Back to School Teacher Gift

Hello Friends! I hope you all had a nice weekend. My weekend was fantastic because I had a date night with my hubby on Saturday. We are making an effort to go out at least once a month so we can have some adult time. We went to a great Polynesian restaurant and had dinner and a show with Polynesian dancers, it was great! After that, we headed to a bar in Ft. Lauderdale and met up with my brother-in-law and his girlfriend. We really had fun! Paige was in great hands with her awesome babysitter so we didn't have any worries while we were away.

So, today I have a teacher gift to share. Paige is in a new classroom and this year she only has two main teachers, so I think I'll do more teacher gifts this year. ;-)

Is this not the cutest pencil you've ever seen?! It's a Lori Whitlock 3D cut file that I found in the Silhouette Design Store. It's a great size, and pretty roomy inside. I fit a super-sized bag of M&M's in there with no problem. The teachers absolutely loved it and it was a cinch to put together. I added the just for you sentiment using a mini stamp set from Papertrey Ink.

Well, that's it for me today. I hope you have a great Monday, and thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

Did you miss me?!

Hello Friends! Wow, it's been a LONG time since my last post! So, let me catch you up on what's been going on in my world. My husband and I decided to host his family reunion (what were we thinking!) so we have been very busy with planning and getting things together. The reunion was last weekend and it was VERY nice. Everyone had a great time and it was really nice to see everyone and just talk, laugh and hang out.

And, as if hosting the reunion wasn't enough, we also decided to have Paige baptized that same weekend as well! We figured it was perfect timing because the family would be here anyway, so it really worked out well. Then, on Monday I had to fly to Chicago on a business trip and I was there until Thursday. Needless to say, I'm pooped! But, it was so great when I came home because Paige (and daddy) were so happy to see me when I got back. Nothing like seeing your baby literally jumping for joy when she sees you!

So, I do have a card to share with you today. Remember I told you that I was making 75 Thank You cards for my brother-in-law? Well, I finished the second set about two weeks ago and this is the finished card:

He absolutely loved the card! I got the idea from this post from the super talented Dawn McVey. I really love that grid line cardstock (I'll be using that again I'm sure) and I used the Wet Paint stamp set from Papertrey Ink to stamp the word Thanks several times. Easy peasy!

 

Well, thank you for hanging in there with me. I'm planning on getting some crafting done today so hopefully I'll have another post in the next couple of days. I hope the rest of your weekend is a great one, and thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Aqua Mist, Grid lines - Papertrey Ink

Stamp: Wet Paint - Papertrey Ink

Ink: Papertrey Ink







From the desk of...

Hello Friends! Happy Monday! I hope your weekend was fantastic! Mine was great, I was able to get some crafting done and that's always a good thing! So, today I have a card that I made for my brother-in-law. He's a real estate agent/broker and he asked for some thank you cards (75 total)! This is the design for the first set of 25:

I absolutely love this desk set by Papertrey Ink! There are so many little things that I can stamp to add on top of the desk but I LOVE that typewriter! You know that I have a love affair with old school typewriters! I'm on the lookout for a pink Royal typewriter, let me know if you happen to come across one at a good price!

 

For these cards I alternated between green, kraft, and turquoise and they turned out really cute. I typed my BIL's name in a Word document then printed it on cardstock. I stamped "from the desk of" and then stamped the desk directly onto the cardstock. I die cut the typewriter, telephone, and pen holder, stamped them then added to the top of the desk. I cut a strip of patterned paper and added that to the right side of the cardstock, and that was it! You will definitely see me using this stamp set again, and again, and again! :-)

 

I hope your week is off to a great start and thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Simple Stories (Daily Grind)

Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Desktop Design)

 

Thanks for everything

Hello Friends! Are you having a great weekend? I most certainly am, I love spending time with my husband and baby girl! We had a relaxing day yesterday and today we'll go to church and probably out to lunch. Then tonight, it's on because we'll be watching the Heat bounce back to beat the Spurs! LETS GO HEAT! :-)

Believe it or not, I cannot for life of me remember who I made this card for. Either I'm getting old or I still have some lingering effects of "baby brain!" Anyway, here's the card...

