A Good Man

Hello & Happy Thursday!

Before I get to my card today I wanted to share a picture.

If you read my blog daily you will know that I said on my Monday post that I was looking for a picture of the first time I met LeAnne Pugliese.

Yesterday instead of stamping....I searched my computer from top to bottom and I found it!

This is from Saturday June 7, 2008

from left to right is:

LeAnne Pugliese, Denise Marzec, Jen Nevil and me.

I'm happy now that I found it because it was driving me nuts not knowing where it was!

So, let's get to my card....

This card was made for my wonderful hubby but I forgot to give it to him on Sunday for Father's Day. Opps!

This set is called A Good Man and it's new! I had to get the set first because I loved the images & sentiments in it! It's one of those sets that I can use on a daily basis and this image reminded me so much of Shawn because he always flips his hat down over his face and takes a nap!

Card Details:

Stamps: A Good Man

Ink: Memento Black, Night of Navy, Stampin Blends

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Night of Navy DSP (retired)

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Square Layering Framelits, Night of Navy Enamel Heart (retired), Crumb Cake Ribbon, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

The Stampin Blends make coloring a snap!

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My thoughts today,,,,,

Isn't that the truth!

Thanks for stopping by & have yourself a wonderful day!

~Wendy

A Day of Fun

Hello & Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend!

It was terrific along with some nice weather!

Yesterday I shared with you that Shawn & I went to visit with LeAnne Pugliese.

I'm sure everyone knows her! Her blog is WeeInklings.

I met LeAnne several years ago, i'm thinking 2005/2006 time frame.

I know I have a picture somewhere!

Anyways, we comment on one another's blogs and have kept in touch thru the years.

A few months ago she asked if we would like a ceramic Christmas Tree since she knows we collect them. It was her mom's and surprisingly she did not want to keep it for sentimental reasons.

Of course, we would love it and cherish it like all 80 of them I think we have! LOL 

Yea, i'm not kidding either!

We've been emailing back & forth the last couple weeks and this past Saturday we planned to go to her home (which is not really far, 50 miles away) and picked up the tree.

We visited and chatted and it was nice that our husbands finally met, too!

I got a sneak peek into her stamp room (which I loved!!) and grabbed some pictures before we headed back home to do yard work! Of course, the gabbing all day would have been much nicer than yard work but that's how the cookie crumbles, right?!

As a Thank You for the beautiful ceramic Christmas tree I made up a little gift for her.

She's a crafty woman so I had to up the bar! LOL

I found in my stamp room closet a picture frame that was just waiting to be used.

This is what I made for her....but first I had to figure out how to package it for her.

A long time friend of mine always told me that presentation is everything and how true is that?!

In that same closet as the frame I had a roll of Stampin Up White Wrapping Paper from eons ago.

Yep, it was still in the box!

I decided to stamp on it and then wrap the frame up for her!

The wrapping paper is stamped with the Parcels & Petals stamp set (just the flowers) and then I wrapped the present and tied it up with this GORGEOUS Petal Pink Organdy Ribbon!

That ribbon alone is to die for! Yes, Indeed!!

It looked plain so then I thought....I need a tag!

Delightful Day Bundle to the rescue!

It turned out SO much better than I could have imagined!

And then here is the big reveal....

I was pretty pleased with it!

I truthfully think I need to make myself one of these to hang in my stamp room once we get it painted! 

So that was how the day went and it could not have been a nicer day!

Thank you again, LeAnne!

Fern (as we have named the new tree after her mom) will be happy, taken care of and very much loved! Welcome, Fern, to the Aungst Forest! 

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My thoughts today...

Yea, no fun happening today!

Guess there's always tomorrow!

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