Jennifer's Birthday/Halloween Card

 I almost forgot to post the card I made for Jennifer's birthday.  As you know, since she was born on Halloween I try and include the number of years with the number of pumpkins.  As she is getting older it is getting interesting to say the least.  She loves shaker cards so I decided to make one.

I used the Halloween Words die again with the Glitter Paste and Happy Halloween Banner die.  For my shaker I used Pretty Pink Posh's Shaker die  and filled it with Halloween gems.  I popped it up with some thin layer tape.  Love how it turned out.

For my inside sentiment, I addressed the birthday wishes of the card by using SU's Large Humber Die for the age and birthday wishes.  I actually found 11 little pumpkin stickers.  

For the back of the card, I used Spellbinders Ghost Wax Seal that glows in the dark!  I usually put these on the flap of the envelope but I knew Jennifer would like to keep it on the card.  She actually has a box that she keeps all the cards that I have made her!

I forgot to post the goodies that I made for Halloween.  I always make the tootsie pop ghosts and this year I used one of my ghost dies and secured some candy on them.  Juan took a bunch to Nursey School for the class and teachers and enjoyed passing them out.  

Here is a picture of the birthday girl with her partner in crime right by her side.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Mouse card for Jennifer

 Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.  We are enjoying some beautiful weather before the rain comes in this week.  Jennifer is doing great in school so far getting 100% on her first spelling test, so I decided to make this adorable little mouse to tell her how proud we are of her progress so far.

There's nothing more cute than an adorable little mouse enjoying her ice cream cone!  This stamp set/dies I purchased from Gina K.  It's called Ice Cream Social.  She has a new designer who is creating such adorable new stamps sets.  I used SU's Polish Pink CS for my base card and her Master Layout Set #2 for the layer.  I popped everything else up and used my Pink Jelly roll to color in the ice cream.

For my inside sentiment, I used Colorado Craft Co.'s stamp set - Proud of You stamp.  I am trying to use up some my stash and found this cute washi tape to decorate the inside. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Fluffiest Friends Card

 I wanted to make a card for Jennifer and I remembered I had purchased this cute stamp and die from SU.  I have been trying to keep my purchases down lately and use what I have in my stash but this stamp set caught my eye.  I think it is so cute with all the little animals - Fluffiest Friends.

I used craft CS for my base card and added some DSP paper on the bottom.  I don't do this design that often but I like how it turned out!  I used the little bubble bee stamp in the set to decorate my paper.  My circle is cut out with my spellbinders circle dies and the sentiment is also from this stamp set.  Love it!!  Isn't the bear so cute with his honey jar? I even found some little heart gems in my stash to add to the front.

For my inside sentiment, I used Gina K's stamp set Ridiculously Awesome.  I love this DSP so much I used some of the scraps to decorate the panel.  

I have been doing some cross stitching lately.  I can't overdue thanks to my hands, but I saw these adorable bags at FQS (Fat Quarter Shop) and got each of the girls one.  I then decided to cross stitch their initials on them.

I really liked how they turned out.  I found the letters on FQS as a free download.

I stuffed these cute tic tacs in the bags and hung little heart charms from my SU Trinket stash on the zipper pull  School is ready to start here in PA pretty soon, so Jeannie, Margaret and Jennifer went down to Cape May, NJ. for the weekend.

So guess who came for a visit?  Joey!! He is 15 years old!!  I can't believe it!  He kept us busy this weekend!  He helped Joe pick tomatoes.  I guess I will be making tomato sauce this week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Congratulations Card for Jennifer

 Straightening up my craft room I realized that I had not posted the card I made for Jennifer for getting on the High Honor Roll.  I decided to make a slimline card to use SU's stamp and die set Playing in the Rain.  This is such an adorable set which I have used before.  

I used SU's basic white CS for my base layer and some DSP for the second layer.  I think three rabbits are so darn cute, and I used some small wobbles on them so they would wiggle around!  The sentiment is from Gina K's stamp set So Many Sentiments.

For the inside sentiment, I used an old SU stamp set Amazing Congratulations.  This set has 3 stamps that you use with different colors that fit into the outline stamp.  I have used these stamps before with no problem but this time two stamps for the inside would not stamp.  It was obvious that the stamps had deteriorated.  Unfortunately, I am finding that some of my older SU stamps are not surviving very well.  So I ended stamping the outline and then with different colors filling in the inside.  I think it turned out OK.  

Everyone was here over the 4th of July to help celebrate my birthday.  Even though it was unbearably hot it was fun.  I had a DQ cake with peanut butter filling - my favorite!!

  The kids had fun outside in the evening to set off some fireworks that Aunt Rachel supplied.  Here is Jennifer and Juan investigating.  They enjoy each other so much.  It is hard to believe he will be three years old in Sept.

I hope everyone is keeping cool during this warm spell.  Joe is excited that he is seeing tomatoes in the garden. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Congratulations Card for Jennifer

 Jennifer has done so well in school again this year, so I decided to make a card for her and send with some $$$ for getting on the Honor Roll again

Looking through my stash. I found some Gold Glimmer CS from SU which I used for my base card.  I used the Fireworks Stencil from Hedgehog Hollow with my Encore Gold Ink from SU.  I decided to use SU's Botanicals for You in black and wondered if I should have stamped it first but decided to go with it and stamped over the gold.  It's hard to see but the gold ink actually came through the black ink and looks pretty neat.  I then put some star gems on the fireworks.  

