Happy Birthday!

Hi, Friends!

I'd like to share with you a fall birthday card that I made for a friend.  She shares my birthday, which is today!  Another trip around the sun!  It was a beautiful fall day in the 60's.  We had a hair appointment and we ate lunch after at one of our favorite restaurants...a good day!  

The above card is another easy one that I made.  I started with a white card base and paired it with paper from Picket Fence.  The leaf die and sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.  The arch is from Creative Worship.  The pumpkins are from Hero Arts and were colored with copics.  

I thought I'd share a photo of my cats, Coco and Nicky getting morning snuggles!  It is quite rare that they sit on my lap at the same time.  Hubby quickly snapped a photo, so cute!

Ok, that's all for now, my friends!  Thank you so much for dropping by today!  Take care and have a wonderful rest of the week!

Hugs!

Autumn Blessings!

Hi, Friends!

I'd like to share with you a couple quick fall cards that I made.  Beautiful scenery on the cards using paper from Whimsy Stamps.  

For my first card, I used the window die from Creative Worship.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee.  Gold dots and a bow to finish the card.

For my second card,  I used Whimsy Stamp paper again after I stamped the background onto kraft paper with big leaves from Stamp Simply.  I added gold strips for the borders on the sides.  The sentiment is from Stamp Simply, also.  Gold gems to finish the card.

OK, friends, that's all for now.  I hope you are having a wonderful fall.  We have been blessed with awesome weather here in NW Ohio.  Fall harvest is in full swing for the farmers!  Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today, take care!

Hugs!

Happy Fall!

Hi, Friends!

It's another beautiful fall day here.  We have been so blessed to have a great stretch of beautiful fall weather!  Are the leaves turning and showing great color where you are?  Some have started turning here, but the peak color won't be for another week or two.  

I've had two days of outings with work friends and then with my sisters yesterday.  Now it's time to catch up with house things.  It was great getting together with everyone!

For the above card, I started with a kraft base and paired it with a stencil from Pretty Pink Posh.  The die images and sentiment are from Pretty Pink Posh, also.  I used some distress ink on the edges of the images.  Lots of die cutting on this card, but I'm happy with the result!

I'm entering this card over at the Cut it up Challenge.

Ok, friends, that's all for today!  I thank you so much for taking the time to drop by today!  Take care and have a wonderful rest of the week!

Hugs!

Happy Birthday!

Hi, Friends!

Just popping in to share with you a birthday card that I made for my niece.  I started with a teal base and paired it with an embossed panel.  The lovely embossing folder from Altenew was used.  The oval frame is from Pinkfresh and the flower images are from Simon Says Stamp.  The flowers were colored with copics.  Sequins and a bow to finish the card.  I didn't place a birthday sentiment on the front of the card because I wanted the scene with the fox to take center stage.  

I enjoyed a wonderful lunch with a friend today along with this gorgeous weather!  The temp got up to 86 here today.  I think the normal temp is in the mid 60's.  But, tomorrow it will return to cooler weather.  Some trees are starting to turn and it's just beautiful!  I love this time of year!

Well, that's all for now.  Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today, take care!

Hugs!

Happy Halloween!

Hi, Friends!

Happy October to you!  The time is flying by, right?!  I usually make a few Halloween cards, but not many.  The above card is going to my son.  I have two black cats, so I had to color up two cuties for this Halloween card.  All images are from Sunny Studio.  Distress inks were used to make the sky.  Those cuties are just too cute too spook!  I'm entering this card over at The Four Seasons Challenge and Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge.

Next up...

I used Lawn Fawn images along with the sentiment at the bottom.  The top sentiment and stencil are from Pretty Pink Posh.  I wonder what those silly kitties are brewing up.  Just like my kitties they do tend to get into trouble at times, lol!  

Well, back to making a few more fall cards.  Thank you for dropping by today, take care!

Hugs!

Fall is here!

Happy Fall!

I'm back again this week.  I didn't think I'd be back so soon, but I recently purchased some Lawn Fawn goodies(Fall Mice and Pumpkin House) and couldn't wait to create!  This card goes to a friend who recently had surgery for skin cancer.  I thought this card would help cheer her up!

