Christmas Ornament

I have begun making my Christmas cards!  I am so excited!  I love Christmas, it is such a beautiful time with all the lights and sparkly stuff.  If it sparkles, I love it!  LOL  Well, this is a very simple card to make.  As I went along, I got a little more creative and detailed with each card.  Or if you want to say, maybe a lot better.  Either way, I really like the last two but mostly the last one is my favorite! 

I used:

Plantin SchoolBook Cartridge

Christmas Cartridge

Stampin Up! Stamps: Snowflakes/Bells& Boughs and another set from years ago (and I can't remember its name)

Silver/Gold embossing ink and powder

Stampin Up! Crystal Effects

DCVW Papers: The Homemade Christmas Stack, The Christmas Combo, and O Christmas Tree

K & Company Yuletide Paper

Red, Green, blue, and white Cardstock

Cuttlebug Folder Stars (for the brown snowflake one)

Christmas Ribbon from Michael's last year

 This is the first of the 4/my experimental one!

#2

#3 getting better!

#4 The best!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek at what I have been doing!

Flutterby Birthday!

My niece turns 14 today!  Woohoo!  On my husbands side there are three cousins, that all turn the same age within a few months of each other.  One of those girls is ours!  Each girl is so special to us and they have a  somewhat close bond with each other too.  To think that they all are starting high school this year and that they will all three graduate the same year too!  That will be a very busy year!  They are all growing up into such beautiful young ladies!  I hope and pray that they all will follow where ever the Lord leads them for their life. 

Any who, I made a Diamond fold card for the one.  I had to do some editing to mine because I wanted it to fit in a "normal sized" envelope.  So I added the layers of paper/cardstock to the two outside folds to make it the right size.  I am fairly pleased with how it turned out!  I still think it needs something else but I have fussed with it enough, and now it is late getting it in the mail.  Oh well, better late than never!

I used:

DCWV The All Dressed Up Stack

Cream and red colored card stock

Sentimenals Cartridge (butterflies, scalloped circle)

Plantin SchoolBook (for circle cut)

Textile Cuttlebug Folder

Silver Stickles

"Old" Crystal dye based ink for the inking and the stamp

The Happy Birthday stamp is really old, so I have no idea where I got it.

I hope you have a wonderful day today!

Getting Corny!

Well, it has been a little while since I last posted due to a nice fast family vacation and family reunions and life in general!  I was beginning to feel really guilty about not spending time in my "Craft Corner"!  But life has other plans for us...like this time of year is making creamed corn to put in the freezer for the long winter months. The wonderful results are yummy corn, that tastes like it is fresh off the cob, in the middle of the winter!  MMMMMM!  Well, we did 1 short of 11 dozen ears of corn.  Which made about 27, 2 cup bags of creamed corn, that are now in the freezer.  With a lot of help from my wonderful kids, we got it all done in just about 3 1/2 hours.  The kids worked hard at husking it all for me, while I worked hard in the kitchen over hot corn and scrubbing it all and cutting it all off the cob and packaging it away.  I just thought that I would share a few pictures of what we have been up to lately!

Family Reunion!

 Well, as you can see we stayed in a very nice cabin in the middle of the woods, but it was in Hocking Hills, Ohio. 

My family and I climbing around on the rocks of Hocking Hills!

 Hocking Hills, Ohio on the Old Mans Cave trail.

 My wonderful kids working very hard husking the corn!

The end result of what the corn looks like after everything is done!  Lots of work but ohhhh soooo good!  Makes me look forward to winter more!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a very wonderful day!



Get Well, Pastor

Well, this is for my pastor who was hit by a car, while riding his motor cycle!  He ended up with 5 broken ribs, a broken collar bone and a broken shoulder blade and lots of road rash.  He is currently still in the hospital.  He has already had a rough road to recovery.  With having congestion on his lungs, and not being able to cough because of the pain from the ribs, landed him back in the ICU with very low oxygen levels and shallow breathing.  But through the power of many prayers being heard he has improved greatly in one day!  Praising the Lord for that!  So hopefully he will be able to come home in the very near future.  I know that he has a LONG road to recovery even once he gets home, I just so thankful that it was not alot worse then it could have been. 

Anyways, this card is what I made for him right after he went into the hospital.  I wanted something that was masculine yet simple.  I think I was able to capture that! 

I used:

Pottpouri Basket Cartridge

The Paper Studio: Mirabelle

DCWV:  the Bon Voyage Travel cardstock stack  ( I ♥♥♥ this paper!)

Stampendous! Stamp from Michael's

Tan and brown ribbon from my stash

"Brown"grommets

Sentiment is computer generated

Brilliance Pearlesent Chocolate ink

Well, thanks for taking a peak, and please keep my Pastor in your prayers as he heals and recovers!



Twisted Anniversary

I know, it has been a while since I posted anything, but I have been VERY busy with life in general! During the summer we seem to try to pack in as much as we possibly can in just a few short months!  I can not believe that summer is now almost over and it is now time for me to start preparing my mind and the kids minds for the beginning of school!  Noooooo! 

Either way, I made this card for my sister who just recently celebrated her wedding anniversary!  Woohooo!  She lives so far away, and I can't get as "elaborate" with her cards because they are extra postage. :-(  So, I decided that I was doing some of my flowers anyways for her.  I really enjoy doing handmade flowers.  I need to learn how to make lots more of them!  I also choose to make the twisted easel card because it is different than the traditional style cards.  I think it turned out really nice!  What do you think?

I used:

A Child's Year Cartridge

DCWV: The All Dressed Up Stack (Glittered)

Gray cardstock

White velum paper

Stickles:  Crystal

Reflections Stamp

Delta Dye Based Ink:  Bluebird

Martha Steward corner punch

Blue satin ribbon from my stash

Well thank you stopping by and I hope you have a very

nice day!

