Birthday Card for Cousin

Here is the birthday card I made for one of my cousins. His birthday is tomorrow and he would give me all kinds of grief if I didn't have a card ready for him at the wedding. Yes he is very ornery. Anyway I love how it came out. I used Print Shop for the words and newspaper guy. Calvin is from Mardenz.

Napkin Rings

I started on the napkins rings this morning. I just finished them a little before 9 p.m. It seemed to take forever. However I also did all of my laundry, my son's, Adams and Grandpa's. The last load is in the washer. It was a beautiful day so I've had the windows open. It kinda hot tonight now the breeze has disappeared. Just not ready to turn on the air. Yesterday my dear friend Hollie made my Calla Lillys and I got the Clematis flowers made for the centerpieces on the tables.

Tomorrow I'm gonna set up the room for the reheasal dinner so hopefully I can relax as more of the out of town company starts pouring into town.

The napkins rings are left over paper from the boxes I made for the reception and the wedding invitations. I used Tie the Knot cartridge. The top is cut from Korean mulberry paper. I made 70 of them. The bands are 1 x 4 dark purple card stock with 3/4 inch by 4 mulberry paper.

Yeah! Happy Dance! I found purple tableclothes last night. They only had 6 of the round ones at Hobby Lobby, but yeah again my daughter in law in 3 days found 2 more at a different Hobby Lobby today.

More Wedding Stuff

So I've been sitting in my chair being good and finished weeding the the Name Plates for the Rehearsal Dinner. I used Wanda's daisy eyelet card, but I took of the eyelet holes. They wouldn't cut on the mulberry paper. I used my new CriKit pens to write the names. The font I used was Disciple. I made I think 64 of them.

Wedding Favors

My Son's wedding is this Saturday. I have been working feverishly on stuff for the Reception and Rehearsal Dinner. Here is what I have done so far. The first picture is of a box to put advice into at the reception. The box SVG came from My Scrap Chick. The next pictures are the favors for the rehearsal dinner. The cuts are from Denise's Scrapbooking. They are filled with Bliss chocolates and Lifesaver mints. I've almost got the place cards done. I've been slowed done a bit by a tore leg muscle. Really bad timing for it.

Little Colts Fan and Birthdays

This first card is made for some dear friends who just welcome baby #3 into their family. They live in Indiana and are Colts fans. The stamp is a digital one from Elizabeth Bell. Isn't he adorable?

This is just a super simple and sweet birthday card using a Belles n Whistles Stamp.

This is a card using another Elizabeth Bell digital. The last card is also using this stamp and is for my DD's 18th birthday!

No Pop! ;)

A big No- No on the XC team is drinking pop during the season. Especially Mountian Dew! Of course it never gets drank. (Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge). However, it always shows in their times when they do. The letters are Mickey Mouse Cart and the Eyes are from Wild Card.

So today at Hollie's House of Hug I worked on 2 presents. One for my daughter and one for my niece. I'm almost done and getting ready to work on them again. Hopefully I'll also get DD's XC scrapbook finished today too. Picked up pictures from Walgreens. Tomorrow I need to work on Graduation Party. Did I mention DD is #3 in her class. Woot!

Happy Birthday Eileen!

Miss Eileen is 6 years old today. Seems just like yesterday her Grandma was handing me a brand new wee babe. Had to make a really special card this special girl. (It's so easy to spoil the Myong girls!) I used Belle's n Whistle stamp, Cupcake. The flower is from SVG Cuts 3D Flowers II, windflower. The paper is Stampin' Up.

Today is not only Eileen's special day, but also a big Happy 17th to my nephew Craig way down in Southern Indiana. And Welcome to the world Mr. Josiah William born today to our dear friends, Steve & Ann.

A Little Scrappin'

I actually got a few scrapbook pages done this weekend. It felt so good. I think I got aobut 8 or 9 pages done this week. The house is put back together after dealing with the mold. Yeah. The 2 pages I'm showing you are from the Spring Musical at the HS. In the first page I made my own SVG's.The Stage border is a SCUT file and can be downloaded here. It is for SCAL 2 and is a very rough cut. Needs a little tweaking. Sorry I don't have the time to tweak it. The Bye Bye Birdie SVG is here. The 2nd page I used Sunny Day font from the Sesame Street Cart and the Retro Phone is From the Kitchen.
Hope you are having a great Sunday.

