Lamb Easter Card

I have working away making some goodies bags for Jennifer to take to Daycare next week and almost forgot to post an Easter card I made.  When I first saw this lamb stamp in SU's catalog, I knew that I would purchase it - I thought it was so cute.  My husband loves lambs, as he use to raise them for 4H and has passed his love of animals to Jennifer.

I saw a lot of different types/styles in Pinterest but settled on the above.  I made an A2 sized card but saw them made in many different sizes.  My layer was made in Soft Sky which has become one of my favorite colors.  I used my Spellbinders square die to cut out a square in the center of the card for my image which I adhered behind it.  I also used  my scoreboard to score on all 4 sides of the layer just to jazz it up a bit.

I used my aqua painter to color in my little lamb and decided it needed a little bow to finish it off!   I can hardly wait to see Jennifer's face when she sees it!  I was really happy how it turned out.  I was in our yard today checking on our Spring plants popping up enjoying the weather, as the forecast is for snow Sunday!!  The only good thing is that it will warm up and melt anything on the ground, so it won't last for long - thank goodness!  All the kids are dyeing eggs tomorrow, so I had better go cook some!  Have a great weekend!

I submitted this card to Jo's Scrap Shack - Happy Easter Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,
Nancy, Rachel & Sarah

Reese's' Peanut Butter Easter Bonnet Treats

I was looking for some goodies to make for the Wellness Center and came across these little beauties!!  Of course, it also helped that Reese's are my favorite snacks - just in case there are any left over!!  These came together so quick and easy.

I saw these on Pinterest and found the blogger that did a great video on how to make them - Simple Simply Stamping.  Check it out for a cute little treat for Easter.  The only thing I did different was that I did not tie bows.  Since I had 50 of them to make, I decided that I would just put little tiny paper flowers on the brim decorated with rhinestones.  If I only had a few to make, I would have tortured myself but decided to take the easy way out!

For now, I put them on a tray until everything else is ready to go.  And yes - there were a few left over, so I treated myself before the kids found them.  They have found most of our hiding places, so I decided just to eat them!!  Hope everyone had a great weekend.  We are looking forward to our St. Patrick's Day dinner!

I entered this post in Cardz TV 3-D Challenge #4!

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Nancy, Rachel & Sarah

St. Patrick's Day Balloon Card

Before I started making some Easter cards, I wanted to make my St. Patrick's Day cards.  I saw this card in Pinterest as a birthday card and thought why not for St. Patrick's Day!  I think they turned out cute!

These came together pretty quick - which is what I needed as I needed to send Joe to the Post Office this AM to mail them out!

I used SU's Old Olive paper for the base card with Very Vanilla as my layer which I embossed.  I punched out some balloons with my new balloon punch from SU and just drew some lines in Old Olive going to my sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set from SU.  I can always find a sentiment in that stamp set.  What a great way to use up some scraps!

My sentiment on the inside is a Inkadinkado stamp that I have had for years!  Have a great weekend!

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Nancy, Rachel & Sarah

Party Pop-up Birthday Card

We hope everyone is having a nice weekend.  We are enjoying 60 degree weather here which is fine with me!  This weekend we celebrated my son-in-laws birthday.  Jennifer and her Mom made a great cake for all to enjoy and we had a great time.  She was riding her Hello Kitty car and racing me in my scooter - such fun!

I decided to try out my new thinlets I had just ordered from SU.  I was so excited to see these in the catalog and ordered them right away!  I have seen so many different ways to use them all over Pinterest, but this was my first try!

Recipe:

Stamps - SU Party with Cake
Paper - Whisper Black, Black, DSP Its My Party
Ink - Melon Mambo, Basic Black, SU Markers
Accessories - Party Pop-up Thinlets Dies, Banner Triple Punch, Banner Punch
Embellishments - Twine

This card was pretty easy to make.  I made a A2 size card in Black and layered it with my DSP paper - 5 1/4" x 4".  I punched out a 2" banner and stamped it with my sentiment.  Then I layered my smaller sentiment on it using the small banner punch and tied two different twines together in a bow and adhered it on with a glue dot.

