Caffeine

Another card for the Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

I actually splashed coffee to make a background and even used some for the coat. Added other watercolors. 

Another wonderful stamp from Unity Stamp.

Thank you for stopping by!

Long time, no see

 It's been a minute. My apologies for leaving the blog hanging. 

Where does the time go? My husband has been dealing with an infection in his back for the past two months. I spent two weeks visitng daily at the hospital and then a rehab faiclity. He is home and doing much better but the healing will take quite osme time. 

In the meantime, I have been scrapping and trying to keep busy at my desk. 

I am adding a card that I am adding to Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. 

I love this stamp from Unity Stamp Co

I did a light watercolor wash and added snow splatters and white sequins. 

Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate your supprot and kind words.

Golf and Art

 Not necessarily in that order:)

This week the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) is in town. We have had the honor of hosting either golfers or caddies for since this tournament began. This year we are happy to be housing three caddies  - all of hwom have stayed with us before.We enjoy opening our house to them and will be at the golf course from Thursday to Sunday cheering on their golfers. 

We will be heading back to AZ the beginning of July. Last week I focused on getting some art ready for the upcoming August sale. I am pretty proud of these two pieces. I also have quite a few more cards in stock. 

If I can get my desk cleaned I might be able to do some scrappign this week. I kind of pushed that to the side. 

I hope you are enjoying the summer and all of the activities that come with it. We are missing the grandkids and can't wait to get back to see them. 

Been Busy

 The past few weeks have flown by! I scheduled all the necessary appointments during those two weeks - doctor, eye doctor, hip doctor, haircut and dentist. The new hip is just about 6 months old. I am walking around 400,000 steps a month which is back to where I was over a year ago. I do miss the sidewalks of Chandler where I can go for miles. Our neighborhood here does not have sidewalks and there is a school on the road at the end of our street. Also no sidewalks so walking is more of a challenge. 

I have been able to psend some time scrapping. It helped that is was NSD - National Scrapbook Day. I participated over at A Cherry on Top. There were so many challenges! Here are a few of my layouts:

It was fun to work on our Spring Break photos from Cancun. 

As always I appreciate your stopping by and for your kind words. 

Have a lovely week.

Back Again

 And, we are back in Michigan. I spent 5 months in Phoenix where we had almost daily interaction with the grandkids.It is nice to be home and in cooler weather, but I miss them:)

But, I have tons of photos to scrap and we facetime quite frquently. 

We spent almost a week during spring break in Cancun. These kids LOVE the water and the ocean was no exception. 

Adding this a Cut File and MIxed Media challenge over at Cherry Crafters on Facebook. 

Thank you for visiting and for your kind words. 

Wishing everyone a lovely day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 The leprechaun managed to evade the kids's traps yet again:) It is getting harder every year to find green items to leave them as treats too. We might have outgrown this tradition:):)

It didn't help that we spent the week before it on vacation. We all went to Cancun for the kids' spring break. We loved the Americana Fiesta Coral Beach resort. The pools, the ocean, the food and the swim up bars:):) My grandkids, who do not drink soda, now know what a Shirley Temple is and they enjoyed many of them. 

They are still on break today so once they go back, I can get to scrapping.

I did pull this one together quickly using a sketch from A Cherry on  Top

Spring is more like summer here in Arizona with well above average temps. 

I hope wherever you are, you are beginning to see flowers poking up, birds arriving and warmer temps as well. 

Happy Valentine's Day

 Happy Valentine's Day.

I have been busy making a banner for each grandchild. I usually tape things to their doors to surprise them when they wake up. There is also a little gift bag of goodies. 

I have continued scrapping some of their adventures. I used this sketch from A Cherry on Top

the rest of us. 

Last year we all participated in the Phoenix zoo 5K. We decided to complete it again this year. My grandson and his mom ran quite a bit. I did a very fast walk. My granddaughter, her dad and grandpa did a more leisurely walk. They probably enjoyed the zoo and zoo lights the most.

I also painted each of them a valentine.

Wishing you all a day filled with love. Thank you for visiting and for your kind words.