Poppy's Birthday Card

 As we move into August, we had another birthday to celebrate!  It was Joe's turn and in true fashion we all got together to celebrate his 86th birthday over the weekend!

 I decided to make him a gate fold card.  I used SU's Island Indigo CS for my base card and some DSP for the fold layers on gold CS.  I used SU's Birthday Die to cut in gold CS and layered that on the Island Indigo and gold CS as well.  

For my inside panel, I decorated it using some gold toned washi tape. I love making these gate fold cards, as they come together so quickly.

Here is Jennifer with the birthday boy!

Here is a picture of the whole crew!  Even Daisy and Joey got into the action!  It was another hot day but later in the evening Jennifer and Juan were able to go outside and ride their cars!  So much fun!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Joe's Birthday Card

 We celebrated Joe's birthday over the weekend and had a good time.  We had to spend most of the day inside as it is still really hot and humid around here.  He got his first Great Grandfather card which definitely made him smile!  I always have trouble making cards for him, but I liked how this one turned out.

I decided to make a large slimline card and using Gina K's Master Layout #10 made the cutting easier.  Am I the only one that has trouble cutting the right dimensions?  I check two or three times and still may have to recut again!!  I had to go through a bunch of 12x12 DSP but finally settled on SU's Perfectly Artistic.  For the front of the card, I used SU's dies # of Year and Happy Birthday and added some gems.

For my inside sentiment, I used SU's stamp set Approaching Perfection and decorated the panel with SU's DSP from Birthday Friends and Framelit die.  It's raining here today so at least the garden will get some water.  We were late getting our tomatoes planted but we finally are getting some.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Father's Day Card

 Here is my last card I made for Father's Day.  It is for Joe!  This stamp set is from SU called Ride With Me!  I fell in love with this set.  When we first got married we had a gas station, and he purchased this old red truck to use.  You could see it coming a mile away!  He loved it!  He used it for everything and we so enjoyed having it.  I remember having to get a boost up later on when I got pregnant with Margaret.  I really thought I would have her in the truck the way it bounced all over the place!  I can still see him pulling up to the house and the kids running up to him begging to go for a ride!  Big Red was with us for many years!  

I used Heartfelt Creations CS for the base card.  I did some blending first on an oval and then colored and fussy cut the truck out and popped it up for some dimension.  I just love this sentiment that is in the stamp set.  I used my Spellbinders oval dies to die cut on Real Red CS an oval frame and added some enamel hearts.  

For the inside sentiment, I used my $1 Michael's stamp and some more enamel hearts!  I just loved how this card turned out.  I'm really enjoying  using my blending brushes.  We hope everyone will have a great weekend celebrating with their families and friend.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy