Get Well Wishes!

Well, it finally stopped raining for a day here.  So glad it finally did.  Just a little break and maybe we will get to see a glimpse of the sun today too.  Sunshine is good for making things seem so much better, including the healing process from surgery.  You see my SIL just recently had a major surgery and is going to be laid up for quite a while and is in a lot of pain.  So naturally, a get well card was in order, one to make her smile.  Because you know the saying, "Laughter is the best medicine"!  So I knew I wanted to make something that would make her smile a bit.  So this is what I came up with.  Something so simple yet bright and cheery!  These little band aid people are sooo cute!  They kinda remind me, of little Minions!  They sure do make me smile!  I really hope they do that for her too!

I Used:
Band Aids from my medicine cabinet
Elegant Edges "negative" cut from a past card
Recollections Comic Heros Paper Pad for all the patterned papers
White/Yellow Cardstock 
Googley Eyes from my stash
Stickles for the tiny flower on the one band aid
Get Well sentiment stamp from Hobby Lobby
Ribbon from my stash 

Thank you so much for stopping in! 

I hope you have a great day!

Happy Mother's Day, for our Mom's

Okay, this is the final post for Mother's Day cards this year.  Each set of cards were all so different from each other and for totally different family members.  So these two were so different and yet sorta, kinda, complicated to make.  I was trying to make a book card with less folds to keep it more shallow but yet, get that layered look.  I don't know if I accomplished doing so or not, but I am very pleased how they both turned out and I think my Mom and my MIL enjoyed them too.   These two ladies have been such a blessing to our family and we are so blessed that God chose them to be our Mom's. So I wanted to give them that dimensional look yet not to deep. And again, these images were free printable from Pinterest.   Anyways, here is what I came up with.

I Used: 
Printable Images found on Pinterest
Purple, Pink and Blue Textured Cardstock
DCWV The Luxury Stack for the Pink Card BG
K & Company Life's Journey Designer Paper for the Pink and Blue card
Purple Velum Paper for the purple flowers
Adhesive pears and gems from my stash
Purple, Pink, green, yellow Stickles
Pink Dogwood flower sticker set from my stash
Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punches for the purple flowers
Ribbon and lace from my stash
Dimensional Dots from Michaels
Quotes and Scripture were computer generated in Word
Mother's Day Stamp from Hobby Lobby
Cuttlebug Embossing folder: D'Vine Swirl for the Dogwood card frame

Thanks for stopping in again and I hope you are inspired to create!  I hope you have a fantastic day too! 

Happy Mother's Day, Sister in Law's!

I have two wonderful SIL, that I love and enjoy spending time with.  Each one has a special and unique quality that I love.  Anyways, they both are special to us all, and have been great moms to some wonderful kids.  As always, I try to make them a card too.  So this year, I used free printable images that I found on Pinterest, which has a wealth of choices to choose from.  Picking just a couple can be a bit of a challenge.  I knew the look I was wanting and I knew I wanted to do something with birds and their babies with a bit of a vintage/distressed look.  I think I may have accomplished that look.  I am very happy how they both turned out.  Pretty, yet simple ...

I used:
Printable images found Pinterest
Blue/Burnt Orange Cardstock
Craft Paper Cardstock for the actual cards and the BG "Crimped" scrap papers
Buttons from my button can
Sentiment Stamp from Hobby Lobby
Green Flowers from Hobby Lobby
Adhesive Pearls from Michael's
Burlap scraps
Bakers Twine: Brown and white
Vintage Lace from my stash
Vintage Seam Binding from my stash
Paper Crimper from Hobby Lobby for the brown BG craft paper

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a day filled with many blessings!

Happy Mother's Day, Sisters!

Well I hope you all had a great Mother's Day!  I know I did even though it was very busy!  My family spoiled me and took me to my favorite restaurant for my favorite steak!  MMMMM, was it ever good!  Anyway, these two cards were for my two wonderful sisters who live so far away.  I think they turned out so pretty yet so simple!  I LOVE the Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punches.  They are so pretty and versatile.  You have many choices and things that you can do with them.  Either way they both said that they really enjoyed getting them and thought that they were so beautiful. 

 

I used:

Textured Pink and Blue Cardstock

White Velum Paper

White Pearl Cardstock for the frame and the BG behind the frame on the Pink card

DCWV Linen Closet Stack for the BG paper on the blue card

DCWV The French Country Stack for the Pink BG paper

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge for the frame cut

Potpourri Basket Cricut Cartridge for the Ivy

Cuttlebug Folder: Textile

Martha Stewart Pine Branch Punch

Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punches

Martha Stewart Scalloped Circle corner punch

Liquid Pearls

Well thanks for stopping in and checking out what I have been busy doing!  I hope have a wonderful day!

