Happpy B'day Shannon!

Today is Shannon's B'day! She is Tyrymom and for those of you who don't know,she is my niece.
She's gone camping for the week,so it's ok for me to post her card,I will deliver her the card and a small gift on friday!
Hope you have a wonderful 30 something b'day!!
She loves pink,so I hope she loves the card!

Love you Shann,you're the best!
Have a wonderful day and may all your wishes and dreams come true!!1
Hugs, aunt DD

I've been in a weight loss group (TOPS) since last september and last night I hit the 30 pounds mark!!! I'm so proud because with my chronic fatigue it is hard for me to exercise. But i've been pretty good at watching what I eat,been cutting down on the good ol carbs and not eating after dinner and it seems to be working.
I have another 10 to 14 pounds to go to reach my goal,but the last pounds are so hard.
So COURTNEY and ALEX...any good tips for me????

Have a super day everyone,Hugs,Diane

Thank You card

Hello everyone!
I made a Thank You card,never seem to have enough of those it seems. I bought the stamp from a lady in town here,she was selling some of her older stuff. But hey,it's new to me so what the heck! I loved the flower,so why not,the price was right.I got this stamp,2 sets from SU and a bunch of loose stamps.

Anyways,it's pretty simple and easy and I kinda like it.So here's day 2,let's see if I can do this 3 days in a row,lol.

Have a wonderful tuesday!
Hugs,Diane

Woohoo I made a card!

Well last night after I checked my emails,I said to myself,SELF,you must start taking time to make some cards!

So a few weeks ago,I rec'd these beautiful images from Kristine at Ink Something,if you haven't checked her blog,you should,she does beautiful work,she is awesome just the rest of YOU!!!

I kinda copied the card she sent with the images,hope it's ok with you Kristine. It was so beautiful,I just had to try to make one.The image is called Emmie-N-Twinkie.
So I coloured the image with watercolor SU crayons,cb the bottom of the card,sentiment is inked in white and is a dollar stamp and so is the ribbon. I don't remember what the paper is,sorry.
I think it turned out beautifully,thanks for the images Kristine,you're such a sweetie!

Have a wonderful day ladies,Hugs,Diane

An award and a short post

I got an award from Lorie @ Live-Love-Laugh-Create.

The rules for this are simple.

1. Only 5 people are to be nominated. (Yikes!)2. 4 out of 5 have to be dedicated followers of your blog.3. 1 has to be new or recently new to your blog or live in another country.4. You must link back to whomever gave you the award.

With all those rules in mind I pass this award onto:

Courtney from Created by Courtney

Alex from California Stampin'

Julie from Out to Impress

Deborah from Stampin on the Mountain

And a new comer

Heather from Rica's Haven

So it was another rainy weekend which we spent in the camper watching movies. But I got alot of sleep,which was wonderful! I don't remember the last time I slept that good! So I'm hoping to make some cards this week. But I have lots of work to do as well,so I'll just hope that I don't do too much,cuz then I won't feel energetic enough to stamp.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and wishing you a super week!

Hugs,Diane

Been blessed again!!

I've been blessed again with a beautiful set from Susan Roberts from RAINY DAYS CREATIONS,I won a blog candy and look at the gorgeous coffee set I won!!!

If you haven't checked out their site,you must,they have beautiful items there!

Thanks a bunch Susan!!! That card is fabulous btw!!!

And the black & white card is from Julie at OUT TO IMPRESS,I admire her work tremendously!

She is one talented lady! I was spoiled once again!

I'm almost ashamed...I've been receiving more raks than what I've created lately. I'm just so exhausted,been busy,not enough hours in a day,not enough energy...blah blah blah!

I'm sure you don't want to hear me whine!LOL!

I don't know how you ladies work,create,do house work,create,take care of your family...I admire all of you!!!

So I leave you with this "YOU'VE WORKED HARD.NOW GO DO SOMETHING FUN!!!!"

Hugs,Diane

Been thinking bout you!

After the card was finished,I realized she is lying in the grass.
So I guess I should of positioned the card the other way.
The bee and sentiment is from the Bee set from Sweet 'n Sassy. I colored with my SU markers and that's about all.

