Easter cross

I got a couple more stitching 

patterns.  Actually, only one

but they gave me a freebie for

rating their site.  How cool is that?

I don't usually send Easter cards,

but I've found some really

nice patterns and the stitching

keeps me busy/happy so I went

on the hunt for  more.

The pattern was shown in all

gold thread and at first I thought

I might not like it, but decided to

try it and it looks great.  I'm not

sure now, if it would look good any other

way.  I used the glitter paper for the

mat and pink gems for the corners.

 

Today I have nothing to do! 

Yesterday I ran around practically

all day.  Tomorrow evening I'm

going to church where they are

showing "Zootopia"  It looks really

cute and I'm looking forward to

seeing it.  Not so much that there's

probably going to be a bunch of

kids there.  I don't much like kids.

I like BABIES.  I never understood

that they became bratty little kids.

Missed that memo, I guess.

Maybe they will be well behaved.

Look, everyone.  I made a funny!

 

Happy Thursday!

 

Embedded embossing

I haven't done this for quite 

a while.  I started a card before

this, but....got ink on it and there

was no way I could fix it.  It was

too near the bottom to put on a flower

or anything.  Don't you hate that?  I

had to start over.  I like how 

it turned out. 

The white scribble along the

side was glued on, then the whole

thing run through an embossing

folder.  I've had the die for quite

a while, too, and don't use it very

often.  I think it was perfect for

this project.   I bet it would have

looked ever better if I had embedded

that as well.  I never thought about it!

It is ridiculously cold outside.

I'm grateful I'm not in New England,

especially the parts that got 2 feet

of snow, but still.  Didn't Mother

Nature get the memo that it's

Spring?  She needs to be found

and gotten back on her meds.

Seriously.

Happy Wednesday! 

 

Z fold Easter card

Actually this is a Z-fold

with a flap.  I'm not sure I like

how it turned out and it

won't stay closed no matter

how much I press down

the score lines.  The sentiment

is popped up so the flap will

tuck underneath.

Inside.

 I didn't think I was going to

make it to class last night, but the

snow wasn't as bad as expected,

thankfully.  I worked with the

deaf young man again.  He is so

funny and patient.  My fingers 

stutter sometimes!  LOL.  It gives

me a little extra practice as I have

to sign the fingerspelled word

to him and vice versa.  I'm learning

some words that I didn't know and

forgetting words I do know.  "Heal"

for example, which we had in a song

the last couple weeks and I can't

remember?  I wanted to pound my

head on the table.  My mind is

filled with so many words that

it isn't easy to recall something

sometimes if I'm talking or

signing.  I can look at something

and forget the name of it once

in a while.  It's kind of like a library.

(I saw this in readers digest once)

when you're a kid you have only a few

books in your library so it's easy to

find the one you want.  As an adult

you have thousands of books so

it's harder to find the book you

want.  That's my story and

I'm sticking to it!!!!!

I think maybe I can do all the songs

next week in church if Coleen wants

a day off. She did the sermon last

week and that's taxing.  Or maybe

we can split them.  I prayed last

summer, "Lord, the next time the

Revelation song is done I will

sign in front of the church."  They

are just now doing it this week.

I guess He had other plans!  You 

never can tell with the Lord and

I've tried to learn to roll with it.

He's leading my life and I try to

sit back and see where He takes

me next.  It is a surprise a lot of

the time.

Happy Tuesday!

 

 

Birthday easel card

I really love how this turned out!

I love the colours and how the

black shows up so well against

the print.  I wasn't sure that

was going to be the case.

Very, very happy with it!

 

The weekend was very busy.  I

went to class Saturday morning,

then went back in late afternoon

for practice with the band.  After

that, Pam and I (church Pam, as

my friend Dianne, calls her) went to

pizza hut and I didn't get home until

11 PM.  With the time change, I

was tired.  I didn't wake until 815

which is extremely late for me.  But

then I realized it was really only 715...

I hate the time change.  Indiana

used to not do daylight savings time

but several years ago decided to 

join the crowd.  I think part of the

state still doesn't change.  John liked

it because he worked in Michigan,

but that was the only reason.  He

really didn't like the idea of it.  I

worked in Michigan too, and dealt

with the fact that we were an 

hour off.  Just sayin'.

 

I hope the snow quits because I'd

like to go to class tonight.  

Unfortunately, we are under an

advisory until 5 AM tomorrow

morning.

 

Happy Monday!

 

Music easel card

I love this easel card.  I should make them

more often.  It's a great way to

display a card and so easy to make.

 I didn't realize until I got started that

it was a square card, but I'm giving

it to someone to give to someone

else so they can deal with the postage!

It came out just the way I hoped

it would.  I wish I'd have had a higher

flower to use as the prop, but I didn't.

 I could have punched a couple and made

one that stood up a little more but it

didn't occur to me at the time!  But I

like it.  Maybe I'll make a few more

in different themes.

It is COLD out and snow was drifting 

around when I went out this morning.

Mother nature can't make up her

mind, I guess.

Don't forget to set your clocks ahead

tonight.

Happy Saturday!

Stronger than you believe

I got a bracelet the other day

from Avon that said, "Stronger

than you believe" and thought it

would make an awesome

 sentiment for a card.  

I'm super happy with how

it turned out.  It's a full sized

card and there's a reason for

that.  I'm sending it to a friend

with another card enclosed-

that I will post tomorrow-that she

can send to her daughter, so it

needs to be big enough to 

accommodate that.   I thought

later that it might have looked

better with a pink mat rather

than just pink behind the negative

die cut, but oh, well.  Maybe I'll

make another one like that 

someday.  This die is so big that

you almost have to put it on a

full sized card anyway.

 

It snowed yesterday!  Nothing 

really stuck, there's white here and

there in the grass, but that's just

not the point!!

 

My dad and I went for coffee

yesterday at a cute coffee house

in Angola.  I love the caramel latte!

 

Happy Friday!

 

Sunshine at 7 am?!

I woke up this morning to

sun streaming in the window and

thought surely I had overslept!

I get up, look at the clock and

it's not quite 7 AM.  Wow.  Maybe

Summer will come after all!

I got these backwards, the first

one is the inside.  The front is cut

away so you can see the back of

the inside.  I don't know that the

picture shows that too well, but I

tried.  The black makes it a

little difficult.  Obviously I'm into

black and green at the moment!

 

This is the front.  I'm very pleased

with how it turned out.  I have

so many cards now, and I don't have

anything to do with them.  Any

suggestions?  I sent a bunch

to my sister, but I still have 

a lot left over.   

I am also still looking for a home

for Luna if anyone has any ideas.

I really, really need to rehome that 

bird.  She deserves better than 

what I  can give her. 

Now that all that is out of my system,

Happy hump day!