Love

Here it is, Monday already.  Where do the weekends go?!?  This weekend was a great one for me.  My family was here on Sunday, and we celebrated my birthday.  What a blessed day it is when they are all here.

Today I am sharing the Valentine's Day card I made for our granddaughter.  I hope to share with you this week a few more Valentine's Day things I made on Saturday.  I am usually months behind, but I thought I'd go ahead and post these things now.  Here are the details:

Size:  5"x7"
Card Stock:  Recollections; Core'dinations; American Crafts
Patterned paper:  Wow.  That paper is old.  I am not sure.  I am guessing that I have had it for at least 5 years.
Love Banner:  I broke down and spent birthday money from last year (yes, I saved it for a year almost) and bought the Stampin' Up Pennant punch set.  It's really neat!  I printed the letters on my computer and then punched them.  The hearts are a punch.
Girl and dog silhouette:  A Child's Year Cricut cartridge cut at 3 1/2"
Scalloped circle:  Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Die (the smallest one).  I then embossed it using my Cuttlebug.
I used my Bow Easy to make the bow and added a mini rose from I Am Roses.

I think that's it!  I hope you like it.  Thanks if you take the time to leave a comment.  The folks that take that time are few and far between.  As those of you know who blog, it sure is tough to see that 150 visitors have been to your blog, and not one has left a comment.

Check out all of the neat hearts and cupids over at Bitten By The Bug 2.  I've entered my card in the challenge.  Want to join?

Another Flower Has Bloomed in Heaven

Happy Friday to everyone!  As promised, I have a project to share with you today.  This is a sympathy card I made for a family at church.  The wife lost her mother suddenly a few weeks ago.  And it is also for the new and exciting die cut challenge over at Stuck On U Sketches.  We were to make something using a cameo or silhouette.  I have used the sentiment "Another Flower Has Bloomed in Heaven" for a sympathy card once before, and I really love the softness of a silhouette for the sentiment.  Here are the details:

Size:  A2
I rounded the corners of the bottom of the card to try to give it a little extra softness.
Card Stock: Recollections and DCWV Linen Closet (embossed using my Cuttlebug)
Patterned paper:  DCWV Linen Closet
Sentiment:  (Half of which is on the inside of the card) was computer generated, punched with a Stampin' Up punch, and layered on a Martha Stewart punched medallion and then that was layered on a EK Success label.
Silhouette:  A Child's Year Cricut cartridge cut at 2 1/2" (page 36 of the handbook) (I love this cartridge -- so versatile!)
Label Behind Silhouette:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 4" (page 50 of the handbook) (And this would probably be my all time favorite Cricut cartridge)
I used a Fiskars border punch and cut a small strip for the right side of the card and then added some brown ribbon and a Recollections mini rose, a few brown pearls, and it was done!

I hope you like it, and I hope you'll jump on over to SOUS and play along with us!

Thanks for looking and for your comments that mean the world to me!

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Let The Fun Begin!

TGIF!  And I am excited to share with you a new die cut challenge over at Stuck On U Sketches.  Our challenge was to use the theme "Winter Fun" as the starting point for our project.  I have this new window die, and I envisioned a child's delight in seeing new fallen snow.  Thus, my card tries to reflect that.  I hope you'll check it out here and join us!  And we have an exciting sponsor!  Whimsical Designs is sponsoring SOUS for the remainder of the month!  You won't want to miss it!

Here are details about my card:

Size:  4 1/2" x 6 1/2"
Card Stock:  Core'dinations; Bazzill; American Crafts
Patterned papers:  DCWV; unknown for the blue/white polka dot paper for the sky -- I've had it for years!
Tree:  Paper Dolls Dress Up cut at 1 3/4" (page 52)
Snow:  I used my Creative Memories Curvy Paper Trimmer (can't remember the exact name, but I think it is retired) to cut the wavy lines for the snow.  I then chalked the edges in blue.Window:  Two of the Small Madison Window Dies put together
Boy:   A Child's Year cut at 2 3/4".  I took the boy standing at a chalkboard and cut the chalkboard lines off.
Window treatment:  A Fiskars border punch
Senetiment:  Computer generated and punched using a Stampin' Up punch

Thanks so much for looking and for any comments you leave.  Don't forget to come join us!  Be inspired!

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Happy Birthday Card for an 80 Year Old

Hello bloggers.  I am sharing with you a birthday card made for my son-in-law's grandmother.  My son-in-law's Mom sent an email out asking for birthday cards for her Mom, whose birthday was a few weeks ago.  She was turning 80, and her daughter wanted her to receive 80 birthday cards. This is the card I made for her.

Also, I am entering this card into the current challenge over at the City Crafter Challenge blog. The challenge is to use a black silhouette. Check it out here.

Patterned papers:  My Mind's Eye
Card Stock:  Recollections and American Crafts
Ribbon:  Unknown
Window:  Small Madison Window Die
Border:  Fiskars border punch
Girl with bird:  A Child's Year Cricut cartridge (I cannot remember the size -- I am SO sorry!)

