Say HI To Major

He's our new family member. All of 6 weeks old. Emma talked us into it. My sister had a liter of corgi & shitzu mixed puppies...and this was the runt. And they brought him up from TX for thanksgiving....he's adjusting well! He had his sister here w/ him for a week to help with that. But now he's on his own. And whinning a bit at night. The kids love him & I think even Brian might!

PS...is anyone else having trouble sizing pix in blogger? It seems lately they all show up HUGE...and i can't adjust them w/out ruining proportions!

OH, my goodness.......

why oh why did i NOT know about google reader? Freaking amazing! I took all my blogs I follow and put them on there...bam! Now i don't have to go to 100 diff blogs...and see who has updated & who hasnt....and not 4 diff feed servers...all on one page now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I am off to find more to add to it now!!

a few cards.

a few quick digi pages

Just playing around while I watch tv....

a few late night creations

we're up late waiting for the sister & cousins to show up....along with the puppies!! So I made a few cards to help the time pass...using scraps only on them!
I took the plunge & sorted all my embellies by color!! And i use a little bowl to dump them into when i need them..then put them back in the jar. got rid of 1/2 of my storage issues!! i'll post a pix later!

FInally a new post...

sorry to leave ya hanging! I had a crop & hostess club this weekend....so i finally took the time to make some holiday cards. And to post them....I had a lot of fun making them too!
Alex came over & LOVE to chat it up with her. And two new clients...and two old ones...we all got ALOT done!

A large photo page

I used notebook & a large photo of emma to do this page. the photo was dark...but i still loved her pose...very emma

Some art from today

just having fun with the cuttlebug & spellbinders nestabilities!

November Club Page...

Here you go ladies. We are finally using that game on paper I have been wanting to show you. Stars & stripes...neutral...so we'll add a color. I chose cranberry....but you don't have to! You can choose ANY COLOR...just tell me. I also have baseball & football stamps...but no others. So if you want another sport just make sure you bring it if you have it. I really didn't use too much from the stamp set (detail on star & the tag). And....we are using DAZZLIN DIECUTS....so you can choose any color there...and shape. What I am saying is your page WILL NOT look like my page! It will look like YOURS! YOu can add pink, orange, blue!! and you don't have to do sports...it can be anything!

A fall page & a few cards

I used dazzling die cuts on the page....those are great. The scallop border & the flowers...double sided since it's on the textured cardstock...yay!

I used shining star on the cards (random stamped...havent' done that in a while) and then did some with the flower stamp set (cannot recall name) that was last years promo.

two pages and a card

I made this card too fast, too plain & too blah. but made it so that counts.

and then i made this layout. haven't done a 2 page in a while!! i started out with the photos & really was NOT into it. but....stuck it out & in the end love it!! I used some die cuts & dimensionals from the dazzling die cuts...cool special next month!

Quick card to go w/ color challenge blog

Karen made the color challenge to day w/ new england ivy, sorbet, creme brulee & barn red...i threw in chocolate! I used dazzling die cut H & new sticky letters for appy!

one page 4 cards, new stuff too

weekend work...

finally some stamping just for ME!! We went up to the mtns this weekend...and i knew i'd have soem downtime...so i took a box of supplies. along with my cuttlebug (we are inseperable!). I pre cut cardstock, card bases, brought a few ink colors to match. my little trusty box of embellies (assorted brads) and ribbon of course. here is what I did!

a little art...

courtesy of me! we have lived here for 10 years...and I have yet to 'decorate' our house. so i needed some art & am cheap...so i had to make my own. i love fall & figured for a few bucks i can paint a new pair for each season!! here is what i made....let me know what you think. and we have two arches in our entry...and never did anything there either. so i bought a few things & decorated....still work to do there & maybe soem painting. for now it'll have to do.

October Club Cards

Ok ladies...here are the three cards. Using the new ink colors & cardstock...very fun colors (a little darker in real life). We will be using items found in the distressing kit. Sand paper, sanding block, paper edger, sponge brushes, etc. Sooooohope you likey! And if you do not like christmas trees or don't do holiday cards...we can make them stars ok!

Fall Photos....

I took the kids to the park today @ my brothers DSLR...kinda liked it too!! Then messed around in photo shop...and came out with a few photos I LOVE!!