Happy Camper

These 3D envelope cards are super easy and look so cute! I want to make all of the different ones Lori Whitlock has. 

Lori Whitlock file

Carta Bella 6x6, Gone Camping

Challenges:

Everybody Art Ch

A Place to Start

Dream Valley

Pammie's Inky Pinkies

Path of Positivity

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Easter Bunny Truck

Hi, everyone! I hope your Tuesday is going GREAT!

I saw a post on my Facebook Group, Craft Chs & DT Calls, that Becca has started a brand new challenge blog! Go check it out! It's called FarmQuest, and it's all about country living. Sounds like a great idea to me!

The very first challenge is up.

Ch#1 Checked Gingham or Plaid

AND

Truck

Woo-Hoo!

Here's my entry:

This is a Lori Whitlock file

I added some ink around the edges of some of the cuts

Gems

Pink & Main 6x6 paper pad, Happy

Foam tape to make bunny tail dimensional

I hope you buys will check out Becca's new challenge blog, FarmQuest, and join in the fun!

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Home Renvation photos

Thank you everyone for visiting my blog yesterday and commenting on the home renovations and my craft project. I'm excited to share some finished photos with you today.

First, let me clarify something from yesterday.

The buyer was a husband and wife. The husband of the people buying our home had a stroke. Not my husband. I didn't mean to confuse anyone. Sorry about that.

BEFORE & AFTER:

About our renovation....

We added on a sun room to the back of the lake house where the screened in porch used to be.

We re-did the outdoor stairs soon after we moved in from going straight up to the door, to having a turn making it easier for Bonnie, and also adding wiring instead of a lot of wood to open up the view a whole lot more.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Inside we also removed all of the current flooring throughout except for the bathrooms and washer / dryer room. (Sorry, Don't have pictures of that yet.)

About the outdoor shop... it used to be called a fish camp. It was screened in and had a very large BBQ pit inside. We dried it all in, put in windows and a door, added a deck with stairs on the lake side and again used the wiring to open up the view tremendously.

Fish Camp / BBQ Shack Before

AFTER:

This is all in addition to other small projects we've completed since being here like tearing down the original fire pit, and making it a little larger with brick and stones as well as adding a brick retaining wall in the yard where a huge tree used to live (before we moved here), but only the very large stumps were left.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

I'm very happy with how it looks. Tom & I have done all of this ourselves with the occasional help from friends. It's been a massive undertaking (in my opinion), but my hubby, Tom, is brilliant and talented. LOL He does so much math in his head and knows exactly what to do. Of course, we've been renovating homes we live in for decades as a hobby, so he has had lots of experience including building my brother's log cabin 25 years ago.

We still have minor things to finish inside which should be done by tomorrow... hopefully. I've got a little sanding and painting to do inside on a couple of walls today, and after that, he will be building from scratch and installing barn style doors.

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Spring / Easter Box Card

Lori Whitlock cut file

Pink & Main 6x6, Happy

So cute!!

Challenges:

A Bit More Time To Craft

Crafty Hazelnut Pattern Paper

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Baby Congrats Card

Good friends of ours had their first grandchild last week, so I made them a card today. These box cards are very easy to make, and I love the 3D projects!!  It does fold flat for mailing.

Lori Whitlock card file

Pink & Main, All Occasion Florals 6x6 pad

Challenges:

A Bit More Time To Craft

Crafty Hazelnut Pattern Paper

In other news...

Hi, everyone! I'm sorry I haven't posted hardly any crafts these past couple of months. We have been so busy adding on to the house and renovations, updating flooring, adding a deck, and closing in the fish camp building that I've hardly had time to think. I also packed and put in storage a LOT of stuff to clear out the house some in preparation for moving day on April 4th.  Sadly, we lost our buyer. Her husband had a stroke and is out of work per Dept of Transporation for 12 months before being released to return to his job. (He's a truck driver.) We are very glad though that he is doing well..... so..... After we complete these renovations (hopefully in the next couple of weeks), we will re-list our house again and start the process all over. I'm praying God will provide just the right person and that it will go quickly and smoothly. 

I snuck off to the storage unit to grab basic crafting supplies so I could try to squeeze in some time to craft between renovation and showings. I don't want too much here cluttering up everything.

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Let's Craft & Create March Challenge (Purple & Green)

 Hi, crafters!

Let's Craft & Create - Challenge theme:

Anything Goes + (optional)

Purple & Green

My Besties image

SU ink, Perfect Plum

MFT Stitched rectangle die

CTMH stamp set, Pack Your Bags Cricut bundle for sentiment

Rhinestones (Amazon)

Scallop die border

Anna Griffin cardstock

Challenges:

Color It, Create It, Show It Off

Besties Challenge

Creative Crafters

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Crafting Happiness - March

Time to share what you've been creating in your craft room! Can't wait to see what sort of paper crafting you've been up to. Link it up below, or head over and link up directly at Crafting Happiness Challenges.

Always Anything Goes

These challenges are Just For Fun

1) MONTHLY

2) ANYTHING GOES

3) UNLIMITED entries

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March - Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge

Hey, y'all! A new challenge has started for this month at

Christmas Crafts All Year Round.

I hope you'll come join the fun each month this year!

This month's theme:

Holly & Berries and/or Stars

with Brown as main color

on your Christmas project.

Kraft card base

pattern paper from Pink & Main "Sweater Weather"

Anna Griffin Christmas images and sentiment

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