Triple panel card

Good chilly morning.  It frosted a

bit here last night.  I hope my cherries

didn't get frozen.  I don't think it got

that cold.  I've had a bumper crop

the last couple of years, and I'm

hoping for another nice tree full of

cherries again this year.  I have friends

who like to make pie with them.  When I

got the tree, the guy told me they were

the next best thing to bing cherries.  

Wrong.  They aren't even sweet.  But

they make good pies, I guess.  

This is the triple panel card closed.

It wasn't happy about staying closed.

I put a couple glue dots on it, but it still

wanted to open up.  So, this is it

when it is happy and open.

 

It stands up  on it's own.  You would

have to write your sentiment on the

back of the card.  I guess  you could stamp

something on one of the side panels, but it

would show and I don't think it would

look as good.  The card fits in a 

standard envelope.

 

I am planning on taking the car for an

oil change so I am ready for the trip

to Battle Creek Wednesday.  It's a little

overdue anyway.   Then this afternoon

if it gets warm, I may pull some more

weeds.  I did some yesterday and

my shoulder hurts so much.  :(

But it really needs to be done.  I

keep hoping they will just go away

but no such luck.  Thanks a lot,

Adam and Eve.

 

Happy Monday!

 

 

Jr. Legal pad holder

Another great tutorial from pinterest:

This is the front of the holder

Inside.  It is held together with a piece

of velcro you can see on the left hand

side.  the other piece is on the other side of

the blue part on the right.  I like how it

came out.    I wish I had made the top

of the legal pad in a different

colour, though, so it would stand

out from the holder.  I also made 

another note paper holder.

This is decorated much nicer than

the one from yesterday.

We had a silent breakfast today and

it was a lot of fun.  4 of the new students

came and they are really doing great.

 I had a "dumb" moment when I asked

if Pam (teacher) was coming to church

yesterday....oops,  tomorrow.  Well,

we all get stuff mixed up now and

then!  But it was great.  Last year the

server was very impatient with us, but

the one today was very sweet and

even said she enjoyed us.  She got a

good tip!  ;)  I need more practice

like that.  I also forgot about my blog

because I didn't do it right away.  What

can I say?  I'm old and have memory

problems!  

Happy Saturday!

Note paper holder

I saw this tutorial on pinterest

yesterday, by a Stampin up

demonstrator named Frenchie.

She has lots of very cool videos.

I am always looking for paper to write notes

and while post it notes are great, once

you take them off the pad they tend to curl.

I would have liked this to be smaller, 

maybe 3x5, but this is what she had the

tutorial for.  It holds paper that is

4 1/4 by 5 1/2.  I don't like how I decorated

the top, and if I made another one I'd

certainly make it look nicer.  I wanted to

use some die cuts that I had laying

around unused from other projects.

 

It rained literally all day yesterday and

I think it's supposed to rain again today.

it certainly is cold and windy.

 

Guess what?  I am going to see Olivia

Newton John next Wednesday!  My son,

Nathan, won tickets and now can't use

them so he's giving them to me!  I'm

taking a friend along.  I am really

excited.  I've always loved her music.

Maybe we'll play a few slots too, while

we're there.  It's at the casino, Fire Keepers,

in Battle Creek Michigan.

 

Happy Friday!

 

Lattice edge

I've had these templates for  years

and I'm not sure why I don't

use them more.  Maybe I'll make

another card with a different edge 

for tomorrow.

This is going to be a Mother's day

card for my mother.  The edge really

adds a "wow" factor, I think.

I should have put it higher, but I 

was having trouble positioning it

so that the inside wouldn't pop over

the top.  Here is how it looks

inside.

 

See what I mean?  Any higher and

it would go over the top.  It could

have gone a little higher, but I tried 

with it 4 or 5 times and finally gave

up getting it positioned right.  The

templates are designed for

a 5x6 card, not the "invitation"

or A-2 sized cards.  

 

I'm glad I decided to mow the lawn

yesterday because it's been raining 

since I woke up and I guess it's

going to rain the rest of the day.

Maybe I'll clean the house.  It

needs to be cleaned.  I probably

won't though.  My arm has started

to hurt a LOT and I don't get a

shot again until the end of the

month.  I think that's a good excuse!

 

May the 4th be with you!

 

Happy Thursday!

 

 

Happy Birthday, Cody!!

Today my son, Cody, turns 30!  How

in the world did that happen?

I'm so proud of him.  He has a great

wife, likes  his job, is buying his

own home.  I'm pretty proud of all my

sons, as a matter of fact. And even

 though I didn't get a daughter, I have

wonderful daughters in law.

I love this picture of him because he

finally got that long hair cut!!

 

Sadly, this is also the anniversary

of my cousin Ronnie's death.

 

He was far too young to leave this earth.  

He had a loving wife and 3 great kids, 

and a family that loved him very much.

He also loved the Lord, so we know we

will see him again some day.

 

He was also an amazing artist.  He made

hundreds of these-I'm not

exaggerating.  I was lucky enough to

be able to get one from his wife, Cathy.

I had always heard this called "zentangle"

and it's supposed to be relaxing.  Not

for me!  I was anything but relaxed when

I did it.  Then I see his.  some of these works of

art  are 2-3' tall!  I mean, they are amazing!

What a talent he had!!!

 

Happy Wednesday!

 

 

 

Just in time!

Cody's birthday is tomorrow,  so I got

this card done  just in time!  I saw it

on pinterest and thought it looked

pretty cool.  Since I had the die

cuts courtesy of my friend, Karen,

I thought I'd go ahead and make it.

He'll probably throw it away anyway, lol.

The card is cut along the black edge of

the die to leave the back of the card

a little exposed.  The red circle extends 

over the front edge of  the card.  I

think it looks pretty neat.  The sentiment

inside says, 

 

"Youth is the gift of nature

but age is the work of art."

-Garson Kanin 

 

I mean, he is going to be 30 after all!

In my day (eons ago) people over

30 were not to be trusted.  Here I 

am almost double that age!  You never

think you are going to be this old.

Or that your kids will be that

old.  At that age I wasn't thinking

about kids anyway, of course.

 

I'm going to lunch with Dianne today

and looking forward to that.  If it ever

stops raining I plan to do some weeding

(planning, not succeeding) and mowing

the lawn but  it's way too wet out right now.

 

Happy Tuesday!!

 

Nice and simple

My brother, Mark's birthday

is on the 7th .  This is the card

I made for him.  So simple, and

looks good for a guy.

I used two different embossing

folders.  I'm thinking now I should

have matted the happy birthday

panel, but I think it 

still looks good this way.

 

Cody's birthday is in two days.

My "baby" will be 30 years old!  How

does that happen?  Of course, I still

feel much older having  41 and 38 year

old children.  The only good thing

about having kids that old is that

they are all out of the house!  Nathan

and his wife, Crystal, surprised me

the other day by popping in.  That

isn't as easy as it sounds since they

live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  They

were down to see Bri off to prom.  I didn't

even know they were coming this way

So that was an awesome surprise!

 

We had thunder last night and this

morning, but really, nothing  more than

a lot of rain.  The grass needed mowing

before all this, so it's really going to

need it when everything dries out!

Happy Monday!!