YEAH, I MOSTLY WON!!!

Hey there, a lot of you have been wondering if my lawsuit against my horrid neighbor has gone anywhere…well I FINALLY rec’d a decision today and I won mostly what I was looking for. Some of you have already rec'd an email from me, for those that haven't heard the great news, my lawsuit against my witch of a neighbor is close to being fully over. I finally rec'd a decision from the judge.

1. The tree has to come down (actually the word used was removed, so I believe she has to dig up the roots as well).

2. The fence and any other plantings have to be lowered to 6’, no other plants or trees can be planted that will grow over 6’ tall
I was a bit disappointed that the fence doesn’t have to come down completely but it was more important that the tree does.

3. No vehicles are allowed to be on the southern portion of the lot I live on that would be done out of spite.

4. The boundary line as been decided that my surveyor is correct and not hers

5. The right of way “easement” is now defined and located, this one I’m disappointed about (but again glad the tree is coming down and she can’t have anything grow over 6'). The decision for the easement is that it is 8’ wide but unfortunately 7’ of it is on my property (putting it a foot away from fence) and only 1 foot on her property. This one I was very surprised about, because of the defininition of the easements in our deeds is ambiguous, the burden is supposed to fall on her and any available land she has is supposed to be used as part of the easement. So since he made it 8’ wide, 4’ of it should be on her property because she has that available and then only 4’ would have been on my property. I was hoping to be able to move my fence over making my yard 5’ bigger, which doesn’t seem a lot but actually is.

Anyway, I’m pleased with the outcome and glad it’s finally almost over. She has 90 days from 9/28/10 to remove the tree and lower the fence and trim any plantings over 6’.

She may appeal in which she has 42 days to do so from 9/28/10. Even if she does she will not win and the decision will be quick and I’ll have my view back next summer!

Ever since the lawsuit has started she hasn’t harrassed me to my face as I’m sure her lawyer highly advised her not to. I would just get the loud conversations that were meant for me to overhear. So now that she doesn’t have to behave, let the full harrassing re-commence…


Hope all is well with everyone!

60th Birthday Cake Card

Hi everyone...I hope all of you are enjoy the holiday weekend. I am, the weather has been great so far.

So my mom turn 60 this year and of course I wanted to make a special out of the ordinary card for here.

Check it out:














I used George and AE to weld the layers of the cake, very simple, but if you would like to make one and save some time email me at nikkiduey@yahoo.com for a copy of the cut file. Put BIRTHDAY CAKE CARD in the subject of your email.

Cake and Frosting Mix:
-CS: Glitter Paper, Bazzill Black, Basic Bazzill “Tropical” & “Blue Calypso”
-PPs: BoBunny ”Alissa So Cute”
-Rub-ons: Scenic Route Paper Co "Birthday Rub-On Words"
-Computer Fonts: CK Bella at 24 pts
-Edger Punch: EK Success Candles
-Cricut Cartridges: George, Accent Essentals – Scallop frame cut at 3 ¾” and Celebrations


TFL!!!

Forgotten LOs from Halloween last year

Hey there, long time no posts. I came across some pictures of some LOs I did that I thought I posted. And since we are coming on up quick to Fall/Halloween I thought I would share them with you:





Pumpkin Guts:
Halloween – Pumpkin Carving
-CS: TPC “Espresso” and DCWV “Green #1”& Texture Neutrals
-PPs: Just Jinger 8x8 Premade Page Spread “Halloween” and K&Company Halloween Specialty Paper Pad
-Cricut Cart: PDDU for the spider cut @ 6”
-Misc: White Gelly Roll Pen, adhesive

Halloween – Fairy Costume
-CS: TPC “Espresso” & “Gold Textured” and DCWV “Green #1”& Texture Neutrals
-PPs: K&Company Halloween Specialty Paper Pad
-FCI: Colorbox “Dark Moss”, “Creamy Brown” and “Chestnut Roan”
-Chalks: I’Kandee Pearlescent Shimmers
-Prismacolor Pencils: PC938 White and PC943 Burnt Ochre
-Stickles: Lime Green
-Cricut Cart: PDDU for the cauldron & broom cut @ 9”
-Misc: Fuzzy yarn, adhesive

TFL!!!

Mother's Day

Sorry for being away so long! I'm trying to catch up on email, posting, facebook, etc! Thought I would make a quick post before I'm off to gardening.

Here are the cards I made my mom and grandmother for Mother's Day:







And here's the one I made my grandma:







Recipes:
Mom’s Card
-CS: BB “Guacamole”
-PPs: DCWV “Violet Squiggle Posies”, Autumn Leaves Rhonna Farrrer
-Stamps: Inkadinkadoo “It’s Your Special Day”, My Sentiments Exactly “Love Stamp”
-Blossoms: Prima Flowers “Maize”
-Chipboard letters: K&Company “Smitten”
-Misc: Adhesive, Thread, Ribbon, Pigment Ink, Embossing Powder, Heat Gun

Grandma’s Card
-CS: BB “Snapdragon”
-PPs: DCWV “Pocket Full of Turquoise”
-Stamps: Inkadinkadoo “It’s Your Special Day”, My Sentiments Exactly “Love Stamp”
-Blossoms: Prima Flowers “Daisy Mix”
-Misc: Adhesive, Thread, Pigment Ink, Embossing Powder, Heat Gun

TFL and always feel free to leave a comment!

Dad's birthday

Here's a card I made my dad:



This stamp is perfect for my dad as he loves extra icing on his cake :)




Cake Mix:
-PPs: Deja Views Fresh Print Blue Raspberry
-Embossed Paper: Love, Elsie “Jack & Abby Cupcakes”
-Stamps: Inque Boutique “Birthday Fun” and Inkadinkadoo “Go for the Icing”
-Prismacolor pencils: PC949 Metallic Silver and PC946 Dark Brown
-Stickles: Cinnamon
-Misc: Gamsol, Glossy Accents, Mini Pot Dots

TFL!!! And please feel free to leave a comment!

Life's A Beach...summer is not too far away

I know it's barely spring but with the really nice days we've had and the plants all coming back to life I feel like summer is not too far away.

So I thought I would share the summer LOs I did during the winter for my in-laws scrapbook.







These surf boards are actually made with a rubber stamp of flower petals from Inque Boutique:




59 days to the 1st day of summer!!!

Recipe:
-CS: Bazzill Basics “Mocha Devine”
-PPs: My Mind’s Eye Cowabunga “Summertime Boy” Cool Flowers Dude Paper and BoBunny Ella Collection
-Stickers: Jolee’s Boutique “Title Waves”
-Stamps: Inque Boutique “Petals”


TFL!!! And please feel free to leave a comment!

Get Well!

Just a quick post...a get well card for my sister-in-law's mother:







Recipe:
-CS: Bazzill Basics “Guacamole” and “Mudpie”
-PPs: DCWV “Pink Stripe”, Autumn Leaves “Rhonna Farrer”, Sandylion Kelly Pannaci “Floral Crochet-Pink” and “Floral Crochet-Cream”
-Stamps: Inkadinkadoo “Get-Well”
-Prismacolor Pencils: PC924 Crimson Red and PC988 Marine Green
-FCI: Ice Jade
-Ribbon: Michaels Dashes Dotes & Checks
-Misc: Adhesive, Gamsol, Glossy Accents, Thread

Love to Scrap!

Here's another LO for Scott's mom's scrapbook, this is Alyssa's 2008 birthday and as you can tell very happy to receive a baby Cricut. :)





I love these self-adhesive crytal embellishments but they are so hard to take off the plastic sheet and get it onto the paper. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do it?




Recipe:
-CS: Bazzill Black, DCWV White Texture, MM Smooth Poppy
-PPs: Karen Foster Design “Love to Scrap”
-Rhinestones: Michaels Recollections
-Cricut carts: Stamped for Love cut at 2” shadowed and Opposites Attract for “to scrap” base feature at 1” and “2008” upright feature cut at 1”

TFL and feel free to leave a comment!

