After Christmas Santa...



Well, Christmas got here, came and went.  Ron and the guys did a great job getting the floors down, and the house semi put together in time to celebrate.  They really did a great job!  There's still quite a bit to be done but thankfully we got through the holiday.  Now that my craft room is back to normal, I had a chance to dig out my Copics and do a bit of coloring.  This santa is one of my favorites.  I'm going to put him on a card - mind you, I'm early for next year (not late for this one). LOL and thanks for looking!

Cement, Dust and More Dust...

As Christmas approaches, we're still in the midst of our project to replace the flooring. I knew it would be a mess, but wow, the dust!  Thankfully when all is done, the floors will be down, the house will be painted and all will have been cleaned.  Ron, Derek, and Evan have been really working hard.  I'll be updating photos soon.  Since I took these they have started laying the floor, have the living room, most of dining room and are working in the kitchen.

The front "half of the house has been emptied for the most part, and the back part of the house and garage has everything "stored" there.  I swear there's not a clear surface.  But they are doing such a great job and it will be well worth it when it's done.

While they've been hard at work, I've been working hard in a different way - Christmas shopping.  While, we're a long way from having the tree up to put the presents under, hopefully when we get there I'll be ready.  This is definitely the strangest holiday season I've had. :)  We'll make it though.  I'm blessed to have a husband determined to make it happen!

A Tilda for the road....

I have been mostly coloring, and not making too many cards lately. I really enjoy the coloring, it's so relaxing. I colored this Tilda awhile ago, but made the card a short time ago and wanted to share.  My friends and I all enjoy shopping, hence...

I used Copics to color her, and also used them to color the little pearls to match.  I love these markers, you can do so much with them!



I had to post a Tilda, it may be a while before I have another to show. :) We are in the middle of a D-I-Y project (putting in laminate floors, after all tile comes out) as you see:

That is my daughter, Alissa. Yesterday, she and her husband, Daren, were over helping get the tile up. She can really swing a sledge hammer.  Below is a shot of what the living room looks like...

It's a dusty, dirty mess for sure and will be that way for awhile, I think.  Almost all of the tile is up, but now we have to get the stuff they used to lay it off the concrete, so that the floor is level.  I would like to move out and just come back when it's done. LOL!  In the meantime, this is what the scraproom looks like, not a surface to work on. *Smile* I imagine it will stay that way for awhile too.

Ah well, it'll be worth it in the end.  I hope...  :)  Have a great Sunday everyone!

Time flies

I won't win the blogger of the year award, should there be such a thing. I'm amazed at how much time has gone by since I decided to start a blog and put my first couple of posts up. It's been busy, that's for sure. 

In September was fortunate enough to take a Copic certification class (what fun!). I still have lots to learn, but really enjoyed it.  The instructor, Jennie, was terrific, and covered so much information.  I realized how much I have to practice and continue to learn. 

October came and went, evidently with no fanfare, which can definitely be a good thing.  At the beginning of November, went to the Scrapbook Expo, and had loads of fun.  Of course, spent too much money, but found some great deals. I added to the Copic collection... but there were no Magnolia stamps to be found. We stayed for the crop, and I found out that my DF is great at the hula hoop!  Presenting the champ, doing her hula hoop best:

A couple of shots of the group of us:

Good times!

Anniversary Card - Magnolia Style

Not only am I new to blogging, but to stamping and Copic markers as well.  Our anniversary was coming up, so I made my husband this card with Edwin on the front. He's colored with Copics, and I even put flowers on it. :)    It was the sentiment stamp that inspired me to make this card, which I gave to my husband this past Saturday - our 28th anniversary.

The sentiment stamp said,

Look in Your Mirror and you will see The Only One in the World for me.

I loved it, and so did he. :)

The papers I used were Bazzil and Basic Grey, I added brown flowers and pearls as embellishments. 

It was a quiet anniversary, coffee in the morning - he gave me the most beautiful flowers and a gift certificate for a manicure and pedicure.  I gave Ron a box of his favorites from See's candies. Alissa and Daren gave us gift cards for dinner at Red Lobster, which we will enjoy.

It was a hectic Tuesday at work today, but tomorrow marks the half way point - we'll make it to the weekend yet!

An Introduction

Welcome to my blog!  I'm new at this, so hopefully things will come through as they're supposed to.  As so many others, I really enjoy spending my free moments creating. Whether it be an image, via my camera, a scrapbook page to display said image, or stamping and coloring with my Copics - my newest addiction. I've got a great husband, who encouraged me to set up a room just for that purpose.  He and my son, Derek, worked so hard, so I think it's only appropriate to start my blog by showing off the room they helped to bring to reality.

Here's the table that is my workspace, I love it. We picked it up at a local consignment shop.  Ron and I had lots of fun looking around for what to put in my new craft space.

We picked up the huge storage cabinet from an ad on Craig's List. It had been used for fabric storage and is perfect for holding a ton of crafting tools, and almost anything else I can think of.  Of course, the room wouldn't have been complete without a guest table so...Ron found this one at a different consignment shop for the whopping sum of $30.00, did a little refinishing and I'm ready for company.

One more thing, you may have noticed the two navy blue dog beds under the table  in the first picture.  Those are for my "girls" Zoe (on left) and Missy - they love to snooze while I'm hard at playing. 

Thanks for taking a minute to checkout my Blog. More to come...