Birthday cards...

 On a roll making cards for May and June birthdays...  I need to get on the ball and make more so I am ahead of the game!

Great Lakes Mega Meet

 Crazy fun times at Mega Meet in Michigan.

Artist Trading Cards

 I am booked to attend Elizabeth Craft Designs Banff Retreat in October. I am really excited and so looking forward to sightseeing when we are in Canada. Everyone tells me it is beautiful in Banff.  

The Banff Facebook group has several posts concerning trading ATCs.  I have never made ATCs before, but after watching several YouTube videos they look like a lot of fun to create. I'm going to make enough to trade with everyone attending...  (100+)

So the process began on April 16th:

Started with two decks of cards and Tim Holtz tissue paper I purchased many, many moons ago.

Added a little color with Distress sprays:

Added ephemera, stamping, die cuts, sentiments, etc..

I'm making good progress, I know I will have them finished before October.  I only have the last step, which will be to attach the background with the details for the trade. 

But I need to go pack so I can attend the Great Lakes Mega Meet in Michigan again this year with my crafty friends. 

Yard Work - Sonny Do List...

 My oldest son visited for a week to help me with my yard work and all the little things on the Sonny Do List.  Sitting in the backyard enjoying the fruits of our labor.

Palm Beach in March

 A week in Palm Beach to get away from the cold is just what I needed. Donna and I had a great time sunbathing on the beach or by the pool, eating under the tiki hut or the many restaurants that are within walking distance.  We took a sunset cruise and scoped out all the high priced millionaire homes... I actually read a complete book, something i haven't done in a long time. It felt good to sit and read again.

Belinda's Gramophone Class

 I loved this class!  Belinda is so talented! She created this life size gramophone  with an album that is hidden in the drawer!  I took the class in January, a week after the Panama cruise, but didn't finish the album until this week.  I guess I have to stay home long enough to get some of this crafting done...  LOL. 

I filled the album mostly with my grandson's high school band events that I have attended over the past years. He is so talented and now I am attending a few of his Madison Scouts competitions throughout the United States. 

I will have to do another album one of these days because his little sister joined band and is loving it! She is competing and winning just like her big brother...

Panama Cruise

Oh my goodness, this cruise was one of the best cruises I have ever been on!  So much fun with all the crazy crafty friends! Classes, excursions, dinners, dress-up and a few drinks make for a wonder cruise!!!  I still have lots of pages to scrapbook, but I was able to capture the highlights in the travel album we created from scratch on the ship during sea days. We also created a folio and a shadow box. 

The Shadow Box