A Monsters Celebration

 Kids love Monsters, Monsters love kids, how could I go wrong with these cute little monster cards? I made 6 different cards with different monsters, here's a sneak peek at one of them, click below to see the rest!

Holy $h!t Balls!

HAHA, I LOVEEEEEEEEE this stamp! I found it in the $1.00 bin at Viva Las Vegas Stamps. I keep this stamp in a very secret place where no one will find it (sometimes that no one includes myself and my brain farts! LOL) I know most people would find this offensive, but I mean, come on...come on...COME ON! You know this is HILARIOUS!

Anyhow, I made 6 cards with this sentiment. For guys, for gals, whatever! I just think this is great. I totally could have made about 20 of these alternating card layouts. Who knows, maybe I will!!!

It's a 1st Birthday-A Zoo! I'm not LION!

It's our Grand Son's 1st Birthday and couldn't be happier with how this card came out!
I mixed Zoo animals and an Owl. There is an Owl in the set I used with Zoo animals, so I didn't stray too far off the path.

Click below to see the card, it's a RIOT!

Altered-Creating Magnets

Quite a few years ago I created some Magnets for my beloved Grandma (now departed but always in my heart). A few months ago our Daughter saw them in one of my memory posts on Facebook and really liked them. She asked that I make her a set sometime. I was working on a birthday card for her Son (our Grand baby who's turning 1!) and I figured while I had my SU! Decorative Label punch out, I would take the time to make her magnets while trying to figure out the details of the card for our Grand Son... I made her magnets similar but very different than I did for my Grandma. I didn't want them to look too close as I always try to keep everything OOAK (one of a kind).
Anyhow, click below to see the cute set of magnets!

Thinking of You with WASHI Tape-Nephew and SIL

So since Hubby and I made Valentine's cards for our nephews, great niece and great nephew, we thought it only fair that we send the Mama and our oldest nephew a card as well. Just a cute little thinking of you card for each of them!

If you like WASHI Tape, click below to check them out!

Almost Caught Up! 2 Halloween Cards

Hi again! I'm back with another update, still catching up on my Halloween card posts. I have 2 Halloween cards to show you here, and then I only have 1 Halloween card left, and can move on to my couple of Thanksgiving and Christmas card posts.
Whewwww, I've gotten a lot of my blog posts done over the last couple days. I hope you like everything I've shared with you.

Check out the previews for these 2 cards and then click below to see the rest of the details and the pics!

Card # 1 Preview

Card # 2 Preview

Catching up some more...3 Halloween Cards

Hiya! I'm doing an awesome job on getting my blog updated with past craft projects that I just didn't have time to post when I did them. I'm still quite a bit behind, but I'm getting a lot done, very fast. I'm trying hard to get my Halloween projects posted so I can move on to posting my Christmas projects!

Today, I have 3 cards to show you, all from last Halloween. The cards were for the 3 kids of a friend of ours in Kentucky. The kids loved the cards, they never get anything special like this for Holidays (i.e. no handmade cards). It was a nice surprise for them!

Here are 3 sneak peeks, click below to see the rest of the pics!

Card # 1 Preview

Card # 2 Preview

Card # 3 Preview

Halloween Happened...

And so did my crafting time making Halloween cards!!!
As I said the other day, I know that I'm very far behind on sharing projects, so here I am with an update and some cute Halloween cards that I made for Halloween.

Here is a sneak peek, click below to see the rest.

Many 'mini' Christmas Cards-4 of them!

Hello Again! I'm hard at work trying to get my blog updated! All I have left are a few Christmas cards from last year, a couple of the Halloween cards from last year and just a few other cards I made over the last couple of months.

Anyhow, here are 4 more mini Christmas cards I made, with mini Christmas characters! These were so fun to make. :) a pain cutting the little guys out, but still fun to make. :D
Click below to see the deets.

Hello...Zombie?! Hello Kitty...Zombies!!

2 more of my 20 Halloween cards!!

I don't much like "Hello Kitty". I mean, she is REALLY over utilized. In the last few months, I've seen Hello Kitty blenders, microwaves, laptops, hair dryers, curling irons, and even Hello Kitty SHOES. 

But, I do have a few friends who really adore her. I mean, when I was a teenager, I was all about how adorable she was, but I've just totally outgrown her, I guess because I see her EVERYWHERE!

anyhow, I made my friend Denise and my Auntie Erica a Hello Kitty ZOMBIE card for Halloween. I do think she is absolutely adorable...as a zombie! LOL

Here is a sneak peek, click below to see the rest!

Holiday Sweets...Halloween Sugar Skulls, that is! Also--A Sneak Peek!

Sooooo, as I stated in my last few blog posts, I'm far behind on posting all of the 20, YES, TWENTY Halloween cards I did!!! whewwww, I worked for the last 2 weeks of September and the whole first week of October making these cards so they could get out to the recipients.

