Welcome to the May edition of the Blogging Friends Blog Hop! This month our focus is on retiring products. Our favorite retiring products. Grab some coffee and get ready to pin some great things! And, grab the tissues too…..and, check your fun spending money as well – some things you may really need after hopping around… [Read More]
Bird Builder Punch
Happy Together Tulips
A special request. It’s nice when family requests a handmade, personalized card for an occasion. Sometimes though, you need a starting point after all your own ideas are not cutting it. I turned to Create with Connie and Mary for my inspiration here – It’s a unique sketch that I was drawn to. I felt… [Read More]
Window SWAP
Ha! Ha! Window SWAP……I love this new Hearth & Home Thinlits set, aka, window frame die!! I had this card on my last Card Buffet and I then decided to make them for a mail out swap I participated in. Although there is a coordinating stamp, I liked the alternate look here with looking into… [Read More]
Halloween Hello Gift Cards
Halloween hello gift card holders? Wah! I wanted a tutorial. I know. It’s coming. Waking up at 5:00 am to make a tutorial before work is no easy task. Look for it tomorrow. Please. But todays share is cute. I made some really quick, simple and adorable gift card holders to mail to family who… [Read More]
Happy Washi-o-Ween
Happy washi what? Halloween plus Washi tape equals Washi-o-Ween! Lol! it’s the best I can do since I can’t sleep. I decided to just get up and make a card. I’m playing along with a new challenge blog, Stamping Peaches Paper Challenge. They provided the ‘colors’ to go with here and the layout came from… [Read More]
First Day of Class, Enjoy!
Gettin’ this way early this morin’, huh? Yup, you are. This simple little beauty is for my daughter. I had to factor in the time difference. Today school starts in Boston. It will be the first day to meet new students as she will be working in a middle/junior high school. She has always been… [Read More]
Congratulation, Mr. & Mrs. Lange
Ah, weddings. Don’t you just love them? They are such a special time in a person’s life. And, of course, so should the card and or gift! My post today is no different. A longtime friend, Carolyn, now lives in Iowa. She used to live in Texas where we met through our daughters who attended… [Read More]
Hey Pumpkin, Happy Halloween
Want to see some Halloween fun? In a card form of course! Take a look at what came up with for a brand new challenge blog, Seize the Sketch. This is the first sketch to get them going. And, me too in the direction of Halloween cards. It’s a very clean, simple sketch. My favorite…. [Read More]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Card #5
Ah, yes, a little past the Card Buffet. But, this was one of the card choices. I really, really liked this card. And, of course, did not want to give it out. But, you know, that IS the reason we make cards isnt it? This card – I sent to my daughter who is studying… [Read More]
12 Weeks of Gift Card Ideas ’til Christmas
Week 8 Show me the money, please. Up until now, all my creations have been for gift cards. So, I created this beauty – ( I know, I say that every week – I just keep designing something more fabulous!!) It can hold either cash or a check. Take a look – Now, open. A place for cash,… [Read More]
the Cat’s Meow
At my September stamp class, we created several quick treat holders for Halloween. This was the one I came up with to hold a Ghiradelli Dark Chocolate – And, when it’s opened, this is what the candy looks like inside – I thought is was a cool idea. What’s funny is that I used the Bird Builder… [Read More]
