Get Well

as stated yesterday, I am back with a card and it's not a holiday card :) 

 I have someone who hasn't been feeling well lately and thought this would cheer them up a little bit - I hope it does the treat.  Sorry for the bad photo, but I presently don't have a photo designer on this computer so I wasn't able to make it look nice, but on a brighter note, I have ordered myself a new laptop and hope to have it soon - this way, I can do all my blogging and saying hello while sitting at my craft table instead of having to get up and down - it's going to be fabulous.

Well, I'm going to finish up - Patrick is staying with his grandparents tonight, so it's just me, Jim and the football game :)

Everyone have a great evening and a very Happy New Year.

Janet

An updated Hi there

UPDATE:  Hi - I had posted this last night, but wanted to add that I found out from my sister today that my brother-in-law will be heading over to Iraq Monday for a year so I am asking that you please keep Philip, my sister Tammy and their three children in your thoughts and prayers.  Tammy and Philip were very blessed a few days before Christmas with the delivery of a beautiful baby girl - Vyvienne Oktavia faith was a little early (she weighed 5 lbs 1 oz) and is, what I believe, God's will in letting Philip see his little girl before he leaves.  Both Tammy and Vyvienne are doing wonderful - David and Symantha, big brother and sister are just doting on their new sister everyday.  Once I get pictures, I'll post them - I haven't seen her yet, but hope to soon.

I hope this finds everyone well and enjoying the holidays. We had such a great Christmas and am looking forward to the weekend. I haven't been blogging very much lately due to the holidays and spending time with my family, which has been so nice. Jim is on vacation this week so he and Patrick have been having a great time doing guy things together.

I wanted to send everyone a hello and ask for a special prayers request. Please keep all the men & women in our armed services, as well as their families, in your prayers. I know it must be very difficult to have a family member away for a lengthy amount of time and words just can't begin to express how much my heart goes out to each of them - to me, saying thank you for all they do to keep us safe just doesn't seem enough. I have a very special friend whose husband was deployed yesterday for 6 months and they have been in my thoughts so much over the past few weeks as they got ready for him to leave and was even more so yesterday. Keri and her family has the love and strength of God, family and friends surrounding them, but I know the extra prayers will help them even more during the coming months until Adam comes home. I just want to say, Keri, please know that we are thinking of you, Adam and the children. Please pass on a humble thank you to Adam when you speak with him again and let him know that we are keeping him and his fellow soldiers in our prayers and thoughts. We love you.

I will leave for now, but do plan on being back tomorrow with a card or two.

Have a great one !!!

Janet

Merry Christmas

Hi everyone:

I hope everyone is ready for the holidays. Me, I'm still running around like a chicken without it's head :) I have a few more things to get for Christmas dinner and should be done after that. I was asked by several people here at work to either make Christmas cards for them or cards to give as gifts and want to share some with you - have many more to show you, but I'm here at work and the others are still on my camera at home and will have to post them this weekend.

I probably won't get back on the computer this week because it's going to be so crazy here at work and at home, so I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and will be safe while traveling. I will be back on Saturday and look forward to seeing you then.

Love and hugs to you

Janet

Some exciting and awesome news

Hey there everyone:

I hope everyone is having an outstanding weekend. Me, I was have a great weekend, but when I received an email from Tenia asking me to head over to Jazzy Inspirations because she had a surprise for me, my weekend became AWESOME. She has picked me and Betty as quest designers for the next two challenges. How cool is that? I say pretty cool :) This is my first time being a guest designer and am so thrilled to begin this endeavor with Tenia - she is such an wonderful lady and I always look forward to being a part of her challenges and talking with her. I have been thinking for a while now about trying out for a design team/guest designer but have been putting it off, but Tenia has given me the courage and incentive to do so by giving me this opportunity.

I love her new challenge and can't wait to get it finished and posted, which I hope to do in the next day or two.

Thank you so much Tenia.

I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend.

Janet

Season's Greetings

Hi everyone:

I hope you are all doing well and for those who have snow, I hope you are enjoying it. We are experiencing some very weird weather here in South Carolina - on Wednesday, we had a horrible thunderstorm and the temperature was in the 70s but today it's only going to be in the high 40s - go figure. We may even get some sleet over the weekend, but to be honest, I like the cold weather - it makes it feel like Christmas :)

Speaking of Christmas, is everyone ready? I haven't even started (yep, I'm behind) but hope to get started next week - Jim and I always have a great time doing our Christmas shopping, he is like a big kid in the toy store. I have been working on Christmas cards for a girl here at work and will be posting them over the next few days, but will start with this one. The image is from a gift tag I found at Hobby Lobby and thought it was beautiful (I just love poinsettias) so I knew I had to use it somehow on a card. I believe this card came out pretty nice.

Well, back to work (I'm going to be working on Patrick's computer this weekend, so I'll be able to visit everyone and am looking forward to it). Have a great weekend and be safe.

Janet

Hey

Hey everyone:

I'm sorry I haven't been on in a while, I haven't been feeling well lately and my computer has crashed again (UGH !!). I'm going to be checking every one's blog via the one here at work, so please bear with me as I catch up.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is getting ready for a fabulous Christmas season.

Janet

Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to wish everyone an early Happy Thanksgiving. We are heading to North Carolina to spend the thanksgiving holidays with my family first thing tomorrow morning and wouldn't be able to say this tomorrow. I just want to say that I am very thankful and blessed to have each of you as a great friend and you are all so very special to me. We have had a lot of things happen in our family this year and without your prayers, comments and comfort throughout, it would have been extremely so much more difficult. God has truly blessed me with each of you and I love you all dearly.

Have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving everyone !!!

Love

Janet

Stamping 411

Hey everyone:

I was visiting a friend's blog the other day and saw a card she had prepared from using a sketch challenge at Stamping 411 (I just love when that happens, don't you?). They have great sketches to work with and can't wait to see more.

This is my take on this week's sketch.

I'm going to cut it short since I have several birthday cards to work on tonight.

I hope you all have a great evening.

Janet

I'm back ...

... with several more challenges. I'm going to be real busy this week working on cards and scrapbook layouts, so I hope you're ready to see a lot of me for the next few days :)

This card is made using three separate challenges - the first one a color challenge from Tenia over at Jazzy Inspirations (I am a huge fan of jazz and always enjoy how Tenia comes up with the colors she picks); the second challenge is from Aly at Aly's Sunday Sketch (this is Aly's 5th challenge and she is a very talented young lady and I look forward to seeing her new challenge and her take on it every other week) and last is a technique challenge (embossing) from Janet at The Corrosive Challenge Blog (I love embossing, especially with my cuttlebug, and knew I just had to do this challenge when I saw it). This was a fun challenge and I hope you can head over to each of these great blogs and join in on them.

Have a great evening and I'll see you tomorrow.

Janet

Another ...

... get well soon card for you to view; however, this one was made by using a sketch and color challenge. The sketch challenge is given to us by CPS and they always come up with the best sketches; the color challenge is given to me by Arielle at ColourQ. This blog is new to me and I know that it will be one that I visit often. Arielle is a great lady to talk with and is super talented, so head over and take a look at her blog.

Well, I'm having to cut it short because Patrick is asking for chicken noodle soup - I'm hoping that will make him feel a little better.

See you tomorrow.

Janet

What a beautiful day ...

... God has truly blessed us with. A person couldn't ask for more :) I hope everyone is enjoying this day. I am getting ready to head to my craft table to work on several challenges I printed out and want to work on - so many to do, not enough time to do them :(

I wanted to show you a card I made for a wonderful lady from work whose mother and father have both been sick over the past few weeks and wanted to cheer her up a little bit - it is really colorful and she is a lady who loves pastel colors, so do you think this will do the trick :)

Well, I'm off to go start my creative juices flowing - I have a few ill patients here at home this weekend and it's quiet at the moment, so I'm going to take advantage before they wake up.

Have a great afternoon.

Janet

It's the day before ....

... Friday - HURRAY !!! I am so ready for the upcoming weekend, you wouldn't believe. What a week :*

The card I am showing you was one that I intended to submit for a challenge a while back, but didn't get a chance to do so and now can't remember which challenge it was. That's okay though, I can still show you. I love this paper and embellishments, they are so cute and bright; it is from Making Memories Chloe's Closet. I am getting ready to send this out to a girl who has been sick and hope this will cheer her up.

I hope you have an enjoyable evening and I'll see you tomorrow -- HAPPY FRIDAY !!

Janet

Happy Fall Ya'll

I know, I'm a little behind in saying that, but when I saw this blog template by Heather over at Butterflygirlms Blog Designs, I realized I hadn't officially said that to all my blogging friends. I just love this design by Heather and let me tell you, she has so many great designs to choose from. If you get the chance, go by and take a look. I still have some more work to do, like add my challenge buttons and other little buttons, but am excited about getting the design finished up for now. There's more to come.

I'll be back tomorrow with a card and hope you guys have a great Thursday.

Janet

Please bear with me

Hi everyone:

I hope everyone is doing well - please excuse me while I'm working on changing my blog look. I hope to have it up and running real soon.

Thanks

Janet

Sweet Sunday

Hi everyone:

I hope you all had a safe and Happy Halloween. I can't believe that today is the 1st of November and that Thanksgiving is going to be here before we know it - I just love Thanksgiving and this time of year - it is so calming and just beautiful with the changing leaves and cooler weather.

Today, I am showing you a card I made using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #42. This was a great challenge as always and know that I will be using it often.

I'm off to work on another challenge (Vicki and Denise, be on the look out) and can't wait to show you what I come up with.

Janet

Corrosive Challenge

Hey everyone:

I entered the Corrosive Challenge last week and was very surprised when I won - happy dance inserted here :)

Here is my entry for this week, which is to make a Halloween card or use black & orange if you don't celebrate Halloween. Head on over and say hello.

I'll be back soon.

Janet

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog Candy

Look at what Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog is giving us the opportunity to win - isn't it great? I have just recently started visiting them, know that I will be there often. Head on over and join in for a chance to win.

Happy Sunday

Janet

First Alteration

Happy Friday everyone:

Well as the title states, I'm showing you my first altered project. I have a very good friend here at work (hey Jaci) who asked me to alter a frame for her which she is going to give as a gift to the rescue mission who saved her horse, Hudson. I struggled with this one because I just couldn't get it the way I wanted it, but finally found the perfect horseshoes to put on the frame and think that all in all, it came out pretty good.

Well, it's back to work. I hope everyone has a great weekend. We are going on a canoe trip tomorrow at the Congaree State Park (I'll have to upload pictures for you to see - I have heard this place is beautiful), so I probably won't talk to anyone until Sunday.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy this wonderful day.

Janet

It was a challenging weekend :)

Hi everyone:

I hope you all had a great weekend. Me and my family sure did - it was a little gloomy here in our area of the world, but we were still able to get out and about and do a few things, which is always a nice thing to do. When we came back home on Sunday, I got online to look at what challenges were out there, took a few of them and headed to my crafting table and was completely shocked by the fact that I did 5 cards in a little less than an hour and a half - that has never happened to me. I was talking to my sister a while back and told her I had over 30 birthday cards to do this month and was wondering how in the world I was going to do this, but with all the wonderful challenges out there, I haven't had any problems. I'm going to show you 4 challenges tonight, so here goes.

The first is from CPS, which is always providing us with great sketches to follow;

the second is from Janet's "The Corrosive Challenge Blog - this is the first time I have done one of her sketches and love this one;

the third is from Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #39 and this was such a simple sketch and took me no time to do, which is always a HUGE plus.

Lastly, I have a color challenge from a new challenge blog, Your Next Stamp Challenge Blog. We were to use pink and yellow; I tried so hard to get my camera to take a better picture, but it just wouldn't do it - I promise that the design paper is hot pink and the Top Note die is yellow (can you tell I used my Scor-Pal - the first time and have to use it more often). I hope you get an opportunity to head over to each of these blogs and join in on the fun.

I hope you all have a great evening.

Janet

Half Way

We are half way through the week and I'm glad to say that even though it has been a busy one, it has been a pretty good week so far.

I'm going to post two challenge cards tonight because I may not be able to get on the computer for the next few days - it has been crazy at work and I have a feeling the next two days will be the same, so that will probably mean work through break and lunch, but that's okay, I'm very happy to be there. We are having an Oktoberfest after work tomorrow and I have been asked to take pictures and, of course, I couldn't say no :)

Okay, on to my cards - the first one is given to us by CPS and what a fun challenge it was. They have a wonderful sponsor this week - it's Gina K and she is absolutely fantastic - if you get a chance, go by and participate in this week's challenge.

The second is from 2 Sketches 4 You. This is the first time I have participated in Kazan's and Larau's challenges and have been meaning to for so long, but when I saw this sketch, knew I had to do it. I know that I will be doing many more to come. I apologize for it being so rry, but I was getting tired by the time I took this and didn't realize how bad it was until I uploaded it tonight.

Well, I thank everyone for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Janet

Wow

Wow, Monday has come and gone :) It was so busy but what a great day. I was so excited to hear from everyone welcoming me back - it has meant so much to me to receive all the hellos.

I have several things to show you today - the first is a picture of Patrick on his first day of school this year (I've been meaning to get it up for a while now, but I am just now getting his pictures uploaded) - isn't he a cutie pie? I can't believe he's in the 5th grade - he will be in middle school next year - oh, how time files.

The second is a card I made using Mary's sketch challenge - she has started her own challenges over at Moe Joe Designs (I just love the name of her blog- I know I've said it before, but it's the bomb) and since my computer was down, Mary was so kind in letting me participate in the challenge a few days late. She is not only a wonderful friend, but it a great artist and you will be floored by what you see when you visit her. Please go by and say hello.

Well, it is getting late for this tired lady, so I'm off to bed. Sleep well and I'll see you tomorrow - that sounds so good.

Janet

It's Sunday afternoon already - UGH !!

Well, the title says it-the weekend is almost over-UGH!! I hope you all have had a nice one and enjoyed WCMD yesterday - it was a lot of fun to see what everyone was doing to make that day so very special and believe me it was.

Well, as you probably guessed, I have my computer up and running, FINALLY !! It's a horrible thing not having a computer to work with - I tried using Patrick's, but it was the old one I had before this one and it was so very slow that I just decided it was best not to fool with it; trying to blog and keep up at work just wasn't working for me, so I went without for a few weeks and hope it never happens again.

The card I have for you today is extremely blurry and I apologize right off for the poor quality but I didn't realize how bad it was until now and the card is now gone to the recipient. My office has a group of people who did Secret Pals a few months during the year and this was the card I made for my secret pal (she is also a great friend and I was so happy when I found out she was my secret pal). Tata is a fellow scrapbooker and this, along with some scrapbook items, as her final gift put a smile on her face, which just brightened my day.

Well, I am off to check out some more awesome blogs - I hope you have a great afternoon.

Janet

It's a Wedding

Hi everyone:

I hope you have all being doing well and enjoying the fabulous autumn weather. This is my favorite time of year. I have missed everyone and am excited about getting back to blogging and catching up.

I have a wedding card for you today. We have a lovely lady at my work who got married recently and we are throwing her a shower tomorrow. I wasn't sure of the colors in her wedding, so I just went with white and gold. I just love the cuttlebug folders :)

Well, I had better head back to work. I hope you have a great afternoon and I'll talk to you soon.

Janet

Major computer problems

Hey everyone:

I just wanted to let you all know that my computer at home has crashed - UGH. It's the first time I have had something like this happen, but oh, well. Luckily, I have a friend who is a computer wizard and he will be helping me get it back up and running, hopefully soon. For now, however, I am going to be checking things out via my work computer, so please bear with me until it gets resolved. I should have plenty to show you by the time it gets up and going, so that's a good thing :)

I hope you all have a great few days.

