Pear-fectly Wonderful Friend!

Good morning my friends!

It has been an interesting week so far.

We have been doing more cleaning in our house,

packing things up at my mom's house too.

Little treasures that have been forgotten have been found.

It is like Christmas all over again.

The sun and warmer temperatures sure have been nice too.

Hoping not jinx it but the snow is gone.

 Creative Knockouts has a brand new challenge up today.

We are Challenge #347 - Friendship

Isn't that a fun challenge?

Friends are so amazing and are just awesome.

Our Sponsor this week is

The Artsy Stamper

The image I am sharing with you today

is called Bartlett Pear

Thank you so much for letting me showcase

the image and sentiment.

Prize: one digi set from the store

 This top image is I tried black and white and I actually

like how it looks. The image is colored with Copic markers.

My pears are a little green, guess I didn't color ripe ones...hee hee.

The dies used were stitched ovals from My Favorite Things.

The flowers and pearls are from my old stash.

The embossing folder and paper are from Stampin' Up.

Come on out and show us your friendship cards,

I love seeing your inspiration and what you design.

My fellow DT's have some amazing cards for us as well.

Creative Knockouts.

Please stay safe and healthy.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs,

Mom

 Good morning friends.

We have had some different weather changes

all within like 20 minutes of one another.

One minute blue skies, sunny, windy, the next snowing

huge snowflakes and then back to sun, blue skies, windy,

then snowing again almost looked like

we would be getting a blizzard. The next morning it was

raining, then blue skies.

The rain made everything smell so fresh.

Hopefully it can get the snow mold washed away too.

 Today is my turn to highlight a stamp set

for The Project Bin.

I just received the newest set called

DEFINED

Aren't the sentiments just fantastic?

 I used the mom stamp

and Happy mother's day stamp from the set.

This wonderful day celebrating our Mother's is

coming up soon.

 The paper is used from an old stash of 6X6 papers.

I took a oval die and cut a chunk out

so that I could layer the paper under it

and stamp on it.

 The flowers, I dug deep into an old embellishment drawer

and pulled them out to help highlight this wonderful

sentiment that Denise designed for us.

Please hop on over and check out the blog and the shop

to help inspire you.

My fellow DT's inspire me weekly.

Thank you so much for stopping by

Have a blessed week and please stay safe.

Hugs,

West Main Barn

 Hello, Hello, Hello

It is already April 9 and Easter is just around the corner.

It is going to be very different this year,

mom is not with us and my dad is unable to be with

us due to his home being locked down

and them quarantined to their room.

It is going to be hard on so many this year.

For some time is flying by and for others its isn't.

For me most of the time, I am losing

track of the days with being at home.

Some days it goes by fast and others are slow

but please don't think I am complaining.

We are so very happy that our families and friends

are safe and healthy.

We know many who are working the front lines

and I would like to thank you each and every person

goes to work each day to keep us going and

to help those in need. Thank you!!!

Today, we have a brand new challenge over at Creative Knockouts.

Challenge #345 is BUTTONS

Our wonderful sponsor is  Jan's Digi Stamps Digital Stamp Shop

Prize is $10 Store Gift Certificate

Thank you so much for letting me highlight

West Main Barn and one of the sentiments.

It was so much fun to color it up with my

Copic Markers.

I picked this image because it reminded

me of my grandma's farm and several

other family and friends who own farms.

The sentiment when I read it just seemed perfect.

Their farms are where they have invested their lives.

My buttons are used on the bottom are from Stampin' Up.

The dies, I used are from My Favourite Things

Stitched Ovals and Square.

The two circles are from Gina Marie Designs.

The white one is one of the insides of a scalloped cut out.

The paper is from Stampin' Up and so are the pearls/twine.

We would really love you to join us this week

for our brand new challenge. Break out those buttons, my

container was very happy to be cracked open once again,

it has been ages.

Thank you Kelly for such an awesome challenge.

Please stay safe, craft on and enjoy your day.

Thank you so much for joining me.

Hugs,

Happy Birthday Beautiful Friend

 Good morning my friends,

The world right now is such a different place.

I have been spending time going through

my mom's pictures and am also

hoping to get my new space for crafting painted

and moved into.

Missing my dad as well as we are not allowed to

see him in the home he lives in.

Crafting is a great thing to do to relax.

My card for you today is made

using The Project Bin Stamps/dies

Just Sayin' Stamps and the heart die from In My Heart

 I cut out the hearts and glued them down.

Then I stamped in each heart

with the sentiment that I wanted.

The curve for in front of the word friend

is actually from the letter "m" at the being of that sentiment.

Thought I would try that and it turned out really

good and was super easy to do with

The Project Bin Stamps. 

My final step was to run the layers

through an embossing folder for texture.

Added some bling of pearls for a little bit of a pop

and it turned out really good.

Be sure to stop by the blog each weekday for some more

inspiration using these spectacular stamps

from my fellow Design Teammates.

Hoping this finds you all well and safe.

Thank you for joining me today.

Hugs,

Spring Chick!

 Good, good morning!

Another week is flying by even though

we are not leaving our house

and miss our family and friends like crazy!

However, being at home we are sure getting some

cleaning done and going through stuff we have put off.

Although my crafting time is a little more,

I am hoping in the near future that it will

be in full swing, after we get my new craft room painted

and everything moved and organized.

