Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Inside

It's time - time for Mary to retire - after many years of teaching elementary school - my friend is retiring - she is now ready - hopefully we can find some time to play together again. She started me down this road of cardmaking. I don't think she realizes the monster she created.

She needed a special card and hopefully she loves it.

Everyone have a wonderful evening.

Card Details:

Size - 5.75 square

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon

Clock: We R Memory Keepers

Letter stickers: My Little Shoebox

Ribbon: Offray

Twill and lace: Wrights

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Good Sunday afternoon - sorry for being missing in action - lots going on at work and at home this last week. Creativity sometimes just does not get a chance to happen. Today I decided I needed to indulge in some paper therapy to put some balance in my life.

Yesterday was a very full day - first graduation in the morning (graduation is my professional life) and then a birthday party at my house for me given by my daughters. It was a good time with family and friends to share the day with me and celebrate life, love, friendship and family.

I have a special group of friends and we call ourselves the Ya Ya's. One of our Ya Ya's is in the final stages of losing her battle with breast cancer. If you have been following my blog you have seen the cards I have made Shari through the last year. I have tried to send her a card every week - a few have been boughten - because sometimes you need the humor you can find in some cards - cards to make a person giggle and smile. Today's card may be the last card I make Shari - it was hard to make - but even though she might not know she got her card - I know she got her weekly card.

My card is based on the Sketch at A Crafty Little Place (formerly known as Die Cuts R Us) - a very simple sketch but with so many possibilities. I decided to create a sentiment on my computer. I had seen the statement - I am a much better person for having known you - and Shari has made me a better person in the way she lived her life and the way she fought her battle.

Everyone have a good day - take the time to touch base with a friend - be it with a call or a card - let them know you care.

Card details:
Size - 5 x 7
Pattern Paper: Luxe Designs
Tulle: Wrights
Pearls: Dollar Store in Canada (thank you Ivanka)
Computer Font: CAC Shishoni Brush

Hello Monkey

Inside of card

Envelope

Good morning - very early - normally I am an evening poster but no work today - at work - anyway - I do need to get some things done around the house and go to the grocery store so I have food for the week. I do wish someone else did that for me and had a nice healthy meal waiting for me when I got home each evening.

I got 3 cards made yesterday. We are in the "interim world" at work. We have a new "interim" person starting work on Tuesday. I made this card to welcome her to the office - thus the monkey/jungle theme. She has small children so she will appreciate it.

This card actually satisfies 3 challenges. It is the sketch challenge on The Fresh Batch; the color challenge (blue and green) on their sister site - Our Creative Corner; and finishing the inside of your card on Moxie Fab World.

Everyone have a wonderful day - I need to get stuff done around the house plus play with some paper.

Size - 5 x 7

Patterned Paper - Piggy Tales

Stamp - Inky Antics colored with Copics (monkey); sentiment - Hero Arts

Button - American Crafts

DMC Floss

Spellbinders

Brads - Imaginisce

Twill - Wrights

Believe in Santa

I am on a card making marathon so I wanted to post this card using the sketch from Mojo Monday - I don't often get to play along with their sketch but this week I was able to use the sketch.

Patterned Paper - Cosmo Cricket - Oh Joy

Stamp - Stamper's Anonymous - Tim Holtz - Christmas Miracle

Ink - ColorBox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan

Twill Tape - Wright's

QuicKutz scalloped border

Button - sewing supplies

Raking Leaves

I have huge oak trees in my lawn so every fall the leaves fall and they must be raked - luckily I can rake into the street. My daughter was home this Sunday and she raked up lots of the leaves - in one part of the lawn - we left a pile for the neighbor kids to play in. It has rained so the pile was not good to play anymore. I got it all raked into the street. Of course, I still need to rake more leaves but that huge pile is gone.

This week I used the sketch at Card Positioning Systems (CPS) - to make another Thanksgiving card. The scarecrow is a wood piece I bought at Hobby Lobby. I inked the edges to give it an antiqued look.

Everyone have a wonderful evening.

5 x 7 card
Paper - Cosmo Cricket - Happy trails
Thankful Sticker - found in old supplies
Cardbase - Bazzill
Twill Tape - Wrights
Button - American Crafts

Thursday

Another exciting title to a blog post. I wanted to post my card. Last night I could not get to sleep so finally I got up at eleven and made a card I needed for a baby shower this week end - luckily I knew the paper I wanted to use and the images. I had colored these images before and they were already cut out. Now looking at them with a little more awake eyes - it looks like the monkeys may be two different colors of brown - Hmmmmmm - I will have to look at the card to see.

Card base - Bazzill scalloped paper
Patterned Paper – Piggy Tales
Stamp – Stampabilities colored with Copics
Buttons – American Crafts Twill Tape - Wrights