Father's Day, Birthdays and Thank you's...

 the Father's Day card I made for my husband. Do you know how hard it is to get a one year old to do a handprint?? This was actually the first try so I didn't push it! I used a baby safe ink and hand cut a heart and attached it with a pop-dot.

 Made this card for my dad. I used a sepia ink pad for the background- Stampabilities "Paisley Background 02", Sandylion Essentials Owl stickers, and hand cut a branch from a paint sample chip.

 birthday card for a Tinkerbell themed birthday party... embellished my cuttlebugged cardstock by sanding and added rhinestones/crystals and used Magenta stickles. The butterflies are stickers I found years ago...

 Birthday card for my MIL- used the new Martha Stewart Double Loop Punch around the Page set, K&Company 3-D floral stickers and Hero Arts G211 Large Happy Birthday stamp

 more K&Company 3-D floral stickers, MS Double Loops and Thank You stamp- not sure of the brand since I unmounted the rubber from the wood block...

5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card, Hero Arts K4890 CardArt Thank You Flourish stamp, used Black Diamond Stickles on dots and nipped the corners of the card with a Fiskars corner round punch

 very simple birthday card! used the Joann's metal birthday sticker, Terrifically Tacky Tape with the microglass beads... I love those beads!

Thanks! used the cuttlebug A2 Combo set-With Gratitude for the Thanks, 1/4" Terrifically Tacky Tape and glass microbeads...

Cuttlebug A2 Combo set- With Gratitude for words, background cardstock Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy embossing folder- sanded

oh so busy... where does the time go???

Invitation for our daughter's first birthday party

used A Child's Year cupcake cut at 3" and cuttlebug embossing folder "Divine Swirl" for icing. Lavender, dark purple, pearl pale yellow and metallic pink cardstock used.

"Cars" card

used stickers for the car and emblem and cut black cardstock for the road

Mod cupcake

used the Cricut cupcake from A Child's Year cartridge cut at 3" and threaded a piece of black and white paper through the slits in the cupcake, Lime green and metallic pink cardstock

Textile black card

used Core'dinations cardstock with cuttlebug Textile folder then sanded to the core color, used cuttlebug tag die cut for sentiment threaded with a ribbon.

World's most basic thank you card!

just a basic 'thank you' sentiment on white cardstock... can't get more simple than that!

I just want to thank you for being patient with me while we transition into our new home! I am working on some things that will allow me to be more creative and start posting more often... Thanks for sticking with me and hope to be seeing more of you soon!

new cards... hiatus...

it will be a while before I will be posting again (moving to a new house in a couple months!) but I wanted to post these simple new cards I did recently...

Baby announcements!

Here is our little miracle, Isabella!! She arrived May 7 at 7:39pm. She weighed 7 lb 6 oz and was 19 3/4 nches long. She has been such a good baby from the start!

crib bedding...

Here is the crib bedding I have been working on for Isabella! I just love the little bug mobile, it plays "Feelin' Groovy" :)

new card!

Cuttlebugged the white and layered the torn pieces on top after matching up the embossing... Used Stickles on the words and added rhinestones.

Revised card...

okay, so I couldn't let that boring card go out like it was so I added a little something...Hope it helped improve it!

I used the cowboy hat from the Pooh and Friends cartridge, shaded it with distress ink and used the Distress Stickles on the hat band.

Two cards... anybody care to comment?

I'll take any comments, good or bad, at this point! I see that people visit but no one comments on my cards... can you please comment if you like them or even if you have any suggestions for improvements? I'm always open to constructive criticism!

used the Fiskars rope border punch, Cosmic Copper Brilliance ink on dark green paper, Wild Card Cricut cartridge for sentiment... (still not sure if I like this card... the person likes 'western' things so I tried to go with more muted colors...)

 

used paint samples for the blue and green 'paper', stamped image with Timber Brown Staz-on ink and colored in with Prismacolor pencils, used new EK Success scalloped scallop border punch on blue Inkadinkado sentiment stamp

Anniversary card

used the DCWV Luxury stack for background paper, one of the new EK success border punches on the vertical piece, Prima flowers with clear skittles on the centers, Fiskars corner rounder on card and background corners

lots of cat drama... a few cards...

** warning to cat owners: sewing thread can be hazardous to kitty digestive systems and your wallet!!**
Jett 3 days after surgery...

long story short- my cat, Jett, ate some sewing thread and ended up having to have 18 inches of intestines removed on Feb 13th. So now his belly (and neck and arm for bloodwork/IV) is all shaved and he has a good 3-4 inch scar on it... He is still having trouble recovering so all prayers are appreciated! He has lost at least 3 pounds in the past month!



Here are some cards for your patience!

St. Patty's day Birthday card- used Paper Doll Dress Up cart for Shamrock, Doodletype for Happy Birthday, argyle cuttlebug and sanding on green paper, new EK success edge punch on blue paper

Masculine birthday card- used Beyond Birthdays for sentiment, George for ovals, mesh cuttlebug folder with black magic paper sanded/torn edge for background, hand cut envelope

Pansy birthday card: used Storybook for scalloped ovals, swiss dots cuttlebug folder for purple oval, real dried pansies beneath vellum oval.