Creative Knockouts Challenge Blog has a brand new

challenge up today.

It being Thursday we are starting a new challenge #343 - Anything Goes

with a brand new sponsor Fabrika Fantasy

Prize: 3 Images

Thank you so much for letting me color up this very cute 

image called Spring Chick

lot's of little details to color but oh so much fun.

The ideas are flowing and I think making a scene

with this image would be incredible.

As a sentiment I can really see 

"Keep Calm and Ride On" Hee hee. 

This card is made for my

awesome little grandson, although his birthday is

months away, I couldn't resist coloring up this image for him.

The above image was colored using Copic Markers

Gina Marie Designs dies, Sizzix embossing folder

and Stampin' Up paper.

I would really love it if you shared your inspiration with

us over at Creative Knockouts this week.

Keep us busy commenting on your awesome creations.

Thank you so much for joining me today.

Stay Safe and Healthy

Hugs,

You Are My... and Enjoy The Ride

 Hello and welcome to my blog.

Life has been a little bit busy here but

we are managing to keep it all together.

Never know what daily changes there will be with

the pandemic. Whether we will have no

school for our kids and kids not at work because

of them being closed.

Taking things day by day!

Could mean more crafting time for others and me???

 Today, is my day to post as DT

for The Project Bin

There are two cards today for you.

First stamp set highlighted is called

Just Sayin'

Everyone has that one person who you just instantly call.

For me if it isn't my husband it was ALWAYS my

mom. I miss our phone calls so much. It is hard to 

believe that she has been gone for month in a half.

Now it will still be my husband

or sister, one of my aunties or friends.

I adore that Denise has this sentiment in with this fun set!

It is hard to see but the background which was made using

a stencil and wink of stella to make the dots pop and the one flag.

Card #2

This very fun Stamp set is called

Wild Thing

A perfect set for all of those bike lovers

and just for some fun masculine cards too.

The dies with this stamp set are just awesome

The motorbike and the black circle.

They cut around the image like butter.

I also used some copic markers to high light

just a few parts of the bike.

I used 3 of the sentiments in this package, 

they just seemed to fit together.

The background was made using a stencil

and inks. It was so much fun making my own

background paper today.

Be sure to hop on over to The Project Bin 

shop and blog

for much more inspiration all week.

Stay safe

and

thank you

for coming to

my blog!!!

Hugs

Catch Your Heart

 Good morning!

Yesterday, we had rain, snow and blue skies

through out the day.

It was busy, we had a few things to do

but it still took most of the day.

How do the days go by so fast? Simply hard

to believe we are just about 1/2 way through March.

Tomorrow we will have a wonderful play date with

our fun loving and very busy grandson.

We have a brand new challenge up at Creative Knockouts today.

For Challenge #341 - Border Time

Our wonderful sponsors for this week are from

Fred She Said Designs

Prize is $10 Gift Certificate

The image below is called

Catch Your Heart

Thank you so much for letting me showcase

this awesome image.

 I colored it up using Copic Markers

Glove: E31, E33, E34, E35, E37

Heart: R24, R27, R29

The dies are from Gina Marie Designs that have

been used on both layers to create a border

around the image.

Please come and join us for our brand new challenge this week.

We would love to see your inspiring work

and come to your blog.

My fellow DT's have out done themselves.

Thank you so much for joining me today!

Have a blessed week :)

I Love You!

Good morning!

We had a bunch of heavy wet snow 

this weekend. We had temperatures

above zero for days which had us itching for spring. 

On Saturday morning we awoke to

quite a bit of snow.

For The Project Bin today,

These are the sets I am highlight.

Just Sayin', Feline Good and In My Heart

My sentiment is from Just Sayin' (tuxedo black ink and rich razzleberry ink)

The cat is from Feline Good (image colored with Copic Markers) and used the cat die.

In My Heart (heart die used to highlight the sentiment)

The other shapes (from my scrap bin) used where glued down to the paper

and then embossed with an embossing folder to add texture.

I then popped up the die cut image of the cat and the heart to

highlight The Project Bin.

Please come on by and join us at our blog

for new inspiration 5 days a week

and to check out the shop.

Wishing you a very blessed day!

Thank you so much for joining me today.

Cute Birthday Mouse

 Hello and welcome to my blog!

Can you believe we are on the last Thursday

of January. Now, some people

think that this month has taken forever to disappear

but to me it has just flown by.

January is a month with so many birthdays

in it family and friends.

It has been so much fun celebrating

them all!

This month has also had so many people

pass away suddenly and that has been really

hard on so many people.

My thoughts are with them all.

Now let's get to why you are stopping by.

Today, we have a brand new challenge up over at

Creative Knockouts Challenge

Challenge #335 - Birthday Wishes

our amazing sponsor is

Hetty Clare Art

They have kindly let me color up

Cute Birthday Mouse image.

Prize: 4 images

 My card is pretty clean and simple.

I used some of my favorite colors,

red, pink and brown.

The image is colored using

Copic Markers

Gina Marie Design Dies were used to highlight

the image on both the white and early espresso paper.

Rose Petal dies were used for the Happy Birthday

A Stampin' Up punch for the banners and white/early espresso paper and pearls.

The pattern paper is from Little Darlings Paper

Come on over and join us this week.

Creative Knockouts

I would love to be inspired by your creations.

Have a blessed week

and 

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs,