Happy Birthday!

Hi everyone, I hope that the start of this holiday weekend is a good one for you!  I also want to wish all my U.S. friends a safe and Happy Fourth of July!

One of the people that works with Ricky asked if I could make a card for her for her nephew's 18th birthday and of course I had to say "YES!" and I knew just the card to make.  A while back, actually five years ago I made a card for Danielle's birthday.  It was a long card that I cut out 18 candles and adhered them to the card.  It was fun, and I've acquired many cut files since that time so I went to work...

Of course at the end of all the candles is a cuppy cake!!  Then I thought I did not have an envelope to put it in so I had to make one.  I didn't get to take a picture of that so you have to trust me, it was cute :)

 

I thought that I'd pop in and share with you all.  I have worked on some swap cards and I will share those in a couple of days too!  Have a safe and wonderful weekend no matter where you are!

Happy 4th of July!

Ok, I'm a few day's early but I wanted to show you a little something I made for hubby's co-workers.  I love to make little treats for his work family.  So this July 4th I made them some fire works!

I wrapped 5 Rolo's in red paper that was measured 3" x 3 1/4" and secured it with red line tape.  I then took a strip of 1" pattern paper and wrapped it at the top of the roll.  I added a mini glue dot on the inside of the roll to secure a length of red and white bakers twine ~ for the fuse.  The held 3 rolls together with a length of black and white bakers twine.  I am going to make a tag to add to each one, I'm just not sure how I want to secure it though.

 

These were really quick and easy to make, I hope you like them so much that you want to go buy a bag of Rolo's and make some for your friends!

 

Have a nice day ~ and a safe and happy 4th of July!!

Die Match Up

Good Afternoon blogging friends!  I hope today finds you well.  It is a gloomy, gloomy day here.  Kind of drizzly.  But I'm not going to complain ~ I'm inside and it is not HOT out :)

I wanted to show you all something that I did to help me a little better with my card making.  Now you all know that I love my Stampin' Up! stuff.  I love how they have the cutting dies to match their stamps!  Well this past weekend at our card class I made a card that called for the stamp set Flower Patch (134207 clear) and the matching Flower Fair Framelits Dies (133731).  Being the kind person that I am ;) I have everyone do their own stamping and I cut the pieces out for them.  Now we did not have many in the class, but there were a few pieces to cut for each person.  I'm not sure if you've ever run into the problem of using a die when you stamp something that is not of a uniform shape or not, but it can be a real pain. 

Everyone stamped their images and there were actually 7 pieces each to cut, which was fine because I could cut more than one at a time.  But there were 2 flowers that were giving me trouble.  So when I came home I marked the die and the stamp so I would not have that problem again.

If you can see in the picture I marked the dot on the back side of the stamp and the spot on the die where the stamp matches to.  Once you stamp your image off before lifting the stamp mark the paper with a dot so you know where to place the die.  Easy peasy!!  Trust me, I've used this stamp quite a bit now and it was always frustrating to me when I went to cut it out.  I had to have an "ahhh ha" moment to realize that there had to be an easier way.

 

Now I'm not to sure how you would do it with an actual wood mount stamp.  Maybe put a dot on the wood at the place where the die would go? 

  

This has worked for me, and I think that it will not be the cause of any more grey hair that pops out.  I hope that it works for you.  If you have any questions just leave me a comment and I'll answer them the best way I can.  Oh and yes, that was one of the cards we made in this past weekend class.

 

 Thanks for stopping by today!  See you soon!!

 

EDITED TO ADD:

As always, if you can not see the picture well then just click on it to bring it up larger.  To clear out of it just hit the X in the top right corner to bring you back to here.



Pleasant Poppies Birthday

Good evening everyone!  I hope that today found you well.  The past couple of weeks I've been a little busy.  With Mother's Day, then Danielle's birthday ~ she turned 23.  Where has the time gone to?  And then with hubby working last weekend and his only day off we had chores to do.  The planting of his garden.  It is a little small this year, but that's ok.  Gardens are nice to have, we always had them when I was growing up and they are so rewarding.  But with hubby working so many hours they are a lot of work.  I did get some plants for out front and NO I have not killed them yet.  As I knock on wood :) and I did get some herbs I planted out back.  I have already plucked some cilantro for salsa I made this week!

 

So enough of my babble, I seem to do that a lot.  I'm sure you have not missed that!  I'm on to the card that I made for Danielle's birthday.  

 

The base is a basic white card that I layered with Basic Black and some green pattern paper I had.  I used the Pleasant Poppies SU! background stamp for the main focal image that I layered on to a die cut circle and scallop circle that I cut out with my nesties.  I also colored the images again, hand cut them and pop dotted them on to the card for a little more dimension.  I then added the sentiment "celebrate" that is a foam stamp I had with a small piece of ribbon, button and bakers twine.  Notice the stitching?  This self proclaimed Non-Seamstress actually pulled out the sewing machine and did the stitching all by herself.  Yes, I am proud of it!!

 

Danielle loves poppies!  She has SO much stuff she's purchased for her house/apartment when she moves that has poppies on it so I knew that she'd like the card.

 

I wanted to share that with you tonight.  I will be posting cards that I've made for the upcoming class on the 30th.  If your in the area....  I'd love to see you!  And if I don't get back here in the next day or two I hope that you have a safe holiday weekend.

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Just a quick note to let you know that you can pin anyone of my cards, projects or scrap pages on my site.  Just hover your mouse over the picture and it will allow you to pin it. 

Happy pinning!

Happy Cinco de Mayo Everyone!!!  What I wouldn't give for some Mexican food right now :) but it's going to be left over chicken & mashed potatoes night.  Bummer....

I was busy with Jan this weekend helping her out and Monday I didn't feel like getting on the computer so I didn't ~ so that brings me here with your card for the day!

This was another one of the cards I made from our last class.  It's the same card I just different ribbon and turned the DSP around.  It was actually a hit!  I had one girl do this one twice.  That made me feel good.  The DSP is some old SU! paper that I have had for about 3 years now, and the package was not even opened.  I stamped the bird cage and owl from the Aviary stamp set in Chocolate Chip and Daffodil Delight inks and layered them with some (old) YoYo Yellow and Marina Mist papers and pop dotted it to the card.  OH!  I almost forget to mention before you pop dot the focal point you've got to add the ribbon.  Trust me, my first one I had to wiggle it thru with the tweezers.

I'm sitting here in the craft room with the window open, there is a little breeze ~ it's so nice outside.  I think that I just may have to go out there!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great afternoon!!

Another card to share...

Hello everyone, I hope today finds you well.  I've been out for a bit.  I had another eye surgery - I think the last.  Not much hope though, it looks like the sight in my right eye is all but gone.  I never knew that when you have eye surgery it helps contribute to cataracts.  I've not posted on here my health journey of the last 10 months, but this was my 3rd surgery on my eye.  They did take care of the cataracts and replaced the lens but the infection that detached my retina not only damaged the retina but it also attacked the optic nerve.  Thus no sight.  I am still trying to learn how to deal with one eye.  I'm having trouble with my depth perception and the light is a killer.  But I have no choice to live with this and I have to make the most of it.  I can say that it will NOT effect my crafting :)

So that said...  Here is another card.  This I made for the card class that we had last Saturday. 

The sentiment is from a SU! set called Word Play.  I really like the basic colors that pop on this card.  The base card is Real Red that I layered with some polka dot paper from Michael's.  The stars are all punched out from various punched and the circle is from one of my smallest nesties.  I added a few rhinestone stars and it was complete.

 

I do have more to show you from the class, but that will have to wait for another day. 

 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Monday!!

I hope that your weekend was a great one!  Mine was.  I was lucky to spend some time with the kiddo.  We spent the whole day out driving with the windows down, shopping and then a nice lunch.  I miss her.  She has a full time job, school classes,  a Sunday job and baby sit's for a few different people she really is not home much.  So the weather was bea-u-tiful and we had a nice day.  Hubby had to work Saturday but on Sunday we did some of our errands, stopped at Lowe's, mowed for the first time this season and actually pulled the rototiller out - but we were at the end of the day so that will be a project for next weekend, hopefully.

Enough of my babbles.  I want to show you one of the four cards that I've made for the card class coming up on the 25th.  It was super fast and easy, and I used a set I received from the past
Sale-a-bration promo called Big Day.

 

Once again Blogger is adding my photo's flipped sideway.  Does anyone know why this happens? 

 

Even though it is sideway's I hope you enjoy it.  I hope to be back tomorrow to show you the 2nd card I've done. 

 

Have a great rest of your day!

 

EDITED TO ADD:

It was driving me crazy how the image was not straight so I went looking and I found some information on it.  I guess it has to do with technology and such.  I found a link that was helpful if you need the information here is the link that I found helpful ~ click HERE.



