Heartfelt Creations Birthday Card

 In the midst of making some Thanksgiving cards, I made this card for my friend's birthday.  I used some of my Heartfelt Creations dies - Elegant Pocket, Diamond Basic and Lacy Diamond.  Their dies never cease to amaze me.  The base card was also made from one of them as well.  

I was so happy with how this card turned out.  I used the Tweet Cherry Blossoms stamp set and dies for my flowers.  This is one of my favorite sets from Heartfelt.  

We had a busy weekend.  Jennifer went rock climbing.  I get dizzy just looking up but she absolutely loved it!  I don't know how high it is but she went right to the top!

Saturday was our 56th Wedding Anniversary.  Ask me where the time has gone!  I feel like it was just yesterday that we got married.  We all went out to dinner and had a great time.  My daughter posted these pictures on Facebook.

Looking at them we wondered who are those people!  Jennifer was looking at our wedding album and said - Nanny you and Poppy look so skinny!!  Out off the mouths of babes! LOL!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Halloween Gift Cards

Well, my hand surgery went well. Actually, much better than I thought it would so I decided to finish some cards.  I started making these cards before my hand surgery and all I had left to do was make the holders for the gift cards.  I saw this card on Pinterest and decided to make some for the family! 

This card looks like a regular A2 card but when you open it the folds are revealed.  They called it a Dutch Door fold. 

It really came together pretty quick.  I used the Spooky Night DSP and layered the square on a piece of Very Vanilla.  On the back, I adhered another piece of DSP so you can see that when the card is opened. Then I attached it to the "door" of the base card. I also die cut some pumpkins from the DSP and popped them up with dimensionals using the Patterned Pumpkins Thinlets.

On the inside, I attached a piece of Very Vanilla CS on the lower right side and stamped on it using the Paper Pumpkin set I used on my last card.  Last night I made the pockets for the gift cards using some more of the DSP.  The BOO is embossed with some white embossing powder! 

Some more exciting news is Joe and I became Great Grandparents!!  Sarah had a beautiful baby BOY!!  It is the first boy in the family!  Jennifer is just beside herself that she is a big cousin!  

It seems like yesterday that Jennifer was born.  Hard to believe that she will be  8 years old next month!  With Jennifer going back to school I think Daisy is getting lonely!

I want to thank everyone for their emails and good wishes.  I'm feeling much better and hope to make some more cards soon!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

I entered this post over at - Two Bats Halloween Challenge

Happy Birthday Nanny!

Yesterday was Nanny's birthday and Poppy, Nanny, Sarah and I went out for a birthday dinner.  The four of us have been doing this for years and then we go for fireworks.  We had a great time! The rest of the family is coming over today for a barbecue and CAKE!!!

Everyone in the Pansy Patch hopes you have a great 4th of July!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Rachel & Sarah

Happy 50th Anniversary!!!

Well, it's hard to believe, but November 6th will be our 50th Wedding Anniversary!!  Where has all the time gone!  It was 1965 and a much different world that existed then.  We were just these young kids that fell in love and thought we would conquer the world as we lived on love!!

We got married in our local church with friends and family joining in our celebration.  Joe worked as an automobile mechanic and I at a local Pharmaceutical Co.  We rented this TINY apartment and thought it was a castle - because it was all ours!  I remember the rent was $125 a month and we were so nervous that we would not be able to meet that commitment.  The Vietnam War was raging on and many of our friends were affected by this.  I also remember the big "Black Out" of the East Coast happened a few days after our wedding and the Beetles were making their way into the US.  Life was so different back then.  No cell phones or internet.  TV was the big entertainment then along with the movies!

Our oldest daughter Margaret was our first miracle born to us in 1966.  Our second daughter Jeannie was our next miracle who came along in 1968.  That would complete our family.  Who would have thought all those years ago that we would become Grandparents of three wonderful Granddaughters!

Rachel Morgan was born April 30, 2000, Sarah Mae was born March 25, 2002 and then on October 31, 2013 Jennifer Faith was born to complete our family.  We feel so blessed to be able to enjoy these girls!!

We didn't have a honeymoon 50 years ago as money was short, so we are on our way out the door to enjoy the mountains and foliage and some down time.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing our memories!
Nancy and Joe

Happy Easter!!!

