Thank You Cards

Sorry I've been AWOL for a while. Life just got super crazy busy. Got my daughter back to college at the beginning of August. I've canned about 42 pints of green beans, 44 quarts of tomatoes and sauce and 48 quarts of Apple Pie in a Jar. Looks like our first frost will be tomorrow night so I will go pick everything left tomorrow.
Maybe things will slow down a bit and I will be posting more again.
I made this card as a project for a women's group at church back in May. I decided to make up the extra parts not used in the project and make a nice box for them. I used Bigger Bags from My Scrap Chick. I think it worked great but the next time I think I will use Velcro for the closure. It holds 14 cards.

Thanks a Latte

So I've been wanting to use this file My Scrap Chick. It was a freebie a couple of weeks ago. If you don't get their freebies, it is easy peasy to do. I assembled it at Art Club and would you believe I lost my "a" on the way there. So I looked at my cute words and just wrote the thanks a latte myself. LOL

PS I tried to add a link to My Scrap Chick but their site is down at the moment.

I played with Paper!

Yeah! I finally got to go for Art Club! This is one of the cards I made. It is for my nephew who turned 14 yesterday! He's on vacation so the card should be there when he gets home. This cute Penguin is from My Scrap Chick as are the top 2 waves. The bottom waves are from Zooballoo and the Font is Life's a Beach! I love how Tempting Turquoise and Pacific Point colors go together!

Mustang Wedding

Here is the very unusual Wedding card that I have been working on for the past couple of weeks. Mostly ideas have been rolling around in my head.
It had to have a Mustang on it.

Good Friend Shelly found this great cut on Cricut Creations by Amkscrap. I cut several to make it layered with the Floral Wire inside of it. I tried to hide the floral wire under the paper. :( It didn't co-operate. Once again I found great use of this road SVG from Mommy Mel's Addiction. The Light Green Trees are from Einnej. They are a wedding invitation pocket but I cut off the side and bottom.
The darker front trees are from Cecil Badlands who no longer has a site. Sorry. I used paper and bits from an paper pack from American Tradition Designs called Road Trip and SEI's En Route.

When you pull the tab on the right the car pulls out and strings with "pop cans" (made from real pop cans appear behind the card. There is also a Bride and Groom in the car. I made them eons ago from a clip-art.

For the envelope I have to used 4 12 x 12 pages. Silly me made the card 12 inches wide. I added a scalloped edge from Stacked Scallops - My Scrap Chick.

I hope they like it!

Happy Annviersary

My son and his wife celebrated their 1st Wedding anniversary yesterday. I can't believe it's been a year already! Poor kids had their car break down on the interstate coming home from Chicago. What a way to celebrate. :( God was watching out for them and there were friends nearby.

This is the card I made for them. I used a My Scrap Chick cut for the card and the stamps are a friend's. Once again I used the Cherry Cobbler, Pacific Blue and Early Espresso color scheme.

Happy Birthday Lizzie

DD Lizzie turned 19 on Sunday! Wow where did the years go? She loves Penguins and she LOVES< LOVES Ice Cream! So her birthday card has both.

The adorable penguin is a part of a set from My Scrap Chick called Beach Penguins. Some of her favorite flavors are here - Chocolate Moose tracks, Lemon Ice, Strawberry and Mint Chocolate Chip!. Just Chillin was jazzed up with a bit of crystal effects along with her sunglasses. The Just chillin' is from Create a Critter (one of my favorite carts). The paper is from DCWV Fun in the Sun Summer Stack that I picked up ages ago.



Inside the card I used Nifty Fifties for the words but needed Printing 101 for the plus and equal sing. The enjoy is from Wild Card and the Ice Cream cones are from Sweet Treats.

I made a homemade Ice Cream Cake of Cookies and Cream ice cream, Oreo Cookies, Crushed Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, Hot Fudge and Chocolate Toffee. The 9 x 13 pan only had 2 pieces left by morning so I think it was a hit! :)

Off to Art Club today! I've got stuff piled up digitally for the blog and hopefully I'll have time to get it up this week!

Gift Bag for Baby Announcements!

Here is the Gift Bag that I decorated for the Baby Announcements Shower Gift. The cute Lion, Zebra and Giraffe are from My Scrap Chick. They are to make boxes, but I just used them a little different. The leaves are from Create a Critter Cart. I love how it came out.

I hope you all have a great weekend. We have a Birthday Party/Graduation tomorrow. I hope it is a nice day! I've got cupcakes in the oven for Jr. Church. Then I'm headed to bed. I didn't go to bed last night and I'm getting a little tired.

Kindergarten Graduation & Stress!!!

So Saturday we are celebrating my nephew's Kindergarten Graduation. Just a little something while the family is together for a birthday party. This is the card I made him. I used School Bears from My Scrap Chick. Pooh Font and Locker Talk cartridges to boot. The base is from Penny Duncan and left over from my daughter's HS Graduation invites last year. The mortar cap is from SVG Cuts.

While working on the card my laptop just all of a sudden shut down. AHHHHH! I got it back up and it immediately shut down again. Third time wouldn't even come up. I left it alone for a while and did a system repair which decided it needed a system restore. At first I though it was from the Microsoft update yesterday, but I think now it was a Picasa update. Anyhoo, I'm not liking Thursday so much as the last two haven't been much fun!!! I'm rerunning virus scans (which was running 1st time around) and hoping for the best.
I'm hoping you all are having a much better Thursday.

