Here's a little love card for my Honey! In fairness I rarely call him honey because I have a sister whose name is Honey. But in this case i think he'll know who I mean. I am missing you honey! Have a great day. I am using some great pink Turkish lace on this SEI card. You'll notice in the title I left the word honey uncapitalized on purpose.
Wishing you a very happy birthday today. May all your dreams come true this year. Huge hugs from Turkiye. Cheers, Holley
Sharing this card from a sweet kit by Simple Stories today. I love their fun and simple card making kits.
Thinking of you DH. Hope you are having a great weekend. love you dearly. Hope the rest of you are also having an awesome weekend. I know I am planning on it here in Istanbul. There's lots to do here, whatever should I start with, hmmm, perhaps, LACE?
Wishing my Father a very happy birthday today. I hope the family has some nice plans for him. Hugs from Turkiye! Chose this Bark-day card for him as I know he loves dogs. This cute set comes from Hero arts and of course, had to have some orange lace to go with it!
I know it's actually been a day or two, but i actually usually take a day or two of delirium where I have no sleep and I am living on sheer excitement and exhaustion at the same time. So today is more like the first day where I actually got some sleep and NOW i am really having a FIRST DAY. WOW. Happy to be here.
Cheers, Holley
Here's a little love theme shaker for the DH today. I hope he's having a blast on his trip. In the meantime I am packing up a storm and getting ready to shut down the store today. If there's anything you need, hurry by and pick it up!
Have a great day. Check out my lace store, I close this MORNING CST USA time for the time being, until I come back from vaction (approx Aug 3rd). Lots of pre-cut lace packages, yard cut lace packs, wonderful lace embellishments: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Here's a cutie from Pink&Main. I made this card for the DH as he gets ready to go on a short trip. Yep, he won't be here when I leave for Turkiye! This is pretty much our goodbye for the two months. I hope he has a fun and safe trip. Love you dear. See you at the end of July! Kisses
Tuesday of the last week of school. WOW. Just three days for the kids and the staff comes on Friday. Gonna miss those little ones over the summer. Even though I will be in Turkiye, the DHH kids still go to school. They grow and learn SO much SO quickly. I know I am going to be super surprised to see them when I get back in August for school i will be amazed at how much they have learned.
Hoot Hoot little ones!
check out my lace store, just four days to pick up your stash for summertime: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Woo Hoo, it's the last week of school. Just 4 days of classes and a day of teacher in service. I can tell you both the kids and the teachers are ready for it. Except my two year olds. I don't think they have any idea what is coming, plus, they go in summer. I think they get a week off, and then they start back up. Thankfully I do not have to work in the summer. The teacher I work with does.
Have a great day. Check out my lace store, I have five days before I close down for summertime. Lots of pre-cut lace packages, yard cut lace packs, wonderful lace embellishments: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Last week to get goodies from my store before I shut down for summertime! LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
So I know I am still a week from going, but I must confess that i have had a suitcase open and piling up with stuff for QUITE a while. I basically take very little stuff for myself, but a number of gifts and things for people in Turkiye. So I keep my suitcase open with things piling up in it to keep track of exactly how much space i have left. Ummm, not much, not much. In Turkiye, I do the same thing. My friend can't believe for a two month trip that i don't unpack, but I tell her I need to keep a close eye on how much stuff I have bought and how much space I have open in my suitcase. So I really don't much unpack it. I keep it open in the corner and live out of the suitcase putting my purchases in as I get them.
check out my lace store selling wonderful pre-cut lace for cards, junk journals, collages, mixed media and more! I also have gorgeous lace embellishments and 1 yard long pieces of lace LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
And the 10 day countdown has started! just five more days of school (with the kiddos) and two weekends. SO today is definitely a day to celebrate! WOO HOO! Here's a cute card using embellishments from Simple Stories and some great bling that I got with my gift certificate from Eyelet Outlet.
check out my lace store selling wonderful pre-cut lace for cards, junk journals, collages, mixed media and more! I also have gorgeous lace embellishments and 1 yard long pieces of lace LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Happy Hump day everyone! Just 12 more days to Turkiye! WOOHOO. Do I sound excited yet? Have I been sounded excited since I bought my ticket well over 200 days ago, lol. Here's the card I created today
Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you are having a great day. We are more than half way through the month and just 8 days until the end of school. wow. Thought I would share a sweet and simple card today made from some various papers (cut out) by Simple Stories. it says, "i can feel it...good things are just around the corner" Don't you know that? with just 14 days left to Istanbul, I am SUPER excited.
