sharing today!

1st Card is from Miss Emily...

We've become such great friends over the years! We talk all the time, we laugh, we cry, we made cards together....sometimes I think she is like the sister I never had. I'm so glad we stayed friends after our move to Joplin, Missouri back in 2010. Thank you, Emily! 💙

2nd Card is from my BFF Deb...

Deb has been my best friend since I moved in beside her back in 1994. She has been dealing with some serious health issues recently and even though I don't see her as often I use too we still talk atleast once a week. We too, have laughed together, cried together and even lived together over the years. I don't know where I'd be without her. She also got me started in the stamping world! Thank you, Deb! 💖

3rd Card is from Carol...

This card is a beauty and I would not expect anything less from her. Carol and I have been friends since 2005 where we met thru blogging and then we met in person at a stamp get together. She is one in a million and I'm truly blessed to have her as a friend! Thank you, Carol! 💜

4th Card is from LeAnne...

I met LeAnne years ago thru this fun little hobby of stamping & making cards! I've also met her in real life when she gifted me with her mother's antique ceramic Christmas tree! I love visiting LeAnne's blog and try to comment everyday! She is such a lovely lady and also very talented! I have been blessed with the gift of her friendship over the years as well! Thank you, LeAnne! 💛

5th Card is from Mary Anne...

Mary Anne & I became friends when I lived in Joplin, Missouri. She is friends with Carol and that is how I met her. She heard about the tornado that went thru Joplin when we lived there and sent me a card that started our friendship. We did eventually meet up on one of our trips back to PA and have stayed friends since. We talk all the time and I'm so grateful for her friendship everyday! Thank you, Mary Anne! 💚

It was really odd not getting a card from Audrey this year. She blesses me every year with a card that she writes her personal message in. Always wishing me health & happiness and sending lots of love. I sure missed that this year but I know she is no longer suffering. 💞

No birthday cards from my family this year but I had a really great day!

Shawn took me to L&L Stamps to shop (and did I ever)! Kelsey treated me to dinner out and Ryan spoiled me with a bunch of puzzles for the upcoming Christmas season! I can't wait to start them!

A huge Thank You to everyone for the love & birthday wishes! They all made my day even more special! Much love!! 💗💗💗

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by!

~Wendy

Beautiful Friendship Congratulations

 Hello & Happy Wednesday, Friends!

Today I am sharing a card that I made months ago using the retired Beautiful Friendship stamp set. I saw the color combination somewhere which lead me to creating this card. You might need your sunglasses for this one....it is bright but also pretty!

Card Details:

Stamps: Beautiful Friendship (retired)

Ink: Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, Mango Melody (retired)

Cardstock: Mango Melody (retired), Blueberry Bushel, Basic White, Coastal Cabana DSP (retired)

Accessories: Stylish Shapes Dies, Ribbon (from stash), Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

It seems a bit busy to me but when I was finished with it I loved the outcome! Such a different variety of colors! I put a retirement sentiment inside and added this to my card rack. 

Hopefully today will be a crafty kind of day! It is to get a bit warmer & more humid today! The Fall weather the last 2 days has been lovely! It inspired me to get a few Fall cards made and sent out. The 1st day of Fall is next Tuesday!! 

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My thoughts today...

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

Design A Tag Treat

 Hello & Happy Tuesday, Friends!

Miss Bailee did a great job yesterday at doggy day spa! She was so happy to see us walk in the door to take her home! She sat on my lap and hung halfway out the window the entire ride home. Our weather turned out to be so nice and she was soaking up every minute of it! Once she got home, ate her supper we went for a walk down the street to Mr. Bob's house. She wanted to show him her haircut and new Fall scarf but he was not home. Hopefully tonight she will see him on her walk! She just adores him! 

Hard to believe this doggy will be 15 years old in about 2 weeks! Michelle, her groomer, says she does not act that age! LOL She really doesn't!

Anyways, today I am sharing a sweet Halloween treat with you! I had one bag of the Reese's Peanut Butter Bats and whipped up 6 cello bags! I used the new Design A Tag stamp set and the coordinating Advent Labels Punch.

Project Details:

Stamps: Design A Tag

Ink: Memento Black, Timid Tiger

Cardstock: Timid Tiger, Basic Black, Basic White, Frightfully Fun DSP (Online Exclusives)

Accessories: Advent Label Punch, Swirls of Magic EF (Online Exclusives), Adhesive Backed Bats, Ghosts & Dots (Online Exclusives), Black Iridescent Ribbon (Online Exclusives), Halloween Night Twine (retired), Cello Bags, Hand Held Hole Punch (retired), Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Quick & easy and who doesn't love a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup?! Yum!

Today I hope to get to my stamp table! I have a few cards in mind that I'd like to try to create for an upcoming Stamp Day with Friends as long as my BFF Deb is feeling up to it!

I really miss making cards with my girls!

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My thoughts today...

Our weather here is to be gorgeous today! I am gonna take full advantage of it by washing & hanging my bedsheets out on the line to dry! They will smell so good come bedtime tonight! How many of you still hang your bedsheets out to dry? Maybe I am dating myself here! LOL

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