Sparkly 16th Birthday

Hello!  I hope you all are doing great and staying warm as Fall is here.  Here in Ohio we are under a frost warning for tonight.  Wow, I love fall and colors of the trees and all the fun festivities that come with the preparation of the cooler weather.  Today was one of those days with a fall like party, for my wonderful niece!  Today she turned 16!  She is very special to my family.  She comes and spends a lot of time with us and we really enjoy her.  Well, today we had a party for her and celebrating her and spoiling her!  Anyways, I wanted to make something really special for her and make it very girly.  So I came up with the idea for the card and then the bag with her favorite chocolates in it.  The problem is that she is so special to me that I finally broke down and used a bunch of my favorite papers.  Have you ever had some special paper that you love so much you just can't bring yourself to use.  Well, that is this paper!  I have used it in few little projects but not like this.  I really enjoyed doing this for her and I know she really loved it all!

I used: 
DCWV The Glitzy Glitter Stack (LOVE this paper)
Making Memories Wedding paper
Forever Young Cricut Cartridge for the girl, shoes, and the background papers
Tags, Bags, Boxes & More Cricut Cartridge for the bag
Gypsy Font Cricut Cartridge for the numbers
Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge for the flowers
Martha Stewart Punch for the Back Ground papers corners
Blue Stickles
Blue Ribbon from my stash
Rhinestone Brad in the center of the one flower, from my stash

Well, thanks for stopping by and I hope you

have a fabulous day!

Fall, Thinking of You!

Hello everyone...it is starting to get cold here in Ohio and the daylight hours are getting shorter.  At night we have seen a whopping 42 degrees.  Brrrr!  I hate to see the summer season go but I do love the cooler weather and I LOVE the fall colors that God gives us to see His glory. 

Anyways, I made this card for a friend of the family who has been really struggling with being sick.  And has had a recent diagnoses of Colitis.  She is so young and has been told that she has a rare kind of it and that there is really no treatment for it.  She has just recently gotten married and has a young family.  I just wanted to send her a card to let her know that she is being thought of and that people around her are praying for her.  So naturally being that we are coming into the fall/Autumn season and colors, I had to make her a card that reflects that.  I hope that this card encourages her to keep on and such. 

I used:
Spellbinders Maple leaf die
Martha Stewart Classic Woodland Paper pad (Back ground papers)
DCWV The Bon Voyage Tavel Cardstock Stack (for the sparkly leaves)
DCWV The Autumn Splendor Cardstock Stack (also for the sparkly leaves)
Brown/white bakers twine
Spider Web embossing folder
Floral sticker from my stash
Orange Stickles
Stamped Sentiment from Hobby Lobby

Well thank you so much for stopping in and taking a peek at what I have been doing! 

Have a wonderful day!

2012 Fall/Autumn Bulletin Boards

Okay, I get the privilege to decorate the church bulletin boards in the main foyer of my church.  I love trying to keep it fresh looking and colorful.  I really enjoy doing them.  So enjoy looking and maybe they will inspire you.

Bulletin board #1:
I used:
Inspired Hearts Cricut Cartridge for the praying people
DCWV The Glitzy Glitter Stack (LOVE it!)
The Sentiment is computer generated "Fall Before God"
Fall Ribbon for the boarder
The leaves I purchased at Michael's and Pat Catan's Craft Store

Bulletin Board #2:
I used:
Potpourri Basket Cricut Cartridge for the basket
Preserves Cricut Cartridge for the apples in the basket
The sentiment is computer generated, "Fall In Love With Jesus"
Red, green, brown and black cardstock
DCWV Glitter Stack for some of the red apples
Brown Rolled craft paper from Office Max
Fall Ribbon for the boarder
Leaves are from Michael's and Pat Catan's Craft Store

Overall, I am fairly pleased at how well these turned out! 

Thanks for stopping in and I hope you have a blessed day!

Numbered Birthday

I hope you all have been doing good and have enjoyed your summer.  We have been extremely busy lately with enjoying the last few days of our "summer" before we get back into the swing of school.  The kids always get so excited as the books and curriculum start to arrive.  They can hardly wait for me to open the boxes.  It is almost like opening Christmas presents for them...I think there is something wrong with them.  My oldest has been begging me to start school two weeks ago!  Oh well, I am so glad that they are at least excited, for now. 

Anyways, this fun yet cute card inspiration, came from the wonderful site of "Pinterest"! I changed it up a bit. I made this for my niece who just turned 15! I think it turned out pretty good.  I struggle with making a card that doesn't have a lot of glitzy stuff all over it!  Really hard not to add some kind of sparkle or ribbon. So this one I just rubbed a little stickles around to give it a little shimmer to it.  This is an easy and fun card to make when you have a gypsy to help you design it.  Well, I hope she liked it!

I used:
Plantain Schoolbook Cricut cartridge for all the numbers
Black Cardstock
Making Memories Wedding paper for the background
DCWV Glitter Stack for the pink paper behind the number 15
Pink and Green stickles
White ink
Happy Birthday Sentiment stamp is from Hobby Lobby

Thank you so much for stopping in

and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Fluttery Birthday

Hey everyone, I hope you are all doing great!  I can't believe that summer is almost over and it is time for school to start.  Where did the summer go already?  Well, we just came back from a quick camping trip.  Which was kinda stressful, it rained every day and everything was either wet or damp.  YUCK!  It was near impossible to get a fire going to help keep us warm and dry.  But hey the kids had fun and that is what counts, right?  My youngest caught her first fish which was only about 2-3" long!  She was so proud of it though.  They have been begging to go fishing since then.  Anyways, we came home with lots of wet gear and lots of mosquito bites and two very stressed and tired parents and happy kids!  So glad to be home and dry!

