SPRING HAS SPRUNG

Hi everyone! It's been a spell since I posted. I had good intentions, but just didn't get "around to it" or "a round tuit". But here I am this lovely morning. 


I've been busy putting some cards together after all of the coloring that I've done. It's soooo easy to just sit and color, but now it's time to get busy. 


The card today is one of my all time favorites! (But then, most of them are, ;-). In fact, the layout was my own creation. (I'm not very good with designs and use a lot of different blog challenges.) So I'm especially proud of this one.


I have quite a few cards ready to post, so I'll try to keep up with postings, but you know how it goes. Promises, promises.


Hope you all are enjoying this spring weather and I hope you enjoy this card. See ya'll later. 

CRUISE IS OVER

Hello, fellow stampers. I returned from a "Red Hat" cruise a week ago. It took a week to get rested and back to normal. I caught a cold, but it was just a small one and am over that now. And pretty much rested up.


Each cruise has a theme and this one was "Rock 'n' Roll. This was my fourth Red Hat cruise and a great time was had by all that attended.


There were a few competitions, as usual, on this cruise. One was for best hat, one for best costume and one for door decoration. My "roomy" and I took 3rd prize for our door. We had a blast designing and putting it together. What do you think???

We had thought of buying some old "45" records, but ended up making them using some black glitter cardstock. We were very pleased with the results.


We went on the Carnival Dream. My goodness, but that's a large ship. We figured that it's almost a 1/4 mile from end to end, and our room as waaayyyy in the back. Plenty of exercise!

Now that I'm back and caught up with things around here, I'll start making some cards and start posting again soon. 


It's good to be home!

FLIP CARD

Another day closer to my Red Hat cruise. We leave a week from tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to this cruise.


Last Saturday, several of us attended "Stampfest" in Clearwater. My goodness, but there are so many stamps out there. Of course, I purchased some. I just couldn't help myself. 


There were so many people that I couldn't get near one display that had just oodles of clear-stamps. Maybe it's a good thing I couldn't get near it. Saved me some money.


However!! I did get to one display and absolutely loved the display. I bought a kit and this "block" of stamps. There are five stamps on a block, four images and a sentiment. This is a completed card that I made;

I figured if I bought the kit, I could get the measurements and take it from there. In fact, I returned to the display and bought two more blocks.


This card is so much fun to make, but... I had a minor problem with adding the four elements in the correct sequence. I had to keep two of the cards I made as samples. 


You all stay safe out there and stay tuned. You never know what I will come up with next.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Happy Valentine's Day, one and all.

We were at Busch Garden last Friday to see Frankie Avalon and on our walk to the theater, we went by this lovely garden. I just had to stop to take a couple of pictures. It was NOT there the week before. Isn't it lovely?


The Frankie Avalon show was excellent. It's hard to believe that he is 71 years old. He surely doesn't look it or act it. He told us some stories and facts, such as he has eight children; four boys and four girls and they were all born within a ten year span. WOW! 

One of his son's plays drum with the band. (He really gets into it when he has a solo). He introduced another young band member as Eden, "but he's not my son". Later in the show he said that Eden is the son of Don Everly, of the Everly Brothers. He and Eden then sang some of the hits from the Everly Brothers. You would have thought that the Brothers were "in the house".

I'm getting ready for my annual Red Hat Cruise, so things are a little hectic. A busy week coming up. Our Red Hat Group is off to Tampa Bay Downs for the horse races on Wednesday, and Thursday is our day at Busch Garden. The Osmond Brothers will be performing this week. Gee, but life is tough... lol.


I almost forgot! Four of my "stamping" friends and I went to "Stampfest" in Clearwater yesterday. What fun and soooo many stamp sets. I purchased the makings for a "flip" card that is just too cute. I'll take some pictures when I get a chance and post the cards. 


In the meantime, the following card is not a valentine, (you've already seen those that I made) but from some cards I made a couple of years ago. Hope you enjoy it and until next time, stay safe.

TONY ORLANDO

Good evening, all. I have been so bad. I intended to do more posts, but time just seems to get away from me. And I swear! One is busier in retirement then when one was working. The "social life" is really hectic. NOT complaining, don't you know. I just might have slowed down just a wee bit.


Anyway.... time to play a little catch-up. We've been to Busch Garden a couple of times since the last post. We saw Tony Orlando last week. What a really great show it was. If you haven't seen him recently, you might enjoy these pictures.

You can see he has put on a little weight but it didn't affect his singing. He's still one great performer.


He featured some female singers but I don't remember who they were. Great voices, I must say.

And then, of course, there were the renowned "Diamonds" from the '50's. And one of them was an original. Nostalgia? Oh, my, yes!


Well, anyway, after the show, we took a detour and watched the elephants for awhile, then went to "out of Africa" and saw lions, hyena's, giraffe's and lots of others. What a lovely day.


Since this is supposed to be about cards and stamping, I'll close by posting a card I made quite awhile ago. I may have posted it before, but if I did, here it is again. Have a wonderful evening and see you next time. Stay safe.

RED HAT SISTERS

Hi all. Another day, another nickel. Or is that another penny? Oh well. Today we in Florida must go to the polls and vote. I'm still not sure for whom I'll cast my vote, but I will cast one.


A friend and I will be going out to lunch after voting. We will definitely go to the Olive Garden. The last time we were there, we each received a $5.00 gift card to be used by the 31st, so tomorrow is it. Of course, we'll also check out Michael's and Joann's.


I recently told myself that I had quite a lot of images colored so it was time to make cards. I've had this one colored for awhile now, and couldn't figure out what to do with it. Alas, I checked out some of the "sketches" I'd saved to a folder and found one that works. 

I imagine that all of us Red Hatter's picture us as looking like this chick. I don't even remember where I got this digital image, but I think it was from Australia.


Until next time, you all have a wonderful day and stay safe.

VALENTINE DAY (ALMOST)

Well here we are, just one more day and we are into February. I don't know where this month has gone. Time just seems to fly and there is never enough of it to do all the things we want. Oh, tomorrow????


We cut our RVing short by one day. Having no TV or phone is really, really hard. (LOL) The location was great and it was a busy park, but... 


I did some Copic coloring while I was there and had decided that this week I was going to make some cards with what was already colored, but... my daughter sent me a You Tube link to "darleen003", and she made the cutest card ever. Once I saw it, I knew I had to make valentines for my granddaughters using her card as a sample. 


Wouldn't you know that last week I had stopped at Michael's and purchased (among other things) three of there $1.00 stamps to use for Valentine's and they worked perfectly for one of the cards. The cards had to be 5"x7" in size so that I could use my stamps. Here's the first one.

My 10 year old Granddaughter will get this card. I made a similar one to send to another little girl who is very special.


Since the other Granddaughter will be 12 years old shortly, I figured she needed a card that was a little more "mature", so I made the following card for her.

I hope you all enjoy these two cards. Until next time, you all have a great day, a great week and stay safe.