For my inside sentiment, I used the same SU stamp set and stenciled a smaller fireworks in the corner.  I really liked how this turned out and of course Jennifer liked what was included inside!! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Birthday Card for Jennifer

 For those who have been following me since my Granddaughter Jennifer was born, you know that I have been making her birthday cards using the number of  pumpkins with her age since she was born on Halloween.  It was easy in the beginning but is has been challenging as she is getting older.  This year she turned two numbers - 10!!!  So I decided to go to a larger size card! 

For my base card, I used Gina K's Master Layout #10 which was designed for the large slimline cards.  The card base was done in SU's Pumpkin Pie with the 1st layer in black.  I did some light stamp blending on white card stock and used SU's # of Years die for the 10 mounted on another die from the ML set.  I found these cute sticker pumpkins for her age.  

For the inside sentiment, I used SU's Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set. I was happy how the card turned out.  Here are some pictures from the family birthday party we had the weekend before Halloween.  I always make these lollipop ghosts on Halloween for the kids.  

As you can see, Jennifer is into ducks this year!!  LOL!!  She then came to our house on Halloween to celebrate and go Trick or Treat!  

She wanted her and JJ to have the same costume.  So she decided they should be Stitch!!

It was pretty cold here, but they did OK.  St least their costume was warm! I hope everyone had a  great Halloween.  Thanksgiving will be here before you know it.  Have a great week!

I entered this post at Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Card for Jennifer

 I made another card for Jennifer using the Colorado Craft stamp/die set called Catch a Star.  These mice are so adorable I can't stop playing with them!

 

I used SU' Pacific Point for my base CS.   For my layer, I cut out a circle to use as a mask for the moon and did some ink blending.  I then blended some light pink ink over the moon and colored my images and stamped the sentiments.  

For my inside sentiment, I used the same set and added some more stars.  Besides the cute mice, I also love the sentiments they have in their collections.  Jennifer is so excited about her chorus recital this week.  Hard to believe that school will be over soon.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Jennifer's Birthday Card

 Hard to believe but today Jennifer turns 9 years old!  For those who follow me. you know that every year I add another pumpkin on her birthday card to represent the number of years.  She was a preemie and the first time I saw here in the NICU she had this adorable orange cap on since it was Halloween. It was pretty easy the first few years, but as she is getting older I will have to get creative!  

For her card this year, I decided to make a 5"x7" base so I would have more room!  I used some soft pumpkin colored DSP to place on the card and decorated it with some pumpkins from my stash around the number 9 that I die cut with the Large # Framelits set from SU in orange glimmer paper.  The sentiment is from the Cauldron Bubble stamp set from SU.

For the inside sentiment, I used the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set from SU and I decorated it with a cute little cat I had left over from the Cauldron Bubble set.  

It was a busy weekend.  Jennifer had Truck & Treat at her school Friday night and then her friends party on Saturday.  On Sunday we had her family party here in PA and then on Monday they came back again for treat or treat night!  Here are some pictures I thought you might enjoy.

She had her party at a local swimming place with her girl friends.  No boys!! 

Here she is on one of the slides!

The birthday cake!

Mom took a special one in as well!

Here the group is getting ready for her Pinata. 

Jennifer is showing the baby what to do! 

It's goody time!!

He wants to help pickup the goodies!

It's cake time!!

Time to say goodbye! 

Jennifer getting ready for school.  She decided to be a fox this year.  Her tail is hiding in the back!

This picture is Jennifer and her Mom ready to go Trick or Treating.  Jennifer is a fox and Mom is a deer.

Here is a picture with Rachel joining in on the fun!

I should have taken a picture of all the candy they brought back!!  Here is a picture of Rachel and Jennifer before everyone headed home!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Graduation Card

 It is hard to believe but Jennifer is on summer vacation.  Where did this past year go?  When I was working it seemed like time stood still, but now it is just flying bye.  I wanted to make her a little card as she did so great in school this year even with Covid going on around her.  I saw a similar card in Pinterest done with either hearts or stars.  I made it in her school colors which are red, white and blue.  

I used SU's Gorgeous Grunge stamp set again for the spattering dots on the White Whisper layer.  My sentiment came from SU's Perfect Pairing stamp set and the tiny stars came from Gina K's stamp set Star Struck.  I used my dot embossing folder and then punched out some stars using SU's star punch and mounted them on the card.  I really liked how it turned out!

For my inside sentiment, I used the same stamp sets.  She liked the card but I think she liked what was inside it better!  She starts summer camp next week where her Mom works and is excited to see her friends that she went to daycare with.  Here is a picture of her the last day of school.  She is definitely getting tall!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Father's Day Card

 Well, it seems like we are slipping into the month of June and with that comes Father's Day.  The first card I made is pretty forthcoming.

The base card is made with SU's CS Tempting Turquois.  I always loved this color and thought it was perfect for this card.  On my first layer of Whisper white, I used the stamp set Sunshine Sayings from SU to stamp some swatches of the ink.  Then I used a punch for the DSP and SU's Happy Birthday Die.  The sentiment came from SU's Thoughtful Banners stamp set.  I found some tiny gems in the same color to finish it off.

For my inside sentiment, I used the same technique and the stamp set Amazing You from SU.  I really liked how this technique turned out. When Jennifer and Daisy were away for the holiday look what they found!!

Of course they had to go and investigate!

Nothing like ice cream on a hot day at the beach!

And of course they had to take a goodie home!

When they got home, look what they found had bloomed while they were gone!  My daughter has great luck with her  flowers.  I love this purple rose.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy