Three Circles

I finally got some mojo.  LOL  This past Tuesday we had our card club and one of the gals used this template but she had animals in the circles.  I put flowers from Penny Black stamps, colored them with Prisma Color Pencils and then used Stickles.  The sentiment is from CTMH's Treasure Life set.  The dotted paper is from Emporium.  The blue paper is Bazill and is textured.  The stripe is from my stash. 

I have been in a reading mood lately.  A friend and I bought a series of Murder She Wrote books and I have been devouring them.  I think that I have one left.  Sometimes I can figure out who done it and sometimes not.  We still have snow in our yard but it is mostly gone.  I have done some raking and pruning bushes.  And I have no pain in my thumb when using the pruning tools.  Today we went out to check out the damage the deer did to our dappled willow.  We could only see two big branches and they were not in good shape.  Jim cut them off but under the snow there were lots of new growth.  Jim pulled them out of the snow and we tied them up so they would grow a little straighter.  Tomorrow we are supposed to get a few sprinkles but that will be good because everything here is so dry that the fire danger is very high.

My little corner is a disaster.  Can hardly find a place to put my feet so I guess I better go start cleaning.

Stuck on Pink

Seems like the last few posts I have done have been with pink paper.  The striped paper is Basic Grey's Sultry collection.  The pink behind the tulip is Watermelon from CTMH.  The stamp is Hero Arts.  Colors used are Watermelon and Clover Meadow.  The ribbon is from JoAnn's. 

I made this card yesterday but didn't get a chance to post.  And today we were gone all day.  Had an appointment to see my orthopedic surgeon for a check up on my thumb surgery.  Everything is fine and I don't need to return.  I have developed a ganglion cyst on the outside of my right wrist.  It doesn't bother me unless I turn my hand just right.  If it gets really bothersome I can go back and have it surgically removed.  But I think that I have had it with surgeries for awhile.  Also got a shot in my left big toe as the arthritis is bothering me because I'm walking funny due to the sciatic nerve on my right side.  Enough of my aches and pains.  Will be glad when I can get outside on a regular basis and do yard cleanup (our yard is  still under 3 feet of snow), walk etc.  Now I am not complaining about the snow, it is just a fact of life here.  We live in the woods and our yard is always the last to have the snow gone.   

A Summer Flower

Sometimes I have a hard time thinking of a title.  The stamp is from Stampin UP and is embossed in white on Basic Grey Sultry CS.  That is layered on paper from Yellow Bicycle called the Roses and is double sided.  For the card itself I used Ponderosa Pine because it was all cut and folded on my desk,  it doesn't show up too good because of the black background.  To finish off the card I used Martha Stewart's lace punch and added dew drops. 

Now that the sun is about to set it looks like it is trying to shine.  It has been cool and cloudy all day.  This morning we had a few rain showers.  Since I got my desk cleaned off last week I am doing pretty good at keeping it clean.  I am trying to put away all my stuff before I am done for the night.

Toadily Pink

I finally got the Penny Black Frog set, Toadily Yours. I colored the image with Prisma Color Pencils.  The flower petals have fruit punch stickles on them but they don't show up in the photo.  The paper is from a 12 x 12 pack of Basic Grey called Sultry.  To finish off the card I used Dew Drops. I inked around the edges of the white cardstock with Hollyhock and thought it too dark so went over it with Watermelon and liked it much better.

Yesterday the current issue of PaperCrafts magazine came and it contained a 20% off coupon for Michael's.  The nearest Michael's is three hours south of us in Traverse City.  However, all is not lost as I want to go to a Flower & Garden show in TC the first weekend in April.  It has been super windy here the last couple of days.  Tonight we could get some rain.  Yesterday I cleaned our bedroom.  Things sure do get out of hand when your hand is in a surgical dressing and cast for 5 weeks.  Today I have been sorting papers in the computer room.  Once it gets nice I want to spend the time outside. 

The Shack

Here are my thoughts on The Shack.  I was ready to throw the book across the room, stomp on it, put it in the trash and burn it when I came to the part where God is portrayed as a woman.  And I didn't like God being referred to as Papa.  However I made myself  keep reading and I couldn't put the book down.  I liked the theme of forgiveness and how God wants to indwell in each of us.  And the ending was so cool. 

Boom Di Ada Frog

This is my take on Kathi Carlson's butterfly cards.  I used the Boom Di Ada Paper Packet Level 2.  The images are a new set from Stampin' Up.  I popped dotted the flies.  I stamped the frog in CTMH's Olive on to the green dotted paper in the pack.  The log is stamped with brown staz-on.  The flies are black staz-on. 

Today was a little cooler than yesterday due to the wind.  But it was still sunny and the snow is slowly melting.  And dear sweet Jim shoveled a path to my greenhouse.  The next nice sunny day I'm going to take a book and sit and read out there. 

I have started reading The Shack. 

Kathi,  your tooth story reminds me of when I had my first appointment with my orthopedic surgeon.  My friend and I were eating lunch just before my appointment when to my horror my right front tooth was in my sandwich.  My tooth is capped and it broke off at the gum line.  In talking to him I tried not to open my mouth wide but then I couldn't talk so I just told him I had just lost my tooth.  It was embarrassing. 

Paper Garden

The papers for this card are from CTMH's Paper Garden Level 2.  Flower image is Stampin' Up hostess set.  Sentiment is Inkadinkado's Clear Stamps.    I colored the image with Prisma Color pencils. 

Today was another gorgeous day in the Eastern U.P. of Michigan.  Jim and I got out and took a walk.  I'll be glad when we can walk in the woods.  But there is a ton of snow to melt before that can happen.  And this weekend we could get more snow. 

Kathi, yesterday when I was in Wal-Mart I picked up a copy of The Shack.  I haven't started to read it yet as I have another book to finish.