Over the Hill....

#2883
Supplies:

PTI Haunted Headstones Dies & Sentiments; Scene-It: Hallows Eve

Recollections Card Stock

Colorbox Silver Ink

Distress Ink:  Black Soot

I {heart} you this much...

 #2882
Supplies:

Sassy Cheryl "Come on Get Happy"

PTI Choose Joy

Winnie & Walter The Big, the Bold (&Happy), (&Seasons), (&You)

Recollections Kraft Card stock, glitter paper, Paddywack Paper Pad

Spellbinder Nested Hearts

Copics: R24, R27, R29, B91, B93, B95, N3, E000, E00, E11, R20

Tools:  MISTI, Big Shot Pro, Cameo

You are aMAZEing...

#2875
Supplies:

Doodle Pantry DPMiniMazes1

iCraft Deco Foil Silver

Computer generated sentiment

Pop-tone Blue Raspberry card stock

Happy Birthday to you...

#2872
Supplies:

Hero Arts Butterflies #3

Stampendous Birthday Wish

My Favorite Things Blissful Blooms,

Inkadinkadoo Flower Flourish

Distress Ink:   Hickory Smoke, Tattered Rose, Shabby Shutters

Penny Black Letter Background

PTI Melon Berry Card Stock

Mojo Monday 410

This is my first entry into the Mojo Monday challenge, but probably not my last.  I love the inspiration for creativity these sketches give me.  There is one new technique included in this card.  I recently purchased a Heidi Swapp Minc Machine which I adore.  The paper on this card is from Papertrey's In Bloom paper pad.  I scanned the black and white paper and printed it on my laser jet.  It was then foiled with Opal iCraft deo foil.  You can't tell in the photo but the shine is dazzling.  I am a huge fan of PTI, I have the In Bloom stamps and dies also.  I was trying to use them to make a card on the foiled background when the Mojo Monday e-mail landed in my in-basket... and, Bob's your uncle.

#2867
Supplies:

Papertrey Ink Berry Sorbet Card Stock & Ink, In Bloom Paper Pad, Confetti Garland Die, Birthday Basics Stamp Set, Shaker Shapes: Balloon Die, Circle Die

Tim Holtz Crazy Thoughts

Heidi Swapp Vellum, Minc Machine

iCraft Opal Deco Foil

DCWV Glitzy Glitter

Happy August Birthday...

#2862
Supplies:

Papertrey Ink:  Hawaiian Shores Card Stock, Hawaiian Shores Ink, Beautiful Blooms Paper Pad, Pupre Poppy Ink, Beautiful Blooms Stamps & Dies, Birthday Classics: August Stamp Set, Simply Chartreuse Card Stock, Turning a New Leaf Die, Spellbinders Curved Borders Two

the sky is the limit

 #2859
Supply list:

PTI Watercolor Wonder; Up, Up & Away; Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Enchanted Evening, Melon Berry, Spring Moss Ink

Copics:  R81, G00, YG63, YG61, R22

Wink of Stella Clear

Gelly Roll Clear Star

You are 'cherry' sweet...

#2823
Supply List

Flourishes Peaches and Cherries

Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy Card Stock

Zig Clean Color Real Brushes

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Here kitty, kitty...

It's been a while since I've had an update on our garden.  The pond that we installed last spring has come into its own.  The pond plants are lush, and the fish are getting big.

This is the view from the steps to the gazebo looking west.

There is a raised bed at the back of the yard filled with butterfly and hummingbird flowers.

The fenced raised bed on the north side of the backyard contains all the plants the deer like to eat.  Honeysuckle is working its way up the old gazebo frame.

The enclosure we had built for the cats is well used.  Platforms up the sides provide plenty of room for them to sit and watch the back yard.

The enclosure is connected to the side of the house and can be entered through a pet door installed in an acrylic panel that replaced the screen in the window.  Our Persian, Sassy, learned to use the pet door almost immediately.  Our tuxedo cat, Sadie, still has not learned - the door must be pushed for her to access the enclosure.  They both spend a lot of time out there, Sassy spends the most time because she can come and go as she pleases.  We have to watch for Sadie to want to go out.  Who knew that Sassy was the smart one?

While rain was a problem early in the summer, now it's a long stretch between the rains that seem to pummel the north and south of us.   We spotted our first two monarch caterpillars on Tuesday.  The bluebirds fledged five babies in the early summer but did not nest again in either of our two bird boxes.  A small flock of turkeys have spent parts of every day in our yard for some time now.  The feed that Carl throws out every day helps to capture their attention. 

And...we've discussed a new kitten, hopefully a young male which will negate Sadie's territorial issues and give Sassy someone to play with.  Looking after the last week of September.

To the best kid ever....

#2858
Supply List:

Papertrey Ink Harvest Gold Cardstock

Distress Ink: Fossilized Amber, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed

Spellbinders Circle Die

Hero Arts Lil Hoot

Wink of Stella Clear