Happy Easter!!!

Hello & Happy Easter, friends!

It's been a hectic week! So sorry for the lack in posts but I had a feeling it was going to be that way! I had 2 doctor appointments this week with Pain Management. The first was a follow up and the second one was Friday morning for my 2nd Epidural Steroid Injection. Friday I was on bed rest and Saturday we had to prepare for our Easter Day. But before I head to bed I wanted to share the rest of my Easter treats I made so let's get to it!

First off though I want to share a picture that Kirsten shared with me....

Love your adorable pink tree, Billie Jo! So sweet! :)

A friend that Kirsten works with bought a bunch of my Easter treats and decorated her little tree that's in her cubical. She loves pink! Kirsten sent this picture to me one day last week and I fell in love with it and thought i'd share it with you!

And here are the treats.....

Phew, that was alot, huh? I was quite pleased with everything I made and even happier that Kirsten & my parents sold all of it! I purchased myself a Big Shot machine with the extra cash I made. I'm so excited to get it so I can use my extra large dies with it. I'm looking forward to making some banners and decorating some wreaths in the coming weeks! A huge Thank You to everyone who purchased!

I'm not going to list all the supplies I used to make these treats so if there is anything you need to know please shoot me an email at blueyes966@comcast.net 

Well, it was a beautiful day and I spent it with my wonderful hubby, 3 kiddo's plus Kirsten's boyfriend, Brad and their puppy Rosco and my parents & 2 little doggies! Couldn't ask for anything more! Hope you all have a very happy day too!

I'm heading to bed!

Lots of fun stampy things to come this week!

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

Merry Monday Challenge Week #104

Hello & Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

We got the fence put up this weekend for Gigi & Bailee so now they can run in the backyard. You should have seen their faces when I opened the kitchen door on Saturday evening and left them go out without being on the leash. Both girls sat there and looked at us until we encouraged them to go. Oh they loved running around and playing together! They finally got their Christmas gift....a fenced in yard!

So, today since it's Monday that means it's time for another challenge from over at Merry Monday!

Let's get to it!

This week our hostess is the talented Karen Davis and she gave us a color challenge.

I rather loved these colors and was so pleased that my card turned out exactly the way I envisioned.

Hope you can drop by the Merry Monday blog to see what the other ladies have created this week. So many awesome idea's!

Merry Monday Challenge Week #104 Card:

Stamps: Dasher, Petite Pairs

Ink: Kraft/Crumb Cake, Basic Gray

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Smokey Slate, Kraft/Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Winter's Frost DSP

Accessories: PTI Tag Sale #4 Die, Circle Nesties, Gray Beads, Basic Gray Stitched Grosgrain, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Well, that's all for me today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

Easter 2014

Hello & Happy Thursday!

Hope everyone is doing well.

I took a few days off from posting to do some cleaning out of my stamp room and also work on some upcoming projects. Somewhere along the lines I lost some of my mojo and maybe that is from the nice, sunshiney weather we are having. Life will be a bit busy this upcoming week with putting a fence up for the doggies and also Easter coming so quickly! I am hosting Easter dinner here for the family since I have the room for it but my Mom is doing the cooking. She insisted! Kirsten is in charge of the veggies and I am in charge of the desserts! Haha!

Anyways, with that being said my posts might be a bit sporadic the next week or so but I promise once Easter is over i'll be back on a more normal schedule. :)

So, today I wanted to share a few Easter things that I made.

Let's get started!

These were all fun to make! I made up about 40 milk cartons for the ladies at Kirsten's work in different designs. The cards I made for family & friends. I sat down one day and just started to play with the Easter images. For once I did not use a challenge to make a card. I like to do the challenges for they give me a place to start at making a card and they also make you think outside of the box and sometimes I really need that direction to help me create.

I'm pleased with all of it and of course I will share more pictures of the Easter goodies in the coming week.

That's all for today!

If you need to know something about what I used for these projects please shoot me an email. It's just way to much to list.

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

Merry Monday Challenge #103

Hello & Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Since it's Monday that means it's time for another challenge from over at Merry Monday!

This week our hostess is the talented Kathy Schweinfurth!

So let's get to it!

I just recently purchased this sentiment from DRS Designs and I felt the sentiment fit this image perfectly! The image is from the Winter Memories stamp set from Stampin Up! 2 years ago.

Merry Monday Challenge Week #103 Card:

Stamps: Winter Memories, sentiment from DRS Designs

Ink: Island Indigo

Cardstock: Neenah White, Island Indigo, Coastal Cabana, Winter's Frost DSP

Accessories: Snow Burst EF, Pool Party Button, White Baker's Twine, Island Indigo Ribbon, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Hope you can stop by the blog and see what the other Merry Maker's have created this week! Lot's of adorable snowmen!

Well, that's all for me today!

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

Easter Socks 2014

Hello & Happy Saturday!

Hope everyone is having a super weekend so far!

It's a bright & sunny day but the wind is a bit crazy today. Hope it is short lived so tomorrow we can go out and spruce up our yard some and also get some measurements for a fence for the dogs! Those girls will enjoy that alot!