Wishing my Mother a very happy Mother's day today. Huge Hugs and I hope you have a very special day. Crafty wishes to you. Hugs, Holley
Check out my great lace store for some precut lace for your card and craft creations: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Here's a very beautiful card that I received in the mail from one of the prize winners this year. Cara M! Thank you so much for this beautiful card. I hope you love your prizes. Cheers, Holley
It's the last two weeks of my store before I close it and goto Istanbul!! Grab yourself some fun lace for the summertime. LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Well, his birthday is the 13th, but I am sharing my weekly guest designer tomorrow so I decided to give a sneak peek to my DH's bday card today. I haven't got huge plans for this bday, he usually doesn't like that, but I hope to make his day at least a little bit special tomorrow.
This card is a pull up card with the first image being black and white and the second image being all color. I took photos of each so you could see what it looks like when you give it to someone and what it looks like when they pull the tab.
Here's a lovely spring theme card even though in Texas it's feeling like summer, lol! I just love this beautiful paper and die cuts/stickers from Simple Stories. So lovely.
As I prepare to go, I just have a couple weekends with my DH as we won't be together right before I leave I just wanted to tell him XO XO XO now. Give me lots because I will miss you when I am gone. You would think I would be so distracted in Istanbul, but there is also a lot of quiet time because I don't understand much of the language, it's almost like a silent (but extremely noisy) world. So I actually do a lot of crowd watching and observing and thinking about my DH and dear friends. For now, XO hubby
Happy May 9th! just two and a half weeks to the end of the school year now. Here's a coffee theme card because I think we are all needing some coffee to get to the end of the year, lol. How about y'all? are any of you also working in schools? I guess I should know that but I am not sure if I have ever asked....
Happy Monday everyone! I can't believe we are just three weeks to the end of the school year! WOW.14 days (and one day of teacher inservice). Isn't that exciting? Well, for today it's just another monday, lol.I know my kiddos love the ice cream, so I am sharing this card today
Check out my lace store, there's just a few more weeks to get lace before I have to close the store for summer while I goto Turkiye to get more product!!
Here's a lovely card that I received from Debra. I love tone on tone as it's one of my favorite techniques. What a wonderful creation. Thanks so much for sharing with me.
If you have a creation you made with one of your prizes (or just any thing you want to share, I'd love to see it, please email me htondre@aol.com)
check out my store for some pre-cut lace for your projects as well as some gorgeous embellishments to add flair for any creation: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Here's a pre-mother's day card that I made for a grandma. Both of my and both of my husband's grandmother's are deceased now, but I wanted to make this card for a friend. I am just LOVING the gorgeous paper from paper source on this card. YUM.
Happy May 5th! Cinco De Mayo. I wish I could have made a more themed card for this day, but I didn't get one made yet. Maybe next year, lol. This cuties comes from Simple Stories. Makes me think of the 70s/80s of course, because when else would you have roller skates and cassette tapes?
Have a great day. Check out my lace store, I have about a month before I close down for summertime. Lots of pre-cut lace packages, yard cut lace packs, wonderful lace embellishments: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Can you believe we are on the second day of May now? now it's hard not to be giving a countdown everyday, lol. For those of you who visit everyday, you know exactly what I am talking about (my trip to Turkiye to get some new lace). Here's a fun coffee project that I made at the last convention in March with my mom and god-mother. We had such fun at this event. It's from Krazy Kreations.
Here's two topics you know I love--coffee and donuts! Ha! Isn't this just perfect? They also gave us the whole sticker sheet so we could make something else if we wanted to. They are also the company that does the evening class that my mom and I talk every year. Fun.
