Daisy Anniversary

Hi Folks!

Just a quick post today.

Made this card for my daughter and hubby for their anniversary.

I cut out the petals with an oval punch, then layered them onto the gold card stock and cut around them.  "Congrats" is a die from Lawn Fawn.

Bye for now & hope you have a lovely day!

Meet My Grandson

Meet my new Grandson Finn.

He was born on Oct 13th and weighed 8lbs.  He is soooo cute!

...and here he is with his big brother Knox

Thanks for stopping by today.

New baby!

Hello everybody!

I'm happy to let you know that my new grandson will be here very soon.  Thought I would share what I've been up to this afternoon.

Here it is......

I purchased the animal clipart from Dollar Graphics Depot, only $1.  I used my Memory Mixers program to position each of them & adjust their sizes.  The *congrats* is a lawn fawn die.

Surprise!  It's a pop-up card!

I printed and cut out smaller versions of the animals and also added a couple of clouds. (Paper Smooches *cute clouds* die)

The *Baby* sentiment is from Create with TLC....link is on the right.

A closer look

Well, that's all for now, I'll post some pics of the new arrival in the next few days.

I do hope you'll come back & visit soon.  

Congrats New Gran & Granpa!

Hi there!
My good friend and her hubby have just welcomed their first grandbaby ......an adorable little girl.  

Heres the card I made for them.

The polka dot background paper with the soother, the bow and the baby in the crib were all free downloads from here  

I cut an extra of the baby & crib, embossed it to give it some roundness and popped it up with pop dots.  

The hearts are cut with my stitched hearts die.

I used my Memory Mixers program to print the greeting on the bib, also a freebie from the same site........then fussy cut it out.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit....... hope you'll come back soon.

I'm a Proud Mum!

Hi again,

On a different note, I thought you might be interested in seeing my son, Andrew's photo which has been published in the Canadian *Photo News* magazine., fall edition.  He is an avid photographer and has some wonderful pictures on his website. Why not pay him a little visit to see more of his work?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Welcome BABY!

Hi there,

Welcome to my blog!  

Just a quick post this time.

Today I made a card for friends who are expecting their first baby anytime now, pretty exciting!

A closer look

The inside 

I will erase the pencil lines when I have written my message, it helps me keep things straight and neat. 

Thanks for visiting, hope you have a lovely day!

Another Anniversary Card!

Hi again,

This is my second post today.  I made another anniversary card today...this time for my son and his wife.

The papers are *Chalkboard Tableau* a *hot buy* from Michaels.  The hearts are cut out with my pierced hearts dies from My Favorite Things.

The inside

Thats all from me for today, thanks for dropping by!

Owl Anniversary!

Hi there!

I have another card to show you today.  This one is an anniversary card for my granddaughter and her hubby.  I know she loves owls, so had to put my owl punch to work on this one. 

Thanks for looking!

Braided Card

Hi there!

Hope you are having a good day.

Today I have a new card to show you.  I found this style of card on Pinterest, which led me to this tutorial by Brandy Cox.  This technique looks difficult, but it is actually very easy.

The background is embossed with a chevron folder from *We are Memory Keepers*  I used *Cheery Lynn Designs* dies for the flowers (Small Tea Rose), banners (Horizon Fishtail Banners) and sentiment.  For the flowers I just layered the petals for a daisy look rather than make a rose.  

Here's a closer look

The ovals are punched out.

......and a look at how the braiding looks on the inside of the card.

A note on cutting out small items with dies, such as the *Hello* here.

To make it easier to stick it to my project, before I cut it out, I attach my paper to a piece of double sided adhesive sheet, such as this.  (double sided tape will work just as well for smaller dies)

 I then cut it out, peel off the backing and stick it onto my project. So much easier and does a much nicer job than using glue on those tiny pieces.

Well, that's all for now, thanks for visiting my blog today & hope you'll come back soon!

In the meantime.....

Back to School!

Hi all!

I made this card today to enter into *The Shabby Tearoom* challenge.  The theme is *ABC-123*  and here is their inspiration picture.

My take for this theme is a box card

I found the apples, pencil and chalkboard clipart online, they were free.  I stamped the sunflowers on yellow card stock, then cut them out.  I used my Copics to add a little orange & brown to them, but they look more orange than yellow on here.  I added *back to school* on the chalkboard in my Memory Mixer program.  Here's some more pictures.

  Thanks for dropping by, hope you have a lovely day!

New Home!

Just a quick post tonight.  

I made this card today for a young family friend who has just moved into his first house....as you can see, his name is Hunter.  By the way, the house looks a bit pink on the picture, but it's red. 

The house & mailbox are digi images I found online for free.  The trees and clouds are dies.  I made the fence....it looks a little wonky, but that's how I wanted it.......country style!  I popped up the trees and mail box for a little dimension.

Hope he likes it!

That's all for now, hope you'll come back soon.

Have a good night!

Dogwood Flower Card

Hello Friends!

Hope this finds you all well.  I have been playing with some new stamps and this dogwood flower is one of them.

I stamped the image onto vellum with black Memento ink.  When it was completely dry I turned it over and with my embossing tool I burnished the flowers, which breaks down the fibres and turns white.  When you turn it over the black inked lines are still visible....such a neat & fun technique.  I then coloured the leaves with my Copics, glued the image down onto the embossed green paper and then added the Die-namics *Cross stitch oval* frame.  This is a simple, easy & quick card to make.

On another note, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I won the Shabby Tea Rooms *Summer Picnic* challenge with this card...

Hope you have a great day!

Thanks for stopping by!

*Cottage in the Woods*

Today when I picked up my mail at the post office, what a nice surprise!  My order from Simon Says Stamp was in.  I wasn't expecting it until next week.  They really outdid themselves this time. This *cottage in the woods* die from Memory Box was one of the goodies I received.  Of course, I had to play right away! 

I hand cut some more hills and layered them with the die cut in front.  To darken up the sky a little I used chipped sapphire distress ink, leaving part of it lighter for a little moon glow....  I didn't do a great job with this, but hopefully I'll get better with practice. Then I punched out the moon and inked it a little bit with antique linen distress ink.  I also rounded it slightly with my embossing tool and just glued around the edge.  Then I added the sentiment and some stars with a white gel pen.  I added a little *wink of stella* (also in my package today) to give them a bit of shine.

Hope today was a good day for you, come back soon!