Then, I guess because I had made SO many, I sent 2 people the wrong cards, then I realized day before yesterday that 1 person never even got a card sent to her (I'm SO very Sorry, Monique!!!!) and I sent my friend's daughter a different card than planned, and later found her original Monster High themed card, sitting on it's drying rack (I set stickled cards aside to dry, out of reach of my cat, who likes to lick the stickles. LOL). Anyhow, I felt bad and ended up not sending it, and now I guess I have it for 2015, which I'm sure will flyyyyyy by as fast as 2014, has! Sorry, Gracie, but you'll get it soon enough.

So, here are 2 of the Halloween cards I made. The black haired sugar skull went to my baby sister, and the red haired sugar skull went to my friend Emmy. They both loved them!
Here is a sneak peek, click below to see the rest!

Ok, Here's a card!!!

Hey y'all!!!! What's goin' on? I know I was here back in October and said that I'd be back shortly with a post of alllllllllllll the AWESOME and AMAZING Halloween cards that I did, and I know I never came back to post, but a LOT has been going on lately!!! And to be honest, life, and my Bipolar has just completely gotten in the way of me being able to sit down and do a post.

But, alas, HERE I AM WITH A CARD!!!
So, "last" week, on Wednesday the 26th, the day before Thanksgiving, I had to rush and make my brother and his wife, my FAVORITEEEEEEEEE sister in law, a Christmas card. They were here visiting for thanksgiving, but we did our Christmas since they will be in Montana for Christmas with her family.
But, I can say, my Christmas gift was a beautiful Big Shot machine. Mine is still in storage in Vermont and I was using my mom's. So, my brother and SIL got me my very own! (I'll post a pic of the gorgeous one I got, at the end of the post!)

Oh, and BTW, I'm going to be an AUNTIE, again. yeah, so my prego SIL gets to spend Christmas with her family, but I got to spend thanksgiving with her. :D
Anyhow, here is the card I made them.... sneak peek, click below to see the rest.

I'm not LION, I think you're great!

Hello again, here for another post... I know there has been a lot today. I'm trying to get everything posted that I've made over the last few months that I just didn't have time or energy to update with.

Here is a really CUTE Lion card I made. It's a TAC (The Angel Company) stamp set, T1046 "Lion". Here's a sneak peek, click below to see the full card...

Banners and Butterflies... Oh My!

Hey there, thanks for coming to visit me. I hope you've looked around a bit and seen what I've been working on lately! I told ya, I've been busy craftin' over the last few months.

So, I got these fuzzy butterflies from a friend in a bot of card making goodies that she sent me. the butterflies are really cute. I had to find just the perfect card to make with them. Something that wasn't too embellished to where it would take the focus off the butterflies, but something that had enough and didn't look plain.

Here's what I came up with... click below to see all the details and close up pics.

More Mini Cards

Hello again! As I said in the past few previous posts, I had been super busy over the past few months, and I had made a lot of mini cards.
Here's a sneak peek at some more that I made, click below to see the rest of the pics. :)

A VERY rough month, but I made 2 cards

I have 2 birthday cards to share that I made the other night. But first, some sad news. This month has been an extremely difficult month for hubby and I. On December 2, hubby's mom passed away. Her health has not been so good this past year; however, she was actually doing a bit better the last month than she had previously been doing. That is why her death was difficult because it was sudden and completely unexpected.

Thankfully, we were able to make it to see her before she passed, even though she was not conscious and braindead at the time. The dr's always say that even if someone is on life support, as she was, or in a coma, that they can still hear you. We made sure to tell her how much we loved her and how much she'd missed.

UPDATED TO ADD: The funeral home finally got moms obituary up, if you'd like to view it, you can do so here: Combs, Parsons & Collins Funeral Home: Joyce Elaine Moore. I am sharing it because some of you that read my blog have helped by donating some money towards moms cremation. THANK YOU AGAIN!!!
If you've read my blog for a while, you'll also know that last year, on the same day I had my car accident, we lost my husbands uncle, Robert. It was a very difficult day because I had gotten in a car wreck that same exact day that uncle Robert had, only 10 minutes later. My husband got a call from mom saying his uncle had passed in his car wreck and then he got a call that I had been in a car wreck just a few minutes later. it was a rough day. I was so upset, moreso than the fact that I had been hit, but because I could NOT be there with my husband. he and his uncle were EXTREMELY close. But, it was also difficult because neither of us could be there for MOM at the time, because of my wreck and me being nearly 3 hours from home and us only having that one vehicle that was wrecked. The reason it was more difficult overall is because uncle Robert was moms LAST surviving sibbling, and family member, other than her children (my husband and his younger brother and sister).
You can view uncle Roberts obituary here: Combs, Parsons & Collins Funeral Home: Robert McConnell