I've been doing lots around the building here helping out poor hubby which is still not feeling the greatest. But hey,I must say,I feel better! I'm tired but I snuck a snooze in this afternoon and now it's 9:37 and I'm just about to finish this post and I'm off to zzzzzz land (I hope)!

On wed,I'm off to visit my niece,guess what...they are calling for rain. I'm so surprised!!!! Actually we've had sunny and cloudy days for the last 3 days,so can't complain!

Well friends,have a wonderful hump day and i'll try to do the same!
Til tomorrow,Hugs,Diane

Candy and scissorbella card!

Here is a card I'll be bringing to my hairdresser this week.She was working at a hairdressing shop in the mall for a few years and now has opened her own shop.

My niece Shannon gave me this image,isn't she nice! The image and my niece,lol! I'll have to bring her a little surprise,you guys have any ideas for me? I'm not good when it comes to stuff like that.

YOU WANT BLOG CANDY?????? Check out INKY DOODLE blog she has a fantastic blog and she'll be giving away candy to 3 lucky winners,so go and check it out and tell her I sent you (brownie points,lol,JK)

http://inkydoodle.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-candy.html

Here's the link up above that is,I never know how to do this,just to have the person's name or whatever!!! Computers and I have a hard time to cope,lol.

There's also more candy at Ila's blog ARTFULLY ILA, she has a Magnolia kit and it's super http://artfullyila.blogspot.com/ gorgeous you must check it out . Go ,go hurry cuz you shouldn't miss out!!!

Hope you have a wonderful day,Hugs,Diane

Thanks a bunch!!!

Thanks a bunch honey bunch!!!

For this cutie I used SU dp,I punched a scallop and put it on dots over to a strip of polka dp.I stamped the image on white and put the image on light blue cs and used the su punch to do the scallop edge. Stamped the sentiment on th polka dot strip and added a pink ribbon.

Cute and simple Thank You card,I love those Magnolias!!!!!

Another Sara Kay Stamp

This is another Sara Kay stamp I got,the little is telling the little girl that she rocks,lol.

I used a lilac embossed cs with hearts,colored with my SU markers.The pic isnt the greatest. I must get a day ligtht so my pics can turn out better. Maybe santa has been watching me and he knows Ive been a good girl,lol. So santa please bring me one for xmas.

Hope to get some stamping done,i shouldnt say it though cause everytime i say it i dont do it.
Anyways,hope you come back while im gone!

Hugs,Diane

I got mail !!!!!

Couldn't of been a better day to receive happy mail !!!!

The first card is from Deborah,she is such a sweetie,always sending me beautiful cards,check this one out,The sentiment is Lazy days of summer,her coloring is gorgeous! If you haven't checked her blog,you should check it out,she does great stuff!!! Check it out,in my blog friends...Stampin on the mountain. Yes she lives on a mountain,isn't she lucky! Thanks Deb! Mouahhhhh!!!!

The second card is from Kristine at Cafe Ink. I had commented on one of her cards with this image,isn't it just adorable!!! So what does she do,she sends me some of that image,boy oh boy,

it made me soooo happy,and check out the card,I hope I can create as good as her!

Well,that is it for this post.Short and sweet! Have a wonderful weekend friends!!!

Hugs and kisses!!!Diane

If you love Magnolias,check out this blog!

Andrea has a beautiful set of Manolias stamps with other goodies to win! Here is where to find it
http://andreabrownjohn.blogspot.com/ I just found her blog and she does beautiful work,so go
check it out! You might just win!!
Tell her I sent you, Hugs,Diane

What a day!!

Here's another card I made when I was at Shannon's.
It's from the Bee set from Sweet 'n Sassy,it's pretty simple but cute I think.
I should be sending myself this card after the day I had,but that's another story.

Hope you all have a terrific thursday!

Hugs,Diane

A new stamp !

Well we had a great day stamping,card making I should say!
I rec'd 2 Sara Kay stamps that I had ordered from Sweet 'n Sassy, isn't she adorable!!!!

