Giving thanks...

I loved this card so much, I had to case it. Michele used stamps and I have a much neglected paper punch, so I opted for punched leaves. I made fold lines on them and added some ink to give it the look I wanted. I printed out the sentiment on the computer.

This card is going to go to the caregiver's for Cammie's grandmother. Cammie has the most incredible give away and for a wonderful cause. Cammie's grandmother died from Alzheimer's and she is asking people to make cards to thank all of the amazing caregivers out there. I know there are a lot out there and so many will be touched by these cards. What a sweet thing this is. You need to go see the amazing companies that donated and you need to send a card to thank those caregivers.

I haven't disappeared...

How can it possibly be the 22nd day of September? What happened to the 2nd...and the8th...and the 14th...???? I just can't believe how fast time is going!! Anyway I HAD to have this stamp and I just love it. It can be colored in so many different ways to create such amazingly different cards! I did a little bit of hand stitching on one just for fun.

That cute little metal flower on the blue card is from a kids' set of "make your own tags".

Christmas is closer than I want to think it is...

I love, love, love Christmas...but I am NOT ready. I listen to Christmas music (Noel by Josh Groban is in my player right now), I don't mind early Christmas decorations in stores...I search high and low for a radio station that only plays Christmas music at the earliest date...but have I made Christmas cards? Yes...one...and here it is. I had plans to have all of my cards ready to go early, but it's sneaking up too fast! I just love this snowflake stamp! I embossed it in clear and sponged color around it, then cut apart a $1 stamp from Michael's to make the sentiment. Oh, and the scallop around the oval is done with the threading water punch. I just made a lot of little slits in it so I could bend it around. For my very first tall card, it's not terrible...not my favorite, but I can live with it.

It's here!!!

Isn't this just the cutest? This is a fabulous one...go check it out at http://sheetload.blogspot.com/

It's almost time for September SheetLoad!

That's right...only a few more minutes until the September SheetLoad is ready! I'm sure you're all excited to see the fantastic sketch we got to play with...but until then, you'll have to just enjoy the little sneak peeks you'll find from some of the team!

Please vote for my scrapbook page!

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Yes...can you believe it? And I'm thrilled with how it turned out! This is my littlest when he was just four (he's 11 now) and he took his "Mom" tattoo very seriously! I punched out many, many hearts and glued them together to make my own chipboard embellishments. I love how they turned out too! Anyway...I entered this into the Craft Warehouse "Scrapbook Queen" contest and I'd really, really appreciate it if you'd vote for me! Hopefully the link above will take you to the right place, but if not, you start at Craft Warehouse and go to the photo gallery, then to the scrapbook queen contest, then to the "Salem" store...then find that adorable boy! You have to be a registered user, but that part is easy peasy. Also, before you click on "vote" you can rank the layout..."5" is the highest rating. Please, please, pretty please. And if you would like to vote for my daughter's page, click on "store employees" and give her a great big shout out too. She used one of her little brother (same child) only he's in the bathtub...and taking it seriously to shave at the age of 3.

Shout Out to SheetLoad!

I think you all know I adore SheetLoad! What a wonderful place to go to when you'd like to make up some quick cards with ease. And...there's new SheetLoad Mini! These offer such wonderful ideas, you won't be disappointed...in fact, you'll probably get on a roll and make a whole bunch of cards!! And...if you do, you can win a prize!!! It's a "Show Us Your SheetLoad and Win" contest!!! Isn't that great? What are you waiting for? Go...create...enter!!!