I absolutely love that wet paint stamp set by Papertrey Ink. They have a few more sets with different sentiments that I think I want to pick up as well. Hopefully this card brightened up the person's day that this was given to (it's killing me that I can't remember!). Well, that's it for me today, I hope the rest of your weekend is spectacular!

 

Edited to add: I finally remember who I made this card for!! It was for my husband's cousin, she recently sent a gift for Paige and I made her this card to thank her. Whew, that was really bothering me!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Carol

 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Crate Paper (Flea Market)

Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Wet Paint)

Misc: tag, button

Birthday card

Hello Friends! Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a great weekend! My weekend was VERY relaxing, I didn't do much of anything. I really needed that because I have been running around like a crazy woman lately, and just needed a little down time.

The card I'm sharing today was made for my co-worker to give to his wife for her 40th birthday. I thought it was sweet of him to ask me to make her a card, I think he gets love points for being so thoughtful!

I used my Silhouette to get that torn paper look on the sheet music patterned paper, I think it turned out really cute. Then I just die cut the flower, and stem then stamped the images. I also used my Silhouette to write the sentiment (love that!) and I cut it out with one my PTI dies. My co-worker said his wife really liked the card and at the end of the day that's what I'm always hoping for!

 

I hope your Monday is off to a great start, and I will check back in soon! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Carol

 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Authentique - Delightful

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Rosie Posie 

Misc: rhinestones, glitter

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

 

Another thank you card

Hello Friends! I can't believe that Christmas is next week! Where has the time gone? Well, I do have good news to report...I'm all done with my Christmas shopping, woohoo!! I'm popping in today with another thank you card that I made for one of my co-workers. He gave me some Christmas gifts for Paige, which was so thoughtful!

Since I made this card for a co-worker, I decided to go with an office theme for the card. Hopefully he liked it! Well, I'm not sure if I'll be back before Christmas, so I would like to wish you all a Merry and Blessed Christmas! I hope Santa brings you everything on your list!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Carol

 

Supplies

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - pure poppy

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon - 9 to 5

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Everyday Classics, Stampin' Up - Established Elegance

Misc: Washi tape, Spellbinders banner die

 



Stocking Stuffers

Hello Friends! Did you have a nice weekend? I certainly did! We finally got our Christmas tree and put up all of our holiday decorations, so I'm a happy girl right about now! Paige has been focused on the lights on the tree and it's so sweet to see her little face sparkle!

After I made the grocery list for my girlfriend, I realized what a great stocking stuffer those would be. So, I whipped up a few more to add to some Christmas gifts. One will be going to my mom (hence the one that says Helen's grocery list). I made the mistake of putting her name on the first one I gave to her so now she expects it on every one of them! LOL!

These are pretty self explanatory as you've seen them many, many times! I used the same pad of paper for all of them, October Afternoon's 9 to 5 collection and then I varied the sentiments on each. I like the color combos on these, and hopefully it will be a nice little surprise in their gift bags!

 

I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by!
Carol

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Kraft

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon - 9 to 5

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Happy Day and Take Note

Misc: October Afternoon doodads, enamel dots

Christmas Wishes

Hello Friends! Happy Saturday!! I hope you all are doing well and staying warm if it's chilly in your neck of the woods. Well, I was able to finish the Christmas cards for my friend and mailed them to her yesterday, woohoo! I was getting a little nervous that I wouldn't be able to finish them, but I put Paige in her little bouncy, parked her in my craft room and we chatted while I made cards. :-)

Remember I told you that my friend loves snowmen? Well, I found this digital image from Mo Manning and went from there. I cut the frame using my Silhouette Cameo, colored the image with Copic markers and added the sentiment to the die cut at the bottom. That snowman just makes me smile! I have to say that snow definitely makes it feel more like the holidays, being in south Florida in 80 degree weather at Christmas time still feels weird to me!

 

I also added a grocery list to my friend's package because she loves them, and I wanted to thank her for being patient with me!

