A Bird And A Butterfly :)

Hi Everyone!!!! wow what a busy week I ended up having..I went to my first Stained Glass class and had a good time, signed up for more :) ..and my family went to our first San Jose Sharks game! we live 45 minutes away from the stadium and I'm not sure why we've never been Hmmm! but we ALL had a BLAST! and can't wait to go to more games! ...so much fun *grin* .....so I promised a card and I have named this one the first card that we will be making for card class in Feb..I hope my group likes it but I love how it came out..it looks so much better in person...Everything is SU but the metal circles ...I hope you all have a great night! and wow tomorrow is Friday! I will be back with a card and a Friday Funny...
Thank You!!! Come Again!!!!
Mandy
P.S I am now an official SU consultant again so if you would like to order from the comfort of your home 24/7 just search my name and my website will pop up.. I also added most of my SU cards that I have made onto my site :) ...

My Spools Quilt! :)

Hi Everyone!!!!! I can't say thank you enough to everyone who stopped by and made a comment about my Dresden quilt...it makes me feel good that you all liked it :) ..thank you for the sweet comments about my family and my fur babies..I love all of them :) ..so the last 3 days I have been working on this Spools quilt by Thimble Blossoms (Camille) ..I LOVED IT!!!!! I love bright colors and was so happy to order this fabric called Hello Sunshine by Riley Blake but the bright turquoise is from my LQS ...I can't wait to get this quilted! ....Can you spy Bones and Kat? LOL! and those size 14 feet are the hubbies, so just ignore them LOL! ...I hope everyone has a fantastic day! and to my card maker followers I will have a card tomorrow but as of right now I'm pretty proud of myself ..I have 3 quilt tops under my belt and it's still Jan! :) ...
Thank You!!!! Come Again!!!!
Mandy
P.S I did add the email subscription link :) so hopefully you will sign up ..

Winner And A GRATEFUL girl! :)

True Random Number Service Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 5 Timestamp: 2013-01-28 00:04:10 ...Here's the winner! Blogger Farm Quilter said... Beautiful colors in your lovely Dresden! Lots of work, great result! Love the pics of your dogs and family! Nice body art too :) Thank you so much!!!!!! Mandy

Dare To Dresden Blog Hop..Welcome :)

Hi Everyone!!!! whether it's your first time or your a long time reader of my blog thank you for stopping by today!  I am primarily a card maker but I love to quilt and when I saw the Dare To Dresden blog hop I knew I really wanted to make one so I joined immediately! I knew that once I committed I would finish my first Dresden quilt...I loved every step of making this quilt but WOW! what a lot of work! it kinda seemed never ending at one point but every new step made me smile so it was worth it..my fabric is from Camille and Bonnie's line called Bliss..I absolutely love this color combo! Now I will be offering a $20.00 Starbucks gift card (USA only) as my blog candy..all you need to do is leave a comment telling me if your new to my blog or an oldie LOL! I will choose a winner on Sunday :) ..Click on pictures to see them a little bit closer...it was raining all day on Thursday so my pictures aren't outstanding but hopefully their still nice enough :) ....I appreciate you stopping by! have an awesome weekend and thank you to Sew We Quilt and Quilt Monster In My Closet for letting me join in this blog hop ...Oh and I do have family and friends who don't know how to comment on my blog so they post on  Facebook so they will also be entered to win the blog candy as long as they post on the link :) ...
Thank You!!! Come Again!!!!
Mandy 
Here's the list of other bloggers participating today..make sure you show them some love too :) ..this is really fun:
 

 Friday January 25^th, 2013

Gingersnap Quilts

Busy Bee Quilts

She Sews the Blues

Traveling Quilter

Grand Mama's Stories

Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio

Sew at Home Mummy

The Slow Quilter

Pig Tales and Quilts

Annie Oak Design

Jane's Fabrics & Quilts

Tea Time Creations

Mo Broker My Creative Side

Just Let Me Quilt

Words and Stitches

Just Keep Swimming

Sew Many Yarns

Sowing Stitches

Jane's Quilting
My Patchwork Life
2muchfun

Pumpkin Patch Quilter
Quilt Monster in my Closet

Redheads = Love :)

Hi Everyone!!! I just finished making this card and watching The Replacements with Keanu Reeves..Love him and this movie! :0)..I love how the colors of this new (for me) DP from Basic Grey is so pretty! it's called True Love...The sketch is from Sketch Saturday...I hope you like it :) ..have a great day!!!!
Thank You!!!! Come Again!!!!
Mandy

Love The Peacock :0)