Janet

Blog Candy Alert

Hi everyone:

I was finally going through reader during my break today and came across some great blog candy from Tami Mayberry. Please head over that way to see how you can win this great giveaway.

Janet

Inchie class

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Happy Sunday everyone:

I have been trying to catch up on blogging today and haven't gotten anywhere :)

In some of my previous posts, I have mentioned a class I do at the place I work. I try to get everyone who either scrapbooks or makes cards together once a month to either do a challenge, just scrap or teach a new technique. My good friend Jennifer came across inchie art in Card Maker magazine last month and asked if we could have a class on this. I said, of course, if you will teach it. She brought in her punches, paper and some other things and showed us how fun this technique can be. I have seen this before, but since I have such a hard time working on small cards (remember the 3x3 cards I did) I hadn't ventured out in it yet. I must tell you though, this was a lot of fun and know that I will be doing more of them.

Enjoy the rest of the afternoon.

Janet

Moe Joe Challenge

Hey everyone:

I hope you are all enjoying your day and looking forward to tonight. I have a great friend, Mary Duffek, who is starting her very own challenges on her blog, Moe Joe Designs, and the above color challenge is the first one. Don't you just love those colors? It reminds me of the fall season and I'm so glad it's on the way. Head over to Moe Joe Designs and give Mary a big hello and join in on her first challenge. I can't wait until the next one.

I'm getting ready for the Carolina/Georgia game starting in just a little bit, so I'll be back tomorrow. Have a great football/NASCAR evening - so much to watch :)

Janet

I'm done ...

... for the evening :)

Here are two more challenges for you. The first is for SPCC's color challenge #14 where we had to use ballet blue, basic grey and soft suede; however, I don't have those specific SU colors and had to improvise a little, but have used blue, grey and a soft brown. I used the sketch challenge given by Karen Giron over at Sweet Sunday and loved this one because of the simplicity in it.

I hope you all have a great Tuesday and I will see you soon.

Janet

Several more challenges

Happy Labor Day everyone:

As you can tell, I've been really getting back into working on challenges and am having so much fun doing so. The two challenges I have incorporated into this one card is from Jazzy Inspirations (color challenge) and CPS (sketch challenge). I have always loved Tenia's creative side as well as her jazzy side (I am a huge jazz lover) and enjoy the color combinations she finds out there - this one was light blue, purple and white. At first, I was like, blue and purple - I don't know about that one, but when I put them together, it was like "BLAM", what a great combination. I really do love how they look together. Of course, Tami's sketch are always the bomb to create and this one was no exception. I was thinking this would make a great guy birthday card, but after looking at it for a bit, I've changed my mind and think I will be giving it to my niece, who has birthday coming up this week.

I have several more challenges I would like to finish up today and then I'm going to take a few days off of making cards and start working on my scrapbook layouts that I have neglected for so long and if I get courageous enough, will post them as well.

Have a great afternoon.

Janet

A prayer request for a dear friend

Good afternoon everyone:

I recently started talking with Denise over at Stamping Vacation via another great friend, Steph, and am so very thankful that Steph brought us together. Denise is a wonderful lady and now a very dear friend. Her son, Bryan, is still recovering from a major operation from earlier this year and even though he is now home, he hasn't been doing well of late and still has a long way to go. Please keep Denise, Bryan and the rest of their family in your thoughts and prayers during his recovery. If you have an opportunity, please head over to her blog and show your support for them at this time.

Thank you

Janet

Banana Split Sunday and Pick 3 challenge

This is the first time I have done a challenge from my good friend Denise's blog and you guys need to head over and take a look, she provides us with some interesting challenges. The one she had today was choose 3 of the following: no stamping, circles, triangles, gold paper, layout and mulberry paper. I picked no stamping and used a rub-on sentiment instead (I must admit, I was challenged by that one), circles and the layout. I also used the Banana Split Sunday challenge over at 2RedBananas (isn't that the coolest name), which was to use stripes and dots on your card. I think I have covered all the basics for those two challenges, give me your thoughts.