It was a rough time dealing with hubby's family and such, and trying to get moms affairs in order, but we've managed to get almost everything done. it is never pleasant losing a loved one, especially a parent, but it's even worse when the parents don't have any end of life care plan set up to pay for things and that burden falls on the children. It's been very difficult and I can say that we have some AMAZING friends (who are considered our family) who came to our aid to assist with paying for the $500 down payment we needed towards moms cremation so we could take care of her affairs. We were able to get her cremated (her wish) and pick up her ashes and we were able to get her a lovely urn. We are just waiting for the death certificate now so we can finish taking care of her affairs because sadly, most things can't be taken care of without a death certificate. We still owe quite a hefty chunk of money to the funeral home, more than $1,500, but they were nice enough to set us up on a payment plan, one of which we honestly can't afford, but had to agree to. :-/
For those of you who helped and read my blog, hubby and I thank you with all our hearts and we can never express how grateful we are that you helped us. ((hugs))

Through all of this mess, I had major issues with my bipolar, being off my meds for nearly 2 months, and to make a long story short and keep as much of my hassle private as possible, I'm back on them now, but not on a mix that I'm happy with. After my dr. office rescheduled 2 of my appts this week, hopefully "next year" I will get on a regimen that I like better and I feel works.

Now, onto the cards! I wasn't really in a crafty mood, but REALLY needed to get these done. I just can't stand buying mass produced cards at the store, so I just had to do them. they were supposed to be quick and easy but both cards kept giving me problems so I had to keep re-doing different components. These 2 cards are for Mary, hubby and mine's "surrogate" mother. We call her Mama Mary. She is our best friends mom, but she has always been there for us, and helped take care of us before. Her health hasn't been so great this year either, and we worried about her more than a few times this year, but I'm glad she pulled through and got better each time. I made one card for her from hubby and I, and one card for her for her daughter to give to her.

here are the sneak peeks, click below to see more.

This is the one from hubby and I for her.

 and this is the one for her from her daughter.

A Few Forgotten Cards

Usually, as soon as I'm done with cards, I take photos. If it's night time, I take the best pics I can of the cards (since I don't have a photo tent to get great pics of the cards), and then wait until the next day and take pics outside.

It is very rare that I wait longer than a couple of days to post pics on my blog. But, today I was browsing through my computer to transfer pics to the flash drives my ma got me for christmas, and I came across a few cards that I realized I never posted here. So here are 4 easter cards that I made earlier this year for my friend Rhonda to give to her niece's and her MIL. I did 3 bunny cards, same layouts with the bunnies on 2 cards and then a mirrored layout on the 3rd one, but all 3 cards are different colors, and the bunnies are different colors as well. I also did a Magnolia/Tilda card for her MIL.

Here are a couple sneak peeks. click below to see the full pics. I hope you enjoy them, I can't believe I forgot to share them, they are SO adorable!!!

My card names:
Basket Tilda

Yellow Bunny

Pink Bunny

Purple Bunny

Before you read on, please know that this post is VERY image heavy. There are 18 pics in all, so if you're on any internet besides high speed cable modem, it may take a few moments for all the photos to load.

Quick and easy holiday gift tags!

Even when I'm not feeling in the most craftiest mood, I always try and do SOMETHING small. But, last night since I was already making a card for my sis, I decided to make these cute little holiday package gift tags.

In a matter of about 20 minutes I had all of these punched, stamped and colored. :) So, even if YOU aren't feeling the craftiest, you can always do something really small, and pretty quick and it doesn't have to be the most elaborate thing that you put hours of frustrating, second guessing yourself, hard work into. LOL ;)

So, I made these and sent them to my ma with the card I sent to my sis. There are 40 tags all together. 20 with red scarf and 20 with green scarf.

See more below...

A Very Merry Un-Birthday!

What better time to update my blog with my Alice in Wonderland card that I made for our friend Jenn's Birthday, then when I'm watching Tim Burton's remake of Alice in Wonderland. Anyone that knows me knows that I'm a lover of ALL things Alice in Wonderland as well as a HUGE fan of Tim Burton films. There isn't one yet that I haven't seen!
In my opinion, Alice in Wonderland is one of the most imaginative Disney movies out there! Of course, the Tim Burton version of the film is absolutely bonkers, but I would expect nothing less of him.

Anyhow, there were a lot of steps to making this card, but I didn't mind. I think that Sweet Pea stamp cards should be made elegant and cute like Magnolia cards. For this card I used the Cheshire Cat Illusion stamp by Chingchou Kuik at Sweet Pea Stamps.

Here's a sneak peek. click the link below for all the pics.

2 beautiful thinking of you cards; Sympathy and Get Well.

Last week I made two cards. Hubby and I got word that our surrogate mama was back in the hospital due to a few health problems. We were not happy to hear this. she has been having a lot of health issues lately, so I figured I would make her a card to cheer her up. We also got word that a friend of ours mother had passed away. I wanted to make a card for her as well. I wasn't sure how well it would be received, as I'm always scared to give someone a sympathy card, but hopefully she likes it! I always say, it's the thought that counts, even if someone just throws it in the trash.

Here are the 2 cards... a small preview, clickety, click, click below to see the full deets. :)

Thinking of you get well...

 Thinking of you with sympathy...