Thankful for so many things this year. Some are happy thanks and some are sad. Have you ever been thankful for a sad event? My sister-in-law fought a battle with cancer the first of the year. We’ve all moved on since her “Home Going” on February 26th. This thanksgiving season will be so different! Since I now care for my mother-in-law in our home our celebration will be at a different location for my husbands family.
Then my father went into a nursing home this past February and that has been a challenge.. If you don’t have a loved one in that type of facility it’s like pulling teeth to even get to see them. Since all the Covid scare has been in this world I believe I’ve seen my father twice, wearing a mask not being able to touch him staying 6 feet apart-- traveling 2 hours for their allowed 15 minutes!! He has the beginnings of dementia and this is not helping him at all! Hopefully if the facility doesn't change their stipulations we will be Seeing him for Thanksgiving!
I have always hosted Thanksgiving(past 30 years) and love decorating my home for that season. This year we will be having Thanksgiving at my brothers house and my Father will be there, yes he'll have to quarantine for 14 days after returning but he wants to come.
Goodness Vicki you say get on with the blog post! Well I just had to make a wall hanging for my home even though we're not hosting. I bought the wooden Gather with Grateful Hearts wall hanging, It's so easy to take something nice yet a little plain and spruce it up with a little stamping, coloring, and cutting fun. What do you think?
Hello and happy fall/Autumn . This is the time of year in Ohio when we have cooler weather, that means leaves changing, bonfires, and jackets to ward off the colder temperatures, I enjoy this time of year.
I decided to get out my art impressions stamps. Made this scene, it was the first time I had done one like it. I should have tried to get some colored leaves on the ground under the trees guess they haven't started loosing their leaves yet. I was using a bigger tree and only inking up part of it to stamp, that made it a little bit more difficult, I need to do more like this to practice. Thought it would work for the sketch and theme of Autumn this week, what do you think?
I decided to make a shaped insert for a regular card base---
Not sure I finished my posting in time for Tuesdays page launch. I had a bit of time to work on my Foxy itty ball pop up earlier in the day then finished the blog post after 11pm. I used products from a few different company's so if your interested just let me know what your interested in in the comments below. I didn't get a belly band made for the card, that's how I'm having it stay closed until the recipient receives it. Thanks for stopping by lots of the others made really great rocking cards.
Foxy popped up
well I thought I'd try to add a video of the foxy pop up in action. I've tried to add video's before and it never worked so this may not either. If not I'm sorry I may need some guidance :0
I was so glad to be able to Eek out some time to take part in this months Blog Hop with the theme Harvest. That is exactly what I have been doing with my garden for the last few months, Canning and Freezing all that is in the garden.
My husband and I were able to go on a mini vacation last month to Holmes County, while there we saw a few corn shocks in the Amish fields. It was a nice time and we enjoyed the time away from all our responsibilities. I had good help staying with my mother-in-law and just left all the chores that didn't get done before we left -at home, You know for some reason they were waiting for us when we got home 3 days later!!
I made a "note pad" holder for someone. There is a post it note pad inside and I used to have pens that fit in these mini tins, but I couldn't find any so must have used them all. I sold these at a craft fair years ago, they were well liked.
There are 16 of us participating, a good number. Jumping around won't take you to long so go grab a cup of coffee or tea or soda.... and enjoy!!!
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HERE'S THE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS; October 2020 Blog Roll
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My granddaughter turned 4 Monday the 17th. She is such a blessing!! Used my Magic Iris Dies to make this interactive card, it was fun. I did find out though that the layer that has the moving pieces connected to it (some call a balloon or sausage) need to be heavyweight card stock-no skimping or it starts to buckle and won’t move very easily!!
We’re celebrating on Sunday if everyone is well - they have head colds🥴.
I have been wanting to use some of my Art Impression Stamps lately and decided that today was the day. I used a new set, It’s one of the wa...
Nothing like making Christmas related projects while it is in the 90's. 😊. Snowflakes and holly not sure it’s making me feel any cooler but it’s been fun creating these. I’ve had the small cork boards around for ages and decided to do something with them. Sorta designed with two sisters in mind, time will tell if that's who they end up going to. Snowflakes for the Florida girl so she has a bit of the north and a reminder of the cold that the rest of the family lives with.. My other sister will like this other one I believe. thinking I'd like to find some push pins that coordinate with the two boards to add to this gift.