JUST ONE MORE ...

Oh  here I am a few days  late, geesh ~ that seems to me  my new style.
.May I say, I am not happy  with this  new pattern in my life...lol

Here is one more  Mothers Day card...I ordered this pack of paper  , it is from SU  clearance of course...  But I did  get it with  the thought of using this particular  piece  on a card for my youngest daughter. Her love for purple lives on  : )
basic, yep,  what do you expect when you wait  until the last minute to make these cards...  another pattern I am not happy with  lol
 I did use a white gel pen to add  slashes on the purple layer of the butterfly  to add definition...   and a purple  rhinestone in the center of the butter fly...yep after  thoughts   lol
I did write a personal message  to her, as  both of my girls  are awesome mommies...    So I try to  be sure  I tell them that  as often as I can...

The card for my oldest daughter  was  simple too. I even used an imaged colored  by a special friend , just for me... I rarely do this, but it  was  a great choice to share with  her... Unfortunately, I failed to scan it in !...

Thanks for stopping by,  I am out side  in this beautiful  day, so  I have  fresh tea  brewed, come and sit  with me please...
Have a wonderful day, full of life's blessings .

And May is zipping right along....

      Hello,  how are all of you???  We are finally getting to enjoy some  nice  spring like weather...  Yippee
 In our  group that loves to create,  and share,  this  month  the theme was awesome.  Tea pots and  vintage... perfect together.
I only  have one card  made so far, it was the big challenge tho,  we were  instructed  to use ONLY  supplies we  received.
 We could  add a card  base, but no other paper or embellishments or stamps... I did a 4 1/4  x 4 1/4  square card

Then  I changed it  up  a  bit  to use it  for   a special  young  lady.I took off the  oval and added another oval that said with  love on Mothers;s  Day~ O know I scanned it in,  but  nope, I cannot find it...lol   

 She  just had her first  baby  on Thursday

She  has called  me GRANDMA for 25  years,  no blood, just lots of love . So  I am happy and proud to say, I am a great grandma  now~  I must say, that gets  some  looks  as  most  of  my friends  know  my  oldest grand daughter    is  15, and one 14...lol    by  my daughters  in  blood...  

Okay, while I had  the left overs out on the table, I decided to make a  thank you card  for a sweet  sweet  dear friend.  She is always  there  with  kind words and prayers.

I  made a  card on a base...Again a square  card, I just like  to  use square cards when I can...  

And my last  card  for today  was actually designed  by one of my daughters...We made these a while  back in one of her classes...    I decided it was perfect  to send   to the mom  of  Kayle ~ my special grand daughter ~  as this is  her first year  as a  grandma  on Mothers Day...  so playing dress up seemed to fit  nicely

Ok  now I still have 2 more Mother's Day cards to make,  but I wanted to  share  these  for now. Then I will be  working on  a graduation card  for my second oldest grand daughter ~ she  will be leaving  8 th grade   and  entering  High School ...wow  wow  wow  

So  be sure  to check  back  in a week or so,  to see what I come up with...She is  such a breath of fresh  air,  full of love   and  good stuff, I cannot even  attempt to think of what I may do for her...   

Til then,  enjoy  this spring weather,  and I will try to get my chair on the front porch  so you all can come sit   with me  and visit... 

Bye  Bye  now ...

Gift of Love

   Have you ever  had some one  in your life  that is always there  for you  ?  Some  one that cares  about  you and your family  in  every way...And  in all they do  for  you , you feel like  you can  never come close  to  giving back to them....
     Well I do,  she is a special  lady, I have not known her  a really long time... maybe  five years  or so. But she is always  helpful, comes with a smile  and a  hug   and always  does  her best, what ever that may be  .
Finally, she called  with a request...I was  so  happy, then of course reality hit.  Hmmm...... I do not want to mess these  up ...lol
    Amy  is  "Pastor  Amy "  or "Miss Amy "  to my grand kids...  but to me  she is a true blessing...  She is  preparing to go on the EMMAUS  walk ..She will be with  about 50 women, in a retreat envionment
She is  giving each of them a gift,  and asked  me to make  book marks  to go along with  it...  She  gave me the scripture and other words , and said  just what ever  you think  .
    Thank goodness I had  help  with  the formatting  on the computer,  lol   .My oldest grand daughter was  here  and was  so  helpful... So it was a  labor of  love with  her  helping  me
  and  I  I enjoyed  being  able to  do some thing for my sweet friend...I hope she likes  them  

As always,  thanks  for stopping  by...  the weather is finally getting  nice, so  come  back  when you can  sit and  visit  next time...   Til  then....  I hope you are enjoying  your days...  

HELLO SPRING TIME

       Hi there , so  what are you all doing  to welcome spring ?   If  you are in  the  midwest, or a little more west  or  south  or  east  or  north   lol ...
 Well I bet you are  hoping this white stuff melts  quickly  and  stays  away  for  about 8 or 9 months...
  I love SNOW...it is so pretty  A true  piece of God's art...
     But I am told Spring is here, I wonder if the EASTER BUNNY  will be hiding  eggs in the snow   lol

    I  am blessed with so many special people in my  life, some  friends, some special  friends and some  just great  people in business. As I have been remembered  by a few  this  month,  I wanted to see if I could  get some  creative  juices  flowing   to say thank you ...

    The first card is  with an  image  from a  super  guy,   yep  he is one of those great  friends..  This image was perfect  to use  for a sweet  lady,  that does my taxes.   I thought it was cute to represent  her  this time of  year...   BUSY  BUSY
I   just  used  some colorful dp, basic  matting  and  a bit of coloring  with pencils...

