PAPER CUTZ CHALLENGE

Using my new cricut cartridge "Snow Friends"...

I used scrap paper and cardstock...

Great for this challenge....

Cricut Cardz Challenge

The topic for this challenge had to start with the letter "S" so snowflake it is....
I used my Joy of the Season to cut my snowflake card @ 5 inches, then I cut two more snowflake
one in blue and the other one in white..I layer the blue snowflake on top of the cut out on the card then used foam dot to add the second snowflake to to give a little height...
The background on the card I used my snowflake cuttlebug folder added a lt. blue sheer ribbon also added snowflake from a 1 inche punch....

As I was web surfing for new ideas on Iris Folding I came around this site
Ten Two Studios and she is offering free printable sheets...
http://countdown.tentwostudios.com/
She's going to put one sheet per day starting December 1st until Christmas and all you need to do is put it on your blog...
If you have time please check it out and pass the word around...
I'm also going to put it on Card Maker http://cardmakermagazine.com

My first Digi Image Card...Jillyan and Kit
I been interested in the new Digi Images that I've seen from Lori http://lorispurplegiraffes.blogspot.com/
I've been also gathering some of the free images and I tried this one today...
I know that I need to keep on practicing..It will take me a while to get the hang of it..
I like that I can color any of the images and have a different look from anyone who get this image...
I did get this image from http://www.stretchnbubbles.blogspot.com/ please go and check it out...

Strecth N' Bubbles is having a great blog candy give away....
I just became a follower of Stretch N' Bubbles last week ..I love their digi images...
Please go to her web site and check it out...
http://www.stretchnbubbles.blogspot.com/
You'll see that my friend Lori http://lorispurplegiraffes.blogspot.com
is going to be a designer for Strecth N' Bubbles...This is great news for Lori and I'm happy for her...
I'm going to do Stretch N' Bubbles digi soon..will post when it is done...
So go see for yourself what is going on....check out both site believe me you won't be dissapointed...

I received this Blog Award from my friend Lori
http://lorispurplegiraffes.blogspot.com/
I met Lori on CardMaker doing Card Swap and Crop Challenges...
I also seen Lori on other sites where her cards are just awesome and
first class...
We also do Card Exchange and if by chance I'm on her list I am honored
to received one of her cards...
I always share her cards with my family and friends just to show how well
her cards are made...
P.S. She also a great friend....

Through a friend of mine Lori on CardMaker gave a web site for making cards
for a children hospital...It's called Cards for Festival Of Trees...which if you make cards
they will sell your cards and all the profit will go for this worthy cause...so I decided
to make some cards....here is the web site http://dustinpike.blogspot.com/
I mailed my cards out a few days ago and I hope that they can use them...You'll also get
30 or so digital image from Dustin Pike for making these cards..what a great deal..
Here is one of the cards that I made...I didn't use his image which was a choice he gave
but I made mine from the side of a tissuer box...with me working a few hours a day I have to strectch my paper supply so I decided to use what I had on hand..they came out pretty good if I may say so...
I hope you have a great day...

I knew this was going to happen...I have a cold...and I got it from
working with little kids...the germs that goes in there is just awful...don't get me wrong I love the job but these little people do not know how to use a tissue , everything is wiped with their hands
or with their sleeves of their shirt or sweater...
I am miserable and sneezing all the time....I'm on cold tablets and I need some sleep..
but if I sleep nothing gets done...but I had soup for supper cause I didn't want to make anything...
Well so this is life with the little people...I hope that I didn't give to my grand daughter Emily
cause I gave her a big kiss yesterday...I'm crossing my fingers that she doesn't get it....

We are having another crop challenge on Card Maker in October 22nd-24th...We are going to have lots of fun and lots of technique to learn from...
There will be new ideas on how to make cards and craft items...
So if you are reading this why don't you come and join us on some great fun and projects....
Hope to see you there and make yourself at home and join the fun...
So go to CardMaker .com and see what is going on...

Well it been seven days since I started this job and it's not as bad as these ladies
made it out to be....They are very active children but I understand why...they are so
contained in the class room all day long then once they leave their classroom they think it is fair game to be in a jungle (per say)...there is a few kids that are really off the wall but overall they are pretty
good...
Right now the weather is very nice so they can go outside and play for an hour so that is
good...so then at 3:30 the older kids go inside to the homework room so we lose half of the kids who play outside...The little people who are in pre-k get tired fast because it is an all day
schooling for them....
I take it as a work day and some job are better than others...so to me it's a job....

