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

Fish Card

 I am happy to say that our weather will be nice today and tomorrow until the rains come in on Thursday.  It is still a little windy but a lot better than it has been.  We lost another two trees in the back so Joe has his work cut out for him - literally!!  On Saturday, I went to a craft show with Sarah and Margaret and had a really nice time even though the weather was so nasty.  There were many Easter items and food which made made us happy!!  When I got home I finished up a card that I had been working on.  My friend Denise sent me this stamp/die from Gina K. so I decided to make it and have in my stash ready to go.  

My base card is SU's Tempting Turquoise and my layer is done with Hero Art's Bubble Background stamp layered in Black CS.  Gina's stamp set is called Keep on Swimming.  

I had some extra goodies die cut, so I put them on the inside of the card.  I loved how the card turned out!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Heart Valentine Card

 Ok, so I have one more Valentine's Day card to show you!  I made this card for my husband and he loved it as much as I did!

This card was so easy to put together but I thought looked so neat!  I used SU's Real Red CS and their Heart to Heart stamp set and die.  I have used these stamps so many times but never used the die!  I used Real Red CS and put adhesive on it and then die cut as I did not want to adhere all those little hearts to the white CS.  All these cute hearts of all different sizes popped out with adhesive on them ready to use, which I did on my other cards for Valentine's Day.  

For my sentiment, I used the same stamp set and some of the cute hearts.  I guess I had better start making some things for Easter.  I'm glad it is in April this year so I will have extra time to decide what to make.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

More Valentine cards

 I know Valentine's Day is over but I have more cards to share.  I made these for Jennifer and Juan.

This first card I made for Jennifer using stamp sets from SU - Hey Love and Concord & 9th - In the Bag.  I foiled another poly-glaze Valentine  sheet and layered it in black CS.  For my postage squares, I used Gina K's ML #11 and ML #2 for my layers. They make is so easy cutting out the DSP. 

For my inside sentiment, I used the same stamp set from SU.  I have been wanting to use these cute postage stamp dies and loved how they turned out.

For Juan's card, I used my heart embossing folder for my first layer.  I was going to use blue CS but decided to go with the traditional colors.  I used my last of SU's white paper heart and mounted my little bear from SU's Bear Hugs with a wooble. 

I used the same sentiment again for the inside mounted on red CS.

Along with their goodies, I made each of them a little pencil holder.  I found some red/blue pencils in my stash left over from many years ago making projects for the kids to take to school.  Little by little I'm cleaning out!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Valentine Cards

 I have some more cards to show you that I made for Valentine's Day.  

I did a lot of foiling and here are some more done with that technique.

This first card was done using the negative foil left over from card #3.  I used the same Love die from Gina K.  Unfortunately, the camera doesn't do it justice.

For the inside sentiment, I used Gina K's poly-glaze sheets and foiled in gold.

For this card, I used Gina K's poly-glaze sheets for the base card as well as the sentiment foiled in gold which I placed over a doily.

For the inside sentiment, I used the negative piece of the foil from the first card.

For the third card, I used the red foil from Gina K's poly-glaze sheets for both the layer and the sentiment.

Again for the sentiment, I foiled another of the poly-glaze sheets in gold.  This shows how economical the foil is being able to use each sheet twice so there is no waste.  I love that!! As you can see, I got carried away with my foiling.  I was so hesitant about getting into foiling, but I am enjoying it so much!  Hope everyone is having a great Valentine's Day!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

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Heart Valentine Cards

 Well, I finally got some Valentine cards made this weekend.  Nothing like waiting until the last moment!!  I decided to get out my foiling machine and use some heart poly-glaze sheets from Gina K.  

I used SU's Real Red CS for my base card and then adhered my poly-glaze sheet for the layer.  There are so many different red CS for sale but I think SU's is the best.  

I had some cute small red hearts in my stash and decorated them with gold love die from Gina K.  

This card front was foiled using the negative sheet from the first foiling.  So instead of getting one panel from the foil you get two.  Nothing is wasted.  Love that!  I used a small white doily for this card.

For my inside sentiment, I used SU's stamp set Heart to Heart and added some hearts from the SU Detailed Hearts die.  Hope you are having a great week!  The sun is finally shinning here!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

I entered this post over at Double D's Challenges - Hearts

Thank You cards

 Well, it has been a while since I posted anything.  Half the family has been sick with one thing or another.  It started off with Sarah and the baby and now I have been fighting bronchitis and Jeannie has pneumonia.  I hope whatever the bug was it has traveled somewhere else.  I really had no desire to do much, but Margaret asked me to make some Thank You cards for the volunteers at the hospital.  I have been cleaning out things and came across card bases that I made a long time ago and never did anything with them.  I think my plan was to make them with different sentiments and put them in boxes to give away.  

The CS was in different colors with matching ribbon going across the middle and that was were I stopped.  I die cut Gina K's Thanks die in gold foil and white background and adhered to the front of the cards.  

I feel like I went back in time and used some matching flowers with brads in the middle. I cannot remember the last time I used brads!  I have not had the heart to throw away these flowers that are in little bottles that I've had for years!  I'm so glad she liked them as I have 25 more card bases already made!  I think I will start finishing them up little by little and give them to her to take to the hospital so they have them when needed using different sentiments on the front.  I haven't even started any Valentine cards so I had better get going. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Snowman Happy New Year Card

 Things got pretty hectic here during the holidays, and I didn't get to use one of my stamps/die from Penny Black - Snowy Wood 2521K.  I originally had used it last year to stamp on some cloth gift bags and during the year I found a die for it on Amazon which made my day!  It is a wood mount stamp. I decided to send it to Jennifer so she would have it when she got home her father's.

I used SU's DSP Highland Heather for my base card and layered Gina K's Poli-Glaze sheet called Flurries in Silver foil for my layer cut out with ML2 from Gina K.  I colored the snowman with my Highland Heather marker and popped it up with some tape.  My sentiment came from Gina K's stamp set Star Struck. 

For my inside, I die cut some cute snowflakes in Highland Heather that came with the die set which was a nice bonus!  We have had some snow here but not as much as the other states thank goodness!  Very gold and windy here which for us is unusual. We actually saw a robin in the yard the other day.  I think he must of gotten lost flying south!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy