What's On My Workdesk? I'll show you!

Well here it is.  My friend Mary Jane made a birthday card for Cathy.  It folded like a little wallet and Mary Jane decorated it beautifully.  Sadly, I don't have a photo of it...darn...Well, I did have enough sense to write down the dimensions so I could try to make one of my own.  Well, what you see is the beginning of that wallet card.  Also, glue and tape and the corner of a container holding glitter.  I think my friend Brenda left it here.  I need to shoot her an email to see if it belongs to her.  I'll post my card when I get finished, but for now...this is all I've got....

My brother Bob had emergency surgery on Friday.  He is doing very well, as a matter of fact so well, he's been released to go back home where he can recover in his own bed.  I thought it might be nice if his favorite sister (at least that's what I keep telling him) made him a card.  Well, here it is.....

I had enough pieces left from another project to make this card from snippets.  When I started putting the card together it looked a bit dull.  I decided to get out the gold leaf pen and brighten up the edges of the green card stock prior to mounting it to brown card stock.  I like it much better now.  The sentiment was stamped in white pigment ink and heat embossed in gold.  I had a little square of green pattern card stock left over and decided to make good use of it.  I've started drop cutting my layers so that I can get more bang from my buck.  I would not have been able to complete this card had I not drop cut the centers out of the layers and covered them with the next layer.  Not that I don't have enough patterned paper to start my own shop, but it's nice to make the best use of each piece.

I was sitting at my computer a few days ago and I saw something moving on a throw rug my husband had thrown over the deck rail.  I grabbed my camera and this is who I found......

Talk about a bad hair day....Later, I was typing and watching the humming birds.  One of them seemed to have put himself in charge of the feeder and he was busy running off the others.  We had a chat about being a bully, which I'm sure he took to heart.  Handsome fella he is.....

This year we have more humming birds than any previous year.  I think they are liking my home made syrup....

Well, I think I shall head over to Julia's blog and then I'll skip over to Di's blog to link my latest card.  If you have a few minutes, why not check out these two blogs.  But beware, I promise you will come away with your mind spinning from all the inspiration you'll find there.

For now...off I go, enjoy your week and Happy Crafting,
Hugs,
Mary Mac
AKA:  Glitter Grammy