A set of cards for mom

Hello Friends! Happy Saturday! I didn't think the weekend would ever get here! Did anyone else feel like this was a LONG week? Geez, I was exhausted on Wednesday, LOL!! But, the weekend is here and I am so happy! Today, I'll be taking Paige to a birthday party. My friend's daughter is turning one so it should be a lot of fun. I'm hoping to get a little crafting time in this evening. I'm trying something new, and that's crafting at night after I put Paige to bed. It's a little hard because I'm sleepy too, but I'm thinking that it's worth a shot at least on the weekends. It's nice and quiet, no interruptions, so we'll see how it goes.

Today, I want to share the cards that I made for my mom. When she got them she told me that it was like opening a spring bouquet! How sweet was that! I mean I know she's my mom and all, but dang that was really sweet!! I made her a set of 6 cards with a little holder and I'm so happy she like them.

That little box is quickly becoming my go-to box! It's made with the Silhouette and it's a snap to put together. I used patterned paper from Authentique to pretty up the chipboard, and then I added a sticker I had from Simple Stories. I decided to go with a couple of hello cards, sympathy cards, and birthday cards for this set. I've made those sympathy cards before but I really like the layout so I decided to make a few of those to have on hand. The birthday cards are made with the Shakers & Sprinkles set by PTI, and lastly the hello cards are made with a stamp set from My Favorite Things. I think it's called Abstract Art. I just stamped randomly and added the sentiment, I'm normally all about a dimensional card, but I decided to make all these relatively flat. It makes it a little easier for my mom to mail. It's all about mom! :-)

 

Well, I hope the rest of your weekend is fabulous! Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

Happy Monday!

Hello Friends! I have a question...is Monday ever really happy?! Do you mind if I answer my own question? I say YES, especially if you've had a great weekend and you have a short work week (I'm only working 3 days this week due to the July 4th holiday), so Monday really can be happy! :-)

Did you have a good weekend? Mine was great! My friends and I met for lunch then we spent 3 hours in the baby store creating the registry. Whew, it was exhausting, but super fun we truly had a blast! And now that's one thing I can check off of the to-do list! The rest of the weekend I spent chilling with my honey, we watched movies all weekend. We capped off our movie watching with The Call starring Halle Berry. It was really good, we enjoyed it.

So, today I have another birthday card to share with you. I used a new stamp set from My Favorite Things called Abstract Art. Such a fun set and don't you just love the little paint brushes!

 

Something tells me that I'll be using this stamp set again, and again (wink, wink). :-) Well, I hope you all have a "Happy Monday" and I will chat with you soon and hopefully I'll have a new "baby bump" photo to share! As always, thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

Birthday card for our God Daughter

Hello Friends! How are you doing today? I hope you are doing well and having a great week thus far! My week has been going by quite nicely, I can't complain one bit.

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for our God Daughter, Danielle. She is just the cutest and sweetest little girl! I decided to use a Pure Innocence image from My Favorite Things, because they are all just so darn cute! Here's what I came up with:

Isn't she a doll?! I used Copic markers to color her hair, skin, and jeans. Then I paper pieced her shirt and added a little coloring to the flower on her shirt. The patterned paper I used is from October Afternoon, it's called Farm Girl. Then, I used a die cut from Papertrey Ink, added the sentiment and some of those enamel dots that I love and that was it. Danielle loved the card as well as her gift - do your remember Baby Alive from back in the day? It was the doll that you fed with "baby food" and she actually does #1, and #2 in her diaper. Well I loved that doll when I was a kid and I thought, what the heck maybe Danielle will love it too! LOL!

 

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

 

Carol



Birthday cards

Happy Monday friends! Was your weekend fantastic? I sure hope it was! I know that at least one of my friends had a great weekend, she ran her first half marathon. Congratulations Chi, I'm so proud of you!

So today I have a couple of birthday cards to share. I would have to say the most requested cards are birthday cards and they are so much fun for me to make. This first card is just a floral free-for-all! There are flowers everywhere! The large flowers were made with the Rosie Posie stamp set from Papertrey Ink.

The second card uses a cute image from My Favorite Things. You know what I recently realized? I think I have an obsession with cameras! I totally gravitate to camera images, camera paper, cameras, cameras, cameras. Oh my goodness, I can't even stop typing the word camera! Is there a support group for this??

 

Well that's it for me today, I'll have a few more birthday cards to share later this week so stay tuned!

 

Carol

The fair and a birthday card

Hello Friends! How have you been? I hope you have been doing well and are staying warm wherever you are. I know the weather is getting pretty cold across the country but the good news is...the groundhog didn't see his shadow! So, hopefully spring will be coming very SOON!

As for me, I've been doing pretty good. My husband and I went to the South Florida Fair last weekend which was a blast! We typically go every year and it's just our time to hang out, eat, people watch, eat, catch a show, eat, and eat some more! I call it Fried Food Heaven. LOL! Here's a pic of me feeding my face with a delicious sausage sandwich with grilled peppers and onions.

And I also snapped a quick photo of the most iconic photo I can think of to describe the fair, the ferris wheel! As you can see by the time I snapped this pic it was dark, needless to say we arrived at the fair at 11:30am and didn't leave until 8:30pm! I know, we're crazy!!

I also have a card to share today! This is a birthday card I made for one of my co-workers, she's kinda of retro so I thought this cutie from My Favorite Things would be perfect with her bellbottom pants on! Look how cute her little toes are. LOL!

Well, that's it for me today, I will be back soon as I've been making lots of cards lately! Have a fantastic start to your week and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

You're too kind...

Hello Friends! Happy Saturday, woohoo it's the weekend! I'm not sure how the weather is in your neck of the woods, but we are having a beautiful blue sky, sunshiny morning here in south Florida.

Today's card features one of the cute Pure Innocence girls from My Favorite Things.  They have so many to choose from but I thought this one was really cute with her little bellbottom jeans on! :-) I colored her with Copic markers and just paper pieced her outfit. It was a quick card but I think I really like the results.

Well, this is a short post today because I have to get ready to go Christmas tree shopping! Enjoy your weekend, and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol