Apothecary Accents Thank You - Deborah Fundraiser

Another card I made for the Deborah fundraiser workshop was a "Thank You" card using the Stampin' Up apothecary accents framelits.  This card is a very simple one that was on Pinterest, and I added a little interest to it by adding pearls and the petals-a-plenty embossing folder.  Here it is:

I used the color "Poppy Parade", which is a retired card stock color from Stampin Up.  It worked well with the card and it was a hit.  Many of the women were so cute sharing back and forth that they were going to send each other the cards they made at the fundraiser.  I'm so glad a good time was had by all.  Stay tuned for our bloghop tomorrow.  The featured color is "Marina Mist".  Thank you for stopping by.

Christmas in the Heart - Deborah Fund-raiser

I did my very first fund-raiser today for Deborah hospital.  I taught a 2-hour workshop making 3 cards and 1 project.  Everyone had a great time.  The best news is that all the women who attended had never made cards before.  After the initial reservations I heard in between tables, everyone felt comfortable, laughed, and had a wonderful time.  They want to do this again, and I'm so excited to help such a wonderful cause.  My friend, Debbie, who hosted me for the workshop fund-raiser, made more $$ on my workshop for Deborah than she did selling other items she's had in the past.  WOW!  I was so happy.  Here's one of the cards we made today ...

I actually CASed this card, but can't remember where I saw it.  Sorry!!!! I changed it slightly, and it turned out so cute.  Hope you like it.  Until tomorrow ...

Josh's Birthday Card

My son-in-law Josh's birthday is this month.  I'm not real good with "masculine" cards, but for some reason, I didn't have to think too hard when making this card.  It just popped in my head and I had it created in no time.  That's a record for me.  I always spend most of my time pondering the "prototype", and usually after a few tries, I get it just right.  I was very pleased with Josh's card, and I sure hope he likes it too.  Here it is ...

Do you like it?  I love the colors.  I used Stampin Up's  "pinwheels on parade" dsp for this one.  I'm so glad it all came together so well.  Now the true test will be what Josh thinks.

Now, off to complete the last of the 3 cards that I'm creating for the Deborah hospital fund-raiser I'm doing this weekend.  I have the project done and 2 of the 3 cards .. so just one more card to go!  Until tomorrow ... thanks for stopping by.

Coloring Down the Lines - Bashful Blue

Well, I sure had a hard time with the challenge this week.  We had to create a card using the color combination Bashful Blue, Rose Red, and Wild Wasabi, or Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, and Certainly Celery.  I pondered this all week and throughout the weekend.  I knew I wanted to use the first color combo, and the colors spoke "Winter Theme" to me, but nothing was happening.  I started down one path, but ended up with another.  The worst thing was that I realized I didn't have bashful blue card stock ~ only the marker and water color crayon.  But lo and behold, wouldn't you know, I found 2 pieces of 8-1/2 x 11" card stock in a stack of outdated colors!  Wonder how it got there?  I found it at the n'th hour too.  What were the odds of that happening?????  So .. I decided to use the snowman from Stampin Up's Snow Much Fun stamp set.  I wonder if everyone else had as much difficulty as I did?  From what you've seen over at carolscards-rchelix, it didn't seem like she had much trouble, did it?  Here's what I came up with:

We also have some great news this week.  A new person joined us and her name is Joni.  You can jump on over and see her work of art right now.  Don't forget to click on her name.  Welcome Joni!  We're happy to have you.  Until tomorrow ... happy stamping!!!

Gift for Baby

My groomer's daughter is having a baby girl, so I decided to make some baby announcement cards, a box, and a baby card.  I had a lot of fun making them.  Her colors are fall tones, so this is what  I made.  I'll start with the baby card first ....

Now, here's the baby announcements ~ I made 10 of these:

Now for the box ...

Well what do you think?  Cute, cute, cute!  I am very pleased how they came out.  I have another baby gift to make yet too.  I have about a week to make it.  I've been so busy lately with raffles and fund-raisers, and I truly have to think about my Christmas cards.  I have some ideas, but really need to sit and create them.  Hopefully I'll get the ideas flowing soon.

Thanks for stopping by ... and sure welcome your comments.

Janet's Birthday Card

My friend, Janet, has a birthday this month, and I don't get to see her very often.  She always remembers my birthday, and naturally, I made her a card for hers.  Here's the card I've created for her:

I had fun making it.  Someone made a card like this and I CASed some of it, but the card didn't have a name on it.  It looked like a fun card to make, so I varied the card a bit and made this one.   Hope you like it.  I'll be posting some cute stuff I've been working on this weekend sometime this week.  I made a baby card and a box with 10 onesies in it for my groomer's daughter who is having a baby (hopefully this week).  I also made a card for my son-in-law, Josh, who also has a birthday this month.  You'll be seeing that soon too.

Until tomorrow, stay well, and happy stamping!  Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Birthday

This is a birthday card I created because I just love the cupcake builder punch.  You can do so much with it.  Take a peek at this simple birthday card ...

Doesn't it remind you of something fun and bright?  I love it, and especially love the colors.  I hope you like it as much as I do.

Until tomorrow ... stay warm and keep stampin!