Happy Birthday Carol...

Happy Birthday to my Mother-in-law, Carol!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

I worked on this over a few days.  Coloring and coloring, layering colors until I got the look I wanted.  I used My Favorite Things Lavish Lilies on Neenah with Momento ink, coloring with Copics.  After I colored the lilies I did the background with Copics as well.  I added some white to it with a gel pen.  I need some practice adding these highlights.  To me it looks a bit like snow.  I stamped the sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas on Tangerine Tango, run through the Cuttlebug with The My Favorite Things Essential Stitched Sentiment Die-namic.  Tempting Turquoise layer and Early Espresso base.

 

Night Fury Birthday...

My oldest grandson, Wylie is into How To Train Your Dragon at the moment.  Night Fury is his favorite character so...I had to make him a matching card to go with his gifts!

I found a free printable image online, colored it with copics...black is not my favorite color to use.  I used Prismacolor Pencils to deepen the shading.  The Cat's Pajamas sentiment.  Black, Smoky Slate and white card stock.

Thank you for looking!

Warm Wintery Birthday Wishes...

For my dear friend Terri for her birthday.  I don't get to spend near as much time hanging out and riding with Terri as I would like.  When we are together it's non stop chatter and laughter.  Love having her in my life!

I stamped My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Warm Wishes girl in Memento ink on Neenah cardstock, coloring her with copics, stickles on her fur trim, then fussy cutting her out.  Pool Party, Perfect Plum and Echo Park paper.  My Favorite Things border in Pool Party.  Sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas.

Terri and Me celebrating the 4th of July, 2018.

Thank you for looking!

Ride On, Happy Birthday Anna!!!

For a sweet dear friend of mine, Anna, who's birthday is today.  Happy Birthday Anna!!!  Anna is an awesome cyclist who is on the podium every time she goes out to a race!!!  You are simply amazing Anna!!!  I'm so proud of your hard work and determination...you are crushing it this year, keep it up girlfriend!!!

I used Neenah as my base layer and stamped the bicycle from Hero Arts in Real Red on it.  For the second layer, I ran it  through the cuttlebug with a cuttlebug folder and cut a circle out.  I used the sentiment from The Cats Pajamas.  SU Square Punch to make the tag.  Topped it off with a button and some Baker's Twine.

Hope you've had a wonderful day Anna!

Thank you for stopping by! 

Easy Rider...

Happy birthday to my cycling friend Kim who's birthday is today!  I hope you have a fantastic day and are hopefully out enjoying the Women's Group Ride today!

I knew I wanted to use purple for my card as it's Kim's favorite color.  I used Gorgeous Grape and white.  Stamped my image from Hero Arts (I think it's called Joy Ride?) in Memento and used Copics to do some grounding under the bike.  Sentiment from The Cats Pajamas.  Spellbinders and Stamping Bella glitter dots.

Happy birthday Kim!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Excell Birthdays...

I made birthday cards and bows (to go on cycling helmets) for all my Excell Tri Coaching Teammates this year.  Here's pictures of a few that I remembered to take-

Katherine's 

Holly's

Coach Robin's 

I also made Coach thank you cards... 

 and thinking of you cards for her birthday.

Jen's 

Izzie's 

Jennifer's 

Andrea's.

I forgot to take pictures of the rest of my teammates cards but they were all the same, done in either their favorite colors or the color of their bike.  I CASE's the birthday cards from Amusing Michelle.    

Thank you for stopping by!

Musical Butterfly...

I've been MIA for a while...trying to balance my cycling training, crafting, and taking on a little side job this year has definitely been difficult.  I was able to get in a little crafting but blogging...sigh...

I CASE'd this card I saw on Pinterest from scrappinandstampingj.  I made one for a friend and one for my Mother-in-law for her birthday.

Have a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Owl Wish You a Merry Christmas...

Happy Christmas Eve!  I'm so looking forward to today!!!  We're going to our best friends (Kellye and Jeremy) house to do Christmas today instead of tomorrow.  We're having breakfast (my absolute favorite meal) for our Christmas Dinner...yum!  Anyhow, my bestie loves Owls...when I saw a Santa Owl on Pinterest I knew I had to make a special Santa Owl Christmas Card for her!!!  I've been very blessed to have met Kellye and have her in my life.  We live about 45 minutes away from each other so we get together every Sunday, have lunch and hang out...she's the sister I wished I had!     

I used SU Black, White, and Real Red Cardstock and the SU Owl Punch.  The sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas.  MFT Die-namics, Cuttlebug folderand Stickles.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas tomorrow!

Happy Birthday Michelle...

I'm still alive!  Sorry I've been MIA from blogland for so long.  Things got so crazy for me the last week my daughter and grandboys were here before their move to Idaho=(  And between getting sick, a couple of trips, going to the gym and all my volunteer duties, I just haven't had much time to blog.  I hope to be back on a regular basis now that things seem to be settling down for me=)

Anyhow, I made this card (long ago) for my fellow spouse, Michelle.  Her birthday was way back in March!

I started out stamping Fifth Avenue Floral in Memento Ink on Neenah, coloring with Copics.  MFT Royal Leaves Die-namic, Old Olive cardstock, button, twine, sentiment from The Cat's Pajama's.

Thank-you for stopping by!

Have a great night=)

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.

Thank-you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Botanical Butterfly Birthday...

Seems like I'm always late with my Mother-in-laws Birthday Card.  I feel so terrible every year and vow to get her card out on time.  Her Birthday was the 11th, I made her card that day...sigh.  Then it sat on my desk for like a week before I even got it in the mail=(  Fingers crossed next year she will have a card arrive before her birthday!



I started out stamping Botanical Butterflies in Memento Ink on Neenah, coloring with Copics.  I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks- Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo to sponge aroung the edges.  Tangerine Tango, Black, and Crumb Cake Cardstock, a page from a book, Nesties, Die-namics, SU Square Punch, Sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas, Denami Design Button, SU Linen Thread, and a Rhinestone.  For the layout I used FTL223.

Now for week #28's RAK/PIF Challenge- (for anyone that would like to join in RAK'ing/PIF, please feel free.  These are just ideas, do as you're able to, or change them as you need to...the idea is to inspire you to do random acts of kindness and pay it forward.  Please come back to share what RAK you did or how you PIF, I'd love to hear what everyone has done!  You can read my original post about it here). 

Please pick one-
1- Share your hobby with a group, child/children, or friend.
2- Bring some hot tea/container of tea bags to someone you know who hasn't felt well.
3- Make some oatmeal cookies for a new neighbor or drop them off to a gate guard (if you have a base near by), your doctor's office, a fire station, police station, or give them to a homeless person.
4- Get some puzzles and drop them off at a children's shelter, homeless shelter, or any type of crisis center that helps children.
5- If a friend, co-worker, family member etc. has recenlty lost weight, pay them a compliment and encourage them to continue with their weight loss journey.
6- Bring some Peanut Butter and Jelly to your local food pantry.
7- Make a chocolate cake for someone who needs cheering up or to celebrate a special day- got a promotion, license, a job, or just good news in general.
8- Tell your spouse/partner how much you appreciate them and love them =)

I had great intentions but was down in bed from my procedure longer than I anticipated.  So, I didn't get to do the couple of things I picked out (write an elderly loved one a letter and I was going to make our new neighbors brownies). Yesterday (the last day for the week) I had a spouses meeting at a dessert lounge.  When it was time to pay, I picked up the check for a deployed spouse.


How did everyone else do???

Thank-you so much for stopping by. 

Have a wonderful night.

Butterfly Birthday Wishes...



One of my fellow spouses has a birthday coming up so I made her a CAS card to wish her a happy birthday.

I stamped the image from Bliss in Rasberry Ripple on Neenah.  Butterfly from SU's Beautiful Butterflies, then ran it through my CB and sponged some White Craft Ink on it.  Sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas Stamps.  This is my entry for JUGS 171-adding ink to your dry embossing.  This is my first time playing along in a "Just Us Girls" Challenge=).

I posted this on fb and thought that I would share this with my fellow stamping/crafting friends since so many of you do RAK's all the time=) 

Today is Ditch New Year's Resolution Day=(.  As I mentioned in My Year in Review post I didn't really set any New Year's Resolutions, but my goal is to continue to work on being the best me I can be and RAK/PIF, give...more.  A few days ago I read a friends fb post about her thanking a couple who fed a hungry man a meal and the couple explained they were in a race group to complete these tasks for the ladies 40th birthday.  I commented on the post and mentioned that I'd be turning 40 this year and maybe I should do a RAK countdown to my birthday.  My friend said I should and post daily RAK's and challenge  everyone to do them.

I decided to do just that!  Here's what I came up with- since there's 29 weeks until my birthday...I'll post challenges once a week with a few ideas of things you can do. Some weeks you will be asked to complete two RAK's and the week of February 11th-17th, you'll be asked to do daily RAK's since it's RAK Week.

