I am so blessed

I just have to show you more of the great birthday cards that I received and give credit to these awesome stampers. The first card was made by Debbie Riches and it is such a happy, feel good card. I love the little bird. Thank you Debbie for putting a smile on my face.
I am a member of Splitcoaststampers Wish RAK group and this card came to me from Renae Crosby (luvtoembellish is her splitcoast name) and it just beautiful. It looks like she may have used rub on's on this card--I have never been brave enough to do that, but she has it down to a science. Thank you Renae. I appreciate being remembered.
Another Wish RAK friend, Judy (pianolady1026) sent me these goodies. The card is adorable and then she sent me a cuttlebugged piece of cardstock with the new pumpkin design. And to top it off, she sent a stamp set that would match this piece of cardstock with pumpkins. Can you see it? Awesome is all I can say. Thank you Judy. That was so sweet of you. I love the coloring on the card.
And then what can I say about my friend,Sara Paschal? Just look at this stunning card. It is drop dead gorgeous. Sara is spoiling me all the time. She even enclosed some word window punched phrases. Thank you sweet Sara.

I am going to make another post with some of the cute gifts that I received. Hope I haven't bored you too much, but I really wanted to show these great cards and maybe you will even get an idea from them.
Thanks for looking in.
Cheryl

More birthday cards

I feel so blessed to have gotten some very nice birthday cards--this one is from Angelina Lilavois (AAA's MOM is her splitcoast name) and her blog is www.angiesaspiringart.blogspot.com. I adore the colors she used. It is so fresh and happy. Thank you Angie.
Isn't this the prettiest card with the cuttlebugged background and the pretty flowers on it? I love it. This came from Mindy Young and is a Bloggers RAK card. Thank you so much Mindy.

I have some more cards to post but don't want to do too much in one day cause then it will be months before I post anything again--you know me!!! LOL

Thanks again for looking in.

Cheryl

Fresh Cuts

I needed to make an anniversary card for my dad and his wife and had never used the Fresh Cut note card and stamps from SU, so thought this would be a good chance. It seems to me that there are lots of ways to use this set with these cards. I love the soft colors. Can't remember what ink I used but it may be bordering blue. I hope they like it.
Thanks for looking in.
Cheryl

Masculine cards

We have a neighbor that we are very proud of. He got laid off from his job and decided he would get his GED so that he could better himself. His self confidence was very low and he didn't think he would ever be able to get through the classes. He persevered and after 2 months, he passed all of his tests. I am so very, very proud of this man. He graduates on Sept 2nd at the local community college and we plan to be there applauding him. He deserved a card make just for him to celebrate and this is what I came up with. It is the set "Take Pride" from TAC and the paper is from Creative Memories and SU. I am happy with the way it turned out.
While I had these papers out that appeared to be manish (!) I decided to make my dad a card as his birthday is Sept 17th. There just aren't many stamps that work for a man, but I had this "Ship Collage" stamp from TAC and the HB stamp from TAC(Free with $30, but is no longer available) and thought it would work perfectly. What you can't see is that I stamped it with Stazon black and then sprayed it pretty generously with silver glitzy mist that I had bought at a stamp show quite a while ago and never used. I was so impressed with Sara Paschal's use of her glittery mist that she made up and used that I thought I would try it. I think the ink would run if I used water based ink tho. Did I do right in using Stazon with this?
Sorry I haven't updated in so long. I really haven't felt all that great. I am having problems with the left side of my back (my right side that was operated on is wonderful) and can't bend and stand that good right now. I have an epidural injection scheduled for Wed. the 27th (what a birthday present!!!). Maybe I will have some relief and can be more prolific.

Thanks for checking in on me. I will say that I am keeping up with every one elses blogs tho.
Cheryl

Finally

Look at this pretty thank you card that our daughter sent us!!! I had to ask her where she bought such a pretty flower and she said that she made it. WOW!! While we were in Williamsburg, VA, she bought this Klutz book on cardmaking and it seems that the instructions to make this flower was in it. She did a fantastic job. This is the girl who I never expected would be interested in any type of craft project. She went to a yard sale and bought tons of stamping supplies and a sizzix machine, so sounds like she is hooked!
I love, love, love this card. It is from Jen's birthday RAK club and came to me all the way from Australia from Jane (www.scossiejane.blogspot.com). I checked out her blog and she sure makes some pretty projects. This card is so awesome. By the way, if you know how she did this pretty tag that says warm wishes, please let me know. It is so elegant. If you are reading this Jane, thank you so very much for sending me this card from so far away.
I will be back with some of my creations. I have made several cards lately--all of the cased, but I am happy with them nonetheless.
Cheryl

Camping in the NC mountains

This post is really more of a test as it has nothing to do with stamping. We just returned from a 5 day trip to the NC moutains and I wanted to show you a photo of our camper and the jeep that we haul in it. We stayed at Iron Horse Motorcycle Lodge and Campground in Stehoah, NC and we were the only ones there without a bike! You would expect it would be a noisy and rowdy place but it was so peaceful and quiet with the friendliest people. I would say that if we spent any more time there that we would have wanted a motorcycle! We had the best prime rib dinner on Sat. night that they serve right there at the campground. We had no tv so really got out of touch. It was a very relaxing vacation. Jerry said that we put about 600 miles on the jeep driving the beautiful, curvy mountain roads. I will post some pretty pix of the scenery there.

And for eye candy!! LOL. Here I am, in all my chubby glory, standing at the visitor center at the Fontana Dam. The photo just doesn't show the glorious scenery. If anyone could possibly doubt the existence of God, all they need to do is visit this area and be amazed.

I will post more later. I need to get the house organized.

Cheryl

Pix of Jerry and me

Well, I know it isn't a very good photo but a lady offered to take a photo of us when we were at Historic Jamestown, VA in front of the John Smith statue. I am not real fond of having my photo taken. I need to be more like Mary Anderson--she has such lovely photos of her taken. Jerry always looks so stiff and ill at ease in his pix. Anyhow, we had a wonderful time in Williamsburg. We visited Busch Gardens, Historic Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown Battlefield, and even went to the Plantations along the James River. One night we bought tickets to go to a "dance" at the palace in Colonial Williamsburg and it was fun. Our grandson even got to dance. The dancers made it seem like a play and we were invited to an evening party at one of the big plantations to imagine what it would have been nice. Those early settlers loved to dance!! They would dance all night long. Our week in Williamsburg ended much too soon. I did get to visit the stamp store there, but held back and didn't buy anything.
Thanks for looking in on me.
Cheryl