It's All About The Journey

Thankful Thoughts of You

Hello Ladies. I hope that your having a good week so far and taking some time out just for you.

Tonight I made a Thanksgiving Day card. I have family that I send cards to for that day so I have quite a few to make  yet. Here is my card for today.

All of the products that I used are fromStampin'UP!

Here is what I used: Autumn Splendor stamp set # 116503, Grateful Greetings stamp set  # 116511 and Bright Blessings #115626. I used Very vanilla, Old olive, really Rust and More Mustard card-stock. I used Chocolate Chip and More Mustard Ink. I added a 1/2' Library clip and some hemp. The hemp is the only thing that is not from SU.  I used a sponge and I sponged on a little Chocolate Chip ink around the Very Vanilla edges.   Voila.......done!  Have you started your Thanksgiving Day cards yet?  Time sure is flying by us once again.

Personal Ramblings.

On Tuesday, I went for a walk in the down town area of the town that I live in. As I've have written before there isn't a lot to our main street. We have a very old building used for our town hall which consists of the town clerk, and the person who collects our taxes. Home taxes that is.  We have a meeting hall which is also in a very old building, a small library, and the rest of main street has homes on it. Most of the homes are lovely.  some are very,very old and some are brand new.   We also have a real tank that sits proudly for all to see. On Monday I decided it was time I took a photo of it. It was very cloudy and getting late and I had my little point and shoot with me so my photo did not come out well. I only took one photo because a man that I have never seen before decided that he wanted to stop and see the tank too. However, he parked his car at an angle that would not allow me to get a better shot. And he began talking to me quite a bit. I am a friendly person but I have a hard time chatting  with men  that I do not  know.   I did not like how my photo came out so I decided to make it look old. Which is kind of fitting since the tank is old. :)

 

 
 Despite the fact that the photo did not come out that great I thought I would share something else that is in my town with you. What type of monument do you have in your town or city?  

Today, I took a 3 mile walk  becuase we may get a mixture of rain and snow. No walking for me tomorrow. But the good news is that this weekend will be sunny and in the 50's. Got to love that!  I will be back soon. Smile.:)
  
  

A Birthday Invitation

 Hello Ladies.  I hope that all of you had a great weekend. Mine was very good and very busy. Today I have an invitation to show you that I made for our youngest granddaughter, Aubrey. Her birthday isn't for a few months yet but  I thought that I would whip one up and see what her Mom would think of  it. I made it using the My Digital Studio Program#118108 from Stampin'UP!. I had a blast making it and I"m happy with how it turned out. In fact as soon as I finished making it I sent it off to the printers. I can hardly wait to see it printed out by a professional.  Wayne is also going to print one out for me using my printer.

Here it is. :)

 

 
 
 
  I made the invitation 5 1/2 X 4 1/4". This is the front.

 
Dang! I made the inside white so it's hard for you to see. Argh. I think you get the idea though. Also the print is done in Rose Red and looks a bit darker in real life. Sorry about that. The back is plain white so no need to show that to you. I hope Hillary likes it. :)

Personal Ramblings

I do not have a photo to show you today. I went to my daughters home on Sunday and took photos of her and her boyfriend and to visit with them and with Molly for a little bit. It was of course wonderful to see them.By the time I got back home it was too late for me to walk outdoors. Today, I had to go into Concord to file papers with the court. I am having my  name legally changed from  Mary Anderson to Mary Cardini-Anderson. Cardini is my maiden name and I decided that I wanted to have both my fathers and my husbands name. There was a time when a woman could hyphenate her last name and it did not cost any thing. Well it does now. But it's worth it to me. Anyway, it was getting late so I decided to walk the downtown area of Concord so that I could get my walk in for the day. Unfortunately, I did not have my camera with me. It has been years since I've walked in Concord unless I was shopping. It was nice but I missed walking in my town. 

See you again soon. Smile. :)
 

 

 

Beary Best Wishes & 2 Photos

Hello Ladies. I hope that all of you have been doing well and that you are enjoying the weekend. I also hope that all of you have remembered to turn your clocks back. :)

Today I made a card using the Beary best Friends stamp set again. This time I used the little girl bear. Because, I try to participate in the Pals Paper Arts challenge every week I decided to do it this week. All that is required this week is that you use the color pink.You will see lots of pink on my card. :) This week they are also offering blog candy so go and check it out and the beautiful cards that were made.

The products that I used fromStampin"UP! are the stamp sets # 118052Beary best Friends and # 118050 Beary Nice Wishes.  The card-stock that I used is Whisper White and Old Olive. I used the Pawsitively Prints designer papers # 118060. I used Chocolate Chip ink and the Stampin"Up! markers. The punch that I used is the  Scallop edge #112091 . I think I'm the last SU person to have purchased it. I *love* this punch !!! The pink satin ribbon was purchased a the craft store, I also used oval die cuts. I paper pieced the  little dress on the cute little girl bear.

Here is my card:

 
Personal Ramblings:

I mentioned at least a month ago that I would share a photo of wayne and I with our new cards. I apologize for it taking me so long. It has been a crazy past few months for me.  Anyway, I hope that you enjoy the photos.

Here is wayne with his new Sentra.

 
  Even though we purchased our  cars in August we did not take photos until the fall. can you tell? :)

 

And here I am with my new Sentra.

 Yes, they are exactly the same just different colors. :)

I wanted to share some photos of my walk today. First of all I got lost. Ha-ha. I took a route that I have taken many times but for some reason I was one road off. But I did not panic at first because for the first time I got to see the one and only school that our town has. It is an elementary school and I've wondered where it was located and what it looked like. Well at long last I now know. I continued on my journey and although the sky was dark due to rain that was coming in I was determined to keep walking for as long and as far as I could. At one point I saw the rock wall that I am used to seeing on this route. As I got closer I noticed that at all four corners of the road I was approaching all had rock walls. OY!  Nothing looked familiar to me......nothing! I tried one road , nope not that one , I tried the second road and that was not right either. On my third try I walked about 200 feet and finally I knew where I was . Whew! I could have called Wayne to come find me but I had no way of explaining to him where I was. As Wayne says to me "Mary you are a dip". he means that lovingly of course. :) Okay so onto my walk. I was bummed that I did not have my camera because I walked by cows and one of them was a baby cow. Weather permitting I will go back that route again next week and get a photo of the cows. I love that I'm able to see such beauty on my walks. Despite the fact that it was very cloudy and did shower briefly while I was on my walk it was 65 degrees. Lots of wind but it was so nice to be walking in warmer weather. Today I walked 3 1/2 miles. By mistake of course. But if it was not going to rain I think that I could have walked all day long.

Okay enough of my chatting. I hope that your Sunday is a wonderful day. I will be back soon again when I have more to share. Smile. :)