Birthday Wishes

Some of you may know that my grandpa is very special to me. As a child my parents were very good about making sure that my brother and I got to see my grandparents on a regular basis. Sometimes we made the four hour drive twice a month. Oh, geeze...I don't want to bore you with the memories of that time but just typing this little but has brought that time right back...I love it! My grandma died about 11 1/2 years ago now (wow!) and my grandpa remarried a wonderful lady who loves him and takes care of him. Anyway, this coming Wednesday is his birthday and I send him a card every year. Grandpa and Fern have a little room in their house that they have their two chairs and a t.v in. Knowing I had this MFT's set called This One's for the Boy I knew I had to make his card with it. I struggled and struggled and I'm still not "in love" with it but I think it suits him well. Speaking of that side of the family if you would all please pray for my aunt Cindy. Something is going on that has her in ICU. Not sure what it is but I know it is tearing my grandpa up inside (he's already lost one wife and a daughter). So please prayers for her.

I also wanted to show you how I'll be signing the back of my cards this year. Grandpa's card was the first one to receive this signature (because I just mounted the stamp...lazy Lorie!). I really think it suits me well.

Anyway, I hope you all have a fantastic Saturday! I'm going to try and photograph my heart tins so you guys can see them tomorrow!

Finally!

Whew! I've been saving this card to show you guys until the intended receiver got it. Well, she got it the other day and let me know yesterday so I get to share it with you! This is Mwahbella and I love her! She comes with four different sentiments (I believe it is four) that just suit her to a "t"! If you'd like to know what I used to make this card you can go HERE. You could also leave a comment if you are so inclined. I sent this card to Charmaine at Oodabug Alley because she is just so sweet and encouraging. Go check out her blog...she is very talented!

The other picture I'm sharing today is the Valentine mailbox that I made for Kyler's teacher. We are going to place some shredded paper, candy and a Valentine inside for her. I hope she likes it and doesn't think it is a silly, unneeded thing. I like to give teachers things they can use up or store easily and the mailbox is neither. Oh, well..it is all good, right? I'm thrilled about the patterned paper as I got it at the dollar spot at Target. I don't get to Target often but when I do...fun stuff! I used the SU! set Happy Heart Day for the mouse on the front and although he isn't flocked yet I think I will flock the mouse in brown. I just think flocking adds so much fun and texture!

On a personal note...Todd is sick with the head cold that everyone has been getting around here. Poor guy!

I hope you all have a fantastic and fun Friday! See you tomorrow!

Guess what I got yesterday...

Well, I actually have two exciting things to share! Okay, three if you count each card separately. I got both of these super cute cards in one envelope yesterday and they brought such a smile to my face! They are both from Diane a blogging friend of mine and I know that she makes the rounds to other blogs too so you may have seen her name before. Anyway, I sent Diane a copy of my favorite devotional book and she sent me this lovely thank you note. I love the paisley in the corner. The paper piercing makes it so neat! The other card that she sent is a Valentine's card from her family to mine. Isn't it just adorable?! She sent me some of those images a while ago and I'm going to use it for Todd's Valentine's card so I suppose I should get off my behind and do it, huh? Diane has a new blog so you should go check it out HERE.

The other fun thing(s) I received yesterday is my pre-order for the Occasions mini catalog. Oh, Lordy ladies...this mini catalog is amazing! You guys are all going to love it! I will take a picture of my goodies later today and come back and post them.

For those who are wondering (and yes there were a couple of you!). I went to the doctor yesterday and my ears are just full of fluid (annoying) and she believes my stomach hurts again because of the acid. Long story short...it sounds like I'll have to be on an acid inhibitor for basically the rest of my life. Fun! Anyone care to join me? She painted an interesting picture for me though that you guys might get a kick out of. She likened my stomach to a skinned knee. The more acid the more it is going to hurt and apparently I produce lots of acid. So...there it is. I'm fine, started the meds yesterday and we'll see what happens! Thanks everyone for your concern!

Have a super Thursday!

Another RAK

Look at this lovely RAK I got from Cathy! Cathy won one of my Glory from Lorie contests and sent me this lovely card as a thank you. I believe she used Baroque Motif's and added some really neat accents with the scallops at the bottom. Thank you Cathy your RAK made my day!

I also received some card fronts from a new stamp set swap that I participated in. I'll be sharing those with you over the next couple of days too. Everyone did a great job.

Today is a half day for my kiddos so I actually think I will get some stamping done which is good because I haven't done anything in the last couple of days. Yesterday I sat down to stamp but ended up putting card stock scraps away and then had to leave for Bible study. Disappointing!

Anyway, I hope you all have a fantastic Wednesday!

An RAK

I received my RAK from Bela for our RAK swap on Courtney's blog for the month of January a couple of days ago and I was just blown away! We had chatted a little bit before she sent her envelope about paper and images and such. When I got the envelope. Wow! There is beautiful designer paper, images perfect for my boys for their Valentine's Day projects. The sweetest Magnolia card, and some accessories. Thank you so much Bela! Please make sure that you visit her blog...I put the link in the first sentence. Oh, and I decided that rather than use the images for cards...I'm going to use them to help decorate their heart tins. I am VERY excited about this because I wasn't sure how I was going to make my boys heart tins boy tins (do you all understand that?). How generous, huh?

Do you guys have any Valentine's Projects that you are working on? Just link it to this post so I can see too!

I hope you guys all have a fantastic Tuesday and if you are able be sure to vote in a caucus today!

Monday

Hi all. Just want you to know that I am here. My day started out well...I got a work out in and everything but then while doing my hair I got an ocular migraine that turned into an almost day long headache. The visual portion of the migraine lasted about 20 minutes today so I guess that wasn't too bad. Add that to my tummy bothering me and my ears hurting and well...it hasn't been a wonderful day. I think a trip to the doctor will be in store tomorrow but I think I'll be able to post anyway.

I hope you have all had a great Monday!

A Cupcake Day

When Eclectic Paperie sent out their e-mail saying they had an exclusive Stampendous set just for them I knew I had to have it! It is called Hey There Cupcake. There are six different tops and bottoms to the cupcakes along with sentiments you can put together, candles, and other fun toppers. I just had to ink it up and play with the set a little. I made this for a friend who was feeling under the weather. Just wanted her to know that I was thinking of her. I used Bazzil brown paper, designer paper I got the other day, So Saffron, and PaperTrey Ink White card stock. Throw some satin ribbon on the top and you've got a cute thinking of you card!

Today is the super bowl and while my choice of teams in not playing today...although they sooo should be...we will be going to a super bowl get together. We have a split decision on who the winner of the game will be. Jon and I are being realists and are saying that the Patriots will win. I just don't think that Giants defense can stop the Pats offense. Todd and Kyler say the Giants will win. While I think it would be better if the Packers could say we lost the playoff game to the super bowl winners...I don't think that is going to happen. I hope you all has a super fun time if you are going to some parties! Eat some food for me!

*Just a little note...blogger's spell check isn't working so if you see some errors please forgive me!*