Pearls:  Queen and Co.

Sentiment:  Computer generated and punched with a 1 1/2" circle punch and a 2" scalloped circle punch (with a little Stickles added)

Thanks for looking.  Be inspired!

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May You Be Strong

I hope everyone has had a great week!  I am sharing with you today a card I made a few weeks ago for my son-in-law's father.  He had to have surgery suddenly because of an internal hernia, so I wanted to make a card for him to let him know that we were praying for him.  Here are the details of the card:

Size:  A2
Card stock:  Bazzill Bling, American Crafts
Patterned paper:  DCWV
Title:  Computer generated
Stars:  McGill punches
Embossing:  Stars embossing is a Paper Studios embossing folder
The yellow paper was embossed with lines when I purchased it.  The manufacturer is unknown.
Border punch:  Fiskars border punch
Frame:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge
Strong boy:  A Child's Year Cricut cartridge
Inside sentiment:  "and well again soon is our prayer."
Pearls:  Queen and Company

Thanks so much for looking, and for your comments.  Have a great weekend!  Be inspired!

 

Another Sympathy Card

Happy Tuesday.  It's been a super busy week for me.  We had our grandchildren all last week while our daughter and son-in-law were at camp with the youth from their church.  While they were here, our refrigerator kicked the bucket.  We purchased a new one on Saturday, and it was delivered on Sunday.  As of Monday morning, the freezer was still 76 degrees.  So, a new refrigerator will be delivered today.  Needless to say, my kitchen is a mess!  We have filled the refrigerator in the camper to the brim, and our freezer downstairs has been wonderful!  But, I still have "stuff" all over my counters that didn't absolutely have to be refrigerated.  And to top it off, we have VBS this week at church, and I was there until 9:15 last night helping make tie-dyed t-shirts for the kids.  Fun, but tiring!

This is a sympathy card I made for a friend who lost his 93 year old mother a few weeks ago.  She was a very special lady, and he adored her.  Here are the details:

Size:  A2
Patterned Papers:  Recollections
Card Stock:  Recollections; American Crafts
Mother and Baby Image:  Cricut A Child's Year cartridge cut at 3 1/2"
Label behind Image:  Cricut Elegant Edges cartridge cut at 4" and then embossed
Sentiment:  Computer generated and then punched with a 1 1/4" circle punch.  I then added a scalloped circle punched image (1 1/2") behind the sentiment and layered those on a Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die
Flowers:  Recollections and Prima from my stash
Stem:  Martha Stewart punch
Pearls:  Queen & Co.
I also used an EK Success border punch along the bottom to give it an interesting edge.

I hope you are inspired!

A Sand-Tastic Day

I found time this weekend to scrapbook, so I made a two pager!  I used to always do two page layouts.  Lately I've done more one page layouts, but sometimes there are just too many photos for one page. These photos were taken at Myrtle Beach, SC in 2008. 

Here are the details of the layout:

Cardstock:  Bazzill and The Paper Company
Patterned Papers:  "Home" stack -- My Mind's Eye
Scalloped Square background:  Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge cut at 11".
Flower border punch:  Martha Stewart.  If you look closely, you will see pearls in the centers of the flowers.  I used the Tulip Beads in a Bottle.  I really, really like this.  And to think I just ordered pearls before I found this.  I may never use them!
Umbrella and child playing:  A Child's Year Cricut cartridge, cut at 3 1/4"
Circle and scalloped circle:  Nestabilities dies
Yellow flower with the "A" on it for part of the title:  McGill punch
Sand-Tastic:  Hippie Chick Cuttlebug font
Day:  You're Not the Boss of Me Cuttlebug font  (I still love my Cuttlebug fonts and am sad that they no longer make them.)

If you have questions that I haven't answered, let me know.

Thank you so much to each and every one of you that takes the times to let me know you like my creations.  That has meant the world to me.

Count Your Blessings

This is my father-in-law's birthday card.  He's a sweet guy, and a lot of fun to be around.  I've made lots of bluegrass, music, and guitar cards for him, so I decided to change it up this year and make more of a serious card for him.  Here's how it was made:

Size:  3 3/4" x 9"  (fits into a no. 10 envelope)
Cardstock:  Bazzill, Recollections, DCWV
Patterned Papers:  DCWV Cotton Bloom Stack and unknown
Count Your Blessings:  Country Life Cricut cartridge cut at 2 1/2"
Silhouette boy:  A Child's Year Cricut cartrige cut at 3 1/4"
Label behind boy:  Lacy Labels Cricut Lite cartridge cut at 3 1/2"
Pearls:  Unknown
Flourish (sort of):  Spellbinders

(I think all of these sizes are correct.  I made this over the weekend, and I tried to make a mental note of the sizes.)

The inside says, "Not your birthdays, or your candles.  Have a wonderful, blessed day."

Thanks for looking, and for the kind words some of you leave!  They make my day!