The Butterfly Place

Hi, how's everyone doing?

I'm not sure if I posted the fact that I've been putting together 2 sets of scrapbooks, one for my fiance's mom & step-dad and another for his dad & step-mom. Well I've been working on LOs all the way back to 2007.

This one I did a very similar one for Scott's mom but this one has some slight differences and different papers so it gives it a whole new look! This one is for his dad's book:













Recipe:
-CS: TPC "Sable", “White Texture” and BB “Navel”
-PPs: DCWV Posies Glitter Print “Violet Squiggles Posies”, “Petite Sunrise Posies” and DCWV Old World Stack
-Fluid Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Creamy Brown", "Dark Brown", "Chestnut Roan", “Amber Clay” and "Olive"
-Pearls: Me & My Big Ideas Clear Rhinestones
-Flowers: Prima Flowers, Gartner Table Confetti Flowers Embossed White Shimmer
-Fonts: scrapNfont.com "CK Curly" at 36 pts
-Cricut carts: WIMG for the snail cut at 2" with a shadow and TBBM for the Tags @ 3 3/8 with shadow

TFL and please feel free to leave a comment!

Someone turned 50 and a couple awards

Here's a card I made for one of my aunts that turned 50 although maybe she's not really 50 since she's a leap year baby ;p

I also rec'd 3 awards from some very very talented ladies that I will show you further down this post.



I love this Squeaky Baker from Whipper Snapper, he's so fun to color in with prismacolor pencils and gamsol:






Recipe:
-CS: DCWV “Smooth Poppy” and Bazzill Basics “Bitter Chocolate”
-PPs: SEI Chocolat Nougat
-Stamps: Whipper Snapper "Squeaky Baker"
-Prismacolor Pencils: PC943 Burnt Ochre, PC941 Light Umber, PC946 Dark Brown, PC929 Pink, PC924 Crimson Red, PC937 Tuscan Red, PC1034 Golden Rod, PC1003 Spanish Orange, PC1005 Limepeel, PC911 Olive Green and PC949 Metallic Silver
-Rub-ons: Scenic Route Paper Co "Birthday Rub-On Words"
-Blossoms: Prima Flowers Daisy Mix
-Cricut Cart: Celebrations for 50 tags cut at 2” and Lyrical Letters for Ann Marie cut at 2” and welded
-Misc: Adhesive, Gamsol

And onto the awards, this one I received from two very talented ladies, Stacey and Marina, please check out their blogs as they both are very inspirational. This award is something I would give them!



This award comes with rules, I have to I must share 7 exciting things about myself, which I can't really say I have anything exciting about myself, so I will incorporate this with the next award that has a similar rule. I also need to share this with award with 15 wonderful bloggers.
First I would give them back to Stacey and Marina and the other 13 go to these amazing ladies: Enfys Cashmore, Sharon Caudle, Carole Lowe Beath, Shelly Bobrowski, Regina Easter, Jane Sossie, Susan, Julie, Glee, Donna, Tracy, Kazan and Laura

The next award is also from Marina. She also gave me the Sunshine award that I've already received from another very talented and inspirational lady, Susan.



The rules to this one are to list 12 things about myself, here goes...
1. I’m engaged to an amazing man named Scott
2. I was born in upstate NY but raised in MA.
3. I LOVE the Twilight Saga
4. I’m also into the Harry Potter series
5. My favorite author is Dean Koontz (right now I'm reading his latest book, Relentless)
6. I miss being on the BBTB design team (when I left due to way too many things on my scheduled I had to stop crafting for awhile).
7. If I had to choose a food that I had to eat the rest of my life, it would be sushi
8. Last movie I saw in the theater was this weekend, which was Remember Me. I highly recommend it.
9. Favorite TV show right now is Private Practice
10. I love paper
11. I love so many rub-on, but hate trying to apply them
12. I would love to learn how to use Copics

Please leave a comment on my card, I love reading...