Hi Everyone!!! well I got sick again and have felt like crud so I haven't been crafting..Pneumonia sucks BTW...but I am back and feel like making cards again. In fact I bought new DP! 3 Basic Grey DP! and 1 My Mind's Eye and 1 Fancy Pants Design...LOVE IT! my daughter took me on a date Friday night and we stopped at the scrapbooking store and I was drooling the whole time! I'm so lucky that I no longer have a LSS near me! trouble! :) ..but since my New Years Resolution this year was to make more quilts I have made it my mission to shop on-line fabric stores and man o man I have been having fun clicking that buy it now button! so I showed you a couple of pictures of quilts that I will be making in the next two weeks..when I first saw the Riley Blake fabric called Sunshine I knew that I wanted that fabric for my Spools quilt..and because I have this thing about being symmetrical I will be making the bottom right hand corner quilt :) ..Tim and I went out on a date yesterday and we had to stop at Hobby Lobby and look at what I found this awesome Owl material..I have this thing about cupcakes and cutesy owls ..LOVE THEM! so I will be making this quilt on Friday with my mom and some really fun quilting buddies ..can't wait!...Of course I didn't get to post for Friday Funny so here's my life in my bed..3 bullies that allow us to sleep next to them ..such givers ;) ..so this is what I dubbed my personal dog pile and yes all 3 were sleeping in this picture and when they heard the flash on the camera go off they raised a eye lid just a slit just to tell me to knock it off..The picture of Kat is her lying on my chest :) ..just this morning I woke up with her face laying on my cheek. I got up and she slid her face off mine and stayed asleep..O the life :) ...I guess I should tell you about the card I made using one of my other designs right? LOL! it's 90% SU ..counting down the days till I can resign up and buy from the new Spring mini...O yay! so FOOTBALL is on today and I won't try to think about how it's the last game of the season SNIFF! SMH! trying to hold back my sorrow because Sept is a LONG time away from now...so have an awesome day!!! I will be back this week and as a matter of fact I will be cleaning my craft desk so I can feel that I have a fresh start :)...
Thank You!!!!! Come Again!!!!!
Mandy

Flowers Galore :)

Hi Everyone!!! I made this card and was feeling pretty good because the flowers and DSP are bright and fun! I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop...everything is SU but the brads and corner bling...I have to run to the quilt shop to buy some fabric for my Dresden quilt so I will see ya soon :)
Thank You!!!! Come Again!!!!
Mandy

Just A Burned Card :)

Hi Everyone!!! I wanted to do something different today with my card and that was to burn the edges..OK so it was fun and smelly! BUT DIRTY!!!! LOL! soot was everywhere :) ..so it's a total man card teehee! so give it to your husband or man friend while they are working on the car or the yard and wa la no worries about messing up your hard work...win win!!! :) ..everything is SU but the ribbon and dew drops.. I would also suggest not to send this in the mail for at least a couple of days or I'm sure the dog sniffers at the post office will be all over your card! :)...lots of warnings for just burning your card haha! Have an awesome day!!!!!
Thank You!!!! Come Again!!!!
Mandy

Lil Twister Quilt

Hi Everyone!!!! It has been busy around here but my son heads back to school tomorrow so everything should go back to a routine...I had to show you what has occupied me for the last couple of days..this twister quilt..O man I had so much fun putting this together!!!!!! I was really careful with my lines and trying to make sure I sew the correct way, so many things for my brain to process! I can't wait till I get this to the quilter and I'm super happy that it's Jan 7th and my first quilt of the year is completed! and I signed up for a blog hop but not with cards actually with quilting! I'm so excited and I will be adding my blog button on the side later on today but it's a Dresden quilt that I really wanted to make and this was the push I needed...I started it last night and can't wait to show you on the 25th..I will have a little blog candy on that day, so if you don't visit me often at least mark that day :) I guess there are 90 participants! crazy!!!  :) ...so anyways have a great day! see ya tomorrow with a card
Thank You!!!! Come Again!!!!
Mandy

Canning With Buttons ;)

Hi Everyone!!! Happy New Year!!! My New Years resolution for 2013 is to quilt more and to get really good at decorating sugar cookies :) ...So I started off with quilting! whoo hoo! I can't wait to show you what I create this year..I'm really paying attention to what I'm doing wrong and fixing it for next time, so I have been a little preoccupied but now I'm in my craft room and I made this card using SU stuff :) ..all but the buttons and ribbon..I really can't wait to be a Stampin Up consultant again!!! I have to wait 2 more weeks and then I'm ordering so much from the Spring catalog, have you seen it!? O the ribbon! the embellishments!!! and the DSP!!!I can't wait to start playing with it ALL!!! beautiful job SU! Well I hope you have a great day! 
Thank You!!!! Come Again!!!!!
Mandy