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!

Brandon’s Card

Well here I am again and this time it’s card for my grandson who is turning 18.  I really have a hard time doing guy cards as you can’t get all frilly and use lots of flowers and things.   So this is my answer for a grandson that likes to hunt.    I used the SU moose stamp and then put my stamp-a-ma-jig to work by adding the cattails on either side.   Then I decided to add a sky and clouds so that meant I needed to mask the moose, once that was done out came the stipple brush and Bashful Blue SU ink pad.  Couldn’t put a pretty bow on it so got out the trusty raffia                            

As you can see it’s not a real exciting card but what else can you do for and 18 year old boy.
                            
With this close up of the moose you can tell there really isn’t a whole lot you can do with it either.
                       
Thought I’d share my latest quilt with you since it has a moose on it along with some other animals.  When I bought the fabric there wasn’t a pattern that went with it so this is my own design.
                           
In this picture of the moose you can even see some of quilting that’s on it which are large pine cones.
This will be my last post for a while as I will be busy making a Memory Book for this same grandson who will graduating from high school. 
To top all this off we are preparing to get things ready for the arrival of a litter of Australian Shepherd pups the middle of April.  Once they arrive I will be totally busy for weeks to come until we find wonderful homes for them.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my blog.  May you have a blessed week and please stop by again.

A Tote for Janie

I wanted to share this tote that I made for my very good friend Janie.  Ever since she saw the bags that Paula made she has wanted a "Tilda Bag".   So I decided to experiment to see if I  could make a "Tilda Bag" (Tote) and it seemed to work.  Once I had the image on the right kind of fabric I was off and running with the idea.   The tote or bag is one I've made quite a few times but decided to make the front pocket different by using the Tilda image instead. 

I told Janie I had something for her but she didn't know what it was.  I work part-time at our local quilt

shop so when I knew Janie would be in town I had her stop by the shop and surprised her with the tote.   Some her favorite colors are pinks and greens so as you can see I used them in the bag as well as on the Tilda image.   She is planning a trip to New Mexico to see her granddaughter and meet her great grandson when he makes his appearance in this world.  I believe she plans on using the tote on her trip.                                                                                                                                                        

Guess now I need to think about making myself one.   Paula also made some darling zipper pulls using Shrinky Dink so I guess the next thing is to give that a try but I'm not sure how that might turn out.     



Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to look at my new blog. May you have a blessed day and stop by again.

You Are A Winner

This cutie was made for one of my granddaughters  for her birthday.  She is an artist and doing really well which makes her a winner in any ones book especially mine.

A lot of you seemed to enjoy the quilt on my previous post so thought I’d share another one that has the same colors as this card.