Erin's 16th birthday!

My beautiful granddaughter, Erin, is sixteen today!!  When she was born we had two grandsons, and although grandsons are fabulous, we saw this awesome baby girl, and went crazy!!

Here are some pictures of her that were taken over the weekend.  She danced on Sunday, and the boyfriend went to encourage her to do well.  I guess it worked!!

Here's our girl in her new dress with her trophies!


She won one first and three seconds out of four dances! WOW!



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Here she is with her boyfriend, Bill.  I guess now they call it a "relationship" (but what do I know???)

Isn't he cute? He's a grade ahead of her, a Junior, and they will be going to the Junior Prom on Saturday.  We met Bill last week at Erin's party for her Confirmation (he sat with me in church), and he is just the sweetest guy.

Here is Erin with her mama, our daughter Amy.  Can you tell how proud of Erin she is???  These dance competitions have given Erin a lot of confidence, and they get to spend some time together, just the girls.  Sometimes Erin's two brothers and Dad attend, but the boys get antsy with all the waiting around!

And here at last is the birthday girl, at home, celebrating with her cake. Happy Birthday Erin!!! MWAH!

CCEE1318 Make it Shimmer

Our Hostess for the month of May is SHIRLEY (Shirt!).  She has challenged us to make a card that shimmers.

My Swallowtail (SU) stamp was versamarked and heated with Judykins Egyptian Sparkle Embossing Powder, and IRL, it sparkles and shimmers like crazy!

Please feel free to join us, and be sure to link your card to our blog HERE so we can enjoy it too.  See you next Thursday!

CHF Extra!

Here are some fun chicks.....a digi stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms.

They are colored with pencils, and I think they are so cute!  I can send dthis to any of my girlfriends, with the sentiment "Hi Chick!" on the inside.

Thanks for taking a look!

CCEE1317 In The Kitchen

Kathy Bradley, for her last theme as hostess for April, chose In The Kitchen.

The challenge was:  make a card using food, appliances, a whole kitchen scene, utensils - anything that can be found in the kitchen.

Of course I used RED.  This cute pastry chef image reminds me so much of my darling granddaughter, Erin, who turns 16 next week.  She is the pastry baker in the family, and everything she makes is so yummy!  This will go to her with a check in it.

Be sure to join us, linking your card to our blog HERE.  Check out the rest of the members of the team while you are there.  See you next week!

CHF25 - Spring!

Our hostess this week is Cindy, who chose the theme - SPRING!

I made this card with a digi from Cornish Heritage Farms called "Floppy Bunny", and the sentiment came from the digi section of CHF too.

I sponged a doily in pink, painted my bunny, which I cut out and popped, and did the same with the words.

Please join us.  You just might win some fabulous images!  Be sure to link your card HERE.

Sunday

Here's the card I made this morning in honor of Miss Ro (Robin) who is our Featured Stamper on SCS.  I changed her seahorse to a flower, and used my Fired Brick ink.

This is short and sweet......off to son Paul's for the double header Red Sox game, snacks, dinner, and cards.

Hope you are enjoying Spring wherever you are.  It's finally here!

Saturday Morning Inspiration

Our Inspiration Challenge today comes from a site called "My Deco". I chose this beautiful wallpaper for my background, and added three contrasting Memory Box Poppies in soft colors. I finished it off with a white bow. I hope you like it!
 
We had a wonderful week with two of our grands........Jake (13), and John (12) are cousins, and they enjoy all the same things.  John will eat anything, Jake is picky, but we survived mealtimes!!

They have the upstairs bedroom to themselves (32 feet long!!), and really love it for playing, reading, and watching movies.  The time flew by, and we loved havaing them, but when the house was ours again last night, we all breathed easier. 

Parenting is definitely for the YOUNG......and we sure are NOT!! Have a wonderful weekend, my friends.

CCEE1316 Color Challenge!

Our hostess, Kathy Bradley, chose a color challenge for us this week....pink, white, and gray.

I'm either late for this Easter, or early for next year. 

Please join us, linking your card to our blog HERE, and come back and play again next week.

CHF Extra!

Here's a card I made for a friend's birthday. 

The image is a digi stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms.  The sentiment is also from there, and is a rubber stamp from a big set of sentiments.

  I hope you like it!

CCEE1315 A Fun Recipe!



Our hostess, Kathy Bradley, gave us a recipe to follow for this week's challenge at CCEE.

(in addition to your card base),

use 2 designer papers, 1 circle, 1 square,

and whatever else your heart desires!

My card uses two dp's from Michael's, and black behind each part.  I think this is a great card for any guy!  I hope you like it.

Please join us, linking your card HERE, and come back again next Thursday!

CHF24 Travel

Today is Cornish Heritage Farms Challenge 24.  I am the hostess, and have chosen the theme "Travel".

You can see here I've decided to take a trip to the Eiffel Tower in Paris......would you care to go with me????  I WILL need someone to carry all my bags!! LOL!

Please join us using CHF images, and you just might win some CHF stamps!  Link your card HERE, and join us again in two weeks!

Hambo Hoedown

I just adore these Silly Birds With Hats from Hambo Stamps.

the Hambo Hoedown is taking place at their blog, and here is my entry.  the challenge was to use orange, yellow and aqua.  I ink this makes a fun and bright card for just about any occasion!

Butterfly Garland

The Inspiration Challenge today at SCS goes to Patina.  It's a store that has funky and fun objects for the home.

On the right is the butterfly garland that inspired my card for this morning - all punches in the three colors.  Sure makes me think of Spring (if it ever comes).

Have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

CCEE1314 Wings



Welcome back to the CCEE Challenge!  This month our hostess is Kathy Bradley, and her first theme is.....things with wings (real or imaginary).  I chose to use the butterfly from SU's retired set, Winged Things.  Perfect, right?  I had to add some RED, of course, and plenty of hologram Stickles.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.  See you again next Thursday!

Thomas Kinkade Week

Here's a sample of another image availaable at Cornish Heritage Farms.  This Thomas Kinkade image is called  "The Light of Peace" (TK110).  Check out all the other stamps available HERE, and come join the CHF challenge next week.

Peach and Lace

Here is the card I made for our challenge today at SCS.  The website (in Chinese) had such beautiful Victorian things!  I chose for inspiration a beautiful lace and peach bag.

The image is from Hampton Arts, colored with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo and Spun Sugar colors.  I added a rust flourish, lace and ribbon from MFP, and a sprig of little peach flowers.  Hope you like it.

Happy Easter tomorrow.  We are off to DD's to join the rest of the family.  I hope you are spending the day with family and friends too.

CCEE1313 Oldies But Goodies

For the last theme of the month our March hostess, Charlene, has asked us to use "An Oldie But Goodie" ( an old stamp that we haven't used in a looooooong time).  Here's what I made:



Of course this card went out for St. Patrick's Day on the 17th, but I saved it for you to see here.

Please join us, linking your card HERE, and check in with me again next week for a new hostess.

How About Some RED???

It's been a while since I posted some RED, so I thought I would treat myself.  This card was made for the sketch challenge at SCS.  It made me smile.......how  about you???

Spring Colors! (CHF Challenge below)

My two cards for SCS today use the same colors, but couldn't be more different.  Take a look:

This one is for the color challenge, turquoise, mustard, daffodil.

 

 

 

This one is for the MMTPT Challenge, Tickle a Teapotter.

Please take a gander at my CHF Challenge in pretty greens below before you leave.  Thanks!

CHF23 Pattern Paper

Our hostess at Cornish Heritage Farms this week is Steph.  She has challenged us to create our own patterned paper with CHF stamps.

I used Ornamental Beauty (LL6018) in Spanish Moss, and Haute Couture (5006) in Celery.

The filigree die cut is on top of the cream bg, and the flower is layered with a big pearl on top.  I punched out some flowers in cream, and shaped them with a stylus, then added stickles.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.  You just might win some images from us!  Come back again next week.