Presents For Me?

My sister-in-law-to-be is just too sweet! I offered to make thank you cards for her & my little brother for their wedding shower, and she thanked me with a beautiful flower arrangement! How sweet! I got a gift for giving a gift! That makes me smile!

Bingo Anyone?

For our family Christmas party, I was put in charge of games. We tried to steer the kids away from the video games, but in the end, the video games won. I made twenty-four Bingo cards and coordinating Bingo chips. I used the design from the Stampin Up Holiday Mini, with just a few minor changes. We used miscellaneous green, red & white buttons for markers.

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Could It Be True?

Happy 40th birthday to me!

Yes, according to my birth certificate, I'm 40 years old today. I'm pretty sure I'm still 12. I like being 12! It's more fun than 40!

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, Word Play
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Bravo Burgundy
Car Stock: Kraft, Bravo Burgundy, River Rock, Tempting Turquoise, Pretty In Pink, Yoyo Yellow, Whisper White
Embellishments: Stickles

A Card for Baby Cam

As usual, the night before I had to attend a baby shower, I realized I didn't have a card. I ran to the Mom Cave and tried to find some inspiration. I then realized, I have very little stamps for baby cards. I dug around in the box of retired goodies, and I found my inspiration! After picking out some good baby New colors, I dug out the Sizzix and the Cuttlebug folders and found yet more inspiration. The card still needed a littls something, so I broke down and finally used my stash of buttons. And for a finishing touch, I added some Stickles to the sail.

Stamps: Nursery Necessities
Ink: Bashful Blue, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery
Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Whisper White
Embellishments: SU buttons and thread, Stickles, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Sizzix BickKick

Happy, Happy Thank You Cards

My baby brother is getting married this spring, and I I offered to make thank-you cards. His bride-to-be likes bright, fun colors and together, we came up with this great card. I started by stamping the umbrella image in three separate colors, Rick Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, and Melon Mambo.

The next step was to cut out each piece and make sure I had enough of each "side" piece. I started off by stamping full images, and then realized it would be much easier to just stamp the "side" I need.

Next, I glued all three umbrella pieces to together, and finished up by stamping the umbrella handle. I used an extra "center" piece as a masking tool.

And here's what it looked like somewhere in the middle of the assembly line!

Tah-dah! They are all done! All 100 thank you cards!

Stamps: SU Thank You Kindly, PTI Scattered Showers
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Basic Black
Card stock: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Rick Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Embellishments: SU Scalloped Border Punch, Misc ribbon






This was one of the original prototypes. In the end, I think the yellow base really made this card pop!