Steadfast Tin Solider Birthday

Yesterday was my beautiful, oldest daughter's 17th birthday!  I cannot believe that I have a child that old already.  Where does the time go?  She is growing up so quickly and is such a special young lady to all she comes in contact with.  If you ever get the chance to meet her and spend time with her, she will leave a positive impression on you, that will stick with you forever.  I am truly blessed that God chose me to be her mom.  She has a heart for God and for people.  She has so many things that she likes and loves.  One of her non-stop favorite things, since she was little, is books.  She loves to read and own books.  She is finding that she really loves the older type of books that were written many years ago.  Some of them are Sherlock Holmes and stories written by Hans Christian Andersen.  But since she got a large book of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, she has come to love a lot of his stories.  This is her favorite so far is, "The Steadfast Tin Solider".  Such a great story, yet tragic, but with a great moral to it.  No matter what that little one legged tin solider faced, he never gave up or wavered, even down to the end.  What a great inspiration for our lives.  Don't waver when it comes to doing what is right in life.  So because at this time this is a new favorite, and because she loves books, I knew I wanted to make her a beautiful book card.  Well, I think I succeeded at just that.  I am so very pleased with how well this turned out.  The pictures just do not do it justice.  It is soooo much more beautiful in person.  The basic idea of the card is fairly simple.  The embellishing is up to you when you make one of these, it can be simple or more elaborate, like mine. 

I Used:
Lots of ribbons and flowers and pearls, and decorative tape and stickers, all from my stash from past projects.
Martha Stewart Hearts boarder punch
Gold and Silver Gel pens for highlighting some areas on the pictures
Printed images
dimensional tape
Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Corduroy
  

 

 

 As you can tell, I printed 2 extras of the images and cut the ballerina and the tin solider out by hand and then used dimensional tape and layered them on top of each other.   So it raised the  main characters in the story and made them pop out of the picture.  

I just love how this came out! 

Thank you so much for stopping in and I hope you have a fantastic day!

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Birthday, Inside Tri-Step

Hello again!  I am going to get straight to it, on introducing this card.  I found this card idea on Pinterest and could only find two different tutorials on how to make it.  Neither of them were very clear on how to make it or how to embellish it with the papers and such.  So after A LOT of trial and error and maybe almost tears and A LOT of determination.  I finally figured it out.  I ended up making several templates of inexpensive printer paper, until I got it right.  Then I flipped my template over onto the back side of my papers and traced the outline of everything, including the cuts.  Finally after all of that I was able to make it.  So I am warning you now, that if you would like to make one of these, you may want to take my advise and make templates with inexpensive papers before wasting and ruining your precious papers, (like I did).  Or if someone wants to venture into making a much more clear tutorial to help others out, that would be even better! 
 
Either way, this card was made for my niece, who just turned 18 and is about to graduate this year.  She is growing up so fast and into such an wonderful young lady.  So with all of the frustration that this card has given me, and the fact that I triumphed at making it, I guess you could call this card a HUGE labor of love and well worth it!  It did turn out really beautiful and I am very pleased with it.  Although I am not sure that I will ever make one of these again.  LOL  Then again, I do love challenges and this sure was one.  Well, we shall see! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you have a fantastic day!

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Vintage Patriotic

Hello again!  I know, it is a miracle that I have posted twice in less than 24 hours!  LOL  Well, things are about to get super busy for me, so I have to take the time now while I have it.  Well, this card was made for a young man in my church who we had a "going away" dinner and time of prayer for him, as he left the next day to begin his journey in the US Air Force.  We are so proud of him and are praying for him as he has just began his Basic Training/Boot Camp this week.  He is such a great gentle spirited young man, that we have all come to love and care about.  We are praying that he has great success while he is serving our country and are so very thankful for his willingness to serve and protect. 
I hope that this card was not to feminine for him and I hope he liked it!  LOL 

I used:
Plantin SchoolBook Cricut Cartridge for the 2 Star cuts
Vintage Printable for the Background Sheet music
Me & My big Ideas Scrapbook Kit, Mustache: For the Star Paper
Parchment Paper
Blue Cardstock
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Stars
Bakers Twine: Red and White
Paper Doily, distressed With Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Corduroy
Red Crepe Paper for the "Rosette"
Ribbons from my Stash
Blue Button from my Stash

Thanks for stopping by, and if you think about it keep our Service men and women in your prayers!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Anniversary Pop-Up Box Card

The weather here, has been so crazy and up and down in temperatures.  Spring has sprung but winter is not over yet.  A few days ago we had a humid 80* out and then the next day we had snow and below freezing temperatures.  Brrrr!  Oh well, winter has to have the last word around here before it goes out completely!  I know the warmer weather will come and stay but we just have to be patient.  Till then I will continue to keep enjoying my corner of paper and my card making supplies!  LOL

Okay, now onto the card!  I made this for my sister and BIL, who just celebrated their wedding Anniversary.  They are so very special to us in so many ways.  They have been a help to us in so many ways through the years.  We are so blessed that we are related to them.  I wanted to make something fun yet kinda showing that an anniversary means lots of love!  Plus, I really love the pop- up box cards.  These cards are something that lays flat yet is dimensional and displayable and you can get as fancy or as simple as you want, with very little effort.  So this is what I came up with for this very special couple!