Thank ewe!

Hi, just a quick post for a quick card I made to thank my fiance's dad and stepmother for their Christmas gifts. Yes I know it's March but we didn't get to get together until February and I haven't been able to post anything because my computer completely crashed on me and I had to send it out for service. Until today I've been without a computer since Feb 28th! It's back and up and running :)

That adorable sheep is from The Cutting Café Ewe, Ladybug, Pie & Heart background set printable stamps.



I ran it through the Cuttlebug's D’Vine Swirl Folder:




Recipe:
-CS: Bazzill Basics “Brocade”, “Vintage Pink” and DCWV “White Texture”
-PPs: DCWV “Posies Glitter Print”
-Printable Stamp: The Cutting Café Ewe, Ladybug, Pie & Heart background set
-Cuttlebug: D’Vine Swirl Folder
-Stickles: Cotton Candy
-FCI: “Merlot, “Pink Pastel” and “Maroon”
-Cricut Cart: Cuttin’ Up cut at 1” base welded with CDS and AE for the frame
-Border Embossing Punch: Fiskars Eyelet Lace
-Misc: Adhesive, Ribbon, Thread

TFL!! and please leave a comment, I love reading them :)

Great foster kitty and an Award!

I rec'd an award from a extremely talented lady, Susan Edwards, she is such inspiration you must check her site out!

Here's the award:


So I'm giving it to 6 other extremely talented ladies:
Here are the rules:
Please share some sunshine with your friends by:
1. Placing the Sunshine image on your blog or within your post.
2. Pass the award onto six bloggers.
3. Link the nominees within your post.
4. Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.
My 6 are Enfys Cashmore, Sharon Caudle, Carole Lowe Beath, Shelly Bobrowski, Regina Easter and Jane Sossie
Thanks for all of you amazing inspiration!

Here's just a quick post on a quick LO I put together for the scrapbooks I'm putting together for Scott's parents. This was Zachary, a stray that we took in but unfortunately after 4 mos we realized it was never going to work out with my other cat, Tyler, so we had to find him (Zach) a new home. We found the best home for him with 2 other cats and dog and the ALL get along, so Zach is very happy in his new (not so new anymore) home and Tyler is happy with him gone! ;p





Recipe:
-CS: TPC “Espresso”, “Sable” and Mi-Teintes “Stygian Black”
-PPs: Karen Foster “Cat Tracks”
-Cricut: Cutting Up cut at 2” welded
-Misc: White Gelly Roll Pen, adhesive

TFL and please leave a comment, I love to read them!

40th Birthday Cake

Well, I made one for my nephew, Chase, who turn one at the beginning of the month so I decided to go much further in age and made a birthday cake keepsake book for Scott for his 40th birthday.



I used the same rub-ons that I used on Chase's cake, I really like the style of these from Scenic Route:


I went to CVS and used their Kodak Kiosk to make 2x3 pictures so I could fit more in the book:








I love these wood flourishes from Kaiser, they fit so perfectly on this layer of the cake:






Cake Mix:
-CS: Bazzill Basics “Mud Pie” and Craft and Craftin Glitter Paper “Coffee”
-PPs: K&Company Tim Coffey “Fall Script” and “Fall Gold Leaf Scroll”,
K&Company Ancestry.com “Teal & Dots & Swirls Glitter Paper” and “Brown Swirls Glitter paper”
-Rub-ons: Scenic Route Paper Co "Birthday Rub-On Words"
-Distress Ink: Tim Holtz “Vintage Photo”
-FCI: Colorbox “Celedon”
-Glitter: Stampendous “Crystal Snow – White Ultra Fine”
-Blossoms: Prima Mulberry Paper Flowers Teal, Prima Got Flowers? Brown and Prima Artful Collage
-Wood Flourishes: Kaiser “Borders”
-Misc: Ribbon, Rhinestones, Black Chipboard, Adhesive

TFL and please leave a comment, I love reading them!