A 'Best of Halloween' flip card!

Good morning!

 My card today was inspired by my dear friend & downline Judy Hopping!
She did a similar card at our downline meeting a couple of weeks ago.
As Judy would say- this card is Susied Up.
So Judy- what do you think? 
I hope you don't mind that I changed your card & shared it.

'Best of Halloween'
cs: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Very Vanilla
dp:  Witches Brew
ink:  Black Stazon
marker:  Summer Starfruit
supplies:  Black 1/8" Taffeta ribbon, Big Shot, Stripes embossing folder, Label Card Thinlits die, Label Collection Framelit, glue dot
 
Yes- I like to layer!!!
I just like the 3-D look I guess.....that is the way I was taught to stamp by my upline.
So I decided that I would try layering with one of the flip cards.
AND it does work!!
YIPEE!! 

NOTE:
I'll be sharing a layered flip card with everyone joining me for my September 
workshops using a different stamp set.

See- how it flips!

The inside piece is:
'Tags 4 You'
ink:  Pumpkin Pie
supplies:  Label Bracket punch

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Thursday!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

Happy 2nd Birthday to Drake & Brody!!

OH my GOSH!

Happy 2nd Birthday to Drake & Brody!!

 

Where has the past 2 years gone.....they sure have flown!

What precious little guys you are & definitely with your own personalities.

I was saying 'cheese' & Brody was repeating me with his funny scrunched up funny face!

They are both true blessings!

Yesterday was the 6 month anniversary of Brody's 2nd surgery & you can't hardly see his scar any more & you sure can't tell by his actions that he ever had anything wrong!  

What a blessing Dr. Menezes is too!

 I also want to note the cute little John Deere hats that the twins are wearing.

Our sweet little Greiner twin friends gave these to our twins.

We LOVE the Greiner twins hand-me-downs! 

We will be celebrating Brody & Drake's birthday on Sunday evening! 

Today I'm making them a 'Wood' cake & they are getting a couple of small gifts to celebrate.

 

Happy with 'Gorgeous Grunge'!

Good morning!

Yippee- I got to finally stamp yesterday afternoon while the boys napped.

Here is the happy card that I created using 'Gorgeous Grunge'.

Gosh....I love this stamp set!!

It reminds me of one of my all time favorite sets- 'Itty Bitty Backgrounds' that is retired.

Although I do like 'Gorgeous Grunge' even better!

The images themselves are so much larger & are awesome for adding to almost 

any style of card you are creating.

If you don't already have this new set, you might want to be adding it to your wish list!

'Gorgeous Grunge' & 'Yippee-Skippee'

cs:  Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Whisper White

ink:  Pool Party, Calypso Coral & Basic Gray

supplies:  1 3/4" Circle punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch, dimensionals

I am now all caught up on sending out birthday cards!!

Yippee-Skippee!

July & August have just been so busy that I couldn't keep up.

I'm happy that I have them all done now.

One thing on my long list of "to-do's" this is now checked off! 
 

I had a surprise visitor....

Brayden was here to visit & eat supper with me last night.

Nathan & Deke were working in the shop & on the farm.

We also sold hogs last night in the heat & got in late.

I am hoping that they all made it on their journey safely.

We wet them down good to help them stay cool.

Gosh......I wish I could do a rain dance & bring some much needed rain to us.

The animals & crops are definitely suffering.

Since we buy all of our feed (corn & beans) for our hogs- this isn't good.

Gotta go......need to get my walk in before the boys arrive.

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs!
SUSIE

A 'Christmas Collectibles' inspiration.....

Good morning!

At my downline meeting a few weeks ago I was inspired by Nancy Klum to create this card.

I added words, more layers & pearls to create this card. 

'Christmas Collectibles' & 'Be Very Merry'

cs:  Smoky Slate, Whisper White & Coastal Cobana

ink:  Coastal Cobana

supplies:  Big Shot, Pretty Print Textured embossing folder, Silver 1/8" ribbon, Basic Pearls, Paper Snips, glue dots, dimensionals

Ok.....so are you just lovin' this stamp set & how about the new ribbon?? 

 Yesterday our feed guy brought some corporate employees & 

they took pictures of our farm, hogs, us & twins. 

They could possibly use the photos in displays for trade shows & magazines for their company.

(Dekalb Feeds from Frytown.)

Luckily they got here about 10:30 & were gone by noon before it got any hotter out.

It was a late, hot night on the farm sorting hogs.

Thankfully Nathan, Steve & Josh all helped us.

Many hands made it not a fun night, but manageable. 

There is no way Deke & I could have sort that group of outside hogs by ourselves.

Tonight we sell hogs so I'm a farmer again.
Darn....we need rain & cooler temps.

We are praying for both!!

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday.

Happy Stamping!

Hugs!
SUSIE