Friends

Hello sweet neighbors and friends!  As some of you know, I have been out of town for the last ten days and I certainly know exactly what Dorthy means, "there is no place like home"!  Grampa Art and Nanny (me) took my daughter's four kids to the beach for a week.  Oh what a riot that was.  Four kids in four different places on a beach!  The kids had a blast and I did too.  Grampa Art is still recovering!!

From left to right - Grampa Art age unknown, Caroline age 10, Joe age 8, Sarah age 5 and Nicole age 12.  Yes that is me age - just south of 70!

I really had a good time swimming with the kids.  This is me and grandson Joe - he is yelling help and Nicole is coming in for the kill.  I thought those varmints were gonna drown me.  But I showed them - LOL!

Every now and then kids seem to get into trouble and when they do, Grampa Art takes them to "time out".  You can tell by the looks and posture they are not too happy. 

After all that sun and sand it is time for some snow and I do love snow. 

I hope y'all have enjoyed my post and my Mr. Snowman and friend card.  I also wish everyone a very good summer and I am holding our friends in New Mexico and Northern Colorado in my prayers.  For those of you who do not know, the fires are raging in the Southwest and over 180 homes of been destroyed in Colorado.

My best to you and you know I love all your comments.
Sandy

Wedding Bells Ring!

A friend of ours is getting married in June so I thought I would make he and his soon to be bride a wedding card.

I do believe LOTV makes the sweetest images and I do love this little couple!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
The House That Stamps Built - Sketch
Delightful Challenges - Add Ribbon
Shelly's Images Blog - Show Us What You've Got
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Let's Hear It For The Girls
DRS Designs - Weddings
Wish Craft - Waste Not Wednesday


I do so appreciate all your sweet comments.
Sandy

BEWARE

I really love my A COMPENDIUM OF CURIOSITIES  book.  Lord Tim has all kinds of fun ideas to use and his methods are so creative and fun.  Here is a card I made using the Shattered Stains technique.

I freely admit - I love Halloween.  What a hoot and who else better to use for a spooky card than Tim Holtz.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Studio l3 Compendium of Curiosities 2 -    Shattered Stains
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog -   Clean and Simple
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge- -   No Pesky Girls Allowed
LEJ Challenge Blog -   Lots of Layers
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge -   Things with Wings
Fairy Tale Challenge Blog -  Things with Wings
Simon Says Stamp And Show -   Anything Goes

I hope you get a chance to try this technique, it sure is fun!  I appreciate all of your kind comments.
Sandy

A Plate Full of Goodies!

This is going to a group I belong to on Splitcoast  Stampers.  A delightful group of ladies that use the same image every month to see what we each come up with - Here we go .........

Too bad for me - I am on a diet!

I am entering my sweet goodies colored with Faber-Castell colored pencils into  the following challenges:

Skipping Stones Design -- Sketch
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Simon Say Stamp Challenge Blog - Sweet Tooth

Hope you enjoyed my plate full of goodies  and thanks for all your sweet comments!!
Sandy