Oops...

Hey there people! Sorry it's been so long since I last posted. I really REALLY want to be more consistent wih my posts, and that's now one of my new goals. I am going to stive to post 3-4 times a week, consistently! I'm thinking that I'll post Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for sure and sometimes on the weekend as well. Todays post is going to be a short one since I have two more chores I need to complete before the boys get home from school. So, remember the Rockin' Anya Trading cards that I made a couple weeks ago? Well, I sent them out for the swap and I forgot to add the postage for them to return to me! OOPS! So, I decided to make a pretty little Princess card for the swap hostess to enjoy when I mail her my postage. I decided to make a red haired princess for a change and I think she came out pretty cute.
Well, I know I've been using pretty much nothing but TGF stamps lately and I love them so much, but some of you all might appreciate seeing some other styles of images from other companies, so I promise to post some projects from other companies soon. I recently discoverd some adorable digital images online that are FREE so I downloaded them and printed them out and can't wait to get a project made from them. Also, I won some digi's from another company that I am anxious to use as well. I'll let you know all about these digi images when I post the projects with them. And... I have some Stampin' Up! stamps that have still never seen ink! I have some projects planned with them as well.
ALSO, I know some of you were interested in my book swap/giveaway idea. I am going to get that posted asap, I promise.
I hope you liked the card today and until next post, be blessed!

It's Club Anya's Blog Hoppin' Bash!!!

I'm so excited! For the first time ever, I am part of a blog hop! And for one of my favorite stamp companies, The Greeting Farm! WooHoo!!! If you don't know what I'm talking about and you want all the details and the list of blogs to hop around to, go HERE. I made a special little project for this blog hop; a project that I've been wanting to make ever since I first laid eyes on the Angel Anya stamp. Since my daughter's name is Angel, I HAD to make a name plaque for her room. Here it is: It turned out just right! I used little chipboard letters for her name and glued them onto some DP. Then I stamped, colored, and cut out the cross (also from The Greeting Farm) and Angel Anya. I put Angel Anya outside of the frame so she would be more of a focal point for the project. Here's a close up of her:

Isn't she adorable?!? There is a lot of glitter on this project too. After I colored her with my Copic's, I added some Sakura glitter on her wings, halo, and around her whole body for a sparkly aura type of look. Here's is a close up of the cross and you can see the sparkles that are on the chipboard pieces as well:

Well, I'm not going to chit-chat much longer since I know you are all anxious to hop over to the next blog and see some more Anya and Ian fabulousness! Since this hop is taking place around 2am for me here in Italy, I probably won't see everything until the morning. So, have a great time Hoppin' and I'll catch you all on the next post.
Until then, Be Blessed!

The Gelato Truck

Hey there! I have a couple stamping projects in the works, but I wanted to show you something else that I think is pretty neat. Here in our little town of Sedrano, Italy, we get an Ice Cream truck comng by twice a week. It's actually a Gelato truck but they serve more than just Gelato as you will see in a minute. Here's a picture of the truck when it stopped last week right in front of our house (he knows his frequent customers, lol!): I don't know those two people ordering gelato in case you were wondering. Here is a picture of Angel enjoying her chocolate gelato:

She loves the stuff as you can tell! Yes, her shirt was stained beyond saving, but that's ok cuz it was already stained with spaghetti sauce. Here's Ashton demonstrating his gelato eating technique:

Did you see Angel in the background? She's practicing using her spoon ;) Here's one of Andrew showing that he's almost done with his treat:

And last but not least; The Gelato truck not only serves Gelato, but they also serve snacks and drinks. Here's a litte treat I bought David from the truck:

LOL! He was happily surprised when I came in with this. He had never tried this type of "birra" (Italian for Beer) before. It was pretty good actually and I'm not a beer drinker! Well, I hope you enjoyed another little glimpse into our life here in Italy. Come back tomorrow for my Club Anya Blog Hop post! It's gonna be fun!

Until then, Be Blessed!

Happy Easter!

I hope you all are having a wonderfully blessed Easter today. We're going to be enjoying eachother's company today and having a yummy dinner tonight that David is making! Yea! Well, here's my big project that I've been working on for awhile. I'm in a Membership Card Swap for Club Anya. We each made 10 membership cards and we'll swap them with each other and get 10 different cards back. I'm excited to get my cards back because I am in a group with a lot of talented ladies. Here's a closeup of my card: I used Rockstar Anya and the sentiment is from Just Jawing by Stampin' Up! Here are all ten of the cards together:

I had fun making these cards. I love The Greeting Farm images. As a matter of fact, I'm going to be part of the next release! I'm going to be a stop on the Club Anya Blog Hoppin' Bash and I'm so excited. I'm working on a couple projects for the blog hop because I'm not sure which one I want to post for the Blog Hop. You can read all about it HERE and if you have any Ian's or Anya's you can participate too!
Well, thank you so much for stopping in and until next post, be blessed.

I'm a dork!

Just a quick Hello! So, I was just looking at my posts and realized I posted the picture of the Pizzeria twice! LOL! Geeze, where is my brain? Well, I hope you all have a fabulous Friday and hopefully I'll post my latest project tomorrow. Until then, be blessed!

a quick post

Hey Everyone! So, I have internet today, but I won't have it permanently until the end of next week. So here's a post to keep you happy until I can get another one done. First up, PIZZA!!! YUP, those are french fries on the pizza. Apparently it's a popular thing to eat here. It's actualy pretty good, depending on the type of fries used. This is the Pizzeria that we got the yummy pizza from:
It's a great little place just past Area 1 of the Base in a little town called Pedemonte. It's owned by a Sicilian family that doesn't speak english, but we communicate well enough to get some delicious pizza from them. Here is a picture of a gorgeous Italian home somewhere that we passed on one of our drives:
I love the rocks in the walls! And here is a beautiful flowering tree down the road from my house:
Someday I'll have a house with lots of beautiful trees like this around it. And here is something that I thought was pretty cool:
I love that lion spigot! Well, This Sunday is Easter but our base had their Egg Hunt early. Here is a pic of Ashton stealing eggs from a little 3 year old girl:
Don't worry, I made him give them back and he ended up with a hoard of eggs anyway. Here is Angel getting eggs in her first egg hunt:
She had a ton of fun, and even tried to walk a little to get the eggs but realized it was too slow to walk so tried to crawl. The grass was a little wet and there was mud so I didn't let her crawl much! LOL!
Well, I haven't gotten very crafty lately, hence the lack of crafty posts. I have a project I'm finishing up TODAY, so hopefully I can post that for you soon. Depends on the Internet...
I hope you all have a fabulous Easter (If I don't stop by before then) and I hope to hear from you ALL in my comments!
Until next post, be blessed!

I have NO internet!!!

My worst fear has become reality... no internet at home! LOL! Seriously though, we don't have internet access at our house anymore, and I have no clue when we will have it again. Until then, I won't be posting anything on the blog since I have no pics to show you... I have to come to the base library to check email, pay bills, etc. And since I don't have any pics on the base library computer, well, I have nothing interesting to blog about! Since this is Italy, it may take a few weeks (or even a month or more!) to get our internet hooked up and working at home. I hope I don't loose all my faithful readers while I'm absent. I WILL be back! I will update as soon as I know anything, hopefully I will get a phone call from Telecom to schedule an appointment for internet hookup soon... waiting, waiting, waiting...
Until who knows when... be blessed!