I started a new job yesterday September 1st and boy I was so tired I went to bed early and I mean real early...I'm working at a extended day care at a school and I had to work 6.5 hrs
These little people can really talk and run without stopping...
Today September 2nd was a little easier..the key to these little people is to keep them busy so
we took out the LEGOS and that did it...I never saw these little people be so busy just doing LEGOS...We did go outside for two outdoor breaks and then more LEGOS...
Next week will be really busy and more little people....36 per room...God help me
But right now I really like it and the ladies are just awesome....
Have yourself a great day....

O.K. I'm back from my small vaca at the camp ground...
My two daughters Donna & Monique came plus two of my grand daughters
Emily & Savanah...It was fun to have them there...I play cribbage with
them and the little ones had fun in the pool and riding in the golf cart...
The weather was awesome and the night were cold but we all had
time to be together....
Saturday I had to come home cause my first grand daughter turned 9 yrs old
and we did celebrate her birthday...she is so beautiful and at her young age she really
love life...Last week we also celebrated her brother birthday he turned 7 yrs old...
Wow time is really going by fast....
My third grand child is 5 yrs old and she is going to school this September...
On another note I finished my friend Sher project for her daughter's
scrapbook...I'm pleased with it and I did goof in one corner but it does look good...
I can't wait for her to see...I did tell her it is finished but did not post on any site for her to see
I hope she is surprised when she gets it....
Have yourself a great night .....

Okay so I'm not faithful to my blog...but lately I've been in the dump about everything
Do you ever feel like everything is going haywire? Well that is how I feel....
I've been umeployed for about 4 month and have no income coming in..
I had to do an appeal with the unemployment office and just doing this is making me sick to my stomach...I don't think I'm going to win and I should not have done the appeal...
I don't talk about it with my family or friend cause it was my doing to leave my job..
It was so stressful and hostile that I had to leave...I don't regret that part..
But looking for a job is a big thing espcially with the economy...but I'm not the
only one going through this...alot of people are having a hard time with the economy...
There is time I want to stop my hobby of card making and just forget about everything..
I just want to sit around and cry but crying isn't going to solve nothing...all I would
get out of it is red and sore eyes...hahaha
Well enough of oh pity me...even writing this hasn't helped..oh well what can I do...
Maybe tomorrow will be a better day...
I've always said that there is always someone worth off them me...
Be happy and tell someone you love them...
Katelynn, Caulin, Emily & Savanah I love you all....

Well it's been a long time since that I've been on my blog...
Too busy this month ...I had two of my sister and niece from New York
come over for a visist...It was great seeing them all...
Then I'm babysitting my daughter Donna two little girls
for two weeks...Talk about being busy...No time to relax..
Here is two cards I made at night time...The technique is called
Iris Folding I just love the result I get when I do this style,
everyone can't believe how they are made....Just love it...
Well have a good day..hope the weather is beautiful for
everyone.....

Hello, today started the July Crop Challenge on CARDMAKER...
the theme this month will be Christmas in July...what fun
Lori started her challenge this morning with Oh Christmas Tree traingle box
with a template...I made mine with snowflakes...
I hope to get alot done but I will be away Wednesday till Sunday and then my sisters from
New York will here on the 20th of July so I'll try to get some of them done went they leave..
but Friday July 24th I will be going to a concert to see Tom Jones with my best friend..
Such a busy week but I rather have fun with the challenges so I'll have fun doing it all..
Have fun everyone on CardMaker Crop Challenge.....

The Cuttlebug Spot is having a contest...They want to get 1,000 followers on their site
you can win a $1,000 dollars worth of merchandise on Custom Crops
what a wonderful idea...
Please become a follower...
put it in your blog and leave a comment on the cuttlebug spot site...
How easy is that....
Good luck to everyone...
So go to the www.cuttlebugspot.com and enter
Hope to see you there...

Hi everyone, I just realized how long it's been since I wrote in my blog...
busy, busy, busy.....
Well what is new, the screen porch at the camp site is just about finish we
can sit in it without to many bugs and insects...and when it does rain we don't
get wet...hurray!!!!
Well my cards and the bookmarks swap is finished ...what fun I had,
so many ideas and good ones if I may say so....