 

I Used:

Cricut Craft Room Basics Cricut Cartridge for heart cuts

Gypsy Wanderings Cricut Cartridge for heart cuts

Plantin SchoolBook Cricut Cartridge for heart cuts

Potpourri Basket Cricut Cartridge for heart cuts

The Paper Studio Persnickety Paper Pack

Black and Pink Cardstock

Clear Acetate strips for the floating hearts

Stamped Sentiment from Hobby Lobby

Liquid Pearls:  White Opal

 

Thanks for coming by, and looking at what I have been up to as of lately! 

Stay warm and enjoy your spring!

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Thanks Coach

Hello again!  Last month was "March Madness" for you basketball lovers, that includes our family.  Well, actually my hubby and my son love to watch the games on TV.  I would much rather be at the game than to watch it on TV.  Anyways, last month was also the end of the basketball season for my son and his team.  We hated to see it end, due to enjoying the game and seeing our son gain a great amount of confidence in himself and learning a lot along the way.  He was even just beginning to gain new friends, which was great!  The great thing was that he got to play on the 2 teams.  He was in between ages so they allowed him to play on the younger guys team and also the high school team.  We were so proud of him.  He was so shy at first and by the end of the season all the younger guys, really seemed to enjoy being around him.  The high school team was mostly made up of seniors, that have played together for quite awhile.  They were a great team and played really well with each other, so well that, in the league, they were undefeated.  Woohoo!  They were a tough team!  Great Job guys!  Again we are so proud of all of them!  With having so many players for each team we needed several coaches too.  Our son had a total of 5 couches.  They are all great men to look up to.  They were very patient in teaching him how to improve his skills and how to do the drills and plays.  We were really grateful for their willingness to do all that they did for our son and for the teams.  So I knew I had to make them a "Thank You" card at the end of the season.  So this is what I came up with!  You will notice that the one card looks very much like the one I made for my son's birthday...well I liked the design so much that I had use it for his coaches too.  The only real difference is the ribbon and the orange background paper.  Well, I hope they liked their cards!
 
I used:
Basketball Cricut Cartridge
Laserline Basketball Words Individual Sheets of Paper from Pat Catan's Craft Store
Black, Blue, silver and Orange Cardstock
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Polka Dots
Pop Dots For Dimension
Ribbon from Pat Catan's Craft Store

 My son, Nathan!

This is the trophies that my son received this year!

This was our High School team!

Thanks for stopping by and

 I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Best Swishes

Hi!  Well my son just recently had his 15th Birthday!  I just can't over that he is that old!  What is even more crazy, and scary, is that here in Ohio, he could get his temporary driving license in just 6 months.  I don't think so though, he still has a lot of "growing up" to do before I would ever let him behind the wheel of a car.  LOL  0.0 
Anyways, his birthday landed in the middle of the week, so on his actual birthday we let him open a couple of small gifts from us, and then on the weekend we had a larger, but small birthday party with his grandparents.  We always have a lot of fun!  I love having my house full of people, celebrating something!  It may be a bit crazy in my tiny house, but when you involve good food and friends and family and lots of love, it is a blast! 
Okay, about  his card!  This year he has been playing basketball, for two different teams.  You see, his age allowed him to play both on the High School team and the Younger Guys team.    So when we would go to his games we got to see him play 2 times!  It was a lot of fun and I am so proud of him.  It was amazing to watch him improve and get more aggressive and not be so timid about playing.  He even kinda got a nick-name, "Pick-Pocket" Nathan, because he was quick to steal the basketball from the other team!  LOL  You gotta watch out for that little skinny guy, cause he is quick!  LOL  So since that is his interest this year, naturally that was the inspiration for his card that I made for him.

I used:
Basketball Cricut Cartridge
Gypsy Wanderings Cricut Cartridge for the Frame
Laserline Basketball Words Individual Sheets of Paper from Pat Catan's Craft Store
Black, Blue and Orange Cardstock
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Polka Dots
Pop Dots For Dimension
White Gel Pen for the Faux stitching
Ribbon from Pat Catan's Craft Store
The Sentiment is computer generated

Thanks for stopping in! 

 I hope you have a blessed day!

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