 

 

Random comment for the day, do you use Shutterfly for your photos? I absolutely LOVE it! We ordered our Christmas cards from them and they turned out awesome! This is the first time in a long time that I didn't make my own Christmas cards but now that we have Paige, a photo card was definitely the way to go! I also ordered a calendar and I love that too! The quality is fantastic! Anyway, just a random comment and wanted to find out if you all use Shutterfly too!

 

I'm so happy you stopped by today, have a great weekend!

Carol

 

Supplies - Snowman card:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (card base), Bazzil (frame)

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye - 12 Days of Christmas

Stamp: Digital image Mo's Digital Pencil, Papertrey Ink (Happy Day)

Die cut: Papertrey Ink (Happy Day)

Copic Markers

 

Supplies - Grocery List:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Kraft)

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon (Woodland Park)

Stamp: Papertrey Ink (Take Note)

Misc: Enamel Dots



Joy

Hello Friends! Well the holidays are in full swing! I hope your holiday shopping is coming along nicely, as for me I still haven't started! LOL! The good thing is I have a list, so I know exactly what I want to buy, it's just a matter of getting out there and buying it!

So today, since we're talking about the holidays, I have a set of Christmas cards to share with you. My friend asked me to make some cards for her (as I do every year) but since I have the baby I was kind of hesitant because I wasn't sure I'd be able to complete them. Well, I'm halfway there, and here is the first set.

 

I used the same paper pad for all 7 cards and decided to make tent topper cards for a nice change. I actually got the idea from the super talented Debbie Olson. The cards are 4 1/4 square, and the circle on top sticks out just far enough to make them the perfect A2 size. My friend asked for a total of 15 cards, so I'll be busy making the rest today!

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Scarlet Jewel

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found Christmas

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Snowflake Serenade (Joy), Wreath for all Seasons

Tags: Kaiser Craft - Twig & Berry Collectables

Misc: Stickles

 

Well I hope you have a great start to your week and thanks for stopping by!

Carol

 

Thank You - October Afternoon style

Hello Friends! I hope your holiday weekend was fabulous and I also hope you were able to get in some good shopping! I can't believe it's already December and Christmas is just a few short weeks away! I haven't even started my Christmas shopping yet, but I will be holiday mode very soon!

Today, I have a card to share that I made for our neighbor. First, I have to say that we live in a great neighborhood, all of our neighbors are so darn sweet! This particular neighbor stopped by last week with a gift for the baby and I wanted to say thank you.

As you know, I'm a HUGE fan of October Afternoon, they have awesome paper and embellishments! This card came together pretty easily and now I'm off to hand deliver it to my neighbor. :-)

 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper/Chipboard Sticker - 9 to 5 (October Afternoon)

Stamps - Boutique Borders Thanks (Papertrey Ink)

Misc: Ribbon

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol



Masculine Birthday

Hello Friends! While I'm home on maternity leave, I've been making a conscious effort to get some crafting done so I can start posting regularly on the ol' blog! Being a new mommy is great, but time goes by so fast during the day it's hard to really do much of anything else! So, I won't make any promises, but I will do the very best I can! :-)

Today, I have a masculine birthday card that I made for my brother-in-law's birthday. As many of you know, masculine cards really aren't my thing but I think I'm kinda diggin' this one!

This card came together really quickly. I just used my circle die to cut out the circles, added that little quote bubble and stamped the "Oh Snap!" sentiment. I then adhered those cute little wood veneer cameras, a few enamel dots, and the birthday sentiment to the middle. Not too shabby for my take at a masculine card, what do you think?

 

I have a few more cards that I made recently that I will be sharing in the coming days, and like I said I hope to get crafty more often - Wish me luck!

