On the Mend - Mish style

When I saw this card on Mish’s web page  I knew I had to CASE it. I was in need of some get well cards and I really liked her card and I had the stamp set and the paper…. So I couldn’t resist. How did I do?

Taylor’s Challenge #44

Here is my card for Taylor’s cupcake challenge.I don’t have a cupcake but I bet frogs like to eat cupcakes It has been a busy day today with several church activities so I am off to bed now. Thanks for stopping by today.

Special Wishes for a Christmas Birthday

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Ours was very enjoyable. We went out to eat with my sister and then went on a hike at Arabia Mountain Park. It was more of a stroll than a hike but at least we walked off some of the calories. This starts the season of eating and I am going to have to really watch myself. I love sweets…..who doesn’t? J

Today’s card started out as a sympathy card. I was working on it and my DH came by and said “What a pretty Christmas card.” What???? Can’t he see it is a serious sympathy card? I slept on it a realized he was right, it is a little “over the top” for a sympathy card. It was easy to make a few changes and now it is going to a Christmas Birthday girl. I hope she enjoys it. I have a ton of cards to share as I have been mass producing cards all week. I just can’t seem to get pictures made. Maybe today…… Thanks for stopping by.

Going Green

No - I am not color blind! This is really a purple post.

I have made a commitment to “go green.” Do you have as much stash as I do? I am going to do my best to use as much of my stash as possible. This may mean you will see paper and embellishments that are at least 3-4 years old! I hope I will save some money this way and I know I will have to get creative as I use up my “dated” papers, etc. I had in mind to use this snowflake paper and make a blue Christmas card, but I could not find one piece of blue card stock in the right shade, so I went with purple. I used Amy’s sketch to create this card…..

Here is my purple angel. I sell most of my cards at church and I am sure someone will love her and give her a good home. Thanks for stopping by today.

Your Sleigh Has Arrived

I made this card for Beate’s challenge. It is a Flourishes stamp. I like the fact that you can change the images on the sleigh and it changes the whole look of the sleigh. Of course I had to add glitz to Santa’s Sleigh. I know he likes the Liberace look!

Today was such fun! I went to a stamping friends house and we stamped and talked and snacked all morning. Everyone needs days like this. I will have some more samples to share later. Thanks for stopping by today!

So Thankful

The holidays are always so hard on everyone. I know I expect everything to be picture perfect with all the family together and that never happens. Life gets in the way somehow. But no matter what happens we do end up with happy memories of the time we have spent with our family. What ever you do this holiday season please take time to visit your family and friends. Don’t worry about the picture perfect moment. Buy that pumpkin pie instead of making it from scratch, use paper plates if it will keep you out of the kitchen, take a walk and enjoy the day!

I made this card for a dear friend. She is one of my best card shoppers so I had to make a different card for her. I have loved making Thanksgiving cards this year. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. But now I am ready to get busy on Christmas. It will be here next week…..!

Shared Birthday and shopping at Goodwill

It has been a busy two weeks. Once we got back from Orlando I had to go back to work. I didn’t get to any crafting at all last week and today was the first day I had time to make any cards. Here is a quick card I made for a friend who needed a “shared” birthday card. He and his 82 year old cousin share a birthday and he wanted something special. I hope he likes it! The butterflies are punched from some pages out of a book I bought at Goodwill. I thought the borders in the fairy tale book were so bright and colorful that I bought the book with the idea of using the pages for cards and embellishments. I bought a couple of other books at Goodwill and I will be sharing more creations soon. Thanks for stopping by today.

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #40

A super quick post. Here is my card for Taylor’s Challenge.

Funky Pumpkins

What a week. I have not had time to create much of anything. We had Fall Festival at school on Tuesday afternoon and that just about did me in. I think it may have been the candy and the noise J

I like to knit as much as I like to make cards so this post is a two-fer. The card is one I made for our grandson Benjamin and the pumpkins in the background are some I knitted and felted. These little pumpkins were much easier to make than I thought they would be. I will have to try something else felted soon.

The card was made using a stamp from My Favorite Things. I stamped some swirls on acetate to create the base and then added the image and ribbon. I wish I had some sturdier acetate and will be on the look out for some. I like the look of a clear card for something different.

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween. We are off to Orlando for a week so I will not be posting for awhile. Thanks for stopping by.

What in the world happens

To the hours in the weekend? Saturday and Sunday do not have the same number of hours as the weekdays. I know that for a fact! I try to cram too much into the weekend and then I am always upset when I don’t get everything accomplished that I had planned. It was a horrible rainy day on Friday but Saturday and Sunday were beautiful. We went to a church yard sale and barbeque and had a wonderful lunch. Sunday was Trunk or Treat at church and that was a lot of fun even though we didn’t win the decoration prize  I did get a few cards made, but they were done in bits and pieces.

This Horn of Plenty card is simple but I really liked the way it turned out. I highlighted some of the vegetables with gel pens but it is hard to see that in the photo. I also cut out an extra squash and popped it with a dimensional. The paper is Heidi Grace and the ribbon I found at a junk shop. Thanks for stopping by today. I am off to take a walk in the cool fall weather.