This card is so much fun to make! I purchased the SVG file from Lori Whitlock's site.  But I  used a

birthday card my sister sent me to finish the front of the card.  That birthday card was so adorable I couldn't throw it away so I took it apart and used it to make this birthday card for another sister!  I think it came out great!  This card also folds flat for mailing!  See the site below-

https://shop.loriwhitlock.com/cards-layouts/cards/3d-snow-globe-cards/?mode=4

Recently, I have been playing with Zentangle again!  I tried it last year and got so busy I wasn't able

to continue but now I am into it again!  The above pictures are my attempt at Zentangle again! I found a great series of tutorials called BIRDS OF A FEATHER- you can check it out below-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nffOJ6Cv1Cc&t=2379s

We recently had out Women's Golf League called DIAMONDS IN THE RUFF - signaling our end of year!  I had fun making some cookies for out banquet and some boxes for our awards!  It really was a fantastic year!

I am still trying to perfect my cookie decorating skills.  The cookies about were done with a stencil that I made using my Cricut machine! The boxes were fill with candy and were handed out at the banquet!  We had lots of fun!

I hope this post wasn't too long!  But it has been awhile since I posted here.  We are just about ready to move back to Maine in the next couple of days!  Hard to believe - the time has gone so fast.  My next post will be from Maine.  I hope everyone is doing well and is looking forward to Spring as much as I am!

Happy Valentine's Day 2025

 I have been busy making Valentine Treat Boxes for my Golf League!  They are such a fun group!  I love making something special for them!  I have made these treat boxes before but love the fact that I can decorate them different every time!

I ended up making about 20 of these cuties!  They hold a good amount of Hershey Kisses too!

My new thing is trying to get better at decorating cookies with Royal Icing!  I have made a couple of batches for our couples league and my hubby's buddies that play on Wednesdays.   

I did make a couple of mistakes!  I started watching You Tube videos and I know that I cut my

icing bag way too high.  I think I put too much icing in the bag too!  I had icing oozing out the end even though I have an elastic on it!  Frosting everywhere!   But it is so much fun!  These designs are wet on wet- I want to try some more designs and hopefully get better at it!!

Well, that is my update!  It is beautiful here in Florida!  The temps have been around 80 degrees and the outlook is for the 70's next week- which I prefer!  Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

Merry Christmas 2024

 

I finished making these adorable Gnome ornament candy holders for our Golf League!  Each one

is filled with candy and the opening is in the back.  The SVG file came from Dreaming Tree!  I love

that they have instructional videos (big help) and that they are so easy to make!

This year I wanted to make a Snow Globe for our Christmas cards.  I got the

SVG file from Lori Whitlock's on-line store.  This card was easy to make too! 

They fold up easily to be mailed! This picture shows the multi layers!

I think I made about 20 cards this year!  I really enjoy sending out 

Christmas cards!  

The last photos show our newest Christmas decoration that we acquired this year!

We got it on sale at Home Depot!  I have always wanted a Toy Soldier to put

outside our door!  This one is 6 feet tall and plays over 11 different tunes!  His eyes light up too!

I love that it looks like he is guarding our doorway!

Well, Time to end this post!  I am hopeful that everyone is healthy and happy this Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all!  See you next year!

Wait! I did promise a picture of our hanger Snowflake when they were hung up! They hang on the lanai side of our condo. What do you think?

The picture above is with Fairy lights on- The picture below is what it looks like during the day! I 

did use alot of those white plastic hangers!  Merry, Merry!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! Just a quick post to share the turkey favors I made for our golf league. I used Stampin Up's Curvey Keepsake die for the body.  I had an svg file for the head and feathers. The body holds the candy!!

 My husband does not like turkey so I made a pumpkin turkey cake. Nordic ware has a great turkey pan that I used. You put the turkey together with frosting but I used too much. The turkey head was oozing frosting so I made him a hazmat mask...hope I do better the next time I make it!! 

Have a fabulous ThanksgivingDay!!

Happy Halloween!!

 

I had to share this awesome Halloween decoration !

I bought this svg file from Dreaming Tree! I just love putting this together! My favorite is his face!  I love his outfit too!  Even my husband thought he was great! 

He is fabulous!

I don't have any Halloween decorations here in Florida! I have hung him on my door! We are not even sure we will get trick or treaters since we aren't usually here for Halloween. We shall see how many we get!!

I guess I am in a Christmas frame of mind! This die set was purchased from Tonic Studio!!! It's called Christmas Baubles! I love making these beautiful ornaments that open up and can be used for gift boxes!! I haven't used dies in quite awhile since I love using my Cricut machine for most of my projects. But I must say it was fun using these dies from Tonic. They are very good quality dies and it is very rewarding seeing these "baubles" come to life!  Of course it takes a little longer to make them but I do find papercrafting very relaxing!!

The other Christmas project I am working on is this snowflake made out of hangers! I have one done but want to make 2 more! I saw lots of these on Pinterest and had to try it!  I am going to use solar fairy lights and wrap them around the snowflakes! I will post pictures once I have finished this project.  Should be fun!

It is getting quite chilly back in Maine. I find it hard to relate here in Florida when the temps are in the 80s!! We are very grateful that we didn't have any damage to our property due to the hurricane! Those who weren't so lucky are in our thoughts!

I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween! Take care!

What happened to Summer?

 

Well, Summer is over and I didn't even post once!  I can't believe how fast it goes.  It doesn't help that I came down with pneumonia in August.  I am still trying to get rid of a cough.  So that is my excuse and I am sticking with it.

Last summer we had a tree taken down in our backyard.  I decided I wanted the stump to be a bottle tree.

The top picture is with the solar lights on but it wasn't quite dark. I do love how it came out.

I am still working on planting around the base of the stump.  I am hoping next year it fills in more!

These are Christmas items I am working on.  I bought a bunch of banana tree holders this summer.  I decided I wanted to hang some lighted ornaments from them.  Some of them I painted green but a few I left natural. I bought the star SVG from Etsy. I do like making them!

Do you like gnomes? I do!  This one is about 10.5 inches tall.  I bought this SVG from Etsy.  The Company is M3D crafts.  Love the mountain in the background. 

Lastly, the Angel is from Dreaming Tree.  I made a few of these last year.  They are

really fun to make so decided to make one for this year.  

Here it is lighted.  It is so pretty at night.

It won't be long before we head out for our home in Florida.  We are spending the next 6 months in sunny Florida... I hope.  I hear there is a hurricane brewing.  Should be interesting.  We are leaving a 

few weeks early.  I will be sorry to miss fall here in Maine.  The trees are so beautiful already!  

Hope all is well- will try and post more this winter!  Take care!

Summer is coming!

 Well, we have been back in Maine for about a month! It has finally warming up!! I have been busy making cards and gardening and playing golf!

The cards above were made from the SVG file from my Scrap Chick.  It is her freebie for the month! I love it! Easy to make too!!  It is such a cheery card- Don't you think!

I also purchased this SVG from My Scrap Chick because I love how the stars explode from the card. 

It is called a Tuxedo Card and Scrap Chick has a bunch of different designs. 

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Just to show you I haven't been too lazy since I got home- I have been working on adding some rustic looks to my backyard.  I planted succulents in the teacups I got from the thrift store.  

I did paint this bike but I love all the rust that is on it and hope to add some more this season.  I also think I will add another basket of flowers to the rear of the bike. 

This birdcage was fun to do!  I love the purple color against the black.  It was a challenge since 

the opening is very small to put the flowers in.  But I can't wait to see how it does.   That is my update since we got home.  I will try and do better in posting items this summer.  I think it is going to be a fun one!  Take care!