Showers of Blessings

Well happy Monday morning to you.  The last one before Spring Break for us and I'm sure glad.  I don't mind getting up and getting the girls ready for the day but I sure do dread the after school homework.  We all need a break from our day to day here.  So once Spring Break rolls around we'll be heading to Grandma's so Mom can relax and the girls can get spoiled rotten.

I've been working on some cards for a friend of mine.  The organization she belongs to has a banquet where they have donated prizes and such so I offered to make card sets for her.  Here are two of the cards.  I used my PTI Scattered Showers set for the umbrellas and sentiment.  I used Stampin' Ups Tempting Turquiose and Pink Passion ink.  The papers are all from my scrap drawer. 

Have a fabulous day!! 

Melissa

We've made it...

through our first month without Anthony.  The first and last month are always the hardest for me, they both feel as if they will never end.  I miss him so much that its hard to focus on anything else but we are easing into a new routine.  The girls are adjusting well and I'm starting to sleep more than a couple hours each night.

I have some fabulous friend and some happen to be my neighbors and they were a major reason I was able to traverse the month without more drama than the Anthony's TV going to TV heaven.  They opened their homes to us when we just need to be any where but in our house, they've offered to watch my girls for a couple of hours just so I could have a moment to myself or go to the grocery store by myself., made me laugh and let me know if I needed anything they would be there for me.  So from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!  Oh, and Rach....
I love ya!!!!

Now that thats out of the way on to the craftyness.......

I made a couple welcome cards when a couple of families moved into our little courtyard.  The patterend paper is from My Minds Eye lovenest stack the rest is various pieces of cardstock I had in my scrap drawer that i punched with the Martha Stewart Cornice border punch.  I had wrote the sentiment (nothing I had fit where I wanted it.)  I free handed the irock crystals and used my handy dandy setter to attach them.

Melissa

My fav card ever!!

I had this post scheduled to go up at 9 this morning while we were at the vet but it didn't work so here it is.



I love how this card turned out.  Exactly how I wanted it to, that doesn't happen to often!  I'm not sure what I'm going to use it for but when I saw the sketch this is what came to mind.  I followed Get Sketchy Card Challenge #33.  All the images and the sentiment is from The Greeting Farm's Showtime set.  All the paper is PTI cardstock (which I love).  I used my Nestabilities small circle to cut the yellow circle.  I had to use my Expression to cut the black circles since I only wanted a small amount of it to show.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful Thursday!

TGF CHA Relay day 3!

I made it through another leg of the relay!  I'm having so much fun.  Here's my card with cute Cub Toby!!  I also followed The Sweet Shop sketch #40.

Items used:

paper - DCWV Brwon Star Burst, orange and blue from scrap drawer

ribbon - I believe it came from Oriental Trading

stamp - Cub Toby from TGF CHA relay

sentiment - Heidi Grace clear sticker phrase

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!!

Melissa

TGF CHA relay, a sketch, and some a extra stuff!

Good morning my blog world friends!!
Well my kids get to sleep in and I get to post this without speeding through it.  Rhalynn's school is on a two hour delay this morning because of the weather.  I'm so ready for spring time and flip flops!!

First off I wanted to let everyone know that on Friday if I've reached a 100 followers (I'm only 8 away)  I'll be putting in everything I have to give away in the blog candy box and adding a second drawing for some wonderful paper!!  So let everyone know!!  If you still haven't evented my blog candy you can go HERE.

Anyways this is my card for The Greeting Farm's CHA relay day 2.  Meet Charlotte!  Isn't she just the cutest.   I used Delightful Sketch #15.  The Paisley paper is from Making Memories.  I absolutly love this paper and I'm down to my last sheet.  I'm not sure the yellow works very well but I needed a color that really stood out against the paisley.

I need to learn to color darker skin so I can color Charlotte here like little Miss Taytum.  Taytum is the daughter of one of my best friends Jodi.  Doesn't Charlotte look like she could have been created from Tay's image.

Challenges entered:

The Greeting Farm - CHA relay

Delightful Sketches and Challenges - Sketch #15

Everyone have a wonderful Tuesday!  I have to go to the grocery store (yuck)!

Melissa

TGF CHA relay day 1 and Get Sketchy #22

I know I posted this card yesterday but I just wanted to start all over when I wasn't so freaked about not getting it uploaded to the TGF gallery.  My hubby didn't understand why I was so freaked but I know you girls would understand.  I promise I'm not crazy all the time.

The card isn't great but this skecth really gave me fits.  It took me like 2 hours to get it right.  All the papers are from my scrap stash.  I'm slowly but surly getting it cleaned out.  The image is from TGF, he is Mer Ian.  If you hurry you can get him too.  Just stop by The Greeting Farm blog and pick up this free image.  If you get you card uploaded to their gallery and comment on the post before 6:00cst tonight they will email you the next image that you can see in THIS POST.

Challenges entered:

The Greeting Farm - CHA Relay
Get Sketchy Card Challenge - Sketch #22



Have a wonderful Monday!!

Melissa

Some randomness!

Just some cards that I haven't posted yet.

The first two I used a coloring page for the image.  My hubby often asks me why I'm browsing the free coloring page sites.  The last card the image is from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Happy Friday!  Have a great weekend.  We are going to the in-laws so I'll be back on Monday.

Melissa