All items on the card are from Lawn Fawn.  I just love the adorable mice who are having some fall fun!  The big pumpkin with the opening door is too cute!  Love the funny pun the mouse behind the door is holding to the visiting mouse!  The background for the sky was made using broken china ink.  All images were colored with copics.  I also used distressed inks on the pumpkin, grass, and border for interest.  I'm entering this card over at the Lawn Fawn Challenge.

Supplies:

LF:  Reverse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Windows

LF:  Fall Mice and dies

LF:  Pumpkin House

LF:  All the Clouds

LF:  Simple Grassy Hillsides

LF:  Paper-woodgrain

I'm also entering the above card over at NBUS Challenge.

Ok, friends, thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today!  It's a beautiful day today.  I'm happy that it's fall and the humidity is gone.  I'm looking forward to the leaves changing in a few weeks!  Take care, hugs!

Happy Anniversary!

Hi, Friends!

I'd like to share with you a card that I made for my sister-in-law.  The dies and stamps are from Waffle Flower.  The sentiment is from Spellbinder's  The distress inks that I used are dried marigold and spiced marmalade.  I'm entering this card over at Triple B Challenge.

I'm happy the sun finally decided to shine!  We had rainy cool weather all weekend.  It's good soup weather.  I made creamy cabbage and ham soup.  It sure warms one up on a cool day.  My hubby says every day is a good day for soup even on the hottest day, lol!  He loves soups, especially chili.  I'll have to make him a big pot of chili soon.  Ok, my friends, that's all for now.  Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by today!  Have a great rest of the week, take care!

Hugs!

Happy Birthday!

Hi, Friends!

Just popping in quick to share with you a card that I made for a friend.  I used the daisy Lawn Fawn stencil with distress inks.  The daisy die and sentiment is from Lawn Fawn, also.  The gems are from SU.  I'm entering my card over at Seize the Birthday Challenge.

I continue to work on the scrapbook of Sheila and I'm nearly done.  I need to get back to making more birthday cards and fall cards.  There's not enough hours in the day!  I wish I could spend the whole weekend creating, but I will be keeping my hands busy working on little crochet baskets that I'm making for Christmas while we visit our son.  We will celebrate his 39th birthday!  He doesn't seem too enthused about turning 39, but I say every birthday is a blessing!  

Crochet Basket...

We will finally get some fall weather tomorrow with cooler temps and lower humidity.  I can certainly do without that humidity!  We will have rain coming today, too.  

Ok, friends, I'll close here for now.  Thanks so much for dropping by today!  Take care and have a great weekend!

Hugs!

Happy Birthday!

Hi, Friends!

Have you ever lost a card and for the life of you cannot find it?  Ha!  Well, that is what happened to me.  I usually keep my finished cards in a basket ready to go when it is time.  Well, I lost my son's birthday card that I had made.  I didn't make the same type of card.  I made the above card with different stamps/dies.  I recently purchased the hamburger die from Honey Bee for I knew it would be great for masculine cards.  I used a variety of stamps/dies.  The balloons are from Paper Sweeties(retired).  The sunflowers are from Lawn Fawn.  The fence and grass dies are from MFT.  The sentiment die is from Honey Bee.   I added twine to finish the card.  It was a lot of fun making this card even adhering the tiny sesame seeds on the bun!  I'm entering this card over at NBUS Challenge.

 

NBUS

I thought I'd make a burger card for we found a new burger place to enjoy.  The guys eat burgers and I usually have a chicken wrap.  The burgers are huge!  My hubby had the huge Thurmonator,  which is two 3/4 lb. patties.  He did not eat it in one sitting, lol!

Sorry for the bad photo, but I had to take a photo of it off of my hubby's phone because I couldn't get it to work otherwise.  But, anyways, you can see how huge the burger is!  

Ok, friends, that's all for now.  I hope you are having a great Wednesday!  Thanks so much for dropping by today!  Take care!

