Happy Mother's Day!

A photo of Mom and me

ten years ago on Mother's Day. 

 She is dearly missed.  

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!  I'm back at my computer and have a few photos to share.  It has been a great week with my husband on vacation.  We've done some visiting, shopping, and birding.  

We had a great day visiting with my son after his work day this past week.  The weather was wonderful his way...sunny in the 70's.  We've had quite a bit of rain and chilly temps.  But, it's warming up in our area to the 70's this week.  

My son has worked on the computer and has it running more smoothly.  He came up last night and finished working on it.  Today, we went to lunch and had a delicious meal at our favorite restaurant.  

As, if the day couldn't get any better, my husband and I went to Magee Marsh for birding.  It was the final day to celebrate the migration of the warblers that migrate to this area every year.  We are blessed with a couple of eagle nests.  It is so relaxing and fun to see the lovely birds.  People from all over the country come to view the birds and take lots of photos.  Everyone is so helpful to each other, too.  They point and show one another where they can spot and take the perfect photo of the lovely birds!  We even viewed some turtles and a frog enjoying the sun.  I hope you enjoy the photos.  And, here they are...

(Lake Erie)
southern shore
NW Ohio

http://www.mageemarsh.org/

Lovely orange color! 

Mr. frog enjoying the sun.

Row of turtles basking in the sun

If you look closely, you can see the

baby eagle peeking out!

Well, that's all I have for now.  Thanks so much

for taking the time to view my photos!  I hope you

enjoyed seeing them!  Take care and have 

a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Maria

Spring has sprung!

(My neighbor's tree with

lovely white blooms)

Hi, Friends!

It's May and spring has finally sprung around here.  We've been anticipating warmer weather and lovely blooms.  Mother Nature finally granted our wish!  I have a few more photos to share.  They aren't the best for we are having a very windy day here.  But, just the same it's wonderful seeing the gorgeous trees and flowers bloom!  Also, I have a birthday card to share that I made for a friend.  

(our weeping cherry tree)

(Pretty yellow tulips)

(Red tulips being blown by the wind)

(Love seeing these beauties out 

my kitchen window)

*Edited with better photos...

Ok, now on to my card...

I made the above birthday card for my friend, Nancy, for her birthday next month.  She loves the color purple.  I recently purchased the MFT kit and went to town with these lovely flowers.  So many possibilities with this fun kit!  Everything on the card is from MFT except for the gems.  I'm entering this card over at Seize the Birthday

Well, that's all for now.  I'm not sure when I'll be back at my blog for we need our son to look at the computer.  Hopefully he'll be able to repair it without much trouble.  Anyways, thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,
Maria

Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life Series-May 2018!

Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life Series-May!

Hi, Friends!

Happy May 1st!  More and more signs of spring here.  I hope that you are seeing more wonderful weather your way, too!  One thing I look forward to is riding my bike in the evenings after dinner.  It's so relaxing and great exercise!

As you can see on my planner pages, little Madison is ready to take a bike ride with a basket of flowers.  And, she is wishing you all an amazing day!

I have two posts today, so please scroll down to see my DRU card, too!  

And, now a closer peek at my planner pages...

I have Madison  in her spring outfit...so cute!  The outfit is from the set Live Love Grow.  The bicycle, basket of flowers, and sentiment is from the set Hugs and Kisses.  The frame around the sentiment is from Sweet Cuts-A friend is. The grass was made using Sweet Cuts-Sweet Borders.   

The planner stamps that I used on the pages are Planner Series:Get Your Craft On,  Planner Series-Celebrate, Plan Your Life Series:Shapes, and Plan Your Life Series: Vacation.  

I had lots of fun decorating my planner for May!  

I hope you

check out our planner stamps and have fun decorating your

planner, too!

Project Supplies:

Madison	Live Love Grow	Hugs and Kisses	Sweet Cuts Sweet Borders - Paper Sweeties	Planner Series - Get Your Craft On Paper Sweeties
Planner Series: Celebrate - Paper Sweeties	Planner Series - Shapes	Planner Series: Vacation - Paper Sweeties

Hop along and have fun!  I hope you are inspired by the team...enjoy!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Lilian Forsyth 
Lisa Bzibziak

Maria Patrick--that's me
Vicki Dutcher

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Take care, hugs!

Maria

Dies R Us Challenge-May 1, 2018! (Flowers)

Hi, Friends!

I'm here to share with you my card for the Dies R Us Challenge!  The theme is (Flowers).  I'll be planting flowers in a couple weeks.  I plant a lot of geraniums around the house.  I won't be planting rose bushes unless I need to.  I hope the winter wasn't too harsh on them.  Anyways, I can hardly wait to get some bright colors around the house to pretty up the place!

Please join us for this fun challenge and have a chance to win a gift certificate to the store!

I was inspired to make a birthday card with lovely rose dies.  And, here is my card...

I started with a white base and paired it with a water colored background.  The distress inks that I used are worn lipstick, picked raspberry, and seedless preserves.  The rose dies are from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  The hearts are from Memory Box, and the stitched scallop borders are from Lawn Fawn.  The sentiment is from Paper Sweeties.  Gold twine and gold Nuvo drops to finish the birthday card.

 All dies that were used for my card with links are listed below.  I hope you create a project using dies and join us for the challenge!

Elizabeth-Craft-Designs--Dies--Rose

Memory-Box--Dies--Precious-Hearts

Lawn-Fawn--Stitched-Scalloped-Border-Dies

Nuvo-Crystal-Drops--Metallic-Bright-Gold

Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad--Worn-Lipstick

Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad--Picked-Raspberry

Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad--Seedless-Preserves

 There are so many choices at Dies R Us store!  Hope you check out the store for  amazing selection of dies, stamps, etc.!  I'd love to see your project in the challenge...happy creating!

Would you like more inspiration?  Check out some amazing creations from my talented teammates!      
                             

    Design Team

Barbara
Kathy
Maria—that’s me!
Diane
Laurie

Sherri

Birgit

Thanks so much for visiting here today!  Have a great day!

Hugs,

Maria