Men's Card

It's hard for me to create cards that are more suited for men than women but I think this one fills the bill.  What you can't see in the picture is all the white glitter all over the mountains and through the water, as well as all over the trees.  It really is a very pretty yet masculine card and I'm happy with the way it turned out - I hope you are too!

Happy Valentine's Day

During our class at Mulberry Grove, we will be doing 4 Valentine cards, two of which I've designed.  This is one of them and I must say, I'm very happy with it.  It reminds me of cards that we used to give one another when we were children (which, I must say, was a very looooooong time ago!).  Hope you like it!

Rita

Okay, so I missed a few days!

It's been pretty hectic at work so I did miss a few days of posting.  To make up for it, here is a card with matching corner bookmark that we did at Stonecrest yesterday.  Hope you like them.  Directions for the bookmark can be found at Splitcoaststampers.com.  I WILL be back tomorrow!

Love the way this turned out!

I made this card at Stonecrest yesterday and everyone seemed to like it.  The color of the leaves appears a little distorted here but in person, they match the flower.  I colored the flower myself (it started out white) by using a mixture of rubbing alcohol, Create-A-Shade paint from CTMH, and reinker which matches the cardstock I used on this card (Smoothie).  These is such as easy process and really adds to the overall look of the card.

Thanks for looking!

Rita

This card looks terrible in the picture!

In person, this is a pretty card although I will admit that the patterned paper colors don't match the blue of the cardstock and ink.  What can I say?  I've got lousy lighting at home and it looked great in that situation.  Plus, my scanner at work is really crappy - it doesn't close all the way so that's why this picture has a shadow on the right hand side.  Oh well, this one goes into the trash and I'll head back to the drawing board, although I do like the layout.

The medallion is made with a Martha Stewart corner punch.  This trick doesn't work with all of her corner punches and some of those that it does work with turn out very ugly medallions.  I really like this one!

My New Year's Resolution: At least one card a day!

I'm really trying to keep this blog active even if just for my own use.  It's a great place to show and store the cards I have made.  This first one is for Stonecrest this Sunday.  They requested a "male" card so I think this one may fill the bill:

And I just love the way the flower turned out on this one!  Hopefully, I didn't smash it too bad when I scanned the card:

And while I'm uploading photos, I might as well include one of my sweetie, Roscoe!

Thanks for looking!  More to come.

Rita

The cloud in my brain has passed!

I can't believe it has been more than a year since my last post here!  And so you ask, what's my excuse?  Actually, I have two excuses:  1)  Life got in the way, and 2) I had a brain fart ... I couldn't remember how to get into my account!  I know - lousy excuses but I promise to make up for my absence.

Here are a few cards I recently finished.  Hope you enjoy them.  And if you've seen on the news that Florida is the only state in the lower 48 that doesn't have snow on the ground, don't think "lucky Rita".  It was 24 degrees when I was driving to work this morning!  So the only reason we don't have snow is because it's too dry here!


The first is a simple card but more importantly, I finally got to play with my Cricut again!  What with the holidays and all the classes I've been preparing for and teaching, I just haven't had much time to play!  Inside it uses a new CTMH stamp "I didn't forget your birthday ... I'm just extending the celebration!".  Boy, can I relate to that sentiment!

It's a little hard to see on this one, but the white piece is embossed, using my Cuttlebug, and I cut the leaves on my Cricut.  Ain't tools great??.  

Boy, I struggled with this one.  When I found the paper at a garage sale, I really liked it.  But once I started working with it, I found I just wasn't that crazy about it.  I used the Cricut to cut an oddly flapped card.  What I do love about the card are those cool new CTMH flower buttons!

So enjoy for now.  I'll be back soon ... now that I remember my password!

Christmas Card

This card was such fun to make!  It stands up by itself and is called a pedestal card.  I'll be making lots of these for Christmas.

BTW, ignore the fact that my tree is crooked!

Really goofy Thanksgiving card!

