Happy Birthday!

I thought I would get this posted before I was off to surgery but for some reason didn’t make it so here I am.   I’m still on some high powered medicine so if what I write doesn’t make any sense just have a good laugh!
I made this card for my daughter on her birthday and you can probably guess she’s a tennis player.


When designing this card I decided to use the colors she wears when playing in tournaments.  She likes purple and orange and her shoes are neon green and white so here you have it. 
I embossed the background with a Happy Birthday embossing folder to give it a different look.


I then pulled out all my drawers of flowers and went to work picking out the right ones I thought would look good on this card.

I knew the purple and lavender flowers wouldn’t be a problem but wasn’t sure about the orange till the drawers came out.  Once the flowers were in place I knew I had to add a purple bow to make it complete.
Now it’s time to do something with the inside.


So here you have it and I’m happy to say she really liked it (her birthday was yesterday).

Thanks for stopping by my blog and taking a look.  May the rest of your week be great and with the week-end approaching it’s even better.

Happy 50th Birthday

Well, here I am again.   July, August and September are busy card making months for me.   This card was made for my son’s birthday, OMW if he’s that old what does that make me! 

As you can see I’ve used three of the new Magnolia stamps, just couldn’t resist these for a card for my son.   He is truly an outdoors person so these fit the bill.

This is a close up of Edwin with gray hair…..at 50 he should have gray hair right.

 

Just had to give you a close up of this adorable Moose.

One more close up.   The clouds are a Memory Box die…..really like these clouds.

Well there you have it…..now I need to put on my thinking cap as I have a daughter whose birthday is coming up soon.

Here is a quilt that I made for our son, just got sent off in the mail.  As you will be able to see it's full of wildlife.

Thanks for taking the time to stop my blog.  Hope you are having a wonderful week-end.

Happy Anniversary 50 +1

Here is a card I made for my husband on our anniversary tomorrow.  I thought the couple was a cute image and it really fit the occasion.

The paper I used was from the Nitwit collection, and I love this rock path background stamp.


As you can see both have silver hair….what else would expect being married 51 years.

Thought I’d share my latest quilt which is an Irish Chain and this one will be on our bed instead of folded up somewhere.   This was my first attempt at an Irish Chain and I thought it turned out really well.
Thanks for stopping by and may you have a blessed week!

Fun in the Sun

This is a card I just finished for my granddaughter’s birthday that’s coming up the end of the month.  She and her mother went with us last year to Florida (we live in Montana) in March for our oldest granddaughter’s wedding.   This was her first taste of Florida and she thought Florida was the berries (if she only knew).   Once the Summer Memories came out I knew I had to use one of them for Sydnee’s card.

Once I had Flip-flop Tilda and the background stamp I knew I needed a palm tree so then the search began.   When I found the Hawaii Palm Tree I was thrilled so off to the shopping cart it went, once it was ordered it was shipped to me in record time.   Now I needed a shell or starfish or something to add to the card.   So out came Edwin in Miami, I printed the starfish, colored it and cut it out and it was perfect.

Isn’t she a doll!   My beautiful granddaughter loves flip flops and she has as much hair as this little Tilda.

Here’s a view of this wonderful palm tree, I did have to cut down the sand  base to fit the card but that was to only thing I had to do.

Last but not least here is the bottom of the card.   I used some gauze to look like nets and here is where you can see the star fish.   I popped Tilda, the palm tree and the star fish to give it more dimension.

I had more fun making this card so I hope you enjoy it also, thanks for stopping by.   Hope this is a great week for everyone.

Your Wedding Day

This card was for a sweet friend and her husband on their wedding day.  What a joy to see what God can do in bringing two people together.   She took care of her parents, and he lost his wife about six years ago.    Her husband is the pastor in a small town church, she had devoted her life to serving the Lord and sings like and angel.   This was truly a match made in heaven.

Her colors were purple (right up my alley), fuchsia and white so decided to use those same colors in their card.

Here is a closer look at the bride and groom.

Most of the flowers were from WOC but I did get one a Michael's in the wedding department.

I found this sentiment after going through some of my SU collections

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This is the sentiment I placed inside and it says it all.  It's a Fiskar sentiment.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog.  May your week be filled with blessings.

