Mr. and Mrs. Hedgehog

I have three more of these little critter 

valentines.  This pair of hedgehogs

are just adorable!

As a general rule I don't make Valentine

cards, but I couldn't resist all the cute

animals.  I've made them before, but

never as a Valentine card.

 

It is supposed to  get warmer today

but I'll believe it when I see  it-or rather

feel it.  With the warmer weather comes

the possibility for snow.  I also heard

we might have  a mix on Monday which

is not good since I have to be at 

hospital at 745 am.  So I'm keeping

my fingers crossed that that doesn't 

happen.  I know winter isn't over

yet and one of these days we're going

to get slammed.  I can hardly wait.

NOT.

 

Happy Sunday!

 

Masculine birthday card

I'm not super good at doing 

masculine cards, but, hey-

they have birthdays, too, right?!

This is two dies from the Tim Holtz 

set of scribbles and splat.  I just love

the splat!  I'm also probably going to

get the swirly scribbles set, maybe next

month.   I've seen so many cool cards

done with them.  This is the inside:

This way I used both the positive 

and negative pieces .  I don't always

decorate the inside, mainly because

most of my cards are note cards,  but

I think I'm going to start trying to snazz 

them up a little.  

I'm planning on hibernating on the

couch today until I have to leave

for church for practice.  I'm doing

announcements this week as well.

I'm still not very good, but I guess

that's how you get better.  I have a 

tendency not to try because I'm 

afraid I'll mess up but where does

that get anyone, right?  Besides,

I'm doing it for God and He knows

I mess up and loves me anyway.

I wish everyone was like that. 

People get their feelings hurt

too easily.  We need to just accept

and love one another the way they

are.  I'm climbing off my soapbox now.

Happy Saturday!

New friend at coffee chat

I have to say that I didn't behave

well at coffee chat.  Mostly I talked.

I'm so ashamed of myself.  😜

On the up side I met a lady named

 Jane who, it turns out, lives literally

around the corner from me!  She 

is hard of hearing but talks mostly.

I need to get with her, and both of 

us sign.  I  gave her a ride home

since her car isn't working at the moment.

On to the card:

Unfortunately from time to time I have

to make a sympathy card.  This is for 

a friend who lost her father right before

the new year.  I say "lost" but really, they

didn't lose him, they know right where he

is and that they will see  him again some

day.  It is still painful for a Christian to

have a loved one removed from this world-

It has always fascinated me that Jesus

wept when Lazurus died even though

He knew He'd be resurrecting him.  But

we have the assurance that our loved one

is in the arms of the Father and waiting

to be reunited with us again someday.

The pattern is an old one and I added

the corners from one of the newer 

patterns.  I really like how it turned out.

I'm going to have to try that again

on other cards!

Happy Friday!

Easel card

This card came out exactly how I

saw it in my head which is saying

quite a bit!

I'm pretty excited with how it

looks!  The beads at the bottom

are another gift from Karen.  I tried 

to make them into a straight line

but that's just how they lay and

nothing can change it.  That's

the only thing that looks a little

goofy to me.  John would say, "If you

didn't point it out no one would have

noticed."  So pretend I didn't point

it out.  I can't make things straight

anyway, so why try when the beads

don't want to be straight?!

I had a nice lunch with Pam yesterday

and it was WARM in the restaurant. 

I think in my car going over it's the

warmest I've been in a week.

Tonight is coffee chat here in

Angola and I'm looking forward to

that. Sam's granddaughter, Grace, will

be there and I enjoy signing with her.

She just turned 13 and is the greatest kid.

 Pam might come early to have

dinner.  We eat out way too often, LOL.

Happy Thursday!

Two patterns, one card

For this card I used two different

patterns then combined them

onto one card and I think it looks

quite harmonious.

 It is so cold outside that I heard Niagra 

falls is freezing.  Do you know how many

times that has happened??  We saw the

falls on the Canadian side in about 2006, I 

believe.  Maybe 2005.  Magnificent!  I certainly

don't want to see them right now, though. 

 

It's so cold...How cold is it?  It's so cold

my feelings hurt!  I borrowed that from

the weather channel.  They had # how

cold is it.  (that's hashtag for the milennials

and the pound sign for us old folks).  Some

of the things people were coming up with

were pretty darned funny! One was, "it's

so cold the politicians have their hands

in their own pockets!"  LOL!

 

I am going to lunch with Pam today-

we missed our usual Sunday lunch.

I'm hoping the car will be warmed

up by the time I get to Auburn- half

an hour away.  This car takes forever.

AND the wiper fluid is frozen.

I want my car back! 😢

 

Happy Wednesday!

 

Happy birthday elephant

I bought this elephant stamp as

a set of animal stamps several

months ago.  They were ridiculously

cheap on clearance.  I had not one

idea on what to do with them.  Karen

suggested stamping them on patterned

paper which I never do because I never

think of it.  That's why we card makers

stick together1  Thanks, Karen!  Here's

the card I ended up with.  Shall I save

it for your birthday or send it now

and make another for later?!

I think it came out pretty cute.  There is

also a giraffe, panda, parrot, toucan and frog.

I just had a great idea for the frog!  I need

to go back to Hobby Lobby and get another

paper pack of patterned paper!  I haven't

even poked my nose out since Sunday

when I went to church. Except to take

the dog out, that is. It was 64 in the

house this morning.  To put that in 

perspective, I usually keep it at 72.  I have

been in freeze mode for days and I see no

end to it.  I hope someone checks on me

sometime soon in case I freeze to death.  

At least I will be preserved and won't smell.

 

Anyway....I have to sign this weekend and

I'm pretty shaky on all the songs so I

guess I need to get some practice in

this week.   Maybe I will venture out

today and get a few errands run.  Maybe not.

 

Happy Tuesday!

 

New card fold

I have more Valentine cards

to show, but this is a new fold

I found on a blog and it is really

cool.  It is also the first and last I

will ever make.  

The embellishment is a Christmas gift

from my friend, Karen.  Isn't it pretty?!

Here is the inside:

This is the reason I will never make

another (probably).  In order to get this

fold you have to cut corner to corner on

a 10.5 inch sheet of card stock.  Except it's

too long to put in the paper cutter.  It is

also too long to use with a ruler, or 

another sheet of card stock and I tried both.

I finally cut two 2" strips of paper and

taped them together.  Not too sturdy

but got the job done.  After all that

I didn't care if I ever made another

one or not.  Incidentally, that made

two cards, but I pitched the second piece.

I get frustrated easily.  Obviously.

I did run across another interesting

card which I will probably make some

time today.

I got three Happy New Year messages

last  night and believe it or not, I was

sound asleep well before midnight.

That tells you how old I am.  Actually, I

didn't get  much sleep the night before and

simply could not keep my eyes open!

To everyone:  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

(officially)