Sympathy Card

This is a sympathy card a made for one the dearests families I know. My dear friend, Joyce, passed away last month. She leaves a huge hole in our lives. I used Tania Baking stamp from Belles 'n Whistles. Joyce was an amazing cook, baker, quilter, sewer, musician, etc. One of her many ministries was the treats on Wednesday night for youth. The Pre-school children called her Cookie Joyce Grandma. I cut squars for the background and pasted them on to look like a quilt. On the Yellow squares I quilted memories of Joyce for the "stitching". I doubt anyone noticed but I know that Joyce would have.

Look for new designer team members.

Belles 'n Whistle stamps are looking for new design team members. Go on over and check it out. They have wonderful nostalgic stamps. They are some of my favorites.

Eww and you've got to be kidding me!

So Monday we found that Spring Clean Up for our town would be Wendesday. Lots of notice huh? Anyway I started cleaning the basement and found a couple of place of mold EWWWWW! What a mess anyway. The basement has had most of my attention this week. Just finished painting the walls and tomorrow I'm going to start working on some of the trim and hopefully start to put a few things back.
On the other hand yesterday, I got a real treat. I got to play a $78,000 Steinway Grand Piano. Woot was that ever cool.
Needless to say the Art Cave is feeling pretty neglected this week. But wanted to share a care I made for a few a couple of weeks ago. The lovely lady on the inside of the card is from The Quilling Place. She got a good laugh from it.

Teacher Appreication Week

Strawberries Suckers! Idea from the Frugal Crafter
Cookie sized Pizza Boxes from Shelly's Art!
Tags from SVG Cuts! Stamp is from Stampin Up.

AWOL

So Sorry I have been AWOL for a while. I have been crafted believe it or not. I've been working on finishing up my daughter's graduation cards and the "packaging for the gifts for Teacher Appreciation week. I've got one day done, and 2 days are have done. I'm taking a break and working on some other graduation cards right now. Man life is crazy. A kitty adopted us last week. Buttons is a cutie. Probably 3 months old. Taking him to the vet this week for a check up and hopefully everything will be fine. He was almost starved when he showed up. Boy little fellow. My to do list. Graduation Cards for High School and 8th Grade
Teacher Appreciation
Birthday Cards for Nephews & My Daddy
Plan daughter's Graduation Party and get the supplies
Finish planting garden
Remove weeds from Herb Garden
Get Camera & Daughter ready for Prom
Clean Basement
Boxes for Wedding Reception
Yeah I already tired. I'll try to post some pictures this week. But don't hold your breath.

Bridal Shower

Sunday was the Brial Shower at church for my future daughter-in-law. The first picture is the Thank You cards that I made for my gift. I made 50 of them. I used the leftover pieces of Korean mulberry paper scraps from the wedding invitations. The 2nd card was my card to her. The bride is from SVG Cuts.
Sorry I haven't been on much. I haven't done much except this and more graduation invites. We've had something almost every night the last few weeks with Track & Stuff. I've been also trying to work in the yard. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have enough energy to till the garden and do some mulching before the rains come back.

Cards I made today

The first 3 cards are all stamps from the Greeting Farm and the 4th is Belles and Whistle.

The first card says "Sometimes life makes you feel like you fell Down a Rabbit Hole!"
I love all these cards. And wait til you see what I'm making for a friend's birthday at the end of the month. ROFL

Get Well Dane!

This is a card for one of my "kids" Dane who had his pace maker replaced last week during Spring Break. This is the card that I had my husband take to the hospital the day of the surgery. He's doing great! The Stamp set Amazing Duo from the Greeting Farm and the paper is Stampin Up!

Autumn Pages!

I went to a scrapbook retreat 2 weeks ago. I got 52 pages done. I was hoping for more, but I had a rough week physically earlier in the week and it took a while to get into my zone. I really like this 2 page spread. Most of the pictures are at my parent's that my daughter took in October.

Happy Easter!

I hope you all have a very blessed Easter day. I'm looking so forward to our worship services this morning. It's a chilly but beautiful morning. The recent rain has burst everything into blossom and bloom. The birds are singing their hearts out this morning and I intend to join in soon.
It's been a wonderful spring break and it's coming to a close. My son will be heading back to college today. (sigh) He's last spring break as a single guy. He packed up his room this week so his stuff is ready to move into the apartment when it opens up. It will be just him, his clothes, and his laptop when he comes back at the end of the semester. One more day of break for DD, except she has a track meet in the afternoon. Outdoor season starts and "Tut, Tut, It looks like rain" to quote Christopher Robin.