2 more...

2 more books down... and a few more to go - I still have to find a way to get copies of some of them into my hands, but I'm working on it!

I had originally posted that I was going to read Poisoned Pedigree, but the gal I was borrowing it from had remembered the wrong title and it turned out to be Of Deadly Descent that I read by G.G. Vandagriff.

~ Alexandra Campbell's father has been killed and left behind a sizable estate, that may not belong to her and her mother. So she takes a trip to France that leads her to England while looking for evidence of a cousin who was lost during World War I. She finds that he didn't die and she may actually have relatives who are the rightful owners of the inheritance...
This book is intense! I got to a point in reading where I thought I knew who had done it! But then the book convinced me that I was wrong and it was driving me crazy trying to figure it out. Then I was surprised at the end to find out I had been right... like I said, this book was intense.


I was also delighted to be able to read Code of Honor by Betsy Brannon Green.
Warning, this has a spoiler... so if you haven't read it yet.. stop here!


At the end of Above and Beyond I started to wonder and I was just seconds away from writing Betsy to ask if I was right or not, but managed to contain my curiosity and wait for the book... and my suspicions turned out to be correct! I had thought it a bit odd how much Savannah and Rosemary looked alike when their hair colors were the same and started thinking that maybe they were related and I was wondering why it seemed like Mario was really after Savannah herself... and I wondered - is he her father? And it's true he is! How crazy is that?
This book is not what I expected, but we get to see the characters switch roles and switch back and turn us around and back again... it was fun.
I really enjoyed this one and I hope that these characters appear again somewhere in future books... the only thing I would have changed is adding in one more heart-stopping kiss for Dane and Savannah somewhere in the last couple of pages ;^)

Some Father's Day Cards

Here are the other cards... I made my own "variations" off of Card Pattern sketch #19 and here's what I came up with:

CP Sketch #19

Here's my take on the sketch for the week:


The 'image' is the same as my card from last week if you are thinking it looks similar... I really liked the font and used it to make all 6 Father's Day cards that will go out in the mail in the morning. I have posted the other cards separately so as not to be confused with my "pick" for the week ;^)

The Old Olive and Brilliant Blue cs are SU!, the rest is misc.

Happy stamping and have a good week!

Cutting it close...

Wow, this week got away from me... 2 sick kids... one of them sick AND teething... plus I am still sick myself - it comes and goes, because I found out last week I'm not just sick - I'm pregnant - with our 4th... I am surprised to say the least, baby is only 1! But my girl wants a sister, so we'll see if this is her ;^)

Anyway, on to Card Patterns and Sketch #18. I have had this idea in my head all week and just barely managed to get it made, although it did not turn out quite as I was thinking and it proved to be rather tricky to put together for some strange reason, because it really should have been rather easy...



I simplified the sketch a little bit since it's for a masculine audience ;^) It is a combination of SU!, CM, craft store, and computer-since I seem to not own a Father's Day stamp... don't know how that happened! And the cs is all scrapped from other cards in the past...

Happy Friday! ;^)

SRT 2009 - Update

This Post is where this started... and here are 2 reviews of sorts ;^)

Tower of Strength by Annette Lyon
This book was very appropriately named. The main character shows a great amount of courage and strength while facing trials a young woman does not usually face and she grows to a point where she can allow another to help her be strong... This is a wonderful story!

A Crimson Frost by Marcia Lynn McClure
This is a piece of an email I sent to the author about this book... "You certainly have a gift for putting to page such delightful stories that simply thrill your readers and keep "us" coming back, sometimes begging, for more of your magic. Ransom Lake has always been my favorite hero by far, yet I find that were they to step put of their books for a moment and line up, Broderick would definitely be found next to Ransom. Which of course means A Crimson Frost is fabulous and has won its own place in my heart."

Hmmm... what should I read next??? ;^)

CP Sketch # 17

Hello... I've been missing from the CP sketches for a couple of weeks ;^) Actually I have been sick and just didn't get to make any cards. I am feeling a bit better now, and I needed a set of cards so I made this out of this weeks sketch...

It's a mini card, only 2 1/2 x 4 inches. The butterfly mini punch and the pen I used are from CM and everything else is SU! I threaded ribbon through ribbon on the side element... what do you think?
If the rest of the set turn out differently I'll make a different post for them ;^)