It's Raining Friends! FMS77

I walk with friends (who stamp!) every morning - no matter what the weather!  And that can be challenging at times here in upstate New York. But we march on through the snow and ice in the winter and the heat and humidity in the summer.   As we head into the rains of spring I would like to go on record and say walking in the rain is definitely overrated!  Your sneakers squish, you're splashed by cars, your pants get soaked, your glasses fog and your arm falls asleep from holding your umbrella overhead for an hour.  And the worst thing about walking in the rain?  You can't pull out the cards you made the night before for show and tell.............



         If you missed yesterday's Pals Blog Hop and a chance for Blog Candy click here!



            Jen Timko's sketch is wonderfully versatile this week at Freshly Made Sketches!
                              

Pals Spring Hop......and Blog Candy!

                      



The Pals are hopping!  We celebrate the return of the robins with some springy creations - and blog candy!  If you arrived from Deb Simonis' blog you are right on track!


Looks like my bunnies are all decked out for their big day! Easter comes early this year and in our neck of the woods that means that snowshoe rabbits could be delivering the eggs!

                                                

How about some blog candy?  Packed for Dad can be yours in time for Father's Day along with Packed for Birthday, two dozen squares of current DSP and a roll of coordinating Island Indigo ribbon.  Leave me a comment and a winner chosen at random will be announced on Friday, March 15th.

Enjoy the hop - Kim Czenszek's blog is your next stop!

Blog Hop Line Up List:

1. Dawn Tidd at tiddbitsfromdawn
2. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty -
3. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
4. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works 
5. Debbie Mageed at Scrappin' & Stampin'
6. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
7. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
8. Ann Schach at The Stampin' Schach
9. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
10. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole
11. Kerry Willard Bray at stampgoodness
12. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
13. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
14. Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full 
15. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary
16. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
17. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons 
18. Kim Czenszak at LiveLoveStamp
19. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
20. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair
21. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
22. Ginger Toivonen at gingerstamps.com
23. Amy Williams at Stampin' on the Range
24. Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards
25. Amy L. Lazzell at Just A Thought...Cards by Amy
26. Penny Nichols at Sierra Stampin!
27. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
28. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards.com 
29. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX

The Best Things in Life........PPA154

                                           

Oh that tulle reminds me of the netting on the hats my mother wore in the 40's and 50's.  (Yep I'm old!)  I got a new hat every year for Easter and couldn't wait until I was "old enough" for a bit of a veil on my hat.  By the time I was old enough hats were so yesterday.  We just wore flowers in our hair.............


                      Pals Paper Arts has a sweet color challenge this week!


                                            


                      Looks like Emma is rockin' these colors too!

Lucky! FMS76

Time for the annual St. Patrick's Day card!  Actually I made two of these since my husband John and his twin sister share a St. Patrick's Day birthday.  Her card will contain some Lottery Tickets - so I hope she is lucky! His card sends the message that we are lucky to have each other because I can't believe anyone else has conversations like this:

I swear the following is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth........

The setting:  I was home watching Emma and the noon news when the phone rings and my daughter's home phone number pops up on the TV screen. I immediately think my daughter came home from work early. I answer the phone.

Me:  What's wrong?  Why are you home?
John:  I'm not home.  Aren't you home?
Me:  Of course I'm home - you just called me here.
John:  Well then you should know I am not there.
Me:  I know you're not here - I thought something happened with Erin.
John:  Something happened to Erin?
Me:  Nothing happened to Erin - I meant with Erin - like a reason to make her come home early.
John:  Well I'm at her house and she's not here.
Me:  I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE!!!
John:  Well then I don't know why you are so confused!

So help me God.........



No confusion at Freshly Made Sketches this week - just a great sketch from Linda S!

                             

And there is a Go Green Challenge this week at SUO Challenges!