I hope everyone has a great Monday.

Janet

Stamp with Us Theme Challenge

Happy Sunday:

I hope everyone is enjoying the wonderful day - I know that I am. When I came across today's challenge over at Stamp with Us, I was excited because I did a "Good Luck" card not too long ago when a law clerk in our office passed the bar exam and I was asked to do a card wishing him the best on his endeavor to venture out on his own. As you know, I have such a hard time doing masculine cards, but I think this one turned out okay - it's very plain, but it gets the message across.

Well, I'm off to work on more challenges. I got a Janome Sewing Machine for my birthday today and really want to go play with it a little bit and think some of the challenges I saw will work perfectly.

Talk to you soon

Janet

One more for today

Okay, I'm done for the night. I was really surprised at how fast I finished up this card by using the Sweet 'n Sassy sketch challenge for this week. It's not exact, but I like how it came out. I didn't realize it until now, but the sentiment is a little off, but I was watching college football while making this and when I put it down, University of South Carolina just won the game !!! Jared, our oldest, is a student there, so we are excited it has started out so far so good - yeah, I know it's the first game, but one can wish for the best :) I'm hoping the lady at work I made it for will not notice :0

Tomorrow is Friday, so I'm going to catch up on my blogging - I can't wait to see what everyone has done this week.

Hope you all have a great Friday.

Janet

Supplies - BasicGrey Lemonade paper; Osprey ribbon; Colorbox pink ink

Two More Challenges

Hey:

I have two more challenges to post tonight and I'm glad I read over the rules because one of them was due today :) The first one is the "Sweet Sunday" sketch challenge given by Karen Giron over at The Sweetest Thing and …

the second is for Carol's Sketch Fun.

I'm sorry these are blurry – I'm having issues taking clear pictures for some reason, but will be working on that this weekend.

I had mentioned earlier that I have a lot of birthdays coming up this month and these are a few of the ones I've started. I had a great time doing these and can't wait for the next challenges.

Have a great evening.

Janet

SPCC and Card Patterns

Good evening:

I have finally gotten back into the swing of things (hallelujah) and have been working on several challenges over the past few days. The first one I want to show you is for the SPCC #13 Color Combo (Samantha, you really got me on that one) and Card Patterns Sketch #30. The color scheme stumped me because I am not used to these colors, but after putting it all together I think they work well together. I really enjoyed the sketch and know that I will be using that one more often in the future.

I hope everyone will go to the above mentioned sites and join in on the fun.

I'll be back tomorrow with some more. Have a great evening.

Janet

Birthday wishes

It appears that September is going to be a very busy birthday month, so I am going to get started tonight on birthday cards. I was going through some pictures today and came across this one I made a few months ago and even though it is very simple, I thought it turned out okay. What are you thoughts. I really like this sketch (I can't remember where I got it from ,however) and do believe I will be using it tonight.

Off to work on some supper.

Janet

Beginnings of a great trip

As you may know, Jim and I took a motorcycle trip with our buddies the first part of July - we started in Canada (the guys rode out a week before the girls met them in Calgary) and rode through Wyoming, Montana, Colorado before heading back home. We were gone for almost 2 weeks and had a great time. I'm finally getting some pictures posted (I took over 800 - it's going to take me years to finish up my scrapbook on that one). Ever since we've had our motorcycle 3 years ago, we've taken trips such as this with our band of buddies and we really do have a great time.

These pictures are from our first riding day (the actual first day of my trip was flying, which is something I have never done before and had a great time - I wasn't scared at all, which really surprised me - I'll have to get some of those pictures up soon). We are in Banff National Forest and Lake Louise and these pictures just doesn't do them justice - the mountains are so LARGE. I hope you enjoy and I'll be back tomorrow when pictures of our next day in Glacier National Park.

Have a good evening and I will post a card later on tonight.

Janet