Monday October 21st

 Good morning!. Just one more 'flower' set before we delve into the world of pumpkins! This is another 'favorite' set from Spellbinders. The Spring reflection large die from Feb. 2023. Takes me awhile!

Did you notice the differences in the frames? One is a leafy design, the other more contemporary. Like this set.

         I know yellow and more yellow. Got to admit it is 'springy'. The next one is adapted (at least the colors) for Christmas. 

                              

          I cut pink flowers, but just had to quit for now. Yes, you will see these again. 

Oh, wait, I was just looking at my SDcard and there are a couple more random cards to share. Just old sticker sheets & a Marianne circle die. 

This is a Memory Box string art die. 

 

                         Spellbinders Mushroom Mansion

                       

                      Rainbow Spellbinders....Just made one each set.

                                      Thanks for looking!

                                                 Mary

Wednesday Oct 16th

 Wow! So many things to get done, so little time. This is the Spellbinders etched poinsettia spray die set'. It is easy and so pretty. Saw it on the spellbinders blog in turquoise and pinks. Beautiful.

             Oops, just noticed I forgot the center on the lower poinsettia! I will go back and fix it now!

                         The foil strip greeting is 'merry & bright. Hard to see. 

          Used the Mirror arch label (Spellbinders) on an embossed white background. 

These are my favorite.  I will add the sentiment when I decided where it is going.

  

                                                                   Thanks for looking!

                                                       Mary

Friday Oct 11th

This post will be dedicated to Gracie. Six years ago, we lost this amazing doggie. Kidney failure. It was one of the hardest things to endure. Yesterday we got out several cameras and looked at the older SD discs. It was a walk down memory lane. Most of you know we have always had doggos and yes, I could wallpaper the house with pictures of each and every one of them! Even going back to the days way before digital. 

She is about 5 in either of these pictures

       Gracie is 8 here. Her longest memorial is in late October 2018 in two parts. She was funny and so so fluffy!                  

                 Just don't want to forget any of the others, so for now, I will just mention our Zoeie. She was so laid back and loving. She probably only barked once in her life. Not kidding. Zoeie was with us 16 years. I mentioned to a friend, who had a friend that had found her on Tropicana ave. that if he couldn't find her a home I would take her. He brought her to my store a week later. Yup. 

Don't you love those eyes?

Above is Heidi the tri. We had her almost 17 years & Maxie was with us for 12. They were young here. Below is a pic of Heidi, Maxie & Dusty. Had him about 12 years too. All wonderful!

Okay enough for now!

 Thanks for looking!

Mary

Monday, October 7th

 Mailed cards for kids, pardon the pun, but they are 'Cardz for Kidz'.org, and still can't stop making halloween cards! Having so much fun with the Wendy Vecchi cat die. It comes with a pocket die for a greeting or a gift card. There are birthday and Christmas 'add ons'. You will see! 

 I cut extra 'cats faces', so look for the birthday themed kitty! Now

while I am on the Halloween theme, I'll share a couple more cards.

            Tim Holtz stamp set. An old graveyard.... not sure.

                                          

              Waffle flower ghost dies. Goes with their stencil background which I haven't used yet. The 'too cute to spook' is a Honeybee stamp die.

                               

                                                 Thanks for looking this morning!
                     Say a prayer for those in the flood & hurricane zones. 
                                               Mary

                         

Thursday October 3rd

 Had a nice nice last weekend, so let me share a couple 'personal' pictures before we get to the card ideas! I had a bucket list & one of those things was to take Lucy Lou to the beach. Yep, big time doggie mom. Lucy was Lucy, which was growly to the other to family dogs. They didn't care, they were awesome doggies! I think Lucy had fun, but Moose and Bo had more fun!

 Lucy is top pic, and that is Moose & Bo in the next one. They just kept on chasing and running and having a blast. The only thing was that Al kept Lucy on a leash most of the time.

                                      

                        Heather and Bo and Doug and doggies below

                                           

                                               Doug and Zack and Lucy Lou

 Moose had this soft frisbee and Heather buried it and he would find it and dig it up! Check out that little face..... Soooo Cute!!

                                   Poor Lucy Lou

Noah & Zach below

 Further up to see the sea lions.

Saw this little baby first.

Yes, these are sea lions. The great debate over whether they were kelp or really sea lions. Have to admit most of the 'sea lion' pictures were really debris!

              And this is where my camera battery died. It was a great weekend with Doug, Heather, Zach & Noah. We did the air B&B which was okay. Had a nice deck and yard for the dogs. Tried new restaurants... fish & chips one night, Italian the next. Big burgers somewhere in there. Fun. Thanks to Doug & Heather for the thoughtful things they did for their old parents... chairs, access to the water, just in general wonderful people. 

                                   Thanks for looking! 

                                           Mary