Get Well Wish

My good friend Janie just had some back surgery not long ago so decided to make her a card with hopes that it would brighten her day.  I think it worked.   Another friend Patti and I also took a meal over to her to give her husband a break on cooking dinner every night.

I had this adorable Doctor Edwin then found Nurse Tilda among my minis so put them together to make the perfect pair. I used Copic markers to color them both.  I used the spellbinder labels 18 to put the two on.  Behind them I put some gauze (what better thing to use with the medical pair).  The flowers are from WOC, then some bling to the flowers.   The sentiment is one I found among some of my SU stamps.  I decided to try my hand at using the Pearl Pens and the pearls didn’t turn out too bad.  Then to finish it up I added bow made out of the wonderful silk ribbon.

I used that wonderful spellbinder die again with a sentiment that says it all.   Just had to add a band-aid, you never know when you might need one.

Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a wonderful week.  Hope to see again.

Happy Father’s Day

I made this card for my husband and wanted to share it with you.  When I got the “Burger Tilda” and the grill I knew I had to use them for something special and what’s more special than honoring your husband on Father’s Day.  When my good friend Janie saw the card said I needed to share it with everyone so here it is.

Once I had the Tilda image colored I decided that I had to have the grill as part of the card.  When we lived in Florida you could BBQ all 12 months but living in Montana you are limited to just a few months and those months become very special.  Oh, and by the way we did grill hamburgers for this Father’s Day.

This sentiment tells it all!!   My dear husband has always been a wonderful father and grandfather with his love flowing freely.  

Thank you for stopping by and hope to see you again.  Hope you have wonderful week!





A Cool Dude

Well I’m back I think.   The puppies have been moved to a kennel outside so now I’m trying to get my craft room back to normal if that’s possible.
I put this card together in a hurry and even then I’m late for my brother’s birthday and I’m sure he’ll understand due to the circumstances.

He is my only brother and even though he’s younger he’s still a cool dude in my eyes.
I keep thinking he will catch up to me but in reality I know that will never happen so I will always remain the older sister, ugh.  
I’m a little rusty as I haven’t made any cards for at least six weeks.  I have had to pull things out of my brain trying to remember how to do all of this stuff on my blog.  I got out all my cheat sheets but I’m thrilled because I haven’t had to look at any of them so far.  Guess the old brain is still working which is good to know.
Since I couldn’t really get to things in my craft room I spent a lot of time in my sewing room.  I just finished and Irish Chain quilt top so now I have to put it together and get it quilted.  Once I have it finished I plan to share it with you all.  This is my first try at an Irish Chain and I think it turned out OK.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog and I hope you will visit again.  I really appreciate your comments they are very encouraging which keeps me trying to get better.



A Special Wedding

Well, as you can see I'm back on my blog once again.  My good friend Janie wanted me to enter the Midweek Magnolia challenge so here I am and hope I can remember how to do it although I do have some wonderful notes that Janie supplied me with.

I made this card for my granddaughter’s wedding, she is the first to get married out of my seven grandchildren.  Amanda is also my first grandchild so the wedding was a special day for us as well as the  bride and groom.

The theme of the wedding was Pink and Yellow so that is what I used to create this card for the kids.  I added some white lace and ribbon along with pink pearls on the swirls.

Oops, this picture doesn't go with the wedding card but I haven't figured out how to delete it!

The lighting wasn’t very good the day I took these pictures so I hope you can see them good enough.


Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope your week is full of blessings.

Angel with a wish

I was sitting here thinking about all the things I needed to get ready for the arrival of the puppies when all of a sudden I remembered my sister-in-law’s birthday was coming up the end of this month.   With that thought I put things in high gear to make this card for her now as I knew I wouldn’t have time later.

I am very lucky to have such a sweet sister-in-law  however I don’t get to see her and my brother very often since they live in Texas.

When I went to pick out some flowers I was amazed that I didn’t have any Aqua or Turquoise flowers except for the two you see.  Needless to say I was on my computer and ordering as many as I could find.

This little Tilda image has always been a favorite of mine so what better time to use it but on a card for a sweet sister-in-law.

Added a little something on the inside and after looking at it I should have done more – Oh well that’s what happens when you are in a hurry.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog and hope to see you stopping again soon.  Have a wonderful week!