Some Cards I Made Today

Little Birdie

This one uses the Natural Cotton Lace from the ZZ March Caliope Reverie Kit
DMC Floss
Stash Cardstock/PP



Sunny Day

Uses Wheat Grosgrain - #0325 Ribbon

Stash PP
DMC Floss

Sunday.

Today I was browsing some blogs, and came across the above quote by Elegant Word Art by Bethany. She's running a great site, and has some awesome Quotes!! Go check her out HERE

Renee out.

Today's Quote

The trick is in what one emphasizes.
We either make ourselves miserable,
or we make ourselves strong.
The amount of work is the same.

Carlos Castaneda, 1925-1998
Peruvian-born Author

Thanks to the Circle of Grey for posting this quote. You are such a wonderful group! xoxoxo

A Poem

"From Friend to Friend" by Karen Clouston

You're giving me a special gift, so sorrowfully endowed,
And through these last few cherished days, your courage makes me proud.
But really, love is knowing when your best friend is in pain,
And understanding earthly acts will only be in vain.

So looking deep into your eyes, beyond into your soul,
I see in you the magic that will once more make me whole.

The strength that you possess is why I look to you today,
To do this thing that must be done, for it's the only way.

That strength is why I've followed you and chose you as my friend,
And why I've loved you all these years...my partner till the end.

Please understand just what this gift you're giving means to me,
It gives me back the strength I've lost and all my dignity.

You take a stand on my behalf, for that is what friends do,
And know that what you do is right. For I believe it too.

So one last time I breathe your scent and through your hand I feel,
The courage that's within you to now grant me this appeal.

Cut the leash that holds me here, dear friend and let me run,
Once more a strong and steady dog, my pain and struggle done.

And don't despair my passing, for I won't be far away,
Forever here within your heart and memory I'll stay.

I'll be watching over you, your ever faithful friend,
And in your memories I'll run, a young dog once again.

        In Loving Memory of Lucy Sue, my beautiful Red Fawn Greyhound April 16th  2001 - March 27th 2008 Cancer Sucks.

A Prayer

Hear our humble prayer, O God for our friends the animals and especially for animals who are suffering, for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death. We entreat for them all thy mercy and pity, and for those who deal with them we ask a heart and compassion and gentle hands and kindly words. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to animals and to share the blessing of the merciful. - Albert Schweitzer



One of the hardest days of my life is coming, but I need to do it for her. I'll be signing off for a few days.

Good Friday....

Went by way too fast. I only completed two LO's today!! Yikes!! At the same time; my greyhound required a lot of TLC today. Bad day for her. On the bright side, we are going to a vet that specializes in greyhounds tomorrow morning... 8AM....7 hours from now. Please wish us luck that he can help her!! (Its at the point of it needs to be fixed; or a VERY hard decision needs to be made; that makes me so sad to even think about)

On to better news:

I finished up my LO's with my DT kit over at SNS! I still have more time to create more if I'm up to it tomorrow!! Yeah!!

I worked with the ZZ March Caliope Reverie Kit, it is so awesome! So awesome my kitty :hearts: these ribbons too!! I have no idea how many times I chased her around the house this month....who knew she had a passion for lace?



This one is called Happiness is:



I used:

Sweetheart Pink Lace from the kit
Fancy Pants Rub Ons
heidi swapp chipboard hearts
glaze pen
IOD "Reverie" PP
IOD "Miss Adventure" PP
Colorblock PP
sewing machine
stash Pink PP

Journaling is: Happiness is a GodDaughter - "Riley's Baptism Day" Feb 3rd 2008 364 Days Old.

The next one I did for Shannon's BOM challenge.

The journaling prompt was: This Much I Know is True:



Aqua Cotton Blend Lace from the kit
heidi swapp chipboard hearts from the store
BG PP
Misc Brads
Misc Flowers
Misc Cardstock

If you want to read the journaling, then go check out the BOM section of the SNS forum! OK, OK, HERE is a shortcut! lol

If you like the arrows, I made up a GSD file for them. HERE is the link for that. Enjoy! Please leave a comment if you download!

Inspire Me Please!!

I'm feeling so blah lately. I'll get my scrapping stuff in order then the greyhound whines, or Max is chasing a cat or the cat is taking off with my ribbon, my DT ribbon!! (GRRR)

Help me get inspired to ignore it all and just scrap!! (Please!) I'm offering up a Rak too!!

CLICK HERE to inspire me Please!!!

Pretty Please?

Pretty Pretty Please? With chocolate on top? And caramel?.......ok ok

The Rak is going postal to Aleks on Monday! Congrats Aleks!!

Chuckle for the day

if ONLY this was true: (sorry Missy & Douggie)

I've Been Tagged!

