~EveryDay Cards For Extraordinary People!~

Good morning my friends and Happy Holidays! 

I know it is that time of year to make Christmas cards and 

the holidays are in full swing. But during this time of year

I also like to have those "everyday moments" cards on hands 

because the holidays aren't always the easiest for friends and family.

I think you will find a sweet card is one of the best pick me ups!

I love the sentiment on this one...Hello Today...Handle With Care...

Perfect for those not so easy days right?

 And this one too...todays we...be the best you can be.

 Anyways the entire set of cards I made using the Scraptastic All Of The Lights 

December Kit and the Add-on of course! FUN and beautiful kits I tell you what!

Jessica sure knows how to put a kit together! She is amazing. 

Good stuff....all fun. 

Now I am off to finish decorating, we are in a rush this week.

Party at a girlfriends tonight plus two sweet peas coming to visit,

then a birthday party for sweet Michael 

at my house Saturday! Good times and even better people...

Happy Friday everyone!

~Christmas In July?!~

Good morning my crafty friends,

Seems like a contradiction to be watching Big Brother, catching frogs, and

scrapbooking Christmas cards! LOL But it's true, Christmas in July is happening

in my house. Thanks heavens for the rain and clouds, I can almost feel it that way.

I was excited to see BB back on this week! It's one show both hubby and I watch.

This is a cute frog Bradley caught right before we BBQ'd hamburgers this week. 

And now to the fun stuff!

One f the fun new designs from Clear Scraps....

don't forget they are having a giveaway this week, so check in!

This card is the "Bell" design, I decided to go with Christmas

but you could go with wedding or anniversary too. 

I embossed the bell part, then used my Liquid Pearls to pop it up.

I added a sentiment in the middle of the bell. 

I left the card clear on purpose, just because I wanted it to show

through to the back patterned paper. 

Ok I am off to create some more today, I have several new projects on my table

ready for photographing and some of them are even drying LOL!

Have a wonderful Friday my friends~

My Very FIRST Avocado Arts Post! :)

 Good morning my crafty friends, 

It is my FIRST official Avocado Arts blog post and I was so nervous!

Yes, even I get very nervous. :) 

You know 1 year ago I didn't even make cards and now I am designing

for a fantastic stamp company!

The new JULY stamp collection is incredibly fun, it is called Bold Celebrations.

Here is my project....

Make sure to check out the rest of the teams projects today,

 and the AA blog/FB page/website.  

Plus head to the other AA projects!

Ashley Harris 

Vera Yates

Becky Oehlers

AJ OTTO

Latisha Yoast

~Don't Worry...Be Happy!~

Good morning crafty friends, 

I have a fun little retro style card today to share.

I made this yesterday with the supah rad Scraptastic Club PB&J Kit

I love how versatile this kit is and how much fun I have had creating

very different projects with it. 

I went a little funky with the Don't Worry on the banner,

but I love funky weird goodness, it just felt right. 

 I almost felt like I was making a retro postcard. 

 Oh I did add the twine myself from Hydrangea Hippo,
 but everything else was from the fabulous PB&J kit. 

Had a fun day yesterday with my girlfriends, and family. 

Today I am headed out for NEW INK! Very excited, I will share more 

tomorrow, hopefully with fun pictures. :)

Happy Thursday my friends~

~Crystal Beaded Card~

Good morning my amazing crafty friends,

I created this fun card to share because I have the privilege

of working with Connie Crystals and amazing crystal company.

Perfect for adding to my projects, I love the unique touch it adds. 

 This is a card I made using the 

 8mm Beads from Connie Crystal-CC Art# 2001,

 SRM Stickers, canvas triangle from Canvas Corp, My Mind's Eye & 7Gypsies

paper plus some vintage lace and twine. 

 I stamped right on the canvas using StazOn ink, then stamped a 

matching butterfly and cut it out. 

 I used Beacon Zip Dry adhesive for the entire card adding my own lace. 

I truly love this card it's so pretty in person too! 

Cannot wait to send it off to my girlyfriend!

Don't forget to "Like" Connie Crystal on Facebook. 

They will have a new website up soon with full instructions too!

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend~

~Friendship Cards & Mother's Day At The Hobbs~

Good morning my friends!! :)

We had a wonderfully busy weekend....I did sit down and create

these friendship cards because as you know I really don't

have a mother around and was quite inspired to make friendship cards. :)

 I used Momenta goodness for these cards...

 Saturday we had 2 games then Saturday evening a very impromptu

BBQ party at our home with wonderful people. 

You know so often we get bust and don't get time to spend with

other families and when we get time to visit it is just amazing!

I am VERY thankful this week for KIND and wonderful 

friends who are just so fun and supportive~

Anyways Sunday morning I woke up without hubby because he had

to work all day, BUT on their own the boys did this!!!

They cooked me breakfast and even sugared my eggs!!! ROFL

So yucky but so sweet LOL

Plus I never eat this much food so it was funny....and cute.

Gage came bounding in with a coupon book and this was the second coupon, 

I could not resist sharing with you....how sweet is this?

Justice jumped up and said "Gage!!! That's not a coupon!!

You like to push mom!" ROFL hysterically laughing at that until I peed.

When hubby finally got him in the evening...he had this...

they all voted and thought the best gift was for a new gun.

