Good Friday...

I should be asleep! The kids have the day off from school, and yesterday we made an eight hour (round trip) drive to Houston and back. Phew! It's April!! That means that my brother will be coming home from Iraq. He has been there for a year, and I can't wait for him to be back in Texas. Boy, we miss him lots. My Shelby Jo turns 7 years old in a couple of weeks. I have been making the invitations for her party, and I can't wait to show you. Trish Turay, who owns Work In Progress Kits, created a dress garland a while back and it gave me an idea. She used a dress template that was too cute. I made the image a little smaller, and made a template for the invitations. You can read the tutorial, and download the template Here. Run....DO NOT WALK...to check out the WIP Blog. Lots of Inspiration!!!

I have some new cards to share with you today. I have been busy creating and making messes!!! I have been playing with new Cosmo Cricket, Piggy Tales, Jillibean Soup, and some Dear Lizzy *tee hee*!! Guess who is joining up to make some gorgeous projects??? Elizabeth Kartchner (Dear Lizzy herself) and Shimmerz!! SWOON!!!! Liz will be using Shimmerz in her classes. Two of my favorite things...together :)


I used the Cosmo Cricket Material Girl for this card. I punched circles from patterned paper to make the scalloped border. I even broke out some stamps for this card!!!! I am going to try and use my stamps more often. This stamp is from Unity.



So, I love this card! I should have put Happy Birthday on there somewhere..oops!! Will have to go back and do that :) I used Cosmo Cricket and Jillibean Soup. Lots of Glue Dots on this card. I cut the little cars out and put 2 glue dots on the back. It gave it enough height so that I could wrap the jute.


This is just a fun little card using Cosmo Cricket. I stitched the ribbon to go with the flow of the paper!!! I don't know about you, but I am ready to go on vacation.

Well, that's it for today. I have some more cards to share and I will try to do that tomorrow. We have a busy weekend ahead. Lots of family, food, eggs, and celebrating. What are your plans for Easter weekend? Whatever they are, I hope that they are Blessed :)