 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Farmhouse Company

Stamps: Think Big Favorites Birthday (Papertrey Ink), Picture Perfect a la mode (MFT)

Embellishments: wood veneer cameras, quote bubble (Studio Calico), enamel dots 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

New and Improved Grocery List

Hello Friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! So far, so good over here. Today I have a quick post to share with a new grocery list template. The previous one I was using was from Papertrey Ink and I had to print it and cut it by hand. It wasn't terrible, but it was a tad-bit time consuming. Now that I have my Silhouette, I was able to find a template that I could just press "cut" and not only does the machine cut it, but it adds the perforated lines down the spine as well! Talk about saving time! This template is a little larger than the previous one, so I used my friend Jeanette as the tester. She LOVED it! It still fits comfortably in her purse and for me it's a no-brainer that I'll turn to this template again and again and again! Here's a photo...

Can you say easy-peasy?! Even the patterned paper on the front of the grocery list was cut with my Silhouette and as you can see it fits perfectly! I used the Friendship Jar stamp set from Papertrey Ink, a little patterned paper and a ribbon finish it off. I'm sure this will not be the last time you see one of these!

 

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

Carol

More birthday card goodness

Hello Friends! How was your 4th of July? Mine was excellent! We went to my brother-in-law's house and his friend won a 4th of July bash from a radio station! They had a food truck with the BEST hamburgers and hotdogs I've ever tasted, they brought a DJ from the station and we jammed all night! Talk about FUN!!! Yesterday, I got a much needed massage and ran a few errands. Saturday night we met some friends for dinner at our favorite seafood restaurant and stuffed our faces until we couldn't eat any more! So, needless to say I had a great weekend!

In crafty news, I have the last two birthday cards to share with you today.

 

I used the Rosie Posie stamp set from Papertrey Ink along with a musical note background stamp from Hero Arts. I heat embossed the musical notes, die cut the shape for the flowers, added ribbon and the sentiment to the bottom. I was able to whip this card up pretty quickly and I really like the way they turned out.

 

Well, I hope the rest of your Sunday is fantastic! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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

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



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 

The last of the thank you cards

Hello Friends! How are you this fine Thursday morning? I'm doing great, my husband and I spent Easter weekend in Orlando and had a wonderful time. We stayed at the Peabody hotel and it was absolutly beautiful! We spent Easter at Magic Kingdom and all I can say is it was Magical! :-) My husband hadn't been there since he was a kid, and his eyes just lit up when we walked in it was great! Now we're home and just relaxing for a few more day until we head back to work on Monday.

So, today I have the last three thank you cards that I made for my brother-in-law:

 

 

 

All three cards were made using patterned paper from Studio Calico, and the sentiment stamps are all from Papertrey Ink. For the last two cards I used a great die from Papertrey and just added a little button to the middle.

 

Okay, this is totally random but have you ever tried Belvita crackers? They are breakfast crackers and I think I'm addicted!! The box I have is cinnamon and brown sugar and they are delicious!!! Well, I just had to mention that because I'm eating them as I type and they are just too good not to share!

 

I hope the rest of your day is fantastic, and I'm off to the craft room to create some cards! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Carol 

Is it Monday already?

Hello Friends! Gosh, I don't even know if I want to say Happy Monday, where has the weekend gone? I think the older you get, the faster the weekend's fly by! Although the weekend was short, I sure hope you had a great one!

Remember I told you that I made 30 thank you cards for my brother-in-law? Well I finished those up a couple of weeks ago and today I'll start sharing them with you. So, my brother-in-law is a real estate agent/broker and he likes to send thank you cards to his clients for not only purchasing a property but for referring other clients to him. I made a variety of cards, using a few different lay-outs and patterned papers. Here are the first two:

 

These cards were both made with patterned paper from Studio Calico. I'm not sure if I mentioned this but I'm in a monthly kit club with Studio Calico so every month I receive a package of goodies, and I have made it my mission to use those goodies. I tend to hoard patterned paper, so this is good exercise for me! LOL! I love this sentiment, it's from Papertrey Ink and believe it or not, this was sent as a "thank you" with one of my orders free of charge! Imagine my delight when I opened that box! The sentiment is so bold, there really wasn't much I needed to do to dress it up.

 

Well, I hope you enjoyed today's post and I'll be back later in the week with a couple of more cards from this batch! Have a great Monday!

Carol