Spring Day

Although not sunny out, this morning's

walk was the most beautiful day!

The smells, the sounds, the sights!

Smells, flowers blooming & lilacs blooming...

mulch... freshly mowed yards

(no one burning... fresh air)

The birds tweeting and chirping, chipmunks playing,

and general peacefulness of the early morning.

Sights... green grass as far as the eye can see,

flowers blooming, and trees budding.

It was a wonderful walk.

Lovely ladybug card, inspired by Markies Mom. Sometimes I really like creating all the layers. It was fun to use a SU! punch to create the petals and the ladybug. Dots galore!! I really like to be inspired by Markie's Mom!!

Peek-a-boo

Here's a card inspired by Markies Mom. I love so much what she does with color combos and everything she puts together to make her cards. If you recall some time ago... we had counted over 12 layers just on one card of hers!!! The colors here mesh better in real life, and now that I see a photo of the card, it needs some sort of sentiment at the top. The hands of the frog are separate from the body and could be attached anywhere, it kind of makes him floating on top of the flower.

What's living in Illinois without talking about the weather.... spring tease today... high of 61.... that's almost 80 degrees warmer than it was three weeks ago when we had that cold spell!! Weird.

"Do the right thing."

Un-traditional Valentine

Here I CASEd a card from Markie's Mom, an untraditional Valentine. I think the paper is the SU! Blush. Love the layout and look of this card, seems more sophisticated with the swirls, which I've heard are so popular in the up-coming season of new stamps. I added the leaves to the swirl images I have. I also don't have a big heart punch or scallop punch for that matter, so I almost had to take time in cutting out my own images. Butterflies seem popular again, and I have a teeny weeny punch, but I think they look good here!

And now for the weather, beautiful blue skies with bright sunshine, but cold, only about 11 degrees. We had a light dusting of snow overnight.... I did a clean sweap of the drive and then took Coopy for a little walk, where he met his girlfriend, Charlie (see Charlie cards posted on the right side of my blog, to see how cute she is)... checking out other fav blogs and then off to work for 6-1/2 hours, before the ride share takes place, I think the sport of choice tonight is hockey!!!! Shrimp pasta for dinner, yum! Lost is on tonight too!!! Happy Day ~

"Forgive everyone for everything."

Taking the bull by the horns

Okay, so I was on a Markie's Mom kick last week... here is the third card I made. If I find out who the adorable animals are by, I will post that. I can't get enough of how the black background paper makes the card pop!! This would make a cute hello card (hey, hey hey!) She uses way too many brads (and I'm cheap) so the bottom embellishments are brads and the top are Crystal glue dots.

"Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present."

Dots & Flowers

This cute card is inspired by Markie's Mom. Her cards are simply adorable and do-able... but she has some sort of flair with the dots, some color combo coolnees ~ that her cards are just right and she completely COMPLETEs her designs. In the mean time, I'll just be inspired and try to do my best to follow her inspiration!

School was cancelled today for both kids (they actually are in two different school districts, one middle school, the other high school) due to extreme weather conditions. It is currently -15 degrees out (that is below zero folks!!!!!!) and if kids had to wait for the bus etc.... I'm still getting ready to go to work... there is eye care that needs to be handled, and we can listen to every patient who comes in and complains! and smile as if this is the first time hearing it!!!

"Invest your energy in the positive present moment." edited

Inspired by Markie's Mom