SIL's LATE Birthday Card!

Well, once AGAIN I forgot my SIL's birthday. She is married to #1 Son (my oldest brother - I have 2 older brothers. I'm the youngest and only girl.) #1 Son's birthday is today. I haven't made him a card yet either! My SIL's birthday was some time this month - not sure when. So as you can see, I don't remember HER birthday until my brother's birthday rolls around. She knows how I am. I can remember a work dead line and have things completed ahead of time and elaborate the presentation and make it all purty and glamourous and everybody 'ooohhhs' and 'aaahhhhs' at it. It's just birthdays that I'm not so great about. Oh well - you can't have it all! I hope she likes this one!

The Deets: Not much stamping going on here.....but a lot of cutting. Double sided patterned paper by K&Co. adhered to SU! Mellow Moss. Unknown ribbon but it came from ReasonableRibbon.com (I used to belong to their ribbon club years ago - I think I have 5,000 yards left from my 6 month stint!). The flowers were cut out of the same K&Co. paper. The stems and leaf were stamped using PTI's Green Thumb stamp set in Spring Moss ink. The flower pot image doesn't have an outline of it - only a solid stamp, so I did the best I could and traced it onto the K&C0. patterned paper and then cut it out. The cream paper is PTI Vintage Cream layered onto SU! Rose Romance. The tiny little butterfly is also from the Green Thumb stamp set, stamped onto the same K&Co. paper, cut out and adhered with a little glue dot.

Is it 9 months yet?

A young woman at work is pregnant and is saying this a lot lately - she's only 4 months along and this is her second. So I thought I would make her this card to help cheer her up and remind her it's not a permanent condition. Unless you are the Duggers or the Ionce families. Not that there is anything wrong with that! Believe me - I wanted 4. But I was glad I only had one. My nerves and worrying couldn't handle it. Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers - Garth Brooks

My first RAK and I lOvE iT!!!!!

Isn't this card CUTE!!!!!!!! And that's not a question! I received my first RAK today from one of the lovely ladies on the forum I visit. If you don't know what a RAK is, it means Random Act of Kindness. Meaning someone just sends me a card in the mail just because. I'm sure glad she did because it makes me feel happy! Thank you!!!

Mini Spiral

Do you like the mini spiral? It's got 6 different shades of pale parchment paper inside with a total of 12 pages. Cute!

Recipe Cards

So, my Mom called last night and told me my Oldest Brother's #2 of 4 Child was going to come and visit on 08/02. She wanted to come down and do some sewing. Mom is teaching her to sew. Because I never did. I tried, but I didn't like it. So it's all good that #2 wants to learn.

She is also coming down to do some cooking. She and #3 of 4 both got recipe boxes and want to fill them up with some recipes. Of course, she wants to make them before she writes them down!

So, while I was rambling around all the blogs I read, I came across Michelle Wooderson's blog and her recipe card here. On her 07/25 post, she shows a recipe card that she did. That's when the light went on!!! I decided to make #2 and #3 both sets of recipe cards. There are 2 of each design, for a total of 24 recipe cards I cranked out today. They aren't as fancy as Michelle's are, but for an 11 year old and an 8 year old, they will do just fine! I know they will both love them!


The Deets: All Items by PTI. Stamp Set by SU!

CHALLENGE!

I love a good challenge and I love it even more when it involves a card! I've never done a sketch challenge before, but decided to try one today. Over on the PTI forum, they have a thread dedicated to challenges, so I jumped in and tried doing it. It was a lot of fun!

And here is my card:

The Deets:
Plain Paper: PTI - Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate and Stampers Select White.
Patterned Paper: K&Co.
Ink: PTI - Dark Chocolate and Spring Moss. SU! - Rose Romance
Ribbon: PTI - Dark Chocolate Topnotch Twill
Stamp Set: PTI - Green Thumb and Garden of Life

I'm BACK!

A new blog, a new me. A lot more street-smarts in this big wide web world and ready to get going again. Almost 2 years of blogging gone, but that's okay. I've missed blogging and now, with the new one, will concentrate on what I truly love to do - make things with PAPER!!! I truly hope you follow me along my journey of paper crafting growth and learning!