Girls and boys assortment

I took the picture of these the other day with the mouse card, again the lighting wasn't great. This is something that I am just willing to deal with because I am atleast creating and getting photo's. Somedays will be better than others.  ;-)  

This is Feminine Charms a very old set that I love for girl cards. The hat is just darling in the set. A few base layers of paper and floral paper. Wrapped some twine and button bow for the corner. A few pearls and sparkle to finish.

A Z-fold card for this one, which I have not done in a long time. Added a die cut edge to the two edges and some flowers that a friend made me years ago. Top it off with some pearls. 

How about some guy cards using My Guy Ian I think he was called. Rather fun set of young men. Textured the base on this one to match is shirt and some plaid designer paper. A few more brads used up and the sentiment along the right. 

Another simple one more brads used up and a few scrap panels and sentiment. Notice the easy peasy cards as I try to get back into the groove again. I am just so happy to be coloring and enjoying it all again. 

Hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by. 

Birthday's

Evening. Here was a few more birthday cards I needed and got the editing the photo's for you. 

This guy is from an old Greeting Farm set I think called My Guy Ian. Oh he is super cute and so fun to color. Finally used one of the new dies I had gotten at Christmas of the balloons. Not sure who the die is from but I like the fun look of the balloons. Colored with various Copic markers and added some sparkle and enamel dots after he was popped up on dimensionals.

These daisies in Big Sexy Blooms are always so fun to color. Not sure I care for the center of these the way I colored them but it was already too late and I needed to get the card completed. Added some scalloped white to the left side and the die cut birthday sentiment to the center. Finished it off with some sparkle and sequins scatter about. Voila! 

Congrats to Mikayla

The daughter of our good friends just graduated with her BA degree and I thought I would use one of my older Anya Greeting farm stamps sets for her card. What is sad is I don't even see that they make these particular sets anymore. They are so cute and I guess that is a good thing I have all the ones I want. Anyways, she is colored with various Copic markers and then die cut with a oval shape. 

Layered her over a doily die cut and to the base. Lately the heart die cut border and strip of paper with the faux stitching are my favorite addition to cards. :-)  Added some more faux stitching to the sentiment tag and my banners at the top. Then some scattered sequins and sparkles to finish it off. Voila! Be sure to check back as I have several valentine creations to share with you in the coming days. Have a wonderful day. 

Summer birthday

Dusted off another of the Anya sets I have had for years. She is just adorable with her sunglasses. hee hee  Very simple design using some designer paper from the scrap bin. Yellow and pink seem to be the colors that went well with her summer outfit. 

I added a heart die cut border at the bottom. My butterflies are colored and then cut out so that I could spread their wings. They have some sparkle added as well. Finished it off with a few brads and my birthday sentiment. Voila! 

Birthday girl

Good morning! I dusted off a few Greeting Farm stamps lately and this one is another that I can't find a link to. I think she was in the set called Miss Anya Bags but I can be wrong. Either way the girls in this one are too cute. 

Simple card today, a heart die cut border down the side of the designer paper. I colored and cut out Anya and popped her up on dimensionals. Added a die cut heart with a brad center and a few tiny hearts to her bag. Sequins and sparkle to finish it off. Voila! Hope you have a wonderful day. 

Dude Valentine take two

Being that I have twins you should know that this was coming. ha ha  This is valentine dude two using the same retired set My Guy Ian. Similar design as the one the other day using designer paper from the valentine pack at the local craft store. 

Stamped him onto white cardstock and colored with various Copic markers. Cut him out as well to pop him up. Used a tag die cut in kraft cardstock and the base layer of pink die cut the notebook edge for fun. More scattered hearts and sparkle to finish him off. Voila!

When I dug around for this Greeting Farm stamp I came across all my Anya stamps that are in my collection. Oh what a joy to stamp those out again and get to playing with them. Those will be coming soon as I need to finish off a few more birthday cards then I can work with those more. Don't you love finding fun in your older stamps? Thanks for stopping by today. 

