Danse Macabre!

Hello everyone

and welcome back!

Wow, I can not believe its been a month since 

I posted anything on my blog!

Time keeps on flying by and 

leaving me in the dust!!!

Fall break came and went and

I took a few days of to whip our house into shape.

I have to say it felt good to de-junk,

clean and re-arrange

and

YES, I did throw away and

donate quiet a few things.

I think I reached the time in my life 

were I would like to change a few things and

definitely de-clutter my life.

I guess you could call it simplify things,

my husband probably calls it "Midlife crisis"

but call it what you want one thing is for sure

our closets and cabinets look a lot better!!!

And of course I spend some time in my new 

stamp-room, 

(a little teaser how it's coming along at  the end)

to make my Halloween cards

"Danse Macabre".

 Large background stamp "Danse Macabre" from

Stampendouse.

 Just some old sheet music rolled and tied up.

 The ticket was stamped with "Paperwork Greetings" 

from Inkadinkado.

 Candle stamp from Inkadinkado set "Nevermore".

 My production line is going

and I hope to get them all mailed out by Monday!

Well here is another sneak peek...

The room is coming along quiet nicely,

I added this sign (old boards + letters from Michaels) over the closet doors and

the two decorative iron corners I found at an Antique Mall.

Moving in was easy but decorating it is turning out to be a challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping in,

hope you will come back for more up dates on the 

stamp room!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Diana

Sailing into a new Year and a new space....

Hello everyone and welcome back!

It's been quiet a while since I posted anything on my blog,

I hope you will forgive me!

The days and weeks flew by,

things gotten busy,

including

a few changes in our household...

But before I get to that I would like to

share this " Nautical Birthday Card"!

My wonderful Great-Uncle celebrated his 83rd Birthday

this month,

so what better opportunity to wish him

a "Happy Birthday" 

and a great sailing into another blessed year

then with a nautical card.

 All images where stamped with Stampin'Up!

"The Open Sea" stamp set.

 Anchor was cut with Cricut cartridge "Stand and Salute".

I hope the birthday card had a safe voyage across the big

ocean and made it in time for the big day!

Changes! Changes! Changes!

A few weeks ago my oldest son accepted a new

position and decided it was time to find his own

little bachelor pad.

His little brother was more then happy when 

moving day finally came.

He was getting the bigger room now!!!

Mom still has to work on her feelings about losing 

one of her baby's to growing up and spreading his wings:(

Well long story short,

a room became vacant and available

and our family got their study back.

Well here is a sneak peek of

my little room moving expedition.

 From this...

 ... to this.

I'm having a ball! 

It's not all ready and

I promise I will post more picture when it's all done!

For the first time I actually have all my crafty things in one place!

I'm so excited!!!

Thanks for stopping in!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Diana

Blast off!

Hello everyone

and 

Happy Labor Day weekend!

WOW, I can not believe August is gone and 

we are starting September,

where has summer gone?

It already feels a bit like fall outside,

I can't say I'm sad,

it's been a good growing year,

but I'm growing a bit tired of the study mowing

and yard work.

Ready to spend some time in my crafts room

and get my creativity going again!

Sadly this little "Blast off" birthday card 

was the only card who came out of my

crafts room lately.

 This was the birthday gift and card for

a cutie pie, who celebrated his 

3rd birthday in August.

Stamps are "Robots" from "Recollections".

I have to admit,

 I LOVE shopping for

kids toys,

especially ones who have lots of buttons

and do all kinds of cool stuff!

Boy, toys sure have changed since my kids where small,

everything is high tech now those days!

Thanks for stopping in,

hopefully my creative side will return soon!

To everyone

HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND!

Diana

Pretty Little Sign...

Hello everyone

and 

welcome back!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend,

I have been spending some of mine

at the Ballpark, 

yes, Fall-ball is off to a good start

and

some projects I had on the back burner for some time now.

While visiting an antique store I seen some

pretty little signs made out of old barn wood.

To cheap to spend the money 

I decided to make one myself.

 My first stenciled sign!

And best of all, it was for FREE!

I did not have to buy a thing, 

old piece of wood, paint and 

even the stencil, FREE! 

