Mondays are quickly becoming my favorite day of the week..........

I find myself looking forward to Mondays like never before. That is because I am always so excited to see the MojoMonday sketch. What great therapy card making can be for me-and for you! And after the day I had today this was just what I needed. My father in law had a heart attack, passed out while driving, and thankfully didn't hurt himself, my mother in law or anyone else in this latest health scare. A student at the school where I work got a nice gash on her head from a piece on a fence gate-that was a bloody mess. And, it is Monday-the beginning of another busy work week. So I was very excited when I saw this sketch and got to work on it. It fell together nicely although I feel like I am lacking something-I just don't know what. I am going to call it a day now. Thanks for dropping by.

MojoMonday #83

Here it is-finally. I have had a rough week, fighting some type of bug. It seems like I might be on the mend now and I sure hope so. I loved the sketch this week and wanted to participate but just didn't feel well enough until a few hours ago, so I quickly put my idea together. Enjoy it and if you get a chance I sure hope you will play along at mojomonday.blogspot.com.

Thanks for looking :-)

Debbie

There is some really great blog candy going on at this blog-you have got to check it out.

http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/2009/04/some-blogoversary-candy.html

Some really, really good stuff.

Mojo Monday #82

I like this one! It all fell together for me-easily. Woo hoo-after a busy day that was great therapy. I hope you enjoy the card.

I love my granddaughter

I have one grandchild and there was no way I could have prepared myself for the joy that I feel everytime I see or think of her. She is a very happy baby and has great parents-what more could a baby have?

I wanted to share one of my many passions

My husband and I love going out in the woods to look for wildlife-mainly elk and deer but I get a thrill out of seeing just a bird or a squirrel on a slow day in the woods. We are lucky to live in Washington State, close to Mt. St. Helen's. There are elk everywhere. Scott is an avid hunter and while I don't go for the kill I do go to shoot-pictures that is. Here are a couple pictures I took last weekend (April 4, 2009) when we took my parents up to feed the elk at EcoPark. I could do this every day!

I love the weekends!

I have vowed to stay home this weekend and just get things done and do what I feel like doing. So far, so good. I have been browsing the StampinUp catalog for inspiration and ideas as I now have another friend (besides Debbie) that is selling StampinUp. My friend, Jacque, just started. She plans to have a workshop each month to make cards or crafts at a reasonable cost. I am jealous! Well, not really jealous but I have got this incredible urge to help out. I do not want to ever commit to anything like that but I really want to be able to share some ideas with her. She she has actually told me I can do a couple cards if I want- DID SHE SAY IF I WANT? Of course I do. So, I put this together today. Very simple and I think I may tweek it just a bit but I was pleased. My only disappointment came when I looked for ribbon by StampinUp only to find they don't carry any ribbon in close to cocoa-the color I was wanting to use. So the ribbon is just Michaels stuff. But I did use the top note die, the stamp set is Thoughts & Prayers, paper is close to cocoa and pretty in pink. I think my ink pad is getting low on ink though-it didn't ink up as well as I had expected it to. It is getting old so I may have to replace it. Leave a comment if you like it please and thanks for looking.

Debbie

Mojo Monday #81

I got to take part in the Mojo Monday again this week. Truthfully, this isn't my favorite card. I struggled getting it together-wasn't sure what I really wanted but I knew I really wanted to get it done!

The bug stamp is from Michaels dollar bin-can't go wrong with that can I? I added stickles to the center of all the flowers but I am not able to see them here :-(

If you get a chance give this challenge a try-it is always fun.

Have a great week!

Debbie