Mother's Day Card

 I hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day weekend.  The rain finally stopped here and the sun came out on Sunday.  I didn't get to make many cards - too much going on.  The one I did make was from an old SU stamp set called A Nice Cuppa.  

I used my heart embossing folder on Melon Mambo CS for my first layer and punched some of the matching DSP to layer on top of it.  I used one of the dies to cut out a teacup and stamped it with one of the set's sentiment.  I tied on a little teapot on the handle just for fun!

For the inside sentiment, I used an old $1 stamp from Michael's that I bring out every year.  Then I used some of my heart washi tape to decorate the bottom.

I saw these cute flower holders on Pinterest and Jennifer wanted to make them for her Mom and Aunt Mimi.  Good thing we had a Plan B as when she tried to glue on the popsicle sticks they wouldn't hold.  I had to then get out the old glue gun!

 

I think they turned out cute!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Butterfly Easel Card and gift box for Rachel

 It is hard to believe that Rachel celebrated her 22nd birthday over the weekend.  It seems like yesterday we were waiting patiently for her to make her entrance into the world!  She loves butterflies, so I chose Heartfelt Creations Floral Butterfly Collection to make her card and their die to make a gift box.

 I used the shaped die to make the base card and folded it to make it into an easel card.  

It is hard to see but I adhered the butterfly onto gold lux CS and made 2 paper beads for the body of the butterfly.  

Here is a close up of the easel card.  Of course, I decorated it with some pansies.  I used Heartfelt Creations Burst of Spring Collection for the pansies.  I never made blue pansies before and I loved how they turned out.  I used SU's Pansy Patch stamp set for the sentiment.

I have made these adorable gift boxes before.  For this one, I used some DSP from the Butterfly Collection and some gold lux CS to decorate the sides.

I had an extra pansy left over, so I decided to put it on the top along with a smaller butterfly from the collection.  I had such a fun time creating these. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

 

Pansy Patch Birthday Card

 Here is another birthday card that I made with one of my favorite stamp set from SU.  I made it for my daughter who loves pansies as much as I do.  The base CS is SU's Highland Heather.  Such a great color.  The portrait stripes are from the Pansy Petals Suite.

I used Heartfelt Creations Eyelet Rectangle and Base die for my white layer and stamped the birthday sentiment using the stamp set.  The pansies/leaves were die cut from the DSP as well.

For my inside sentiment, I used the stamp set as well.  I had a tiny piece of DSP leftover, and of course I didn't want to waste any pansies!  I just love this paper!

I hope everyone had a Blessed Easter.  We had a nice time and Jennifer enjoyed hunting for her Easter eggs!  Her helper was right there with her!  She loved looking for the eggs.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Pansy Bead Birthday Card

 I had to make some birthday cards and while I was looking for ideas I came across this VIDEO from Debbie's Designs.  As you know, I love pansies so I decided to make one.  This was so easy, so I attached her video in case you want to make some.

I used SU's Polish Pink CS for my base card and the Pansy Petals DSP for my layer.  For my butterfly, I used Heartfelt Creations Floral Butterflies DSP and cut it out with the coordinating dies.  For my sentiment, I used SU's Beautiful Day stamp set.  I thought it was just perfect for this card.

Here is a close-up of the bead I made for the body of the butterfly.  I loved how it turned out.  I think it would be hard to mail unless you put it in a padded envelope.

For the inside of my card, I used some more of the Floral Butterflies DSP.  I thought the little butterflies looked so cute.  Well, Easter is here and I can't believe it but I didn't make a single card.  Life sometimes gets in the way.  Have a great week and a blessed Easter.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Frog St. Patrick's Day Card

 I needed to make one last card for St. Patrick's Day which was for Jennifer.  When I was looking in Pinterest for ideas I came across this cute frog card.  Jennifer loves frogs!  I don't know where she got all the information but she has a bunch of them in different shapes and sizes in rubber and always quizzes me on what kind they are and different facts about them.  The one I remembered is that the green one is a tree frog and the red one is poisonous.  She loves to talk about them and has names for all of them.  This is usually on facetime, so I have my cheat sheet to help me along!  LOL!!

   I changed my card up a bit but like how it turned out!  I used SU's Lemon-Lime Twist CS for my base card with layers of Garden Green, Whisper White and mounted my little frog on the Lemon-Lime Twist.  For my sentiment I used Gina K's stamp set Luck & Love again.  My frog came from SU's stamp set So Hoppy Together.  I decorated it with some shamrocks and put a wobble on the frog so when she opens it up it will move around!

I didn't decorate the inside much - just with some shamrocks.  I'm going to say something like the frog is hopping over to wish her a Happy St. Patrick's Day.  

Here is one tray of pretzels that I decorated with some green chocolate pieces.  

I had some leftover chocolate so I found some molds and used it up.

I saw this cute craft on Pinterest and decided to make some for the girls.

I used my old bigz top note die from SU and decorated them with some craft flowers, shamrocks and filled with chocolate coins!  Such fun!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Shamrock St. Patrick's Day Card

 Since I had some leftover shamrocks, I decided to make some more cards for St. Patrick's Day.  This was an easy card to put together. 

The shamrocks are from Gina K's kit Luck and Love that I used in my last post.  The papers are from SU - Whisper White, Garden Green and some scrap DSP.  The sentiment is also an old SU stamp that a friend found at a garage sale and gave  me.  

The inks used for the shamrocks are SU's Garden Green, Old Olive and Lemon Lime Twist.  I added some gem stones in the center of them.

I used my Inkadinkadoo stamp for the inside sentiment with another leftover shamrock.

I like decorating my envelopes, so I used my Peg stamp again from Judith Stamps.

We went from 70 degrees yesterday to rain/snow today.  I guess winter doesn't want to give up its grip on us yet.  They are forecasting another storm over the weekend!  I'm looking for robins but haven't seen any yet.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

St. Patrick's Day Cards

 With some warm weather coming in, it is hard to believe that it is March.  I always make some St. Patrick's Day cards and was having trouble deciding what to make when I saw this - KIT - that Gina K was selling.  I thought it was so neat so I decided to try it!  You get so much for your money with her kits.

I made my cards bigger than an A2 size.  I found these 5 1/2" x 6" cards and envelopes and decided to use them instead.  This was the first time I did cards like these but was happy with the results.  I used her Luck & Love and Frame Flora stamp set and dies.  

I also used a different sentiment.  For my inks I used Garden Green, Old Olive and Lemon-Lime Twist.

I only have two St. Patrick's Day stamps and I used the one from Inkadinkado that I have had forever for my inside sentiment.

I even decorated the envelope with a peg stamp from Judith's stamps.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy