Handmade By Mom & Me

Snow Day

2012-01-24T06:44:00.000-08:00

We finally received a sizeable amount of snow...4inches. It has been such nice weather, we are all spoiled, but I love to create cards on a snowy, wintery day. I don't know what it is about those crummy days that really motivate me. Over the weekend, I was honored to be asked to teach a card class on color blocking. What a fun and very effective technique. We used some templates (I made)copics and stamps to create some lovely and quick cards. Every once in awhile it is always fun to go back to basics and re-try those beginning techniques we learned. I have been having a problem with my Spellbinders calibur cutting machine, well it broke last week and I had to send it back. I did not do my research very well, but after I purchased it, I found out that some of my sizzix dies. cannot be used with the calibur. Over the weekend, I decided to purchase the Sizzix Pro, Joanns, had it on sale and free shipping (on-line only)cannot wait to receive it, OMG...no die cutting or embossing for over a week has me stir crazy!!! I love Spellbinders dies and the new ones coming out at the CHA 2012 are gorgeous. They are also coming out with some new double sided embossing folders (pre-ordered all of them, I LOVE embossing)with rich, deep patterns, that I cannot wait to get my hands on. Always need new shapes also, new pretty rectangles, crosses and some doiley looking circles. Go into Scrapmart.com and they have the new items discounted 25%...can't beat that!!! Have a wonderful week my friends
Hugs, Peggy

Happy Tuesday

2012-01-17T08:36:00.000-08:00

Good morning and welcome to my blog. I have been busy making Valentine's cards. I already did 40 of them and they sold out right away, so I just keep plugging along with them. Today, I made a tab card. It was very fun and easy. I found the tutorial on Card-Making-Magic.com. I have a very dear friend who loves sunflowers, so the next card was for her....hope she likes it!! Going with my daughter, tomorrow to the ultrasound of my #5 grandchild. My daughter is due July 21st. They do not want to know the sex of the baby, that is fine with me. She is high-risk, due to a blood disorder, so she has been seeing specialists right from the beginning. Hope you all have a wonderful, scrappy week. Thanks for coming by for a peek, I always appreciate it. Hugs, Peggy

HAPPY 2012

2012-01-06T05:14:00.000-08:00

OMG I really need to check in with my blog more often, so sorry it has been so long. Had a wonderful Christmas, lots of new scrapping goodies!!! Have a few new cards to download today. Just discovered some new die cuts from My Favorite Things, poppystamps and Memory Box. I have fallen in LOVE with the window die from poppystamps, it is so versatile and can be adapted to any season,the possibilities are endless. I will try to once a week, update my blog and show newly created cards for the 2012 year!! That is my new resolution and of course to lose some weight (LOL) Hope 2012 brings you peace and happiness and time for yourself to create and do whatever it is you love to do, because we ALL deserve that time for ourselfs....so just do it and I gurantee you will feel rejuvinated. Have a marvelous day and thanks for stopping by.
Big hugs, Peggy