Hugs!

Sheila and Camping!

Hi, Friends!

It's been a couple of weeks, but I've been busy with doing a scrapbook of my dog, Sheila.  She passed away couple years ago.  I finally started the scrapbook.  I thought it would be too difficult, but it has actually been enjoyable with all the fun memories we've had with her. She loved the little green tennis balls.  She would run and catch them, but she would also just tear them apart by chewing off all the covering.  I'm sure she was thinking...It's ok, Mom!  You can buy me more tennis balls!:-)

We've also been busy camping at one of our favorite spots in Ohio, which is Hocking Hills.  We were very happy to see the waterfalls this year since they've had rain.  And, this year I was able to hike more due to having two new hips!  Here are several photos of our trip...

Ryan, Jeremy(my son), Maverick(Jeremy's dog), hubby

Hocking Hills State Park(Ohio)

Old Man's Cave

We had perfect weather to hike on Saturday.  We had a lot of fun camping!  We played corn hole, played cards, rode bikes, and swam.  We sat around the camp fire and had smores.  We may get out one more time for camping.  It's hard to believe that it's September already.  Time sure flies when you are having fun!

Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today!  Have a great rest of the week, take care!

Hugs!

Happy Birthday!

Hi, Friends!

I'd like to share with you a card I made for a friend.  She loves the color purple.  I started with a dark purple card base and paired it with Waffle Flower postage die and stamps.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee.  The flowers and leaves are from Lawn Fawn.  I used distress ink for the background and some ink splatters for interest.  I'm entering this card over at the Triple B Challenge.  

We went to the Ohio State Fair a couple weeks ago and had fun looking at the animals.  We saw a four-horned sheep as seen below.  We had no idea that there was a sheep that has four horns.  He could do double damage bumping into you...I mean quadruple damage, lol!

Every year they make statues 

out of butter.

I won't bore you with a lot of fair pics.  But, just two more pics for these are my favorite animals, which are my Nicky and Coco.

Ok, friends that's all for now.  Thanks so much for dropping by today!  I hope you have a great rest of the week!  Take care!

Hugs!

Thinking of You!

Hello Friends!

I hope you all are doing well on this fine Friday afternoon!  I was organizing my craft room a bit and noted that I had a kit from Simon Says from a couple years ago.  I did use some of it previously.  The design paper is so lovely.  I put it to good use with the flowers dies that were included in the kit along with the ribbon and stamp set.  The sequins are from Simon Says, also.  I made two more cards with the same kit as seen below.  I'm entering this card over at Pretty Papers Challenge.

For this card, I sprayed the die cut flowers with Distress Spray (Fossilized Amber).  The sentiment was embossed.  Sequins added and I drew lines along the bottom border for interest.  A ribbon tied to finish the card.

For my last card, I added a navy blue panel under the design paper.  The pink seam binding ribbon is from Paper Sweeties.  A strip of navy blue paper embossed with the sentiment and sequins added for the final touch.

The cards were so easy to make and it felt good to use up the pretty design paper from the kit.

Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today!  I hope you have a great weekend, take care!

Hugs!

S'more the Merrier!

Hi, Friends!

I made the above birthday card for a friend who loves camping.  Several cute critters on this card from Lawn Fawn!  They are having a great time singing camp songs and enjoying smores!  I know it's lots of fun enjoying sweet treats around the camp fire with friends and family!  The s'more the merrier!

For my card, I started with a dark blue background, which was die cut using the Outside Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die.  Distress spray(fossilized amber) added for the night sky.  Gold stars and a  moon was added for the night sky, also.  The grass was made using the Simple Grassy Hillsides die.  The critters are from the S'more the Merrier stamp/die set.  The camper and trees are from the Happy Trails stamp set.  I'm entering this card over at the Lawn Fawn Challenge.

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn:

Outside Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Stackables

Simple Grassy Hillsides

S'more the Merrier

Happy Trails

Distress Spray-fossilized amber

We are heading out again with the camper in a couple days.  I think we will have some great weather for some camping fun!  Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today, take care!

Hugs!