Sunday, June 9, 2013
Happy Birthday Jason!
My son-in-law Jason's birthday is coming up this week and I wanted to make him a birthday card. I try to make all of my family's birthday/special occasion cards. Masculine cards are always a challenge it seems!! So I was looking through my birthday themed digital stamps as well as my physical birthday stamps for inspiration and came across this Pure Innocence "Super Boy" cling stamp. The sentiment is from the same set. So I colored him up with my promarkers....the papers are all from my stash, and I used my Cricut Expression to cut out the star & number 33. The sentiment is punched out with Paper Studio punches. Although it was a childish image...I couldn't help think that Jason is definitely a super duper boy/man! He & my daughter Emily are raising six of our grandchildren. Emily is a SAH mom, and Jason works very hard to support them all! So I decided to make his birthday card a SuperHero card! Hope he likes it....thanks for stopping by!!
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Happy Birthday Bryan!!
My son-in-law Bryan's birthday is this coming Tuesday (if I have it right!). I wanted to make him a masculine birthday card, and I like coloring images, but just couldn't find a male image I liked. But with Memorial Day just passed, and the fact that he was in the Navy (or was it Marines?)...he is gonna hate me if he sees this!..and he really truly loves his country & is very patriotic...I thought I would use this candle stamp I got from Stamp Your Art Out and color it in red, white & blue. Love you Bryan!!! I printed the "Happy Birthday Bryan" sentiment on my computer, and framed it with Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two Shapeabilities die cut. I stamped & wrote a special sentiment inside!! Hope he likes it!!
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Russell's 5th Birthday
I am a teeny bit surprised that it's been so long since I have posted anything!! I have made many cards since my last posting, just haven't gotten around to sharing any of them!! Sometimes life just gets ahead of you!!! Anyway... my grandson Russell turns 5 years old tomorrow and we had a birthday party for him tonight since their family is leaving on a camping trip in the morning. He is a lovely, bright, over rambunctious 5 year old that gets into a lot of trouble with all his energy!!! Here is a picture of him in his birthday shirt!! I have to say though that tonight....I was really impressed with his patience. He had both sets of grandparents over, plus other various family & friends. He was very excited that it was his birthday, but patiently waited till we all ate dinner, had cake & ice cream, before he could open his presents! He is SO into dinosaurs and this is the birthday card I made for him. Love you so much Russell!! You mean the world to me and your Papaw!
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Sweet Chick
There is a challenge over at Delightful Inspiration from the Heart about to end tomorrow night!! You have a whole month to create something with their free image, and of course it takes me the entire month to come up with a creation!!! Anyway...here is what I came up with! I used their image "Flower Pot Chick", colored it with a combination of Spectrum Noir & Promarkers, The image was punched out with Marvy punches, the DT background paper was from DCWV Blossom & Butterflies Stack, the Sweet Chick sentiment is from a My Creative Time stamp set, framed with the Spellbinder's Decorative Label's One die cut. What a wonderful mix of brand name items!! The white ribbon is from Michaels and the yellow buttons are inherited from my late father's dry cleaning stash!! Thanks for stopping by!!
Monday, April 22, 2013
Hope
My son-in-laws mother has breast cancer. She is taking chemotherapy treatments at this time, and then the doctors will decide if a lumpectomy is in order, or total breast removal. While undergoing these treatments, because her immunization is compromised, she has basically needed to stay away from anyone who might be sick, including the six grandchildren we share. She has had to miss one of their baptisms, birthday parties, and probably our oldest grandchild's upcoming first communion! They love her very much, and I'm sure it is total torture for her not to take part in these milestones. Just recently her cell count was good enough to let her keep them overnight. I'm sure they were all thrilled!!
Anyway...I wanted to send her a card, and had some stamps in mind that I could use, just didn't know where to start. Then I came across a video on how to make a pocket card that Joy from Obsessed with Scrapbooking made and decided it was perfect, and very easy to make...just a few folds! Joy has lots of great how-to videos on her website, and I go to them whenever I need help with my Cricut Expression machine. You can find this pocket card video on her blog under the video tab. All the papers used on the pocket and tags were from the Martha Stewart Playful Pink pad. The border on the front of the pocket is a Martha Stewart punch. I cut all the tags on the Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. All the inspirational sayings and Hope ribbon are from Our Daily Bread Design sets called "Hope" & "Bookmark Verses", with the exception of the birdhouse tag. I just printed that one myself on my computer. The ribbons & pearl are from my stash. She knows her faith will get her through this awful time, and I just thought she might like to use the tags as little bookmarks! Hope she likes it!! Sorry for such a long post. Thanks for stopping by!
Anyway...I wanted to send her a card, and had some stamps in mind that I could use, just didn't know where to start. Then I came across a video on how to make a pocket card that Joy from Obsessed with Scrapbooking made and decided it was perfect, and very easy to make...just a few folds! Joy has lots of great how-to videos on her website, and I go to them whenever I need help with my Cricut Expression machine. You can find this pocket card video on her blog under the video tab. All the papers used on the pocket and tags were from the Martha Stewart Playful Pink pad. The border on the front of the pocket is a Martha Stewart punch. I cut all the tags on the Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. All the inspirational sayings and Hope ribbon are from Our Daily Bread Design sets called "Hope" & "Bookmark Verses", with the exception of the birdhouse tag. I just printed that one myself on my computer. The ribbons & pearl are from my stash. She knows her faith will get her through this awful time, and I just thought she might like to use the tags as little bookmarks! Hope she likes it!! Sorry for such a long post. Thanks for stopping by!
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