A very dear friend

I finally have pictures downloaded on my computer of a wonderful visit from a very sweet friend. Angela and her girls have a very special place in my heart and her family is just the sweetest. Ted, Angela and the girls moved to Minnesota almost 3 years ago and we've kept in touch by email and our blogs, but it just does a heart good to be able to hug and talk face to face with a friend. We spent long late night hours talking and laughing and sharing our lives and hearts with one another. It really does make me miss her even more.
This was taken before church on Sunday. I look like I'm half asleep and my camara was acting up so I was frustrated with it. I'm not really sure why our hair looks all glittery, I could say mine was the grey hair shining thru but thats not the case with Angela. She's way to young to even think about grey hair yet. She has a better picture with her camara so hopefully I look more awake in that one.


(Angela, I listened to my first Christmas song today, ssshhhhh-don't tell anyone)

Cards for World Card Making Day

Here are a few cards I made for WCMD. I also used them for the challenges over at AC Bailey Designs forums. This first one is made from craft plastic and I've made it for about a year and a half. I shared the design with the ladies from our church for the cards they send out. It's very easy and versatile. You can really change it up with the paper and stamps you use.


The snowman card was really fun to make. I know it seems a little early for winter cards but it was really cold and rainy today so it put me in the mood.
I used the Sizzix embosser and embossing folders I sell and embossed the swirls on the white strip and embossed the circles for the snowman. I then added stickles to the center of the swirls and snowflakes for a little sparkle. I used black stickles for the eyes and buttons on the snowman.
This is a quick and easy card using several of the products I sell for AC Bailey. I'm using it for my make n take this year. The black paper is embossed using the Sizzix embosser. The red strip is punched with our Fiskars border punch. We also sell Cricut cartridges and I used the Storybook cartridge to cut the white frame. I stamped a sentiment and then added stickles to the edges for the frame.
I used lots of leftovers on this card. I made a layout last week and used the left over patterned paper and kraft paper. I basically used the same design as the layout but changed it for a card. I used the same buttons and flowers.
This card is also made from scraps. I also used a felt flower and it came together very easy.
This is the card purse I used for my make n take last year when I worked for I Remember When. But you can change the papers and make it fit any occasion. This picture is of it laying on the floor but it stands up and looks like a mini purse. You then put a gift card inside or you could stamp a sentiment inside too.
I hope you had a productive World Card Making Day and you have cards made for the upcoming Christmas season. I wanted to get mine made this weekend but I'll have to do that another time.

National Card Making Day

Did you know that THIS Saturday October 3rd is World Card Making Day???
It began in 2006 as National Card Making Day. Founded by Paper Crafts magazine to bring card makers together at the beginning of the busiest card-making season of the year, it was first held on October 7, 2006. The initial celebration involved the Paper Crafts magazine audience only; however, due to the positive response it received and the worldwide popularity of card making, the holiday became known as World Card Making Day from then on. It is now in its fourth year, World Card Making Day is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in October. It's a day for the card-making community -- hobbyists, retailers, and manufacturers -- to unite and celebrate the connection and creativity that is the heart of card making. So, I went to the Papercrafts site and found this!

World Card Making Day is a holiday especially for card makers around the world to Celebrate the creativity of handmade cards and the personal connection that they create between friends and family as well as to kick off (and get a head start on) the holiday card-making season. How many of YOU have already started your Christmas cards???

We here at AC Bailey want IN on the festivities too! So, we will have another weekend contest here at the AC Bailey forum to celebrate the art of card making!
Join your ACB Design Team and special guests for challenges, a contest, and some learning...as only they can do!
And of course, we will have PRIZES!!!
Get ready for some more fun ladies- it is coming your way!
All official posts to be launched Friday evening-be here you will not want to miss this!

If you want in on the fun click on AC Bailey Designs, it will take you to our main page. On the left side in the "About Us" box you can click on "Forums" and sign up to be apart of your forums and you can join us for the fun.
I will also post some of my cards on my blog. It won't be anything fancy. Just quick, get them done type cards and some cards I've done in the past.
Start gathering your card making supplies and all of those scraps you've been meaning to use up.

Quick card

I have an overload of paper scraps from layouts I've done and I've decided I need to get them used up and clean out the drawer system I use for all of the scraps. So I made this quick card as a Thank you to a dear friends Mother. I played taxi driver for Mona and the wonderful ladies at Maple Ridge. They needed a van to transport some of the ladies and their walkers to Ramona's house for a garden tea party. It was wonderful. Ramona sat a beautiful table (wish I would of taken pictures) and Mel made a "to die for" caramel pumpkin spice cake. Yummmm!
Ramona shared her beautiful garden with us and I learned you can save geraniums thru the winter. I may have to try this.
So I wanted to give Ramona a little gift as a thank you for asking me to join them for tea. It wasn't much, just a card and a votive with flowers on it. She is so very sweet and she has raised a near perfect daughter, Mona, who is the dearest and best friend I could ever want. The Lord has blessed me richly with her friendship, spiritual guidance, prayer and unconditional acceptance, understanding and love. You don't get many friends like that in a life time but the Lord has blessed me richly.

