Cat Love

When we went home to Michigan , we stopped by my sister in laws house also and they have 3 cats.  Their oldest was 19 and she had bad Arthritis and didn't get up much the day we went to visit but she looked good.  Well the day we arrived back home their sweet cat passed away, after just losing our little Anna I so understood the pain they were in.  They had asked questions about Anna's passing and our niece started crying thinking of the time when their cat would pass, so I knew they needed some encouraging.

  I cut a couple of these out from my Silhoutte thinking I would use them for Birthday cards but thought it worked well for this time also.

Silhoutte -- Cut out
Basic Grey -- Lilykate paper

We still haven't caught up on yard work yet, spring always seems to be busy. But we are still enjoying nice temps.

I have a question about google + ,  if you join, is your blog automatically that way for comments.  I don't like when I go to someone that has google + and I can't comment on their blog.  I want to be able to comment on their blog but I don't want my blog to be like that and people have trouble commenting on my blog... does any of that make sense, LOL!  Appreciate any help with that.

Hope your week has been good where you are,
Thanks for stopping by and letting me know what you think,

Connie

Button Flowers

I found the link for the directions of these flowers on Pinterest and thought they were very cute, this is my first and only try and at making them and I don't think it turned out too bad.  Some tips I found useful is make sure the holes in your buttons are fairly big, you won't be able to use tiny buttons.  You also will need a very small hook and thin crochet cotton.  When my mother in law passed away she had alot of this thin crochet thread left and my sister in law gave it all to me, so I can make quite a few of these :)  The directions for English is all the way at the end of the posting so you will have to scroll down.  Here is the link to the flower tutorial .

I am sharing this post over at Stepahnie's Roses of Inspiration .  If you have time there are so many interesting blogs to check out.

DCWV -- Linen Closet paper
Crochet button Flower -- Link above
Spellbinders -- Labels 7 and Labels 8
Stampin up -- Stem stamp, sorry don't have the name
Stamps of Life -- minis 4 circles sentiment stamp
Glitter Ribbon -- given to me

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and visit, I hope your week is off to a great start.

Connie

Birthday Delight

For my great niece that is now a teenager :)  Have you ever had this happen, I had finished coloring the cat and went on to color other portions of the card, decided to go back and add a little brown to the cat and as you can see it messed up a bit. That sad thing is I didn't really notice it until I had the whole card put together.  I was using Spectrum noir pens.  I had this happen to me before but noticed it right away, it like takes a way the other coloring or moves it around, I don't know, but instead of trying to rip it off and start over I just left it alone.

Inky Antics -- Birthday Delights stamp, colored w/markers
g.c.d. -- Funhouse papers
Spellbinders -- Label 18
Martha Stewart -- border punch
Recollections -- Button Brads

We are having rain all day today, but it didn't stop me from heading to my Local Stamp store that was having a Yard Sale, bought some used stamps, embossing folders and one pad of paper, even though I told myself I need to use the papers I have before buying anymore.

Hope your having a nice weekend whatever the weather.

Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me know you did,

Connie

100 Years

Wow can you imagine living to be 100 years old, especially at this time, so much has changed over these last 100 years.  A friends Aunt has turned 100 and she asked if the girls in our group would like to make her a card, and so this is what I came up with.  I was hoping to have a plant pick coming out of the bouquet with 100 on it but it looked to big with the flowers so I added it to the pot instead.

Spellbinders -- Flower pots, Foliage and Back to basics tags dies
Heartfelt Creations -- Delicate Asters die
Taylored Expressions -- Whimsy #'s die and Many minis Occasions stamp set
BasicGrey -- Lilykate paper
Pearl Pen -- Bronze (flower centers)
Close to my heart -- Brad on tag

We had a touch of frost last night so I had to go out and cover my peppers I planted a couple days ago.  Hopefully we will have warmer nights from here on out.  Usually we are complaining it goes from winter to summer here way to fast but this year we are having some lower than normal temps.

Hope the weather where you are isn't too cold or snowy.  My family in Michigan said they had a touch of snow, you just never know.

I have a family of rabbits in our yard and I managed to finally capture a good picture of one last night that didn't run away, as soon as I figure out how to get the picture off my phone, LOL, I will share it with you all, they are just so tiny.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and letting me know you stopped by,

Connie

Baby Girl

Good Morning, I missed last weeks link up since I was out of town visiting family, but I am back today to share a card I made for a friends baby shower.  I am linking it with Stephanie's Roses of Inspiration .  Stop by her blog and check out all the great posts :)

I went vintage with this card since the Momma is in her 40's. Just love these vintage images!

Melissa Frances -- Vintage Cut outs
Spellbinders -- Lace Hearts and Grommet tags dies
Basic Grey -- Lilykate paper
Lace
Bazzill -- Brads

We went and purchased some green peppers, green bean seeds and flowers so today I will be busy planting outside, we are expecting rain tomorrow so it is the perfect time.  So fun watching things grow again.

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

Connie