Dude Valentine

Valentines day is just around the corner. My boys might be getting older however, they will still be my sweethearts and valentine cards will still be given every year. :-) It does get a little harder to find ones that aren't too "cutesie" for them but each year I tend to manage and they like them. 

This is a set called My Guy Ian that might be retired as I am unable to find a link to it anywhere.  :-(  Sad as this is a perfect teen guy set, glad I have it now. He was stamped on white cardstock and colored with various Copic markers. I cut around him and added dimensionals to the back to pop him up. Die cut using an old die-light with the hearts down the edge using kraft cardstock. My designer paper is from the local craftstore with some faux stitching around the edge. A few die cut hearts with added sparkle. Voila! I adore how this turned out. Thanks for stopping in and have a great day. 

Miss Anya Journal

I altered this $1 journal/notebook that I found at our local craft store. The vibrant pink binding is what drew me to it originally and then for $1 it makes a great gift for the kids. I donated a few like this to the boys school class auction this week. Needless to say they went for a pretty penny (not actual money) but money they earned for the quarter. The girls really liked them so I guess I need to create some more. I have a Altered Notebook Tutorial if you find you want to create your own. See you tomorrow with this weeks Featured Stamper creation. Have a wonderful evening!

FS369 Birthday Girl

Good morning! This weeks Featured Stamper 369 is Fattire7 aka Jenn. That user name just cracks me up! Fun gallery with lots of people so I went with this Cake Anyone card to case. I kept the layout, a girl and bright colors. Changed the papers, stamp and added a charm.

I stamped this sweet girl called Miss Anya onto white card stock and colored her with Copic markers. Cut around her and added dimensionals to the back. Placed her over a simple white oval and added jewels to her boots. The ribbon is tied off with a twine and little silver purse charm. Voila! Hope you have a wonderful day!

FS344 Hey Dude

This weeks Featured Stamper 344 is Julie aka Humma! Super fun gallery with lots of creations to choose from. I fell in love with this CAS Cool dude and new that is what I was going to case. I kept it CAS design, layers and a kid card. Changed the papers, colors and stamp. I also moved my sentiment off to the side. 
My image is My Guy Ian that is stamped onto classic white cardstock and colored with copic markers. I then cut him out and popped him up on dimensionals. Voila! Enjoy your week Julie!

FS313 Brithday Flowers

This weeks Featured Stamper 313 is Janette aka Blessingsx3. Beautiful gallery with lots of inspriation to choose from. I choose this Someone special card to case. I kept the springy colors, most of the layers in the layout, a little girl image holding flowers and some flower accents. Changed the stamps, deisgner paper and flower types. Hope you can play along with us this week.

Our house is probably the most low key super bowl house ever in the history of our marriage today! ha! Not that its a bad thing just very different for us. We have had so much going going going going the last month and a half that we finally are like STOP! So today is that day. We have our friends that have been going on this crazy fast ride with us coming over and just going to RELAX!  So my post is late today, short and sweet. However I hope you enjoy a day of fabulous football. And for those of you asking..... I am cheering for the RAVENS! YES! The Ravens who beat both my beloved QB's in the playoffs. Ravens have tried and been working very hard over the years to get here and now is their chance! Let's see if they can pull it off. Plus... they beat the Patriots and you all know how I feel about that one! HA!!!   Enjoy the day!

Warm and pink

This darling girl is becoming a favorite in all my Miss Anya's that I own. The colors are a favorite combo of mine also so this card just came together without much hassle. Yea!  She is called  Miss Anya Scarves that I stamped out onto classic white carstock using memento tuxedo black ink. I colored her with various copics and then cut her out to pop her up on dimensionals. Can't get enough of these romantic rectangles from Spellbinders. You are probably tired of them but I can't help it, I adore this look. Added some crochet lace and ribbon with some mini pearl daisies flowers and voila!  Hope you have a wonderful day!

Birthday Girl

This is for Jami's challenge this week in Dare To Get Dirty this week. Want to know what all the fun is about? Check it out HERE and become a Fan Club Member!

