Life is changing

Well hubby is working the afternoon/night shift and I am not babysitting baby-bug so today has been so weird.  Here in a couple of months I hope to get back into making cards and start scrapbooking all the years that I am behind.  Hopefully my sinuses/allergies, asthma, and arthritis in my knees start to feel better also so I have enough energy to get crafty.  I made some "Thank You" cards for buggy to send out to all who came to his 16th birthday celebration.

My paper is from CTMH, the ink, embossing, stamp and dots are from Stampin' Up!  I just used A2 cards for the base.  

It took a while to get my watermark on my photo's it has been too long and I forgot what I did.

Getting Ready for 16th Birthday!

Happy Sunday!  Well I got up this morning feeling good and got ready for church, then sinus mayhem.  I hate getting sick, I know no one likes it.  Unfortunately for me it is something that happens quiet a lot for me.

I can not believe that my baby is turning 16 Saturday.  Time has went by so fast.  I only have two years left for homeschooling with him.  It has been the best job I have ever had.  This past year he has made it super simple.  I have his lesson planned out for the entire month and he goes off and does what he can and comes to me for help (which hasn't been very often).  He did Algebra his Freshman year, and he did really good with that, but I thought he needed a more real life so he is now doing recording keeping.

Okay now for the reason I really started this post.....

I really liked how these turned out.  I used a past Paper Pumpkin' Kit "Cute Conversations" (you must have a Paper Pumpkin Subscription sign up here.  Don't forget the 3 months for $55 will be ending at the end of this month.)

and "Happy Birthday, Everyone"  (this stamp set is for Hostesses, so you can even host an online gathering!)

using Mint Macaron Stamp Pad

I used twine from my stash,  now looking at the package I feel silly.  Why didn't I just use the white and mint baker's twine and clothes pins?  Oh wait that would have been too smart! LOL.

Let me know if you want to set up an online gathering and I will get that started for you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Color Dare #128 - Cranberry & Flaxen with Kraft, Black & White Daisy

Cranberry

Flaxen

Black

White

Kraft

 

 

 

This the card that I made.

 

I used CTMH Kraft Cardstock cut at 8X11 scored in half inked with CTMH Black Ink, then White Daisy cardstock inked with CTMH Cranberry Ink, I used the stamp set from Workshops on the Go Cardmaking Guide Heartstrings.

The heart is stamped in CTMH Flaxen Ink, the "straight to my heart" is stamped in

CTMH Cranberry Ink, the roses are stamped in CTMH Black Ink and I colored them with the old Cranberry Markers.  I used two black Stuck on You Puffies.

  This should make a nice Valentine's Day Card for my Hubby:)!

Color Dare #127 - Black and White, Indian Corn Blue & Silver

Color Dare #127 - Black and White, Indian Corn Blue & Silver

Black
White Daisy
Indian Corn Blue
Silver
 

 

For this Color Dare I am making another mini book for the other set of Grandparents (my Mom & Dad)

 

My Dad likes pigs and Mom likes roosters so I had to include them in their mini book.  I used

My Creations™ Kraft Mini Book, I cut Indian Corn Blue Cardstock at 7 1/4" x 4 1/2" inked the edges with White Daisy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, I used silver glitter cardstock and Cricut® Artbooking Collection for the filmstrip it was cut at 7 1/4" using my Cricut Explore (I didn't think I would really use that machine very much, boy was I wrong! )  Of course the "2015" was from the previous post.  I stamped the images in Indian Corn Blue Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (sorry Grandma was a My Pink Stamper Stamp~ wanted to keep both the same size) Grandpa is from Perfect Fit—Dad, "Sending Love Your Way" and the Hearts come from Lifting Spirits, the pig and rooster come from Fancy Fair (Hurry Retiring Soon), the butterfly is retired from CTMH I used our previous markers in Indian Corn Blue to color it in, I also used Metallics Markers (Silver) for some highlights.



A little late CTMH Color Dare #125

We are using all of the Snowhaven colors:  Cranberry, Glacier, White Daisy, Black and Whisper.  You can post your project (doesn't have to be a card) by Thursday, January 15 at 9PM CT.  We would love to have you join us!

 

 

Well I was late getting my pictures to my computer, I am having a hard time getting my memory card to sync with my photo library:(   Oh well I will post my work here only anyway.

 

Front of card.

 

I used CTMH Sponge Sponge Dobbers and Glacer Ink to ink around the edges.

I cut the front of card at 4 1/2" x 3"

used the Edge Distresser Z1297 $3.95 USD

wrapped some baker's twin around it and used Duck® Easy-Stick™ Adhesive to glue it down.

I used some of the red hearts that came with Workshops on the Go® Snowhaven Cardmaking Kit.

 

Inside of card

I used the Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection to cut the oval shape.  Stamped the sentiment from This Moment – January 2015 Stamp of the Month in Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

Sponged Cranberry Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and also stamped the This Moment – January 2015 Stamp of the Month to stamp the heart (also Cranberry Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad), the cupid came from the same stamp set and stamped in Slate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad.  I added the zip strip to the bottom of the card.

I hope my darling hubby likes his Valentine's Day Card.

Color My Heart Color Dare #124

I am doing my first ever challenge!


Color Dare #124 - Glacier, Kraft, & White Daisy

Happy New Year, everybody! Welcome to 2015, and welcome to a brand new Color Dare! We have an important change for you this year, and I hope you will love it!

CHANGE: I will be adding neutrals to the color combinations this year. That means you may not add random neutral colors to your projects. You must use ONLY the colors specified. However, we will allow black and white, unless otherwise specified.

That being said, I think you will really love the combos for this year. I hope you will be challenged, but I hope it won't be too hard for you.

Now, onto this week's colors:

Glacier
Kraft
White Daisy

 

I made this birthday card for my wonderful hubby.  His birthday is this Sunday.

 

I used CTMH retired scallop edge Kraft Card base, I used White Daisy for the background cut from CTMH Art Booking Cricut Cartridge cut using my new Explore machine.  I used CTMH Art Philosophy to cut the circle for the bulls-eye, I hand cut the arrows and the "My Aim is True",  these were stamped with Glacier ink, the stamp set is January's Stamp of the Month - This Moment (only $5.00 with qualifying purchase.)

 

Happy 2015

January Stamp of the month.

Only $5.00 with qualifying purchase

 

I am still working on my craft studio,  I can not believe how much has been going on for the past three months.  I even found some pictures that I forgot to put in some of our family's gift bag.  (being at the ER with my dad I can not imagine why I forgot.)

 

I am going to make something with January SOTM hopefully this week end.

 

Celebrate National Stamping Month

 

Spend only $30 in stamps and get this stamp set FREE!  Hurry this is for National Stamping Month in the month of September.

 

I am still working on my new Craft Studio, tomorrow Buggie and I will be painting the floor in the once storage closet and cleaning the walls.  (The people that waterproofed our basement did an awful job.)  I have been watching my precious granddaughter so with that as a full time job and then homeschooling as a full time job and trying to make sure I am using only dairy free for our meals my craft studio has been on hold.