For the inside, I cut my Whisper White paper at 8 1/4" x 5 1/4".  I colored in the pop-up and then adhered it to the inside of the card.  I was so excited how it turned out and my son-in-law loved it!!

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Nancy, Rachel & Sarah

Get Well Card

A friend of ours is going through a rough time following a cancer diagnosis and surgery, and I wanted to send him a card letting him know we are thinking about him.  I originally purchased the SU stamp set - Honeycomb Happiness - for the cute little chick.  Don't you hate it that you have to buy a complete stamp set for one stamp that you crave!!  Then I saw some cards on Pinterest made with the balloon and loved how they turned out.  I didn't have all the bells and whistles they used, so I made my own version.

Recipe:

Stamp Set - SU's Honeycomb Happiness
Paper - SU's Soft Sky, Whisper White, Black, Watermelon Wonder
Ink - Black Stazon
Accessories - Lots of Labels Framelits Dies, Honeycombs
Embellishments - Watermelon Wonder Ribbon, Dots

I really like how it turned out.  I love these little honeycombs, and hope it makes it through the mail.  We are getting freezing rain tonight and then tomorrow it is suppose to be close to 60 degrees!  Crazy weather.  Have a great weekend,

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Nancy, Rachel & Sarah

Interlocking Heart Card

Well, Happy Monday and President's Day!!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's weekend.  The family was all here and we had a great time.  Lots of food and laughs!!  Jennifer was busy playing with her Barbies and her kitchen set making goodies for everyone to eat, Rachel and her boyfriend stopped by of course for dinner and Sarah was busy eating all the goodies.  We had a great time!

Last week, I saw this adorable card TUTORIAL over at Splitcoaststampers created by one of my favorite bloggers Brenda Quintana.  I decided to make it for Joe for Valentine's Day but didn't start until Sat. night at 10PM!!  I had ordered the Bloomin' Love along with the Thinlets Die and was anxious to use them.  Well, what a disaster!!  After trying to die cut it 6 times with different sandwiches, I finally got one half cut and did the rest by hand.  Yes, I was determined to make this card, partly because I didn't have another one for him.  I was so upset and annoyed, but I think it turned out OK every after all the mess!

For my papers, I used Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette and Shimmery White.  This is how the inside of the card turned out.

I put it on his coffee cup after midnight, so he would see it first thing in the AM.  The first thing he tells me in the AM is that the die really worked out great!!!  I said NO, my fingers did most of the cutting!!!  This was definitely a labor of love!!!

I called Stampin Up this AM and they are sending me a new die!  I have to say there were very nice and pleasant to deal with.  I had even purchased the Precision Plate to aid in the process, so we are pretty sure it is the die which they feel must be defective..  Hopefully, the new die will work.

Well, the snow is back but at least the girls have today off as well as Jennifer and her Mom.  Only my daughter who is the nurse is working.  As she says, nurses never get days off!  Hope you have a good week!

Thanks for stopping by,
Nancy, Rachel & Sarah

Mini Valentine Mailboxes

I saw these cute little Valentine Mailboxes all over the place in Pinterest.  I had some nugget bars left, so of course I decided to make some.  You can make them as fancy or as plain as you like.

There were a lot of different sizes but I decided to use this video for the ones I made.  I made a few changes - the first one NOT using my glue gun!!  I don't have a low temperature one to begin with and didn't feel like burning my fingers!!  So I used my 1/2" score tape and it worked like a charm.

I had a smaller heart punch which I used, so I punched out two hearts to decorate the base of my mailboxes.

This is a great way to use up some of those scraps you have laying around.  My little mail slide measures about 1".  I had some micro glue dots in my stash which worked out great for the little pieces.  I had purchased them by mistake and thrown then in my drawn and what a great little tool they turned out to be.

I wish Valentine's Day was at least two more weeks away so I could make some more goodies.  It seems like I never start early enough making my projects, or I probably want to make too many of them!  LOL!!

UPDATE:  Jennifer gave out her Bear Hugs Valentine cards today and the kids loved them, especially playing with the spinning bears!

Thanks for stopping by,
Nancy, Rachel & Sarah