Last two Thank you cards!

OK,so I think I'm all done with those thank you cards for Laura. She wanted 3 male cards for some of the hospital staff,I made a tree card the other day....so these were the last 2 for the men. I will call her tomorrow to make sure! I see now that the greeting on the horse card is not straight....oh,well....these are for men and it's handmade!! LOL....after all I'm not perfect!!hehehe......
I hope you are having a great weekend! Here's the card recipes,hope you like them! thanks for stopping by!


Recipe for first card :

• Card stocks : Kraft,Creamy Caramel,VV,Choc chip
• Inks : Timber Brown Stazon,Creamy Caramel
• Twill Tape ribbon
• Stamp Sets : Bareback and So Many Sayings (both retired)
• Water spritzed on the creamy caramel card stock then crumpled up and sponged

Recipe for second card :

• Card stocks : Kraft,VV,BB,Sahara Sand
• Inks : Timber Brown Stazon(main image) Creamy Caramel,not quite navy,Vintage Violet (retired),Elegant Eggplant,Basic Gray(all for sponging BG)
• Stamp Sets: Nature Silhouettes,So Many Sayings
• Photo corner punch
• Distressing tool

Faith Inspired Friday

Hello peeps! Today I have two cards to share with you.They are more thank you cards for my friend Laura.I only have two more I think to make!! Unless she tells me otherwise,LOL!! They are for my personal challenge for Faith Inspired Friday. Here is all the deets on the cards and I hope you have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!!

Recipe for first card :

• Card stocks : VV,Pixie Pink,brocade blue
• Inks : brocade blue,Azure Blue Stazon
• Stamp Sets : God's Beauty,Special Blessings,Yummy,Say it with Scriptures
• Cuttle bug Folder : D'vine Swirl
• Aleene's Clear Gel Tacky Glue (for the crystal effects)
• Pink Bling from stash
• Platinum silver alcohol spray(made my own,for shimmer on butterfly)

Recipe for second card :

• Card stocks : Sage Shadow,VV,Bravo Burgundy
• Bravo Burgundy ink
• So Saffron Ribbon
• Stamp sets : Special Blessings,Say it with Scriptures
• Eyelet Border Punch

Another Thank You Card!

I did another Thank You card for my friend Laura....hopefully all the cards will be finished by tomorrow!! I sponged on all the different colors of inks,starting with the lightest colors first ,for the sunset. Anyways,here's the deets....Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for card :

• Card stocks : Not Quite Navy,VV,More Mustard,Summer Sun
• Inks :Not Quite Navy,Bravo Burgundy,Pumpkin Pie,Summer Sun (all for sunset) black craft (for embossing),creamy caramel (sponging)
• Black Embossing Powder
• Eyelet Border Punch
• Heat Tool
• Distressing Tool

MDS Pages!

I just noticed how fast this video goes! So I thought I'd post the pics so you can see them a little better if you wanted! Sorry about that.....still learning! You can click any picture to enlarge it! Thanks for stopping by!

Technical Thursday with MDS!

I made this video using SU!'s MDS. I love this program so far,it's very user friendly.....even for a computerly challenged person like me! These pic were taken around the kids birthdays! Since all my kids have their birthdays within weeks of each other,we just have small birthday celebrations.....and because they have them during the Thanksgiving break! They all wanted Sock Monkey's.....those are about $30 bucks a piece!! I thought that was high for a stuffed animal and since they were made in China! But they enjoyed them! I hope you like the video. Just playing with the programs designer templates,but I did add some stuff and delete some things.....it didn't take very long to create all these pages. I like how they turned out! Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you chick!

Hello again! I usually don't post twice in one day,but Todd's lost in NCIS land;so I got some more stamping done!I made another thank you card for Laura....I think I have still a few more,so that's what I'll be finishing up tomorrow. I love this stamp set,and I really like how this card turned out......except I couldn't make the raffia bow behave,has a mind of it's own! Well....here's the deets.....thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for card :

• card stocks : garden green,WW,Summer Sun
• Inks : summer sun,close to cocoa,bliss blue,bordering blue,creamy caramel,ruby red,garden green,black stazon
• DCWV designer paper from stash
• Washington Apple DSP
• raffia for bow
• silk flowers from stash
• button from stash
• Cricut for ovals and scalloped oval
• Heat gun to 'brown' the raffia

Thank you cards!

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Well,I don't have a wow project to show you today,but I do have two thank you cards to share. I made them for my friend,she going to give them out to some of the staff at the hospital. I still have a few more to make....hoping to get that done tomorrow,since Cody is feeling better and will be going back to school! They were very simple cards,but I like how they turned out! Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for first card :

• Card stocks : VV,More mustard,Ruby Red
• Garden Green Ink
• Twill Tape
• Jewelry Twine
• Stamp Sets : Noteworthy,LeJardin Botanique

Recipe for second Card :

• Card stocks : Close to Cocoa,Bashful Blue,VV,Choc chip
• Stamp Sets : LeJardin Botanique,Spring Solitude
• Punches : large and scallop ovals,eyelet border
• Inks : Bliss Blue,Choc chip
• Ribbon from stash
• DSP from stash (DCWV)

Two Card Tuesday plus one more!

