Days go by !!

Well the kids are out of school now as of thursday :)  Then the very next day we set off on the road to go to my husband's family reunion and we were gone for a few days :)  and now i'm trying to catch up with unpacking and doing laundry from the trip and putting all of that away :) i have a couple of cards i have snuck in some time to do and will be uploading those as soon as i can :)  big hugs, mary

Finals and Last Week of School!!

Tomorrow I take my last final at 10 am and that is my last class. So, all should return back to normal :) I can't wait!!  I have two projects to post as sson aas I am done with them. So you'll being something from me real soon. Thank you all so much for being so patient with me :) Big hugs, Mary Lane just 1 little old me :)

I have been out of the loop for quite some time now :) first of all my husband accidentally broke my camera, then I have been really busy with school, but most of all, I miss my blog and will return to as soon as I can :)

SO BUSY!!!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. We have been so busy but, hopefully thingswill return to normal soon ;) big hugs, Mary Lane

Another simple valentine's card that I made for my child to give to her teacher. maybe I'll staple a bag of candy or cookies to the back of it and make it a big tag :)

This is a cute spring card I made. Colors are perfect plum and sage shadow. I used my dots cb folder on the purple piece. I used my oval nestabilities for main image and I colored it in with my markers. Patterned paper and ribbon are from stampin up. Hope you like it :)

I think this card is a cute valentine's day card. I made it for my son to give to his teacher. So its still kinda boyish so he won't feel embarrased to give it to her. All materials used are stampin up except the handmade flower i crocheted myself :) Colors are chocolate chip, ruby red, and very vanilla and patterned paper to natch the ruby red color. Very vanilla ribbon pulls it all together. Thanks for stopping by :)

I know it is a little early for valentines day cards but this is a valentine's day card that I made for my darling husband. My first layer is ruby red cs that I sponged with vintage photo ink to give it more of a muted look. The second layer is designer patterned paper. The first layer of scalloped oval is sort of a khaki colored cs cause I wanted to keep it masculine looking and not so girly. The second scalloped oval layer is whisper white cs. I cut these scalloped ovals out using my nestabilities dies. The image is stamped with the khaki ink and then ruby red ink for the 2nd layer of that image. The sentiment is stamped with ruby red ink and it says (ok, corny moment beware,lol) you make my life a beautiful thing. I fell in love with it and knew it would be perfect for this card. I then added some stickles dots around the scalloped border and a white satin and organza bow. I hope you like it as much as I do :) I then designed a nice insert for the inside of the card where i'll write a quick personal message.

Another calendar I made but this time instead of square chipboard I used my nestabilities dies to cut out this designer square instead of a plain square. I still added the designer patterned paper but didn't sand the edges to give it more of a crisp clean look. Used my zutter machine to punch the holes and bind it all together. hope you like it :)

I crocheted this bookmark to give to my mom. This is actually the first of three that I made to give as christmas gifts for my mom, my mil, and my sil.