Easter Blossoms

I think that it is safe to say that the person I made this for will not see this post, so I can show it off to you all! I also would like to say that this card was not my idea ~ I had seen it on Pinterest and I fell in love with it.  It was actually on a blog called Just Judy Designs and if you click here you can find the link.  I have seen many cards that I'd love to CASE however they just never turn out the same, but this one with a little tweek here and there was almost the same.

See...  I knew you'd like it.  Thank You Judy for your inspiration! 

I also wanted to let you know that I am in the process of uploading my cards & creations that I've made to my Pinterest board "My Creations".  That way if there is something that you've liked and do not want to scroll thru my blog (of many years and posts) you would be able to probably find it there a little easier.  But I think that this process will take a little bit of time, so once again ~ I ask that you be patient with me.

I hope you all have a great day!

Hippity Hoppity Easter Treat

I thought that I would share with you the treats that I made for hubby to take to his co-workers Friday for Easter.  I love to make things for him to take to work ~ it gives me a purpose instead of just making things for no reason.  I have a whole shelf of those little things I've made and no one to give to or I liked it so much I didn't want to give it away.  I'm sure that you all know what I'm talking about.

I'm sorry for the lighting.  I'm not used to taking pictures in my craft room.  As you all know it's been a while since I've posted and my craft room was moved to a room upstairs so I don't have all those windows and light that I used to have.  I'm going to have to make some type of light box.

I made the sour cream container however I used the measurements I found on the BoBunny website.  I measured the paper at 5" x 6" to create a longer container ~ to resemble a carrot!  They turned out adorable if I say so myself :) The paper is of course BoBunny, both the orange and the green papers.  The tag I made using an old SU! set called Tags so Much, colored it with my prismacolor pencils & gamsol and punched it out with the large and extra large tag punches.  I attached it with some green and white bakers twine and I was done!

For some reason I've always been challenged to make these containers, but I tried and I whipped them out in an evening.  I hope that you enjoyed these, now go make some for yourself.  You still have time before Easter bunny comes.

You were wondering, I know...

You've probably been wondering if I'm still on the face of the earth, right?  Yes, I am.  I guess you can say that I've really been into my crafting much ~ but I do have a new found faith for it.

I just didn't have the time or the ambition.  Really once Mom passed I had a lot of trouble getting into the craft room.  It was something that we did together and my heart was not in it.  Oh, I'd make cards with friends here and there - but I just didn't want to.  Then I went to work.  There was no time.  Hubby is on 2nd shift and I was working a traditional work day.  The time we were together, which was not much I wanted to spend with him.  Then I got pretty sick.  I'm better, but I still have a few more hurdles to jump.

I can say that not working any longer and being home gives me the time to be crafty again.  My hubby did move my craft room a while ago, I'm upstairs now - Mom's old room.  So now when I'm up here I feel more like she's with me.  So with all this being said be on the lookout.  I'm making cards again and it feels good.  Jan and I are doing classes in her basement.  Every 2nd Saturday is a card class and every 4th Saturday is a scrap book class. 

Like I said, be on the lookout.  I will start posting again in the very near future...

Upcoming May Classes

Howdy!  I know it's been a while, and I even said that I'd be back more often - I'm sorry I haven't.  I have to try to make myself post more and more.  I think that (well, actually I know that) I've been fighting depression for a while.  I've been to the doctor and I'm getting that taken care of, thankfully.

So now on to showing you what Jan and I have cooking for the month of May.  We will be offering classes in her home (and that wonderful basement!!) and here is a peek at what we have going.

 

I have NO idea why blogger will not let me fix these.  They are in the proper direction saved on my computer!  Grrr...  blogger...

Anyway these 3 plus one more surprise will be made at the May 29th class.  If you'd like to attend please RSVP soon so I know there will be room for you!  And remember Father's Day is just a couple of weeks after this class - perfect timing, right??

For peeks at the scrapbook layout class and the Stampscapes class please visit Jan's blog.  Wish you all a safe weekend!!

How do you do...

Good afternoon everyone!  I hope that today finds you well.  Talk about the crazy weather that we are having ~ one day it's beautiful, the next it's dreary and drizzly.  No wonder my poor daughter's nose and throat are causing her havoc!!  And I've got tulips shooting up from the ground.  I hope that the last bit of snow didn't harm them ~ I love my tulips!!

