Happy Birthday

Hello Friends! Are you having a great weekend? I sure hope so! I've had a lazy weekend so far, I was extremely tired so Paige and I had a pajama day yesterday - it was awesome! Today we all went to church and our favorite Mexican restaurant for lunch. I tell you, working full-time and being a wife and mommy is tough! I love every minute of it though, I just have to know when my body needs a break and yesterday was the day!

Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I made this for a co-worker to give to one of his friends. Birthday cards are always fun and I went with the retro typewriter theme for this. I really have a thing for "retro" if you hadn't noticed. LOL!

 

It was so hard for me to not use pink on this card. I'm trying my hardest to use other colors, but pink is always calling my name! I think there may be a little hint of pink on the patterned paper, but that was it! ;-) Well, I think it's time for me to plop back down on the couch and get a little TV time. I hope you have a great afternoon and thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Crate Paper (Close Knit)

Stamps: Studio Calico

Misc: wood veneer typewriter, enamel dots, ribbon, take note button

Congrats on new home

Hello Friends! Happy Saturday to you, I hope your weekend is off to a great start! My weekend has been great so far because I had the day off yesterday and spent the day at the hair salon and at the mall doing a little shopping. I actually had a "me" day and it was kinda nice. :-) Today we're heading to our church picnic so that should be fun. Nothing like barbeque on a nice sunny day!

On to today's card. I made this one for my boss, she recently bought a new house and they are very excited! So, of course I had to make her a card and I also gave her a bottle of her favorite wine. My husband lovingly called me a "brown noser" but I don't care, my boss is great and she deserved it. :-)

Don't you love that patterned paper? It's by Crate Paper and it reminds me of Leave it to Beaver and that whole retro 50's style. I really didn't do much stamping on this one, I truly let the patterned paper be the star!

 

I think I'm starting to get a little more familiar with my camera and I'm hoping that my images are getting better. Trust me, I'm trying really hard!! Well, I hope the rest of your weekend is fabulous, and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Crate Paper (Close Knit)

Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Polka Dot Parade #10), Stampin' Up (flourish)

Better late than never...

Hello Friends! So, I have another leftover Valentine project to share. I made these little treat holders for the ladies in Paige's daycare classroom. They are so good to her! I found this template in the Silhouette store so cutting it out took no time at all.

There are pink M&M's inside the little holder, pretty patterned paper and chipboard embellishments on the front, and it's tied with a pretty pink ribbon. Easy, peasy! :-) The ladies really liked them and I enjoyed making these little treats.

 

It's just a quick post today because unfortunately, I'm under the weather. But, I'm taking my antibiotics and hope to be feeling better very soon!

 

Have a great day, and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

 

Supplies:

Coffee cup template - Silhouette online store

Patterned Paper/chipboard embellishments - Crate Paper (Love Notes Collection)

Misc: Ribbon, clear plastic bags, M&M's

Long time, No Post

Hello Friends! Wow, I can't believe it's been a month since my last blog post! The time is going by so quickly, and being a new mom is NO JOKE! This little girl has me busy from the time we wake up until the time we go to bed! But honestly though, I absolutely love it! Needless to say, I haven't been able to find too much time to craft and post regularly. I made a deal with my husband that this weekend (starting today), I will spend time in the craft room and he and Paige will hang out together.

So, what have I been up to this last month you ask. Well, my little pumpkin is now 5 months old (new pic coming soon) and she has her first bacterial infection. :-( She's on antibiotics for 10 days but she's still as happy as she can be! We are on day 5 of the meds and last night was the time she got through the night without coughing and sneezing. I'm so happy that's she's doing better because she was really congested. Other than that, I've just been working, and being a wife and mommy! Good stuff I tell ya!

So, believe it or not I do have a card to share today, yay!

This card was made for one of my co-workers to give to his significant other. I really loved the "retro" feel of this card. Nothing says retro like a cassette tape, LOL!

 

Well, that's it for me today. Thank you for hanging in there with me and hopefully this weekend will turn out the way I envision it so I can have more projects to share with you very soon!

 

Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper, chipboard embellishments - Love Notes by Crate Paper

Stamp/die set - Papertrey Ink

 

First photo with new camera!

Hello Friends! Are you having a good weekend? I know it's super cold in many areas, so hopefully you're snuggling up with a cup of hot cocoa and staying warm! My weekend has been great so far,  Paige and I met my friend for lunch yesterday and we also ran a few errands. She's such a good baby! I'll post her 3 month pic very soon, I can't believe she's already 3 months old!

