Pacific Point Birthday

Cards for guys can be really tough for me, but what makes it easier is to go straight for the "boy" colors. I dug out my stash of Pacific Point cardstock, ink, and designer series paper.

I really love having a reason to use my star punches from Stampin' Up! They are fantastic!! I also used the Happy Everything Stamp Set, which is another very versatile set.

Simply Said...thanks!

With a little soft suede cardstock and ink from Stampin' Up!, along with some cardboard out of my recycle bin, this card was born. I tore the top layer of the cardboard to give it a more vintage look and distressed the edges with the ink.

The Simply Said Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! contains this beautiful sentiment in a whimsical-like font. I used the En Francais Stamp Set and the heart-to-heart punch with some very vanilla hodgepodge hardware and twine. This card turned out lovely in its simplicity. I just wanted a little note to let our friends know how much we appreciate them.

Dining Room Makeover

We've been waiting for a long time for our new dining room table and chairs to be made and delivered. They finally arrived yesterday! All the way from Charleston Forge in Boone, North Carolina. We got to pick out the finish, color, leather, etc. I took off from work yesterday and waited patiently for the truck to come and bring our furniture.

This table and chairs as well as the cabinet up against the wall (recently purchased as well) are our first furniture purchases together as a couple. We've been together for over 7 years and never bought any furniture. When we met we combined the furniture we each had from our respective house/apartment. Well, it was time for us to makeover our dining room area!

We got to eat dinner together on our new table last night! Check out the Flickr gallery for more photos!

Occasional Thinking of You

Have you checked out Stampin' Up!'s Occasional Quotes Stamp Set? Well, the thing I love about that set is that there are many sentiments that say just what you need them to.

For this card I used some vintage ribbon and seam binding to make the rosettes! To make them simply get out your glue gun and start rolling and gluing until you have the flower the size you need.

I used the En Francais Stamp Set for the background on the base of the card aloing with the Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad. The Soft Suede cardstock is a nice creamy brown. No card would be complete without a little vintage sheet music as an accent.

Bermuda Bay Birthday

I made this card for a friend. We celebrated her birthday today at work. I really love the colors on this card and they definitely remind me of her, so that's why I chose them!

The Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! is my current favorite (in case you didn't notice), and I really love the Bermuda Bay cardstock and ink. The sentiment is from Close to My Heart!

Here's a closeup...

Happy Thursday!

Have you....

....checked out my ETSY shop lately? I've added a few vintage items for sale! These great vintage 8 MM home movies...

And...some vintage books...



It's been a busy week, but hopefully I'll be back to posting some projects in the next few days! Thanks for your patience!

Mountain Bike Monday - Spring Fling

Can you see it in this picture? No, not yet...but, it's here! This picture was taken last week on our first after work ride of the Spring season. Yes, it was still light at 7:15 p.m. Hooray!!!

We've been waiting for spring to get here. The clocks were moved forward and now it's going to be light when we get home from work allowing us to get back to our outside after work exercising!

When you live in the country and don't have street lights, it's a little challenging to ride or run after dark. The major reason is that it's often pitch black and super quiet. Besides the fact that people often aren't accustomed to people exercising in the country, so they are surprised when they see you on the roads. It's sometimes like we (the exercisers) are inconveniencing the drivers.

Ever notice all of our pictures are really closeup? Well, it's so hard to take pictures of yourselves when you're the only two riding! Obviously I was joking around in this photo (hehe).

And, here's a pic of the ampitheatre at the park...

They do shows all summer long! We've not been to one, but I'm sure they would be fun!! We're at the park enough, so what's one more night right?!?

And, over the weekend we visited the park again. Dynamo did his long ride on Saturday and then I joined him for a short ride Sunday afternoon.

It was a beautiful day for biking. We went and explored the lake a little. It thought this was a cool tree...

And, in the next picture Dynamo was trying to zoom in on the mud turtle sunbathing on the limb. Can you see it?

The trails were good. It started out a little chilly, but was really perfect for riding. I love this one section of the blue trail. I don't know why other than you can roll pretty quickly through it. I think I like the green fern-like plants on the sides. They stayed green all winter. Probably the only thing green in the winter at the park.

But, if you'll look at the next pic you'll see that the trees have leaves and it's looking greener!! YIPPEE!!!

And, here's the last photo. I really liked the rocks so I thought you might too!

Hope you're weekend was spring-like!!! Have a great week!