I just finished sorting my first swap cards from CardMaker...The main idea was to make six cards using the theme of BUTTONS N BOWS...I had 19 players included myself...
I had a lot of fun being the hostess and these ladies were great making fantastic cards...
I couldn't ask for a better group of creative and fun people....
I thought that sorting was going to be hard but it went fairly fast...my job was to make sure that everyone had six cards and not to send anyone their cards...Everything came together well...
I have two other swaps...one is to make bookmarks for each season and I already have some
and I must say they are great and the second one is six more cards with the theme using just the word CELEBRATE on the card they look good so far...
These gals have the greatest ideas and they come up with extraordinary cards or bookmarks...
I love working and getting to know them....Have a good day or night...terrie

Well I got news that I was tied for winning the CardMaker Weekly Challenge
TRASH TO TREASURE today...I won it with Jane and her card was awesome and so were the others
who did the challenge....what talented ladies and so happy to be part of this
group...
The support and ideas, plus the help from them is more than words can be said...
Every challenge gets better and better and I just love all of them...
They make me think outside of my comfort zone and I've learned so much from them...
I just wish we lived closer or even one day to meet them ALL....what a blast I
would have BUT I guess through computer it will have to be good for now...
Thank You my dear new friends.....Sincerely with love to all......terrie

There is not much to write about...
The screen porch has not progress much because the guy
we bought the wood from misunderstood the measurement
so this week was a bust....
I did clean out more on the site...the people that had the site
before us left a lot of rotten wood so that had to be cleaned
and I burned all the wood...
Vince is still out of work because of his shoulder but doing a little
better each day....
Hopefully we will be finish the screen porch by the end of the month
the mosquitoes are bad.....

Hello, I hope everyone had a very nice Mother's Day...
I was at the campsite and was very busy...we started to build
the screen porch and thanks for my son-in-law he was a big help...
My daughter and my two grand daughters came up and spent the day with us too..
it was somewhat a good sunny day but toward the end of the day it started to rain
and I mean really rain...so now we have a platform for the deck and hopefully
the screen porch will be done at the end of the month...It is shocking how
much everything cost...
Well have yourself a good day...I will post a picture of the camp site with the deck
soon...

Today is May 1st and it is my daughter Nicole birthday..
boy does time not fly by fast..too fast if I may say so...
I'm going to buy her lunch today but I have to bring
it to her house because she has a daycare....
So I'm going to bring a baked patotoe from Wendy's
then off to the pizza shop and get a pizza, garlic bread and
french fries...all of her favorites..she won't eat it all but she
will get plenty of help eating it...
I will give her money (that is my trend now to my daughters)
because this way she can get whatever she want...but she
also collects giraffe so I also got her a figurine...and I made her
card....Oh by the way she is thirty-three today.....

We went back to the camper again and as of now that camper is
clean, clean and I mean clean...everthing inside is scrub
every cabinet and closet...windows and mirrors....EVERYTHING
IS CLEAN....hew haw...
We will go back on Saturday and now focus on the outside
we have a pile of leaves that has to go but we have a mulcher
so it should go quick...
People laugh at me because my flowers are silk and they bloomed
all summer long so once I put them into the ground I do not have to
bother with them again until we close in the fall....
I can't wait till we start building the screen porch....

Well our crop challenge has begun and what a good challenge
it was...I did all the challenges and really had to think outside the box
for some of them...
What I was most happy with is that my sister got into the challenges
and I was very happy with her cards...(way to go sis)...
I also had time to play some games too....

Now that summer is around the corner I'm going to slow down a bit....
camping is openning and it is time to go and relax and not think about
any problems until it is time to come home...
Vince and I went to clean out the camper and what we saw was a mess...
we had to clean every closet every cabinet, we had visitors this pass
winter little field mouse...rip toilet paper..acorn all around and little turds
on the stove in the silverware draw and they even ate my potholders.
We had to clean EVERTHING.......
We still have the bedroom and two cabinets to do..
Next we are building a screen room to the camper so that will great when it will
be finished...

.I started another swap on CardMaker this one is to make four
Bookmarks one for each season....
The Buttons N Bows turned out pretty good....I have 21 players and I hope everyone
will turned in their cards...
Plus I also have one more Swap in Holidays as "Celebrate".....
These swaps are so much fun....great way to make friends and getting
all kind of beautiful cards....
This week we are starting our second Crop Challenge April 23 through 25
with challenges and games can't wait to start it...
The first one was lots of fun....
Come and join us...www.cardmakermagazine.com under card swap

Well another holiday gone by (Easter) now on to Mother's Day & Memorial day week-end...
Hee Haw that mean the campground that we have our camper on will be open
and every week-end we will be there..hope the weather will be better last
year we had so much rain...
So here is to warmer weather and making new friends....
If any one who comes by New England way and goes camping leave
a comment maybe we could meet up.....