Anyways, now onto the card.  I made this for my wonderful Mother-in-law.  I could not ask for a more kind and sweet lady to be my mother in law.  She is so precious to us all.  My kids love spending time with her and just hanging out at her house.  So precious!

I used:
Indie Art Circut Cartridge for the butterfly cuts
Spellbinders scalloped ovals
DCWV Mariposa Stack
Craft Cardstock
Ribbon from my stash
Adhesive pearls
Stamp sentiment from Hobby Lobby

Well thank you so much for stopping in!

I hope you have a day filled with blessings!

What Am I Up To Now?

Well, if you have followed my blog since last year or have read any of my past posts, you know what happens at Thanksgiving time every year!  I know, I know, Thanksgiving isn't until November!  Let me explain myself, for any of you new followers!

On Thanksgiving day, my Mom's family gets together and has a wonderful dinner and a short time of visiting, then it is time to clean up then....the "ladies" share and exchange handmade crafts for each other.  Some are Christmas ornaments, some are baked goods, to jewelry to wreaths...the list goes on.  I am not sure how long we have been doing this, but I know it has been since I have been married.  So I could say it has been at least 15 years.  So I have accumulated a lot of Christmas ornaments to Christmas decor from this.  Well, to make a long story short, I make one for every "Adult" women (Aunt, Cousins...), then whatever is left, then the younger girls can have one.  Either way, I have to make at least 30 of my craft. 

So I found something that I am very delighted how it has already turned out ,and the first two are just my "practice" ones.  So here is a little teaser of just some of the supplies that I am using for my craft.  If I would do one every day for a month, I would get them done so quickly...the only problem is that sometimes I am lucky to even get to sit down at my crafty corner and enjoy it.   Plus I also have cards to work on inbetween all of this and make LOTS of Christmas cards, too.  Anyways, you will just have to wait till Thanksgiving to see what it is!  Enjoy trying to figure it out while you wait.  Till then keep checking my blog out to see what I ended up making.

Teaser #1

Teaser #2

Okay, now that I have given you all some clues, what do you think? 

Also, what are some of your family holiday crafting taditions?

Thanks for taking a peek at what I am doing

and I hope you have a great day!

Triple Time Stamp Birthday Card

This card was made for my hubby's niece.  It is hard to make an all grown up card for her.  When I first met her she was just a little tiny girl, now she is all grown up and has been married for about 4 years.  I can't believe it, where does time go?  I am not getting older, she is!  Right???  Oh well, if you all have not noticed that when I find and do a new technique I try it at least a few more times.  This one I think I will do again for Christmas cards with snowflakes.  Such a simple card and very quick to make too.  I really like how this one turned out, very pretty.

I used:
Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge for the flower cuts
Pink/white cardstock
Stampin' Up!  Burst into Bloom stamp
Yellow organza ribbon
Sentiment stamp from Hobby Lobby

Thank you so much for looking at what I have been doing!

Anniversary Layered Card

Well, the weather here has been really hot, but today we were over 90 degrees then the sound of the tornado sirens going off and severe thunderstorms repeatedly.  I so cannot wait till the weather calms down a bit.  I am such a big wimp when it comes to severe weather...unless it involves snow!  LOL  
Anyways,I like this technique of a card which is called Triple Time Stamping.  I find it very simple to make and quick.  Yet each one can turn out very different, from cute to elegant to fun.  I made this one for my wonderful sister and brother in law who live very far from us.  I miss them so much and wish they could come "home" and visit more.  It has been about a year ago since I last saw her.  *tears*  Well, this is also a card that is very "mailable" too.  I thought I would give it a go on trying to enter it in a "Card Challenge".  Anyways, I hope you like what you see and are inspired to make one yourself! 

I used: 
Plantain SchoolBook Cricut Cartridge to make the heart "button"
White and brown cardstock
DCWV The Glitzy Glitter Stack (cuts wonderfully in the Cricut)
Darice Brown/white Baker's Twine purchased at Pat Catan's
Stampin' Up! Polka dot Punches stamp set
The flourish stamps I think are from Michael's maybe Flourishes Clear stamps

Well, I hope you like it and have a fantastic kind of day!

A Musical Kind of Birthday

This card was made for another one of my nephews!  Hmmmm!  I just realized that a few of my nephew's birthdays all land around each other.  That can sometimes prove to be a little rough when it comes to inspiration to guys cards.  Anyway, this nephew is very involved in playing his guitar and singing at his church.  He does a pretty great job at it too!  So naturally when I saw a card on Pinterest, it became my inspiration to make this one.  This one was a lot of trial and error before I was happy enough with it to share and give it away.  It may not be perfect but I was pretty pleased with it and I hope he is too!

I used:
Plantain SchoolBook Cricut Cartridge for all the shapes
Gypsy
Gold Gel Pen
Metal stickers
HB Stamp from Hobby Lobby

Thanks again for stopping in and seeing what I have been doing this summer!

I hope you are have a great summer!

Captain America Shield Card

Okay, this easel card went to my nephew.  This card was so very easy and fun to make, especially when you have your own boy who is a fan of the movie Captain America!  My son even brought me a hand drawn example of how the shield should look.  When the card was completed, my son even informed me that he would love it if I made something like that for him, so that he would have a more "real " and better picture of it.  I love my boy, he is so much fun and brings such a different light of things into our mostly girls life.  You see I never had a brother, so having a boy, besides my wonderful hubby, brings out the tomboy in me! 

I used:
Plantain SchoolBook Cricut Cartridge for the circle layers and the star
Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge for the Card shape
Red, White and blue cardstock
Stickles
Star Brad

Thanks for taking a peek at my card and I hope you have a fantastic kind of day!