Quilt

No card today but thought I would share the quilt I made for my Mother in law for Christmas, when we went to Michigan we gave it to her.

The day I took these pics it was quite cloudy out, so my husband held it up for me to take pics because when I would lay it down it was too dark.  The pattern is out of the Magazine American Patchwork and Quilting, by Better Homes and Gardens.  My husband picked out most of the fabric and this pattern.

Here is another picture trying to capture it better but I think the first picture shows the colors of the fabrics more truer.

And here is some coasters I made too using the same fabric.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your having a Good weekend,
Connie

Thankful

I am so Thankful to all our Men and Women in the Military, especially those putting themselves at harms way so that we can be safe and secure.  Pray for their safety and also for their families left behind to take on all that comes up day to day.

My card today is for my great niece who is in her teens, the style reminds me of the 60's & early 70's, but some of that stuff is making a come back right :)

The paper is from K&co.
All the images and sentiment are stickers from the scrapbook calendar.
Spellbinder circle die on the telephone and Ek success circle punch for the sentiment with brad in the center of the flower.
Ek success corner punch.

Poor Peanut hasn't been feeling well since we got home from Michigan, she has thrown up a couple of times, but we are thinking it is from eating to fast when she hadn't been eating much while we were on our trip.  She didn't get as much sleep while we were gone either so we think she is making up for it all now, sure hope that is all it is.  Maybe those trips are going to be too much for her to do anymore.

I thought I would leave you with a picture from our trip, of course pictures never do things justice but I just loved the colors on this tree!

Have a great weekend,
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Connie

I'm Back

We just got back from Michigan visiting family and we had a wonderful time.  Had a bit of a bad start as we realized just before going to bed the first night that I had left my overnight bag at home and it had my Thyroid medicine in it, so half of the first day was spent trying to get a hold of our doctor and then getting it to the pharmacy there, but all was good.  I hated to spend out the money but there were a few essentials I had to have.

I don't have much time, alot to do but I will have to share some pictures of the trip in later posts when I have more time. 

Here are some more cards that went into my Father in laws gift, which he thought was neat.

K&co. papers on these cards. Martha Stewart  border punch. 
Spellbinder Square die with Hero Arts Birthday message stamped sentiment.
Purple Daisy Designs Dragonfly stamp and EK success punch.

Sizzix Tattered Floral die. Scattered straw Stickles for the center.  Martha Stewart border punch and the sentiment is a sticker.

It's good to be back and I can't wait to see what everyone else has been up to.  I didn't have internet access while I was gone, although we kept so busy I didn't even notice, but that just means I have alot of catching up to do on everyone's blogs.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie

Calendar images

The images in these two cards, (more for my father in laws present) are from the back of an Arkansas calendar.  Those little images to show you what is in the calendar are alot of times great sizes for cards, and another way to recycle :)

The image on this one is layered onto some kraft cardstock, cut out with spellbinder Square die.  I went to my stash and found 3 fall papers I liked for the background.  Sorry forgot to write down were the sentiment is from. Corner is and EK success punch. Distress inks around the edges.

This image too was layered onto cardstock cut out with spellbinder square die.  I know the bottom piece paper is K&co. but forgot what the top piece is, and I put a strip of green cardstock between the two.  Now looking at it I wish I would have added a sentiment along the top but sadly the gift is allready wrapped, no going back now.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Hope you have a wonderful weekend,
Connie

Faux Stamps

Wow it's November, the time is going by way too quickly for me, so much to do....

This is another set of cards I made for my Father in laws Christmas gift.

For the stamps images I used K&co. Lifes Journey Stamp collage flat paper.

For this first one the background is 3 different Basic grey papers.

I mounted the stamps onto cardstock and used EK success corner punch.

I didn't add a sentiment figured the sentiment on the middle stamp was good here.

For the second card I applied the stamps to a piece of black cardstock, which was mounted onto HOTP Sarabooks Ivory paper.
I forgot to write down where the sentiment is from but I beleive it was probably hero arts.
I used Bronze Pearl pen in the upper left corner.

I thought I would share with you the card my hubby made me for our Anniversary.  What's cute is he drew our cat Jip on the front scratching the pumpkin, can you see the little bite out of her ear, he said he had to add that so I knew it was our cat and not any cat...LOL.

We had a beautiful day yesterday, it was in the 70's and we are suppose to have one more day like that today before it heads into the 60's then 50's.  Hope to get out for a walk later and enjoy it.  The way these snow storms are popping up all over you never know when it is going to hit.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Connie