WHOOO's birthday

 On Monday, while most people were celebrating the holiday, my daughter wanted to make a card for her friend Shannon. I didn't mind. It was rainy, miserable almost to get alot of outside things completed. So really we made chowder and hung out in our jamas most of the day.

When I asked her what the plan was..she knew she wanted Owls, and no pink.. With those two things set aside, we were in business for this birthday card. 

She put this guy together and I asked her to pose with it.. so here was take 1.

 

Then I decided that maybe the card itself- without the artist would be appropriate.

 

 

 

I managed to get one 'decent' shot of her with the card. Of course this pose was quick and then she said "MOM, my hair is all wild and I'm in my jamas".. I promised not to tag her in it and she was fine! LOL

 

 

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANNON! 

Tassle is worth the hassle!

 

... maybe worth the thousands of dollars of debt too.. but hey ITS OVER! 

My baby sister got her Masters! WOOT WOOT!!! 

She managed this while working full time, supporting a household, and potty training her daughter! 

Talk about celebration! 

 

Her  graduation party was over the weekend.  We had gorgeous weather, at a local park, with lots of family, friends, food and fun!!! 

Almost hard to imagine that it has been one year (to the day) that we put Princeton down, as you may remember HERE. It seemed very fitting for her to receive a solar lantern for her yard, that looks like Prince, a lot like this one here.  She loved it.  Of course we shed a few tears at the moment, but otherwise it was joyous occasion!!! 

WAY TO GO AUTUMN!! 

Now you have to figure out what you want to do as a grown up!

Whooooooooooooooo's birthday?

Happy Birthday to YOU, Happy birthday to HOOO? 

 I love March birthdays! The cards can be bright, fun, flowers, because it almost spring time!!  I love these little owls too - so that made this card even better!  I love them even more since my own birthday is in March!

I used the owl punch for my critters in Indigo, Pumpkin Pie & Lucky Limeade, punched Pennant & itty bitty for the party hats, 2 step bird for their arms & limb. I used the diamonds stamp from Grunge Rock on their hats and bodies. The Night of Navy is actually run thru the Big Shot, with woodgrain embossing, topped it with a piece of retired Tropical Oasis DSP, then tied grosgrain ribbon on. Added a few rhinstones and called it complete!

Now its your turn! Get your birthday groove on and head to the Bloggers Challenge, you will have so much fun!!

HAV A GREAT DAY!   HUG THE ONES YOU LOVE!! THANKS FOR STOPPING IN!

You little devil!

"You little devil"

Usually followed by a "you shouldn't have..." comment.

How many times do we hear that?  Recently, when I heard it, the light bulb went off and I was like... "yep- this little devil is going to do something about it!" and today.. I did.



My little punch devil



They are created with many pieces, but all well worth the time put into them.

 I added little treats for some of my closest coworkers. Though they are on a weight loss, I didn't give them anything that would tip them over.

Aren't they fun? I mean, it brings a smile to your face. I have to thank Ellen Kemper again, for her main idea, and I manipulated her devil to confirm to mine!

 Let see punches in the short version: 1/2, 3/4 circle, 2 step owl punch, word window punch, 2 step bird punch, small oval, modern label, scalloped oval, slot punch

Happy Valentines Day!

Have a great day!

 Hug the ones you love!

Thanks for stopping by!

Owl remember your birthday

Simple.

Sweet.

Girly.

Achieved!

There are many times I am stumped when it comes to birthday cards. Doesn't matter how many times I 'try', something gets lost in the shuffle... but this time.. I like!

I am not sure why I chose the Pretty In Pink with Pear Parfait color combo, but, its pretty!  I didn't add the sentiment to the front, since I thought it might be busy enough. I used the Owl Punch, which is fun to use! I added a 2 1/2 inch pinwheel, since my balloons weren't quite working for me!

Thank you for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Hug the ones you love!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Just a quick little post to wish you and yours a healthy, happy safe 2012.

I look forward to 365 more days of all exciting walks of life...

 going  places we haven't been,

 meeting ppl that are blog names online,

learning tricks I never thought possible. 

.. adding a new one this year...

finding an career that brings me pleasure!

So have a wonderful day/night/and new Year. I will be back in 2012,

 hopefully with some great stuff up my sleeve!!

 OWL see you later!

Hello... My name is FROSTY

Its beginning to look alot like...

OK ITS NOT .... but you know...

Its inevitable that it will arrive sooner than I want it to - since I am not a snow bunny of any sort. Sure I love to watch it fall... and snuggle in the house, with my coffee and loved ones, but then reality kicks in with hats, gloves, shovels and that once "pretty white powder" turns into ugly brown mush.. blah blah blah. I do consider myself lucky.. well up until last year when we had two major storms that landed us with snow that we had to measure in FEET - and that just caused me to lose it all around for my love of the white stuff!!!

Here is my little snowman (CASE from here) - looking up at the snow falling - imagine him twirling around in all the snowflakes, as they fall from the sky.. ..

I used circle punches (body, head), the owl punch (eyes, mouth), star punch (nose), snowflake punch (arms), some liquid applique (for puffy snow). I tore the white paper and sponged it with bashful blue ink. I popped his head up on a dimensional.

Thank you for stopping by!!!

Un named Flower

I have a garden... it brings me great fruit to all my labor, it allows me to further my education regarding vegetables, plants, bugs and all sorts of other stuff that I wouldn't really know about if I didn't garden...blah blah blah..

ANYWAYS- I found a bag that was empty, torn and the remnants of it clearly needs to be investigated, since I could barely make it out... I assume it looks something like this?

Christmas Crotus? We called it the "jaggy little flower"... I still have to research this

My version:

I used my Two step Bird punch and pop up dimensionals, and then the Owl punch for the center yellow.

Thanks for stopping by... if you have any ideas of what this is.. please share?

Thanks to you OWL...

NOTE OF THANKS... {sarcasm}
... to AAA for getting my maps / trip ticket to me, so I just printed it offline and had to visit bookstore for state map (MYSELF).
... to my FT employer for the last two weeks of OT, which not only had my butt in bed past midnight & up before the butt crack of dawn, and therefore I didn't make it to the gym ONE darn DAY.
... to the change in weather as quickly as it did, because searching for colder weather clothing was NOT in the books these last few days.
... to my cell phone, for deciding to function when it wanted to, and not when I needed it to.

NOTE OF THANKS.... {positive}

.... to my teens who were kind enough to get some things done at the house without the slightest bit of "I WANT, or I NEED", while I had OT.

.... to my fiancee, who had quite the heart to heart with the kids about where life was at the moment, and what lies in the future.

.... to Coffeemate Sugar Free French Vanilla Creamer - because without you- I would have flipped my lid, more then I could imagine.

.... to my Followers... who force me to ink up rubber, punch out cardstock (because they keep coming back for more -- YEA!!!) and allow me vent when it beckons.

THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY!

I am sure you got more then you bargained for on this one!

Have a great day!