Mustangs 50th Anniversary

Happy Birthday, Mustang !!!

http://mustang50thbirthdaycelebration.com/

Wish I was there............. now going to look online for coverage/photos of the events.

Fun quiz in our local newspaper / found online at parade.com

I scored 87% - and totally had to guess on several of them ;)

The Mustang Turns 50 Today ! 

Can You Identify The Car's Pop Culture Spots ? 

Fun photo I made, wishing I was driving the Shelby GT

doing errands on such a beautiful day !!!!!!!!!!

It sits blocked in the garage with a dead battery instead.....sigh. 

I Started With A Challenge.......

The Midweek Throwdown Challenge at

OperationWriteHome

this week is to make kids cards

inspired by Disney.

While brainstorming what to make,

I decided on a different direction:

a purple and white card

in remembrance of a young friend 

of my children who sadly lost her two year battle with leukemia. 

She and my son had been friends since middle school.

My older daughter also became a friend to her.

Someone at Senior prom took a photo of my son with her

in which she was wearing a gorgeous purple and white gown - so princess like !

So my card was inspired by that photo,

but could easily have been inspired by gowns 

many of the Disney characters wear. 

"Blood Moon" Lunar Eclipse

I did not have a tripod so these are not the best photos.

I tried to steady myself as best I could against a frost covered car.

So glad the skies cleared so I could see this - at 2:30 AM !

Digi Scrapping CT Projects- Birthday

Here is the newest kit from Loni at Grace Blossoms 4 U - Birthday Happiness !
Find it in her store at Scraps - N - Pieces.com



Here are a few projects I made with this kit as part of her creative team:

scrapbook page

greeting card

printable banner to cut out

party invitation

Dirt Biking Cards - OWH Sketch 220

This weeks sketch challenge at 

Operation Write Home was interesting !

I used old stamps from Stampin' Up!:

On The Go

Itty Bitty Backgrounds

Tire Tracks - wheel

Various classic inks for sponging, stamping

Home made cloud stencil

and torn paper edge for the ground/skyline

Versamark ink and black embossing powder

Crumpled and distressed Creamy Caramel card stock

to create a "dirt" like background paper

1/4" circle punch, black card stock, Crystal Effects 

to create faux brads

Thanks for looking =) 

Easy Vintage Masculine Cards

Midweek Throwdown Challenge at Operation Write Home: anything masculine


Balloon and biplane image from a Hero Arts set.
Embossing folders, Sizzix/Tim Holtz
Thinking of You, Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set from Stampin' Up!
Sending You My Love, Stampin' Up! set
circle punches
Light gray, medium gray, textured dark gray and glossy white card stocks
black and gray inks
removable sticky notes, cloud stencil, white crayon, sponges for creating the "photo"
Crystal Effects - to make the faux brad
hand cut banner


Thanks for looking =)

Sketch and Bugs! Challenges at OWH

Created for two challenges at Operation Write Home
Sketch Challenge #219
ODBD Challenge: insects

Dragonfly image from Bugs and Slugs stamp set, Stampin' Up!
French Script background stamp, Stampin' Up!
various colors of ink and aquapainter to water color dragonfly
Silver ink
silver metallic paper
Textured green, teal, white card stocks
dragonfly eyelets, unknown as they were gifted to me

Thanks for looking =)

Fore! Father's Day Card

Father's Day  Challenge at Operation Write Home.

Fore! and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets from Stampin' Up!
Kraft , vanilla and textured gray card stocks
scrap of plaid decorative paper, unknown
paper piercer
various classic inks to color in the image
Word Window and Label punches, Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =)

The Old Oak Tree Card

This card is inspired by one a Featured Friday Card Maker at Operation Write Home, Suzanne H., created. She recently recently passed away unexpectedly, but has surely left many warm smiles for those that received one of her nearly 1,000 cards she donated to Operation Write Home. The cards she created and were shared in the OWH  post will most certainly inspire many people.
http://operationwritehome.org/grieving-an-owh-family-loss/

Supplies:
Lovely As A Tree stamp set, Stampin' Up!
Basic Brown ink
Kraft, vanilla and espresso card stocks
Wood grain texture plate
Burlap ribbon

April Fool's from Mother Nature

It seems like Mother Nature is playing April Fool's jokes on us in many parts of the country =)
We have a beautiful, spring like morning today with some of my flowers finally opening up, but we are in for a drastic change, again, tonight. Many people are still seeing snow and according to our local weatherman, it ins't out of the question for us to get at least another dusting in the next two weeks!