coffee birthday...

Happy Tuesday!!
Just popping in quick today!!  This weekend was CRAZY!!  We were supposed to celebrate my hubby's birthday, which was actually February 11th, but new computer installation at the office occupied most of my weekend (why can't things ever go smoothly with that kind of stuff???).  Luckily the last (I hope the last anyway) minor glitch was fixed this morning at 7 am (nothing like going down to the wire, LOL!)..


Here is the card I made for him, since he is definitely a coffee snob!!  I postponed his party to this coming weekend, and I have some fun ideas up my sleeve!!  Will post more about that later!!






Enjoy Today!

sending warm {coffee} thoughts...

Hi all!!

I hope you had a great weekend!!  I have been trying to wrap up all the Christmas details that I have  procrastinated about all month!!  This is the first year that I will probably finish my shopping on Friday December 23rd *yikes!!*  

My hubby even finished decorating the tree for me (I am just not feeling it this year~not sure why!!).  This is the first year that Ashley will not be home for Christmas.  She and Nate are heading to the COLD weather to celebrate Christmas with Nate's family in Pennsylvania.  We decided to have our Christmas celebration when they are both back in AZ, which is good, because it gives me some more time to get their presents, LOL!!

This week is my last week of training, and I will be thrown into the real world, LOL!! I think I will be okay!! In my opinion that is really how you learn!!

Here is a card I made for a friend of mine that will be getting a Starbucks gift card for Christmas (I HEART SB's!).  

OK friends!!  That is gonna do it for today!!

Have a FABULOUS Monday!!

sending warm thoughts...

Hi Friends!

I hope your week is off to a wonderful start!!  I have a quick post for you today.  

Today's card was inspired by Maile's recent PTI release card HERE. I like LOVE her minimalist stamping style, it is so clean and pretty!!  Here is my version using Warm Happiness 2.

I have been busy organizing~which always makes me feel soooo good!!  Something about getting rid of stuff that you no longer need or use; makes me feel lighter and much more relaxed!!  I think that may be my OCD talking, *wink*  

I have been organizing my closet, dresser, under the bed (lots of scrapbook supplies under there, LOL!).  

Every time I get a new shirt/sweater/pants/jacket/etc, it always comes with an extra button, I have gotten into the habit of just throwing them in a drawer in my dresser, well that drawer was starting to become a little unmanageable!!  I decided to cut open all the little zip lock baggies and add those buttons to my stash!!  I seriously have never used one of these buttons in over a year, so I think it is safe to say, they are fair game for my cards!!!  

And I think they look so much prettier stored in a mason jar!!

Enjoy Today!!

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like you a latte...

Happy February Friends...
Hope your weekend was fabulous! Mike and I never did make it to the movies...but we did buy a Pay Per View movie Saturday night. We watched this, it was OK...I had heard pretty good reviews, but IMO it was pretty slow and boring. Glad we only paid $5.99 to see it, LOL!

I finished my editing session and will post a link to my Flickr set, in a day or two (after the recipient receives their images), and you can see what has been keeping me so busy the past few weeks. I was so thrilled to finally play in my craft room without photo editing hanging over my head, LOL! Check out my mess from Saturday afternoon.

I start my Phaunt U class today~and I am super excited!!! I just love learning new stuff for Photoshop CS4. I am sure I will ramble about it over the next few weeks :)

Enough rambling for today, huh? I whipped up this little cutie with one of my favorite sets Warm Happiness (from PTI of course). A really quick and simple card.



Enjoy today!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Warm Happiness/Coffee Cafe (The Paper Company); Dark Chocolate/White cardstock; Raspberry Fizz/Fresh Snow/Choc Chip (SU!) ink; Cutie Pie Designer Paper (retired SU!); Raspberry Fizz Grosgrain Ribbon; Dark Chocolate Vintage Button; Twine

coffee anyone...

Hi all...

I am still having posting issues with blogger...not sure what is going on????

Are you ready for the long weekend? Mike and I don't really have anything too exciting planned...probably grilling out and watching a movie (my kind of weekend).

I {heart} coffee, especially Starbucks!!! I just love hanging out at SB sipping a white chocolate mocha outside on the patio:D Good Times! I also love coffee cups (I have tons of them...especially cute ones). That is what the inspiration was for this card...my ever growing coffee cup collection. I tried to copy a few of my fav's and this color combo emerged *smile* I will definitely have to send this card to one of my coffee loving peeps!

I actually dusted off my sewing machine and am working on a crafty sewing project...if it turns out okay, I will post it next week (sewing is not my forte, LOL!)

Enjoy your weekend!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Warm Happiness/Coffee Cafe (the paper co); Ocean Tide/Summer Sunrise/Pure Poppy/Whisper White (SU!) cardstock; Choc Chip (SU!)/Ocean Tide/Pure Poppy/Summer Sunrise/Fresh Snow ink; Ocean Tide grosgrain ribbon; Real Red button (retired SU!); Twine (SU!); Scallop punch (SU!)

back to reality...

Hi all! I hope you had a great Christmas! I cannot believe that 5 days off just flew by...back to work today (but I only have a 2 day work week, so I cannot complain, right?).

I have lots of Christmas pictures to share this week (just giving you a warning, lol!). Ashley got one of these and let me just say, I am still recuperating from it, lol! my arms are killing me!!!

My arms hurt so bad that I wasn't able to stamp on Saturday...can you believe it???? I have several thank you cards to make this week, so it will be a week or two of thank you cards.

Santa was pretty good to me *smile* I have a new lens on the way (excited to get that package!!!) and an external flash (which I used Christmas morning, since Josh and Nate were up at 6am and it was still pretty dark), some Papertrey goodies that I purchased with one of my gift cards *happy face*, and a docking station for my iPod (so nice to rock out while I am crafting).

Enjoy today and thanks for visiting!!!!

supplies used: (SU! unless noted) Warm Happiness/Mini Messages (PTI); Pure Poppy (PTI)/Very Vanilla/Choc Chip Cardstock; Pure Poppy (PTI)/Choc Chip/River Rock ink; Dashing Patterned paper; Choc Grosgrain ribbon; Small Circle punch

yummy thanks...

Hi all...did you do your cyber shopping yesterday? Not me...I still have lots to do (sigh)...every year Christmas shopping seems to get harder and harder! I am really at a loss on what to get for everyone...hopefully I will get some good ideas soon, since it is already 12/2 (gasp!).

I needed a thank you card for my friend Maryanne who brought dinner over to us after Mike's surgery last Monday. I grabbed my Warm Happiness set (love this one!), and the sentiment from Rustic Branches (both designed by Pine, btw...I just love her style!), and stamped away. I was pretty happy with the end result (because it is not how I had originally envisioned it, lol!).

I am hoping to finish post processing some Senior pictures of Sharon (Josh's girlfriend) today. Josh was the photographer and did a fabulous job (I think anyway). I am just tweaking them a bit in Photoshop. I will post a few if I get them done.

Enjoy today!

Supplies used (SU! unless noted): Warm Happiness/Rustic Branches (PTI) stamps; Kraft/Old Olive/Choc Chip/Whisper White cardstock; White (kraft)/Choc Chip/Old Olive ink; Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon

white chocolate mocha with whip...yummy!

Happy Monday!
I hope you had a great weekend! Mine was relaxing and too short, as usual, lol!

Friday we went out to dinner at Carraba's with some friends from church (thanks! you know who you are!)...that was a lot of fun.

Then Saturday morning, Ashley and Nate came over for haircuts...they brought us some yummy Starbucks coffee (non-fat white chocolate mocha...my fav! in their holiday red cups~I love that color!!!!)...which is where I got the idea for this card. I also added some whipped cream to the top of the cups with my liquid applique...and the best part is...it has 0 calories! Saturday afternoon, I got to play around with my camera and shot some photos of random stuff around the house and of course Peter (my cat, who is a great model, btw, lol!). It was nice to feel creative this weekend...love it!

Sunday we took our family pictures (thanks Sharon for being our photographer) for our Christmas card (which I still have to design). I got a few that are possibilities, but you know how it is...it is hard to find one that everyone is happy with. Here is a picture of me and Josh when we were done snapping photos...he was a good sport, even though I had sketched out 10 possible poses for us (I am a little crazy like that, lol!). He is a great kid!!!! Isn't he the cutest?

Enjoy your day~thanks for visiting!!!!

Supply List: (SU! unless noted) Warm Happiness (PTI); Like it a Latte stamp sets; Whisper White/Choc Chip/Pure Poppy (PTI) cardstock; Pure Poppy (PTI)/Chocolate Chip ink; Pure Poppy (PTI) Grosgrain Ribbon; Scallop Punch; Liquid Applique (JoAnn's)

warm happiness....

Hi Peeps!

Just a quick post today...I HAD to have this stamp set!!! I just love, no LOVE coffee! I think it all began with my grandmother (who was Swedish, btw), she had coffee running through her veins. As far back as I can remember when I would go over to her house (which was a lot, since she lived practically next door), she would always have some sort of baked good and give me coffee to drink (of course I added tons of cream and sugar back then). I think that is why I love coffee so much today! It reminds me of my "Mor Mor" (that's grandma in Swedish). She always had time to sit down and have a cup of coffee with whoever came over, no matter what time it was or even if she was busy. I think a cup of coffee is like a warm hug...especially shared with a friend! That reminds me...I think Ashley and I need to have a Starbucks date real soon!

Enjoy today! Thanks for visiting!!!

Supplies: Warm Happiness (PTI); Ocean Tide (PTI)/Choc Chip/Whisper White cardstock (SU!); Choc Chip (SU!)/Ocean Tide (PTI) ink; Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon (SU!)