So...who's with me???

Week #29 (counting down)- July 17th-23rd:

Pick one of the following-
Hand write an elderly loved one a letter
Make a pie for a neighbor
Bake brownies and bring them into the office
Make soup for a sick friend
Or if you're able to...donate blood.

I'd love for you to join in and share which one you picked, what you did, etc. 

Thank-you so much for stopping by!

Have a great evening!

Happy Birthday Jayden!!!

My friends (and fabulous hairdresser!) daughter Jayden is turning 6 tomorrow.  Jayden also has a passion for card making.  When I stayed with them in March she showed me all her stamps and coloring materials.  I went to all the scrapbooking stores before arriving so I showed her all my goodies.  She oohed and aahed=).  When I went up again last month I brought two bags full of paper, stamps and supplies I wasn't using for her.  Chelsea took a video of Jayden opening the bags, she squeeled with delight, totally made my day.  Chelsea said her favorite thing to do is to go to Michael's and pick out scrapbook paper so she can make cards for her friends.  Hmmm...I wonder what's in her birthday card???

I haven't used my TGF Stamps in a long time and thought I'd get them out.  I started out stamping Fleur Anya in Memento Ink on Neenah, coloring with Copics.  I used Stickles on the centers of the flowers.  Melon Mambo paper, Nesties, Denami Design Ribbon, Rhinestones, and sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas.  I wanted to keep my card very Clean and Simple...plus I was a little short on time.  I used this weeks TGFSC16.

I hope you have a great weekend.  I'm off to a retirement ceremony.  Then hubs and I are going to welcome the WWII Vets home from DC with his squadron.  Thank-you for stopping by!

Retro Birthday Wishes...

I think one of the hardest things for me is giving my posts/cards a "title".  I just sit and stare at the computer screen...blank...does anyone else have the same problem?  I don't know why I have such a issue giving my cards/posts titles but I do, lol.

Anyhow, this is for Tiddly Ink Challenge #83- Birthday Bash.  I'm using one of Christy's Digi Freebies called Ellie.  She's printed out on Neenah, colored with copics.  I did the "out of the box" technique with Nesties then added Smooch and  Crytal Lacquer to the balloons and a Glaze Pen to her.  Sahara Sand, My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart paper.  CB Folder, SU Photo Corner Punch, Sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas.  I just came across retro sketches last night while reading my google reader,they have some fun sketches.  I used rs6 for my layout.

Thank-you for stopping by.  Have a great week.

Balloons-BG10, BG11, BG13, BG18

Ellie- RV00, RV0000, N0, N2, N4

Thinking of You on Valentine's Day...

I'm a "Key Spouse" for my hubs squadron.  One of my duties is to make calls to the deployed spouses and check up on them from time to time.  I thought I'd send the spouse's of our deployed members a Valentine's Day card to let them know I was thinking of them=)

I used Day 8 of CPS's 5th Anniversary Challenge, CPS102.  I started off cutting a square out of my Very Vanilla base with a nestie.  Then stamped En Francais in Crumb Cake on Very Vanilla and mounted it on the inside of the base card.  Next I taped a piece of EP Times & Season's to a thin piece of cardboard (my protein bar box, lol) and ran it through my CB.  I stamped my sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas in Crumb Cake on Very Vanilla, mounting it on a small strip of a Die-Namics in Bravo Burgundy.  For this weeks CAS156 we were to use hearts.  This sketch was perfect for the challenge=)


Thank-you so much for stopping by.  I hope ya'll are having a great week!

Marc's Moose...

I just love this moose!  I was on the hunt for a moose stamp at the stamp expo last month.  I hunted at every booth while on my breaks from helping Denami Design and ended up finding this cute little guy at the booth right next to us, ha!  For the life of me, I can't remember the name of the company tho, sorry!  This card is for my hubs friend Marc.  He's deployed at the moment and has been kind enough to allow my daughter, grandsons, and I the use of his home while he's away.  I can't thank him enough for opening his home to us.  What a wonderful guy, huh!?!?!? 

Anyhow, I stamped him with Momento Ink on Neenah Cardstock, colored him in with my Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.  I used Cosmo Cricket and Graphic 45 DSP and of course the button is from Denami Design=)  This is the first time I've used a sketch from The Cat's Pajamas.  I saw it on Jen Del Muro's Blog...I just love her work! 

I'm looking so forward to heading home...7 1/2 weeks down, 13 more days!  I hope all of you are having a great week!