I was able to get in the craft room and make a random birthday card just so I could take a pic with my new camera. Let me tell you, Sasha is amazing, I just set her on "intelligent auto" and she does all the work! She automatically went to the Macro setting and I think my first pic with her turned out pretty good.

What do you think? The photo is definitely sharper than what I was used to with my old camera. I'm thinking that I may rearrange my craft room and put my light box right next to the window because my room is pretty dim (not much natural light - see I'm learning!) so I'm going to try that and see if I can get even better quality pictures. It's a work in progress...

 

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: Crate Paper (Flea Market)

Stamps/Dies: Papertrey Ink - The Sweet Life, Boutique Borders - Birthday

Misc: embossing powder 

ViewMaster Birthday card

Hello Friends! I hope you've had a great week and your weekend is off to a wonderful start! My week was pretty good, kinda busy but busy is good, right? Today I'm heading off to get another pregnancy massage, so I'm definitely looking forward to that. Tomorrow we're invited to a birthday party (yup another one) but I think I'll leave my dancing shoes at home this time. LOL!

I made today's card for my very sweet friend and co-worker, Sheri. Her birthday was earlier this week so I thought I would make a nostalgic card for her. Do you remember the ViewMaster?? I sure do, I loved that thing when I was a kid! It's funny because after I gave it to her she had it on display on her desk and she said people kept coming over and asking her if it was real! LOL!

I made this card using my Silhouette for the ViewMaster (isn't it cute?!), and I used the Maggie Holmes collection from Crate Paper for my patterned paper. I think I need to get another pack of that paper because I absolutely LOVE IT!! I had some wood veneer cameras that I sprayed with mist and added to the top along with a chipboard piece that I stamped. I used Papertrey Ink stamps for the sentiment and also their die cut for the shape at the bottom. This card truly makes me smile, and what makes me smile even more was that my friend really liked it!

 

Well, that's it for me today I hope you have a great Saturday! Thank you for stopping by and I'll be posting again real soon!

Carol



Happy Friday friends! We made it through another week, woohoo!! Do you have fun plans this weekend? I sure do, I'm meeting a couple of my girlfriends for lunch and then we're hitting a few stores to start the baby registry! I'm really looking forward to it because my girls are a blast to hang out with, and I can't wait to see all of the baby items that are out there these days. I've been really good with restraining myself from entering the baby stores solo because let's face it, she's my first child so I really have NO idea what I need!! LOL!

So, today I have another birthday card to share with you:

For this card I used patterned paper from Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes collections, I added another one of my favorite embellishments the doily, and then used Papertrey Ink's Boutique Borders Birthday sentiment stamp and die cut. I whipped this one up pretty quickly and I really like the chevron stripes, I think it adds some character to the card. :-)

 

Well, that's it for me today. I hope you have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

More birthday cards

Hello Friends! It's hump day, yea!! This week seems to be moving along a little sluggishly for me, I am so ready for the weekend! I know I've mentioned in the past, that birthday cards are some of my favorite cards to make, not to mention the most popular. I don't know about you, but I love to receive actual birthday cards. I know many of us are busy and the e-cards are a good alternative, but I LOVE paper and I'm so happy to see that many of my friends and co-worker's still enjoy sending birthday cards as well.

With that said, I just finished making a set of birthday cards for a co-worker so I'll be sharing those with you over the next few days. Here are the first two cards:

 

Both cards were made with a stamp set from Papertrey Ink called Up, Up and Away. I used patterned paper from Crate Paper's Maggie Holmes collection (love it!) and I die cut the perforated paper, added the blue sky and clouds with my ink dauber, and also die cut the hot air balloons. Then I stamped the balloon images and added them to the card along with my fave embellishment - enamel dots! These cards truly make me smile (well there's really not much that doesn't make me smile - LOL!!)

 

Well, I guess I should start getting ready for work! I hope you enjoyed today's post and as always, thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

T.G.I.F.!!!

Hello Friends and Happy Friday!!! You have no idea how happy I am that the weekend is finally here! We had some really bad rain here yesterday, there was some flash flooding and even a tornado touched down in Boca Raton! It was a crazy, wet day. I think there's more rain in the forecast today but hopefully it won't be anything like yesterday.

