Bummer

Because there should be a card for JUST these kind of days!

cute right?

xo

tina

p.s. Happy Monday

linking this to:

C.R.A.F.T -  flowers

SOUTHERN GIRLS - green and blue

DELICIOUS DOODLES - anythng goes

Happy Easter

From my family to yours

xo

tina

Cowboy Scrap

Geesh, I think I forgot how to scrapbook.

Shame on me!

Here's a page I just finished that should have been done in Dec 2010

Let me say that this is very simple - not like my usual

style...I have a small arsenal of scrapbooking embellishments and

seem to have forgotten to add any to this page...

I keep re-assuring myself that it is a boy page so it's o.k.

that it's not real busy but really!

Back to the drawing board.

Hope your Easter plans are going off withtout a hitch.

xo

tina

Say What?

Can you see the attitude?

while bobbing his head

"WHAT NOW MOM?"

but he is such a charmer.

Sharing this @ Wordless wednesday

have a sweet night!

xo

tina

Quick pick me up

Needed a GET WELL CARD and didn't have any on hand so I made a mad dash

to my stash...heehee just made a funny...

anyway, I never make my own cards but this time I did...

o.k. so get ready for quick and easy

Step 1: fold the CS in half

Step 2: use a border punch to add decoration to the top of the card

Step 3: use die-cut flower pieces to front of card as embellishment/add glimmer (hard to see)

Step 4 : Stamp GET WELL SOON (stamps for life)

Step 5: stamps greeting or hand write...

DONE...whew...

And I must say it is quite charming

 

What are you working on these days?

Happy Tuesday

xo

tina



I am playing in these challenges this week:

our daily bread designs - no coloring

do you stack up - scallops

2 sisters challenge - glimmer/punches/flowers

aud sentiments - anything goes

Colorful egg garland

I know we have all made a banner or garland of some sort at one time or another

and what better time than now right before Easter.

Here is a quick, easy and FREE really project you can have your kids do.

You just need those FREE sample paint swatches from the home improvement

stores and an oval punch or an egg punch if you can find those...

and really since it's spring you can use any large punch you wish...

maybe a butterfly or bird punch...

Punch out as many eggs as you can....

then just sew right through the middle of them...

your kids can do the punching and YOU do the sewing

and when all is said and done you have a really cool garland that

was basically free to make and you could make one for

every room in your house.

Have fun...

I am linking this up to the following parties this week:

craft-o-maniac

made by you mondays

making the world cuter

market yourself mondays

Hope you have a great Monday.

xo

tina

Something sweet

I am a scrapbooking girl at heart - although I seem to have lost my way in that area

a bit. But I always am making albums for SALE just not really taking the time to complete

my own...so to help get me in the mood to scrap - I thought I would make an

EXPLOSION ALBUM-all about MOM

it is a scrapbook in a box...very cute and can hold a WOPPING 22 photos

Aren't the papers I used simply shabby-licious...

I made 2 of these one to put into my etsy shop and one to play with...

not sure if I want to use it to showcase MIO or to memoralize my MOM...

maybe both of us..

hmmm that sounds like a great idea.

I am off to jet set in Santa Barbara...I mean hang out with the Hubs and kids in Santa Barbara.

What ever you do this weekend I hope it is FUN.

xo

tina

Soft & Sweet

Wow Wednesday already.

Time sure flies when you are having fun...NOT.

I have been kind of stressed out---not really my issue but someone close to me's problem.

I know - you shouldn't worry too much about someone else's problem but

I am one of those people that like to fix things - you too?

anyway,

I have been trying to create cards a bit more in my style which is

shabby, vintage and distressed...

Here is one I made last week and found the perfect challenges to submit

it to.

what do you think?

The best part is that I used one stamp - well 2 if you count the Happy Mothers Day stamp

and 2 different DPs - cool - scruffed up the stamped image with inks and sanding tool

and hard to see but added some lace...nice huh?

I will be sharing this card with

fLUTTER BY WEDNESDAYS - pastel colors

ANITA BE STAMPIN - anything goes

SIMON SAYS STAMP & SHOW - distressing

Have a great night...

xo

tina

Makng it Pretty Monday

If you are like me you pray and read scriptures and sometimes

want to remember something you read or perhaps use it another day

and if you are ALSO like me - you have a horrible memory...

So I came up with this clever idea (I think) to make a pocket sized

notebook that I can take with me to church or bible study - you get the idea...

I had the typical 8 x 11 pad of lined paper cut down at my office depot store

added some Oh So GIRLY paper to the front...

those dots around the paper are rub-ons from an old stash

I had. Used my wonderful alphabet stickers (love these guys)

then added one of MY paper posies to the front...

I will share those tomorrow.

Here is the inside...ready for some great scripture or some words of wisdom

See everything could use a bit of GIRL-ing up a bit...

I think when something looks pretty you are more apt to use it. Dont'cha agree?

I am linking this pretty prayer journal up to the following parties:

MADE BY YOU MONDAY

MAKING THE WORLD CUTER

JUST SOMETHING i WHIPPED up

MARKET YOURSELF MONDAY

What are you making pretty today?

xo

tina

p.s. have a delightful day!

Home Sweet Home

There is no place like home

I love it when Dorothy says those words in the wizard of oz...

It's true really...

AND I am just learning that a home is what you make of it.

I have a dream of living somewhere else...in my home of FOREVER

and while it all seems like a dream - it has become my

mission. It is my relentless attempt to mke it come to fruition

by next summer. I can see the light...I will perservere...

So with my DREAM HOME in mind...

I created this card with the new set of stmaps by stamps of life called houses2 build (i think)

I was really drawn to these colors and I even created another project with

the same stamps and colors....to be shared soon

Hope you like this

What are you dreaming of lately!

I am linking this to

INSPIRE ME FRIDAYS-handmade

CORROSIVE CHALLENGEs - pastel colors

have a great weekend

xo

tina

Simple

Sometimes simple is best.

sometimes you just need quick and easy!

Sometimes, you want to feel accomplished and if simple gets you there

then so be it.

Here is my way too simple card using the easter set from Stamps For Life

Could even seem boring but I guess you do with what little time you have

and this is all I had time for yesterday...

Ever have those days when time runs out and you wonder where it all went?

Here's to a more productive couple of days.

Have a great Thursday, friends.

xo

tina

Spring

is almost here!!!

At least the weather is warmig up a bit

somedays, lately, even into the 90's - that's SoCal for ya!

Anyway, I have been preparing Easter baskets around here, so

with Easter on the brain I decided to make up this cute card using the

Easter set from THE STAMPS OF LIFE

I used some left over scraps from Basic Grey

and lots of yummy prima flowers and a lil' blingage

cute right?

Hope your Easter plans are coming along nicely.

I am linking this up with te following challenges:

marks finest papers - animal spotlight

craft your passion - anything goes

little claires designs - spring

have a great Tuesday

Tina

Howdy

Well it's almost Saturday

and I wanted to take a minute and wish you a happy weekend.

It's busy 'round these parts and while I love to blog

it sometimes doesn't fit into my day...I want to do better with that.

So because I appreciate all my followers and friends that visit me

I wanted to make you all a special card

to let you know that I am here and appreciate you taking the time to visit me

even when I don't post as often as I should

Hope you like it and can feel the LOVE I am sending to YOU!

I'll be by again this weekend...

Hope your weekend is fabulous.

xo

tina