It's a "Grow your Blog" Party!

Hello everyone

and 

welcome to 

"My Paper Daisy"!

Before I get started I would like to send a

heartfelt 

"Thank you" 

to

Vicki at "2 Bags Full"

for putting this wonderful event together!

And thank you to you all for participating and taking

time to stop by my humble little blog.

I promise I will keep it short since we all want to 

visit as many wonderful creative blogs as possible 

and maybe even make a few new friends on the way!

My blog is manly about my little or

better extremely large addiction to

"Card making"

but on occasion I will venture out and share

some of my other adventures in

knitting, crochet, travel and

other craftsy stuff. 

So without further ado here are just a few

pictures of my creations...

 ... paper crafted gift and treat bags ...

... I love to integrate Cricut images in many of 

my projects ...

 ... one of my favorite card ...

 ... wreath ...

 ... scarves ..

 ... a little bit of Monkey business...
... my knitted sock monkeys ...

... more bags ...

... and a little stenciled sign ever now and then...

... and ...

 ... my favorite room in our house...

... my little sanctuary, my stamp/crafts room!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop in!
I hope you liked what you see and come back for many
more visits!

I LOVE to here what you have to say
and appreciate every comment!
Off to join the party now!
Have a wonderful weekend
and
a great "Grow your Blog" party!

Diana

   

Warm Winter Wishes!

Hello

and welcome to the first 

blog post of the year!

Hope everyone had a great start to

"2015".

Mine was busy making "Thank you" cards

for family and friends

and since it is still quiet frosty outside

I stuck with a winter theme.

"Warm Winter Wishes" with lots of 

fluffy mittens.

Mittens are cut with Cricut cartridge "Gingerbread".

I choose three different sizes 2, 2.5 and 3 inches.

 Sentiment is from Stampin'Up! "Winter Memories".

 Die cut Snowflake and Snowflake brat.

 At the last minute I decided to change the color of

the small mitt to a more brighter patterned cardstock.

Warm fluffy mittens and a warm winter thanks you

to everyone!

I hope you will join me and many
other talented artists next week for...

... so excited to be participating for another year!
Thanks Vicky at "2 Bags Full" for sponsoring this wonderful event!!!

Thanks for stopping in
and
hope to see you all back next week!
Have a wonderful week!
Diana

Were has the Year gone?

Hello,

are you asking yourself the same question?

It sure went by fast!

Looking back, I have to say it's been a good one.

No major disasters, just a few bumps in the road,

like the Easter Bunny bringing us

a new furnace instead of chocolate eggs

and our riding mower giving out around the same time.

And me not always sticking to my new years resolutions,

like writing a blog post every 2 weeks,

sorry everyone, I had good intentions!!!

Well, what you gona do, life went on

and we worked through all our ups and downs

and made it to the end of the year just fine.

It's always been a good year when we could find

some time in our busy schedule to do

some traveling.

Nothing big this past year,

a trip to Kentucky Lake and 

a trip home to Louisiana for some well deserved R&R.

Visiting family and friends, eating the best seafood in the world,

fishing and did I mention some very good eating.

A plantation visit is a must when visiting Louisiana.

 Beautiful San Francisco Plantation in 

St. John the Baptist Parish.

 A little side trip down to Grand Isle.

 A magnificent place for bird watching...

 ... and fishing.

 And no visit home is complete without a stop

in New Orleans.

 I absolutely love this city.

So rich in history, color, flair,

it just takes your breath away and 

you fall in love.

And if you in the city I highly recommend a... 

 ... Jazz Cruise on the Natchez.

We did the daytime lunch cruise.

The food was fantastic, the Jazz was great

 and the sights breathtaking.

My Beautiful Crescent.

Yes, looking back it was a great year and 

I can't wait to go back to Louisiana very soon.

And I think that is the only new years resolution I'm going to make

because it is the only one I'm going to keep!!!

With this I'm closing this last blog post of 2014,

wishing you and yours 

a safe and prosperous 

New Year!

See you all in the new year!

Diana

The Joys of the Season!

Hello everyone

and 

Happy first Day of Winter!

Yes, I know,

for some of us it felt like winter for quiet a while.

But on the up side, now it is official,

just hoping it will be a better one then last year.

Not sure I can make it through another "Arctic vortex".

No fun driving to work on icy roads,

that is if your car even wants to start 

because of subzero temperatures:(

The first day of winter also means you only have

"3 Shopping Days Left" to Christmas!

Crunch time!

So glad I took a few days off to finish up 

my shopping, cleaning, baking, wrapping and

maybe, just maybe get some R&R in.

My Christmas Cards were mailed a while back

and all arrived at their destinations.

So with no further delay,

proudly presenting our 

2014

"Joy of the Season"

Christmas card. 

