Hello, has it really been three weeks since I was here?? Sorry about that... I was thinking today that I really need to be busy on my Christmas cards, so I opened up THAT box and started looking through it. I seem to have many odds and ends and left over pieces, so I started playing around.. Both of these will fall into the Non Traditional colors for a Christmas card, but clean lines and super easy. And that was perfect for a day of just not feeling well or having any "mojo"...The blue one is a 7 1/2 in by 3 3/4 inch card the other is regular size at 5 1/2 inch by 4 1/4 inches.
I warned you, these are super plain and simple...near the blah state... But hey, I stopped in and maybe I will get into the mood this way. I hope to find some real creativity and come back to share something fabulous...lol.
Until then, I hope you are having a good day and enjoying the season... As always, Thanks for stopping by, come back when you can sit and visit ...

WE ARE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD

My friend owns a fabulous gift shoope here in town. I get to help her there any time I want to...it is just like playing to me, I love being at her store... Any way, she wanted to host an event for Halloween, and call it WITCHES NIGHT OUT.So a few of us offered to help her, and the plans began... One of the ladies helping came up with the idea that we should all dress up in the Wizard of OZ costumes, and if you know me, I usually have my little dog with me.So guess which character I got to be?? Yep, Dorothy. So with help of my daughters, and husband, and the sewing expertise of my sister in law... I was transformed into Dorothy for the night.My daughter Krista, was Glenda, and my oldest grand daughter was a Flying Monkey...and she was fabulous, stealing ToTo and all... L O L

We had a fantastic time, along with many others. Everyone enjoyed themselves. There was a costume contest, BOO LIGHT specials, discounts, in store specials and refreshments of every kind... The cake was designed and made by my youngest daughter, Krista, and pumpkin bars by our scarecrow , punch and finger goodies were plentiful too along with a scary punch !

So here are some pictures of the night...hope you enjoy them...I know we all totally enjoyed our selves...

Painting Class

I have enjoyed the third year of my painting classes so much. Each year I learn a little more and have more fun than I ever thought I could...We have a super lady that encourages us, spoils us and laughs right along with us. This year she really went out of her way to reach out and explore new ideas with us and for us. Even though our classes end in September, due to her needing time to get ready for her craft shows, she offered us special class one night class in October, but that took some of us 2 nights...lol
I loved this idea from the day I saw it...and encouraged her to teach this class... Again each of our finished project is different from any one else's...but then in art, don't we all usually SEE things through different eyes ? ...

Mine is not exactly as I had visioned it, but I am happy with it...though I already see things that I wish I had done differently...
Again, thank you Lisa for all you teach us, and all you share with us... You are truly an amazing lady...

Over the weekend we had some family pictures taken by a friend...We wanted some out door shots and just casual fun ones too...We ended the day with a wiener roast with family and friends... It was a beautiful day to do this, and we all had a great time... Here are pictures from some of us there...These are just our immediate family, I will share more later of other family and friends... I just need to upload some from my camera too...
I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as we enjoyed having them taken. The kids were all good, no complaining at all, and they even did some candid posing of their own ideas and choice... It was a totally wonderful day and we cannot thank our friend enough for helping is out... She took some simply awesome pictures that day.

I thought that I would post a few more projects from my Tueday night GIRLS NIGHT OUT PAINT CLASS. So here are three more and then I need to take pictures of the last three... I like the last two, but the shutter just is not one I really like... However, it was a different texture painting on wood, and the slats made it a challenge to try to line up... Plus we had to totally do it free hand, with NO pattern...

The bucket was a glossy finish, so that was a different type of finish to paint on for us, and the bowl with the witch and pumpkins had a slightly rough almost grooved texture...so it was a bit of a challenge as well...
I have really enjoyed learning to paint and the time with these ladies, we ALWAYS have FUN... Our teacher is so creative and comes up with some really awesome ideas...

Well I have one more ball player to share with all of you.. This is Brooke and this was her first year to try softball. She is on a good young girls team, and the girls have enjoyed the season. It has been a great experience for her, she has learned a lot and found a new way to have fun. We were happy to be able to go watch even just a few of her games, and here are some pictures from the games we were able to go to. At some of the games we were so hot, and one were were all quite chilly, I had to wrap a beach towel around me to stay warm...Since I forgot to grab a sweatshirt or jacket...
Good Season Girls...

Soon it will be time for Soccer... : )

August Challenge

I am late into the month again working on my challenge, but I did get three cards made with enough supplies left to do one or two more.
It was using stamps from Clear Dollar Stamps, the lady that sent out this challenge is on the design team for them this month... She choose to use an Autumn theme which went with her images very nicely... I added some patterned paper I had and created a different look for me... I was happy with what I created... still on a simple streak...but it if works, go with it ! LOL The first 2 cards I simply used some patterned paper I had as the background, I thought it worked well with these images, and the third card I used a texture plate on a retired in color from SU, it was called Buckaroo Blue. The strip of paper with the trees has a touch of sparkle or sheen to it, and that adds a touch of dimension to the card I think...
I would love to hear your thoughts...
AND AS ALWAYS, THANKS FOR STOPPING BY...
HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR VISIT.