C'mon Man! FMS105

That cute little diecut thx fit perfectly in my lettered leaf!  And I am happy to report that thx to me Emma is saying her first word!  And it is not Mama or Dada or Grandma.....darn!  First let me explain that we are a dog family and with my own dog and "grand dogs" there is always a dog or two or three here. We go outside - a lot! I take Emma out first and fasten her in the stroller. Then I open the back door, grab the leash(es) off the hook and holler "C'mon Abby (or Baxter or Adi or Silas) let's go - c'mon!"  As I grabbed a leash earlier this week I heard a little voice behind me say "C'mon, c'mon!"  Of course we had to have several re-enactments during the day to show off her new vocabulary! So the dogs win - Mama, Dada and Grandma will have to be patient a while longer!

Her father is now working hard to get her to say "C'mon man!" Those of you who watch Sports Center on ESPN know what I am talking about!

Allissa has things all squared away for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

                                          

If You Dare - PPA172

I am one who would not dare!  I don't like to be scared so I avoid movies that make you scream and Halloween haunted houses - unless it is the Disney version.  I like to think my card is more like the Disney version with friendly little ghosts inside.  My daughter's college roommate visited from CT this past weekend and said she was looking forward to the annual Haunted Halloween experience in her town again this year.  You enter by lying down in a morgue drawer that is slid closed and then you emerge on the other side........whew no thanks!  

Stamp Sets Used:  Fun Faces (retired)
                             Off the Grid (background)
                             Best of Halloween (top border)
                             Halloween Bash (label - I didn't ink up the word eat and inserted Admit One snipped from the top of the ticket image)




                        Margaret designed a fun sketch at Pals Paper Arts this week!

                            

Holiday Jingle - FMS104

I confess I love jingle bells - from the big sleigh bells to the teeny trinkets on this card.  I also love holiday traditions - especially ones that I make up myself. One such tradition involves holiday decor. When a holiday is over I pack up everything in one fell swoop.  If something escapes my eye during that time it has earned the right to stay out for a whole 'nother year till the holiday comes around again. Right now there is a wooden pilgrim sitting on my bedroom bookshelf.  He has had a much better year hanging out with me instead of being wrapped in tissue paper and packed away. But I won't forget where he is this year! I also confess there is a Christmas votive on an end table in my living room. And what does all this have to do with jingle bells?  Well one year I forgot to put away a cluster of bells I had hung on a cupboard in the kitchen.  Such fun to hear them jingle every time I opened that door!  So I conveniently forgot them the following year and the year after that. Finally this summer the string broke and my husband gleefully threw them away. Oh I am on the lookout for new jingle bells to hang somewhere this holiday season......somewhere that will be very easy to forget........

                        Love that big banner on Linda's sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

A Passing Hi! PPA171, RS#81

Just riding by to say hi after a very busy weekend!  Sweet Miss Emma turned one and had her very own photo shoot in the yard. Then we celebrated her real birthday informally on the back porch followed by another celebration on Saturday with the whole family. So I was glad to sneak in some stamping time today - after a nap :)

                                 Photo by Saratography

I combined the colors from Pals Paper Arts this week with the sketch from Retro Sketches.