I decided to keep it simple this year.

Just a little splash of color. 

 Stamp is "Joy Collage" from Hampton Art.

 One of my handmade crocheted flowers.

Pine branch is a die cut. 

 I hope this card brought as much joy 

to the recipients as for me making them.

Our smallest friends received...

 ... a Gingerbread House treat bag 

filled with lots of Christmas goodies this year.

Gingerbread House die is from Sizzix.

I have to admit I love getting Cards

as much as I love making them

and it does not matter they are handmade or store bought,

receiving a card means something special to me.

For years I kept the tradition of displaying them in our 

hallway, carefully hung with clothespins, 

for everyone to admire.

Thank you so much for taking time

and stopping in!

I would like to wish you and your families

all the Joys of the Season

and

a very Merry Christmas!

Diana 

So many projects...

... so little time!!!

Hello,

hope you and your family had a great

Thanksgiving and a wonderful start to

the Holiday Season!

I sure enjoyed every minute of this

long 4 day Thanksgiving weekend.

spending time with family and friends, a little shopping

and yes, lots of catching up on craftsy stuff.

As you will see I got quiet a bit accomplished.

I would like to start with the card I made for my

God-mothers upcoming December Birthday.

 Stamp from Hampton Art.

 One of my crocheted flowers.

 

 This card was super easy and fast to make.

Hope she will like it.

Finally finished the baby blanket for my

sons girlfriends brand new niece.

I found the free pattern at Modern Grace Design.

The pattern is very easy to follow,

I also adapted the size to make it a bit larger.

 And I even had time to make a little something for myself.

 My brand new boteh scarf.

Here is the link to Ravelry,

sorry, the pattern is not for free!!!

A little hint,

 I requested the book

The Best of Interweave Crochet: A Collection of Our Favorite Designs

by Marcy Smith

through my local Public Library

and got the pattern for FREE.

 Yarn is Red Heart, Boutique, Unforgettable

comes in multiple color combinations.

One thing I learned with this yarn is it is not easy to

crochet and not very forgiving (very hard to unravel) when you make a mistake.

But I love the color!!!

And last but not least some Christmas creations.

 Our local Library offered a program

on how to make your own

tomato cage Christmas tree.

Well what do you think,

not to bad for my first.

Didn't get it quiet finished that night,

added the decorations and some more mesh

for a fuller look at home.

Mesh and decorations are from WalMart.

 Christmas card production is in full swing,

cards are done...

... envelopes stamped.

Stamp "Evergreen Holiday" from

Inkadinkado.

Ready to get them mailed.

I will post the Christmas card when they 

safely arrived at their destinations.

Really hate this long weekend is coming to an end,

still have a few unfinished projects I would like to get finished.

So much to do, so little time!!!

Hope you enjoyed looking around,

thanks for taking time and stopping by!

Have a wonderful week!

Diana

Oh La La!

Hello everyone

and Happy Sunday to you all!

Sorry, my posts been very

very infrequent lately

and I really don't have a very good excuse

 besides time is just getting away from me!

Today I would like to share a 

little Birthday card with you.

I call it "Oh LaLa",

maybe because of the colors,

with the weather gray, cold

and gloomy I needed to 

create something

bright and cheery.

 Love the cute Poodle.

 This is the Stampin'Up! stamp set I used,

not sure what it is called,

I bought it used a long time ago.

A little sneak peek at my 

Christmas card production...

... 50 red crocheted flowers...

... 1 weekend...

... done!!!

My fingers are a little sore

but it was well worth it.

Stay tuned for more peeks!

Thanks for stopping in.

I hope you all have a great week!

Diana

Witching you...

... a very 

Happy Halloween!!!

Hello everyone,

so glad you stopped by!

Hard to believe Halloween is next week,

seems like we just been here

not so long ago.

I'm very hopeful that the weather will be better

then last year,

RAIN RAIN and more RAIN,

only a few brave ghosts and goblins ventured out

and 

we got stuck with most of the candy :(

Good candy that is,

all our favorites

 and sadly

we had to eat it all by our self.

LoL

Anyway, I have trust in the weathermen

who predict a great night for

Trick or Treating this year!

Keep your fingers crossed!!!

This is this years Halloween card.

 I know you can not see this

but the large black panel is

dry embossed with a spiderweb. 

 A little glitter paint on the flower.

 Love the little rodent!!!

All stamps are from Stampin'Up!

Sentiment - Haunting Halloween

Skeleton - From the Crypt

and the little Rodent - Piece of Poison.

I appreciate you stopping by

and hope you liked what you seen!

Wishing you and yours 

a

Wickedly Wonderful time for Halloween!

Stay Save!

Diana