Picnic Baskets...& ITS FRIDAY!

Howdy Ya'll! (true Texas style ***giggle***)

It's FRIDAY! YEA! This has been a reallllyyyy loooonnnngggg week! Glad for the weekend to be here and spend some time with my hubby!

He should have been home last night, but he is not coming home till today, so I will be glad to see him.

He had a really tough day on Wednesday doing the remodel he has been working on...1st he stuck a drill bit through his pinkie finger....then he was TOO lazy to go turn off the breaker to the bathroom and was wiring lights, touched the ground with the other and shocked the "BA geezers" out of himself! Then of that was not enough he stuck the utility knife into his thumb about an hour after that when he was working on something else!

Heck, I told him to please just come home in a few pieces anyways!!! I am working on a little "goodies" to give him when he gets home today! I think I will fill it up with a first aid kit! No not really, some chocolate chip cookies for him :-)

I will show you that tomorrow. But for now, these are the little picnic baskets (I have the template from My Time Made Easy, by Lauren Meader) I made for my Mother-in-law and Momma M to match their cards for Mothers Day. They really loved them, I filled them both with some candles and some bath stuff so they could take a break! :-)

Enjoy your family and whatever fun plans you have this weekend!

The CCS Sketch Challange...and Happy Tuesday!

Good morning all you fine folks!

Hope everyone enjoyed Mother's Day...I have a few things this week which I created for my Mom's, however today I am going to show you my take on this weeks CCS sketch challenge.


I LOVE LOVE LOVE this weeks sketch! I will use it lots more, that is for sure!

I used PTI white cardstock (I love this stuff! They make rockin paper!) for my base. The designer  papers are from SEI, and the brown is Stampin UP! The sentiment is also SU.

Hope you enjoy the card...and would love to have you come on over a try this one....Its a great sketch I tell ya! :-)

Have a super Tuesday!

Happy MOTHER's Day!

Good Morning all you Gals, Moms, Daughters and great Women!

I hope you all have a terrific day! Today I am showing you the cards I made for my MIL and My Moma M! (My Dad's wife) Just a side note here, I really miss my TRUE Mom, My Grandmother on this day every year. I so miss her, and wish she were here. But I was blessed to have her for 83 SUPER GREAT years, and I praise the Lord above for that! She made me what I am today!

Now onto the cards, my MIL's favorite colors is green, so I am sure you can guess which one is hers....

These are large cards, 51/2X4, as I wanted them to be longer because I am placing a poem in them. I will share the poem at the end of this post (I saw this a few days ago at Lauren's blog and loved it!), for all the Mom out there!

Hope you enjoy them, please leave me some love here to let me know what you think.

Happy Sunday...Gotta go get ready for church, they are doing pictures for Mom's today of their families! :-)




 The Poem is below!

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn’t worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.                                
Before I was a Mom -
I had never been puked on. 
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.                 
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.                                
 Before I was a Mom,
 I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn’t want to put her down.
 I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn’t stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.                                
Before I was a Mom -
I didn’t know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn’t know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn’t know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom -
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn’t know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

Senior Prom dinner! Happy FRIDAY!

Good Friday morning gals!
Hope you all have some great plans for the weekend! and that each one of you have a fantastic Mother's Day! Dear Hubby is going to cook Brisket for his Mom and I, I soooo love his brisket...and his Mom!! She is one of my very best friends, I know I know...I am one lucky girl! **Wink** She is a true doll though and I really treasure her!

Now onto my little project. My brother and SIL are having their sons Senior prom dinner at their house. My SIL has themed it "Dinner under the stars" She is decorating it very formal--Black White Silver. It is going to be gorgeous. She has tons and tons of white lights that will be hanging all around, 3 full round tables, and all of this in their backyard next to the swimming pool! There will 9 couples (18 TEENS! **ROLLING MY EYES**) and she and my brother will be serving them! She asked me to create the place cards for this event. I wanted to be sure they would be elegant for such a special occasion! I can NOT believe my nephew is graduating! UGH!

Any was...I pulled out my Big Shot, used my diagonal folder on the black card stock from PTI, I then  cut the white piece down (PTI as well), all the names are cut out using my Cricut with the Jasmine cartridge. You really can not tell in the pictures but the Girls names are in Glitter black paper, the Guys are velvet! Then I added the pearls on the girls and the black bling on the guys! These will really shine!!!

Welp, that's it for now...Have a super blessed weekend and love those around you! ;-)

CRICUT EXPRESSION GIVEAWAY! REALLY!!!!

For all of you up this late...and those who are checking early....
They are giving away a Cricut EXPRESSION! Yes that's right! Over at the Everyday Cricut blog! Go here, enter now...follow them there are also some other great prizes as well!

CVSC6 - Sketch Challenge

Hello GALS! :-)

Happy Monday Evening!

Here is a little card I did based on a sketch they have over at the CCS website!
Its alot of fun to get the inspiration from a sketch when so much is going on around you and you can't even think! HA!
That's what happens around here with my two sons (23 & 17) ***ROLLING MY EYES***! Not to mention my dear sweet husband! But he is out of town right now, so he calls several times during the day....it's a wonder I get anything created some days! :-)

Anyway, this card is from this weeks Sunday Sketch, its going to a friend for Mother's Day with some other goodies! 

Hope you enjoyed it...let me know what you think.
Have a great night...TOODLES for now!

Birthday and CCS Sketch

Hey Chicka's!

Hope your weekend has been a relaxing and fun filled time. Mine has been go here go there...I want to go to the "stay all night SPA" for a week! ahhhh, dreams.....

Anyway, onto my little project. I created this project for my sisters birthday. I used the CCS sketch challenge at the Creative Clear Stamps blog! If you missed the 1st year birthday party last week, you missed a great time!!! Laura had EVERYTHING! Even a Let's make a deal game on Friday! Some fun times!!!

On to the creation, first is the little magnet that will go on her refrigerator! Its so adorable, and it fits so nicley right in the front of the "basket" attached to the front of the card. The first picture shows it without the magnet, the next one shows it with the magnet added! I think my sister will love this card! :-) It adds a very neat and final touch. Let me know what you think...

Have a great Sunday and spend some time for YOU! :-)