Card Making Frenzy

My birthday card stash is very low, so I've been making cards like crazy
Oh, how I love my Cuttlebug.That little green machine is da bomb!!! I also would marry this Papertrey Ink rustic white cardstock if possible.

This card utilizes some of the million and one paper scraps I have. I love the Papertrey Ink Test Style script stamp. Heck, I love EVERYTHING PTI!!

This is a birthday card for a male coworker. I struggle with male cards.Can't add as much bling or use any PINK! HA!! Trust me, Nic is not a "pink" kind of guy!! I had fun stamping on the cork. I love to try new techniques.

This card is for my coworker, Marlene who is a quilter. The machine stitching is messy on this because I just got a new machine and haven't quite figured it out yet!!

Happy Soggy Fourth of July

Happy 4th of July!! It is cool and rainy in Iowa as you can tell by the pictures. We have no plans for today.The fireworks were last night. If you stood out in the road, by our mailbox, you could see them. Nothing happening in Dodge today to celebrate our great country.Pretty pathetic if you ask me. I grew up in a town where the 4th was a big celebration. HUGE carnival, parade, craft fair, and fireworks over the Mississippi river...beautiful!! It was always hot and sunny too. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty disgusted with our "summer" weather.Our winters are long and cold.I want HOT , HOT, HOT and SUN!!! I will be pleased with the next electric bill though. I'm spending the day baking cookies for church tomorrow and watching the Twilight Zone marathon on the Sci Fi channel. A big Happy Birthday shout out to my sister-in-law Marilyn!! Your card is on the way...I realized Thursday that, "HOLY CRAP!! It's JULY! Luckily, we will ALL have a PEACEFUL holiday thanks to the past and present men and women of our Armed Forces.Thank you, for your bravery and dedication to our great country! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

I GOt a TOP 5...LOL

I won third place on the Hero Arts blog this week!!! Go HERE to see my card.It is the one with the fern stamp.To say I was stunned is putting it mildly.The talent of the ladies on this Flickr group is amazing.I regularly browse the gallery and literally gasp at some of the creations. I may pull off an ok card occasionally, but hardly anything "gasp" worthy.

The challenge last week was to use complimentary color combinations; black and white, orange and blue, and red and green. Not colors I readily utilize, so this was a stretch for me. Go HERE to check out the HERO ARTS Flickr group. Beautiful, fun, funky stuff!!

Flowers are blooming!!

Ok, so Sally isn't a flower.But, she had to help me weed and spray all the flowers this morning.It is FINALLY warm and humid here, so she gets hot easily! She is waiting at the door ."I want IN, I'm thirsty!!

The zinnias are blooming....

as are the daisy's I planted. I had a little friend on my shoulder as I worked amongst the flowers...a little ladybug.I pulled her off and placed her on the coneflowers.She flew off before I could snap a pirture.No snakes this year, although they do eat the bad bugs.They still startle me though. Sally has probably killed them all. So far she has claimed several birds, baby bunnies (BAD DOG!), and a possum(ick).

New Cricut cartridge

I finally got out the new Cricut cartridge, Storybook. It has endless possibilities. I cut out this butterfly and then glued it atop a card. It is much prettier in person. So easy to make cards using this cartridge function. Amy, if you're reading, you'll want to borrow this cartridge!!

Latest creation

This is my latest card.My SIL has a birthday on the 4th of July. I used Basic Grey paper and new Papertrey Ink stamps.PTI has THE best acrylic stamp quality.Their cardstock quality and colors rock too!!

Could it be????

Could it possibly be 80 degrees and sunny outside? Could it possibly be "spring like"? YES YES YES! Can't wait to get out of work and enjoy it!!!