DELIGHTFUL DAFFODILS

Good morning, friends. I spent most of yesterday "playing" with my scrapbooking buddies at our clubhouse. Well, we started out scrapbooking and it has morphed into cardmaking. 


Our original group started about nine years ago. We found a local Creative Memories consultant and she took our scrapbooking to a whole other level. Then....she felt she wasn't challenged enough, so about a year and a half later she became a Stampin' Up Demonstrator. We told her that we were not getting into that; we had enough invested in Creative Memories. Well, let me tell you, we are all stampers now and loving it. (Thanks, Debbye, you are the greatest.)


Some of us have started coloring with the copic markers, but we still use our Stampin' Up markers as well. Today's card is colored with my copics and the stamp was borrowed from a friend. I hope you like the card and that you all have a wonderful day.

MISTAKES

It's a another lovely day in the neighborhood, folks. As I look out the window in front of my computer I see the most lovely amaryllis. Spring flowers are blooming everywhere!


I've used the same stamp before on the card I'm posting today. Here's the story behind the post. (Keep in mind that I am NOT blonde, but maybe some white counts?) 


When I colored this image the first time, I colored the "ponytails" a bluish color because, now here's the laugh, I thought they were wings! Yes, that's right, wings! My darling daughter pointed out to me that it was hair, not wings. How I laughed. (I'm still chuckling over it.) Of course, thinking about it I KNOW that wings come from the back, not the head. Here's the first card once again.

Anyway, here's the image colored correctly this time. I hope you like it. Have a great day and see you soon.

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.