Looking Into The Future

This is for my cousin's fiance who's bridal shower is coming up really soon.  I wanted it to have that "vintage" look yet kinda romantic. I still need to find some kind of sentiment that talks about making the preparations for the wedding... Also, this was my first time making a "Gate Fold" card. Plus, the flowers in the bouquet below the bride, they are handmade.  Those took some time but I am very pleased how they turned out.  I think it all turned out really pretty.  I hope she likes it and appreciates handmade cards.


I used:
Gypsy Font Cartridge
Forever Young Cartridge
Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge
Potpourri Basket Cartridge
Gray Card stock
DCWV the glitter card stock stack
K & Company Life's Journey Paper
Stickles
Red Ink
Mustard Glimmer Mist
Recollections Pearl Stickers
Ribbon, lace, and rose button are from my stash

The Front before being opened

 

The inside after it is opened.  The sentiment/poem with signature will be on each side.

Up close of the Handmade roses!

Thank you so much for looking and stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Graduation Tent Fold

I made this card for a cousin of ours who just recently graduated from HS.  I have never made one of these before, but when I saw it, I thought that the top looked perfect for a graduation cap.  So that was the start and inspiration for his card.  I think it turned out pretty well. HERE is the link to the tutorial on how to make this one, which is known as a "Vertical Tent Fold". She also has other tutorials on how to make a Horizontal-tutorial.    It is a small sort of card, but perfect for a teenage guy.  Simple without all the fuss. 

I used:
Tag, Bags, Boxes, and More Cartridge
A Child's Year Cartridge
White/black Cardstock
Graduation paper from Hobby Lobby
Brad
Tassle from Hobby Lobby
Stamp from Hobby Lobby
Ribbon from my stash

Thank You so much for stopping in and seeing what I have been up to lately!  I hope you are having a terrific day!

Patriotic, Manly Center Step card

This card is for my wonderful nephew.  He is turning 17 this next week.  How is it possible that these kids grow up so fast?  My nephew is such a great kid.  When we come out to visit his family, he always plays with my 12 year old son.  Which to me in todays world is rare, because a teenager sees anyone younger as a pest and annoying.  Yet, he still takes time to play and do boy things with him.  Weather it is riding on the four-wheeler or playing in the mud by the pond.  One thing is for sure, my boy always has a ton of fun with him.  So my nephew is a boy with a lot of character and just the right amount of gentleness, and roughness in him.  He is just plain a good kid.  Well, he deserves a really unique card.  So this is what I came up with.  First of all, he loves eagles, so I had to incorporate that and since his birthday is right after the 4th, I had to do something patriotic in theme.  So this is what I came up with.  I stamped the eagle on velum paper and laid it over the paper the music to "God Bless America".  Oh, I love how this card turned out so much.  I know that he will like it too!


I used:
Potpourri Basket
Printing Press
Red & Blue Cardstock
DCWV the glitter cardstock stack
Printed Music Sheet and distressed it
Cuttlebug folder Polka Dots
Star Brad
Red Grommets
Eagle Stamp Hobby Lobby
The words are computer generated
Tag punch 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Large Flower Birthday

Well, I made this card for my Grandma's birthday.  She has very poor eyesight, so the bigger and brighter the better for her.  Plus I got the idea from  Everyday Cricut.  I love how big the flower is and how it has a lot of depth to it, too.  I will have to play around with this one and see if I can make smaller ones.  This is definitely one you cannot send in the mail, unless you have a extra special envelope and want to pay extra for shipping.  Thank goodness, Grandma just lives around the corner.  Plus, I get to see her open it and enjoy her response to it!  I know she will love it!


I used:
Forever Young Cartridge
Gypsy Wanderings
Martha Stewart Classic Woodland Paper Pad
DCWV the glitter cardstock stack
DCWV pre-made cards
Cuttlebug folder Polka Dots
Yellow Ink
Ribbon from Michael's 
White Brad
Tag from my stash

Well, thanks for taking a peek at my card and I really hope you have a terrific kind of day!

A "Fast" Wedding Card

Well, I HAD my crafty corner all cleaned up and ready for a lot of company on the 4th of July, when....I had to make this card in a hurry!  You see, we were not going to be able to make it to my DH Cousin's wedding picnic due to his hours at work being extended for shut down this week.  10 hour days, 7 days a week is rough on a mans body.  Plus to top it all off, we host the annual 4th of July family cookout.  Then later we host a lot of friends and family, who come and sit in our front yard and watch the fireworks be put off right across the street from our home.  Needless to say, he is one very tired man. 
Anyways, his hours got changed suddenly, so that he got to come home 2 hours early yesterday, and he gives me a call, and says, "Hey, we can go to my cousins wedding reception, how quick can you make a card?"  Well, it took me about 45 min. to reuse a "template" of another card that I just had recently made and just changed it up a bit.
I knew I could not use the Stickles the way I normally do, and I also knew that I wanted to make my own flowers for it too.  So I just used my Stickles ever so lightly, just by rubbing it on the flowers just to give them a little sparkle and that it would not take it long to dry as I made the rest of the card.  This is what I came up with in my "mad" dash of a hurry!  LOL


I used:
A Child's Year Cartridge
DCWV, The Luxury Stack
DCWV the glitter cardstock stack
White Velum Paper
Lime Green Stickles
Pearl stickers
Ribbon from my stash
Martha Stewart corner punch (the name escapes me, sorry)
Tim Holtz Distress stamp pad, Corduroy 

Well, thanks for looking and I hope you have a very wonderful 4th of July with friends and family!