AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!

I am VERY frustrated with Splitcoast this week! Three times now, just this week alone, I have had cards that have been uploaded and appeared in my gallery suddenly disappear when I check back on them later. Why is this happening!?! Have I done something wrong? Has anyone else been having this problem?

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Splitcoast. They are a wonderful site. I am just upset that this keeps happening.

Well, any suggestions or comments would be GREATLY appreciated, and thanks for letting me vent a little!

Type atcha later!

Never too early to start playing with Christmas cards.

I absolutely love Christmas. The past few years I have made all of our Christmas cards, and I love doing it. However, this year I hope to get an earlier start on them. So today I started plying with ideas. The top two of them I REALLY like. The third one is hideous, and I am only showing it on here because it's almost funny how bad it turned out. It really was cute when I pictured it in my head, but it was lost in the execution.

The first card was so simple, but still very pretty, I think. I used the new set Heard from the Heart and the retiring set (boohoo) Peaceful Wishes. This is one of my all time favorite sets and I am so sad that it is going!! Anyway, I used Real Red for the sentiment and Sahara Sand for the mistletoe.

The second card used the new sneak peak hostess set Deer Friends. So cute!! I also used two new in colors, Riding Hood Red and Kiwi Kiss, and I used Barely Banana for the circle mat. I used my crystal effects to put dazzling diamond glitter on Santa's hat. It works really well, and I wish I could remember who's blog I saw that tip on!!! Kudos to you, whoever you are!!

The bad card used two new in colors as well, Pirouette Pink and Baja Breeze, as well as, Certainly Celery. The only thing I liked about this card is this color combo. They look really nice together. This set is called Snowfall, and it too is retiring.

Thanks so much for looking!!!

Oh, I didn't realize how pink the first card looked!! It is stamped on Whisper White, you just can't tell it in the photo!!

They don't seem to want these on Splitcoast, so....

I have uploaded these two cards twice on Splitcoast now, and twice they have not been there when I checked back. I guess I will just leave them here for you all!!

As usual, I apologize for my photography skill, or lack of it!!

The first card's colors are Real Red, Gable Green, Green Galore, Pixie Pink and Only Orange. I used my markers to color in the images from the stamp set Bitty Birthday.

On the second card I used Pretty in Pink, Apricot Appeal and Certainly Celery. I used Dazzling Diamonds on the scalloped circle. The sets used were Polka Dot and In the Stars. It is really quite a cute card in real life.

Thanks for stopping by and looking! Please leave me some comments!!!!

Paper lanterns

Hello everyone! I'm finally getting to upload some pictures for you. These are the paper lanterns I made for the 4th of July. I got lots of compliments on them, so that was a confidence boost I really needed. They were a lot easier than I thought they were going to be, and I think I completed them all within an hour or so. I just used some paper I had been hoarding for years now and finally decided to just use it. I am really bad about paper hoarding!!!

I got the instructions here.

The mosaic I created

This is the mosaic I created. It's just little pieces that make up me!!
1. Irish Flag, 2. Stampin up convention in 2005, 3. I Love My Beagle, 4. piles of polka dots, 5. tea cup pink roses, 6. Black Cat, 7. Rhinestone Jewelry, 8. DERELICT / ABANDONED COTTAGE. KILKENNY, IRELAND., 9. Clown fish iPhone Wallpaper, 10. Pink Paisley Curtain, 11. Belles of Ireland, 12. Disney World, 13. I scream for wonderful Ice Cream!, 14. the nightmare before christmas, 15. Beatles Abbey Road, 16. I am over the rainbow, 17. Harry Potter's platform!, 18. Bye, Bye, Autumn, 19. Halloween Pumpkins 2005, 20. The Way of Cross, 21. Tulip, 22. audrey_hepburn, 23. to kill a mockingbird, 24. Have yourself a merry little Christmas....., 25. Cat Play Time!, 26. Republican Party logo, 27. Christmas #2, 28. Chihuly Glass Reflections, 29. Strawberry Shortcake, 30. Jimmy Stewart, 31. Still Life For Teacher, 32. old books, 33. Hummingbird, 34. tigger, 35. Japanese Lanterns, 36. Lilac | A Floral Fountain

So Sorry!

I have been a very bad blogger. I'm sorry. We are like everyone else around here and extremely busy this time of year. Some of the things we have been up to:

Softball with both of our girls. This was the first year on pitching machine for our oldest. We didn't win any games, but by the end of the season, the girls were really getting the hang of it. Our younger daughter's team is starting to not play in the dirt, as much. A huge accomplishment.

We just got back from camping for 4 days. We had a lot of fun, other than me taking the dog out to potty and getting lost for an hour and a half. I have absolutely no sense of direction.

My husband and I went to see Mama Mia at the Fox theater in St. Louis. I loved it. He put up with it.

I promise to upload some pictures in the next couple of days. I have actually stamped a couple of times, just not nearly as much as I have wanted. I can hardly wait to break into my new sneak peek stuff!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!