70th Birthday Card for a Special Lady!

 

This evening we were invited to an open house to celebrate the 70th birthday of a very dear lady.  She has been one of my hubby's best customers over the years and he really wanted me to meet her and her family.   He also said, "you need to make her one of your special cards!"  

 

So I did.  And I want to share it with you because I love this designer paper so much and think you will too.   It's from a 6 x 6 Paper Pad "Fab{U}lous" by Simple Stories.

 

 

 

 The card is a 5-1/4" square and I've used Kraft cardstock as the base.  The banners were attached to the floral paper and then I stitched around all the layers before adhering to the base card.  I used my Cricut to die cut the numbers from Kraft cardstock and stamped the top layer with a canvas background stamp for added dimension and color.

 

 

I've embellished with a mini clip, button, bakers twine and bit of grosgrain ribbon.  And the inside was finished with more of the Fab{U}lous designer paper.  The sentiment is a Hampton Art stamp that reads "age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying YOU".  

 

 

It sure feels good to be stamping and sharing my creations with you.

Thanks so much for your comments last week!  

{HUGS} to all!

 

{CTD250} Celebrating The Color Throwdown!

 

Surprise!   

Just when you thought I had given up stamping and blogging for good,

I bring you a special creation for the 5 year celebration of

 The Color Throwdown! 

 

It was such a sweet surprise to be invited to help celebrate 5 years of these wonderful color challenges.  Please visit The Color Throwdown blog for a list of all participating alumni and guest designers, and for a list of all the PRIZES they are giving away too.   All you have to do is participate in the color challenge for a chance to WIN! 

 

 

 

My card is a 5-1/4" square using Crumb Cake cardstock as the base.  I pulled out a sheet of Bermuda Bay, So Saffron and Melon Mambo and went on a search through my stash of designer papers to find something that would inspire me.  

 

 

 It just so happens that my sweet daughter in law Jami is celebrating her birthday this week and since these are her favorite colors, this card was created with her in mind. 

 

 

 

 

I've missed sharing my creations with you and it feels so good to be back.  I'm grateful to Broni Holcomb and the CTD Team for giving me the nudge I needed.  

 

My favorite project this past year was creating a scrapbook for my precious granddaughter's first year of life.   What a blessing she is to us and you can imagine how much fun I had taking photos and creating those adorable baby girl layouts.  ♥   I'll have to post a few photos so you can see what a cutie she is.   She's growing up so fast and just celebrated her 2nd birthday last Saturday. 

 

Thank you all for stopping by today!  I encourage you to join in the The Color Throwdown celebration!  You'll be glad you did!  I sure was.  :)

 

Happy Smiles, 

 

{SSSC161 DT Call} Celebrate Freedom!

Hello, Blog Friends!   Yes, I know I've been missing in action for a couple weeks, but LIFE is busy as you all know.

I've planted a garden this year so that's taking a little extra time.  Radishes anyone?  Next year I will not plant the entire package at one time.  yikes!  I hope the tomatoes do half as well and I'll have plenty for BLT's and salsa!

 

I've also been planning for my granddaughter Emery's 1st Birthday Party on June 29th. All our family will be home for this BIG event and we're so excited!   One of the party decorations I've made is this banner with her monthly photos.  It was so FUN to create this and see how much she's changed each month. She is such a JOY and blessing!  I plan to punch holes in the corners and string it up with ribbon to hang above the cake table.  I'll be sure and take photos the day of the party to share later.

Now, on to today's card . . .  

This little patriotic cutie was created especially for Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 161 and Design Team Call too!   It's no secret that this is one of my FAV sketch challenges and one I've played along with more than any other.   Oh, how I would ♥ being on the SSSC Team!   Seriously, what I really want to say is "PICK ME! PICK ME!"  lol  :)

the inside reads "Celebrate Freedom"

{acrylic stamp by Stampendous}

 

I've used an assortment of patriotic designer paper and stamps for this card:

Pure Innocence - An Apple For You (star button in place of apple)

Stampin Up! - red star from July Fourth set

Daisy Bucket designs - navy blue circle with star

Stampendous - Simple 4th of July

Oh, I almost forgot to show you the *awesome* sketch . . .

That's all for today!  I hope you're enjoying your summer and finding time to do what you most enjoy!

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Mommy to Be & Daddy's Sunshine Scrapbook Layouts

A special SHOUT OUT to all you scrapbookers

who've been up around the clock this weekend! 

Happy World Scrapbook Day!

In honor of this, I decided to show you two of the scrapbook layouts I've completed recently.  These are individual page layouts for my precious granddaughter Emery's memory book. 

The first one is appropriately titled "Mommy to Be". . . my beautiful daughter Katie . . .

The quote under the photo reads:

"No one else will ever know

the strength of my love for you.

After all, you're the only one who knows

 what my heart sounds like from the inside."

My second layout is "Daddy's Ray of Sunshine" . . .

There is a tag stamped with lines hidden under the photo

 for my daughter or son-in-law to add some journaling.

Once I decided on the sunshine layout, I sorted through my scraps of yellow designer papers and cut the rays freehand.  I decided to zig zag stitch around them too.  The letters and the grass were both cut out with my Cricut machine.  The little flowers are punched and yellow buttons added with baker's twine.

 

 I've been a rubber stamping cardmaker for several years and now scrapbooking is my newest hobby.  Of course, with an adorable subject like Baby Emery, how could I resist?!  

I will have more pages to share with you, so stay tuned, ok?  And would you do me a big favor please?  If you're a scrapbooker and have a blog, please leave me a comment and let me know so I can follow you.  Or, if you have a favorite blog or scrapbook site, I would love to hear about that too!  Thanks!

 For Mother's Day, I'll be going to visit my daughter and family in Nevada and my camera will be close at hand, ready to capture more blessed memories.  I can't wait!  ♥     Just look at this recent photo of Emery at 10 mo old and you'll see why . . .

"Hey, Cabana Boy!  I'll have another bottle over here please!"  ;)

Thanks for blogging by!

{rs#9} Hello Friend

Happy Hello, my Friends!   It seems I'm doing well to get one card a week posted.  Today's creation was totally inspired by the retro sketches challenge.  I would never have thought of this layout without the sketch and all the wonderful inspiration on the retro sketches blog. If you haven't already done so, you'll want to check it out!

I rarely use white as my card base and I almost never create a card without a piece or two of designer paper. But, here you have it... my version of a "clean and simple" (CAS) card!  The stamp set with the swirls is "Priceless" by Stampin' Up!   "Hello. Friend" is a Studio G stamp I picked up at Michaels for $1.   I can never resist!

The delightful little crocheted flowers were made by my Nebraska neighbor and creative blog friend, Debbie Fisher at The Paper Garden.  I stitched them right to my card front with a black  button and baker's twine.

It's a cool and cloudy day here today. . . just perfect for hanging out in my craft room!  I hope you're enjoying your weekend and finding time to do what makes you happiest.

Thanks for stopping by!

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