Sunday Sketch

Here is my 365cards Sunday Sketch.
I use papers from The Linen Closet Matstack. The flower from the bridal section at Michaels. The ribbon, and pearls came from the top of my desk. ;)

Summer Nights

And the summer nights are upon us down here in NC. The humidity is beginning to rise. Pat's Saturday challenge is about summer fun. One of my happiest memories is when the boys were little, and I showed them how to catch fireflies. since Scott's death, I reflect back a lot about their childhood. Good, wonderful, happy times.

I used Cricut's Stretch Your imagination cartridge to cut out the canning jar and the fireflies. I used Plantain School house for the grass. I cut the canning jar out of the clear acetate, then the jar lid out of silver foil paper and roughed it up a little so it would look like one of the old "timey" type lids. I adhered the jar with3d dots, also the fireflies underneath the jar, and in the night skies. the others in grass were just stuck on. I hope you get out this summer and catch some fireflies. Be young again.
And yes always remember to catch and RELEASE those little wonders.

Around My House

My Mom, Sister and Niece came to visit today. As they were getting ready to leave, we walked around the house so Mom could see my flowers and garden. Ashley, my Niece took some shots with he phone camera. She takes better shots with it then I do my real camera. Hope you enjoy seeing them.
A shot of a wind chime in one of my Maples



The Clematis winding around my light post


And finally but most important. Miss Flossie Mae using her best manners for our company.
Thanks Ashley for sharing these today.

365 Cards Sunday Sketch

At 365 they have a Sunday Sketch challenge. Go here to see the sketch. I have all the elements of the sketch on it, just not in the same order. The paper was a scrap, so I have no ideal where it came from. Well everything on it was lying on my table. So this should qualify for a scrap challenge too if there is one out there somewhere. ;) Oh the main difference was that I made a first aid kit instead of a card. oops.

Shades of Brown

Shades of Brown, that is what my yard is going to look like if we have a dry summer, and don't get lots of rain this summer. But on to the Southern Breezes challenge this week. It is none other then "Shades of Brown" We have a friend that has a birthday next week and masculine cards are so very hard for me. He is a fantastic fisherman, always out fishing my husband. (Allan my DH, doesn't know I am sharing that) The image is digital, and I tweaked the image a little with some brown pencil. I went on to,layer it on 2 other shades of brown. I finished it off with 3 multi shades of brown buttons. Thanks for looking. I am off to do my rain dance now. ;)

All Natural

At 365 cards, the challenge was to use something from nature on the card. This is a set of cards I made for a birthday present. I wanted to use the same base card and color scheme on all of them. She will have to hand deliver them because of the embellies. I have them in a padded mailer with card board protectors to send as the gift today. Birthday tomorrow. I am cutting it close I know. The photo below is zoom in on the card that qualifies for the challenge. I used the dried leaf spines on it. thanks for visiting.

Me and Mine

Today's post is nothing to do with paper, ribbons, embellies or the sort. I just wanted to share a few pictures of pictures of the things around my yard. The others were taken on my granddaughter's 21st birthday, back on the 3rd of May. Enjoy!!!
I always try to grow some nasturtiums because my mother always did when I was growing up.

Miss Flossie Mae just had to get in the above photo

The North 40 Feet that is (wink)


The first picture is of Amber my oldest Granddaughter on her 21st birthday, with the middle granddaughter, Madison. The second is of Amber and the youngest Granddaughter, Natalie.