Sign birthday cake

Isn't this the coolest thing ever?!

Pam's birthday is Sunday and one of

the sign students made this.  I love it!

I don't know HOW they did it, but it's very cool.

 

I made this card this morning and

I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

I don't use these flourish stamps enough.

I stamped an envelope the other day with

this one and it came out so great

(I should have taken a picture) so I thought

I'd better start making use of them.  They

are relatively new, but I don't remember

where I got them.  Probably JoAnn's.  I

need to get back there as the manager

told me they were getting all new things

in.  I thought they were getting out of

scrapbooking since Hobby Lobby got here.

All of a sudden they had everything

marked way down.  Not like I didn't

take advantage of that, but...

there are some things that you can't get

at Hobby Lobby that JoAnn's carries,

so I was  happy about that.

 

It is so mild out this morning!  It's kind

of rainy, but I'll take it.  I don't have

to go anywhere.  I have a friend coming

later this morning and we are going

to practice signing together.  She drives

the bus for the deaf kids who go to school

in Indy.  It's a week long school and then 

they come home for the weekend.  She

was taking classes but due to family

obligations hasn't been able to

attend.  I met her in Waterloo

and it turns out she lives right around

the corner from me.  Literally!  So that

should be fun.

 

Happy Tuesday!

 

 

Easter card

I got this pattern a while ago

but never made it.  I love

how it turned out, but next time

I make one I am going to make

the words in a different colour

from the flower.  The pattern

shows the same colours but I think

that's a little much.  I reprinted the

pattern in a smaller version, too,

so I can double mat it.

 It's a pretty pattern.

My signing went well!  I messed

up here and there, but no one

knows sign but my little group so

they wouldn't know.  It's for God, 

anyway.  We had a deaf man come 

to church!  He's been there before.  He

usually goes to Kendallville, though,

and his interpreter quit, so we may

see more of him.  That will be nice.

It's so mild this morning.  I'd have

spent more time with B'Elanna out

there but the neighbor's pekinese (sp?)

got out-again-.  It's a yappy dog and

B'Elanna does not want it in her yard.

That's the only small dog she goes after.

Usually the only ones she wants to take

on are the ones big enough to make

a snack of her.  Not too bright, my

sweet girl.

I get to go to the dentist this morning.

Can't wait.  Can you hear the sarcasm

dripping from my voice?  This is a

different dentist for a one time only

situation, I love my regular dentist.  

So I hope they guy is good. 

Happy Monday!

 

Big day today!

Today I will be signing all five songs in church!

I go to church with and attend sign classes

with three of the most wonderful women

I know. I am proud to call them my friends.

Pam, Judy and Coleen encourage me,

support me, answer my questions about the signs

and are just always there for me. I couldn't

do this today without them.

And, Cathy, if you are reading this, your

support and encouragement has meant

the world to me! Thank you!

I know I will mess up, especially with

"Mighty Redeemer"  but God doesn't

call the qualified, He qualifies the

called.  I feel like this is what

I'm supposed to be doing, so

I'm stepping out on the water

so to speak.  I  hope I am not

tempted to  look down.  Actually,

I'll be watching Coleen, LOL! 

 I made this last night while watching

TV.  I don't like it.  I guess the bottom

part is what I don't like.  I didn't know

what to put there and there was a

huge blank space.  I like the flower

and mats.  It almost looks like the 

yellow mat is floating.  

It's supposed to get up to 48 degrees

today.  HEAT WAVE!  I hope it's true!

Happy Sunday!

Another March birthday

I know 5 people who have

birthdays in March! Here is a

card I made for my friend,

Diana.  I've known her for

probably close to 30 years.

We don't see each other much

but when we do it's always fun.

She used to live above me in an

apartment building.  I gave her a

key so if it rained she could close

my windows since I worked at

night.  She used it to come down

and turn down my  heat in the winter.  

I like things cozy.  I told her I was

trying to keep her floor warm

since she was pregnant but

she said I was boiling her, LOL!

We had a lot of fun together in

those days.

This is the front.  I made the

gold flourish a while back and

it didn't work for what I wanted

to do so I set it aside.  I finally

found a way to use it.  Sorry the

picture is a little shiny.  I couldn't

get a good shot.

 

The inside.  After I finished embossing

the "birthday wishes" I promptly

knocked over the jar of powder.  I always

do it on the floor because it leaves a 

residue on my desk that is hard to 

get off.  So...I lost some powder.  This

powder lasts forever and a day, but

still I hated to have to vacuum it.

 

I have to get ready to leave for

class soon.  

 

Happy Saturday!

 

 

Down by the seashore

I made some seahorses on

paper I inked  with distress ink

and then didn't know what to

do with them.  I do that often

unfortunately.  I get ideas that

seldom pan out...  This one

did, finally.

The only thing I don't like about

it is the "dream" looks kind of

muddy.  I should have made the

ink colours a little deeper, I 

think.  I didn't realize it would

look so washed out on a smaller

scale.  Oh, well.  Then I decided 

it needed something else so
I added some brown eyelash

yarn to it.  I think it finishes

it off nicely.

 

We got some snow last night.  Just

enough to coat the sidewalks, roads,

etc. but not to matter, thankfully.

At least the wind has died down.

 

Happy Friday!

 

 

Playing with playing cards

I've made one or two cards 

that use playing cards as the

numbers for a birthday.  They

make good guy cards.  Since

my grandson, Ethan, is turning

16 in a few days-How did that

happen?! I thought it would be

a good card to make for him.

I really like how it turned out.

Inside it says, "hope all your

wishes come true".  What does a

16 year old boy wish for? He already

has a girl, and she's a cutie.  

A  car, maybe?  

 

We got just the lightest dusting

of snow last night.  I wish it

would just warm up and get it

over with.  I think my cold has

finally gone, but this up and 

down weather wreaks havoc

with the sinuses.

 

Today I have no where to go

and nothing to do.  I'm going to

clean the house.  At least I'm

going to try.  I downloaded a

new game yesterday, so I will

probably end up obsessively

playing it instead of cleaning,

but I'm going to try to get some

cleaning done!

 

Happy Thursday!

 

Shades of blue

Last night was a scary night.

I'm almost asleep and my phone 

alarm starts going off.  That's

enough to shock the heart back

into rhythm especially when it's

right beside your head.  Tornado

sirens were screaming and I

was huddled in the bathroom

praying it would pass.  I'm grateful

to know that if anything ever happened

I'd be with the Lord in an instant, but

I'm not ready to go yet....

 I need feedback on this card, please.

I want to use it as a birthday card,

but not sure if I like it or not.  The 

squares are popped off the mat and

the flourish is glued only where it 

touches the squares.  Which means

it would have to be protected of

course, before putting it in

the envelope, but it gives a great

3D effect.  Those blue dots are really

pearls but I could not get them to

come out that way in a photo.

Actually they kind of look good 

in blue, but they are really pearl.

I have to go get my teeth cleaned

in a little while.  I hate that.  Then

Cody and I are going to go to brunch

and get a modem for my computer

so I don't have to keep paying

to use theirs.  

Happy Wednesday and

March 1!  May it stay

warm from now on!!