Picture added

I finally got my layout finished for the Freaky Friday challenge at AC Bailey. Scroll down to friday Sept. 18 and you'll see it there. Or click here. Have a good laugh at my hair style challenges and how the years can take their toll on all of us.

Treats for the Teacher

Here are a few little treats I made for Erica's first day of teaching. Every teacher needs brand new #2 pencils and why not dress them up a bit with pretty paper and a ribbon with a flower on top.


This is a extra large binder clip I wrapped in coordinating paper and tied a few ribbons on the side to dress it up a bit. I found the picture and Teacher's Prayer on the internet and mounted them to matching paper also. (if you click on the picture it will enlarge it so you can read the Teachers Prayers)
And of course you need a cute note pad to write notes home to the parents about their little darlings and share what a wonderful day they had at school. Miss Taft loves her little 1st and 2nd graders and they love her so I'm sure the notes will always be pleasant.

Freaky Friday Challenge

Over at AC Bailey we have a Freaky Friday Challenge each week. This week the challenge is die cut paper.
Use it as the base of your layout like cardstock, cut in half, do what ever you like. If you don't have a die cut paper - cut a shape out of cardstock, this would be a great way to use your Cricut. I love using the die cut shaped papers. Looking forward to seeing what unique way you use it. I'm hoping to have my layout done saturday and I'll post it then.
Happy Scrapping
** Sorry it's taken me so long. I had to go back thru a few years of pictures to find all of these. It starts with a picture of Roger and I at my Jr. Prom in '82 and the last picture is the 2 of us at our Tyler's wedding this past March.
I wanted to use some paper I had been hoarding and need to use to make room for more. I used Kraft paper as my back ground and cut my die cut paper and placed it on the edges with the scallops towards the center. It has pink around the edges of the scallops. I used pink, red & black buttons with red flowers. Red and pink aren't normal colors I would put together on a page but it worked.

I miss my little girl

I miss my little girl. Ok, ok, my big girl. But I still miss her. She moved to Marshalltown Labor day weekend. She's a 1st and 2nd grade teacher. The christian school has only been going for 4 years and they are still growing. She loves her little class and they love her of course. She's teaching at the Marshalltown Christian School
She found the cutest little apartment in a very safe neighborhood. It's in a very nice residential area. We were so thankful that her Landlord is a christian too. The Lord has definitely went ahead of us on everything concerning this job and her move. He is a faithful and wonderful Lord.

There are no walls to separate the bedroom from the rest of the living space. Only half walls. But we hung curtains so she can close them and make them separate if she wants. With it being small it doesn't take much to keep it clean, but a few things left out make it look messy quick too. She has the tiniest stove I've ever seen. You can't even fit a regular pizza pan in it. But I don't think she'll be cooking very much. The picture you see above of the kitchen is it. There are no other walls in the kitchen. It's a Studio apartment, which sounds better than "efficiency". But it's very clean and will be oh so cute when she gets time to hang pictures and add her personal touch.

She has a small balcony that looks out over the tennis courts. We haven't seen the pool yet but that will be nice next summer. I don't think she's made it to the putting green yet either. The couch has a hide a bed in it so Tyler and Emma or we can stay when ever we want. Erica kept her job teaching at Huntington Learning Center on the weekends so she doesn't have much free time.

I won!!

I've been busy this summer but not to busy to enter to win blog candy. And I won. Several times actually. Everyone loves free stuff and with times the way they are right now, free is even better. My first blog candy win was here. And then I won these wonderful journal spots from Jenn at Creative Chaos. She is the sweetest person you will ever meet. Or in our case email. She's also consultant with AC Bailey and she tells wonderful stories of her life on the farm/ranch in Montana. Jenn takes wonderful pictures and she also has a design team that shares their layouts for inspiration. You can check out her Etsy store to purchase more of these wonderful journal spots. Tell her Dana sent you.


And then I won a wonderful Anna Griffen 3D bow punch. From the Creating Keepsakes blog. I haven't had a chance to use the punch yet but it looks great.

Where has the summer gone???

I didn't realize it had been so long since I last blogged. I wish I could tell you I have been having such a fantastic summer that I haven't had time to blog because of all the fun. But, no such thing. I haven't had time to blog, but I haven't been having loads of fun either. Just life being busy as usual. My life has been a roller coaster and I want off!
I think things will be fairly normal until mid September and then my scrapbook business really takes off for the fall. Fall and spring are usually fairly busy and I really do love setting up at crops and meeting so many new people and some ladies I've met while doing this business. I haven't kept up my AC Bailey web page either but you can drop by here from time to time and see what I'm up to and join me at one of the crops. And remember, if you place an order thru my AC Bailey page on the first of every month you get free shipping. Don't forget to put me down as your consultant and you'll get a free gift from me.
There's not much of summer left and school is starting soon so Have a Happy Summer!