My nephew Eric and more cards

Here's a few more of what I worked on this past weekend, totally and crazily addicted to these Anya images:

Campfire Riley

I love da Bella:

A while ago, I blogged about my nephew Eric and the prom last year... read here.
This is a better picture of us that day, thank God this kid loves me - hee hee:

Look at him - look at how freaking adorable this kid was - OK, just pretend not to notice the totally '80's hairdos... LOL
This is my auntie Karen, Eric, and me at Christmas time.

So I just wanted to say that I cannot believe how fast time flies. I cannot believe my nephew is graduating from high school tonight, right about now! I love you and am so proud of you, Eric!!! Peace.

Hula Anya & More

I have been a busy girl today! I made a set of baby thank-you cards for my friend's daughter-in-law, who is having a little girl soon. Here are a couple of those:

Baby Bella Pea by Stamping Bella
Bella baby buggy bumper, also by Stamping Bella

I've also been working on sets of cards as end-of-year teacher gifts for Trevor's teachers, clinician, and principal, who have been so extremely awesome to us this year. Here's a few - I can't show you too many, because they may be reading my blog and I don't want to ruin the surprise! :o)

This one is from the "Hope & Grace" set by the Greeting Farm

Botanical Blooms by Stampin' Up!

This one I just kind of threw together, and I actually really like the results!


And finally, these 2 were for the Club Anya "I Wanna Be Just Like..." challenge - I used Hula Anya for both of them:

Hope you enjoyed! Peace!

Jeremy's birthday party

Yesterday was Jeremy's 38th birthday and we had a party/cookout. It was a LOT of fun. Here are some of the pics.

Timmy stopped by before work, so I had to make him pose for a picture with me before he left, of course:

My friend Tardy in the red - he brought the "coo-coo juice" - this is him mixing it up:

Kerri-Lynn and me:
Missy and Dan:
Trevor and Dan - I can't believe Trev is actually taller than him!

Jeremy - the birthday boy!

Me and Missy:

Me and Holly:

My sis Shell and me:

Me and my friend Michael Francis - hee hee:

Angela and me:

Me and Dan - it's starting to get dark out now and we've been drinking Tardy's coo-coo juice for hours... we had a LOT of fun!
This is my bro-in-law Jay, my sister's hubby, and me:
This is my friend Tardy and me - we get more affectionate as the night goes on.... :o)
Missy and me kissing Sean - I have been friends with Sean since we were about 5:

Another of my BFF's, Kev and me:

Kev and me again - I love this picture, maybe it's because it's one of the few pictures that you can tell I actually have eyes:

Me and my girl Cassidy:

Jeremy and Angela at the end of the night - ROFLMAO - a picture speaks a thousand words:

Happy Birthday Jeremy!

Happy Birthday to my hubby Jeremy! Today is his birthday, and we are having a big combination birthday/Memorial Day party/cookout for him. It starts in just about 2 hours. So what am I doing? Stamping, of course. hee hee I spent all day yesterday cleaning and getting ready for the party, and I just HAD to stamp this morning because tonight is the deadline for Miss Anya's "I want to be just like..." challenge. Here is my submission - you like?

Sorry - Ian is in hiding while my card is out for publication! He'll be back 30 days after the publication date! Thanks! :)

This was just another one I made while playing with my new rubbah, I had bought one Ian and one Anya, along with Hope & Grace (I LOVE the Greeting Farm stamps!!):

And this is one of the other stamps I just got, this is Hula Anya:
Hope you all have a fun, safe weekend! I am off to par-tay! :o) Peace.

Lazy weekend!

Saturday was beautiful outside, Jeremy planted a few tomato plants in our garden and did yardwork. I ran errands in the morning after meeting friends for breakfast, and then I watched him. hee hee Here he is petting the neighbor's dog, Sam. I am not a dog person, but Sam is a really good dog. I like Sam. Sam likes attention, as you can see:

Now here's Trevor playing with him, shaking hands:
And Sam appears to be smiling in this one, LOL:

This is what I bought Jeremy for his birthday gift. It's an outdoor fire pit. I think I am more excited about it than he is. hee hee I also bought him a ticket to see the Dave Mathews Band at Fenway Park next week, too, so he can't complain. :o)

OK my plant/nature friends - this pretty plant is growing in one of the corners of my house - help! What is it? I like it, I just want to know what it is!

Here are the flowers close-up:

Now on to the cards! Here is a chance to win some yummy blog candy at Passion for Crafts. Not only do I like her blog candy, but I love her style, too.

Here are a couple of cards I made this weekend. This is using Elzybells Knight & Princess stamp:

This one is using my favorite Ketto, MissMatch. I placed an order for some Kettos and a few other things at Stamping Bella and I cannot wait for them to arrive, it's like Christmas!

That's all for now! Peace.

Birds and blog candy

I love our yard. My house is surrounded by trees, and we see all kinds of birds in them. I hear owls all the time, I see hawks, cardinals, robins, chickadees, and lots more. I've never really been all that interested in birds until recently. I think they are fascinating and beautiful! One day, Jeremy called me at work to tell me that he had hung a birdfeeder in the pine tree right outside our kitchen window, and that it "sounded like the Congo out there." LOL He took a picture and I think they are American Goldfinch:

Anyone? Am I right? LOL

Then I was sitting on my porch one day, hoping to catch a photo of something good, when this pair of cardinals came long. I had no idea that female cardinals look so... well, not like cardinals at all! It was so interesting watching them - they are always together, and the male hovers above her, hopping from branch to branch while she sits there chowing away on birdseed. LOL You go, girl!

Here she is, a little suspicious of me, but still not disturbed enough to stop eating. hee hee

Now even closer - hey! Is she freaking posing for me? Isn't she pretty?

And here's the male, watching over her protectively. Awww... ain't love grand?

Now on to the stamping stuff! Here's a cute and quick graduation card that I made with one of the first digital images I've purchased, Grad Anya. Isn't she adorable?

There are so very many blogs out there, and my bookmarked list of "favorites" was growing so long, that I had to make a separate list of "most favorites"... hee hee FionaJ Cards is one of my most favorite! She's giving away some yummy blog candy, so check it out.

That's all for today. Peace!