   Now # 2  was  for  a gentleman  I know  from  the banking business, so I wanted to be a bit more professional...  not sure red  is professional,  but I liked it   : )

This  is cased  from a similar card  my niece  made me a few years ago...  Some ideas are  just too good  not  to  use ...  : )

And #3  is  Springy...  I did  this at a class,  and  have been holding on to it  for  just the right time and person... So  my  special friend  that is always with  me  in  heart, spirit  and prayer every day   will be receiving this in just a few days...Sometimes  these two little words are  just not enough...

I love the colors, and  the  extra detail was so much fun...using a piece of acetate was  cool,    just one of those cards I  felt good about...  I used background stamping,  a blender pen to color the water , some  patterned dp, ticket corner punch, and fun  paper clips  ...added bling  and ribbon

     Thanks  for stopping  in.  I hope  you get to enjoy some amazing spring like weather real soon...
As always, SMILE and share some  kindness today...

See you soon...
Soni

Time for a SHOWER

  Hello,  how are  you doing today ?  I am trying to find some sun shine  on this  nasty day .
 It  is  so   rainy  and dreary  !    I guess the good of it  is  at least  the temperature was near 50, but it still felt so chilly .

   My daughters and I are  going to a WEDDING SHOWER  tomorrow. The bride to be is  a beautiful  young lady,  and so full of  happiness and joy,   it just  bubbles  out of  her..
 My daughter Krista is  doing the cake , so I offered to make the card  . ~OH SILLY ME ~   lol
I will post a picture of the cake  as soon as I have one...
    Keep in mind  I am just  not  much in the creative  mode,  every time I think I am, whew, it flies out the window again .  I wanted to try  for something  frilly, and  pretty..    hmmm       that did not happen at all . But I did come up with something a bit  more simple,  maybe  more modern, or  non traditional .

     Her colors  are pale yellow and  a form of purple, so I went with the yellow.~ barely banana  to be  exact
  I used an  old set  called CELEBRATION  and added  a touch of  a embossed  partial layer , trimmed in ribbon ;  then  just simple mounting, rounded corners,  a  touch of bling to  give  the flowers  dimension  and
a white  opague gel pen  for the rain drops
  and   here  you have it . : )

Simple as always,  I did not have stamps appropriate  for a shower, but I thought these words were  very appropriate to start a marriage

Thanks for stopping  by,  glad I had the  hot water ready for tea... and  the banana bread  sliced and ready to serve : )

Til next time, smile  and  enjoy  each day
Sonja

Ok as I  promised,  here is the picture of the  cake...  I think it is so pretty,  but the best part is...it tastes  as good as it looks   : )

So  thanks again  for stopping by...
I hear  warmer  temps are on the way... hope we can  enjoy some  time on the  front porch soon   : )
Have a  great week ...

March Winds

Hello. how are all of  you? Well February was  rough here, weather and  other forces... Sorry I did not get back...It seemed I was  blocked out of my blog  due to  email account issues, can you believe it???
I may need  to  make some changes,  but if I do  please know I will  definitely  let  you all know

I am considering a new blog with pictures  of  just daily  life,  I know my life is  busy enough to keep that one  updated   lol  : )    And  maybe try a different  attitude at the  crafting one ...

Today  is only  share pictures  day  ...We are in March   with  more snow   falling.  I for one am really hoping to see signs of SPRING soon .. you know, sun shine, pretty flowers  all in colorful bloom   Children playing outside , watching my critters  run and play   and  oh and the fields getting planted, one cannot leave that out when she lives in the midst of farm land

So  here are some pictures  from yesterday  in our latest  winter  mix    creating  another winter storm

 The first two are  early morning  hours  of the  misty  heavy  wet  mix if rain, ice and snow

And the next two  are about  mid day, still heavy in the air  and  vision ability still not  much

   And the  last two are so clear  in late afternoon as the storm has moved on , leaving us with the beauty of fresh fallen snow, all white and    peaceful 

So, this is  just a look at  winter in the midwest,  yes even in March
I remember  at least one EASTER EGG HUNT in the snow  : )

But I really wonder if this day of this storm if it was not a lesson...Wait  and be patient,
 it will become  clear : )

I need to play with some St Patty's Day  pieces,  tho I do not think I know  any one  that is  Irish...hmmm

So  I will TRY  to  come share if I get creative...

As always  thanks for stopping  by...
I know it is too cold and windy to sit on my porch...so come on in,
 we can have  coffee, tea  or  hot cocoa...
 Today  banana bread is on the menu  too  : )
 Well if I go get  busy it will be

Stay warm, stay  safe
Smile  and  be kind to someone today

Sonja

THE RED

Ok  I did  get  just a couple of super simple  cards made...
  It bugged  me  that  I did not show case any  in RED  lol

This was made  for one of  my grand daughters... 

I used a white card  base,  attached  a piece of  red striped  vellum ~
 I  cut it wider that the card, folded over 1/2 inch and adhered  to the back
 then I  used mono   under where my  my  sentiment  was  to  keep the  vellum in place ..
  I added  some red velvet ribbon,  that  came from a  friend... as well as the  little  LOVE image .
I used  a couple of punches  to add some  dimension .
I hear  my grand daughter  really liked it  ~   As  her  mom said  she " disected"  it ..
.and thought it was cool 

So  hey  it is a card
 WOO HOO  for  me  

My craft room is messy,  yippee ~
 my  oldest daughter  made a couple cards  today too...
I now remember why I do not us  red craft  ink   I have  "inky fingers "    : )  

Thanks  for stopping by...  Come  back soon