I've been tagged by Shannon! So here it goes...

5 Things you cannot live without under $5:

1. Large Triple Triple

2. Chocolate!!

3. bottled water

4. Milk Bones (no not for me but if I did not have them I'd never see daylight again.....)

5. Kisses from all my loves (DH & furbabies)

5 Favourite movies:

1. Grease

2. Godfather I

3. Godfather II

4. Resident Evil

5. Crank
Baby Names you love (but won't use):
(girls)
1. Shawn

2. Micheala

3. Rose

4. Jane

5. Lucy (already taken! lol)

(boys)

1. Frank

2. George

3. Max (Already taken!! lol)

4. Fred

5. Matt
5 Songs you could listen to over and over again:


1. Will save your soul - Jewel

2. Blueberry Hill song by Louis Armstrong

3. Cemetery Gates - Pantera

4. Black Souls - Testament

5. Welcome to the jungle - Guns N Roses
5 People who influenced your life in a positive way:

1. Parents

2. Siblings

3. Mike

4. Jay

5. Helena

5 things that stay in your purse all the time:

1. wallet

2. cell phone

3. passports

4. tokens

5. aspirin

5 moments you knew changed you forever:

1. The day I left town on a bus

2. The moment I realized Grandparents could die

3. The night I met Mike

4 The day I went to "look" at Lucy

5. The moment I saw Max at two days old.......I knew I was in trouble!
5 obsessions you have right now:

1. did the greyhound shit normal?

2. did the greyhound eat?

3. Is the greyhound in pain?

4. Is the greyhound comfortable?

5. Scrapping in an anything goes kind of way.

5 places you would really love to go:

1. Ireland

2. Scotland

3. Grand Canyon

4. Alaska

5. Somewhere flippin WARM!

5 people you would love to see do their top 5:

1. Rhea

2. Michelle

3. Veronica

4. Jen

5. Amanda
Don't forget to post and let me know when you've done it.. I wanna see your answers!!

Dog Show Pictures From March 1st

Yeah, I'm bad about updating my blog lately.......so much is going on in our household! Its crazy!

So Mike and I went to the Detroit Dog Show held at Cobo Hall in Detroit, MI.

Some downtown shots:







(snicker. snicker........that was not me in that line up that day!!)



(Isn't he handsome!)





(can you read his sign...insane!)





(okay, so its not Marmaduke, or Scooby......but it could be!)



Great Dane PUPPY!!



(Irish Wolfhound)



(Getting Smooches from a Beautiful Mastiff)





(Look we found Max's Tail ----> Straight!!)



She reminded me of Shawn....

Some Pugs getting some lovin;







(Those are Whippets!)



(Ibizan Hound)

Some more Downtown Shots:









(Self Portrait)



That would have been a great picture - If I didn't cut him off!! lolol

ZZ March Caliope Reverie Kit

I played today!! Yeah!! I got to dig into the ZZ March Caliope Reverie Kit at SNS! Such Fun!

I used the Black Double Loop Braid - #0370 from the kit, and followed Martina's Fabric Challenge. I would not of thought this was my style; but I guess it was today! I rather like it! Its of Max & Mike back in February 2006, when Max was around 8 weeks old.

Monica's Video's

have been updated on my sidebar!! Love them Monica!

You Rock!!

Wanna be a Guest Design Team Member over at SavvynSassy.com?

Here's How:

Katie has a great Challenge over at SNS this month!

March GDT Scraplift Challenge 

Let someone else do the heavy lifting this month! My challenge is really simple. Just choose a layout made by any member of the design team and lift it! You can do a direct lift, use it as a sketch, or just be inspired by something in the layout. As long as it is obvious how the layout inspired something in yours. Then, post your layout in the gallery and post BOTH your layout and the layout you lifted back to this thread.

1. You may enter the contest each month unless you have won the month prior.

2. Your layout must meet the contest rules and guidelines to be eligible.

3. Your layout has to be newly created specifically for this contest.

4. You may share your layout on other websites.

5. You must be a registered member with the forum and have a minimum of 10 posts to enter the contest.

6. If you do not meet all the requirements of the contest rules your layout will be disqualified so please pay close attention to the guidelines and rules.

7. Contest runs each month from the 1st to 28th, so you have to upload your creations by midnight MST on 28th each month to be eligible to win.

8. If you win the contest you will be a guest DT member for the next month, and SNS will send you one of the ribbons kits to create 3 projects with.

March Ribbon Kits are here!!

Over at SNS, Go Check them out!!

ZZ March Spring Break Kit



ZZ March Caliope Reverie Kit



SnS March Sassy Kit




SnS March Savvy Kit