Grill-in!!!

 Today'\s card is for the Guy's....
aren't' they the hardest?

 

Here's a closer look and the clouds and the grill, maybe you can see the HOT embers sparkle a little.

 

and the saying is good for anyone too.... I do use this one a lot....

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Water Lilies

 Yesterday I made this card up and wanted to share it with you.... It went together very quickly so know I'll be making more.

 

Now isn't that an easy card..... I stamped the Water Lilies at the bottom of some Bristol and then colored it with with ZIG pens, cut away the bottom part and popped that up to give some poff. Then  placed a small piece of blue CS at the bottom with the, "thinking of you"embossed with white.  and that's it....

 

Here's another view....

 

and the inside I used the same blue CS and stamp.....

Will what do you think... Easy or what???

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Relax

Hi All!!!
Today I'm posting a manly card,,,, Yea, aren't they the hardest to make.
Will this is what I made my Stepson for Father's Day and also to Congrats him on a promotion he just received too!

the image by Serendipity Stamps call Grill-1266G I stamped on Canson Watercolor paper, I've used this stamp a few time now and always love how it turns out.... use SU-watercolor crayons to color and for the clouds too... The clouds die is by IO called Puffy Clouds 068-A and I used all three dies that came with this set.

This background paper is My Mind's Eye called On the Bright side, and the base of the card is Neenah Desert Storm, just LOVE this heavy paper for the base of my cards. 

Here's a close up so you can see how I popped up the image using Fun Foam and a few of the clouds too.  

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A Perfect Day

A few days ago (Feb. 1) I saw a card by one of my Favorite card Gals, Leslie Miller's.  Her way of using that stamp set just made me want to try it with something I already had. Even thow I'm in NO WAY the color-er she is I made my best effort.

You really can't tell from this pic how I used the green around the flowers, but in person it dose show up. 

After coloring these flowers and then deciding to use the oval die, I which I had used a round die so I would have more room for the words, but I made it work.

Like with her flowers the ones I cut out I either popped them up or glued them flat. I used an OLD Spellbinders called Doodle Parts S4-121 for the stems under the flowers. Oh and the stamp set is from Flourishes called Happy Thoughts SS257, I so miss Flourishes stamps.....

And the inside, here I used a stamp from Serendipity Stamps, sorry I don't have the name or number. 

I plan on trying another one like this, I've learned a few thing with this one I want to try.

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Black & White Birthday

Hi Everyone!

Today I'm posting a card I saw somewhere but can't find the blog to give her credit (Sorry!) So if you stop by to look I hope you don't mind, I went back to try and find it but had no luck.

The 2 borders I used were both Martha Stewart border punches, the black one is called Woodland Branch, have used this one allot by it self and was having trouble getting it to cut all the way thru in one spot... I did the trick with tin foil and wax paper but it did not help with this one..... the border on the white is called Pansy and this is really the first time I used it... I did not have the corner punch for either one so I just made the ribbon extend down over the corner where it's messed up... I do like the look of this and hope to use this again.  The flower stamp is from Serendipity Stamps...

 Here's a closer look at the borders.....

 

And here you see the flowers better.....

and then the inside.....

I colored the flowers with SU-crayons and then used Adirondack espresso in the middle.

Will that's it for me today...

I'm fighting a headache and just can't shake it... I think it's the poopy weather we're having.

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Happy Birthday MOM!!!!

Hi Everyone!!

Today I'm posting the card I made for my Mom's 90th Birthday which is this coming week..... It's hard for me to think of her as 90 because she still dose so much for herself and refuses help...does all her cooking, laundry, light cleaning and even has us over for occasions and does the cooking. 

All I can say is I hope I'm half the woman she is if I even make it to 90!

Will here's what I did with her card. Now don't be to surprised but I did a 6x6 card today.  I used a Serendipity stamp for the water lilies using Memeno Rich Cocoa and then used clear embossing over it... I did my coloring with SU Watercolor crayons, been thinking of getting some H2O's to try but can't make up my mind which colors to get there's SOooo many to pick from.

Here's a close up of the layers and my Koi fish by Cheery Lynn Designs, I just used a yellow piece of paper and then painted the fish with Smooch Glitz-Goldrush, it gave him a little shine and sparkle.

This may be a better close up of the Koi.

and the inside I restamped the water lilies and did a quick wash paint and the used the quote from Fiskars-Make a Wish quotes.

With the card being a 6x6 (which I very seldom do) there's plenty of room to wright something too.
I plan on taking her to lunch at a little Tea house that she just LOVE's to go, I know she will like that.  And hope she likes the card too.  You know Mothers they can't say anything bad when it comes to what there children make... (Oh my,,, some of the things I brought home, and she just raved about them!!!) 

I'll let you know what happens at the Tea House............

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Save them ALL!!

Big or Small Save them ALL!!

Is that not just the cutest or what? My first time using both of these stamp sets...

The Big or Small is from Serendipity Stamps, and the rest are by MFT's... and love them both!

I did some paper piecing on the pink suit and colored with markers the skirt and blouse.  Used two different Spellbinders dies for the Big or Small.. Labels-14 and 4 and went around both with Gold Lame Smooch. Also used MFT die Dizzy Doily the large one.

Here a closer look at the layers.....Oh and that BOW too!

and here's the inside....

Oh and the designer papers I used were from an old 6x6 pack of Echo Park, as always the plan papers are CM and SU.

This was a fun card to have in my stash too!!

Let me know what you think!

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Thank YOU !

Hi Everyone!

It has been a long time since I have been able to post anything. As I wrote in my last post back in May, my Dad had taken a fall and I was there for him and my Mom thru his healing... Then he took a turn for the worst and passed away on July 2nd. I can only say he was very special to me and though I hate that he's gone I know his suffering is over and with God now. Dad was blind for many, many years and now he is looking down on us and smiling because he can see all of us.

I just cannot say any more......

Today I am posting a group of "Thank You" cards I made, I had no idea how many people would come or send cards and flowers, and I was very surprised!

 If you look closely you can see that I used a different embossing folder on the white background for each card and two different tags too, but all the rest is the same.

Here's a close up of the layering. I popped the white background up and also the tag.

On the inside I made very simple with a new stamp I got from Serendipity Stamps. 

Will that's it for me today.

I hope to be posting regulerly again so hope you come back.
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