Spring Break Surprise!

DD is on her way home for Spring Break! I am so excited to get to spend next week with her! She has mentioned several times that she has seen "Robin's Eggs" in the store already! It's one of her favorite Spring Treats. So I picked up a bag at the store yesterday and make this lovely package for it do go into. All the files are My Scrap Chick! There stuff is 60% off on orders over $20! How cool it that. I used the the Bigger Bags for my Base and one little guy from the Easter Bunny set and one from the Easter Chick set.

Happy Valentine's Day

Both of these cut files our My Scrap Chick. The Be Mine is pretty straight up simple but I jazzed it up a bit with some Crystal Effects.

Hugs and Kisses was embellished with a heart embossing folder.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. DH & I took lunch to a dear friend who is the Bounce Back wing with a broken hip and arm. We had a lovely time with her.

Happy Bird-Day!

This card is for a friend whose birthday was last week. The bird is from Whimsical Winter @ My Scrap Chick. I randomly cut white paper and stamped snow flakes all over it. The inside is from Song Bird. (It's one of the carts I'm babysitting.) :)
Sounds like the poor birds are in for a rough time of it the next couple of days. I've even heard that nasty rumor of 2 feet! Snow that is. Hopefully not. Trying to get a lot done today, but not overdo it. I'm pretty sure that's an oxymoron.

Grandparent Baby Card

So the previous post was for the parents of a very special new baby and this card will be for the Grandparents. They are such a sweet couple and have been waiting "patiently" for Grandchildren. The Moon is from My Scrap Chick and the Words are from the Nursery Rhyme Cartridge.

Christmas Decorations

Here is my table all decorated for the Kimbrel Christmas Dinner. I had lots of fun getting it ready. I was so awesome that a friend left a gift on my door Sunday. A snowman dish! Perfect!. The big snowmen are from My Scrap Chick's Snowmen Collection. The name plates snowmen are from their Whimsical Winter set!. Had a blast with my side of the family and looking forward to my husband's side coming in tomorrow. It's snowing big time here. about 4 inches so far. Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Ornament Swap

Here are my 2 ornaments for my swap at ArtHaven! I used the Christmas Ornaments from My Scrap Chick. You can find them on the Dollar Downloads. I cut 3 of them and them cut down part way on 2 of them and up on the third. I cut 6 caps to stabilize the pieces. I hope Angie and Celeste like them!

Happy Thanksigiving

Sorry it's been a while. I've been sick, sick, sick. I sort of just sat in a daze for about a week. I'm finally starting to feel somewhat normal. LOL Here are some of the Thanksgiving decorations I made. I used the kit from My Scrap Chick. Love that site. They still have 65% off sale on orders over $25. I've been sewing Christmas stockings for baby presents and I finished my Christmas cards this week. They are ready to pop in the mail the first week of December. I've got some swaps to finish and a surprise for my daughter to finish before she gets home for Thanksgiving break. I went ahead put out our outside Christmas decorations cause the forecast looks very nasty and cold after Monday. It's much easier to get them out in semi nice temps! Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Harvest Card

Here is a harvest card I made for our dear friend, Poppy. It's that time of year in our part of the universe. I used the Harvest Bear set again for my Oliver Tractor and the Words and a few of the leaves. The set came from My Scrap Chick.
The other leaves are from the SVG Cuts September Stand Up Scene Cards.
The corn in the background is from Scrappin' Tables Fall Theme Set.

Eli is turning 6 soon!

And I had an idea eary for his card. I love how it turned out. I used Penny Duncan's Stair Step card, My Scrap Chick's Monkey Busness set, the frog was a Free SVG Cuts, and the Ants are from Scrappin Table's Patriotic set. The card base is cut full 12 x 12 page. All the paper is Stampin Up.

Easel Card Swap for Creativie Inspirations.

This is the card that I made for wonderful Wanda Davis for a swap in the Creative Inspiration & Friendships Groups. I have a ton of fun making it. All the paper is Stampin' Up. Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, Close to Cocoa, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Always Avocado, Old Olive, Ballet Blue, Brocade Blue, Black, and Summer Sun. The The words on the front are from Lyrical Letters Cart, and the words on the inside are letter from that cart. The leaves are from both Lyrical Letters and Pooh & Friends. All the Rest of the cuts are from the Harvest Bear set at My Scrap Chick. I spent the day at art group squealing - "This is too stinkin cute!" I hope she enjoys.

Back to School

So Dear Hubby needed me to make some cards for the Educators in our church. He wanted to give them a note of encouragement as the school year started. I have to admit I got carried away but I LOVE how they came out. In the process I discovered a new technqiue. I'm sure that someone else's has probably already done it but I was excited. I wanted to give the trees and leaves texture. I thew all the tree trunks (15) into my Tim Holtz Distressed Wood folder. Ran it through the Texture Boutique. The debossing/embossing was light and random. I used the Tim Holtz Distressed Brick Wall folder for the leaves. I literally dumped about 30 leaves in the folder and ran it though. If you click on some of the pictures you can see the detail on the leaves.
The files I used for this project were from SVG Cuts and My Scrap Chick. The card base is from a set card September Scenes Stand Up Cards. It's was the Maple Forest Card. I also used the School House & School Bus from School Bears at My Scrap Chick. Who has extended their 60% off sale! Woot!