Filling the box

I am determined to give my sister in law a great gift. I showed my mom all the cards I had for the box of cards. I decided to make a few more. I found this great paper at the Target today for a dollar. The paper is really pretty but tears easily. Oh well, it is a great value for a dollar :) Mom and I took the afternoon to make cards. Here is the whole set.


Here are mine.



Here are mom's.



Here is a quick shot of the first set I made all in pink. I used some clear stamps to make a monogram on them for her. A few embellishments, but I kept it simple.




Here is the next set of Judy cards I made all in blue. I used a Paper Tray Butterfly stamp and some shimmery embossing powder.

Here is a closer look at one to see the stamp and paper better


I made a set of Bella Birthday cards.


Here is one a little closer.


I also made two with you are in my thoughts and prayers. I am not sure I love them, but they are not bad.


Here are some of my Mom's cards.

I love this yellow thank you note. It is Paper Tray and GREAT!!!



Here are two cards with the same sentiment and paper. It is amazing how changing a layer can do so much.



Here is another thank you she made. She does not like it. I think it is cute!


The last one is my nephew's birthday card from mom. Very cute. The versamark balloons on the background are hard to see.


Sorry for the long post. I hope you liked all the cards!

Merry Christmas.

Moooore Cow Cards

I loved the cow birthday cards I made for Jim and Chuck. I decided to play with the design a little tonight. Same idea of patterned paper with embossed vellum over it. I used some eyelets and tape on others. Today was a pink backing with "stitching". Each card is a little different with placement and ribbon.

Hope you like them. You cannot help but smile at this cow from Gina K. It might just be my favorite set ever. I will have to use the pig and sheep soon.


Here are some closer looks.




Have a great one!

Birthday Cakes Everywhere

I decided that since it was only a little after 8 PM that I would knock out a second set of cards for my sister-in-law. Since many of the cards will be used for birthday cards, I went with my Gina K birthday cake and my "wish big" stamp from Stampin up. I used some random decorative paper and pink and purple cardstock. I tried to use my new little paper piercing bugs. I am not impressed with them, but the cards are OK anyway. I colored and added some stickles. Each cards is a little different. I left hardware off too in case she is mailing them. I never know how hardware will go with the new mailing rules.

The stickles are not dry. They will look a little better in the morning, but you get the idea.

Here is the set:


Here are two of the cards a little closers.

This gives me about 25 cards. Maybe more if I use some of my stash. Hopefully, I will have some more time in the next few nights.

Mud puppy and some cards

Last night, I came home from a holiday gathering. It was rainy and I let Delilah out. This is what came back inside. Meet the mud puppy:



Needless to say, she was not allowed back on the sofa or on my bed after that. I put her in the crate with a couple of towels. She came out clean in the morning. I don't know how she does it, but the dirt was on the towels and she was white and fluffy again.

I decided a while back that I would try and make a huge set of cards for my sister-in-law. I fell way behind. Here are a few that I just made. I might try and make another set tonight as well.

These are with some Target dollar paper I had an my new oval punches. They are pretty fun to use. I have never bought that brand before.


Here is the whole set:



Her are closer looks at them:




Hope you all had a great weekend!

Udderly Fantastic Birthday Cards

I was feeling down so I decided to do something. I went up with the intent of making sympathy cards. A good friend of mine lost her mother-in-law this week. My last gradmother passed away too. I thought I would use some creative energy to send some sympathy cards. Well, I got up to my craft space and was distracted by a couple of birthday cards I needed to make.

I decided that maybe the birthday cards would cheer me up a little. I have to admit that this cow from Gina K does make me smile. The face is so pitiful. I used my favorite things too...my cuttlebug, crop-a-dile, and ticket punch. I probably should have put the image on dimensionals, but they were down stairs, so I let that go :)

Both have the "have an udderly fantastic birthday" on the outside.




Inside, one has "wish big" from short and sweet.




The other has "heard you're celebrating a belated birthday this year....Bet all those other fools send cards on time!" Obviously this one is a little late :)


Hope you like them and they make you smile.

Tagged

Boy you stray away from the blogs for a day or so and all kinds of things happened. For example, I was tagged. So, the rules say that I should share 7 random facts about me. Here goes:

1. When I was little, we lived in Connecticut. I had this really cool green snowsuit. It had a big red apple on it.

2. In Kindergarten, I got an F on my report card because I did not know how to skip. My mom made me practice so I would not fail again :)

3. I never crawled before I walked.

4. I Tivo and watch all the episodes of America's Top Model (including prior cycles I missed.)

5. I have a picture frame on my mantle with three does that I don't know because I am too lazy to replace the picture that came in the frame :)

6. Today was trash day and I forgot :(

7. I got to work before I realized that I had on two different colored sock.

Can you tell it was a bad day? You don't know the half of it. Oh well, life will improve and this little walk down memory lane made the day a little better.

Hope your day was great!

Dog Gone Good Christmas

It is shaping up to be a good holiday season. I finished my bulk card making tonight. I saw a stamp about three months ago that looked like Delilah is a Christmas setting. It also had a dog that looked like a lab and an bulldog. I have friends with both, so I jumped on the Christmas Dog Cube. Of course when I saw a super cute trio of dog Christmas ribbon, I knew I found a match for the stamps. The ribbon is the same brand as the penguins a few posts below. If only there was more theme ribbon that match my stamps. Anyway, I stamped, colored, cut, embossed with iridescent ice, embossed with the cuttlebug, layered, and tied. I think I like the results.

There is the full set.


Here are is a a shot with the three ribbons on the Delilah stamp.


Here is the close up.




I also made one with the bulldog colored like my friends dog Cookie. I think he will like it.



I made another for a family I know that currently has a white bulldog and two black labs all under one roof. I thought this was appropriate for their card.



All in all, it is a dog gone good set. Forgive the pun :)