School Magnets for Jennifer

 I haven't had much time in my craft room lately, but I had put these cuties together awhile ago for Jennifer as she will have a locker this year in Middle School.  I made these years ago for the girls and thought she will have fun with them. as well.

I used a Sizzix die to cut out the faces and backed them up with several layers of different colored CS to give them strength.  Then I layered them with some Mod Podge and when dry I glued them to a strong magnet. 

Here's a closer look of the faces.  I had  an Altoid tin in my stash to store them.  I love making cards but I forgot how much fun it is to make some craft items.  It is hard to believe that she starts 7th Grade and is in Middle School. Thanks for the well wishes for Joe.  He had another surgery this week and is home recovering.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Birthday Card

 It has been awhile since I last posted anything.  Things have been somewhat hectic here.  Joe has been in and out of the ER and ended up having surgery last week  so I have not had much time in my craft room.  I did manage to make a card for my daughter's birthday.  Fortunately, I had started it and only had to put the finishing touches together. 

I ended up using some more of SU's Brushed gold CS for my base card even though it looks like silver in the picture.  I used SU's Gorgeous Grape CS for my layer which I used gold embossing powder on my Gina K's stamp Frame Flora.  I embossed the heart first and then embossed one of the sentiments inside the heart.

For my inside sentiment, I used one of my favorite SU stamps - Happiest of Birthdays.  I had something else in mine, but considering the time frame I went with this which I thought turned out OK.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Graduation Card

 It's hard to believe but Jennifer graduated from 6th Grade.  They had a very nice ceremony for the class.  She will be going into the Middle School in September!!  Oh boy!!  

For her card, I used some Brushed Silver CS I had left from SU with some lavender DSP I had in my stash with some pretty stars on it.  I punched some additional stars from silver foil to match the paper and my sentiment as well.

My inside sentiment is from Gina K's stamps and added some more stars!  It came together pretty quick which was good as I was running out of time.  

Here she is on stage.  She got an award for getting Honors all year.  It was a nice evening and fortunately it was inside as the weather here has been so terribly hot!  We hope everyone has a wonderful 4thof July!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Birthday Card

 Lots of birthdays coming up.  I made this card for my youngest daughter Jeannie.  She loves flowers and has some gorgeous ones in her garden.  

 

A friend of mine gave me this Gina K Twisted Stems stencil and I thought it would be perfect for her.  I cut is out with Gina's ML#2 set using SU's Garden Green CS for my base card layering it with Black and white layers.  I used her Pink Carnation colors for the shades of pink and her Green Spruce colors for the leaves. For my sentiment, I used SU's Little Ladybug.  .

My inside sentiment was from SU's Happiest of Birthday stamp set.  Today's stencil sets are so easy to use.  I was really pleased how the flowers turned out.

I submitted this card over at - Stencil fun challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Mother's Day Cards

 When I was thinking about making some cards for Mother's Day, I was looking through my embossing folders and came across this oldie but goodie! Does anyone still  have any Cuttlebug Embossing Folders?

I used He Loves Me folder.  I can't remember when I used it last.  I used my Gina K's ML#2 to cut my SU's Wisteria Wonder CS for my layer and adhered it to my base card in Daffodil Delight.  Love these colors together.

For my sentiment, I used Concord & 9th stamp set - In The Bag. I thought it looked cute inside of the heart.  I also added some gems for some sparkle.

For my inside sentiment, I used my old stamp from Michael's and added a few hearts.  I think this embossing folder can be used for so may other occasions.  I found another one that I will have to dust off.  

I entered this post over at Can You Handle The Pressure  challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Rachel's Birthday Card

 I have a few cards that I have wanted  to post but here it is - another week starting!  I am trying to get caught up but life seems to get in the way!  This card I made for Rachel's birthday.  Hard to believe our first Grandchild turned 25!  

She loves butterflies, so I chose this stencil called Butterfly Garden from Gina K.  I did some ink blending with some pink and purple colors and framed it with black CS and used SU's Highland Heather CS for my base card using Gina's ML#2.  For my sentiment, I used Gina K's Holiday Floral Poly-glaze/die with her lavender foil and sprinkled some gems around to make the butterflies sparkle.

 My inside sentiment was from SU's Happiest of Birthdays stamp set.  I used some leftover blended stencil paper to decorate the side of the card.   I love how the butterfly stencil turned out!  I will definitely be using it again.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

I entered this post over at the May 2025 stencil Fun Challenge.

Bunny Easter cards

 I know Easter is over but I forgot to post these cute bunny cards I made the kids for Easter.  They are too cute to forget.

I was running out of time, so I decided to use Gina K'S Tapestry Embossing folder for my base layer.  For my sentiment, I used SU's Easter Bunny stamp set and the matching bunny punch and rounded my corners.  I popped them up a with a wobble and tied a small bow on them.

For my inside sentiment, I used one of my favorite stamps from Michael's.  Quick and simple card!  Working on birthday and Mother's Day cards.  Everything comes at once.

Thanks for topping by,

Nancy