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

Easter Cards

Here are some of the cards that I made for Easter.  I have been so busy doing everything but what I want to do I am slow getting them posted! LOL!! It is hard to believe that Easter is over and we are moving right into May.  Everyone was here for Easter and our annual egg hunt.  The Easter bunny is slowing down!  

I used Gina K's Poly-glaze sheets and used green and purple foil for my base cards.  I also used the negative sheet to foil it again which are the darker cards.  My sentiment comes from SU's Easter Bunny stamp set.

For my inside sentiment, I used the same SU stamp set.

I did the same technique but this time using green foil.

It's hard to decide which technique I like the best. We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.  The wind has finally stop so we are busy trying to get some work down outside.  Joe did his first mowing and I'm enjoying seeing the flowers bloom.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Sarah's Birthday card

 We  had a busy week celebrating Sarah's birthday.  Hard to believe that she turned 23 years old!  It seems like yesterday that we were taking Rachel down to the hospital to meet her new sister!!  I had an idea of the card I wanted to make her and it didn't turn out that way for a number of reasons but in the end it was OK.

  I used one of my favorite colors from SU - Melon Mambo - for the  base card and teamed it up with some DSP with matching candles in the same color.  I used my Spellbinders scalloped oval die and popped it up over my Layering Candle stencils from Gina K.  It's hard to see but I used some silver paste on the second stencil.

For my inside sentiment, I used Gina K's stamp set Luck and Love and jazzed it up with some leftover DSP.  

Here's a picture of Sarah and Juan.  He wanted her to have a spider man cake!!  Everyone is growing up!  

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

I entered this post over at the - April 2025 Stencil Fun Challenge.