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

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

Margaret's Birthday Card

 Well, July's birthdays are over!  We celebrated Margaret's birthday last weekend.  I made a mini slimline card for her using Master Layouts #7 by Gina K.  

I used some left over pink CS I had on hand for my base card.  My layers where Basic White and black for my panel.  I used Gina K's Bodacious Bloom stencils and her So Many Sentiments for the greeting.  This was the first time I had used these stencils and I think they turned out great.  I used her Carnation Ink - L, M, D and Spruce - L, M. D.

For my inside sentiment, I used SU's Perennial Birthday  and decided to stencil another flower bloom on the corner.  I forget to take pictures before I wrote on it.  I had ordered her present and of course it didn't arrive until the next day!  

Daisy loves to run and catch.  Here is a picture with her new toy!

She always brings it back but doesn't want to give it up, but she is getting better.  In this hot weather, after a few runs she is ready to go inside to the air-conditioning!

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

Patriotic Cards & Jennifer at Disney

 I have made several Patriotic cards in the past for the 4th and ended making some more this year.  It was way too hot to go outside.  The temperatures have been out of control lately.  PA has broken 10 heat records already this month.  

I used my SU star embossing folder and layered it up on SU's Brilliant Blue CS.  I used SU's Sunshine Sayings & Wishes die set.               

I have so many sets of letters left over from the girls when were in school, so I used some for the USA on the cards.

For the inside sentiment, I used an old SU stamp from 2001 called God Bless America Special Edition that I found while I was cleaning out my stamps.  I knew I had it and couldn't find it so that started the clean out process in my craft room!!

Jeannie and Jennifer are down at Disney this hot week.  It was Jennifer's surprise for getting on the High Honor Role and Perfect Attendance this year in 5th Grade.  Rachel was suppose  to go with them, but unfortunately she came down with Covid the day before they were leaving!  They are keeping us posted with lots of pictures.  Here are a few:

This was watching the fireworks from a boat over at Epcot.

These were all taken at breakfast.  I love her smile! They are having such a great time!

When she was at the dinosaur exhibit, she was chosen out of the kids to name a new baby dinosaur - Yellow! 

Unfortunately, she can't go in the water, as a few weeks ago she broke the knuckle on her right pinky playing basketball and has a brace on it.  It's hard to see in the pictures as she is hiding it!!

It's  been on for 6 weeks, so hopefully when she go back to see the doctor next week it will come off before she goes to camp!  

I entered this card over at - Double D Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and stay cool!!

Nancy

Father's Day Card

 We hope that all the father's out there had a great day yesterday celebrating with their families and friends.  Everyone came here yesterday, and we had a nice time.  I was able to get in my craft room and make a quick and simple card for Joe.

I used SU's One Wild Ride stamp set for the sentiment.  I have so many 6" x 6" pad DSP and found this one for the card.  Little by little I'm trying to clean out my craft room.  I have two bags of stamps that I plan on taking to the Goodwill.  My ribbons are next.  I have had so many given to me that I will never use them all, so I am going to share the goodies! 

I used my old Father's Day stamp from Michael's for the inside along with a scrap of the DSP.  Better than throwing it away!  Joe loved it.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Mother's Day Card

 What's the old saying - there's so much to do and not enough time!  That's how I feel lately.  The weather has been so nice here lately that we are spending so much time outside catching and cleaning up and I haven't made any time for crafting.  Today is supposed to get really hot, so that will keep us inside for awhile.  I forgot to post my other Mother's Day cards that I made which can be used for many occasions.

These came together pretty quick.  I used Gina K's Watercolor Floral DSP and her Ephemera.  They make putting together a card so easy.

I used different flowers and leaves on the front of the cards. I used Spellbinders oval dies and stamped my sentiment from Maker Forte -  Here's Your Sign stamp set.  

For my inside sentiment, I used my old Michael's stamp and used some extra DSP to dress up the inside.  Loved how these turned out.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy