Long Time, No Post!

Hello, well it has been a really long time since I have posted anything, so I thought I would share this card that I made for my Mother-In-Law, Gayle, for her birthday. I used card sketch #15 from Sketch Support.

Here is the sketch I used...

And here is my take on the sketch... I flipped the sketch upside down and replaced the snowflakes with flowers. I'm really happy with how this card turned out. I think it might be one of my favorite cards yet.

Supply List: Cardstock: American Crafts; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey; Fabric Flowers: BasicGrey; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots

Anyway, I'll try to keep up on blogging better from now on. Happy Birthday Gayle!!!

Braiden's 6th Birthday!

Hello, sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I wanted to share some photo's from Braiden's 6th Birthday Party with you today. He wanted his party at our local bowling alley. This was his first "friends" party. I was a little nervous, I must say, but the party went really well. It ended up running a little late, but I guess we'll know better next time! Here's some pictures from his party...

Front Row: Lily, Sadie, Mason

Back Row: Jace, Mitchell, Braiden, Kaleb, Zachary, Braedy

Braiden's Friends from Kindergarten

Ok... When I bought Braiden's birthday present, I was sure we had wrapping paper at home. Well when I got home I discovered that we didn't, so I decided to cut apart some brown paper bags from the grocery store and wrap it with that. (My Grandma used to wrap presents with the funnies from the newspaper.) I let the kids draw pictures and put stickers on it, they loved it. In fact, Braiden didn't want to throw it away. 

And here's the card that I made Braiden:

 Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey; Embroidery Floss: We R Memory Keepers; Buttons: BasicGrey; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots; Border Punch: Fiskars; Sketch: Allison Davis for Sketch Support

Thanks for looking! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Lunchbox Love Note Time!

Hello, I just finished up the last Lunchbox Love Notes for this week, so I thought I would post them tonight instead of in the morning. I haven't posted the notes from last week yet either, so I think I'll start with those first. Last weeks theme was "The sky's the Limit".

 Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey, Scenic Route Paper Company; Gems: Mark Richards; Border Punch: Fiskars; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

This weeks theme is "Desserts". I think the pie card is my favorite one yet.

  

 Supply List: (for all cards above) Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey, Scenic Route Paper Company; Gems: Kaiser; Mark Richards; Pearls: Little Yellow Bicycle; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Zig Memory System

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Our plan is to go up north to take some fall pictures of the kids. Hopefully the weather cooperates with us.  

Thanks for looking!!!

Cards, Cards and More Cards

Hello and Happy Monday! I have lots of cards to share with you today. Over the past few days I've made 5 different cards, most of which are birthday cards. Saturday was World Card Making Day, so the timing worked out just perfect.

First up is a card I made for my sister-in-law Tricia's birthday. The butterfly punch I used is one of my new favorite scrapbooking tools. As you will see, I used it on almost every card.

Next up is a card I made for a friend of mine. I hand stitched around the edge, it takes a long time, but I just love how it looks when it's completed.

This card I made for my cousin Amy. We went to her birthday bash this past weekend. The party was also for my Aunt Sandy's birthday and Amy's husband Dave's birthday. Their cards are up next. :-) The party was lots of fun. It's always nice to see my family members.

And here is the card I made for my Aunt Sandy. Like I said... I really like that butterfly punch.

And lastly is Dave's Birthday Card. I would have used the butterfly punch on this one too, but I didn't think Dave would have liked it that much, so I decided to go with stars. :-)

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey; Punch: Martha Stewart Crafts; Gems: Mark Richards; Pearls: Kaiser; Thread: We R Memory Keepers; Buttons: Unknown; Rub-Ons: Pebbles Inc.; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday Dear Tricia, Sandy, Amy and Dave!

Happy Birthday to you!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful birthday! Thanks for looking!!!

BasicGrey Projects

Well, I would like to share a few projects that I made for the BasicGrey Design Team Call. I'm totally bummed to say that I didn't make the team. :-( But, I am really proud of how all of these turned out. So here are the projects I made...

Supply List (for all): Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: BasicGrey; Flowers: Prima for Archivers; Punches: Martha Stewart Crafts; EK Success, Fiskars; Chipboard Letters: American Crafts; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots

Thanks for looking and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Cards As Promised...

Good Morning! Well the kids are off to school, so I have a few hours until I have to pick up Lily. As promised yesterday, I have a few cards I would like to share with you today.

First up is a card I made for my niece Allison, she turned ONE on Friday.

Supply List: Card base: Yours Truly by Archivers; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Sweet Threads Collection); Rub-Ons: Pebbles Inc.; Punch: Fiskars; Gems: Mark Richards; Adhesive: Glue Dots, Pop Dots by EK Success; Sketch: Allison Davis for Sketch Support

The next card is an Anniversary Card. I hand cut the pear out of patterned paper from the Kioshi Collection by Basic Grey...

Supply List: Card Base: Diecuts with a View; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Kioshi Collection); Gems: Mark Richards; Border Punch: EK Success; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Sketch: Allison Davis for Sketch Support

Next up is a birthday card I made my nephew Grant, his birthday was last month, but I'm just getting around to blogging it now. :-)

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: American Crafts (Junior Collection); Punches: Marvy Uchida (circles and scalloped circle), Fiskars (Cupcake); Gems: Unknown; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Pop Dots by EK Success; Sketch: Allison Davis for Sketch Support

And finally the Lunchbox Love Notes that I made the kids last week. Last weeks theme was fruit. I used the same pear for these cards as I did the Anniversary Card above. I couldn't help it, I thought they were so cute. This weeks theme is going to be animals. I'll post this weeks cards on Friday.

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Oliver & Kioshi Collections); Gems: Mark Richards; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Pop Dots by EK Success

Anyway, that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Lunchbox Love Notes

With school quickly approaching, I thought I would share the "Lunchbox Love Notes" with you that I've been making the kids. This summer I hung little buckets (from the Target dollar section) on the kids' bedroom doors and put the love notes in the buckets at night. But with Braiden off to kindergarten next week, I'll probably put his in his lunchbox instead. Here are the latest notes I made them...

Supply List: Patterned Paper, Element Stickers: Basic Grey (Max & Whiskers Collection); Border Punch: Fiskars; Rhinestones: Mark Richards; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

I usually make the cards similar, but slightly different, although sometimes they are the same. I make the cards 3x3, so it's nice to use up some of those extra scraps. The kids are so excited to wake up in the morning to get them. They've even started requesting them, they call it their mail. Braiden will say, "Mommy, can you make me some mail in the morning?" How can I resist that? So as soon as they go to bed, I go down to my desk and make them some "mail". I'm so glad the kids enjoy getting these little cards, as I'm sure someday they will be too embarrassed to get these love notes from me.

Thanks for looking! 

Happy Monday!

Good morning and Happy Monday! I hope everyone is well after the extremely hot and humid weekend. It doesn't look like this week is going to be any better either. I have a few projects to share with you today.

Two-Page Sketch #12 from Sketch Support by Allison Davis

Here's the layout I made based on the above sketch:

Favorite Toy:

Supply List: Patterned Paper, Element Stickers, Journaling Spot: Echo Park; Chipboard Letters: Basic Grey (favorite), American Crafts (toy); Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Pop Dots by EK Success

I've had these pictures for quit some time. I remember how much Braiden loved playing with this ducky toy. My Aunt Geri gave it to him at his baby shower. I'm not sure what the fascination was, but he always gravitated toward that toy for a long time. 

The next project is a card that I made for my nephew Derek. He turned 3 on Saturday. Happy Birthday Derek! I also made the same card for my Brother-in-Law Jason, his birthday was on Tuesday. Happy Birthday Jason! I haven't given Jason is card yet, so hopefully he doesn't see this post. :-)

Card Sketch #4 from Sketch Support by Allison Davis

And my card based on the above sketch:

Happy Birthday:

Supply List: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey; Gems: Kaiser;

Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Well that's it for now. I hope everyone stays cool this week. It's going to be a scorcher.

Happy Father's Day

Good Morning! I wanted to wish a Happy Father's Day to everyone! Ryan got up this morning and went to the Back to the 50's Car Show at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds with his Dad. Braiden stayed over night at my parents house last night, so he's going to the Car Show and Swap Meet with my Dad this morning, then he'll meet up with Ryan there. Braiden loves old cars and is in heaven seeing so many all in one place.

Here's a card I made last night. I really have a hard time making men's cards for some reason. So this is what I ended up making...

 Supply List: Patterned Paper & Element Stickers: Basic Grey; Chipboard Letters: American Crafts; Letter Stickers: Cosmo Cricket; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, 3D Dots by EK Success; Sketch: Card Sketch #7 by Allison Davis for Sketch Support

 Happy Father's Day!!!

Birthday Cards

Here are a few birthday cards I made recently using Card Sketch #8 by Allison Davis at Sketch Support. I may try making a one or two page layout based off the card sketch, if I do I'll post that also.

Supply List: (for all cards) Patterned Paper: Basic Grey; Cardstock: Bazzill;

Pearls: Kaiser Crafts; Buttons: Archivers; Flowers: Prima; Rub-ons: Pebbles Inc.;Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Glue Dots International

I made the pink card for my niece Sadie, she turns 6 years old today. I first made the tan card, then I thought it might be cute to make her a pink card instead. Her birthday party theme is butterflies, so I thought it would be perfect for her.

Happy Birthday Sadie! I hope you have a great birthday. See you tomorrow at your party.

Happy Mother's Day

For Mother's Day I wanted to share the Mother's Day cards I made. I used card sketch #3 from the Sketch Support website. You can visit the site by clicking here.

I also made these cards using the same sketch...

Supplies(for all cards): Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey; Stickers: KI Memories; Pearls: Mark Richards; Pen: Zig Memory System; Border Punch: Fiskars

I hope everyone has a Very Happy Mother's Day!