Thoughts of a Grasshopper

I came across this on another blog and liked it. What is a military wife? Each one may look different and each is wonderfully unique, but this they have in common: Lots of moving… Moving… Moving… Moving far from home… Moving two cars, three kids and one dog… all riding with HER of course. Moving sofas to basements because they won’t go in THIS house; Moving curtains that won’t fit; Moving jobs and certifications and professional development hours. Moving away from friends; Moving toward new friends; Moving her most important luggage: her trunk full of memories. Often waiting… Waiting… Waiting… Waiting for housing. Waiting for orders. Waiting for deployments. Waiting for phone calls. Waiting for reunions . Waiting for the new curtains to arrive. Waiting for him to come home, For dinner . . . .AGAIN! They call her ‘Military Dependent’, but she knows better: She is fiercely In-Dependent. She can balance a chec...

I hosted a male swap on VC Rocks. These are the cards that I received. Ria Blackwell Roseanne Urbanc - it is hard to see in the picture, but Roseanne stamped the bonsai in Tangerine Tango on the Tangerine Tango CS. Sharon Field Pam Staples Mary Grauel Julie Wick Janice Heighway Mary Campbell Jane Hignite Elizabeth Kratzer Catie Palmer Beth Ratliff Barb Furlong

You probably arrived here from We Grow By Our Dreams , your next stop is Paper Therapy Ponderings . The card I envisioned doing since I signed up for the blog hop, it turns out I don't own the set. How did that happen? I went with a ship thinking of those that we are an ocean apart from. The sentiment reads "You're never more than a thought away." Stamps: The Open Sea, Whimsical Words CS: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy, VV Ink: Not Quite Navy, Choc. Chip, Crumb Cake Misc.: Espresso Baker's Twine, Dimensionals I hope you have a great weekend with whatever you have planned. I was excited to hear the next town over from us is having a parade. We will be giving thanks and honor those that gave their lives and health to keep our nation safe. On behalf of my family, I want to thank all veterans this Memorial Day.

I've been so bad about posting for a long time now. I take pictures upload them to the computer and never get around to posting. By the time I do, I don't remember what I used and I skip posting. It has been crazy busy and will be for the next couple of months. I wouldn't have it any other way. I love the way this card turned out. It is beautimous, if I do say so myself. Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Afterthoughts CS: WW, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive Misc.: Elegant Lines EF, Daffodil Delight taffeta, scallop punch

The first stop of the hop is the VC Rocks blog that has a complete list of all the participants. You just came from Lori's blog Paper Castles . Your next stop is Kris's blog Maddiebug Designs . The theme for the blog hop is "Color My World". I have to admit, when I signed up for this, I wanted to brayer a sunset and use the Extreme Surfboard stamp. It didn't quite work out that way. Our son is having his Eagle Court of Honor next month and I have ~75 invitations to make. I wanted to make several samples for him to pick from and this is what he likes best. I made a criss cross card, roughed up the edges a little on the diagonal cuts and the chocolate chip oval border of the eagle. I used 12x12 textured crumb cake for the band around the card. Stamps: In Wilderness CS: VV, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Watercolor Ink: StazOn Jet Black Misc.: Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pen Enjoy hopping!

Stamping has been so limited lately. Crazy things have been happening (not to me personally) that have eaten a lot of my time lately with communications to a lot of people working through details. Our son has been working hard wrapping up some merit badges and working on his Eagle project. He has his Eagle Board of Review in a couple of weeks. I'm so excited for him. I'm thinking it was last fall that I saw this card in a Stampin' Success magazine. I thought it was such a creative way to use the words from these two sets. I got around to making several of these cards a few months ago. These next two cards I CASEd but I don't know from where. Please, if you know whose ideas these were, let me know. I want to give credit to them. My husband put on a camporee for our district in March and he needed some thank you cards. I knew the set I wanted to use but nothing was coming to me for it. I changed the sentiment and the paper to use up some old DP but took everyth...

You have most likely arrived here from Brenda's Stamping Corner . She had a cute baby announcement and the one thing I noticed was she even stamped the envelope. Way back in my early days of stamping, I did that. Now I seem to be rushing to finish a card to get it in the mail before the mailman comes and I overlook those added touches that show that extra bit of love. I have two cards for you today. The first one uses the set Easter Blossoms. I originally passed on this set but I couldn't resist in the end. I wanted little flowers in the basket an the punch was too big so I cut out some from the branch that comes with the set. The card measures 6-5/8" x 3-3/8" Stamps: Easter Blossoms CS: So Saffron, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, WW Ink: Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze Misc.: Pearl Jewels, Itty bitty punch pals The next card I made uses DP that will be available in the upcoming IB&C. When I was looking through the paper and saw this flower, I thought of the Bles...