At one of the classes I teach, I was asked to make cards with a "candy" theme.  Since I don't have any stamps of candy, this is what I came up with.  It looks really odd in person - the turkey is too small and the candy corn is too large but hey --- I figured we'd have a good laugh over it.

Life Happens

Well, I finally got my camera hooked up to my computer and transferred all the photos of the recent cards I've designed. I was all set to transfer the photos here this past weekend but apparently, in hooking up the camera docking station, I did something to the mouse and couldn't get that to work. So, after crawling around on the floor under my desk, I finally got the mouse to work but now the keyboard doesn't work. Plus, my Cricut doesn't work! I had a Sunday class over in Stonecrest and after I got home from there, I tried to fix everything to no avail. I finally threw in the towel and gave up.

So, I'll try again tonight after I get everything ready for Wednesday's class. I can't live without my Cricut!

New projects coming soon!

I know, I know -- it's been a very long time since I posted. But that doesn't mean I've stopped creating - it just means that my digital camera went down the toilet (figuratively - not literally!). But I now have a new digital camera and once I figure out how to hook it up, I'll be all set to go! I've actually taken all the pictures, now I just have to get them on to my computer so I can get them posted here! I hope you'll like them and leave some feedback for me.

Classes are still going strong, I'm still working, and thoroughly enjoying creating. Of course, my house is still not being cleaned, laundry isn't being done, and dishes aren't being washed. Good thing I eat out most nights, otherwise, I'd have a ton of dishes to do. But at least I use my dishwasher (unlike a friend who shall remain nameless ... Donna: you know who she is!!).

Roscoe is fine and is still chasing Mr. Squirrel who travels across my Florida room screens several times a day (why do they do that?). He drives Roscoe absolutely nuts ... so much so that Roscoe charged the squirrel recently and broke through one of the windows in the Florida room. Finally found someone near my office that will fix it very reasonably.

So stay tuned ~ I promise I'll be back soon with my pictures.

Relay for Life 2009

I finally got batteries for my lousy camera and decided to upload the pictures from this year's Relay for Life. Mike's Maintenance participated for the first time and we were awarded a Bronze Plaque for the amount of donations we received. It was a lot of fun - also A LOT of work - participating in the Relay.

Jerry and Linnea, both being cancer survivors, walked in the Survivor Lap with me, along with over 1000 other cancer survivors. It was very emotional and quite a sight to see! A big screen TV flashed the names of the survivors all night long - Jerry's was the only one of our names that I could catch.

So many employees of Mike's pitched in to help throughout the many months that preceeded the event itself: Rose and Paula did everything they could possibly do to make the event a success; Rob cooked his little a-- off from morning til night (we sold hotdogs and chili as a fundraiser); Kevin and his wife Connie, pitched in with both the yard sale and the Relay walk; Jan and Cris came to walk with me; and of course, Mike's and Denise's contribution (money!) was invaluable! Even little Megan (Rob's daughter) pitched in and was our 'cashier' at the event. Hope you enjoy these - you can click on each picture to get a better look!

Rita

I'll be back

Well, it's been a while since I updated my blog . . . only because life and work seem to get in the way of having fun! I promise I'll be updating this weekend (unless I go shopping!) since I've got all the class kits done for about my next 8 classes and I'd love to show you the cards I've made. I hope you like them - I do . . . and that's rare for me (I'm my own worst critic - other than an individual who shall remain nameless at this point!). I always appreciate kind words!

So stay tuned! If you click on 'followers' on the left side panel, you'll automatically be notified when I've updated my blog.

Thanks for checking in with me! Feel free to leave a comment.

Survivor Card

I designed this card as a fund raiser for this year's Relay for Life in The Villages, FL. The company I work for, Mike's Maintenance, is participating with a team for the first time this year. We are doing a number of fundraisers - one of which is selling this card for $4.00 each. It was designed using a stamp my sister, Margie, bought for me at Hobby Lobby.

If you are interested in purchasing one or more, please feel free to contact me! All proceeds go to Relay for Life.