 The stencil was cut with my Cricut.

After playing with the letter size for a bit,

the Cricut did the rest.

 This old cabinet door is been sitting in my garage for a 

few months now.

When I bought it, someone did a not so pretty

crackle job on it (sorry no before pic)

but I bought it anyway!

A few layers of paint, some old chicken wire 

and

my best friend, the staple gun made

this project a breeze.

What a sweet transformation!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you liked what you seen

and 

maybe I get you inspired to 

try your hands on a stenciled sign project 

or 

just  tackling one of your unfinished ones?!

Have a wonderful week!

Diana

County Fair!

Hello everyone 

and

Welcome back!

It's the time of the year the County Fair 

rolls into our small town!

Funnel-cakes, Fried Oreo Sundae,

Ribeye sandwiches, Lemonade,

Tractor pull and Midway rides

just to name a few of my favorite things!

Oh, and of course Exhibits.

It's been a few years I actually entered anything in our fair,

it always seemed I never could get my stuff together 

when it was time to drop the entries off.

But this year I decided to get my ducks in a row 

and try again!

 My 3 entries ready to go!

Well, what do you think?

I tell you later how I did!!!

 Since this post is all about our grand Fair

I duck through my stash

and found

these two fair cards I made at a 

stamping get-together with friends many moons ago.

 The Midway

 My kind a ride!

Don't laugh but I'm serious,

the Mary-Go-Round is all I can handle!

Don't get me wrong, I love the rides

especially at night, they are so pretty! 

Hubby and I stayed for the Truck and Tractor Pull.

A perfect night at the Meade County Fair!

And YES I won a ribbon

or 

actually 3!

First prize for my knitted shawl and the card

and

second prize for the photograph.

Thanks for stopping in

and

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Diana

"Were Bloggers Create" Blog Party!

Hello everyone
and
welcome to my little humble blog
and creative space!
Hard to believe it's been a year already since the last
"Where Bloggers Create" blog hopping party!
Time sure flies!
A BIG thanks to Karen Valentine of
My Desert Cottage
to make this great event possible!!!

Well, nothing really changed at
"My Paper Daisy",
I'm still in my little cramped space,
stacking things on top of one another..

... it's a kind of organized mess!

... and yes, I know it screams "HELP"!

Some of my latest card creations.

Still my favorite place in the whole room,
my little desk.
Love sitting here, daydreaming, watching the birds
 on the birdfeeder right outside the window.

I hoped you enjoyed looking around,
it's not grand but it's my little space
to escape the everyday hustle and bustle
of everyday life
"MY CREATIVE SPACE"!

I will be a little late joining the party.
Baseball State Tournament this week and
weekend.
Wish us luck!!!

This is our 15 yr old All-Star Team.
So proud of them.
GO WAVES!

Thank you so much for taking the time and stopping by,
hoped you liked what you seen and
visit back often!

Have fun visiting all the wonderful creative blogs!
Thanks again Karen for this wonderful opportunity
to meet so many like minded creative people!

Have a great weekend partying you all!

Diana

A sew perfect Birthday!

Hello everyone,

hope your week is going great!

I'm sitting here typing away while

thunderstorms are rolling by outside.

2 more hours, the weathermen says and

the light-show should be over,

I only can hope!

Today I would like to share with you 

my newest Birthday card.

Both stamps are from Inkadinkado.

Sentiment is from Stampin'up "Watercolor trio" set,

stamped on a little DMC floss bobbin.

I added yarn and a pin as embellishment.

Hope you liked my "Sew" perfect Birthday card

Also, I would like to introduce you to the newest
addition to our family.
Max
or
"Mighty Max"
as we call him because
at 9 weeks and his 2 pounds
he is not afraid of anything.

So far so good, the two other cats are accepting him O.K.

or just trying to ignore him at times.

Sorry, hope you didn't get to tired looking at kitty pictures.

He is just to cute and it's been a while we had something so small

bouncing around our house!

Just one more picture...

... I snapped this one right before a ball game while
storm clouds are moving in and the sun is setting.
The sky looked just amazing!

Thanks for stopping in!
Hope you have an amazing rest of the week!

Diana