I want to show you a quick post for a card that I made recently.  It was made with the SU! Easter Blossoms set.  I think that it is a retired set in case you are wondering...

I was looking around the craft room the other day and found some old doily's.  And the first thought was this stamp set ~ it just screamed dainty and petite so I used them.  I sent this card off to a special sister of mine, I hope she likes it :)

 

Jan and I are planning and prepping for our Open House on April 6th.  I hope that if you are in the area you can attend, and if your not - please send us well wishes.  I am nervous and excited all at the same time!!

Enough for today - I've got to get off the computer and start working on some Easter treats!!  Have a great evening!!

(And remember, you can always click on a picture to view it larger ~ just remember to come back for more!!)

Well it looks like it's time!  Jan's basement is ready for classes.  We would love to have you.  We are planning an Open House on Saturday April 6th from 10am to 4pm in Georgetown, KY. We will have Make and Takes, snacks and inspiration!  We would love to introduce ourselves to the stamping and scrapping community.  If you could make it just give us a shout out at either my email or Jan's janice5440@hotmail.com  We would love to have you!

A Little More Love

Keeping with the Valentine theme, here's a little more love to show you!

I'm not sure who this stamp is by - it was a friends that I used.  I can tell you that the sentiment stamp on the inside is by Whipper Snapper.

I colored this little guy with my prisma pencils and gamsol.  I layered it on to a a Real Red piece of cardstock and another white piece.  I ran the Real Red background piece thru my Big Shot with the hearts embossing folder and layered it on to a white card base.  If you click on the picture to bring it up larger you can see his nose.  I used Glossy Accents on it to make it shine and stand out a little.

I would also like to take this time to let you know that my friend Jan has started a blog.  If you are into scrapbooking at all or paper piecing you MUST check out her blog, Making My Memories.  Now mind you it was just started, but you've got to check back often because she is very talented and her creations are wonderful!!

I hope that you enjoyed my card and it inspired you!  Have a super great weekend!!  Be back soon :)

A Little Valentine

From me to you!  I've been working on some Valentine's that I need to get in the mail ~ but I remembered to take pictures first!

I just love the line of stamps by Art Impressions.  Some of the ladies they have SO remind me of Mom, Joyce and I.  We could get ourselves into some pretty crazy situations and it's almost like someone followed us around with a camera :)  Actually when I went to Scrapfest last year I met the ladies of Art Impressions.  They were so down to earth and nice.

I just love to make easel cards, they are also so fun to display.  I'm still not sure but I may give this one to hubby for Valentine's Day!

 

I do want to say sorry for all my pictures in advance.  My lovely daughter spilled soda on my camera and I've had to use hers.  Of course hers is a lot newer than mine, but I just can't get the hang of it.  My old camera was just perfect.  So once again in advance, sorry.

 

I hope to be back tomorrow to post some more pictures for you!  Have a nice evening!

Happy Nat'l Handwriting Day!

What a perfect day to send a card out to your favorite or two!!  I think that with technology we are too busy these days to send handwritten items any more.  I know I enjoy getting a personal note in the mail ~ sure beats the alternative (bills!!).

So today I thought that I'd share a scrap layout that I did for the design team call at Treasure Box. I can say that I was a little bummed not to be picked, but hey - that's ok. Maybe next time. So here goes...

I love that moose!  He's adorable!!  And it kind of got me into the Valentine's making mood.  I'll share some cards I've been working on tomorrow!!  Have a great evening...

My New Craft Room!

It was a long time in the making that's for sure ~ but I wanted to share some pictures of my new craft room.  I've moved into the house from the sun room, which let me tell you is kind of nice.  I don't have all the nice daylight but I do have heat and air :) and after last night with the temperature of 10 degrees I'm very thankful!!

I do have some more things to do with the room.  I want to add some lettering to the walls and hang up a few things.  I have a really cool project that I need hubby to work with me on for one of the walls but that probably won't happen til spring or summer.  So ready?  Take a peek!!

 This is what you see as you walk into the room.  This is my craft area and this wall has my punches on curtain rods.  No, they are not the ones from Ikea - I wanted those...  But our Ikea is a little over an hour away and at the time I was in too much of a hurry to put things up ;) 

 This area to the left is Danielle's area.  I know it is smaller but she is really not in here all the time with me. 

 I have NO idea why the camera took a picture and it came out yellow like that around the window!  The room is actually a mint green.  It's very pale in color, pretty.  But yellow?  Hmmm...  Think this is a reason for a new camera...

