Valentines con't

Well, Valentine's Day came and went, and we got some great valentines.  Below are all the cards that I recieved on Monday.
From Hubby to me... I was very proud of Hubby.  He went to town on this card.  Inside is stamps, stickers and a romantic note (not show).

From Korie to me...She used three different types of paper and three different techniques - tearing, burning and 3D effect (flower on front).

Ftom Frank to me...Frank is an Origami master.  He can make a folded sailboat smaller than your pinky nail.

More to come...

Valentines...

Today is a double post, so don't forget to scroll down and check out the previous one!  I also changed my blog design - I think it suits me better.  :)

Hubby and I have postponed Valentine's Day this year.  Put a down payment on a cruise, add a busy schedule to the mix, and you find yourself pushing Valentine's Day back to March, so you have the funds and time to do it right.  We do, however, have the space in our budget to have nice dinner out with friends that night.  We are looking forward to it.

Korie and Frank have a very special story.  Their lives are literally intertwined.  It is hard to deny that they are meant to be together.

Korie is my oldest friend.  We were inseparable from fifth to eighth grade, until we went to different high schools.  We lost touch, only to be reunited this past year by my second oldest friend, Camille (she didn't come to our school until seventh, and her and I went to the same high school, keeping in touch after graduation).

Frank was one of my brother's friends from our childhood church.  They spent a lot of time together, and even had the same haircut at one point (creepy!).

Korie and Frank attended parties with my brother and I growning up, had dinner at the same table with us at our house, even slept in the rooms next to each other when my parents let us each have a friend over to spend the night.  But they never payed any mind to one another.

Jeff lost touch with Frank, much like I did with Korie.  But while Jeff and I were out of their lives, Korie and Frank met again, under different circumstances.  It wasn't until after they started dating that Korie put two and two together - she had met this guy before!  She had spent plenty of time with him already but never bothered to pay attention!

Now they are engaged. :)

Korie text me the other day with a very cute idea.  We are making Valentine's Day cards for each other!  Below are what I came up with.  First is Hubby's card, then Korie's, then Frank's.  I can't wait to see what Frank and Hubby come up with to give to us girls - neither of them is very crafty!

Sorry for the long post.  I guess I am making up for lost time!  Feel free to join the blog hop March 11th to 13th!  I'll be there, ready to go!

Happy V Day!

And the beat goes on...

Well, January flew by, and I didn't post.  So I will do a double post now to make up for it.  I have been a busy little bee this past week.

There is one month out of the year where no one - not friends nor family - has a birthday.  That month is January.  This gave me time to focus on completing my 2010 scrapbook, complete with attending an All Day Crop (love those!)  However, it seems that 85% of all other birthdays during the year fall between February and May.  Below are the 7 - yes SEVEN - cards I made for the February birthdays.  Oh, and one magnetic Turkey for my Grandpa - he's 79 this year!

I made these cards with Cricut cartridges, both owned and borrowed, and paper, ribbon and other embelishments I already had on hand.  I love Cindy Loo, Preserves and Create A Critter.

Grandpa is a HUGE Jack Daniels fan, so we got him a six pack of the flavored coolers to drink while he is watching the Super Bowl.  The Turkey is a good luck charm - he leaves next week to go to Tennessee to bid on a license to hunt a special breed of turkey in Arizona.  Turkey hunting is his passion and this is the last breed he needs to complete his list.

Merry Christmas!

... and a Happy New Year!

I hope to get to post more in 2011.  We will see how it goes...

May your family be safe and may the coming year be filled with love and joy!

:)

My banana has a bowtie! (or something similar)

BOWTIE!!!! :)

And also my Scrappy Jak pumpkin challenge cards (I won't be around on the 25th - FL woohoo!)

Does anyone know how to flip the pictures??  They aren't supposed to be sideways....

Lots of good things...

Life seems to be rolling right along in this household.  Hubby got a job working for his favorite team ever - THE YANKEES!  I survived my first day as Supervisor to a very quirky and unpredictable group of employees.  And I think the card I posted below is my favorite card ever that I have made.  The second card is the get well soon card we gave to my boss yesterday before she left, which was mostly Susan's doing.  Isn't chickie so cute???  I just put the Create A Critter cartridge on my Christmas list.  It has so many great things in it that I think I have to have my own copy...

PS) My boss' surgery went well and she is home (it was outpatient), recovering nicely.

Sunday Night Downtime

My idea of a perfect Sunday night: a fruity wine cooler, a husband occupied by RedZone, and a whole scrapbook table full of possibilities.

I have been pulling 60 hour weeks for the past three months and I am exhausted.  All my free time has been taken up by housework and spending some well-deserved time with loved ones (that last one is NOT a bad thing).  But a lot of personal things have gone unattended.  I have been proud of myself lately tho - between last weekend and tonight, I have gotten 14 scrapbook pages done and three cards.  The cards I have displayed below.  50% of materials for these cards was provided by you, Susan, so thank you!

I finished my OT work early today and decided I needed to unwind.  My boss's last day is Tuesday, since she will be having surgery.  Guess who gets left in charge?  Moi!  I am excited and nervous at the same time.  But the wine cooler did some good, and I am very happy with my little sweeties below....