HAPPY HEART DAY

Well hello...I cannot say I am overly happy  tonight...  For some reason  Blogger decided  to not  let  me  in  my blog  under the  account  to to be able to post from...Only the  other account  to view  from,
 So  I will not tell upi how long I have been  fighting  ...AARRGGHHH
                                                        Deep Breath   and SMILE

                                       So  how are you all?? Happy and Smiling I hope

 My family  renamed Valentines Day  HAPPY HEART DAY...we tell everyone we love  that w love them and why                                          Quirky  I  know...   lol

So  here are my Valentines that I made my daughters  and grandkids...You all know  I love  them  right  : )

So there is one picture  with all of them~  why?? you may ask   ~    oh  because  my desktop  is not playing nice either    lol     So  I did scan them in, to show individually, but I am just too tired  now   to risk it ~
I will do another post maybe  to show them closer  if any of you want me too..
.And there is ONE card I  did take a picture of  alone  ~ it is for  my youngest grand daughter...
         She is only 2 1/2   and  has no clue about  valentines, so I made hers  special~  just for her
                                             

                                                 Those of you that know me will understand

I hope you all are warm, safe  and  creating  like crazy...  I will be  making my rounds  to check on all of you
And I have several things on my table~  I am working on a monthly challenge  right  now  so I will share them soon

Til then  drink lots of hot tea : )    warm Ovaltine   or  what ever warms  you  up    lol
And  Smile...  share that smile  with someone  , make them  feel special ...

             As always...Thanks for stopping  by the Porch...  Step inside   tho,   Brrr

2014

WOW THREE MONTHS SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE...NOT  GOOD.

I wish I had a really good reason,  but  not  any  good  enough  comes to mind...Yes  it was a  busy  holiday season,  yes I  had a really bad  cold, yes  there were  three immediate family  birthdays  and  gatherings to attend... But as I said,  not even those are good enough reasons...

Absolutely NO excuse, NONE  

With that  being said...

I do not  have a  card or  project  to share  today... but I am out  in my room  gathering supplies  and  getting  a month;y challenge ready to be sent out...So  I am hopeful  to have  some thing to share...SOON  

To all of  you  ,  I am  thankful  you  still   come  to look...  Let's see if I can  get motivated  and  jump start this  mind of  mine...  

So  as always , I hope as always  you are SMILING  

and I will go  brew some  tea, and  warm up  some  cocoa...Brrr it is  COLD  here  today ! 

 So  step inside and  join me   

CHALLENGE TIME

Hello,  I found some  cool  pictures this morning  of  Autumn and Halloween  time...
So  I decided  to  give  you all a challenge...
The first one is traditional in  autumn colors and thought... so pretty easy, just  create a  card  using this picture as your inspiration...  You can use the color scheme, or  the  desgn  , just what ever  your mind and heart leads you to do...

 Now  the second one, well it is  not  traditional  at all  as far as Halloween colors...  So get ready to have fun   : )    yes I am smiling  big time on this...lol  Again  just  create  what  your  heart and  mind lead  you to  do... Have  Fun

So  create  and  I want to see...if  you cannot  leave in comments ~ I have no clue if you can or not ~  them   

email them to me ...

lilsis1952@hotmail.com

   or

sonib773@gmail.com

or  post on  our blog thread... or  where ever  you know  how to reach me...

Thanks  for stopping  by,  I know  iced tea  in October is a little odd,

 but at 75 degrees,  I thought it  a good idea...   

 Have a great weekend,  Smile and  make someones day happy

 I will check  back soon to see what  you created...  

Til then,  bye bye...  

As Promised...

Hello   welcome  October  and this  beautiful season.
        Last  time I was  here I promised  a viewing of  a few cards  my sister in law  made while she was  visiting  me...  Life   is on a  roll...busy  busy... Lot of things going on, more to  think about  ...
 and  I   just  got  lazy...
       So  here we  go

  This  was a birthday card  for  Krista,  Sue left it  behind  to surprise her.  Some sparkly dp, sweet  bow and ribbon placement   some  bling  to make the flowers  pop... All in Purple  because  she knew that would  make Krista  smile...

