Monday Morning Leftovers

 

Good Morning!
I just have a quick and simple card  to share that I made using leftovers on my desk.  A vellum circle left over from this project.  A banner cut while making this project.  A few hibiscus die cuts that were cut when I was making this project.

 

 

The little hibiscus die cuts are so cute.  They are intended to accessorize the flip flops, but I wanted to die cut a ton of them and glue them down to create a background.  That never happened! lol  Too much work!  I colored these, and their leaves, with my Copic markers.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by! It's Monday... I hope you have a little more energy than Piper this morning ;)

 

Cardstock: WP9 Black, Recollections White, PTI Vellum
Stamps: PS Summer Lovin'
Ink: Versamark Ink
Dies: PS Flip Flop Dies, WP9 Love Mom Layers, PTI DE Banner
Other: White Embossing Powder, Copic Markers

Faithful Friends

 

For a long time I've wanted a paw print stamp.  I decided, finally, on this mini stamp set from PTI called, With Sympathy: Loss Of A Pet.  I wish it had more than just sympathy sentiments, but it's a start.  I think this sentiment, under the right circumstances, could be for something other than a sympathy card.  I used the Sunshine Layers die and a Serendipity Stamps Heart die to create a frame for my sentiment and stamping.

 

 

Here's sweet Piper taking a snooze this afternoon.  Luckily she just had a bath this morning and is all nice and clean.  {P.S. I am loving my new camera, Nikon D3100.  I was never able to get indoor photos this nice with my old camera}

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.  We are having friends over for pizza and board games.  We are going to play Life.  What's your favorite board game? Do you still play?  We do, but not as much as we used to.  It'll be fun because our friends have two young boys and I'm sure there will be a lot of laughter! 

 

CAS-ology: Mini

 

 

Cardstock: Recollections White
Stamps: PTI With Sympathy: Loss Of A Pet
Ink: WP9 Ocean Drive, Beanstalk, Wild Mango, Versafine Onyx
Dies: WP9 Sunshine Layers, SS Heart

Meet Piper

 

If we're connecting on Instagram or Facebook you already know that Ryan and I adopted a sweet girl named Piper! She's a 5 year old German Shepherd who was used as a breeding dog and then dumped at a high-kill shelter somewhere in the south.  She was brought up north by Louies's Legacy and fostered for a few weeks while she recovered from her most recent litter. 

 

 

She's a sweet, gentle girl who loves to play.  She gets along well with other dogs which is great because we'd love to be able to bring her along when we visit friends and family with dogs and have them come visit us.   She's only been with us a few days, but she seems to be adjusting well.  We feel very lucky to have her!

 

 

Friday Favorites {FIF #128}

 

My sweet Lady is getting older.  She's having trouble with her back legs.  She was slipping and falling a lot on our hardwood floors downstairs so I ordered her some Power Paws.

She took them off at first, but has been leaving them on and really seems to know they help her.

They work well, but if this is something your aging dog needs I would suggest searching for some that have the grips on both sides of the socks because when Lady plays while wearing them they do tend to twist on her paws.  All in all, though, I am happy with them. 

They are definitely helping her:)

 

 

The guest room is coming together.

I finally got the paint up on the walls and I love it!

The color is Granite Grey by Glidden.

 

My parents came by the other night for some burgers

and my sweet dad brought me sunflowers!

He never comes empty handed:)

The little bird in my geranium finally took his first flight.

I was so thrilled to come outside at just the right moment to see him!

 

 

I've had such a great week. 

I hope you did too.  As we head in to the weekend, I hope you have some free time to make something pretty.  If you are in need of some inspiration to get you started,

 check out this week's projects.....#128!

 

 

Friday Inspiration File #116

 

It's been beautiful around here this past week.

We've gotten some rain and a lot of sunshine.

We have been spending a lot of time outside relaxing and working.

Mostly Lady has been doing the relaxing! ;)

 

I hope you have been having some beautiful weather too!

Happy Mother's Day to all of you!!

 

Check out the new projects in the File this week...#116.

 

 

You {are my happy}

After dinner last night we got home about 8:00.  Ryan pretty much conked out at 8:30, which never happens!  The house was nice and quiet and I wasn't tired so I decided to spend a little time in my craft room.  I found this little notebook die cut in a little drawer on my desk and decided to use it as my starting point.  I don't think I would have put these two colors together intentionally, but while playing around with the supplies on my desk I liked the way they looked.

 

I'm looking out the window now and the sky is so blue!!

It's going to be a beautiful day. 

We'd better get out there:)

Hope you have a great day too! 

Cardstock: PTI White, Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist, Lavender Moon
Stamps: PTI Trendy Tree Tops, Simply You
Ink: PTI Lavender Moon, Dark Chocolate
Dies: PTI Limitless Layers, Wonderful Words, Trendy Tree Tops, Double Ended Banner, Notebook Paper, Canvas/Linen Impression Plate
Other: Aqua Mist Felt

It's A Hot One

This is about the most she has done all day!

Notice she is right near the a/c vent.

She's no fool.

Snowy Saturday

I made this card for my cousin's bridal shower. I used a flower technique by Dawn McVey. I used white paper then airbrushed the petals lightly with the Copic airbrush system. It is very subtle, but shows up more than the photos let on.

We had a lot of fun playing with Lady in the snow...

...after we ate some delicious pancakes. We needed energy for all of the shoveling we had to do. About halfway through, our neighbor came by with his snow plow and took hours off of our work in about 3minutes! Sweet.

It has finally stopped snowing, but not until hours after this photo was taken!

Merry Christmas {Eve}

One final Christmas card.

I'm finally starting to feel better. Just in time to run around visiting family and friends! I hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday!

Picnic In The Park

Monday was a beautiful day for a picnic.

Ryan made delicious fresh mozzarella, spinach, roasted red pepper, and homemade pesto sandwiches.

Lady had her own special treats too.

She never did get that chubby little groundhog, but she tried!