I have been wanting a shotgun for a while but he could not find a pink

one so he got me a .22 rifle. It's adorable and little...and fun.

He said he will find me a shotgun very soon...it was a sweet gesture from

the boys! :) It was a nice Mother's Day. 

Oh and I got to see my gal April again at the baseball lesson...

good times~ :) 

~Milestones & Card Contests/Giveaways!~

Good morning my crafty friends, 

I wanted to share my post from Momenta this week because
I want to make sure that you all enter to win! :)

I also wanted to share that last week my blog
hit 500,000 blog views! :) Half a million I cannot hardly
believe that just crafting, raising chickens and being a goofball
has gotten that many hits, very fun! :)

This week Momenta is cross promoting with Card Positioning Systems
and if you enter you could win! It was super easy...

I used the sketch from this week and made these two cards. 

 I did add some girly touches with the pink ribbon, and pink pearl pen.

Hurry go enter! :)
http://mymomentablog.blogspot.com/
Card Positioning Systems

I have a crazy week ahead with projects and baseball so stay tuned. 

~More Card Making Fun- Fleur-D-Lis- Football Fans!~

Good morning my friends,

What a wonderful weekend.

Now that all of my CHA projects are finished, I am back

to sharing the new releases and this one is PERFECT for football

and LSU fans...I wanted to make a football card but

who would I send it to?LOL So I made this....

This is a new Clearly Accent Embellishment design from Clear Scraps

(Fleur-D-Lis) paired with my favorite crafty company Kanban!

I love the sentiment, it's going straight to my girlyfriend! :)

I used alcohol ink on the clear accents, then I adhered them to

the GOLD mirror finish Kanban paper, then I added Stickles

all around the edges. It turned out just how I envisioned it!

Now I am off to take the little men to the barber today,

poor Justice is growing a shag LOL :)

Happy Monday my friends, I love ya!

~Making "See Through" Cards~

Good morning from TN!

I have had some fun lately making "See Through" cards,

using Clear Scraps and Momenta!

For this card I took a frame from the Momenta Simply Perfect Page Kit

and a piece of Clear Scraps acrylic.

I glued the frame to the acrylic, then added embellishments.

After that I took a sheet of polka dot paper from the kit, white card stock

I trimmed both down to the size of the frame, then I glued them together.

I scored the polka dot paper 1" down, then adhering it to the frame.

Easy right? And too cute for summer!!

I think I might have a video coming up for this too!

~Thank You & BLOG HOP!!~

Good morning my friends, and I do mean friends,

Welcome to the monthly Samantha Walker Blog Hop!

You should be arriving from the amazing Karen

(I love her! Just as sweet in person!)

http://www.reallifeinpictures.blogspot.com/

Before I begin I wanted to take just a second to thank everyone who

emailed, called, and stopped by yesterday. The outpouring of concern

was absolutely comforting and assuring that I will never be alone

and I should not feel a burden to anyone whether I am in a wheelchair or not.

I deeply am touched by the concern and messages, once again I am amazed

by the craft community and my friends, so thank you.

Ok on to fun crafty stuff....

Samantha Walker is giving away a bunch of stamp goodies this go round!

I am so very lucky because this month we are paired with the

UNITY stamp company, which means yes....I stamped!!!

*little party in my head* haha

I made this card using the BRAND NEW KOKESHI line

I LOVE IT!

The stamp is of course a BEAUTIFUL high quality UNITY stamp!

Samantha designed it with Unity, it is called Live, Laugh, Love

Just what I needed this week *wink*

Here I made a teeny tiny fan, folding it old school, and gluing it down

with my Glue Arts EXTREME glue, then I hand cut the little dolls out,

and glued them down.

I am going to send this to a friend who was sweet enough to call and check

on me yesterday. I think it will be perfect! :)

Ok on to the next blog

AJ OTTO!

Just click on her name...

Ok I am off to play with my boys today...

they had a HUGE GAME last night and WON!!!!!!

My boys played with respect and dignity, they did not taunt or

chatter and tease like the other teams PARENTS did, they just

played their hearts out and WON!

It was a beautiful night, I went home and cried...sappy mom LOL

Have a beautiful day....enjoy your week. ♡♡♡♡♡

~♡♡Happy Mother's Day To All My Friends♡♡~

♡♡♥Good morning and Happy Mother's Day to all my friends♥♡♡

I cannot think of a more extraordinary gift then being a mother.

As I watched my boys play baseball yesterday I could not help but

think that no matter what else is going on in my life I am incredibly

blessed with 3 amazing boys who are healthy and happy.

It truly is a wonderful Mother's Day.

I made this card for a friend who just had a baby and thought today

was the perfect day to share it with you all.

Sorry this Card is Out For PUBLICATION-

look for it in the OCTOBER issue of CRICUT Magazine!

It is all printed and cut with my Cricut Imagine...I just adore that machine LOL

I printed it all on American Crafts white card stock and just assembled!

I also had to share this picture with you of my son (hehehe)

He was "helping" daddy and the boys get the pool installed.

I really think he was just playing in the mud.

We finally got the pool put in yesterday...now bring on those hot summer days!

Happy Mother's Day once again....I hope you have a mother in your life

or at least some beautiful children to remind you of how blessed you are.

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