 This is some of the storage I have.  I've got all of my unmounted stamps on the top shelf in those five boxes.  The shelf right below that is all my SU! clear stamp sets (they are behind the pictures that I forgot to take down).  The middle shelf has 12x12 paper in the Iris containers and the loose 12x12 paper is what I use for paper piecing, that's off to the left each in it's own envelope put away in a Cropper Hopper file rack.  The fourth shelf has SU! wood stamp sets and the last shelf has all the rest of my 12x12 paper.  Holiday, solids, SU! DSP collections...  It was the heavy stuff I needed to put on the bottom.

You can also peek in the closet and see my wood drawer cabinet.  That holds all my loose wood stamps.  I've got one of my old Iris carts with pens (sharpies, dot pens...), post it's, clear stamps, office supplies (stapler, postage stamps, address labels), 3D embellies and a tubby with envelopes.  I've also got boxes on the closet shelf with little pieces and parts, small punches, chipboard, scissors and little items that I don't use all the time.  I've got my brass stencils, glitter and light box up there and my Bind It All and Carl Tozzicle and binding rings I don't use nearly enough.  Yes, that's a step ladder too!  With all the shelves my hubby put in there are a few items on the top shelves that I can not reach.  I call it vertically challenged!

Last but not least, and yes I am very OCD.  The filing cabinet in my room has alterables and such but the middle two drawers are filled with my 8 1/2 x 11 paper.  Oh but not just put in hanging folders mind you.  If you click on the picture you will see.  I've got each color labeled and if it is retired or in the current catty.  I also have the RGB code in case I need to print out something in that specific color.  It also allows me to keep the scraps together with the paper and it helps me to see how much I have of a specific color and if I need to order more.

No my room is not done by any means.  The work areas were made with counter tops that we purchased at Lowe's.  We will have another little piece that needs to be made.  If you see to the left of the closet there is a black Iris cart.  That has by glue and tape, hot glue gun, label maker...  all the items I do use and they really didn't take up a whole box to fill.  I've got my paper shredder next to it and my scrap books (in progress) on top of it.  Hubby still has a counter top that he is going to make me a table right there.  I'm going to put my Big Shot on it and a shelf above it for my dies and embossing folders.  He made the tables and put up all the shelves for me.  He painted the legs to match the room too! 

I'm so very happy with my room and I'm glad that you stopped by today to take a peek!  If you have any questions don't hesitate to leave a comment and I'll get back to you!!  See you tomorrow :)

Happy Monday

Howdy!  I am popping in to post an actual picture of something I've made ~ can you believe it??  It's been way too long and I've needed to get back into the swing of things so here I go!

What a perfect time to get back into it to with Valentine's Day just around the corner.  Which is hard to believe since it seems like yesterday was just Christmas.  Whew!  Time flies.  So enough said, let's get to posting...

This card I made with my trusty old "Cupig" stamp.  It is a Whipper Snapper stamp that I've had for years and I faithfully use it each year, I just love that little guy!!  Really, who can't smile when they open a card with him on the front? 

and this, my new passion (thanks a lot Jan!) is paper piecing.  A friend of mine introduced me to the wonderful world of paper piecing.  I can say that it has consumed a bit of my time.  These lovely little bears (and people, and pets, and things) have made themselves right at home in a few scrap books that I've completed and continue to work on.  You just may see a fair share of piecing on here if you don't mind.  This card, an easel card I made for my entry to the Treasure Box design team.  No, I didn't make it but I can always try again in the future, right? 

 

Well, that's it for my post today.  I hope to be back tomorrow to share with you some more Valentine creations ~ and maybe a scrap page or two!

Hello!

Hello everyone!!
I wanted to pop in and let you know that I'm here!  I've been busy making valentines and doing a bit of scrapbooking.  Paper piecing actually.  I have to get Danielle's camera out since she "accidentally" spilled soda on mine...  So I will be posting some pictures in a few days. 

I do have a new craft area.  As some of you know I had my craft area in the sun room off the dining area.  Well now I have an actually room upstairs in the house.  It is freshly painted, and bright and new!  Hubby and I went to Lowe's and purchased some counter tops and he made craft desks for us.  He also put up shelves around the room!  I will post those pictures too!  Everything has a place and is in it's place (except right now...  things are all over with my valentines in the process!!).

So I'm here.  I'll be posting some pictures in the next few days!  Take care - and see you back here soon!!