HELLO!

It's been so long since my last post you probably have forgotten about me!  I have been so lazy about any paper crafting lately that I almost forget how to do it.  I have been remodeling my craft room since December which is not a good time to do it in New York but when the snow goes away, I go out to play.  I finally got my table in the room and have more space to actually craft without having to take my Cricut and Cuttlebug off the table every time I do a project.  I also got some stamp organization tools to have my stamps more accessible.  It is amazing how much stuff I have that was hiding in boxes and drawers.  Now I will have them out but organized which for me is a huge deal!

So, now I am busy making bouquets for my son's wedding on June 20th.  My husband and I were surprised with this news just before we went on our tenth anniversary trip to St. Thomas.  So I was gone for two weeks, and then started planning in April for a wedding in June!  Yikes!  But it has come together nicely and his fiance' found a beautiful dress that only had to be hemmed.  It fit her perfectly and she is lovely.  I think my son will be surprised and delighted.  I think he may be more excited than she is if that is possible.  I will post pics of the whole thing after the excitement is over.  Oh did I mention that I am also making the cake.  Whew!  When it is all done, I will need another vacation.

So for now I will leave you with some pictures of our Anniversary cruise to St. Thomas!  Enjoy!

On the ship

Magen's Bay Beach from the top of the Island
(We got married there 10 years ago)

Me and the Hubs at St. Maarten

CocoCay

Ryman Auditorium - Grand Ole Opry

Happy 10th Anniversary

I got a TOP 5!

Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by to visit!

Just wanted to post about my FANTABULOUS Top 5 selection for my Thanksgiving card at 

FANTABULOUS CRICUT!

There are some gorgeous cards here and I love to visit all the blogs of the people who enter their creations. 

 Not only are they fun to look at, but it sparks my creativity and makes me work harder to make a better piece not matter what it is.

So visit those blogs and enter those challenges!  It's a lot of fun!

http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/12/wednesday-winners-challenge-238-give.html

Reesey

Thanksgiving Challenge Entry

Hello and welcome to my world.

I am entering thisThanksgiving card into the following challenge:

http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/11/challenge-me-monday-238-give-thanks.html

I used the Thanksgiving Cricut Cartridge and a Spellbinders Scallop Oval Die with my Cuttlebug.

I started with a kraft base and rounded the corners. I cut the ovals with the die out of a mustard yellow and used the tan mat to emboss the ridge on the inside of the scallops.  Then I measured just inside the embossed ridge to get the size for the cameos.  It was about 2 inches and I cut these in black.  I attached the cameos to the ovals with tape runner and added the pumpkin button with a glue dot.

On the inside, I cut the Leaf Border at 1 inch which cut the width not the length.  I used the swirl cutouts from the cameos in the upper corners and stamped the greeting "GIVE THANKS". 

(I had forgotten to take photos before I had co-workers sign it so you can see some of their signatures).

This looks like it was a really simple card, but the measurements of the cuts always get take me the longest to figure out.  Someday I will get the hang of it.  Enter more challenges maybe?

Thanks for stopping by!

Reesey

ACTION WOBBLE Challenge!

Wow!  Two challenges in one month.  What got into me? 

 Maybe a little holiday spirit. 

Every year where I work, we select a family in need from a list provided to us by local charity organizations.  I make the card and this year I really had fun creating this card.  Our family has a small child and I thought an Action Wobble was just the ticket!  And while I am at it, I thought I would post it and enter it in the latest Wobble Wednesday Challenge!

 http://challenges.action-wobbles.com

I started with a cream base and edged it with some ink in a light brown.  The turkey is from the Cricut Create a Critter cartridge as well as the word "Gobble".  He is on an action wobble and backed by a Spellbinders Scallop Oval in cream topped with a green regular oval run through with the embossing mat to leave a rim on the edge.

A black mat frames a piece of grid pattern paper and fall leaves completes the front.

The inside features a pumpkin with sentiment and matching fall leaves.  A little inking around the edges gives the paper some dimension.  

And here is the fun part...

Thanks for stopping by!

Reesey

CardzTV Challenge Winner - November 2014

I WON!

     

My Halloween owls card won the challenge over at http://cardztv.blogspot.com/.

Mary at CardzTV has really been coming up with some interesting challenges to keep us on our best card making behavior.  And she really inspires me to do my best when I look at all the beautiful cards she and her Design Team make.  Everyone should go over and take a look at her Card Gallery.  You can't help but smile and think "How does she come up with these fabulous ideas!"

Thanks Mary.  I can't wait to use my new stamps.

Reesey

Halloween Bats! FCCB Challenge

I am entering my Halloween Bats Card in two more hallenges this week!  

Challenge Me Monday #234 Halloween Projects

http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2014/10/challenge-me-monday-234-halloween.html  

and the

CARDZ TV CARD CHALLENGE #3 "SCENE IT"

http://cardztv.blogspot.com/2014/10/cardz-tv-card-challenge-3-scene-it.html

HAPPY FALL, Y'ALL - Rubber on the Road and CardzTV Challenge entry!

Hello from Rome New York!

Here in the valley, the leaves are pretty much going the other way now, but up in the Adirondacks the colors are beautiful!  Some friends invited us to go to Pennsylvania this past weekend on our motorcycles to see the colors there.  It was very cold but the beauty of the landscape was well worth it.  Unfortunately it was so cold that I could not take my gloves off to snap any pictures.  I did get one photograph of a Waterfall in Watkins Glen, New York.

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So on that note, I am posting my entry of a Halloween card for the CardzTV Halloween Challenge!

http://cardztv.blogspot.com/2014/10/cardz-tv-card-challenge-to-die-for.html.

I started my card by folding an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of royal blue cardstock in half for the base.  

Using the Create A Critter Cartridge, I cut 4 owls at 1 1/2 inches from a metallic brown. 

 I also cut the tree branch and leaves from that cartridge at 3 inches.

Then using the Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge, I cut the Witch's hat from a striped paper and the Vampire cape from purple.  I added pen work to the cape to give it some dimension.  

I am not sure what size I cut these at but I did have to cut the cape a couple of times to get it just right.  I hand cut a small mouth and teeth for the Vampire. The Witch's broom is a toothpick and some brown paper cut randomly to make bristles and rolled on the toothpick.

Next is the mummy.  I was looking for some material that would be like bandages and I found a small piece of gauze in my medicine cabinet.  I pulled it a little to loosen it up and just wrapped it around the owl.  So cute!  The ghost was simply a tracing of the top of the owl on white paper and then a swirl for the bottom (tail).  Three sizes of Googly eyes gave them their personality.  The metallic black bat also came from the Paper Doll Dress up and the metallic yellow stars are two sizes of small hand punches.  Unfortunately, you can't really see the metallic sheen in these photos. It really makes a cool affect.

For the inside, I cut a rectangle from the Witch's hat paper and a smaller one from cream.  

Using a Martha Stewart drippy goo punch made a neat border and the little spider on the Happy Halloween stamp made me giggle.  I gave him some white gel pen eyes and added some webs and string work, I then outlined the sentiment to make it pop and it's done!

I took this to work to show the girls and one bought it to send to her sister!

Thanks for viewing!

Reesey