Wee Bit Chilly

Beautiful day!  Blue skies, bit of a breeze but cold!  It dipped into the upper 30's last night and it has warmed up to a crisp temperature of 52.  I think our winter has arrived.

Jim is off getting fluids changed in our truck, oil and transmission I believe.  A couple times last week our black beastie was cranky!

 Handmade cards because:

                          No one displays an email on the mantle
                             or shows off a tweet on the fridge

                      or saves a Facebook post in a box of treasure

                                          Total for 2023

                                                   601

These first two sets of cards are Beary Christmas Memory and More cards

Winter Meadow DSP is gorgeous!

Challenge card using retired SU products

Memories and More

Memories and More, these cards are 4x6

Memories and More

Are you keeping track?  how many cards will I end up making this year?  Comment below and if you're correct I'll send you some cards

All is right in our world

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Showing how to make quick and easy cards. 

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I had a Birthday!

 

Do you dread your birthday?  Or do you embrace the age you are and enjoy the celebration?  For the most part it's just another day.  Yes, I wonder where the time has gone, can I be this old???  I am 76 years young and there are days I feel it.  

I am grateful for all the experiences I have enjoyed in my life.  I wish I had the energy to do more. I may be slowing down but life is good!

On the 8th we had my birthday lunch at Osaka, unfortunately they don't do hibachi tables for the lunch crowd.  But Sonsearae, Chris, Jim and I had a lovely lunch.  This restaurant is about 30 miles from our home so we took advantage of some of the stores in the area.  Total Wine was our first stop and Jim bought us some Cognac, Chianti and Shiner Ruby Redbird.  Actually those are all for me...although he may have some chianti.  There were a few tastings going on and the cognac was yummy.  We're always on the lookout for chianti and this is one I/we haven't tried.  And the Ruby Redbird is a favorite of mine but hadn't seen since we left Texas!

Our next stop was Trader Joe's.  It was a birthday request I made.  Love the tiny store and the unusual products they carry.  

On the way to Sonsearae's house we stopped at a bakery and got cupcakes to celebrate, then Starbucks for my free coffee. I must say my German Chocolate concoction was superb!

After indulging in the luscious, German Chocolate cupcake I had, there were presents to open!  I received a Navy Veteran T-shirt and a hand crocheted shrug/sweater made by our friend Marge.  Of course it's green, my favorite color.  Also a box of Godiva dark chocolate covered cherries!

My day was filled with family and love

We had some horrible weather over the weekend.  Torrential rains at time.  We just stayed indoors until Sunday after noon.  The rain let up long enough for me to take out the trash and get the mail.  My cardmaking friends have been sending birthday and Christmas cards!

The front has moved on and the cold is settling in again.  It's 0713 and 35 degrees outside, the sun is starting to rise and the skies are clear

                                    Handmade cards because:

                          No one displays an email on the mantle
                             or shows off a tweet on the fridge

                      or saves a Facebook post in a box of treasure

                                          Total for 2023

                                                   551 

                     Are you keeping track?  How many cards will I end up making this year?  If you guess correctly I'll send you a dozen cards.  Just leave a comment

Some quick and easy cards made with retired Stampin' Up! designer series paper

All About Autumn DSP

Memories and More Beary Christmas

Beary Christmas from Stampin' Up!

All is right in our world

I am an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. 

Showing how to make quick and easy cards. 

To order a catalog

Follow me here or on Facebook:  Card making with Linda for more detailed instruction. 

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Change is a Good Thing

Did you notice? I changed the title to this blog.  We no longer travel and since the content is mostly my cards I thought it was time for a change.  I'll continue to keep ya'll updated on us because that's why I originally started this blog, to keep family and friends updated on where we were and what we were doing.  I hope you'll continue to follow along! 

This time of year we can get some spectacular sunrises and sunsets.  I'm usually up early enough to see the sunrises.  The roof line you see is the hotel that this campground hides behind.  No affiliation but if you want to visit us it would be convenient!

We needed new bedding and we like sleeping under quilts.  Jim picked this design and it goes well with our 'décor'.

Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving with Sonsearae, Chris and Louie!  Jim is scheduled for some tests on Wednesday and may not be up for a feast on Thursday.  Sonsearae went all out! 

 We had Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, yeast rolls, canned cranberry sauce from a can for Jim.  Because I try to stay fat free she had sides that were meant for me, like potatoes with no butter, gravy made with no fat (onions and mushrooms!), stuffing with no sausage.  Like I said she went all out.  

We served ourselves buffet style and sat down at the table for our dinner.

We stuffed ourselves, cleaned up the mess (mostly her) and then we went to World Market while the guys snoozed watching football.  Once we returned we had coffee and pie.  Pumpkin with whipped cream and cherry<<<my favorite.

We barely made it home before dark but we were treated to an exquisite sunset!  I kept watching as the fiery red ball sank and managed to get this shot.

Perfect way to end the day

Handmade cards because:

                          No one displays an email on the mantle
                             or shows off a tweet on the fridge

                      or saves a Facebook post in a box of treasure

                                          Total for 2023

                                                  497

Earthen Elegance and our new Deckled Circle dies from Stampin' Up!

Earthen Elegance stamp with Pretty Peacock on Basic White card stock.  Difficult to see but I embossed some lines down the left and across the bottom.  Matted with Pretty Peacock card stock

This All About Autumn DSP is a favorite of mine.  Layered the DSP on Mossy Meadow cardstock. This was a template challenge card

These cards were made using the Beary Christmas Memories and More card pack. It includes pre-printed panels that make for quick cards! Beary Christmas DSP and Real Red cardstock for the matting

See what I mean?  All About Autumn DSP is perfect for this time of year.  One thing I do miss about living in the south.  Autumn is gorgeous up north!  So I make cards with pretty paper for me to enjoy

I hope your Thanksgiving is shared with loved ones.  Stuff yourself if you must!

All is right in our world

I am an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. 

Showing how to make quick and easy cards. 

To order a catalog

Follow me here or on Facebook:  Card making with Linda for more detailed instruction. 

To place an order, head over to my website to view the digital catalogs

Shop Here