Well, when they say sh..... hits the fan boy does it.....
Life isn't great at time....when friends are suppose to be friends
and co-workers are supose to be co-workers...It's such a long story
that it isn't even funny any more...but I have the support of my family and
my better half and the love from my grandchildren...when my grandson
saw me in tears the other day and just came over and gave me the biggest
hug ever boy let me tell you that was the best hug I ever got...he asked no
questions why I was crying just sat by my side until I finished with the tears..
What a gem he is....now life is grand when things like that happens....
Thank You Caulin...Nana loves you.....

I just love doing iris folding...here is another card I made for a challenge and I love the way that it turned out...I might give it to Emily (grand daughter) who just loves horses...

Well today my better half had shoulder surgery so right now he is in pain... As for me I cut my thumb and it hurt like 4edoublell..I was cutting
a card openning for my iris folding and the knife slip and no matter what I'm always doing I'm
hitting it...
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day....

Well today was my last day at my work...The mail order was started to slow down and
to have four people working... there was alot of time sitting around...so I asked for a lay off
I know that my boss didn't understand why I asked for it...
Plus for my sanity I just had to ask...was it the right decision who can tell???
but for me it was the right decision...time will tell...

Well as you can see we have a new banner blinkie for our second crop challenge
I will be a hostess again....this time I will have three challenge and one game
the first one will be a pattern paper background (of my choice from 3 to pick from)
the second will be something to do with paperclips
and the third one will be using border punch...
I hope you will join me and the other talented ladies and have some fun...
the time I really enjoyed it and got a lot out of it...
have yourself a great night....

Here is a card I made using JAK paper from Crafters Kitchen
she has the most wonderful paper to make background paper
to put and use on your cards...
Here I used her polka dot paper for the bottom of my card...
the bumble bee is iris folding which I love to do...
Here is her blog please check it out

http://crafterskitchen.blogspot.com/

Well today is my daughter Donna's birthday she is 34 years old...where has the time gone...
I remember holding her in my arm 34 years ago...
She has grown to be a wonderful person...today she is a wife to a nice man Andre
and two beautiful daughters Emily and Savanah...
I wish her the best and much happiness..
Happy Birthday Donna...Love you More...MOM

Hello, Just checking in for a bit...what I did today ....no craft today which is totally off for me...
but I went to see "Dirty Dancing" on broadway with my three daughters...It was an
excellent show...true to the story...the signing and dancing was stunning...the person
who played Johnny Castle sounded just like the real Patrick Swayze...Great show for
almost 21/2 hrs...if you have a chance to go see it please go....

Well I'm off to see Tom Jones with my best friend Gayle...
he is coming to Boston to the Blue House...I've seen him plenty of time but never at this place
I hope he is good as always...
I'll post tomorrow and tellhow he was....

Well the crop challenge has been going stronge since Thursday night..
Friday everyone started to create their challenges and the hostess had great ideas..
Saturday as another day to make more card project and also many had games to take part in playing...
Of course me terrie didn't follow direction on one of the challenge so I had to redo one of them
I guess I can't count to 5 hahahaha I have to laugh at my self...
This as lots of fun....For the hostess for this crop challenge was Lora....great work Lora
Looking forward to having another one....

Well our Crop Challenge on Card Maker started today but in reality it does start
tomorrow February 26 until March 6th...
There will be challenges and games to play and check out our challenge that we will
be doing....Join us and see what fun we are going to have....
go to www.cardmaker.com them go to card swap
and check out the site and online crop....
Let the fun begin...

well I put a picture of me so people can put a face to the blog...
have yourself a great night

Well, as you can tell I'm pretty new at this and I still do not know what to do..
so whoever is reading this please be patience with me...
my blog is pretty boring so in the couple of days I will try to bring in
colors and a picture of me...have your self a great day...terrie

Valentine's Day

Well today is Valentine's Day and I recieved a dozen of long stem yellow roses..
yellow is my favorites color foe flowers...what a surprise usually we don't share much on this day...money is somewhat tight but it was a nice surprise...the card I got was also very nice...