Home Sweet Home

Hello Friends! Happy Hump Day! I hope you're having a wonderful week so far. Before I get started about the card I would like to do a little housekeeping. As you can see I changed the name of my blog to Carol's Custom Cards. That's my business name and I felt it made more sense to have everything the same - blog, Instagram, Etsy (one day - LOL!). So, hopefully you found me!

Things have been good this way, enjoying the sunny days and mild temperatures in our area. I'm popping in quickly today with more thank you cards I made for my brother-in-law's real estate business. I am smitten with the Post & Parcel Make it Market kit from PTI. This set is so versatile, it's definitely not just for Christmas!

I used patterned paper from Lori Whitlock called The Story of Our Family. It's a great paper pad with plenty of homey designs. The mailbox, envelope and stamp are all from the Post & Parcel set. These cards are 5x7 in size and my brother-in-law loved them!

Well, that's it for me today! I hope the rest of your week is fantastic!

Hugs!

Carol

Thank you

Hello Friends! Happy second week of the New Year! Does time already seem like it's flying? Oh my goodness, this year is definitely in full swing! I'm slowly trying to get my craft room organized. It's really becoming serious because I seem to purchasing items and have absolutely no where to put them! So, I think it's time to purge, clean out and organize! I'm looking at some of the things I have and I can't even remember that last time I used it, so it's going away. Hopefully I will be in a much better place real soon.

Have you ever heard of Scentsy? I had never heard of it before I was invited to a party, but they're candles. You actually break off a piece of it and put it inside a warmer that you plug in. No more lighting candles! They smell really good and the warmers are adorable. The hostess of the party was so sweet, I had to make her a thank you card.

Isn't that tray awesome! It's from MFT and it's just a die, no stamping. I'm in love with this die! The little vase and flower are also from the die set called Bedside Comfort. I aslo a PTI stamp set called Table Service for the sentiment as well as the strawberry pie. The Scentsy party was hosted by my friend's co-worker and she told me that she brought the card to work to show everyone. I think she liked it, LOL! That's what it's all about, I truly want to send out more cards this year and not just for birthday's. I'm a work in progress...

I hope you enjoy your day, the weekend is almost here! Hopefully you have something fun and exciting planned! Thank you so much for stopping by.

Carol

Happy New Year!

Hello Friends! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year! I know I've been away for way too long, but with the new year comes a new mindset and new goals for 2017. One of my goals for sure is to be more present on my blog and Instagram. I plan to craft much more often this year and get more organized in my craft room. Slowly but surely I am making that happen.

Today I thought it would be a good idea to post my top 6 projects from 2016:

I loved taking that trip down memory lane! I had forgotten about a few of these projects and it's nice to reminisce and see what I can work on this year to make even better projects.

Do you have goals for 2017? Whatever your goals may be, I wish you much luck and I also wish you happiness, love and prosperity for the new year!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Have a ball...

Hello Friends! Wow, it's been over a month since my last post! I'm telling you being a working mom is no joke! I recently got a promotion and things are just busy, busy, busy! Then I get home with my family and things are just busy, busy, busy! Paige turned three earlier this month and we had a really fun bowling party for her, and she had a BLAST! I'm telling you things are just moving a lightening speed in the Weatherspoon household! LOL!

So, I wanted to pop in and give you a quick update on my whereabouts and also leave you with a couple of cards. I recently made a set of birthday cards for my sweet friend Chi. I love mason jars and all things that look shabby chic, so why not make a card that fits this description?

Ahh, there's nothing like good ole fashion lemonade in a mason jar! I think it makes it taste a whole lot better! I used the stamp set Mason Jar Labels from MFT and the Public Library paper pad from October Afternoon and stamped On Your Birthday inside the drawers. Don't you love that straw? It's the little things that just totally make me smile!

So, I'll leave you today with a photo of my little one enjoying her birthday! Isn't she getting big!!

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

Carol

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

Belated Birthday Part 2

Hello Friends! Happy Saturday! I hope you had a great week and are ready for a wonderful weekend. We're expecting lots of rain this weekend due to a tropical system out there in the Atlantic, so more than likely we'll be inside most of the weekend. That's fine by me, I love hanging in the house with my fam. :-)

Today, I have another belated birthday card to share (are you sensing a theme?). The sentiment on this card cracks me up!

This stamp set is from Reverse Confetti, it's called The Buzz. I colored the bee with Copic markers and added that great sentiment to a banner I cut with my Silhouette. I used very neutral tones on this card, you know to down play the fact that it's late! LOL! It's sad to say, but I'm sure I'll be using this stamp set again. 

Well, I hope you have a fantastic weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

Belated Birthday

Hello Friends! I hope all of you had a nice weekend. Have you been watching the Olympics? The games were absolutely amazing, and I enjoyed every event that we watched. The US did outstanding and it's such a joy to see so many awesome athletes realize their dreams. Loved it!

Well, it's the start to another week and I can't believe that August is almost over! I'm starting to see a lot of stamp companies coming out with their fall and winter releases, so that just means that we'll be singing Jingle Bells pretty soon here at the blog! Today I have a belated birthday card to share. You know, it's really a shame when you're a card maker and you still figure out a way to be late with one of your BFF's birthday's (Sorry Chi!). I made this card using the Some Like it Hot stamp set from PTI.

Can I just tell you that I'm in love with this stamp set?! Don' be surprised if you see red and green flamingos on my Christmas cards this year! (I'm so not kidding!!) The sentiment on this card is from Blue Skies stamp set, also from PTI. Although it's a belated card, it's still cute, right? :-)

Well, I better get ready for work and get this Monday started with a smile. I hope you have a great day, and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol