Good Tuesday to You!  This morning I have a card from Michelle (a friend of mine who actually designs cards for several different companies!)…how cute is this?  E201 KB’s Birthday cake is one of our most popular birthday cakes and you can see why!  I love how Michelle took the heart stamp and cut it out inside and put on the ribbon.

Today is the day the wood floor starts going down!  So excited!  We need to work a few hours in the shop this morning and then this afternoon we hope to start laying wood.  I know that open floor plans are the rage but I like my rooms all distinct and separate so we actually put a special wood separating the living room from the dining room since we took the french doors and the wall out.  I will be painting that today and then painting the  crown molding so lots to do!  Have a great Tuesday.

Well, it’s another week and onward we go!  After a nice relaxing Sunday the gears all ready to turn and get going!  We are working in the shop this morning and then heading back into the house for the Living Room Remodel.  It’s a good thing we have an inside project planned since it has done nothing but rain for the last week here in Green Bay.  My list got completed last week except for the projects that needed to be done outside.  I had a couple of painting projects that had to wait and it looks like they will continue to have to wait.  We have thunderstorms predicted for all week again.

Here is a simple card using the triple banner flag stamp.  I also love the stitch circle stamp.  It probably ranks up there as one of my favorite!  Hope your week is starting out good.  Beth

so I have a brother (actually a couple of them and they are both awesome!) but I have never sent them handmade cards for their birthdays.  Imagine that!??  So this year with our new family fun cubes I made this for my older brother.  The eye glasses are made from a pattern in the (of course ! My new favorite tool!) brother scan and cut machine!  My only complaint with the machine is the mat!  If they wear out this  fast…I’m going to be trying some spray adhesive…although not recommend by brother.

I also took a spellbinder die and cut it out then cut an oval out of it like this…

then scanned it in to the machine and cut out the green pieces!  Cool huh!??!

 

sorry about my messy desk!  I have had  a crazy couple of days!  My Phone Died!  and I can’t believe how much I rely on that dumb thing!  It’s a little ridiculous but I was lost!  All is found now with a shiny new phone and back in business!  It was a good week for it to die since there was a Mother’s Day Special going on!  Good to be a Mother!

So I spend a lot of time on Pintrest!   Oh yes.  Love Pintrest!  Found this latest sketch on it.  I should have had both birds facing the same way…:( next time :).  I also want to try this sketch in the other direction.  Tomorrow!  I dug out an old stamp that I used to use in my scrapbooks but thought it looked cool on this card.  It is JJ14 and it fits the extra giga Marvy Uchida Scallop Circle punch.  It really could go with any punch that is around 3.5″ since nothing is matching a scallop.  The stamps that have the dots in the scallop are very specific to a punch type and manufacture but if nothing in the scallops than most dies/punches that are close will work.

JJ17-

other stamps used:  A200 Happy Birthday; DD20 Circle Stitches; CC61 KB’s Birthday Birds; DD59 Sending Fun Cube.

Kevin and I have been working in the shop till around 1 pm and then going up to the house to do some remodeling!  We are currently working on the Laundry Room.  We have everything (except the carpet) tore out and the cabinets repainted.  Today we are going to paint the ceiling, walls, and tear out the carpet!  It’s so exciting!  I’m usually in charge of supper for my sister and her family on Wednesday.  It is a standing traditional that we love!  Everything from the Laundry Room is currently in the Dining Room so I’m not sure where we are going to eat but love having them come for supper so don’t want to cancel.

Got another file cabinet painted!

bought  some blue paint, some orange paint, some purple paint!  These only take a couple hours to paint so they got interrupted by the laundry remodel!  Love the pink and yes it is the same pink as our front door (which is being re-painted…looks much better on a file cabinet than the front door!)

Have a great “Hump” day 🙂