I'm looking forward to the weekend because my husband's birthday is tomorrow! He just wants to have a quiet, relaxing day and we'll go out to dinner in the evening. We were thinking about going out of town for the weekend, but it didn't pan out but I'm cool with being at home. :-)

So, today I have the last of the birthday cards to share with you:

 

The first card uses a library pocket embellishment with some patterned paper from Crate Paper. I used a die cut for the top and added the birthday sentiment. I also did a little stamping on the library pocket as well as a little swirl on the side of the card.

 

For the second card, what says birthday more than ice cream?! This one was pretty fun to make. Again, I used patterned paper from Crate Paper (Maggie Holmes collection) and used one of the doilies from the patterned paper to adhere my circle die cut into. I used a stamp set from Papertrey Ink called Comfort Food for the ice cream, bowls, and spoons. Love how this one turned out!

 

Well, I'm off to start getting ready for work hopefully the day will fly by! I hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol 

It's all about birthday's!

Hello Friends! How is your weekend going so far? Mine has been great! I met one of my BFF's at California Pizza Kitchen yesterday for lunch and I was SO disappointed because they no longer have the salted caramel pudding. :-( I guess it was a seasonal item and it has been taken off the menu which I just can't understand because it was the best dessert I've ever tasted! So, our server recommended the butter pound cake. I must say that it was pretty darn tasty as well. It was a moist pound cake on the bottom, cheesecake on top, and then it had ice cream, a caramel drizzle, and whipped cream. Not bad at all! I guess this will be my trusty stand-by until they bring back that caramel pudding! LOL!

Today, my honey and I are going out on a date. :-) We're going to the movies to see the Jackie Robinson biopic 42, I've heard that it's amazing! I'm really looking forward to seeing it. Of course we'll do dinner while we're out and just spend a nice romantic day together.

So, onto the cards. Today I am sharing more birthday cards with you:

 

Both cards were made with an image from My Favorite Things (MFT), you guys already know about my absolute obsession with cameras, so when I saw this patterned paper from Crate Paper I knew I had to have it! This is part of the Maggie Holmes collection and the colors are so pretty and vibrant and I just love the vintage style of the cameras!

 

I hope the rest of your Sunday is fantastic and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

More birthday goodness!

Hello Friends! I'm back today with more birthday cards to share. I truly love making birthday cards because they're so festive and fun. Plus everyone likes receiving a card on their birthday, right?

 

Both of these cards use the same general layout but I'm thinking that the first one could be used as a masculine birthday card. The paper that I used for both cards is by Crate Paper (Maggie Holmes collection) and for the first card I used a star embellishment from October's Afternoon's 9 to 5 collection. I used some washi tape on the bottom of both cards and the sentiment/die cut is from Papertrey Ink. I did a little stitching to the top of both cards just to give them more of a handmade feel.

 

Well that's it for today, but I have a few more birthday cards to share so I'll be back soon. Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

The weekend is here, the weekend is here!

Happy Friday friends! It's the weekend, baby!! I hope your Friday is off to a great start and you have fun plans for the weekend. Today I'm sharing a couple of more thank you cards from my brother-in-law's batch:

 

I think I said in my last post that those cards were my favorites, well these are my favorites as well!! They just look happy to me. I think I used some patterned paper from Crate Paper for these cards, along with the book print and stamp from Papertrey Ink. That large butterfly you see on the bottom and the "tab" were made using my Silhouette Cameo, love that! On the first one, I splashed the butterfly with a little Mister Huey's Mist, and on the second one I decided to leave it as is.

 

I think I have three more thank you cards to share and I will do so in the coming days. Have a fantastic weekend, and as always thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

Happy Valentine's Day!

Good Morning and Happy Valentine's Day friends! First, I have to say that you have to cut me a little slack on this photo because it was taken with my iPhone, so it's not the greatest picture in the world. But, hopefully you can see the cuteness just the same! I made a couple of Vday cards for my friend Elizabeth to choose from for her hubby and she chose a different card, so I decided to give this card to my honey! I love the inside because it says "Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite." That's from the Sending My Love sentiment set from Papertrey Ink.

 

This card was made for the same friend. She wanted a card to give to her parents for Valentine's Day, isn't that sweet! She really warmed my heart when she asked me to do that. So, I used Cammie (my Silhouette Cameo) for this little number. The mailbox and the letter were cut out with the machine, and then I just added some beautiful patterned paper from Crate Paper, a doily, and the sentiment to the top.

 

Well, I hope you all have a fabulous Valentine's Day and cupid comes to visit each with you with cards, candy, hugs, and kisses! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Carol