I have so much fun with this challenge and do this a lot with cards. Isn't she just adorable? This is one of the images in Miss Anya Bags and she has not been inked up till now. Very simple with a littel bit of lace and some blooms from Pat aka Blooms in a box. A few pearls around the corners and voila, sweet little birthday card. Hope you get a chance to play along with us this week.

For You Allison

This is a card for a fellow stampers daughter, Allison. She is currently needing a little encouragement right now and I asked if I could make a card for her. This is the adorable Miss Anya Bags that I got a few weeks ago and I am just now inking her up. I love her pigtails. As a kid I had long brown hair that was in pigtails all the time. It doesn't get any cuter than this. I started this sketch out for the Greeting Farm Sketch on Saturday and I got my cuts wrong so I just went with it. ha! I do like how this turned out. Vibrant and cheerful, hopefully will make Allison smile a bit today. Thanks for checking in with me today. Have a wonderful day!

Want to bless someone today

What a question right? I recieved a prayer request from some sweet friends of mine Cheryl aka Cherylquilts and Pat aka Patsmethers on SCS to pray for Ben and Susie.
Ben and Susie are missionaries through Athletes in Action/Campus Crusade for Christ International. They share their hearts and love of Christ with others daily. Susie is currently pregnant and apparently Susie was having some strange "episodes" as she states. She went to the doctor to find out what was happening. Come to find out Susie had a brain leision/tumor that was causing all these problems. Being pregnant means that the treatment is a bit more complicated and scary for both baby and mom. As of right now they are doing okay. If you click on the link above about 3 posts down you will see a video of Ben talking, its rather long but worth seeing the update on Susie.
Now I am sure you are wondering why I told you all that? This is where your blessing comes into the picture. Can you pray for Susie and Ben? Why not take it a step further and really show an out pouring of love by sending them a card? They are in the mission field so all cards need to be sent to Melissa at this address:
Athletes in Action
Attention of Megan Soderberg
651 Taylor Drive
Xeria, OH 45385

Ben and Susie have three other small children. They would love the prayers and a card also. (Simon (6), Talya (almost 4) and Charlie (almost 3). God gave us this talent and desire to bless others so let's do just that! You don't even have to make a new card, grab something from your stash and send it along. Most importantly please say a prayer for them. God is the ultimate healer and can do all things. Even missionaries can get scared in a crisis and need our love and prayers.

This is for Susie. I really debated on what I wanted to send and I wanted something that speaks freshness and hope. This is fresh and spring like I think. Hopefully this will make her smile, feel refreshed and stronger for the day. I used the adorable Miss Anya Love. It is not a round card but it is a shaped card, figured you all might be tired of the round cards. Since Pat was one that asked me to pray I used some of my special and cherished Pat blooms for Susie also. Now I am off to work on some cards for the kids. I hope you can join me and send some prayers and cards to Ben and Susie. Have a great day!

Let it Snow

Not really as I want spring, but that is the sentiment on my card. ha! I played in the Ways To Use It Challenge 362 over on SCS today. Its been forever since I played in one of them and it was super fun as I got to create my own border. I used the Spellbinders Parisian Accents for the border. This is a 2 1/ x 2 1/2 Die in the set but I cut it into 4 pieces so that I can create a border. So about 3 1/2 punch outs make this border when cut into 4ths. This is one of my new The Greeting Farm Stamps I ordered called Rain, Snow, Shine, isnt she just darling? I added stickles to the bottom of her coat and some pearls to my primas. Another Christmas card down. Whohoo! See you back here tonight for Totally Stampalicious New Release and Blog Hop. Have a great day.

Miss Leopard Birthday

This is totally FUN for a birthday card I think. I used Miss Anya Hats Off for my card. It has been forever since I created a frame using Spellbinders Classic Ovals and doing a reverse frame with it. I do like how this turned out. This leopard print paper is from Basic Grey's Little Black dress paper pack. How fun is that? Added a little bit of hot cocoa sheer ribbon and tied it off with a button twine combo. Adorable birthday card!