So, I guess this is actually three card Tuesday instead of Two Card Tuesday! I'm trying to play catch up. My friends husband has been in ICU for 3 weeks now,he is doing much better and they are saying that by the end of the week he maybe will get to transfer to a rehab facility!! PRAISE GOD,He is the healing physician!! Well,I told her over a week ago I would make up some thank you cards for her to give to some of the staff. I still have a few more to make,but here are three cards so far!! Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for first card :

• Stamp set : Spring Solitude
• Card stocks : Ruby red,Kraft,another company(kinda like True Thyme,retired)
• buttons from stash
• ribbon from an old belt
• Inks : True Thyme(retired)

Recipe for second card :

• Card stocks : Regal Rose,very vanilla,pale plum
• Stamp set : Cheep Talk
• Scallop Border Punch
• Ribbon from stash

Recipe for third card :

• Stamp Sets : Lovely Labels,Doodle This
• Card stocks : Blush Blossom,Very Vanilla
• Not Quite Navy ink
• ribbon from stash

My boys and their scarves!

Well,Hunter and Jonathan had to jump in on sewing too!! So,I let them make scarves as well. Jonathan used some of the scrap material Granny sent.Hunter used an old sweater. I just cut off some of the bottom! It was a bit harder to sew because the fabric was stretchy,but for their first time they did pretty good. I had to guide the fabric more with the boys than I did with Callie.Shows you that girls are more patient than boys are!! Thanks for stopping by!

Hello Friday!! Today's card is for a sweet lady who buys my cards all the time. She wanted a friendship card. I have been waiting to use this stamp set for awhile now,I think it's super cute! The inside I will stamp the saying "You make each day a little brighter!",it's from the same stamp set! I had a lot of fun water coloring the image,so sweet. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Recipe for card :

• Friendship Grows stamp set
• Eyelet border punch
• Water coloring ink used : creamy caramel,basic black,bliss blue,rose red,ruby red,certainly celery,cameo coral,basic gray,so saffron,sahara sand,old olive,vintage violet,elegant eggplant,close to cocoa,more mustard,pretty in pink,always artichoke,garden green
• Black Stazon ink used for main image
• pink gingham ribbon
• Card stocks used : Rose red,Certainly Celery,Pretty in Pink,Whisper White

Proud Mom Moment!!

I am having a proud mom moment!!! Callie, my 7 yr. old just finished her first sewing project!!! My mom sent her some scrap material to practice learning to sew on a sewing machine. She made a cute little scarf!! It is quite short,but still,it's cute!! I'm very proud of her!! It took me alot of practice learning my machine.....she has picked it up really well! She sits in my lap and guides the fabric through the machine. I do put my foot over hers to help her try to get an even speed since my sewing machine doesn't have a speed control. I do recommend if you are wanting to learn to sew on a machine ,get a speed control,it would make it a bit easier to learn!! She was scared because she would press her foot on the pedal and it would go fast,so I help her,but other than that,she actually sews it herself!! Thanks for stopping by!

Technical Thursday

For today's Technical Thursday challenge,I worked on this digital scrapbook page using MDS from SU! I love how these turned out! This program is so easy to work with,it took me about 10 minutes on both pages.I used the premade templates,so I just picked the pictures I wanted to use and inserted them. I did add a couple of embellishments and changed the photo layouts,but everything else was already done for me!! This kit is called Hoppy Memories,it's so cute! Thanks for stopping by!

Wow Wednesday

Hello again!! Happy Wednesday to you!! I made this altered pop top can for a gift,you add candy inside and they are super easy to make! Just get any sized pop top can,open from the bottom with a hand held can opener and eat the contents inside(soup,mixed fruit,etc.). Then you wash it in the dishwasher,once dried then you can add you treat inside and decorate! After you add your treat you have to hot glue the bottom back on,then the recipient opens from the top! Great way to recycle as well! They can then use the can as a pen/pencil holder. Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for Sweet Stuff Altered Can :

• Cleaned and dried pop top can
• Cardstock : So Saffron,WW,Chocolate Chip,Pixie Pink
• DCWV Glittered stripped designer paper from stash
• Satin pink ribbon from stash
• pink and white silk flowers from stash
• Large and Small Oval punches
• Scallop,1 1/4" and 1" circle punches
• Stamp Set : Very Punny (retired)

Two card Tuesday

Hello,I hope your week is going good. I am posting this a day late I know,but better late than never. It's for Two card Tuesday. Both cards are for a sweet returning customer from my Etsy store. She contacted me on making both of these cards for her. They are for birthdays,and she even made up the poem herself for the inside of the St. Patty's card. She's a great customer and always making me think outside the box! Anyways the pink and black card was the first time I ever tried the polished stone technique. It was fun,but I was hoping for it to be more dramatic.....I'll have to play around a bit more with this technique. Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for St. Patty's Card :

• Cardstocks : Garden Green,Glorious Green,Certainly Celery,WW
• Cricut Cartridges : Storybook and A Child's Year
• Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Folder
• So Saffron SU marker
• Old Olive ink for sponging
• SU Iridescent Ice
• Poem is computer generated

Recipe for Pink/Black card :

• Cardstocks : Pretty in Pink,Basic Black,Glossy White Cardstock
• Scallop Oval Punch
• Black Stazon Ink
• Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose inks for polished stone technique
• Movers and Shapers Scallop Oval Die
• Stamp Sets : Pretty Amazing,God's Blessings