And # 2

This was  for Sue's great grandson  that shared a birthday celebration with  Sue  while  she was  here visiting...they had a great family gathering... Gabe is nine I believe  and she choose baseball theme...  So she used some great  do,  fun letter stickers  and  basic matting...   He loved it, it was perfect I am sure...

And # 3

I love  this...clean and fresh...isn't  it  just pretty  ?  Sue  had  so much fun  playing with my punches, and  dies  and embossing folders... yes  the card from  is embossed with tiny flowers   sorry it is  not showing well.. She added the sweet butterflies  and even  found  matching  ribbon in mt stash...Inagine  that ???   lol

 So  there is a view  of  another  crating eye... She  is a wonderful seamstress,  just  loves to sew...  she can look at it  and  make it...  She is truly gifted...

She  has a site on ETSY

 Or  you can  reach  me  if  you want to see  any of  her crafting...

My bother  bought  her a Sizzix  : )    after  she  fell in love with mine..So I am hoping to see some sweet  cards  added  to that page soon. She  has  purchased a few  punches  and a few more  folders and dies  to  go along with  what we sent  her home with...  And She is  loving  paper crating... I hear  (  from  my brother )  there  is a wall of stamps  there too ...  YIPPEE...

Sue is  you see this, thanks  for  making  the cards  for  me to share... and  I   love  you...

And  for all of the rest of  you here   today , Thanks  for  being    so patient...  I guess itis a good  thing  I do not   have a shock collar  lol
So as the weather cools off,  would  you a;; prefer  some  warm  mulled cider,  or  some  hot cocoa  or  just  hot  tea  like me ???

I will throw a blanket or quilt out  on the chair  for the  chilly  mornings or  evenings... Thans  so much for stopping by.
.Bye Bye for now

JUST A COUPLE OF AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

     Well yes I know August is gone, lol      but as always,  here I am  a  bit late...

       So  here is  a card that I made  for  my sister - in - law ,  and the best part was I was able to spend  her birthday with her. That was the first in many many  years...  I am sad to say I was not feeling well, after a weekend of  either  motion sickness  gone to vertigo  or what ever   it hit me...    But we  did just enjoy being together..  .I treasure this lady, she  has been a part  of my life  for  over 50  years...I am so blessed,  she  has always  been  that " big sis "  that I did not have...
        I used  some  beautiful dp  from a  friend,  and  dry embossed  the solid color  with a folder from Sizzix,  matched up and used some velvet ribbon  from my  stash, just  to pretty it up.  And then  butterflies,  yes  just because I  love them...a touch of   " bling"   and  a simple sentiment..

       I  had to fit  this in,  as I  turned  Sue  loose in my  stamping / scrap book room  to  create  cards while she was here...    And  oh I  think she liked it   : )    She liked it so much  my brother  bought  her a Sizzix  for  her  Birthday...   You are  welcome  big brother  : ) .

             The second card for today   is  the card I made  for  my youngest daughter Krista,   I struggle with  cards  for her.. Any of you that  know her, know  she  has an eye  for  perfection  in crafting, as well as  cake  decorating  and life in general... 

But   here it is,  hope it made  her smile ... 

           I did not  use a true PURPLE,  which is her favorite color,  but I  loved this image ( pre colored  )  from LOTV ... I had this  awesome  dp  out  and  off I went. The scan does not show  the color well, it did actually  look pretty good together.I  made a square card  because I thought it showed off the image better  

So, pretty paper,  fancy ribbon  a sweet little happy birthday stamp  and the awesome image... my work was  made easy...  : )  

Though my  little  girl is all grown up, I still remember  these days...  ..  

            Now  for the best part...  my next  blog post will feature some of the cards  that  my sister in law Sue  created  while she was  here...  I keep telling her to  put  some  up on her Etsy account  or at a church function... 