Here's hoping everyone is enjoying this beautiful Easter weekend!  At last the sun - and no snow in sight!!!  We're all heading out to Jennifer's house to color eggs this afternoon.  Here's a picture of our Easter Egg Tree I mentioned the other day.

My youngest daughter won this tree ( AKA Money Tree) when she was in grammar school, and I have used it every year since for our Easter Tree.  When my daughters were young, we all use to go to ceramics and all the goodies under the tree one of us made for Easter at some time.  I had made each of them their own baskets and they still look forward to seeing them every year - good memories!!

Thanks for stopping by and visiting with us.  Everyone in the Pansy Patch wishes you and your families a Blessed Easter weekend!

Nancy                 Rachel                   Sarah

Love Monster Valentine Card

I thought I had better start making some Valentine cards, as before I know it the holiday will be here.  I had purchased this set last year and fell in love with all the "Love Monsters"!  I just thought they were sooooo cute!

Recipe:

Stamps - Love Monsters - Taylored Expressions
Ink - Black Stazon, SU Markers
Paper - Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pink
Accessories - Layering Doily Die - Taylored Expressions, Heart Punch - Michaels,
                       Circle Die - Spellbinders

I made an A2 sized card in Crumb Cake and layered it with a scrap of pink I had left over and some Very Vanilla.  After I stamped my "Love Monster," I colored it in with my markers and actually cut it out!  I adhered my circle die onto my Doily die and then popped up my cut out stamp with dimensionals.  I stamped my sentiment and made a small banner out of it and adhered it to the card.  I thought that it needed something else, so I decided to decorate the card with some small hearts.  I really liked how it turned out.  Here's a picture of the rest of the stamps in the set.

I stamped up some more and cut them out so they are all ready to put on some cards.  Joe and I spent the afternoon with our new granddaughter Jennifer.  There is nothing like a little baby to put a smile on your face.  This is one of Joe's favorite pictures.  He just loves her little hands and feet!

She now weighs in at 9lb. 6ozs.  It didn't take her long to catch up with the rest of the babies.  The girls are looking forward to spending time with her next week when they have off Monday for the holiday!  Hope everyone has good week!

Thanks for stopping bye,
Nancy, Rachel & Sarah

Happy Grandparents Day!!

On April 30, 2000 my dream came true - my first grandchild was born!  It seemed like I had waited all my life to become a Grandmother.  As the saying goes.....when a child is born so is a Grandmother.  Fortunately, I had retired by then and I had lots of time to spend with Rachel and then Sarah when she was born 2 years later.  I read somewhere that Grandparents become the kids best buddies - perhaps it is because we have already entered our second childhood!  We become their playmates, as well as their protectors - the generation gap is never an obstacle.  We are never to busy too babysit, have a tea party or just sit and listen to them or watch a movie with a bag of popcorn.  Some of the best moments in our lives have been spent with Rachel and Sarah, and we will forever be thankful for all the times and opportunities we had to spend with them.  My husband got to enjoy so many things in their lives that he had missed out on with our kids, as he was too busy working and providing for us - seeing them with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, picking them up from the school bus and watching them perform at a school function. Things that most people take for granted in their busy lives are a privilege for Grandparents.

The girls have definitely enriched our lives, and we hope that we have done the same for them.  We are so blessed to have another little one on the way and look forward to doing all those special things with her as well. 

I want to take this time to wish everyone out there a special Grandparents Day!  I hope you create lots of memories today!  Someone once shared a quote which I love - Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of their little ones!  We are so blessed to have had that opportunity.

Thanks for stopping bye,
Nancy

Baby Reveal Party!!!

Well, the suspense is over - the filling in the cake was PINK!  We are going to have another granddaughter!  Everyone was so excited at the Baby Reveal Party on Saturday!  Here's a few pictures:

Here's some of the goodies we had to eat.  Joe and I attempted to make a Baby Watermelon - and I think it turned out pretty good!

Here's a picture of the cake - Pest (which is what my son-in-law affectionately calls his son) or Princess?

 

 

Sarah trying to get the first peak of the filling!

 

My daughter and son-in-law gave his son a "Big Brother" shirt and the girls "Big Cousin" shirts - so cute!



The proud Mom & Dad to be.  We had a great time - lots of good food, great fun and a bonfire to roast marshmallows.  Not a bad way to celebrate!  Now I can start shopping for PINK!

Thanks for stopping bye,
Nancy, Rachel & Sarah