Hoping that my new order of Anya and Ian's from The Greeting Farm come today. They had several that were on my wish list forever and I finally broke down and purchased them. Yea!
On a personal note all kids are back to school and healthy. Strep Throat ran through both the twins and finally everyone is on the mend. Ranger went to the vet this morning to have something removed from his abdomen. He got something like cheat grass or a sliver logged up in there and would not come out. So today they are going to sedate him and remove the foreign object. Praying that its nothing serious. We are able to pick him up late this afternoon. His last appointment he was 80 pounds. When we took him in to have this looked at last week, it took 3 of us to hold him down so the vet could poke around and see what was going on. I about fainted. ha! I am a wimp I know. Otherwise he is doing great. I need to post pictures as I have not done that in awhile and I know some of you have been asking. Anyways... thanks for stopping in today!

Patriot Fans turn your head...

Giants Rock! Once again the Giants have beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl! I promised I would get a card ready and mailed to Derek and here it is. Not what I had planned but end result is the same, Giants ROCK! This adorable guy is Football Ian from The Greeting Farm Stamps. I think that Eli is becoming my second favorite QB of all time. HA! If he keeps beating the Patriots in Super Bowls I seriously might have to trade teams. NOT! But they are my second team in the NFL.
:0) Now for a funny story...

So if you follow my blog at all you know that I am a Colts fan and Patriots are my least and I do mean least favorite team. Keep this in mind for a moment and we will come back to it. You know the show NCIS? My favorite show that DH and I watch every season. This week's epidsode was interesting as it was a "What if" sort of senario. As in what if you choose differently how would things turn out. So this got me to thinking and then asking DH what would happen if we didn't get married. Where do you think you would be? I know dangerous question but interesting still the same. His first response was "Hopeless and lost without you honey" yea right, seriously. He then said " Well not sure really. I might have gone to a different college, maybe the college where Brady went. We would of hung out and you never know roomed together" As he is laughing at his funny remark. I socked his arm and said "I would rather you have said married to a Victoria Secret model on some island in the bahamas. That is blashemy in this house! " HA! Funny isn't he. Anyways, this NFL season is over and with a bang if I do say so. Looking forward to this fall. These *anaylists* that keep talking about Peyton Manning and what not are starting to irritate me. They are going to eat their words come March! :0) Have a great day!

VSN Mini creations

In December I played in my first ever VSN Mini, Virtual Stamp Night over on Splitcoaststampers. It was a BLAST. Not hard, easy and fun contrary to what I may have thought before. So the VSN Mini for Feb, prepping you for the Big Event in March was last night. Here are some of the creations I made for VSN Mini. I am on a round card kick if you noticed from the bottom three. ha! Just going to list the company that the stamps are from as I got to get to the grocery store. Hope you have a great weekend!
Flourishes He Is Risen


Clear Dollar Stamps Tulip Wreath


Sweet N Sassy Stamps Springtime Cocoa


The Greeting Farm Miss Anya Hats Off

Can you smell the sweat...

the leather pads... the popcorn? Pre-season is always a great week at the Morgan home. The start of a new season, new players and even new fans. I have a new stamp for this fun season from Greeting Farm Stamps called Football Ian. hee hee Talk about adorable, he sure makes me smile.
Now in the past I have been quite the enthusiasts when it comes to football, but always sweet and innocent. Nothing like those fans who send their own teams colors in a cookie bouquet to the opposing teams house the day of the super bowl. I mean come on... WHO would do that to another loving friend? Right Angel??? Surely not sweet and innocent little ole me. HA!
Okay Maybe I am not that innocent after all. And yes I did send a bouquet in the colts colors to Angel that year of the super bowl. I was however a very good and gracious loser when she called squeeling like a school girl when they won. Best called game I have seen in football if I do say so myself. Anyways, I made an interactive calendar for Angel to keep track of her teams games and dates. She just has to move her quarterback up and down the left side to the week of her games. Now looky looky who they play on Oct. 23rd. How nice... :0) Have to make sure that game is marked properly.

Now I had to have my own interactive calendar as well, I mean come on what fan wouldn't. Apparently the Saints think they are bigger and better than all the rest because I couldn't get the schedule for them to print any smaller than that. Enjoy pre-season everyone!