Before I get onto the topic of my project, I wanted to share a bit of good news!

Our friends, Amy & Edgar had their baby yesterday afternoon! Vienna Marie weighed 4lbs 6 oz! I haven't asked yet on how her health is because i'm sure things are a bit crazy now with the new one being here. From what we heard though she is in the NICU but feeding & breathing on her own. Sounds very positive for being 6 weeks early! Amy is doing well too!

This morning we had to run out to our local Comcast Cable office to once again replace our cable modem! Seems we just did this about 4-5 months ago! Hubby got it all hooked up & and the internet is working like a charm! So while he was doing that, I sat at my stamp table and bagged some adorable little Easter socks that I picked up at AC Moore a few weeks ago! As i've said before, my 2 daughters love their holiday socks! Here is what I threw together!

I used a Medium SU Cello bag and placed the socks & a Ghiradelli Chocolate in each bag. I made a topper to put on them. The purple bunny is from the Ears to You single stamp from last year. I used a new DRS Easter stamp for the sentiment. The Easter Egg paper is from Hobby Lobby. They were scraps leftover from other projects. I stapled my topper on the the cello bag and added a pink rhinestone and a Pool Party bow. I'm sure the girls will love these!

Easter Socks 2014:

Stamps: Ears to You (single stamp 2013), Sentiment from DRS Designs

Ink: Melon Mambo, Lovely Lilac

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Lovely Lilac, DSP from Hobby Lobby

Accessories: Circle Punches, Pink Rhinestones, Pool Party Ribbon, Dimensional, 2 Sided Tape

Well, that's all for me today!

I think a nap is in order to help with my sinus headache I had since I crawled out of bed this morning!

Sweet dreams y'all and have a great day!

~Wendy.

Dynamic Duo's Challenge #96

Hello & Happy Thursday!

Hope your all having a great day!

We went to visit a very good friend of ours last night who has been in the hospital since last Wednesday. She is 7 months pregnant and her water broke. Today is the day they are inducing her labor and as of right now....nothing! The baby will be born at 34 weeks and they have been giving Amy meds to help build up little Vienna's lungs. I'm so excited for her! Her mom is up from Delaware keeping little Dominic while this is all happening. I offered to keep him today if she wanted to be with her daughter for the birth so I wanted to hurry and get my card made ASAP before the call comes.

Anyways, i'm down to the wire on getting my card made for this week's Dynamic Duo's card so here we go!

The color I chose to go with my Gumball Green is Cherry Cobbler! :)

When I think of Gumball Green I think of Christmas so that's the direction I went. I found in my "Image Box" this adorable image already stamped in the colors I needed . The images are from the Joyous Celebration set from the Holiday Mini 2012. I never purchased the set but borrowed it from my friend & stamping buddy, Deb. Thanks Deb! In my stash I found a piece of Gumball Green already embossed with the SU Snow Burst EF and then I embossed a piece of Cherry Cobbler with the Designer Frames EF's. Added a piece of Stitched White Grosgrain and completed my inside. Threw on a few white pearls and called it done. Another card ready for Christmas! Hope you like!

Dynamic Duo's Challenge #96 Card:

Stamps: Joyous Celebration, Christmas Messages & More Merry Messages (inside)

Ink: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler

Cardstock: Neenah White, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: White Oval Punch, Snow Burst EF, Designer Frames EF, White Stitched Ribbon, White Pearls, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

That's all for today!
Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!
~Wendy

Sketch Challenge 482

Hello & Happy Wednesday!

Today I spent most of the day in my stamp room making more Easter treats for the ladies at Kirsten's work and once that was off the table I hurried to get a card made for today's Sketch Challenge over at SCS. Below is the layout & my card....

I loved this sketch but wasn't quite sure what I was going to make with it but everything just kinda fell into place.

Sketch Challenge 482 Card:

Stamps: Just Believe, Delightful Dozen (sentiment), Versatile Verses (inside)

Ink: Memento Black, Melon Mambo & Pear Pizzazz SU Markers

Cardstock: Neenah White, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzazz, Gingham Garden DSP

Accessories: Melon Organdy Ribbon, Glue Dot, Melon Rhinestones, Stamp A Ma Jig, 2 Sided Tape

Hope you like!

Well, that's all for me today!

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

Color Challenge 472

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

It's Color Challenge day over at SCS and I played along before I got to work on making yet MORE Easter treats! A few of the ladies that Kirsten works with asked for a few more sweets!

So here is today's colors and my card samples...

Old Olive, Bermuda Bay & Night of Navy

Again I pulled out an image from my "Image Box" that I stamped off from the stamp set called Apothecary Art. The dessert option was to make a birthday card. I really like these colors!

Color Challenge 472 Card:

Stamps: Apothecary Art, DRS Designs (inside)

Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers

Cardstock: Neenah White, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Polka Dot Parade DSP

Accessories: Finishing Framelits, Label Framelits, Night of Navy Stitched Ribbon, Glue Dot, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Hope you like!

That's all for me today!

Time to start stamping some Easter bunnies!

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