Wed, Sept 7th

Happy Wednesday! Lets get started with these cards. It is a Spellbinder kaleidoscope die, only this one is cut in 12 pieces. I just worked in the lavenders &  pink combination, but the Christmas color combos are really pretty.

                It depends on how you layer the colors, they are the same, but different!

                      The one with the big 'hello' is my favorite.
                                            

                                                    Thanks for looking!!

                                             Mary

Tuesday Sept 6th

 Woo hoo! September is here, EXCEPT, it is still 111 degrees! And it looks like we will have  another week of hot weather. Today I have a couple card ideas that I made in August. So, lets get started!

               Designer paper and Spellbinders 'be bold blooms & the 'fluted edge' circles.

 

                       

                 I almost couldn't stop making these! I had spent a marathon making flowers, so they were pretty much done. Putting the cards together was easy. Most of the sentiments were foiled ahead of time too!

                              Thanks for looking & Stay cool!
                                            Mary

Monday August 29th

Happy afternoon to everyone! This might be just a little long, so hope you enjoy! I've been working on these for weeks, and my plan is to donate them to a charity for children.

                  The multiple sets of dies are Honey Bee stamps. The two sets on the right represent a wider rainbow and a narrow rainbow. The set on the left is the die for the 'shaped' rainbow. And the three dies below are embellishment dies. Add cloud, sun, & heart dies.
                                               

                              The mess in the middle are some of my cut dies for later! 

                                             

                                    

              Next are the stamps, the rainbow embellishments stamps, the rainbow word stamps and the Rainbow die. Some of the 'Rainbow words are embossed, some are foiled. 

 

 

                                 

                Not all are 'reds', have some pretty pastels too!  OH, two more reds ! That is it for today.

                                                           Thanks for looking!

                                                Mary

                        

August 26

 Wow, a whole week just buzzed by! I am still working on the Rainbows from Honey Bee stamps, but am not quite ready to photograph them! Today I want to share some 'Summer' cards.

The glassses dies are from 'Stamp it' stamps.

The word on the glasses is 'way cool'. I used diamond glaze on it, and it really looks better  aside from the photograph!

Here is an extra die from Crafty Meraki. This is such a nice tag. I have the happy birthday too. Just haven't finished one of those yet! For now, just LOVE .

 

Thanks for looking!

 Mary

                                                        
                   

Friday

This is a different post. No cards, no weather, no politics just a quick rundown on an issue that we all face. The book is NEVER by Ken Follett. I said that earlier today. Not my favorite, but nonetheless, enlightening considering the issues that are America today. 

 The book is about a country (US) facing nuclear war. There were factions facing the US president that were phenomenal. Just to shortcut what I am thinking is that the president and (maybe other leaders), had to weigh the reactions of each of many adversaries. They had to respect the treaties that were in place and of course, even in fiction, war was the last  option. If one country did something stupid, do you retaliate, or how do you retaliate without provocation. What are the consequences if you don't react? And, even disagreements and traitors in your own people weigh in on the outcome.

So here is the BIGGEST thought for today. Does the US have a real leader that is capable of thinking about the best interest of the American people. Could our president sit for hours with others and make those decisions in a coherent way? 

COME ON MAN............... Do you think that would work? I think we seriously need to think about the consequences here. 

I have to say it ............ The guy can't put on his coat without his wife helping him. 

We need a change before we get in more trouble in the world.

 

 

 Still have 150 pages of the book to read.... and am anxious to finish now that my eyes have been refreshed with sleep... Okay, another set of cards to share. This is a Spellbinder card maker. Or a shaped card die. I didn't want to quit making these...

                              vellum, colored on the back

                             Loved making these!

                                           Hope you enjoy & Thanks for looking!

                                                                                  Mary