Have a great day. Check out my lace store, I have about a month before I close down for summertime. Lots of pre-cut lace packages, yard cut lace packs, wonderful lace embellishments: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Happy May 1st everyone! You know what the new month means....yep, it's time for a brand new contest over at the YSBP Challenge blog. WOO HOO. This month our wonderful sponsor is Becca's Place. I am using a great stamp from her halloween set (oh, you know how I love halloween, even in spring time). It's pumpkin spice! YUM. You all know how much coffee theme drinks make me excited. Check this one out:, including the gorgeous turkish lace that i have added to the card;
check out my lace store on Etsy! LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Here's a cute window card that my mother made and shared with me. We did this card on our first trip together back in November for the scrapbook convention! SO much fun in Irving Texas. It was a nice getaway.
Need some fun lace for your card creations? check out my store LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Happy Saturday everyone! Can you believe we are on the last weekend of April? Today marks 30 days to Istanbul!! Woo Hoo. you know I am excited now. (OK, i have been excited for too long, but now my excitement is really going to start growing, is that just scary?) as excited as I am, this card using wonderful papers from Faith Illustrated reminds me to stay in the Here & Now
check out my lace store selling wonderful pre-cut lace for cards, junk journals, collages, mixed media and more! I also have gorgeous lace embellishments and 1 yard long pieces of lace LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Happy Anniversary Dear! I love you so very much. I can't imagine my life without you. You are my partner for life. LOL (I am laughing here because the autofill in tried to put partner in crime, lol!) Huge hugs and tons of kisses and all the love in the world for you.
Have a great day. Check out my lace store, I have about a month before I close down for summertime. Lots of pre-cut lace packages, yard cut lace packs, wonderful lace embellishments: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Here's an elegant card using a wonderful kit from Simple Stories. Just saying hello today, it's the end of April now. WOW, just one more month of school, actually, given the date, less than a month now. Who can believe that? (Believe me, every teacher in my school, lol!)
Have a great day. Check out my lace store, I have about a month before I close down for summertime. Lots of pre-cut lace packages, yard cut lace packs, wonderful lace embellishments: LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
"Nothing stands between a girl and her coffee" HA! How true is that? I got this cute coffee theme stamp from Limited Runs and the sentiment comes from RubberNecker. I thought monday was a perfect day for a coffee theme card this week. I can't believe we are at the end of April now. WOW just four more days until May.
Here's a sweet love theme card, XO for my dear hubby (DH) that i will be leaving in just a month. I swear he's probably the only reason I come back from Turkiye. Well, it might take me longer than 2 month before I'd be ready to come back if it wasn't for the DH. My VISA only give me 90 days, plus come winter it gets colder there and I really wouldn't like that.
check out my lace store selling wonderful pre-cut lace for cards, junk journals, collages, mixed media and more! I also have gorgeous lace embellishments and 1 yard long pieces of lace LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Here's a cute card I made using some papers from Simple Stories. They were on sale during the convention at a booth whom I took a class. I got a coupon for $5 extra free goodies from the booth so I chose some wonderful papers and stickers to make cards with. You'll be seeing a bunch of them over the summer. I also won a larger door prize from the Brad/Eyelet Outlet company, that's where I got the cute little green dots.
check out my lace store selling wonderful pre-cut lace for cards, junk journals, collages, mixed media and more! I also have gorgeous lace embellishments and 1 yard long pieces of lace LacePlaceByHolley - Etsy
Here's a very CAS card using beautiful papers from Faith Illustrated. I got a scrapbook kit from them at the March convention and instead of making two scrapbook pages, I made 6 six by six inch cards. The green paper says words like Grateful, Worthy, Thankful,...
I thought this super cute bumble bee boy was perfect for spring time. He comes from Sandra Caldwell. I miss her so. I hope her family is doing well. RIP Sandra. This cutie is too fun and I added a couple adorable little flowers with brads including one that says "Smile". So smile everyoen, have a great day
You Belong Among the Wildflowers. How perfect is this sentiment. It comes with lovely flowers in this wonderful kit from Simple Stories. I just love this vintage? style kit. Very home style. I loved it and had to get the kit.
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