We yapped and made cards from 8:30 to 3:30,I made 6 cards! Woohoo!!!! We talked about all you great ladies!!!
All the new stamps we would like to get,which is impossible
for me cause they're are too many of them!
We talked about the miserable weather we've been having,
talked about my hubby's b'day thursday. We are a whole bunch of us that are going out for dinner to celebrate his 4oth b'day! I feel so old,I'm 6 years older than him!!!
Oh it's just a number right,lol!!!

What a wonderful day I had!!! Thanks Shannon!!!

Have a great wednesday my friends!!!
Hugs,Diane

Watermelon,yum yum!!!!

Hi everyone,I've been busy,tired,taking care of hubby,went camping,blah blah blah! No time to stamp,I have to get more organized,and try to get up in the morning.Maybe I'd be more productive. If only I would sleep normally,that's another story.

Anyways,this is set I bought from a fellow blogger. It's an old SU set,but I like it alot,and I love watermelon,one of my fav fruit. Not the best pic,but I like how it turned out.

I put the image on a couple of layers,used the swiss dot folder that Deborah sent me (Thanks Deb) and added a ribbon same color as the pink in the watermelon and popped up the sentiment.

It's a card that could be used for many occasions!

I'm so anxious for tomorrow,tired or not, I'm off to my niece's place (SHANNON) ,were going to make cards all day!
So she'll have no reason not to post!! Right Shannon,lol! We haven't done this in such a long time!
It'll be a wonderful day I'm sure,looking forward to it!

Have a wonderful week all,thanks for still stopping by!!!
Hugs,Diane

A card and some Happy Mail

For the card,the image was from a swap,isn't he cute soaking up in the tub. I had a tub die cut,so thought i'd use it for this card. I used a lot of stickles for the bubbles and around the image and sentiment,which the sent is a $ stamp.And I also used a fiskars dry emboss for the card .

The happy mail is a blog I won at Stamping with Denise!!! Isn't she wonderful,look at all the SU goodies,woohoo!!!! Thanks a bunch sweetie!!

Hope you all have a wonderful wednesday!

Hugs,Diane

Up Up and away for a Happy B'day!

I have a few B'days this month,so here is one of the cards I'll be using. It is another image from Nicola,Thanks again girl!

I used some felt flowers which I also rec'd in a RAK,colored my image with SU markers and added some silver pearl liquid on the flowers and the corners.The sentiment is stamped in white and is from the Birthday Wishes set from SU.


Hubby is still getting better! Woohoo!!!


Have a wonderful healthy day!

I plan to have one.



Hugs,Diane

Go check it out...Candy!!!

My new blog friend KERI has an awesome prize for candy! She is so talented is so many ways!
So please go and see what you could win!!!! You won't regret it! Here's her link http://pinklemonade.typepad.com/my_weblog/

My weekend was sunny!!!! YAY!!!! Hubby is doing a BIT better,not moving too much,but at least it's getting a bit better.

Sorry for not posting a card,didn't do much on the weekend,I had intentions of coloring images,but I only did one and didn't get around to put it on a card. No time to stamp much lately!

Have a great week everyone!
Hugs,Diane

A baby card

Well this is a new set I had rec'd from Flourishes a while back and just didn't use yet. Well I tried something,I'm not too pleased with it,I'll have to play around with it. I had seen a card on a blog with this image and fell in love with it. Do you think I can remember who's blog...nope. So if you know anyone that has this I would love to see some cards with it.

We're off to the camper,crossing my fingers all the way there for a nice weekend,lol. I'm bringing images to color and need to make cards next week.

Have a super nice weekend everyone!! Hugs,Diane

Sorry for being MIA!

Hi everyone,sorry for not posting,but with hubby still not well,I must do some of his work and bring him to the chiro and the massage therapist and on and on. But I'll survive,lol!
He was feeling better yesterday,but today is not a good day.
Guess it will take time. So now he is sleeping so I made a quick card. The image was givin' to me by my sweet friend Lorie,it was already colored so how easy it was to make this card! Thanks Lorie!
Thought it would make a nice invitation for someone special for dinner!
I'm going to try to make more cards while he's sleeping and try to get ahead. I have a few b'day cards to make so off I go!
Thanks for stopping by dear friends!!!

Hugs,Diane