Pansy Birthday Card

 Oh my, I can't believe almost 3 weeks have gone by since I last posted.  It seems like yesterday.  We have been enjoying spending time with Jennifer and of course Daisy.  My daughter went back to work for 2 days a week and Jennifer is in camp those days, which means Daisy is alone for most of the day.  So far - so good!  When they get home she is there to greet them at the door with lots of hugs and kisses!  

I made a few birthday cards but didn't have a chance to post them.  This card was for my daughter Margaret.  Of course, I decided to use my Burst of Spring Collection from Heartfelt Creations.  For my base card, I used a piece of their 6" x 6" DSP and adhered it to my base card.  Their paper makes it so easy to match everything together.

I then used their Sweetheart Borders die and placed one on the top and bottom of the card.  I usually make my own flowers but decided to use the preprinted pansies/leaves in the DSP.  I die cut them and put them together and used some prills for the centers.  I die cut some of their matching tags as well to put on the front of the card.  

For the inside, I used another 6" x 6" panel.  I love how it all came together and was quick and easy to make which was what I needed.

Here is a picture of Jennifer riding her car.  We had such a great time that day!  So nice to be outside!

And here she is at Camp. Unfortunately, she has to wear a mask when they are inside.

It is hard to believe that we are coming to the end of July!  We had such a cold, freezing and snowy winter and this summer has been so hot.  This weather has been so crazy!  I hope everyone is enjoying being outside and having a great time!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Anniversary Card

This year my daughter's  anniversary fell on Father's Day, so we had a double celebration.  I have to admit it kind of snuck up on me, so I decided to make a card with some flowers that I already had made and were in my stash.  

I used Heartfelt Creations Eyelet Oval dies to make my base card and my layers.  I love how the decorative edges look.  I used some of my Sunflowers from the Sunflower Collection that I had left over and made my little birds from the Cherry Blossom Collection from Heartfelt Creations.  The sentiment I used is from their Celebrate Love Sentiment Stamp Set.  I am definitely going to have to find some time and make up different flowers to keep in my stash as it was a lot easier to put a card together with flowers and leaves already made.  

I hope everyone enjoyed their Father's Day weekend celebrating with their family and friends.  I know we certainly did.  Jennifer is enjoying her summer vacation and going swimming most every day.  I am really impressed how well she does.  That is one thing that I never accomplished and really regret, so I'm glad she has learned how.  It is hard to believe that 4th of July is one week away!

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

Father's Day Card

 I was able to get another card made for Father's Day.  Believe me when I say it was not easy!  Life is definitely getting in the way of my crafting time!  For this card, I used SU's Basic Black for my base card and Smokey Slate for my first layer.  For my next layer I used Silver foil and embossed it with my dynamic texture embossing folder Layered Leaves.  I love how these folders make the foil look!

I then used SU's One Wild Ride stamp set for the motorcycle and sentiment.  I fussy cut it out and mounted it on 2 pieces of black paper to make it more secure and popped it up with dimensionals.  I also added SU's Glittered Organdy ribbon that I thought matched pretty good.

For my inside sentiment, I used my $1 Michael's stamp again and decorated with a piece of ribbon.  I have used this stamp set so many times on so many occasions.  The guys really seem to like it!  I have one more to make and an anniversary card.  If it rains, I may get them done!  LOL!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Email Subscription and Teacher's Card

 I just wanted to give you an update on my new subscription service.  All my subscriptions have been imported to my new service - follow.it.  Hopefully. you will start receiving updates from them as I am no longer using Feedburner which will be discontinued on July 1 and have deleted the old files.  You may be sent a confirmation email.  Everyone hates change but I think this new subscription will be much better than Feedburner.  You can have different options that you can chose on how you would like to receive my new posts if you so desire.  Now back to crafting!!

It is hard to believe, but the end of the school year is almost here!  Jennifer's last day is the 15th.  It was a difficult year for kids, parents and teachers.  Jennifer is really fortunate as her elementary school, principal and teachers are very good.  Everyone worked as a team and came through the year exceptionally well.  She has something she plans on giving her on the last day of school to show her appreciation and wanted me to make her a card.  I used Very Vanilla CS for my base card, and some scrap DSP for my first layer.  For my second layer I used some notebook paper.  My apples and sentiment were from SU's  Harvest Hellos stamp set and the coordinating punch.  Jennifer loves glimmer paper. so I used that instead of regular CS.  I also used SU's Stitched Circles to cut out my sentiment.

For my inside sentiment. I used Gina K's Wreath Building Stamp set.  I thought the sentiment was just perfect.

Another weekend is upon us and it seems like the temps will be going up!  For those that remember, in the fall I planted my pink oxalis plant in the ground instead of bringing it inside for the winter.  I wasn't sure if it would survive. but I am happy to say that it is starting to pop up out of the ground.  I will take a picture of it and post it soon.  Have a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

New Email Subscription

 As you may know Feedburner is getting discontinued on July 1.  I am in the process of subscribing to  a new feed- follow.it for my blog.  Of course change is not easy with a lot of ups and downs.  Please bear with me while I struggle through this.  Thanks for your patience!

Nancy

Father's Day Card

 I am trying to be proactive - LOL - so I started making some Father's Day cards.  My to-do list is getting longer and life gets in the way of my crafting!  So before the day is upon us, I decided to at least start making some cards.  This card was so quick and easy to put together.  As you know, I have been trying to use us some of my DSP, so I was looking for something to use on a Dad's card and came across this lone sheet of paper which fit the bill.  I think it was one of SU's older DSP.

For my base card, I used one of my favorite SU colors - More Mustard.  Before it retired, I actually purchased several packs and am now on my last one!  I love their old colors.  The first layer is also a single sheet of paper from my scrap bin.  The sentiment I used is from SU's stamp set Botanicals for You.  I also found this little box full of buttons which I used along with some twine.  I used to use buttons on all my cards!  More goodies to use up!!

For my inside sentiment, I used my old $1 stamp from Michael's and a scrap of paper from the DSP.  I don't much masculine papers or stamps, but I do like how this card turned out.  One down - two more to go!!  The sun finally came out today so we are going to be able to barbecue after all.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy