Good Morning Magnolia

I finally ordered some things from the newest catalog. All of the magnolia products were the first items that caught my eye. So the next several posts will feature magnolias.

Take Life by the Reins

It is time to move on to a different stamp set, but not without showing just one more horse.  This would be a good card for a non-traditional graduation card or just to give someone a bit of encouragement.

Leave the Gate Open

This is one of the cards that my card group made with me this past month.  The background on the kraft paper is also a stamp.  The horse was colored with watercolor pencils and smoothed with a blender pen.  Blender pens make my coloring look so much better than what I color without them.

Let it Ride

Usually when I get out a stamp set, I make a few different cards with the same set before I move on to a different set.  So the next three times I post I will be featuring horses.

The Whale Tail

I ended my last post with a teaser asking why I had posted so many beachy things.  Well, it is because we were at the beach, Daytona Beach to be specific.  Even though I really like making greeting cards, my favorite hobby is playing in two community bands.  This past week I participated in the statewide Florida Community Band in Daytona Beach.  This last beach scene, for awhile at least, is a whale tail made from glass bevels, various blue glass, and textured clear glass along with some glass nuggets to make air bubbles.

Last Flip Flop

This card is a little bigger than what I usually make.  Recently I made a similar one in the size I normally make.  Since it was smaller, I could only put one of the flip flops on it.  Wondering why I have been showing so many beachy things?  I will tell you in my next post.

More Flip Flops

This time the flip flops are made of glass instead of paper.  It looks like someone left their flip flops by the palm tree so they can take a quick dip in the ocean.  I know this sounds crazy but even in Florida the ocean is too cold for me.  I prefer to swim on the West Coast in the gulf.

National Flip Flop Day

So there is a national flip flop day too. I am a little late for it though as this year it was on June 21. I have another flip flop card and a glass piece with flips too so get ready. This card is made using a napkin and a pair of flip flops from a die cut.

National Flamingo Day

Today is national flamingo day.  I think there must be a day set aside for just about anything you can think of now .  There must be more than one thing assigned to each day because I also heard that today is national pink day.  Who comes up with all these crazy days?  So to honor the flamingo, here is a piece Jim made of a flamingo.  Hope they all had a good day.

Summer Rains

We have had rain the past three days. It looks like our rainy season has begun and our lawn is happy. The sentiment on my card should also have and a rainy afternoon.

Painting the House

We have been painting our family room. Of course, since everything has to be moved around, we are also doing some major cleaning. This card isn't the type of painting we have been doing, but I'll use it to represent our past few days.

Horse in the Wind

My sister in law saw a picture of this and said the blue glass looked like wind streaks to her and that was blowing the horse's hair.  I think that is a good description.  This horse has more of a traditional look and color than the last one I posted.

Horse of a Different Color

When he drew this on paper I was not sure about it.  I guess because I said that he thought I wouldn't post it on Facebook so he did it himself.  He usually doesn't mess too much with posting so I was surprised by it.  It has been received very well there so I thought I would share it on the blog too.  He did another horse that I will post in a few days.

Happy Easter

The Easter bunny came early to our house, March 24. However, we were good and waited until today to put the chocolate bunnies out on the table. Thanks to Ken for our surprise.

Easter Egg

This is one of the Easter cards that we made this week.  Anyone that didn't want it to be for Easter cut a circle instead of an oval so it didn't look like an egg.

An April Easter

Now that it is April,  I start thinking about making Easter cards.  I try to make a selection of religious and non-religious.  I have been thinking about making something like this since my friend Julie bought this embossing folder for me.

A Colorless Palm

Like I said in the last post, Jim has this thing about making trees.  This is the first time that I remember him making a palm tree.  This one is different textures of clear glass, some are iridescent, and there is one strip of a pale grey.

Glass Bonsai Tree

Jim has this thing about making glass pictures of trees.  This one is a bonsai tree with lots of different shades of green and yellow.

Happy St Patrick's Day

I guess since St Patrick's Day is on Sunday people have decided to make it St Patrick's Weekend. I really like this piece with the different textures and the perfect amount of red to break up the green and clear. It has been hanging in our upstairs window this week.

AN Irish Birthday

My youngest brother has a birthday coming up later this week. He was almost a St Patrick's Day baby. The joke in our family always was that my dad, who was of Scotish decent, didn't want him born on the 17th. He drove my mom, Irish decent, and us to her mother's house and made sure to hit every bump along the way. Dad always said this was why he was born on the 16th. A compromise was made and his middle name is Patrick to make up for missing the date.