Happy Birthday Sabrina!!!

One of the gals in my spouse's group celebrated her birthday last week.  This is the card that I made for her... 

I started off printing my Digital Image Lollipop Sohpie on Neenah, coloring with Copics.  I fussy cut her out and added a glaze pen to her shoes.  Pretty in Pink and Black Cardstock, Die-namics Dizzy Doily Duo, CB Folder, MFT Button, SU Square Punch, Sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas.  My entry for for the following challenges- BLD40, to use a Sentiment on your card, CFC90, Black & White + 1, and SSSC178.

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Autumn, Inspired by Me...

As many of you know, I'm a Key Spouse for my hubs squadron.  One of my duties as a Key Spouse is to offer support for our deployed spouses.  I check in on them to see if they need anything and make sure they're doing ok during their spouse's deployment.  One of the ways I like to do this is by sending them a card each month.  This is the card I made them for October (tho not all of them have gone postal).  I made enough so I could send the "pre-deploying" spouse's a card too.  I wanted to touch base with them to let them know I was thinking of them and I'm here if they had any questions or needed anything before their spouse's deployed.

This is my first time playing along with the gals at the Less is More Challenge Blog. 

This weeks challenge was Autumn.

I started out with an Early Espresso card base and ran it through my CB.  I opened up my card, took a piece of tape to line up my sentiment (Die-namics High Rise Alphabet) and ran it through the CB again.  I used the direct to paper technique with SU Whisper White.  (If I do a card like this again, I will reverse step 2 & 3, direct to paper then run sentiment through CB).  I used Die-namics Rolled Flowers, Upsy Daisy, Button and Rhinestone for my flower.  SU Very Vanilla Seam Binding and SU Linen Thread.  Inside I added a piece of white cardstock then ran my sentiment from Die-Namics High Rise Alphabet on a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock.  I closed my card and adhered my Pumpkin Pie sentiment in the negative space of the Early Espresso card base. 

The inside of my card-

A few weeks ago CAS-ual Fridays had a fun and unique challenge...to create something inspired by your blog header.  Unfortunately I wasn't able to play along that week, but I still wanted to do the challenge when I had the time.  So, what do you think?  Does it resemble my blog header???

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But It's a Dry Heat...

September 11th...I'm sure we all remember where we were 11 years ago today.  We were stationed in Germany, my daughter was the one who called me to tell me what happened.  She didn't understand really what was going on and told me a bomb had gone off in the US.  Being overseas things were so different for us than what is was for our Americans stateside, we weren't experiencing the same thing.  I remember flying home that December for my husbands father's memorial and felt America had changed.  Tho we know what 9/11 is and know the tragic events that happened that day, we weren't exposed to all that the US was.  There's so much about 9/11 that I don't know, but one thing I know for sure...it is one day in my life that I know I'll never forget and will always remember where I was and what I was doing.  I'm so grateful and thankful to my military family who serve and who have given the ultimate sacrifice protecting our freedom.  My thoughts and prayers are with all the victims and friends and families of the victims for their loss.   

Ok...onto my card=)  I made a dozen of these cards to welcome the spouse's of my hubs squadron that arrived here over the summer.  I know how it is to arrive at a new base and not know the town or anyone in it, so I wanted them to know I'm here if they need anything.  I thought I'd welcome the spouse's with a little humor- It's always a joke here in AZ, that no matter how hot it is...it can be 110 out and someone will say, "but it's a dry heat"...lol, yah, it is but it's still hot!   



Anyhow, I kept my cards CAS...one because I was making so many of them and two because I wanted to play along in this weeks CAS-ual Fridays Challenge which is embossing.  I started off stamping the Saguaro from the My Favorite Things Ride em Cowgirl set in Memento Ink on Neenah, coloring with Copics.  I used the SU 1 3/8 Circle Punch then the SU Scallop Circle Punch on Black cardstock.  I stamped my sentiment then used the SU Square Punch to make the banners.  For my embossing I used the CB Swiss Dot Folder then layered it on Black Cardstock and mounted it on my white cardstock base.  Denami Design Ribbon, SU Baker's Twine and a button. 

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Baby Tanner-to-be...

My friend Lauren had her baby shower on Saturday.  She's having a little boy, naming him Tanner...tho she really wanted to "steal" (as she says) my grandsons name, Wylie but her hubs wasn't going for it, lol.  Her baby shower was a lot of fun and she was showered with lots of gifts for baby Tanner.  Brittany did a fabulous job hosting the shower, then held our book club meeting right after...both were a lot of fun!

This weeks CAS-ual Friday Challenge is Text Me, to use text in your card.  This is my entry for CFC60.

My card is very clean and simple.  I started out with Gina K's 120 lb luxury white, stamping Denami Design Elephant in SU's retired Luscious Lime, stamping "baby" from the SU set All-Year Cheer II in SU's retired Going Gray.  I added Denami Design Lime Ribbon, Denami Design Star Button, and some Stone Twine.  Then I mounted it on a Going Gray base.

This elephant was the inspiration for my card.

My gift to Lauren.

I also made a matching gift bag but forgot to take pictures of it.

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Just Stomping By...

Another card I made with no one in mind=)  I've seen the CAS-ual Fridays Challenges since they started but have yet to play along.  So finally, I'm giving it a go=)  For this weeks CFC37, they had a sketch challenge...my favorite=)  I also wanted to play along in Denami Design Theme Challenge #9, which is anything goes.  

I started off stamping the Polka Dot Background in Lucky Limade then stamping the Elephant on top of the polkadots and cutting it out.  Nesties for my Basic Black and Poppy Parade panels.  I stamped the Three Line Border in Memento Ink on Lucky Limeade then ran it through a CB Folder.  I stamped my Sentiment in Memento Ink on Neenah, using SU's Photo Corner Punch to make my tag.  Prima flowers and a black rhinestone.  This is also my entry for this week's SCS CC359, Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, and Poppy Parade.

Thank-you for stopping by.  I hope ya'll have had a great weekend.