She is a fantastic seamstress,  so I love to see  where her creativity takes  her...  

So please  be sure  to stop  back  and  check  her  cards  out...

and get a link to her Etsy account too  : ) 

Thanks  so much   for stopping by,   It is still warm enough  to enjoy some iced tea... 

I so appreciate  those of you that  come  visit... If you have  not,  please leave me a comment, I would love to read  what you think  about  my   cards  and words 

Love you all  

And til next time, Smile  and share  some goodness  with someone...  

Bye Bye now  

HEART AND SOUL

Hello,  time  to  create again

I needed a birthday card  for  a  special  young lady,  I choose to love  her 26  years ago  , and in return I got a lot of  love and  happy memories... 

I used a  gift  image  and choose some pretty DP  and colored  that image  to match or coordinate   with colored  pencils, then  a blender pen, my favorite way to  color... 

I  love the SU label dies  and  I used some clear liquid  gloss on the flowers to  make them shiny.  And a piece of  velvet ribbon  to make the color pop  ... This card is  5 x 6 1/2  inches. 

Again I love square cards...  this one  opens  in the  center  ..

I used some  blush colored  card stock  against the  black  card, I think it  makes a nice contrast... 

I used Sizzix  label # 18  dies,  some  ribbon in my stash, that was purchased to go with the  blush card stock   and then soaped a fun butterfly  in  blush  , just to add  some  thing  so  it was  not so plain...  The double layer of labels  is  attached  only to the left side  so the card  opens  ...This card is 5 1/2  x  5 1/2  and  really an easy and quick card...It will be  going out to a special lady .

  Well there  you have it,  the first card is  way out of my  comfort zone, but I love the way it turned out...soft and pretty... 

 I  love the quote, at the  top oft the post...It is so me...  I love  to create...but  need that  push ...

Thanks  for stopping  by,  Come  back  soon... Have a great week... And  SMILE

til next time,  waving  

Sonja

HELLO AND WELCOME AUGUST OH HAPPY DAY

Hello, how are  all of you today?  As we say good  bye to July, one of  my favorite  months usually,  I am ready to welcome  August this year... I have  three cards to share, two are  from out  group that love to share ideas and challenges...And one is a birthday  card  for my  brother Bill 

So  here we go  

First is Bill's card,  both of my brothers and I share a love for trains... I love  Basic Grey Paper  and  this is all I could come up with...  I distressed  the edges  to go with the  look of the paper  

# 2  is  from our August  ideas and goodies,  I love  the  selection of paper  we were  given...Awesome stuff  

This card is  for  my  niece,  hope she is  not peeking in here  today ...lol 

 If you are,   I love  you Tanya... 

I used  paper and  die  cut   and sentiment  along with  following  the chalenge to make a  FLAT card  that  would not cost EXTRA  to mail...

I added some  bling because Tanya is a "sparkly "  kind of  gal

#3  is  a special  card....not to be  mailed to any one~ but to start off August  in the  mind to remember and celebrate 

I used lots of  bling to  create a HAPPY  look  

So are  you smiling?  And are  you wondering  why it is a HAPPY DAY

OK  here ya  go... 

Today is a reminder yet also a day to celebrate.... 

10 years ago today 

I 

was diagnosed with cancer and started my journey to fight that battle... 

I had the most amazing support team of my family, my extended family,

 and friends along with friends of each of them~

 and I had God's Blessing

 and Hand ~ 

So today as I know I am a survivor I live knowing God hears and provides 

And I get to watch grand children grow and daughters excel and hope I

 can convey to all of that support team as well as new people in my life 

that my heart says thank you and I love you all .

Never take a second for

 granted, enjoy each and every one of them... 

And always say thank you

Thank you  for stopping  by, I hope the  tea  was  as you like it,  and enjoyed  the sunshine as you   were able to visit... 

Til  next  time I leave you with, smiles and  happiness,   Have a Great Day...  

Soni