Blog Candy from Blog Sister

Please check out bigislandlady.blogspot.com/2011/07/joannes-blog-candy.html for her Lime Light request and blog candy you can win.

In Lime Light, we are putting together cards for soldiers in Afghanistan. The more cards the better. As one soldier said, "There are no stores we can go to buy cards to send home." This is a great way to show them we support and love them for every thing they do.

Go USA

Finally...Summer

Yes, it is finally here...Summer and going camping and going to the river and pitching sticks for Kilo to fetch.

I have read so many books. Really you have got to check out Earlene Fowler's Benni Harper series of books. I have them all and I am waiting for the latest to go to paperback.

July's #2 card

I finally am able to post! Yeah! Hope you like this card too!

I have been trying...

I really have been trying to post more, but for some reason this Blogspot hasn't let me post. Hope this works.

Everything Old is New Again...

How many times do I say this? A lot!!! They say that trends go in 7 yr. cycles and it is about 7 yrs. since Quilling was big and now it is big again. Wouldn't you know that I sold all my quilling papers and tools in my Craft Sale last Summer. It's OK...I bought some new tools and I have paper and a kick #$^ paper cutter.

This month's Cricut class is "Christmas in July with the Cricut - Quilling". Catchy little title eh?

I did the background paper with Alcohol Ink and made the "snowflake" cut with Accent Essentials. The paper I cut at 1/8" so it wouldn't be too thick in an envelope.

The other fun technique is first stamping with Versamark different snowflakes. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder and of course, emboss. Add the AI. When it is thoroughly dry, place a piece of typing paper over the inked design and iron. The Versamark will melt into the typing paper and leave the snowflakes white against the AI background. I love the effect!

The angel quilled design came from a book, 50 Nifty Quilled Cards by Alli Bartkowski. This is a book I recently purchased and among all the quilling books I have this one has so many cute quilled shapes and cards. The angel is on p.95. Check it out.

Finally...

It has finally come!!! What? I am so glad you asked...SUMMER or at least a few days of hotter weather. Now, I normally do not like hot weather, but I am so willing to make an exception this year since we have had an overabundant amount of wet and cold weather. I know, it is OREGON, and I do love this place, BUT can anyone say TOO MUCH?!

Another finally...our laptop finally bit the dust. Bye bye old friend. We went and purchased a new laptop yesterday and promptly found quite a few of our programs are not compatible to the Windows 7. I ordered a new Design Studio from Amazon for $19 which actually isn't bad. I can not be without a Design Studio.

Every month I will purchase another program to add to the lost programs. I did do something smart however. The old laptop was making weird sounds last week so I though I better back up once more the recent photos and files. Whew!!! Dodged a bullet on that. BTW found and bought a great new Flash Drive for saving photos. It is called Picture Keeper. I bought the Flash Drive that holds 4,000 photos. It also has saved my digital papers and embellishments I have bought.

To Blog or Not to Blog...

I love to read others blogs and get bummed if they skip a day or two or three. Now I don't know if people are really reading my blog...I think there are a few...and maybe more would if I blogged more.

So my Summer resolution is to blog more and that will make me create more. I still am waiting for 150 followers. When I hit that mark I have some blog candy to give away. Want some?