Thinking of You cards

You probably noticed that I make a lot of "thinking of you" cards. So many of our residents here where we live are up in age, and many times a "get well" card really isn't appropriate, so most of the time I do the "thinking of you" ones. Here is one that I made earlier this year and is really quite simple to make. It also is really a good one to make a number of them at one time.



Well, I finally talked Art into going shopping today. I felt he needed some warmer clothing to take with us to Cincinnati. It's supposed to be 30 degrees on Thanksgiving Day, and certainly the clothing we wear in Florida would not be warm enough. LOL So I talked him into a flannel shirt and a really nice heavy sweat jacket that zips all the way up the front. I'm sure he'll be much more comfortable wearing that than just a little nylon shell type jacket. He does have a heavy jacket to wear, fortunately. I am planning on taking my ski jacket with me, and lots of jeans and turtle-neck shirts and crew neck sweaters. I'm definitely not a cold weather person. I even have liners to wear under my jeans.

Well, I'll try to blog a couple more times before we leave, but I can't promise. So if I don't talk to you again before we leave, I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

That's all for tonight. Sweet dreams.

Hugs,
Lynn

6x6 scrapbook page using Aspen

I made this 6x6 scrapbook page for a swap among the gals from Susan Tomaino's downline. I actually did this last year using CTMH Aspen papers. I also added silver studs that I had purchased from Joanne's which were in my stash. I will probably use this same template again in the future, because I really like it. The idea came to me one night that I couldn't sleep, which is usually what happens when I have to come up with a design. I lay in bed and think and think, and then I get up, draw a diagram, and the next day execute the design. Seems to work for me. LOL



I finished up my Christmas gift shopping. I had already purchased just about everything for this year. I generally do this during the year and actually purchased some things earlier in the year while on a cruise. But I still had to get a couple of things, especially since we're going to celebrate Christmas in Cincinnati on Sunday, November 29th. Now I have to make everyone's special cards, which I plan on doing tomorrow at scrapbooking.

By the way, I have just about completed the scrapbook (8x8) of our cruise last month. It is my first digital scrapbook, and I am actually in love with doing digital work. It's coming out so nice. Last holiday season I purchased a bunch of paper scrapbooks (cover is CS) for a buck each. They came in several colors, and I think I got about 4 white ones, and 1 red and 1 green one. There is a place on the front for a photo to show through the cutout area, and it ties with a ribbon. I got these at A.C. Moore. They are 8x8 and just the right size for my digital books (I'm using Memory Mixer, by the way). I stopped by there today and was informed they had stored a lot of them, and they are going to call me and let me know when they pull them out. They also come in burgandy and navy, I believe. So I am going to buy a ton of them in white for myself so I can actually put papers on the covers, according to the subject of the scrapbook. I am really excited about being able to purchase more of them. They have 6 pages which means 12 scrapped pages. And the really neat thing about them is you can attach them one to another to make the book larger. Cool, huh? If you are interested in them, check out your local A.C. Moore store and see if they have them available.

I'm sorry I can't post more pics of the "Old Bag" luncheon. For some reason my computer tells me there is an "internal error", whatever that means. But I will tell you that we raised over $3,000 for our organization. Everyone is really excited about this. Now we can do a lot more good things for our residents here in Del Tura.

Well, got to go now. I hope you have a great evening, and sweet dreams.

Hugs,
Lynn

Fun Punches Design card

This is a card that I designed for PS a little while back, but I don't think I put it here on my blog. Again, using the paper packet from WalMart that I absolutely adore, and adding some pearl dots and a punch from CM. I hope you like it.



We are going away for Thanksgiving next week, and will be gone for 8 days, so I guess I'd better knuckle down and blog the rest of this week. LOL

"Old Bag" Luncheon

Our "Old Bag" luncheon that F.I.S.H. threw here in our community was a great success. All the money raised went to the fund for services that we provide residents in our community. And it was really a grand old time. We auctioned off close to 400 handbags, had a very successful raffle, and a wonderful lunch. I am including some of the photos from that event.


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This is the "traveling bag" which
included a couple of disposable
cameras. The winner of this bag
has possession of it for a year and
is to take pics wherever she travels.
At the end of the year it is returned
and new bids will be taken at next
year's luncheon.



I will show you some more pics of the luncheon tomorrow.
Have a great evening, and sweet dreams.

Hugs,
Lynn

White core cardstock

This is a card that I made and submitted to Practical Scrappers. The card is very suitable for a man. I used CTMH cardstock and used the blade of my scissors to rough up the edges of the "Wishing You Well" block. I also tore some of the cardstock to show the white inner core. I really love this look, and use it quite often on my cards.



I hope you all had a great day, and have a super evening. Sweet dreams.

Hugs,
Lynn

Art's Birthday Card

As most of you know, Art just turned 91, and this is the birthday card I made for him. We usually display our cards on one end of the buffet, and Art did this, as usual. However, I was sitting watching TV one evening and I saw this card that said "16". He decided that he would rather be 16 instead of 91, so he turned the card upside down. LOL He has such a wicked sense of humor and that's why everyone loves him, including ME!



I hope you enjoyed this card. And, again, all that was used on this card came from that kit that I have been using from Wal-Mart. Sorry that the scan isn't really great on this one.

I hope you have a great evening, and sweet dreams to all of you.

Hugs,
Lynn

Modern Christmas Tree Card

Well, I am finally feeling pretty much like my old self. Thank goodness. I really hate being sick. It's such a drag, don't you think? Well, I made quite a few cards when I was up to it during this period, and I will be showing you some of them each day.

Today, I am showing you two cards that I made, using the same template, but usually two quite different color schemes. I really don't know which I like the most, so I will probably be using both of them for my Christmas cards this year. I hope you like them. I just love CAS cards (clean and simple), don't you?

The first tree, the blue and green one, is from that Walmart paper that I have been using for such a long time. I really love the colors in these papers. The second tree, more traditional reds and greens, is made from papers from two different companies. The top and bottom layer of the tree is from BasicGrey's Eskimo Kisses and the two middle layers are papers from Making Memories' FaLaLa series.

Ribbon & punched gold star -- from my stash.

I hope you have a great evening, and sweet dreams.

Hugs,
Lynn

I'm so sorry that I haven't been around lately. We came back from our cruise last Monday and I started getting sick right away. After the horrible weekend, I finally went to the doctor's this past Monday, and discovered that I had cellulitis. It is in my nose, and it swelled up, got very hot and red, and the pain was excruciating. So now I am on an antibiotic 4x daily and Darvocet every 4 hours. But today the pain isn't as bad, so I have backed off of the D as long as I can. I just hope I NEVER, and I mean NEVER get this again. I really haven't been able to do much of anything, because every time you turned around I was asleep. Not only did the Darvocet make me sleepy, but so did the antibiotic. So a double whammy. Oh well, I guess I needed the sleep, since I hadn't slept for a couple of nights because of the pain.

So hopefully by the end of the week, I'll be back in the groove and show you some cards that I had made before I went away. Talk to you soon, and I hope you have a good evening.

Hugs,
Lynn